Liu Gon didn't sleep all night, and the other Song army generals and officials who stayed in Jiangxia City also didn't sleep all night, waiting for news from Pang Dangdang.

Not long after the army left the city, the sound of war drums and shouts of killing was heard from the north, even if it was far away, it was heard in Jiangxia City.

On the upper floor of the North Gate City, Liu Gon and other generals and officials gathered here to wait for news, the battle drums and shouts of killing during the battle lasted for more than an hour and then ended, everyone's mood was very worried and conflicted, and they couldn't tell whether they hoped that Pang Dangdang and the others would succeed or that they would fail.

I waited for more than an hour, and the sky was numb, but I still didn't wait for Pang Dangdang to send someone to report the victory.

Now Liu Gon understood in his heart, and the other generals and officials also understood in their hearts, there was no need to wait, Pang Dangdang must have failed, otherwise he would not have sent someone to report the news after more than an hour.

Liu Gon held the hilt of his sword and looked at the other officials and generals and said, "Everyone, General Pang, I'm afraid they won't be able to come back!" There is no hope of breaking through, there are no reinforcements, there is no response to cross the river, and holding on to it can only be a dead end, do we have any other choice now? ”

No one spoke up, everyone knew that they had to choose to surrender, and there was no hope of sticking to it, Xiao Bin made it clear in the letter that there was nothing, and he had to let them hold on to the end and wait for the situation to change, what the hell is coaxing a three-year-old child?

But everyone's hearts are contradictory and complicated, they have been a courtier to the Song State for so many years, and they suddenly want to surrender to the Qianguo, their hearts are like overturning the five-flavor bottle, which is quite unpleasant, who doesn't want to be a loyal minister? Who the hell would want to be a traitor? Isn't this forced to do nothing?

Lord Bo Zhu Zhuang sighed: "Everyone, there is no one in this world who is not afraid of death, it is a lie to say that he is not afraid of death, but the situation has reached this point, but where there is still a glimmer of hope, I Zhu Zhu will never choose to surrender, but Xiao Dashuai does not give us any hope, even if he just lies to us and says let us hold on for half a month, there will be reinforcements coming, I Zhu Zhu will definitely defend to the end, but unfortunately not!" ”

"General Liu, I don't think there is any need to persevere, and if you insist on it, it will be nothing more than the death of some more people, if you wait until the cadre army team comes to attack the city, then the killing will rise, once the city is broken, the high-level cadres and the army will indulge in the slaughter of the city in order to calm the anger of the soldiers who have lost too much in attacking the city, and I am afraid that the city will become a hell, and then you and I will not become sinners?"

Liu Gon glanced at everyone and asked, "Is there anyone else who wants to hold on?" ”

At this time, even if someone doesn't want to surrender, listening to Liu Gon's tone, he knows that this person has already made up his mind to surrender, and no one is still hot-headed at this time.

An official said: "It seems that the general and you have made up their minds to surrender to the Qianjun, and the lower officials have nothing to say, since you all have this idea, the lower officials should also follow the trend, but the lower officials want to ask General Liu, if we surrender the Qianjun, what will I do with my family in Xiakou?" If the court and Xiao Dashuai are angry, they are afraid that they will attack them! ”

Liu Gon said: "This is indeed a problem, I'm afraid that everyone else has this concern, right?" General Ben will talk about the general's thoughts, what the court will do, the general doesn't know, but the general knows that Xiao Bin will never do it, and he doesn't dare to attack my family members, doesn't he have a family? Who can guarantee that tomorrow he will not fall into the hands of the cadres? Over the years, have there been fewer generals and officials who surrendered to the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Qianguo? It is not without officials in the Northern Wei Dynasty and Qianguo who surrendered to our dynasty, have you ever seen the families of these people persecuted? ”

"To say something with gangsterism, they all come out to eat together, why bother with their wives and children? As long as he Xiao Bin dares to attack our family, when he or his family falls into our hands in the future, we will definitely make him regret it! ”

Only then did the official just now say: "There is no problem with the lower officials, so please ask the general to make full decisions and send someone to contact the cadres and troops to discuss the matter of surrendering the city to Chengcheng!" ”

Liu Gon glanced at the others: "Does anyone else have different ideas?" If anyone wants to leave, the general can order someone to open the city gate and let him leave, and promise that he will not be blocked, as for whether he can live after leaving the city, it depends on his life! ”

No one spoke up.

Liu Gon immediately said: "That's good! In fact, when the general went to the camp yesterday and discussed with General Niu of the cadre army about surrendering and offering the city, now that the dust has settled, he only needs to send someone to say it, and the cadre army will definitely send troops to take over the city defense matters! Where is Liang Dagui? ”

Liang Dagui stood up and hugged his fists and said: "The end will be!" ”

"On behalf of the general, you went to the camp of the cadre army to meet General Niu, and said that I, Liu Gon, had persuaded all the guards and generals in the city to surrender to the cadre army and surrender the city, and asked General Niu to send someone to receive it!"

"No!"

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Cadre army battalion.

Zhao Junsheng walked in the camp with the handle of the knife, and Lin Jinghui followed him back to the situation.

"Our army is still confronting Xiao Sihua in Yiling Road, Xiao Sihua has carried out several sneak attacks, but they have all been beaten back by the national teacher and General Lu!"

"Xiao Siyan really sent a partial division to attack Jiangzhou, fortunately, His Majesty issued a warning to Jiangzhou, Jiangzhou did not let the Song army succeed when it was prepared, this Song army that went to sneak attack was received by Jiangzhou before it entered the Jiangzhou territory, and sent troops to set up an ambush in advance, the Song army lost more than half, and the rest returned along the same route!"

