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The gates of the city that are opened are not armies going to war, but messengers who ask for surrender.

Gao Shengtai, the son of Minister Gao Zhisheng, on behalf of his father and Dali, went out of the city to surrender.

"It's the third time." Kumamoto said to Zhao Long.

"It's the third time." Zhao Long nodded and laughed cruelly, "Gao Shengtai!" ”

This is the third surrender since the start of the war in Dali.

The first time he was sent out to ask for surrender, it was the Qingping official in Dali, which was equivalent to Hanlin, and the official army had not crossed Ruoshui at that time, so the Qingping official was still a little arrogant and drove back to Kumamoto.

The second time, that is, after the official army approached Erhai, it was one of the nine shuangs in the Dali Dynasty who came, whose position was equivalent to Jiuqing, and he was a member of the Gao clan, but he asked a lot, and Kumamoto still ignored him.

In addition to these two times, the envoys who took the small road directly to the court to ask for surrender were stopped in the middle of the road, there were six batches, plus those who were not stopped, I am afraid that there will be more than a dozen waves. However, with Han Gang and Zhang Dian in charge of the government, there is no need to worry about someone pulling back the legs of the DPRK.

The third time, that is, the time in front of me, is not for Dali, but for Gao. Gao Zhisheng's first son-in-law, Gao Shengtai finally came out of the city.

In the name of rebellion, the Great Song Dynasty raised troops for the Duan clan to go south, no matter how ridiculous this reason is, its apparent goal is undoubtedly the Gao clan in power.

The Duan family may not be able to keep the throne, but at least he can save his life, and in Bianliang City, Tokyo, a mansion is indispensable for him. But what can Gao's have? Since the Song people attacked Dali in the name of the power and chaos of the country, and did not punish the Gao clan, how could they end this war justifiably?

The official army has come to the city, the final battle is just around the corner, the fate of Dali is doomed, the Gao father and son are already trapped beasts in a cage, but how can they be willing to go to ruin.

In such a situation, if you don't struggle for a while, you will really die.

"Is the marshal going to see him?" Zhao Long asked.

Kumamoto said, "What do you think he will ask for?" ”

Zhao Long thought for a while: "Save your life." It shouldn't be stupid anymore. ”

Kumamoto laughed: "Since the grace comes from above, what they have to do is to wait for the court to fall, not to bargain!" Are we here to sell vegetables? I don't see him, Zhao Long, you go to prepare for the siege, Qin Sheng, you take him to see the Fan Department! ”

With that, Kumamoto turned around and went back to the account.

Zhao Long exchanged a look with the staff member named by Kumamoto, and each left as ordered.

At the camp gate, Gao Shengtai waited restlessly.

But his face did not dare to show Xiàn, and he still had a humble expression. No matter how humiliating he is, as long as he can save his life, he will have a chance to turn over in the future.

When the Song people went south, it really shook the Dali government and the opposition. But at that time, the Gao father and son were still a little sure, the mountains were high and the rivers were long, and the road was far away, which was the best defense. But the Song people went all the way south, and no danger or pass could stop the footsteps of the Song army, and the mountains were turbulent, and the Song people were all on the ground.

At the earliest, Gao Zhisheng and Gao Shengtai sent envoys to ask for surrender, intending to be perfunctory and get the Song people to retreat. After that, it is to be able to keep the position, and then to be able to return to the hometown to defend itself, and now, as long as you can save your life, or even as long as you keep your family bloodline, the rest can be dispensed with.

While waiting anxiously, a middle-aged civil official walked out of the camp, looked at Gao Shengtai twice, and said, "But Gao Hou? ”

Gao Shengtai slammed to the ground, "The villain is Gao Shengtai." ”

Qin Sheng returned half a salute, "This official is the chief manager, and he is under the order of the chief manager, and he is here to greet him." ”

"The villain has seen Qin Jiyi." Gao Shengtai hurriedly saluted again.

"Please come to the high marquis and this official."

Qin Sheng said, but did not enter the camp, but turned his head to the east, where there was a camp tent of the Southwest Yi people.

"Uh......" Gao Shengtai opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't dare to say it.

Qin Sheng glanced back at Gao Shengtai, "The chief manager said that he wants the lower official to take Gao Hou to take you to see the camp of the Shimen Fan Division." ”

The green tendons on Gao Sheng's Thai fist were violent, but in the end, he didn't dare to say more, and cautiously followed behind Qin Sheng.

His retinue tried to follow, but was stopped. Gao Shengtai turned around and waved his hand, but he didn't follow them.

