Chapter 769: The curtain has come to an end
Yelu Zong really didn't speak, but Li Zhang smiled again at this time, and then suddenly asked: "Your Majesty the Emperor, are you thinking that although you have been arrested, your son has fled outside, and there is still hope for the Liao Kingdom to make a comeback in the future?" ”
"You ......" Li Zhang's words were like a muffled thunder, and Yelu Zongzhen, who was blown up, jumped up all of a sudden, with an expression of anger and panic on his face, because Li Zhang's words pierced his last bit of confidence.
"Surprised?" Li Zhang looked at the other party with a smile, "You have thirteen sons, three of them were born to the queen, and in the captured Liao royal family, everyone else is there, but your eldest son Yelu Hongji is missing, the other party is thirteen years old this year, although he is not an adult, but he is almost old, if he flees, it is likely to gather a group of former Liao ministers, and even find a chance to make a comeback." ”
Li Zhang's expression was very relaxed when he spoke, but the more he was like this, the more panicked Yelu Zongzhen became, and finally couldn't help but shout, "How can you know? ”
"Hehe~" Li Zhang sneered, his eyes were also fixed on Yelu Zongzhen, and after a while, he spoke, "Of course I know, but there is one thing you definitely don't know, do you know what the relationship between me and Yelu Zhirang is?" ”
"Impossible, Zhirang will never betray me!" Yelu Zongzhen yelled angrily at this time, but his anger was actually just to hide the fear in his heart, or he didn't want to believe the speculation in his heart.
"Yelu Zhirang has a sister, who was sent to Dashi and Qin by you as a princess back then, but disappeared in my Great Song Dynasty, of course, this is only an explanation on the surface, in fact, she has always been by my side, and she also gave birth to two sons and a daughter for me!" Li Zhang lightly told Yan Niang about it.
"Knock~" Yelu Zongzhen also collapsed to the ground when he heard Li Zhang's words, of course he knew about Yan Niang, in fact, Yelu Zhirang had begged him to help stop it, but he did not ascend the throne at that time, and he was not very old, so he couldn't affect such a big thing at all, but he never dreamed that Yelu Zhirang's sister was still alive, and it became the key to Yelu Zhirang's betrayal.
In fact, Li Zhang didn't expect that Yelu Zhirang would take Yelu Zongzhen's son to surrender, just a few days ago, Yelu Zhirang personally came to the Song army camp, and after seeing Cao Mata, he showed his relationship with Li Zhang, although Cao Ma was Li Zhang's friend, but he didn't know Yan Niang's identity, so he was a little suspicious at first, but fortunately Li Zhang was behind, and when he got the news, he also rushed to the scene, and talked to Yelu Zhirang in detail.
Zhongjing was besieged, the hearts of the people in the city were fluctuating, Yelu Zongzhen had long known that he couldn't hold Zhongjing, and he also knew that the Song army would never withdraw troops if he didn't catch him, so he entrusted his eldest son Yelu Hongji to Yelu Zhirang, and asked him to sneak out of the city with the other party, hoping to leave a glimmer of life for the Liao State.
But although Yelu Zhirang is not as resourceful as Yelu Renxian, he is not a stupid person, in fact, he has already seen through Yelu Zongzhen, and even more so that the Liao State has no chance, even if he can escape with Yelu Hongji, it will only make more Khitans die because of this, so he finally decided to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty after careful consideration.
"It's not just Yelu Zhirang, after Yeluren was captured alive by us first, he was also persuaded by me to be willing to surrender, plus most of the Liao ministers in the capital have already taken refuge in our Great Song Dynasty, it can be said that you are really alone now!" Li Zhang once again gave Yelu Zongzhen a fatal blow.
Sure enough, when he heard that Yelu Renxian had betrayed him, Yelu Zongzhen was stunned at first, and then showed an expression of disbelief, but then showed a mixture of anger and frustration, resentment and other expressions, his face was also red and white, and his whole body was trembling constantly, and finally he suddenly opened his mouth and spurted out a mouthful of blood.
Li Zhang had only heard of vomiting blood in anger before, he thought it was just an exaggeration, but now he saw with his own eyes that Yelu Zong really vomited blood, which made him stunned, and he was even a little worried that this guy would not be angry to death, right?
However, although Yelu Zongzhen vomited blood, although he was very sluggish, he seemed to wake up, and at this time, he also stared at Li Zhang with resentment, as if he put all the hatred on him, but Li Zhang didn't care, even if the Great Song Dynasty didn't kill Yelu Zongzhen, but this guy could only be placed under house arrest in the capital for the rest of his life, I hope Zhao Zhen will not be a wife like his grandfather Zhao Guangyi, otherwise the hat on Yelu Zongzhen's head will be changed.
A few days later, Li Zhang personally escorted Yelu Zongzhen out of Zhongjing, and he was accompanied by Yelu Zhirang, and the teenage Yelu Hongji, this guy is the historical Liao Daozong, that is, the Liao emperor who worshipped Xiao Feng in martial arts, this guy is a famous faint monarch of Liao, it can be said that the Liao State began to decline from the hands of Yelu Zongzhen and Yelu Hongji, the father and son.
With the return of Yelu Zongzhen's father and son, it also marked the complete destruction of the Liao Kingdom, and for the Great Song Dynasty, it could be regarded as the complete end of this old enemy in the north, which made everyone feel relieved, as if the big stone that had been pressing on their hearts disappeared all of a sudden, and everyone felt extremely relaxed.
However, although the Liao State is destroyed, but the next governance has just begun, if the governance is not done properly, the homeland of the Liao State will be in chaos, maybe in the future there will be people under the banner of the Liao State to rebel, and then maybe the Liao State will have the possibility of resurgence.
Fortunately, Li Zhang had persuaded Yeluren to return first, although Zhao Zhen was also a little worried that Yeluren was not sincere in his return, but based on his trust in Li Zhang, he still asked Yeluren to help the officials of the Great Song Dynasty pacify various places, and Yeluren first did not live up to Li Zhang's trust, and the pacification of the Great Song Dynasty also quickly took effect.
For example, the Liao side of Tokyo has not been defeated, but with the news that Yeluren first surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, the defenders on the Tokyo side also surrendered quickly, and the Liao army stationed in Goryeo also rebelled and surrendered, after all, their hometown is gone, and there is no point in guarding Goryeo anymore.
However, there was a small episode on the Goryeo side, as the homeland of Goryeo fell into the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, the former Goryeo King Wang Heng, who was exiled in the Great Song Dynasty, also proposed to the Great Song Dynasty to restore the country, but the Great Song side did not pay attention to it at all, but directly dispatched officials and troops to include the Goryeo Peninsula into the territory.