"General, Beichenglou has found a Yan army, numbering thousands."

In the afternoon, Li Zuoche received this report.

The north gate of Jicheng, all the flags of the Yan army here have been taken down, and the banner of the Zhao army has not been planted, when Li Zuoche led the army to the north, in order to facilitate the action, he did not let the soldiers carry the flag, and after taking the Tibetan tea, he has ordered people to rush to make the banner of the Zhao army.

Li Zuoche came to the north gate city wall with Tibetan tea, and saw the word "Luan" written on the banner of the Yan army.

Zang Cha said: "That's Luan Bu, originally garrisoned Shanggu County, I sent someone to send an order yesterday, ordering him to lead the army to come to help." ”

Luanbu garrison is dozens of miles away from Jicheng, just after nightfall yesterday, he received an order from King Yan to reinforce the capital, and before dawn today, he led four thousand soldiers to rush over.

This morning, on the way to Jicheng, Luan Bu met a herald sent by Zang Cha, and learned that the king had announced the surrender of Yan to Zhao, and ordered him to return to his place and wait for the Zhao army to come and reorganize.

Luan Bu was surprised and puzzled by this, and wanted to come to Jicheng to find out.

He looked at the city wall, the banner of the Yan Kingdom was no longer there, the soldiers standing guard had been replaced by Zhao soldiers, and then looked at the King of Yan, Luan Bu understood that the king had surrendered to the Zhao army.

"Greetings to my king!"

Luan Bu still bowed to Zang Cha.

"Luan Bu, I have ordered all the generals and officials of the Yan State to surrender to the Zhao State, from now on, I am no longer your king, and you obey the orders of the Zhao army. This is Guangwu Jun, the commander of the Zhao army, and you have to obey him now. ”

Zang Cha shouted loudly outside the city, Li Zuoche was next to him, and he could only cooperate honestly.

"Obey the king's orders!"

Luan Bu knelt down on one knee in the direction of Zang Cha, this was the last time he saluted King Yan as a courtier.

Zang Cha once had a kindness to Luan Bu, he was originally from Liangdi, and was later sold to Yan as a slave, Han Guang became the queen of Yan, and Zang Cha, who was still a Yan general at the time, recommended him as a captain, and later Zang Cha became the queen of Yan and promoted Luan Bu to be a general.

A moment later, the north gate opened, allowing Luan Bu and the soldiers to enter the city.

"Luan Bu, this is Guangwu Jun, the general of the imperial court, don't hurry up and see you!"

When meeting, Zang Cha said first.

Luan Bu saluted Commander Li Zuo and said loudly: "General Luan Bu, meet General Zhengdong!" ”

Li Zuoche looked at Luan Bu carefully, the other party was in his thirties, tall and thin. Before leaving, Zhao Xie had mentioned to him that he should pay attention to Luan Bu.

In the afternoon, the main hall of the royal palace.

The generals of the Yan army and the Zhao army gathered together, this is Li Zuoche's order, the Yan army is newly surrendered, the military spirit is not stable, he wants to appease the military heart.

In front of the middle of the main hall is the seat of King Yan.

Li Zuo is standing in front of the seat, Zhao will be listed on the left, and Yan will be on the right. Among them, Zang Cha stands at the front on the right.

"Everyone, from now on, everyone will be colleagues and assist King Zhao together!"

This is Li Zuoche's opening remarks, not what the Yan generals are concerned about, what they are concerned about is what their fate will be in the future.

I only heard Li Zuoche say again: "Today's King Zhao is the monarch of Shengming, and he will never treat his courtiers badly. You were originally generals, but you still continue to be generals, and the imperial court will give you better money and more opportunities to be awarded meritorious service......"

His words made Yan Jiang dispel most of the doubts in his heart.

Some Yan generals raised some questions, Li Zuoche answered them one by one, and then introduced the generals brought one by one, and then asked Zang Cha to introduce Yan generals, and the same dynasty was the general, so that the two sides could get to know each other.

