Chapter 21: Shibukawa Blameless Yellow Dragon Lock (II)
Early in the morning.
The capital of Jiaozhi, which had been in turmoil all night, finally regained its calm slightly, and the gates of the imperial city, which had been closed all night, were also opened under the gaze of tens of millions of people.
Li Qiande, the king of Jiaozhi, was dressed in white, his hands were tied behind his back, and the jade seal of the king of Jiaozhi was wrapped in a white cloth and hung around his neck. * No matter how old or young a child was less than ten years old, he walked through the gate with his head bowed. Behind him was followed by the Empress Dowager Yilan, and a group of courtiers who had avoided entering the palace. Other than that, all the soldiers were stopped from a distance and did not let them come close.
More than 2,000 officers and soldiers have taken control of the square in front of the gate of the imperial city, and the surrounding houses and buildings are also under the control of the Song army. After a night of fighting, the resistance in the city was gradually crushed and wiped out, and tens of thousands of lives were lost.
Since Emperor Taizong pacified the Northern Han Dynasty, this was the first time that the official army of the Great Song Dynasty captured the capital of an enemy country. After some deliberate propaganda by the soldiers in the camp, everyone in the army felt honored. The soldiers who had been specially selected were all in good spirits, armed with swords, with their chests and bellies folded, and with raised chins and nostrils, they rushed to the cross-toed monarchs who were hunched over.
Zhang Dian has changed into a military uniform, wearing a long sword at his waist, and his heroic posture is radiant; And Han Gang is also wearing armor. Compared with Zhang Xuan, who had approved more than 20 catties of armor and still did not take off the color of the literati, Han Gangyi put the carefully made mountain armor on his body. The image of a young military general suddenly overwhelmed his scribe color. It's not that he wants to pretend, at the moment that the Thang Long Mansion is undecided, the danger of an accident is still very high.
Yan Da, Li Xian, as well as a cadre of the Economic Strategy Recruitment Department and the civil and military officials of the Annan camp, are all waiting to witness the historic moment. Only Li Xin did not have this luck, he was responsible for leading the army to monitor the movements in the city, in case the Jiaozhi people took the opportunity to kill the generals of the Southern Expedition Army, and did not have the opportunity to participate in this ceremony.
Li Gande finally walked in front of the surrendered generals, fell to his knees with a thud, and the group of people who followed him also treated the two commanders with great courtesy.
Zhang Dian and Han Gang do not avoid it, they are patrolling on behalf of the sky, crusading against the ministers, and the kneeling of the little Jiaozhi County King, they can afford it.
"The criminal ministers are virtuous, and unfortunately they are deceived by the rebels, so that they have today's results. Today's army is conscripted, Yao soldiers are in Tiannan, and the criminal ministers are willing to surrender the whole country to beg for mercy from the Son of Heaven. ”
Li Qiande's words still smelled of milk, and although he didn't stammer, it was obviously all prepared in advance. And talking is just talking, and the eyes in which he raised his head were full of hatred, like a poisonous snake, without the slightest thought of repentance.
Han Gang and Zhang Dian didn't care about this, with the power of the two of them, after returning to the capital, it was as easy as pinching to death a worm to kill him, the anti-king who had surrendered to him.
After Li Gande finished speaking, he knelt down again, the whole process was extremely deferential, as long as you don't look at his eyes, I don't know how many people will be deceived by this child.
Zhang Dun, Han Gang and other generals did not pay too much attention to Li Qiande's expression, their eyes were always scanning the ministers behind King Jiaozhi and the Queen Mother, back and forth, and did not see any officials who looked similar to the legendary Li Changjie.
"Where is Li Changjie?" Zhang Duan asked sharply.
A Jiaozhi official who was following the queen mother and the king heard the question, so he replied loudly, "Li Wei knew that he had offended the kingdom last night, and his crime was unforgivable, so he committed suicide by taking poison in fear of sin." ”
"Suicide?"
Han Gang's eyes flickered, Li Changjie was not going to commit suicide at home, not to go to the Taimiao, but Baba ran to the palace and committed suicide? He doesn't believe this kind of nonsense a hundred times. But if you don't start and solve Li Changjie, it is estimated that you will not be able to surrender so smoothly.
Jiaozhi's current situation is all due to Li Changjie, but he can't do well in the Great Song Dynasty. failed to drag Li Changjie to Yongzhou Zhongyong Temple to sacrifice the heroic soul in front of the blood sacrifice when he was alive, it was too cheap for him.
"Where are the corpses?" Zhang Dian immediately asked.
Empress Dowager Yilan, who was covered with heavy veils, waved back, and a small chamberlain hurriedly handed over a one-foot-square wooden box from behind, "Li Yi's head is in the box." ”
Lift the lid of the wooden box to reveal the inventory inside. The bloodstained head was as hideous as a demon, leaving only a dead eye, and there were blood streaks flowing down the corners of the wide eyes. The appearance of the dead will be changed, and at this time, at first glance, the deceased can only see the head, making it impossible to determine whose body it is.
