In the camp of the Taoqiu army, Dai Yan, who was barefoot, ignored the coldness of the ground and welcomed the Suiyang envoy who came to discuss the matter of dedicating the city with Dai Yan into the big tent.

After the two sides sat down, Dai Yan asked the envoy directly: "Your lord sent you over, what are your requirements, as long as I Taoqiu can do it, I will definitely meet your requirements!" ”

The two envoys looked at each other, and one of the envoys sitting on the throne asked: "Duke Cao, now that Hua Rong has betrayed the lord and rebelled against the monarch and monopolized the national affairs of the Song State, the gentleman dares to be angry and dare not speak!" The lord of my family has long had the intention of expelling Hua Rongzi, but I don't know what Duke Cao will do with the monarch? ”

When Dai Yan heard the other party's words, his heart moved, and he immediately replied: "The monarch and I are brothers, and now that he is imprisoned by the villain, I naturally want to rescue him from Hua Rong." After I capture Suiyang, my brother will still be the king! ”

Hearing Dai Yan's answer, the envoy smiled and said to Dai Yan: "Duke Cao, the lord of my family sent me to wait here, just to hope to be able to communicate frankly with Duke Cao, but when Duke Cao arrives at this time, he still wants to fool us, which is really insincere!" ”

Hearing the words of this messenger, Dai Yan was also very embarrassed. Although he imitated Cao Cao's practice of meeting Xu Yu in the later generations in terms of surface etiquette, it seems that these envoys did not buy it at all!

Dai Yan learned another trick from this: don't treat your opponent as a fool!

However, in the face of the emissary's question, he really couldn't answer it directly. Legally speaking, he is a minister, Zixi is a king, how can a courtier have the power to dispose of the monarch? In addition, in the family, he is the younger brother, and Zixi is the elder brother, and he is also the patriarch of the royal family, so he has no power to dispose of Zixi! As for the question of the messenger, he is wrong in everything he says except for silence!

Seeing that Dai Yan was silent, the messenger spoke: "The opinion of the lord of my family is that he can support Duke Cao as the patriarch of the imperial family and take over the throne of the monarch!" The current monarch, Duke Cao must allow him to take refuge in another country! ”

When Dai Yan heard the other party's words, he immediately objected: "The kid has no talent and no virtue, how can he take over the big position?" My opinion is that it is better to let my brother stay in the position of the king! ”

Hearing Dai Yan's words, the messenger smiled happily. Then he said to Dai Yan: "Duke Cao, if you can take charge of the Song Kingdom, how are you going to thank my lord?" ”

Dai Yan replied: "Your lord was able to avoid the continuation of the civil war and save the common people of my Song Kingdom from casualties, such a great merit, the boy will definitely be grateful!" In addition to the fact that the interests of all the nobles of Suiyang will not be harmed, I will definitely let the monarch give your lord a heavy reward alone! I don't know the location of Suiyang Ling, can you see it? ”

The envoy laughed and said to Dai Yan: "In this way, thank you Cao Gong!" ”

Subsequently, after the two sides negotiated the specific time of dedication to the city, the envoy left the Taoqiu camp and returned to Suiyang.

As soon as he returned to the city, he was secretly connected to a mansion. Sitting on the top was a middle-aged nobleman, who saw the envoy sent to the Taoqiu camp and asked directly, "What do you think of Cao Gong's personality?" ”

The messenger replied, "Very good, there is a city, and there is a skill." Then, he reported in detail the details of Dai Yan's conversation with him.

After listening to the report of his subordinates, the nobleman sitting on the top said: "It seems that it is really not an accident that this guy Ziyan can raise troops from Taoqiu and sweep the entire Song Kingdom. Today is a world of great contention, the conquest of various countries is intensifying, and the national situation is like a boat sailing against the current, and if you do not advance, you will retreat. Such a monarch is what my Song Kingdom needs! "Amazingly, the nobleman did not say these words to the messenger below, as if he were talking to himself.

In the Taoqiu camp, Dai Yan called several of his most trusted generals to discuss important matters. These people include Tang Ying, Xiao Xiang, plus the cavalry commander Le Yi, and the newly reused counselor Ning Yue. They had already known the details of Dai Yan's conversation with the Suiyang envoy, and they were also excited to be able to discuss important matters with the sovereign in person.

Tang Ying asked Dai Yan at the beginning: "Your Majesty, the envoy of Suiyang suggested that you replace Song Jun and take over the throne of the monarch, why didn't you agree?" ”

Hearing Tang Ying's question, Xiao Xiang also had the same question, but Le Yi and Ning Yue both looked like they were taken for granted, as if Dai Yan should do so. Under their inquiry, Ning Yue explained to them: "When the lord said that he had no talent and no virtue, and he could not take over the throne, he had actually agreed to take over the throne. Such an answer can save the sovereign from reproach, and it can give the most direct hint to the opponent, who will never misunderstand the sovereign's meaning. The Lord has said such a wonderful statement, you must understand it, and you still have to learn more to understand it! ”

Hearing Ning Yue's explanation, Dai Yan also laughed, to be honest, for outsiders, he must maintain such a "loyal monarch" and "filial piety to his brother", this is the superficial work he must do as a politician!

