"Respectfully, please drive across the river!"

Chai Rong boarded the dragon boat and headed south from Yangzhou in the midst of a mountain cry.

Three days ago, Zheng Bin, who was stationed in Runzhou, announced his surrender, and as many as 1,000 warships belonged to the Great Zhou, and the Yangtze River Naval Division that Li Hongji had worked so hard to manage became the bag of the Great Zhou.

Together with the 30,000 foot soldiers of Runzhou, they also surrendered to the Great Zhou.

Runzhou fell, and Yangzhou became a lonely city.

Li Hongji vomited blood and fell into a coma, woke up, and the general trend has gone.

In the face of the envoy sent by the Great Zhou, he was not angry, but listened patiently, and then rewarded him with wine and food, and let him return to the Zhou camp. When the envoys of the Great Zhou were gone, there were still some generals under Li Hongji, especially the people of the Divine Guard, who were still loyal, and they surrounded the emperor and knelt down together.

These people are crying and persuading at the same time, Jiangnan can't go back, but there are still a lot of people in Shouzhou and other places in the Southern Tang Dynasty, as long as Your Majesty nods, they are willing to give up their lives to protect Li Hongji, break out of the encirclement, regroup, and then fight to the death with the Great Zhou.

Some people even say that they should simply enter Sichuan directly, join forces with Shu, and fight with Da Zhou to the end!

Faced with the proposal of his subordinates, Li Hongji just shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"I see your loyalty, but there is no need for it." Li Hongji sighed, looking infinitely lonely, "Husband, if you lose, you have to admit it." Even Jiangnan has been lost, and if you continue to fight, it will just kill some more people. You are hand-picked by me, and you are faithful. But you also have parents and brothers, wives and children, I can't let you lose your lives in vain, you can't do that, you can't! ”

Li Hongji shook his head again and again, and the people below couldn't cry when they heard it, and they cried together.

"Your Majesty, we are willing to die for Your Majesty!"

"No!" Li Hongji raised his head with tears in his eyes, "I want you to live!" Now, there are not many loyal people, those shameless people who betrayed me, live well, but you loyal people, you will die together, no! No, you can't! ”

Li Hongji suddenly raised his voice, "I want you to surrender to Da Zhou immediately, whether you continue to join the army in the future, or return to the field and be a farmer, I hope you will live well and live for yourself!" ”

After saying this, Li Hongji ignored the crying crowd, turned around abruptly, and went to the back.

After a while, the soldiers felt bad, and hurriedly broke in, and found that Li Hongji was wearing a dragon robe, holding a treasure knife in his left hand, and there was an extra wound more than three inches long in his throat, and blood was gushing out, and he had already lost his breath...... Li Hongji is a very proud person, he believes in Chai Rong's surrender, but he doesn't want to be condescending and being a slave to anyone.

The Tang Dynasty Son of Heaven must have his own decency!

The soldiers caressed the corpse and cried, since there were more than a dozen people, they committed suicide on the spot and followed Li Hongji......

The next day, the city gate was opened, and Yangzhou fell.

Chai Rong arrived in front of Li Hongji's corpse and looked at it for a long time, his mood fluctuating.

Speaking of which, how many evil things did Li Hongji do?

Killing fathers, killing brothers, and forcibly pushing laws that harm the people have made the heavens angry and resentful, and the people have been reviled by all the people...... These seem to be his faults, but as an opponent, Chai Rong really doesn't think that Li Hongji is heinous and bad to the core.

The general trend of the world, divided for a long time, must be united, and long-term must be divided.

Dragons and snakes rise to land, and the heroes compete for the top.

The difference between himself and Li Hongji is nothing more than victory and defeat.

Chai Rong thought for a long time, if he took a wrong step, he might also die and the country would be ruined. At that time, Zhuangzong Li Cunqiao was so majestic, didn't it fall apart in an instant.

We must not be complacent, self-righteous, or confused...... Chai Rong made dozens of requests to himself, and then he walked to the corpse, reached out and took down the treasure knife that Li Hongji had used to kill himself, inserted it into the scabbard, put it away carefully, and left it by his side as a warning. Then let people put their Son of Heaven Sword in Li Hongji's arms.

"Spread my will, and according to the gift of the Son of Heaven, I buried Li Hongji."

Hanlin Bachelor Li Xi received the order and went to make arrangements.

Chai Rong rested for a while, left Han Tong, stationed in Yangzhou, and then took Zhao Kuangyin and Zhang Yongde as the vanguard, led the army, crossed the Yangtze River, and approached Jinling.

His Majesty the Emperor finally arrived in Jiangnan.

University scholar Wei Renpu, champion Hou Yehua, imperial historian Han Xizai, general Yang Ye, and many other ministers are waiting for the arrival of the holy car.

When Chai Rong arrived, the gongs and drums were noisy, the flags were fluttering, and the sound of long live was endless.

