The surrounding Chu troops were all shocked when they saw the one-armed general being killed, and then they seemed to have lost the courage to fight all of a sudden. A few soldiers who were close to them directly shook off their opponents, threw down their weapons, and came to the general to cry.

As more and more soldiers made such moves, the battle situation in the entire Jinling city became clearer. Most of the soldiers of the Chu army, knowing that their commander had been killed in battle, also had to lay down their arms and surrender.

In this way, the Song army quickly occupied the head of Jinling City. After they took this place, they did not stop, but began to stabilize this front, so that the follow-up soldiers could follow. When the soldiers of the Song army came to the head of Jinling City one after another, the Song army went to the city with the head of Zhaoslip and surrendered the Chu soldiers in the city.

When the Chu army in the city saw that the commander was killed in battle, they knew that it would be futile to resist again, so they all surrendered to the Chu army one by one.

Outside the city, Tang Ying, who learned that the Song army had won the battle, was still a little unconvinced. However, when he led the Song army to officially enter Jinling from the city gate and saw the situation of the Chu army, he could truly understand why the Chu army was defeated so quickly.

In the entire army of Chu State, there are only a few thousand armored soldiers now. Even the armor possessed by the thousands of people in this area was mostly leather of the worst quality. When he personally inquired about the battle situation of the Chu army in the city, he learned that when the Chu army was defeated and retreated in the Battle of Yunyang, most of the heavily armed soldiers had actually been buried in the hands of the Song army. And these hoplites are actually the real elite of the entire Jiangnan Chu army.

When these elites were completely wiped out by the Song army, only a small part of the garrison and some conscripts were left of the Chu army. And even these armies, most of them are defeated by the Song army, and they are extremely afraid of the Song army! The Chu army was able to maintain its morale and defend Jinling, entirely by virtue of Zhao's personal prestige.

Now that Zhao Hua is dead, the Chu army naturally does not have the courage to continue to fight with the Song army!

In Pengcheng, in the newly established Song Junxing Palace, Dai Yan sat on the main seat and listened to the reports of the ministers of the Song State, but he was always absent-minded. At this moment, the voice of the guards from outside the palace hall came back: "The army of Huachu is urgent for six hundred miles!" ”

As soon as he heard this voice, Dai Yan immediately woke up and said to the guards: "Present the news immediately!" ”

After this report was submitted, Dai Yan opened it with a worried expression in his heart, and then finished the contents, and immediately said with great joy: "Tang Ying and Le Yi did a good job!" ”

Subsequently, he announced to the ministers the news that the Song army had killed the commander of the Chu army, Zhao Hua, in the great battle and successfully conquered Jinling. Hearing such news, all the ministers were also extremely happy, and congratulated Dai Yan one by one. They all knew that now that the Song Kingdom had achieved such a big victory, as the people who held the center of this country, they naturally had the opportunity to share such a victory!

When the ministers finished congratulating, Dai Yan asked them: "Now that Jinling has been lowered, what do you think my Song Kingdom should do next?"

Hearing Dai Yan's question, the ministers were silent for a while, and then someone immediately jumped out and said: "Your Majesty, now that Jiangnan has been decided, and the Chu State is under siege by the Four Kingdoms, we should take advantage of the situation to continue to march along the waterway and sweep the Huaishui of the Chu State to seek greater benefits!" ”

Hearing this, before Dai Yan could speak, another person jumped out and said: "Your Majesty, now that our Song State has won a great victory in the battle against Chu, and has won the vast territory south of the Yangtze River and Jiangbei of the Chu State, my country has become a big country in the southeast. At this time, the king should be called the king, so that he can be worthy of the status of my Song Kingdom. ”

With these two people's statements, the interest of the ministers of the Song State began to rise more and more, and they all put forward different suggestions. Speaking of which, this is also the concept that Dai Yan has advocated since he took charge of the Song Kingdom, encouraging ministers to express their views freely. Such a policy made the court of the Song State full of vitality, but at some times, it was also easy to make people bloat and easy to deviate.

When he heard a certain minister propose that the Song State, as a big country in the world, should no longer pay tribute to the Qi State, Dai Yan finally couldn't help it. He looked at Xiangguo Huishi, who had been silent in the audience, and gave him a look.

Hui Shi immediately stood up, he just coughed slightly, and the entire hall was immediately silent, and the ministers of the Song Kingdom wanted to know what this Xiangguo wanted to say now.