However, in front of the important ministers he trusted, he couldn't do such superficial work, and he had to give a clear and unmistakable statement!

Afterwards, Dai Yan said to everyone: "Now that I am agreeing to the request of the Suiyang nobles, it is not that I need their support, but that we do not need to use the strength of the entire Song Kingdom to carry out internal friction in this kind of place!" The old nobles of Suiyang have ruled the Song Kingdom for too long, and they don't understand that what the entire Song Kingdom needs now is not their group of old nobles, but the forces distributed throughout the territory of the Song Kingdom! Do they think that only with their support can I become Song Jun? It's ridiculous! ”

Hearing what the lord said, even Ning Yue was a little puzzled, and he asked directly: "Lord, then according to your meaning, after we capture Suiyang, those nobles don't want to stay?" ”

Hearing Ning Yue's words, the ears of the other three people were pricked up, this was related to their next task!

Dai Yan vetoed: "Not really. My credibility is crucial, and how can I break my promise when I promise them a big reward? It's just that when I took over Song Jun, what I wanted was not only their support, but the support of the entire Song Kingdom! ”

Dai Yan then said: "After capturing Suiyang again, you must quickly send troops to capture all the cities of the entire Song Kingdom in the shortest possible time, and control the entire Song Kingdom!" For the position of Song Jun, I need the support of the entire Song Kingdom, not just these Suiyang nobles! ”

Hearing Dai Yan's words, although they still didn't know how Dai Yan was going to achieve the support of the entire Song Kingdom, they also began to know their next task: to capture the Song Kingdom!

Three days later, the south gate and east gate of Suiyang City, which had been tightly guarded, were opened, and the soldiers of the Taoqiu Army, who had been waiting outside, immediately advanced quickly, rushed to the vicinity of the city gate, and occupied the city gate. Subsequently, the Taoqiu army drove straight in and broke directly into Suiyang City!

In Suiyang City, Hua Rong, who was discussing how to deal with the attack of the Taoqiu army in the palace, heard the news of the Taoqiu army's entry into the city, and his face turned white with fright. He hurriedly sent an army to resist, and he himself retreated into the city, and then disappeared from the city, until half a month later, he appeared alone in the Chu army camp on the other side of Suishui.

After investigating Hua Rong's whereabouts, the Suiyang army, after various analyses, finally came up with Hua Rong's escape method: this powerful minister of the Song State, in order to take care of his own life and not care about his own dignity, sent Hua's army to disrupt the entire Suiyang and create all kinds of turmoil. And he, relying on this turmoil, escaped from Suiyang disguised as a woman!

Subsequently, after hiding outside Suiyang City for several days, he took advantage of the poor defense of the Taoqiu Water Division, selected a small boat and fled to the other side of Suishui, and finally ran to the Chu army camp!

Although Hua Rong ran away, the forces that depended on him, whether it was the remnants of Hua's forces in the Song Kingdom, or the Hua's own forces that came to Suiyang from Chu State to assist Hua Rong, were directly attacked by the Taoqiu army, and on the day Suiyang City was broken, Hua's forces had been wiped out by the Taoqiu army!

When the Taoqiu army entered Suiyang, Song Junzixi, who had been under house arrest by Hua Rong, was also rescued by the Suiyang nobles. They also took advantage of the chaos in Suiyang City to send the monarch out of the north gate, and Zixi was sent all the way to Wei by the nobles of Suiyang and never returned.

For Zixi's escape, the Taoqiu army also sent an elite force to "pursue", they "pursued" all the way from Suiyang to the border of Song and Wei, and they couldn't "pursue" it, so they had to come back to Dai Yan like this.

What is more strange is that such an elite army that failed to perform such an important task, as the sovereign, Cao Gong, did not reprimand him, and this army was even valued by the sovereign in the future, and finally became one of the ace troops of the Song State!

Suiyang was completely conquered by the Taoqiu army in this way, and the capital of the Song Kingdom fell into the hands of Taoqiu!

After completely controlling Suiyang, Dai Yan abandoned the war horse and instead sat in a carriage drawn by four horses, and entered Suiyang majestically! On both sides of the streets of Suiyang, only the nobles of Suiyang came out to greet them. At such a time, those common people would not dare to participate in this matter in the slightest!

Those Suiyang nobles, when they saw the young lord who entered this city in a gorgeous dress with endless majesty on his face, their bodies trembled a little! Even they don't know why this is happening!

Only Dai Yan knows that from today on, when he enters Suiyang, he will be the de facto ruler of the entire Song Kingdom, and the entire Song Kingdom should be decided by him!