The military general Shou Shizhi also stood up and clasped his fists and said loudly: "As long as Your Majesty gives an order, the ministers will definitely fight to the death with the cadres and will never retreat!" ”

Other generals such as Zhang Jing'er, Liu Guangshi, and Fan Seng also stood up one after another to express their resolute obedience to the emperor's orders.

Liu Yu had calmed down at this time, the situation had reached such a bad point was really beyond his expectations, he thought that killing the former deposed emperor Liu Ziye, ascending the throne and then offering Liu Ziye's head to Qianguo would definitely calm the anger of Qianguo.

But I didn't expect that although this satisfied the Qianguo, it caused the rebellion of the kings in various places, and the civil strife of Liu Song exhausted the national strength, and at this time, the Qianguo actually took advantage of the fire to rob and carry out a full-scale war.

After some careful consideration, Liu Yu decided to adopt Ruan's suggestion to prepare for both.

"Wang Daolong, since you have met the emperor of Qianguo, I will order you to be an envoy, you take the delegation to see Zhao Junsheng to sue for peace, I can cede Ningzhou to Qianguo, and the annual tribute will be increased by fifty percent on the original basis, this is my bottom line! If the Emperor of Qianguo does not agree, I and the tens of millions of soldiers and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty can only fight to the death with the Qianguo army! ”

Wang Daolong hesitated for a moment and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, don't you say anything about fighting to the death?" ”

Liu Yu waved his hand: "You just say this to Zhao Junsheng, how can the Great Song Dynasty say that it is also a big country, it is not possible to let him interfere with the country and bully, if he forces people too much, I can only burn the jade!" ”

“······ Promise! Wang Daolong agreed and returned to his original position.

Liu Yu said to Yuan Cang, Cai Xingzong, Ruan Dianfu, Liu Xiuren and others: "You and others are all my great Song Dynasty ministers, and they are all my humerus, you are ready to move the capital these days, once Wang Daolong and the Qianguo side can't get along, our dynasty will move the capital to Guangzhou!" ”

Several people stood up and agreed: "Wait for the order!" ”

During this period, the Qianguo meticulous work was vigorously active in the Song State, and some people even reached the point of openly meeting with some generals and ministers of the Song State.

This made the ministers and generals of the Song State frightened and frightened, and when they secretly scolded the Qianguo for being bold and bold, they were worried that the Emperor of the Song State Liu Yu would know about it, but they did not dare to report these Qianguo meticulous works, let alone dare to disadvantage these Qianguo meticulous works, and now that the Qianguo army has crossed the river, all kinds of soldiers and horses may be killed at any time, and at this time it is not good for these Qianguo meticulous works, in case the Song State is destroyed, and the Qianguo side will settle accounts afterwards, will they not have to pay a heavy price for today's stupid behavior?

With regard to these meticulous acts of the state cadres, many ministers and generals of the Song State had an attitude of covering up and not offending as much as possible, and still did not give specific answers until the situation was completely clear.

However, with the passage of time, the cadres and troops of all walks of life have advanced rapidly, and all parts of the southern part of the Yangtze River have fallen, and the situation has deteriorated to an unimaginable level.

The ministers, officials, and generals of the Song State finally couldn't bear it, and it would be too late if they didn't make a choice, so someone immediately began to contact the Qianguo and betray the secrets of the Song State.

Within a few days, the response strategy formulated by the monarchs and ministers of the Song State, the mobilization of troops, the garrison strength of the troops in various places, the situation of grain, grass and ordnance reserves, etc., were all placed in front of Zhao Junsheng's case, and the reports recording these news were piled up.

The national teacher Dongfang Chen looked at these reports and said to Zhao Junsheng with a smile: "Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, Liu Song is already leaking everywhere and the sun is setting, and it is only a matter of time before the country is destroyed by our army!" The minister thought that in the military aspect, Liu Song at this time only one Xiao Daocheng, Zong Yue, Liu Mian, Zhang Yong can still take out, and among them, only Xiao Daocheng is more difficult to deal with, he is now guarding Wu Xing, with 20,000 troops can not be defended, according to the investigation of the city in the grain and grass materials are abundant, our army wants to attack, but I am afraid that the losses will be very heavy, the minister suggested sending a partial division to bypass Wu Xing and go straight to Qiantang! ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, he now knows the deployment of troops in various parts of the Song army well, and the rest of the Song Kingdom is not worried, that is, Xiao Daocheng is more difficult to handle, this guy has used the identity of the Xiao family's children to rise rapidly in recent years, with the Xiao family's money and support, he has managed a huge force, especially in the military, among the entire Liu Song generals, he has the largest number of troops under his command, and there are many generals under his command.

Xiao Daocheng also followed his father Xiao Chengzhi and his uncle Xiao Siyan, Xiao Bin and others to fight for many years, and he had a lot of experience in leading troops to fight.

Zhao Junsheng was not worried that he would not be able to capture Wuxing, nor was he worried that he would not be able to defeat Xiao Daocheng, he was worried that if he attacked Wuxing, it would cause too many losses of troops, and it would take a long time.

At this time, it was already winter, and the difficulties in logistics and transportation and supply increased exponentially, and if Wuxing was attacked at this time, it would cause great losses.

After careful consideration, Zhao Junsheng ordered Lu Shuang to lead the Third Route Army to bypass Wu Xing and go straight to Qiantang.

Coincidentally, at this time, Wang Daolong, the envoy of the Song State, led people to the camp of the cadres outside Wuxing City.