Hui Shi bowed slightly to Dai Yan, and then said: "Your Majesty, what everyone said makes sense, and the old man doesn't want to add anything." But before that, should we first handle the relationship with the Chu State, and stabilize the Jiangnan and Jiangbei regions first? ”

As soon as they heard Hui Shi's words, the ministers who had just made various proposals were slightly stunned, yes, now that the entire territory of Jiangnan and Jiangbei has not been dealt with, how can they think about it for so long?

Only the minister who stood up first asked: "What does Xiangguo mean, is it for me to make peace with the State of Chu now?" You must know that now our army is like a bamboo, and the Chu State is also in the most disadvantageous time, and this is the time for our country to reap the greatest benefits from the Chu State. Once such an opportunity is missed, let the Chu State relax, then it will not be so easy for our country to take advantage of the Chu State again. ”

This person's views were indeed very marketable among the ministers of the Song State, and when he said so, there were many people who thought that the Song State should take this opportunity to continue to advance.

However, Hui Shi directly objected: "Everyone, now that my Song Kingdom can achieve such a major victory, this is indeed the result of the generals' hard work, but there are also reasons for domestic support behind it. Now, in order to cope with the war of Chu, plus our country also needs to guard against the Qi State in the north and the Wei State in the west, the consumption is extremely huge, and the Prime Minister no longer has enough money to continue to support the war. ”

Hearing this, the ministers said disapprovingly: "There is no money to support the war, this is not simple, then continue to issue treasury bonds!" Now that our country has won many wars, businessmen are willing to accept our national bonds. ”

Seeing that even Hui Shi couldn't suppress the pride that filled the court after the victory, Dai Yan had to stand up and make a statement: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have formulated the major points of the war against Chu before, but we only captured the Jiangnan and Jiangbei regions that were not valued by the Chu State. If today's Song State is you, our army has successfully captured the Jiangnan and Jiangbei regions of Chu State, and it should be stopped. After all, what we can eat in our stomachs is our own. ”

As the monarch of the Song Kingdom, every decision Dai Yan made would affect the direction in which the country was headed. He knew very well that rice had to be eaten one bite at a time, and an empire could never be built in a day! Now that the capture of the south and north of the Chu State has already made the Song army come out, the treasury is empty, and the people are tired, and now it is indeed time to stop.

As a person who is familiar with history, he knows very well how many empires that were once prominent in later generations have collapsed directly because of their reckless use of military force and failure to control the speed of expansion!

In his eyes, a country that can carry out reasonable expansion is a rational country.

The expansion of the country, on the one hand, consumes the national strength, and on the other hand, it also grabs wealth from the outside world. Expansion is only profitable when the wealth consumed in the expansion is less than the wealth grabbed, and this is a reasonable expansion.

Now that the Song State has captured the Jiangnan and Jiangbei regions, if you want to control such a vast territory, you must consume a large number of troops of the Song State. At such a time, if you continue to expand, not to mention that the strength of the Song State will be tight, so that the Song State will be in danger of losing the next major war, it is also a very irrational behavior to let the Song State consume a large amount of wealth in controlling the place.

In Dai Yan's view, what is the biggest strength of the Song State compared to all the countries in the world, is it really the strong military strength of the Song State? Not really. The greatest strength of the Song State was actually farming, which was the ability of the Song State to create wealth. As a time-traveler, his vision determines that the entire country is in his hands, and he is able to create more wealth to support larger wars.

The current army of the Song State seems to be an extremely powerful army, but in fact, if it is not supported by a strong material foundation, it will never have such a strong strength. Whether it is the perennially trained and well-equipped army in the Song army, or the logistics that never have to worry about, these are all piled up by the wealth of the Song State!

In the Song Kingdom, there are very few people who can see this clearly.

However, as the prime minister of the Song State, after taking charge of the entire Song State, he only made a slight comparison between the Song State and the Wei State that he was in charge of, and he quickly understood this truth!

Therefore, after Dai Yan expressed his position, he immediately said: "Ladies and gentlemen, as long as the Jiangnan and Jiangbei lands are in the hands of our Song State, and my country will develop this place reasonably, then my country's strength will naturally increase rapidly." At that time, will you still be worried that our country will not be able to continue to take advantage of the Chu State? ”