On November 22, Li Cunqiao arrived at the foot of Youzhou City on a single horse and shouted loudly to Liu Shouguang in the city.

"King Yan, when Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty and rebelled, he wanted to join the forces of the other three feudal towns in Heshuo with Er, and the armies of the five towns together went to revive the national fortune of the Tang Dynasty."

However, Er tried to do wrong, and even imitated Zhu Wen's arrogant transgression and vainly added honorific titles; The two marshals of Zhenzhou, King Zhao and King Beiping of Dingzhou, they were both tame and obedient to serve you, but you never sympathized with them, but sent troops to each other, so there is a year of war today. ”

"I think that no matter whether the husband succeeds or fails, he must decide where to go as soon as possible, and he blindly procrastinates, but he makes mistakes. Now that the situation is like this, where to go, let's get an idea. ”

Under the city of Youzhou, Li Cunqiao's high-pitched and majestic voice spread all over the four fields, and there were constantly echoes coming from the surroundings, so that the defenders in the city couldn't help but feel intimidated when they heard it.

Looking at the sturdy, young and mighty young general outside the city, riding a white BMW, Liu Shouguang's expression was extremely complicated.

is also a young man who became a festival envoy, and one is called King Jin and the other is King Yan, and the two should be about the same regardless of their status and status.

Even in Liu Shouguang's heart, the scene in his dream should be that he was standing under the Jinyang city wall, majestically persuading the Jin defenders on the city wall and the Jin king Li Cunqiao to surrender; Unfortunately, the opposite is true.

"What the hell is wrong with Lone? Wasn't it okay to have it? Before the original Lone Emperor, there were 300,000 armor soldiers, the remaining money and grain in the treasury were enough for several years, and there were many generals and ministers under his command. ”

Liu Shouguang was extremely puzzled in his heart, he had reflected for a long time, and he had always wanted to understand why he ended up where he was now, but unfortunately he couldn't figure out the reason no matter how much he thought about it, and in the end it could only be attributed to the destiny of heaven.

Since it was the mandate of heaven that made it impossible for him to achieve great things, and now the situation in Yan Kingdom had really reached the point of exhaustion, and he could not continue to hold on internally, and he could not see any reinforcements coming from outside, in this case, he had already prepared to surrender.

However, at this time, facing Li Cunqing, the king of Jin not far from the city wall, Liu Shouguang was a little hesitant.

He stepped forward, held on to the wall that had been flattened by Suzhou shelling, and shouted loudly to Li Cunmiao: "People are swordsmen and I am fish and meat, and now I am just at the disposal of the king." ”

His voice was hoarse, his expression was haggard, and he had been in a state of decadence for a long time these days because of the troubles of the internal and external situation, and his whole spirit seemed extremely depressed, and his loose hair and beard that had not been taken care of for a long time made him look less like a handsome man, but more like he had just been released from his cell.

Seeing him like this, Li Cunmiao recalled that although this person had an unbearable character, in the final analysis, he was also a feudal town, and his status should have been the same as his own, but now he had fallen to such a point, and he couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic.

"If there is a lone day in the future, the army will be defeated and will die, will it be like this?"

Li Cunmiao felt a little sympathy in his heart, and immediately took out an arrow from the quiver hanging on the horse, held it with both hands, and only heard the sound of "pop", and the arrow had been broken in two by him.

"King Yan, Lone has made an oath here, as long as you go out of the city and come down, Lone will definitely guarantee your safety!"

It is a very solemn etiquette to take an oath with an arrow, and once the oath is made, it will never be easily violated; In addition, the oath made on the spot by Li Cunmiao, the king of Jin, in front of so many people from the two armies inside and outside the city wall, can be said to be almost impossible to violate.

Moreover, Li Cunmiao was originally a person who paid great attention to oaths, even if it was just to maintain his prestige, it was impossible for him to violate it.

Therefore, what he said about Liu Shouguang as long as he surrendered, he would guarantee his safety was indeed very sincere; If Liu Shouguang can grasp this opportunity and decisively go out of the city and surrender, although he will still be from a high-ranking commander to a prisoner of others, at least his life can be saved.

It's a pity that even at this time, he was still very hesitant and couldn't make the decision to surrender.

At this moment, Li Xiaoxi, the most trusted confidant by his side, opened his mouth to persuade: "Your Majesty, the defenders in our city have a large number of troops, and the money and food saved in the city are enough, even if we hold on for another year or two, there is no problem, why surrender now?" ”

"Huh? You mean, there is no rush to surrender now? But if you continue to hold on, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a turnaround? Liu Shouguang suddenly hesitated.

The Li Xiaoxi in front of him is the most trusted person in his past, and the decisions to persuade him to be the emperor and crusade against the king of Dingzhou were all made under the persuasion of this person, and it can be said that he obeyed his words from time to time.

Even if the situation in Yan Kingdom has reached the current point, he does not have any intention of blaming this person, but continues to trust him.

"Your Majesty, the small one also felt that the situation was dangerous, and there was no hope of continuing to hold on, so if Your Majesty wanted to surrender, the small one would not dare to dissuade him; But just now, a little flash of inspiration suddenly found that we actually have a reinforcement! Li Xiaoxi said with a somewhat excited expression.