The camp in Shimenfan, next to the camp of the official army, directly occupies the houses of the people of Dali.

Kumamoto adhered to the holy decree and took care of the Han people, and this time the Great Song Dynasty went on a southern expedition, and there are now seven or eight hundred Han families, which have been protected by the official army. The day before yesterday, Kumamoto deliberately punished the Fan who offended the Han people, just to make the people of Nanxi Yi understand that even if he is a slave, as long as he is a Han Chinese, he is more noble than the cave master and patriarch who hold tens of thousands of men. And after the execution, he announced that the officers and troops on the other side were about to meet, which completely suppressed all dissent.

The barbarians bowed their heads to the staff sent by Kumamoto, and glared angrily at Gao Shengtai, and there were even young people carrying long knives on the side, with a look of eagerness, which made Gao Shengtai's heart rise to his throat, for fear that which hairy boy would be hot-headed for a while, so that he, the son of Xiangguo, the actual prince of Dali, died in vain.

However, he was so worried that he had no time to scruple after going deep into the camp of Shimen Fan.

Armour.

Iron Helmet.

Steel guns.

The barbarians who stood at the gate of the camp to greet them, although they were all wearing armor and living with spears, did not surprise Gao Shengtai too much. After all, it is an elite, and it is normal to follow behind the Song people, and it is normal to have some good things. But after entering the camp, almost every brute soldier had a dark iron helmet, a spear shining on the blade, and everyone carried one.

In the past few months, many defeated generals who were ordered to clear the barbarians fled back to Dali, all talking about the barbarians' strong soldiers. Before, Gao Shengtai still felt that it was a word of exculpation after the defeat, and the word Jiajian Bingli was understandable when used on the Song people, but it was not a joke when it was used on the barbarians? But now it seems that there is still less talk. The army with such equipment, even in the Dali Kingdom, is only a few thousand.

The weapons of the Central Plains, Gao Shengtai is not unknowledgeable, and the swords and guns of the Song Kingdom that flow into Dali, as long as he wants it, he can naturally get it. Gao Shengtai once used his matching sword to slash with the Song people's saber, and after the sword exchanged, gaps broke out on the blades. But his own sword was made by the best craftsmen in the country, and it could only be compared to the weapons in the hands of the Song soldiers, and it was conceivable how sophisticated the weapons of the Song people were.

Looking at the change in the expression on Gao Shengtai's face, a smile flashed on Qin Sheng's face. brought Gao Shengtai over, and let him see not the suffering of the people of Dali, but the equipment of the Shimen Fan Department.

"Gaohou, the equipment in the hands of the Ministry here is all given by the imperial court. Each tribe was given iron armor in a ratio of ten to one according to the number of troops, and the steel spear and the fine iron helmet were one for each person, and the small leader could also get a waist knife, the blade of which was sandwiched with steel, and with the right strength, he could cut down a tree with a thick bowl mouth. ”

Gao Shengtai's face was blue, and his mouth was full of bitterness, as if a green raw persimmon was stuffed in his mouth.

The barbarians in the mountains didn't even have clothes, and in the camp, Gao Shengtai saw that many people were wrapped in tattered coarse cloth clothes, but the weapons and armor in their hands were shiny. If it wasn't given by the Song people, could it still fall from the sky?

Gao Shengtai understood that it was not the Great Song Dynasty that begged the Fan to send troops to give so many benefits - if this was the case, smart people would choose to give silk and porcelain, rather than weapons as a reward - but they didn't care at all, even if those Fan people wanted to rebel with these weapons, it was just to give the generals of the Song army an extra credit.

"I have no other strengths in China, only the word rich. In this battle of the Southern Expedition, the imperial court sent troops in three ways, with a total of 7,800 horse infantry troops. Qin Sheng glanced back at Gao Shengtai, "It's not as good as Dali Eleven." ”

Gao Shengtai had a dark face and didn't reply. If Dali really gathers troops and horses, it can indeed piece together an army of 100,000. Even the standing army in the country has 50,000 or 60,000. If the people are soldiers, two or three hundred thousand are also possible—as long as all the ministries are obedient.

But when the Song army came to attack, it also brought tens of thousands of barbarians in the northern mountains with them, and those barbarians ran rampant in the country, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil. Many tribesmen who had just been ordered to send troops immediately recalled their troops as soon as they saw that their homes were about to be attacked. The standing army of Dali State fought with the Song army several times, and each time it was a crushing defeat, whether it was an ambush, or an attack, whether it was a field battle, or a defense of the city, almost all of them were defeated by a small number of elite Song troops.

