At this moment, a sergeant suddenly ran from a distance, and then the sergeant took down the backpack tied to his back, and then took out a letter from the backpack and taught it to Zhao Kuangyin's hand.

"Where did this letter come from?"

"It was sent by Yang Chongxun, the assassin of Linzhou." The sergeant hurriedly handed it to Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin immediately said, "Quickly open it, what is written in it?" ”

"Yes." The sergeant opened the letter and read it.

Zhao Kuangyin listened to Long Yan Dayue, but he still felt that if the letter arrived in his hand a day earlier, I am afraid that he would not have spent so much trouble tinkering.

However, this letter from Yang Chongxun, the assassin of Linzhou, made Zhao Kuangyin very surprised, he thought that with this letter, even if Yang Ye did not surrender, he would definitely struggle in his heart.

A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and he turned to the sergeant and said, "Bring me a bow and arrows." ”

"Honorable Order." The sergeant took a bow and arrow from the archer, an arrow, and prepared it for his own use.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "If you go down, it's better for me to come." ”

Zhao Kuangyin ordered someone to tie the letter to the arrow shaft, and when he ordered the archers to shoot it to the city tower, he said: "General Yang Ye, this is a letter from Brother Ling from Linzhou, General Yang Ye please accept it." ”

Liu Jiye heard Zhao Kuangyin's words, and at this moment he was standing on the city gate, his heart was in a mess.

The arrow had been shot steadily to the city gate, Liu Jiye personally took the arrow that was shot into the wooden pillar, and he pulled out the arrow and took the letter and immediately looked at it.

The font on the letter, he was very familiar with it, this was the words of his younger brother Yang Chongxun, the assassin of Linzhou, Liu Jiyeye read it, and his heart was full of waves.

Yang Chongxun's letter was to persuade him to surrender to the Song State, and he pointed out in the letter that Fuzhou, Xiazhou, and Linzhou had sent troops and horses, and at this moment they had already inflicted heavy losses on the Han army on the western route, and they could capture Lanzhou, Xianzhou and other places in a few days, which would pose a threat to the northwest of Xinzhou.

At present, Liu Jiye doesn't know what to do, the north of Xinzhou has received huge pressure from the main force of the Song army, and he can't resist it now, the firearms of the Song army are very powerful, if it goes on like this, it will be his own Han army that will be killed or injured.

As the commander of an army, it is an honor to die on the battlefield, but it would be foolish to drag down your own army, let the army die with you, and then wipe out the whole army.

Secondly, he was stationed in Xinzhou, but he could not defend the other three Song troops, if he held Xinzhou, and waited for the Song army on the east road, south road, and west road to arrive at Jinyang City in Taiyuan Prefecture in turn, then everything would be weak.

For the Han Kingdom, he was a loyal minister, but he suddenly remembered the past.

His father Yang Xin was originally the assassin of Linzhou, and at the beginning, all kinds of separatist forces sang and I took the stage, although the Yang family was also strong, but the power was relatively weak, and it could only survive in the cracks.

He was sent to Liu Chong (Liu Min) when he was in his twenties, he was appreciated by his ancestors because of his talent, when Liu Chong established the Han State, his father Yang Xin surrendered to the Zhou State, his father and brother were ministers in the Zhou State, but he was an official in the Han State, this was his father's strategy back then, for the troubled times, this is indeed a means of protecting one's self, but now the Great Song Dynasty is unified, and the Han State in the north has been weakened, and it is difficult to gather military strength to resist the invasion of the Song State, Moreover, the Song State would not tolerate such a country and the Liao army attacking its northern border behind its back.

Back then, he was an official in the Han Kingdom, so it was naturally impossible for him to return to the Zhou State as an official, and naturally it was impossible for him to inherit his father Yang Xin's family business.

What's more, at that time, Linzhou was located on the border with the Han State and the Zhou State, and the Yang family's armed forces were limited, and they were not strong enough to protect themselves or stand on their own.

With such a family background, Liu Jiye felt that after surrendering to the Song Kingdom, he would inevitably feel a little uneasy, he didn't know what to do, but staying in the Han Kingdom, he would inevitably be excluded after all, and the new monarch of the Han Kingdom was not a master of virtue, so it was difficult for him to choose.

What's more, his gratitude is only to the two masters of the previous dynasty, but now this dynasty, he is not interested in this Liu Jiyuan, although he was given the name Liu, on the surface it seems that he has the same surname as the Liu royal family, but he still does not recognize Liu Jiyuan in his heart after all, Liu Jiyuan's level of governance is not very good, the Han Kingdom is now a corner of peace, under the onslaught of the Song army, it can no longer be parried, and he still hopes to do anything.

The Song army must have had a lot of scruples about stopping the attack on Xinzhou City now, in fact, if the Song army is full of firepower, it will naturally be no problem to have a mere Xinzhou City, so why bother.

However, Liu Jiye was still undecided, he saw that the soldiers of the Han army in the city were supporting each other for those injured brothers, and he still had some compassion in his heart.

Now that the national mourning has not passed, and the bones of the first emperor are not cold, how can he surrender? But he didn't know the situation in Xinzhou City, if he continued to resist like this, there would be more injured soldiers, and he didn't want to drag down the entire army because of himself.

Little by little, the weather around me was very hot, and the wind blowing in the heat was also hot.

Song Jun and them stood still like sculptures one by one.

Liu Jiye looked at the Song army under the city, and his heart was a little moved, if the Han army was like the Song army, why should he stick to the partial place.

