There is no way, with the current strength of the Chu State, although it can still concentrate forty or fifty thousand troops, and the number of prefectures and counties in its hands is more than ten, if it continues to resist, it is possible to hold on for another year or two, or even three or four years.

However, in today's general trend of the world, the various forces in the south have basically surrendered to Wu in name, and they have neither the strength nor the courage to confront Wu.

And the Liang State in the north is now taking care of itself, not to mention three or four years, even if it is thirteen or fourteen years, I am afraid that the Liang State will not be able to pull out his hand to help them.

It is obviously impossible to succeed in fighting against Wu with the strength of Chu alone.

Inferior to others, this is the reality faced by these veterans present.

Although most of these people are bloody men who have been on the battlefield for a long time, if they are pushed to the extreme, they will choose to fight.

However, although the five conditions proposed by Wu Guo are a bit harsh, after all, they also leave them some leeway, and if they can reach an agreement, they will also have a place to stay at that time.

Why, then, would they lose this last chance for the sake of a son? What's more, sending a son to Jinling as a hostage does not necessarily mean that their son will die, as long as they are honest, there must be no problem for their own heirs to go to Jinling.

As for Ma Yin, although he was unwilling in his heart, he also understood that it was impossible for him to fight with Wu Guo alone.

So soon, everyone agreed to the five conditions put forward by Yang Wu.

"Then King Wu made it clear that these five conditions are the prerequisites for surrender, and if you can't agree, then there is no way to talk about surrender."

"Although we have agreed to these five prerequisites now, who can guarantee that King Wu will not make more demands in the future?" Everyone thought in their hearts, all worried, but there was nothing they could do.

……

A few days later, in the city of Jinling, in the Huagai Palace.

"I didn't expect this Ma Yin to agree directly, Gu thought that he would only agree after fighting with our army again, but now it seems that he still has some courage!" After getting the news from Gao Yu, Yang Wu said to Chen Yanqian and the others with a relaxed face.

In order to protect itself, the Southern Tang Dynasty in history sent envoys to the Song Dynasty court again and again to sue for peace, and they pleaded for mercy and reasoned, and all kinds of means were exhausted.

It's a pity that Li Yu forgot that if the Song Dynasty wanted to dominate the world, it would inevitably destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty, how could he let him go because of his plea?

So all his efforts are just a joke.

And Ma Yin is obviously much more courageous than Li Yu, and when he clearly realized that he was powerless to resist, he quickly chose to surrender, and he also gave up most of the territories such as Hunan, Jingjiang, and Wuzhen very wisely, and made concessions in other key places in a measured manner, in order to leave a place for himself.

Of course, Ma Yin's advantage was that the barbarian places in his territory, such as Chenzhou and Jizhou, were extremely undeveloped, so Wu could tolerate them staying there.

However, the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty was extremely prosperous in the Jianghuai area, and it was impossible for the Song Dynasty court to let these areas continue to be independent. Immediately exists.

Another point is that the Song Dynasty basically wanted to unify the world at that time, so it was able to concentrate its forces to deal with the Southern Tang Dynasty; However, Wu still has a large number of enemies to deal with now, so he is naturally unwilling to spend too much time and energy on Chu State.

The two conditions add up, and this is the premise for Ma Yin to be able to reach an agreement with Wu.

"Since Ma Yin knows the rules, then the negotiation of the surrender will officially begin! Chen Yanqian, you are a member of the Cabinet First Auxiliary University, and you are directly responsible for this matter! Yang Wu then looked at Chen Yanqian and said.

"Obey the order!"

"Remember, those important conditions, although Gu also knows that it is impossible to get Ma Yin to agree to all of them, but as long as he can make some of them agree. If you can quickly pacify Ma Yin without spending a single soldier, this is not bad! Yang Wu admonished.

"Yes." Chen Yanqian bowed and replied.

The Wu army originally attacked Ma Yin for two purposes, one was to seize territory, and the other was to train troops.

If you can use peaceful means to seize Ma Yin's territory, although you can't achieve the goal of training, if you haven't calmed down today, there are still many ways to train your troops, and there is no need to stare at a Ma Yin.

At this time, Li Chengsi stood up and asked: "King, since Ma Yin has agreed to those five conditions, and now Gao Yu has proposed to ask our army to temporarily stop attacking, I don't know ......."

Yang Wu frowned and groaned, and only said after a while: "Don't pay attention to it, let Chai use them to capture Langzhou again, how to use the troops is not Gao Yu's turn to talk nonsense!" ”

"Yes, the minister knows what to do!"

"By the way, after capturing Langzhou, you can stop and recuperate for a while, it's good to put a little pressure on Ma Yin, but you also have to show him a little sincerity, and you can't force him to be in a hurry!" Yang Wu finally said.

……

After handing over the matter of the negotiation to Chen Yanqian, Yang Wu did not pay much attention to the specific negotiations.

As a monarch, he is in charge of the overall situation, but he does not need to be in charge of specific things.

There are many things involved in the negotiation of surrender, and because of Yang Wu's insistence, Ma Yin and the others can only nod and agree, but each of those important conditions is related to the vital interests of Ma Yin and others, and they cannot be fought for without reason.

So progress in the negotiation process has been extremely slow.

Fortunately, after all, the situation is in the hands of Wu State, and so far the Wu army has not relaxed its attack on Langzhou, so the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to Ma Yin.

In late May, the Wu army broke through Langzhou, killing more than 1,000 Chu defenders and capturing more than 3,000.

When the news came, it immediately put heavy pressure on Gao Yu.

Although Yang Wu immediately ordered the Wu army to temporarily stop the offensive, Gao Yu and the others also understood that the Wu army could stop the offensive, but it could also launch an offensive again, so they really didn't have much time.

After delaying for more than half a month, in mid-June, Gao Yu saw that Chen Yanqian was still unwilling to continue to make concessions, and rumors were circulating in Jinling City that Yang Wu had decided to send troops to attack Lizhou again.

Under strong pressure, Gao Yu finally decided to reach an agreement with Chen Yanqian temporarily, but the specifics still needed to be confirmed by Ma Yin and others.

In the city of Shaozhou.

"First, Ma Yin removed the title of King of Chu and the title of General Tiance, and accepted the post of envoy of the Baisheng Army canonized by King Wu."

"Second, except for the two states of Chenzhou and Huizhou, the rest of the states under Ma Yin will be ceded to Wu State."

……

"Article 13, the king of Wu has the right to conscript no more than 3,000 victorious troops for the purpose of pacifying the world, and his treatment during the period of conscription shall be paid according to half of the officers and men of the forbidden army of Wu's army."

Listening to Zhang Ji read out the final conditions from Jinling one by one, Ma Yin and the others all looked sad, as if they were crying blood in their hearts.

At that time, their group of forces that migrated all the way west after the defeat in Xuanzhou and finally established a country in Hunan have deeply experienced the difficulties of starting a business for so many years.

However, now, they have to cede the territory that everyone has worked so hard to win to Wu State, and they will also be subject to all kinds of restrictions, and from then on they will have to live under other people's roofs with their tails between their legs.

The most important thing is that these bloody men now have to bow their heads and admit defeat to their old enemies who have fought with them for decades, which is what makes them feel the most sad.

It's a pity that it's not as good as others, and now it's good to be able to get a place to stay, so where can you ask for more?

At the end of June, Ma Yin's reply reached Jinling, and the matter of surrender was finally reached, and Ma Yin, an old opponent who had fought with Wu for many years, finally surrendered to Wu State!