If you really want to talk about it, in several battles, the Dali side has almost no numerical advantage that it has occupied. And when he fought with the Song army, he didn't even find the opportunity to fight in close combat. All of them were defeated by the bows and crossbows of the Song people, as well as the mysterious muskets and artillery, on the way.

"But just for this southern expedition, before the war, the imperial court prepared 16,000 iron armor, 35,000 sets of military robes, 40,000 pairs of shoes, 4,000 tents, 80,000 bows, 3 million crossbow arrows, 63,000 guns, 11,000 war horses, and 2,600 large and small chariots."

Qin Sheng seems to have become a storyteller, and a series of numbers are compared, rendering the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty to make people dizzy.

"Not counting the grain, salary, and rewards, just the military expenses alone totaled 17 million guan, and the price of the gold and silver shops in Beijing was about 6 million taels of silver...... The official knows that Dali is rich in gold and silver, but I don't know how much it can produce in a year? ”

Every time Kumamoto said the last number, Gao Shengtai's face turned white, and he was ready before he sent eight thousand troops. It's definitely not Kumamoto's nonsense, they have fought for so long, of course Gao Shengtai knows that the number of the Song army is not more than 10,000, but it is 1,200,000, and it can be defeated lightly, not by piling up money, what else can it be? The equipment of the small soldiers of the Song army can catch up with the generals in the country, and the equipment is too far behind, and the loss of this battle is not unjust at all.

Qin Sheng sneered, "The Fan Ministry went to war with the official army, and the imperial court didn't give any reward. But your people, and your land, and your sons and daughters, and your wives and wives and concubines, are their spoils. If you don't obey, they will have to be a pioneer officer for you on the Huangquan Road, so they are all fighting bravely...... If you resist to the end again, if you don't obey the heavenly soldiers, and break the city in the future, the officers and soldiers will not advance into the city. ”

Maybe Qin Sheng's words are not true, but when he thinks that Dali City, where every household is flying and the streets are flowing water, it may become a hell on earth, Gao Shengtai shuddered.

Gao Shengtai fell to the ground, "Shangguan Rongyu, the villain came by order to ask for surrender." ”

"Your submission is not what the court wants." Qin Sheng's face was cold, like an iceberg, "Dali Dynasty, since Duan Zhengming and below, must surrender before tomorrow, and must no longer resist the heavenly soldiers." As long as you obey orders, the court will be blessed. As for Gao's ...... If the court can get Dali, what sins can't be forgiven? ”

Gao Shengtai raised his head and was about to speak, when suddenly he only heard the cheers of the whole camp, like a landslide and tsunami, rushing straight in.

Gao Shengtai was shocked, and Qin Sheng's face also changed slightly.

The two didn't say much and hurriedly left the Shimenfan camp. Before he returned to the gate of the official barracks, he saw a person running over, smiling, "The opportunity is right, the king of Dali raised troops and slaughtered the Gao family." Now that the city has surrendered, begging for forgiveness from the imperial court! ”

Qin Sheng was overjoyed, Gao Shengtai was like five thunderbolts, his body shook, if it weren't for the entourage behind him, he almost fell to the ground.

"Escort the Marquis down to rest." Qin Sheng commanded.

Gao Shengtai was carried away from side to side. The imperial court raised troops because of Gao's usurpation, which everyone knew was an excuse, but it did not affect Gao's becoming the culprit in the minds of Dali people. Now that the people in Dali have suffered heavy casualties, the resentment of the Great Song Dynasty can only be very much in their hearts, and the weakened Gao clan has become an outlet for venting.

It would be better if the Song army could be allowed to withdraw at the expense of the Gao clan. In the past, only one or two thought so, but when the soldiers came to the city, I was afraid that everyone wanted to grasp this life-saving straw, and Gao Shiyan could not be defeated?

But the news came too late, and it should have been a little earlier.

Qin Sheng thought about it, straightened his clothes, and went to the camp to congratulate Kumamoto with joy.

This war is no longer fought.

……………………

Han Gang's ears were finally cleared.

A few days ago, Dali's envoy came to Beijing for the fourth time, and Han Gang once again advocated that he be kept out.

In the early morning of the next day, the Dali envoy wept bitterly outside the Xuande Gate, and if it was not for someone to stop him, he would have crashed to death in front of the city gate.