"And reinforcements? Where is it? Liu Shouguang's expression suddenly perked up, and he hurriedly asked.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that in addition to the Khitan and Liang countries in the world today, there is not a great power that can compete with the Jin state? If we can persuade this country to send troops to help, wouldn't we still have a chance? Li Xiaoxi said with a smile.

"A great power that can compete with the Jin Kingdom? Are you talking about the state of Wu in the south? Liu Shouguang wondered.

"Yes, it's Wu Guo. If King Wu is willing to send troops to help, we should cooperate with the outside world, and we may not be able to defeat the Jin army and recover the lost territory. ”

"Wu Guo? But Wu Guoyuan is in the south of the Yangtze River, and he has never had any friendship with us, but I heard that Huainan and Hedong were allies back then, how could they be willing to send troops to help us break the siege? What's more, even if King Wu is willing to send troops to help, there is still a Liang State in between, how can their army be able to arrive? ”

Liu Shouguang instinctively felt unreliable, and immediately felt extremely disappointed.

"Your Majesty, it is true that the distance between the State of Wu and us is too far, but the naval division of the Wu army is extremely powerful, if the King of Wu is really willing to come to the rescue, they only need to send troops to go by water, and they do not need to pass through the territory of the State of Liang at all. Has Your Majesty forgotten how Wu Jun rescued Qingzhou Wang Shifan in the first place? Li Xiaoxi said.

Liu Shouguang's eyes lit up and he re-energized.

Yes, the distance between Wang Shifan and Huainan was also far away, and the middle was cut off by the territory of the Liang State, but the Huainan general Wang Maozhang led 7,000 troops to land directly in Qingzhou from the sea, helping the Qingzhou army defeat the Liang army and killing Zhu Wen's nephew Zhu Youning, thus shocking the world.

Although the Yan State is also far away from the Wu State now, for the Wu State with a developed naval army, these are not a big problem at all.

Thinking of this, Liu Shouguang suddenly became a little excited.

I only heard Li Xiaoxi then said: "As for how to say how to move King Wu to send troops to help, at the beginning, the Zhi family, the Wei family, and the Han family surrounded the Zhao family in Jinyang City, and the situation was only more difficult than we are now, but the Zhao family's advisers successfully persuaded the Wei family and the Han family to fight back, and finally not only lifted the siege of Jinyang, but also turned defeat into victory in one fell swoop, and finally the three families were divided into Jin and ranked among the princes." ”

"If the king sends someone to persuade King Wu to send troops to help, who dares to say that there is no chance to turn defeat into victory?"

Li Xiaoxi and Liu Shouguang were discussing on the city wall, but Li Cunxuan under the city wall was a little impatient.

He personally went to the city wall to persuade him to surrender, in order to end the war as soon as possible and reduce the losses of the Jin army; For this reason, he not only personally opened his mouth to persuade him to surrender, but also made an oath to ensure Liu Shouguang's safety.

But he didn't expect that Liu Shouguang was still hesitating at this time, and he didn't even have an explanation, which couldn't help but make him feel contemptible.

"King Yan, where to go, don't you make a quick decision?" He shouted again, his tone already a little impatient.

However, Liu Shouguang has been persuaded by Li Xiaoxi and rekindled hope, how can he be willing to surrender at such a time? So after hesitating for a moment, he shouted loudly: "The king has come from afar, and it must be very hard, why don't you go and rest first, so that you can think about it for another day or two." ”

Li Cunmiao was furious, and the reason why he personally ran over to persuade him to surrender was because Liu Shouguang kept asking Zhou Dewei to surrender, and said to the prison army Zhang Chengye that as long as he came in person, he would surrender immediately.

But now that he has arrived in the city, he even made an oath to ensure the safety of the other party, but in the end the other party said that he hadn't thought about it yet, isn't it a joke?

Li Cunmiao was annoyed and ashamed, and immediately made a word and left, leaving only Liu Shouguang and others to continue to discuss on the city wall.

However, what Liu Shouguang didn't expect was that Li Xiaoxi dissuaded him from surrendering at this time, and his original purpose was not to hope that Wu Jun would come to the rescue, after all, the probability was too low, even he didn't believe it very much, that is, it was just used to fool Liu Shouguang and make him not surrender immediately.

So what is Li Xiaoxi's purpose? For merit, of course!

He originally had the idea of surrendering to the Jin Kingdom in his heart, but if Liu Shouguang surrendered directly, he would just follow Liu Shouguang to surrender, so he would have no credit, and after losing Liu Shouguang's backer, he would not have a good time in the future.

But if Liu Shouguang is not in a hurry to surrender, then he can take the initiative to go out of the city to surrender to the Jin army, which is naturally a great achievement, and this is also the thought that suddenly flashed in his heart after seeing Li Cunqiao just now.

That night, Li Xiaoxi climbed over the city wall, went out of the city to surrender in the Jin army camp, and completely explained the situation in the city to Li Cunqiao and others.

Two days later, with the detailed information provided by Li Xiaoxi, the Jin army launched another onslaught, and finally took Youzhou in one fell swoop, capturing Liu Shouguang and Liu Rengong and others, who had long been imprisoned by Liu Shouguang.

At this point, the Yan Kingdom, which had been emperor for only one year, was declared extinct.