After discussing important matters, Li Zuoche ordered someone to bring the table and cushions to eat together, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious during the meal.

The next day, Li Zuoche inspected the various city gates and the military camps in the city one by one, and announced Zhao's policy towards soldiers.

The military promotion system and meritorious service standards that King Zhao has begun to implement are unprecedented measures, and once announced, they are very popular with the Yan soldiers.

With Li Zuoche's efforts, the morale of the soldiers in Jicheng quickly stabilized.

At noon on the last day of December, 40,000 foot soldiers led by Du Zhen and Meng Tong arrived on the banks of the Yishui River.

In the morning, they received Li Zuoche's military order, and learned that Zang Cha had been taken and the Yan Kingdom had surrendered, and the whole army immediately cheered.

The Yan army on the other side of the Yishui River sent people over, saying that they would follow the king's order and lead the army to surrender.

Du Zhen left 3,000 soldiers here and led the rest of the men and horses to continue north.

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January 1, the first year of the year.

The land of Yanzhao is beautiful and the weather is sunny.

Outside the West Gate of Xiangguo.

Thousands of soldiers, officials of Xiangguo, and tens of thousands of people gathered here, and King Zhao will hold a major sacrifice here.

In ancient times, great importance was attached to sacrifices, and many important places of worship have appeared.

For example, the Temple of Heaven in Beijing was specially built for sacrificial purposes, as a royal sacrificial place for the Ming and Qing dynasties.

During this period, people believed in a variety of gods, and Haotian God was one of the highest gods.

Because King Zhao was able to get the help of Haotian God in his dream, Haotian God became the god worshiped by Zhao State.

On the platform, the statue of Haotian God, which had been prepared for a long time, was brought up here.

In front of the statue, a large table is placed.

On the side of the platform, there are three live cows.

King Zhao and Queen Zhao appeared together, and under the sacrificial music, they ascended to the Dianjiang platform together.

The Ministry of Rites was responsible for matters related to the sacrifice, and the Ministry of Rites read aloud the edict issued by King Zhao for the sacrifice.

Of course, there must be sacrifices for the sacrifice, after the reading, the people of the Ministry of Rites will bring up the sacrificial items and put them on the table in front of the statue, mainly jade and other more valuable things, and the soldiers will slaughter the three oxen on the spot, and then cut off the head of the ox and hold it up.

Afterwards, Zhao Xie and Zhao Qian knelt down to the statue of God Haotian.

The rest of the people, including the people, the soldiers, and the officials, also knelt down.

There was only one person who did not kneel, and that was Yin Yun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was holding a rolled-up piece of paper with a prayer to the god Haotian on behalf of King Zhao.

Yin Yun opened the paper and read the first prayer: pray for the prosperity of the country, the peace of the country and the people, and pray for the wind and rain of Zhao and the abundant harvest of the five grains.

After the reading, Zhao Xie and Zhao Qian kowtowed to the statue three times, and the rest of the people followed.

Then the second prayer was read: praying for the generals of the Northern Expedition to successfully capture the Yan Kingdom and return triumphantly.

After kowtowing three times, Yin Yun read out the third prayer: pray for Haotian God to bless the queen with a smooth birth.

This prayer shows that King Zhao attaches great importance to the queen and the birth of an heir.

Zhao Qian felt what an honor it was to be able to read out a prayer for a person on this important occasion, her husband was so kind to her, her eyes moistened, leaving tears of excitement, and she hurriedly dried her sleeves to avoid being seen.

After kowtowing three times again, Zhao Xie stood up, thinking: As long as the plan goes smoothly, Jicheng can be taken down in one day, according to the time, send a fast horse to report the news, and it should be able to arrive today. If there is good news before the end of the sacrifice, the second prayer will be fulfilled, and it will be able to celebrate with the soldiers and civilians on the spot, which is a good omen for the new year.

At this time, I saw a fast horse coming from the north.

"Yan Guo's victory! Yan Guo is victorious! ”

Before the horses could reach the platform, the soldiers on horseback shouted.