Chai Rong's face was full of light, and after accepting the worship of the ministers, he nodded and let Ye Hua come to his side, and the two monarchs and ministers almost entered Jinling together, and the others were envious and could not envy them, so they could only follow behind.

"Your hands and feet are so fast, you actually rushed into Jinling before me, this is called bullying!" Chai Rong said in a low voice.

Ye Hua smiled, "Your Majesty, you know, the minister has been staying in the palace and not daring to enter, waiting for His Majesty to conquer it personally!" ”

Chai Rong paused, and said coldly: "Pat the fart!" Pure play! ”

It's not right to do this, Ye Hua simply stopped talking, and he can't be reasonable with the biggest scoundrel in the world.

Chai Rongxing rushed into Jinling, and order in the city was restored a lot, the traces of the war disappeared, the streets became clean and tidy, and everything was in order.

Chai Rong was very satisfied, he drove directly into the Jinling Palace, and in the Jinluan Palace, summoned all the civil and military personnel, including a number of ministers.

Chai Rong said first: "Champion Hou, why don't you see Feng Yanji and Song Qiqiu?" They are the heroes who won Jinling! ”

Ye Hua hurriedly said: "Feng Yanji was at both ends of the head, and after the city was sacrificed, he tried to collude with Li Hongji and make chaos again, and the minister had no choice but to take him down!" As for Song Qiqiu, he is old and sick, and because over the years, he has made no achievements in the country and at home, and he feels guilty. I asked to hand over my family's property, went out of the city to live, and thought about it behind closed doors! ”

After listening to it, Chai Rong didn't say anything else for a while, just snorted heavily!

Then His Majesty the Emperor said to the rest of the ministers: "Qing and others will obey the heavens and return to the Great Zhou, and I will definitely treat everyone equally." As long as you have the heart to serve the country and do things respectfully, I will not treat you badly! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Led by Sun Sheng, Li Deming and others, they knelt down and kowtowed together.

These people are all human spirits, and they can't see it, this is a double reed sung by the monarch and ministers.

Ye Hua first cleaned up Song Qiqiu and Feng Yanji, shocked the ministers, and asked the big guys to be obedient, Chai Rong came out again to be a good man, cleaning up people's hearts, this pair of monarchs and ministers really had a good time!

Clearly, they also woke up to the fact that the laws of Da Zhou are absolutely different from those of Da Tang.

Chai Rong will not be like Li Hongji, accustomed to Wenchen, kill if he wants to, punish if he wants, he must be a man with his tail between his legs and his eggs in his hands, otherwise he will be as miserable as Feng Yanji and Song Qiqiu......

The subordinates were honest, and Han Xizai stood up.

"Your Majesty, Jinghu, Zhou Xingfeng sent a fold to return to the Great Zhou, and the Southern Han Dynasty also sent envoys to the Great Zhou to surrender and prepare to accept the land and return to Shun, and the ministers respectfully asked Your Majesty to decide, how to deal with the two places."

Chai Rong groaned, looked at the ministers present, and finally set his eyes on Ye Hua.

"Champion Hou, what do you think?"

Ye Hua knew it in his heart, and said with a smile: "Since the demise of Ma Chu, the land of Jinghu has been divided, and Zhou Xing should be forced to surrender every time, so there is nothing to say." It's the Southern Han Dynasty, please surrender, it's very article. The ministers should definitely not be able to stop Annan's offensive, and they want to use the power of the Great Zhou to deal with Annan, so they pretended to surrender. ”

Wei Renpu immediately said: "Your Majesty, what the champion Hou said is extremely true, although we have taken Jinling, but there is still a large area of land, it is too late to occupy it, not to mention that the army is tired, crossing the river to fight, the climate is hot, it has made the soldiers miserable, if you continue to march to Lingnan, I am afraid that before we go to the place, we have already suffered heavy losses and have to retreat." ”

Wei Renpu concluded: "The old minister thinks that the Southern Han Dynasty is advancing by retreating and testing the bottom limit of the Great Zhou!" ”

Chai Rong bowed slightly, "So, the Southern Han Dynasty's invitation to surrender doesn't have to be bothered?" ”

"No!"

Ye Hua immediately said: "The minister thinks that this is a heaven-sent opportunity, and Your Majesty should take the opportunity to conquer Annan to show the might of my army!" At the same time, in order to recover Lingnan, make preparations. ”

False paths are destroyed!

The thought swelled up in everyone's minds.

What a greedy Ye Hua, it's not enough to take Jiangnan, you also have to get involved in Lingnan, Annan, how much appetite do you have?

Facing everyone's doubts, Ye Hua just smiled indifferently, "Princess, if you don't take Annan as soon as possible, how can you settle so many displaced people just by relying on the land in the south of the Yangtze River?" ”