After Zhao Junsheng heard the report, he did not withdraw his military order to Lu Shuang, but ordered someone to take Wang Daolong to meet him.

Zhao Junsheng met Wang Daolong in the palace, and after Wang Daolong saluted, he asked, "What is the intention of Lord Wang to come to see me this time?" ”

"Your Majesty, I have come to sue for peace!"

Zhao Junsheng smiled when he heard this: "Peace? Does Lord Wang think it is still necessary for you to sue for peace now? ”

Wang Daolong immediately said: "Of course it is necessary, Your Majesty thinks that you can take my Great Song Dynasty in a war, but I want to tell Your Majesty that my Great Song Dynasty is united at this time, and even if Your Majesty does all the power of the country, he may not be able to take down my Great Song Dynasty, and maybe he will be stuck in the quagmire of war and cannot be pulled out!" ”

"I understand Your Majesty's eagerness to dominate the world, after all, Your Majesty is old, and there are princes and several princes in the court who are already old, if you don't dominate the world again, when the princes and princes make a big move to compete for the position of the prince, then Qianguo is afraid that there will be no time to take care of external affairs!"

"But have you thought about it, Your Majesty? You are now launching a full-scale war against our Great Song Dynasty, not only can not dominate the world, but will arouse the hearts of thousands of soldiers and civilians of our Great Song Dynasty to hate the enemy, and now our Great Song Dynasty monarchs, scholars, and military generals are unprecedentedly united, during this time, His Majesty's soldiers and horses can make progress in this area because they took advantage of the weakness and unpreparedness of our Song army to have such a result, just wait for my Great Song Dynasty to stabilize the situation, Your Majesty's army is not familiar with the hinterland of my Great Song Dynasty, weather reasons, labor expeditions and water and soil are not adaptable, Your Majesty's army will only be trapped in my Great Song Dynasty and cannot extricate itself, Now that the two countries have restarted peace talks, it will be beneficial to Your Majesty and to our Great Song Dynasty! ”

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Are you finished?" ”

Wang Daolong was stunned for a moment and nodded: "I believe that Your Majesty will have a wise choice!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "You go back and tell Liu Yu that peace talks are impossible, as long as he is willing to surrender, I can promise him a prince with a different surname, as long as he is honest in the future, and does not breed thoughts that he shouldn't have in his heart, I will ensure his safety for the rest of his life, if he resists stubbornly, don't regret it when the time comes!" ”

Wang Daolong was driven away, and before he returned to Qiantang, he learned that a large number of 20,000 troops of the Lu Shuang Division of the Qiantang army had arrived at the city of Qiantang, and he was also caught by the scouts of the Qiantang army.

Then Lu Shuang met Wang Daolong and ordered him to be released into the city.

Wang Daolong was hung on the city wall by the defenders in a hanging basket, and after entering the palace, he quickly met Liu Yu and relayed Zhao Junsheng's original words.

At this time, Liu Yu had already been frightened by the 20,000 fierce cadres outside the city, and he trembled after hearing Wang Daolong's relay.

In the face of such a crisis, the ministers are all persuading Liu Yu to surrender, if they do not surrender, once the city is broken, not only will Liu Yu have a good death, but they are only afraid that these ministers will also follow Liu Yu to be buried, they don't want to die, they are the pillars of the family, for them, the country can be destroyed, the family can not die.

In the spring of the twenty-eighth year of Daqian.

Wang Jingze, the guard of the city gate who was bribed by Qianguo, secretly opened the city gate, and received the cadres into the city.

The battle lasted all night and day, and by the time Shen was over the next afternoon, the city was like hell, littered with corpses, ruins, and burning houses.

Liu Song's families in the capital were almost wiped out, the important ministers of the court and the recalcitrant generals were all killed, no one in later generations knew why Lu Shuang connived at the army to slaughter the city, the emperor Liu Yu died in the chaos, and none of his sons and concubines were spared.

The news quickly spread to Wu Xingcheng, Liu Song general Xiao Daocheng received the news and the whole person was like ten years old, if the Qiantang was not broken and the emperor Liu Yu was still there, he could still try his best to appease the subordinates to hold on, now that the Qiantang has been broken, the royal family has been killed, and the generals continue to stay here for what? There is no reason for them to hold on.

The generals Chen Xianda and Gao Daoqing stood up and said to Xiao Daocheng: "General, this Wu Xing can't hold it, while our strength is still there, the general will lead us to break through and kill out, as long as we leave Wu Xing, we still have a lot to do!" ”

Xiao Daocheng shook his head: "If you can't escape, the cadres are only afraid that the traps that have been set up around are waiting for us to open the city gate and break through, and then they will wipe us out!" ”

Gao Daoqing said: "Then what should I do? Are we going to be trapped here? ”

Xiao Daocheng thought for a while and said to Chen Xianda: "Xianda, Zhao Junsheng sent ministers to lobby the general to surrender, you go out of the city to see Zhao Junsheng, try to fight for the maximum interests of the soldiers, at this time there is no other way but to surrender, but I can't wait for many years of hard work in vain, even if you want to surrender to the country, you have to get enough benefits for your brothers!" ”

"Yes, General, the last general will go!"

Two days later, Xiao Daocheng led 20,000 Song troops to surrender, and the largest remnant of Liu Song was completely solved by Zhao Junsheng.

After two months, the cadres basically controlled all parts of Liu and Song Dynasty, took over the government offices and garrisons in various places, and the whole world was unified, ending the troubled times of more than 100 years since the Jin Dynasty crossed to the south, causing chaos in the Central Plains, massacring the Han people, and splitting the north and south.

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