Han Gang recruited a person to come over, it was He Yi who went south with the army. He can also be regarded as a member of the camp and joined the army, and he used to be Liu Ji's staff, and he had several encounters with Li Changjie. He took a closer look at the inside of the box, nodded and shook his head, "It seems to be somewhat similar, but the villain can't get it accurately." ”
Han Gang was not satisfied with this answer. Huang Jinman and they have actually seen Li Changjie, but they are all guarding the perimeter, and it will take some time to find them. Just thinking about whether to find them to confirm, Yi Lan had already bowed down and bowed: "This thing is true, how dare the lower state deceive the envoys of the kingdom." ”
Zhang Dian looked at the head in the box again, turned around, and unabashedly lit up in front of Li Qiande's eyes, "Li Changjie has been in the court all the year round, and the king must be familiar with it, can this thing really be Li Changjie's head?" ”
The blackened blood stains remained on his face, and he bit his lower lip because of the severe pain before he died, such a terrifying picture was displayed in front of him, Li Qiande trembled, and wanted to retreat when he looked at it. But immediately forcibly held back again, nodded and said, "Exactly, this thing is Li Ying's head!" ”
If a child sees such a terrifying picture, it is possible to die of shock, or he will be seriously ill. In order to find out, Zhang Dian did not have any tolerance when he started. But Li Gande saw that the head could still be so calm, it was not simple, and it might be a big trouble in the future, but fortunately he was removed in advance.
Although it is not completely certain, Zhang Dian does not want to delve into it anymore. Unlike Han Gang, as long as he catches the Queen Mother and the King, he will have the rewards he deserves, and the living Yilan and Li Gande can't pretend to be.
"In that case, it will be packed up with the corpse and sent to Yongzhou." Zhang Dian told the box to be put away, and it was time to send these people away.
"Seek revenge," Empress Dowager Yilan suddenly spoke: "The culprit of the troubles in the kingdom is here, if you still want to add to the crime, its crime is only for my mother and son, please ask for the princess and calm the wrath of the thunder, and spare the good and cheap in the city." ”
Zhang's eyes narrowed slightly. No one would think that Yi Lan's words were just simply thinking about the people of Jiaozhi...... 'Do you still think that you can leave your love and Jiaozhi?!' He lowered his head slightly and glanced at Li Gande, the implicit threat was already clearly expressed without opening his mouth.
Yan Da snorted coldly, his eyes were also cold, and as soon as he swept over, he made everyone silent.
Han Gang smiled and stepped forward and said in a harmonious voice: "Don't worry about the matter of Jiaozhou, Mrs. Tai doesn't have to worry about it, the court has its own arrangements." This time to Beijing, the road is long, it is better to leave as soon as possible! ”
Where is the meaning of his words, where are there still people who don't understand, that is, he clearly said that you are already prisoners of the order, so don't think about it anymore, from now on, Jiaozhi has nothing to do with the Li family.
Zhang Dian sneered, it's all at this time, and it will leave a little room for Jiaozhi to turn over. Not to mention, he directly asked people to arrange for Yilan, Qiande and the palace attendants to get into the car, first send them to the east of the city where the official army has been completely controlled, and send them to the capital on a later date.
Turning his head, Zhang Dian asked the official who was the head: "Who is Er, and what is the value of the Jiaozhi Dynasty?" ”
"He's Zongjiao!" He Yi shouted.
When Zhang Dian and Han Gang heard this, their expressions changed, and they saw the man bow his head and salute: "In the next sect, meet the two ministers." ”
'It's all at this time, and you're still lucky?' ’
However, at this time, he was not in a hurry to deal with him, Zhang Dian pointed to a group of Jiaozhi ministers, "All of them will be escorted to Dongcheng, and they will be interrogated after returning to Yongzhou!" ”
The Jiaozhi courtiers were escorted away one by one, and more than 2,000 officers and soldiers stationed in the imperial city also put down their swords and guns and walked out.
The empty Jiaozhi Imperial City had been occupied by the Song army, standing in another Zichen Palace, Han Gang asked Zhang Tun: "Brother Zihou, what should we do with the property in this inner city?" ”
"Just do what you have to do." Zhang Dian said very simply, "But all the forbidden things in the inner city treasury must be cleaned up, and some rebellious things cannot flow out of the city and into private hands." ”
With the approval of the commander, the ransack of the core area of the Jiaozhi royal capital by the official army also began. Organized cleaning is hundreds of times more efficient than blind action level*. Murder and arson are all things that the army is used to doing.
The country of Jiaozhi must be poor, and most of the people don't even have a good piece of clothing, but when it is the turn of the princes and nobles, they are not poor, on the contrary, they are quite rich. In addition, the Jiaozhi people who believed in Futu were richer than one by one, and many people fled to the temple, making the temple much richer than the wealthy families.
It's just that the Song people also believe in Buddhism, and when the officials and soldiers are killed in front of the temple gate, they don't know what to do
"There are so many people who can be spared if they escape into the Temple of Literature, what is it to escape into the Buddhist Temple?" Han Gang didn't care at all, "But don't kill in the temple, and drive people out." As for possessions, Buddhist disciples have precepts and do not care about things outside the body. ”
Some staff members persuaded Zhang Dian, but Zhang Dian asked rhetorically, "Although Jiaozhi is small, it is also a country of ten thousand times." With 10,000 people breaking 10,000 times, if this hard work is not greedy for rewards later, who would be so hardworking? ”
In this way, the king of Cochin was ransacked. At the same time, Zhang Dian and Han Gang discussed how to deal with the aftermath of the Jiaozhi Kingdom.
"Thang Long Mansion can't be stayed. At the mouth of the Fuliang River, there is a town named Haimen. Like Thang Long Mansion, it was also the former Tang An Nan Metropolitan Protectorate and Xingjiao Prefecture Governor. Han Gang has long had a case for this, "If the Emperor Song re-establishes Jiaozhou, he should establish a city here." ”