Inside and outside the government and the opposition, there are many people who want to end this war, and the Dali envoy can run out of the heavily guarded pavilion and come to the Xuande Gate, and naturally someone is behind the move.

The government and the opposition are now arguing that if it hadn't been for Han Gang's plan to purge the other party's people with the threat of almost extermination, Dali would have bent its knees and surrendered. However, all the Dali tribes were forced to unite by the many Tibetan tribes that went south with the Song army, and they were forced to continue fighting. The war in Dali has never ended, and the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, all of which are Han Gang's fault.

Many people seem to have forgotten how they treated the Red Guys when they were righteous and stern for the safety of the soldiers. Although this had no effect on Han Gang, it also made him dizzy.

But with the good news, the original attack on Han Gang's strategy disappeared without a trace.

The rebel ministers were killed in the palace, the corpses were eaten by the soldiers and civilians in the city, and the monarchs and ministers of Dali were bound to surrender by themselves, and before the winter came, the Dali Kingdom perished.

No matter how big the sacrifice is, in the face of the victorious end of the war, it has become so inconspicuous, and this war, there is hardly a decent big war, the casualties of the officers and soldiers are mostly diseases and all kinds of accidents, as long as you do not count the Southwest Yi who participated in the war, the people who really belong to the war are only more than 200 in the end.

The destruction of the country of a thousand vehicles, with only a few hundred people killed, was an unprecedented war. The role of technology and the servant army was brought into full play in this war.

Their expression is the result that Han Gang wants.

The weapons and equipment of the Great Song Dynasty completely switched to firearms, and there was no more discussion.

When the wind in the court changed, Han Gang had already begun to discuss with his subordinates the plan to set up a Mongolian school in Dali and recruit locals to study in Fanxue.

Zong Ze did not oppose the expansion of the enrollment quota of the Jingshi Fan School, but he opposed the establishment of the Mongolian School. It's not for anything else, just because the study subjects of Fan Xue and ordinary Mongolian Studies are completely different.

It is clear at a glance which of the students who taught the way of loyalty and filial piety with the Five Classics and the students who learned the way of nature was more detrimental to the rule of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Don't worry." Han Gang said, "A Tibetan person who has really received a few years of education in the city of the Han family, when he returns to the still barbarian tribe, it is like a fish out of water, not to mention food, clothing, shelter and transportation, even breathing will be uncomfortable." ”

If you don't have someone to communicate with, you will be regarded as an outlier, a black sheep in a group of white sheep, how can that loneliness not be suffocating?

Why do scholars like to visit brothels, or because they have nothing to say to their wives and concubines at home? A woman's lack of talent is virtue, and it is still the norm of most rich and noble families. For example, Empress Gao and Empress Dowager Xiang rarely read, just literate.

There are really a few ladies who can chant poetry like Wang Anshi's daughter, and even fewer can do poetry to make men respectful like Zeng Bu's wife Wei Play. Compared with the famous ladies who were cultivated with "The Female Commandment", "The Female Rules", and "The Analects of the Woman", the prostitutes who have been trained in various skills since childhood, especially the Oiran who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, are suitable for communication in the eyes of scholars.

Even if he has great luck, let this Tibetan who has returned from his studies grasp the power of the clan, and let his Tibetan tribe start to learn the civilization of the Han people, but what kind of climate can one person become? In the era of industrialization, the industrial population is the focus; The development of science and technology also depends on a large number of practitioners to support, even if the Liao State can't learn it, let alone despise the small state?

On the contrary, once the Han civilization is accepted, the vast majority of people will easily be melted into the light of civilization, and finally disregard their own identity and work for the Han family - there are many such examples in the past and in the future.

In the past, the Han people taught the Tibetan people to be based on Confucianism, so there was still the possibility of struggling and resisting, and it was difficult for the foundation of Confucianism to penetrate into the southwest of Tibet. But with the great development of the way of qi and things, it is not so simple to resist stubbornly, those who are willing will be fused, and those who are unwilling will also be fused - the difference between active and passive.

Zong Ze no longer argued.

Han Gang has been the prime minister for a long time, and there are more cases of being arbitrary, arguing with him over trivial matters is not the work of a wise man. After graduating from Mongolian school, it is not difficult to become a talent.

"Xianggong, how should Dali be arranged?" Zong Ze asked.

"It has been agreed that one way to control the situation and ten states to divide and rule. As long as Dianchi Lake and Erhai Lake are used for farming and grazing, it is enough. ”

"What way?" Zong Ze asked.

"South of the clouds." Hangang Road, "Yunnan Road." ”