Although Zhao Kuangyin is an anxious man, he will not be sloppy in this kind of thing, if Yang Ye surrenders, it will lead a large number of Han civil and military officials to surrender.

Even if the surrounding temperature is very high, Zhao Kuangyin is still cross. Sitting on a horse, his hand caressing. Touching the Mingguang armor, his expression was very calm and calm, at this moment he saw that Liu Jiye had been standing at the head of the city, without saying a word, just so deadlocked, Zhao Kuangyin asked: "Is General Yang Ye worried about his own safety or something else?" ”

Liu Jiye did not speak.

Zhao Kuangyin shouted loudly on the city wall at this moment: "General Yang, now that my Great Song Dynasty Fourth Route Army has sent Jinyang, the Han State can no longer stand it, and for the sake of this Hedong land, we have fought with the Liao people in advance, Jinyang City will sooner or later fall into the hands of my Great Song Dynasty, if the general is concerned about the safety of the people, he should go out of the city and surrender, I will treat the people and soldiers preferentially, and not let them suffer the slightest injury, but if the general insists on going his own way, even if I don't want to hurt the people, but in the war, it will inevitably affect some of the people, This is not what I want to see. If the general surrenders, the city of Jinyang will be broken in the future, and I will not hurt the royal family of the Han State, presumably General Yang has also heard that the lord of Li is living very well in Kaifeng. ”

When Liu Jiye heard Zhao Kuangyin say this, he still had some intention in his heart, after all, Liu Han was a benevolent person to him, and he didn't let Liu Han be hurt, not to mention that those soldiers didn't expect to fight, what they wanted was a stable life, the Han State was already peaceful enough, and the Song State had intersected in recent years, and the military and financial resources were a little stretched, not to mention that the emperor's attitude towards the Liao people was not ambiguous, even if the emperor was alive, he was only hard to support, let alone today.

Liu Jiye was a little moved, he moved his lips, and found that his mouth was a little dry, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter now, he seemed to see the war-weariness of the soldiers, and they were struggling on the battlefield in order to eat a full meal, and being a soldier was not to die, but to survive.

He seemed to see the expectant eyes in the eyes of the soldiers coming towards him, that innocent, earnest look of anticipation, which made his heart feel a sense of tightness, his heart seemed to be tightly grasped by something, as if it was being controlled in it, and the more he went inside, the more his heart felt that invisible feeling.

The deeper he falls, the deeper he gets, the more he can't pull it out, Liu Jiye's brain is already sluggish, and a picture of the people's rich life is produced in his mind

Liu Jiye felt that he had to make a decision.

He looked under the city wall, and the Song army was still like a sculpture, standing expressionless in the hot weather, such an iron army fought in the south and the north, and wiped out the separatist forces in the south.

He suddenly respected Zhao Kuangyin, the official family of the Song State was also a general before, in Liu Jiye's mind, Zhao Kuangyin was also a fierce general, his first battle was started because he killed Zhang Yuanhui, the first fierce general of the Han State in the Battle of Gaoping, Liu Jiye was not on the front line at that time.

Liu Jiye stood, and he said to Zhao Kuangyin: "If Your Majesty opens Chrysostom and fulfills his promise, Liu Jiye will surrender." ”

Zhao Kuangyin saw Liu Jiye say this, he was very happy, with a smile on his face, and then he said: "In this case, I will issue a military order, if the Song army hurts the people in the slightest, I will punish them. Clan. Under the governance of father and son, it has been full of holes, and I have been included in the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and I will return him to the south of the Yangtze River. ”

When Liu Jiyuan heard this, he was very satisfied, for Song Jun, he was still more relieved, since the lord of a country had spoken, Liu Jiye didn't want to kick his nose and face, some things were explained clearly, and it was enough for the other party to understand in his heart.

Liu Jiyuan bowed his hand slightly, "Minister Liu Jiye is willing to lead the generals to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, please Your Majesty Holy Judgment." ”

"General Yang, please." Zhao Kuangyin got off the jujube red horse.

"All the armies obey the order, open the city gate quickly, and we will surrender to Your Majesty." Liu Jiye immediately ordered the generals to open the city gate quickly and let the Song army enter the city.

The Song army behind Zhao Kuangyin saw the Xinzhou gate slowly open, and the troops followed closely behind, keeping their queue intact.

Liu Jiye couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw that the ranks of the Song army entering the city were so neatly aligned, and then he was relieved of the decision he had just made.

After the Song army entered the city, they began to incorporate the Han soldiers under Liu Jiye, and the rest of the Song army began to repair the city of Xinzhou.

Liu Jiye restored his original name, and his name was Yang Ye, as for the family members in Jinyang City, Yang Ye was always a little relieved, but when he heard that His Majesty the Great Song Dynasty had his own layout in Jinyang City, he secretly congratulated himself that his choice was right.

The huge Jinyang City is actually in Zhao Kuangyin's bag, so he only needs to go and get it in person

In the other three lines, the Song army on the eastern front has broken through the Chengtian military village (Niangzi Pass), crossed the river to Jinyang, as for the three roads on the southern line, Shizhou, Fenzhou, Longzhou three roads have also been broken one after another, the Han army defending the city has surrendered to the Song army, the Song army has also arranged them accordingly, and several surrounding states and counties have also been captured by the Song army, and on the western front, the northwest three-state coalition army has broken through Lanzhou and gone to Xianzhou.

In just a dozen days, the Han State has lost hundreds of counties on the border, five or six large states, and dozens of places in Hedong have fallen.

At the end of June, the Fourth Route Army successively arrived at the designated position.

For a while, there was a storm