"In addition, this is an investigation report from Bashu's spies, on the whole, the territory of Bashu has gradually stabilized under our control, and prices have gradually declined under the entry of a large amount of grain, grass and materials in our direction, and some businessmen and landlords who control a large amount of grain and materials have been disposed of, and no one dares to raise prices!"

Zhao Junsheng took the notebook and looked at it, nodded, returned the notebook to Lin Jinghui and said, "Okay!" During this time, pay more attention to the news of the Southern Dynasties, especially the news of the Song Dynasty! ”

"No!"

A civilian official who accompanied the car quickly walked over and reported: "Your Majesty, General Hua, who is stranded in the rear, has already arrived thirty miles away with Sima Chuzhi and Li Bao's army, and it will be there in another hour!" ”

"Oh? It came quite quickly, and it seems that they didn't delay on the way! ”

Zhao Junsheng remembered something when he said this, turned his head and asked Lin Jinghui: "Do you know where the Song Army sailors who went to attack Hanjinkou two days ago have arrived?" Did the Black Guards verify? ”

Lin Jinghui clenched his fists and said: "The minister has already sent someone to investigate, and yesterday I went down to report that this Song army water division is in the waterway in Jingling County, and it will take two days to reach the entrance of Hanshui!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it and made a decision in his heart!

Not long after breakfast, Niu Dali came over to report: "Your Majesty, good news, Liu Gon sent someone to say that he has taken control of all the officials and soldiers and horses in Jiangxia City, and is waiting for our army to lead the army to receive it!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Junsheng felt a little strange, "Last night Pang launched and said that he wanted to surrender our army, his son Pang Dangdang strongly opposed, Liu Gon also supported Pang Dangdang to oppose Pang Faqi's surrender, and now Liu Gon sent someone to say that he wanted to sacrifice the city, what do you think is going on?" ”

Niu Dali touched his neck and said, "Your Majesty also knows that my brain is not good, so don't embarrass the minister!" ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled when he heard this, thought about it for a while, and then ordered: "You go and tell the people sent by Liu Gon, just say that our army will receive it after noon, let Liu Gon get ready, when our army arrives, all the officials and generals in Jiangxia City must be greeted outside the city, except for the four city gates, the rest of the soldiers will all assemble outside the north city gate, put down their weapons and wait for reorganization!" ”

"No!"

After an hour, the cadres arrived with a brigade of men and horses, and the camp, which could only accommodate 1,000 people, naturally could not fit tens of thousands of horses, so they set up another camp nearby.

"The old minister Sima Chuzhi (minister Li Bao) pays a visit to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is safe!" Sima Chuzhi and Li Bao came to the Shuai tent to meet him.

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Flat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng asked, "You waited quite quickly, and the way went well, right?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the way is very smooth, all the counties and counties you pass through have surrendered, and our army has occupied all the towns on the way from Xiangyang to Jiangxia City without blood!"

Zhao Junsheng frowned: "How many troops have been divided?" ”

Li Bao and Sima Chuzhi looked at each other, worried in their hearts, Sima Chuzhi gave Li Bao a look, and Li Bao had no choice but to say: "Therefore, there are too many cities along the way and on the left and right, and they are busy suppressing the strength of the resistance, so the total number of troops in various places has reached 20,000!" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked, "How many people did the two of you bring in total?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, less than 10,000!"

Zhao Junsheng slapped the desk and asked loudly: "Who asked you to divide the troops?" ”

"Your Majesty, if you don't divide your troops to capture the cities along the way, how can you ensure the safety of the army's supply and retreat?"

Zhao Junsheng angrily reprimanded Li Bao: "Why did the commander of the Song army let Shen Qingzhi give up Xiangyang and withdraw again and again, have you ever thought about it?" Of course, in order to preserve strength, there is also a purpose to let us divide the troops, the longer the battle line drags on, it is indeed a great pressure on logistics, but the consequences of dividing the troops are more serious, which seriously weakens the front and strength of our army, once the Song army knows that we have less than 10,000 people here, Xiao Bin gathers troops in Xiakou, and then uses the water division as an auxiliary, he will definitely be able to fight us a beautiful counterattack! Close to the river, the water network here is dense, our cavalry did not give full play to the advantage of mobility in an open way, and the combat power is equivalent to more than half of the waste, how can the infantry alone defeat them? ”

Sima Chuzhi and Li Bao really didn't think about it so much, if Zhao Junsheng wasn't here, Sima Chuzhi would definitely think more comprehensively, when he learned that Zhao Junsheng had led the army to Jiangxia City, he had to consider Zhao Junsheng's safety, so he had to ensure the safety of Zhao Junsheng's rear, and then he divided his troops to capture the cities along the way.

Sima Chuzhi bowed and hugged his fists and said: "This is the minister's thoughtlessness, and the minister will be punished!" ”

Li Bao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, General Sima ordered the division of troops to capture the ······ of the cities along the way for the sake of Your Majesty's safety."

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "I am not confused to the point where there is no distinction between right and wrong, and there is no distinction between good and bad!" Since the soldiers have been divided, I am afraid that they will not be able to collect it for the time being, even if they want to recover the concentration, they will have to wait until all the cities in the rear are controlled by our army, but the current situation is not favorable to our army, before the Song army receives the news, our army must be ready to meet the opportunity of the Song army's counterattack! ”

Sima Chuzhi, Li Bao and the others immediately clasped their fists and said, "Please also ask Your Majesty to show me!" ”