Chapter 175: Kaesong surrenders

After saying that, Yuwentai really dismounted and walked to the war drums, Su Sui hurriedly asked people to protect, Yuwentai rolled up his sleeves and took the drumsticks and began to beat them, Di Lu was overjoyed, he didn't expect that Yuwentai, the prime minister of Guanzhong's supreme power, would personally beat the drum for himself, and his heart was very excited, and he rode a war horse to lead the Han family army directly from the Chinese army to kill and go straight to Xiao Lun's Chinese army.

Xiao Lun was clamoring for the army to collectively press forward, but he didn't expect the Wei army to rush out of a small force first, and immediately personally commanded the army to annihilate this army to increase morale, and by the way, extinguish Yuwentai's prestige. However, Di Lu's Han family army was either a disciple who was loyal to him before, or Han Xiong's own lineage, all of whom were outlaws who did not want to die, and when they arrived on the battlefield, Di Lu shouted to avenge Han Gong, and this group of people who were like madmen rushed forward with knives and roaring.

If Xiao Lun had noticed this in advance, used the archers to shoot indiscriminately for a while, and then sent troops into the harvest later, maybe there would have been no such thing as a major rout, but he was not an immortal and could not predict the prophet, so when his troops were scattered by Di Lu's two or three thousand people, he suddenly found that he had fallen into the enemy group, and there were fewer and fewer guards around him, which was Wang Suzheng and Wei Shouding entangled and unable to get out. Fei Gong and the others had no combat experience at all, and they were helpless to see that Xiao Lun was besieged and was in a hurry.

Although his father never praised him, and in his father's eyes, he was not his best son, but he still had to go, because Xiao Lun was his father after all, and filial piety came first, which is a tradition in China since ancient times, and it is also a natural reaction to thousands of years of deep-rooted cultural and educational influence.

Although Xiao Qu's momentum is very strong, but he is only fourteen years old after all, compared with a fierce man like Di Lu who is as fierce as a jackal in his age, he is simply a rookie, and there is no way to compare it at all, poor Xiao Lun came up and sent a white-haired person to a black-haired man, or his eldest son, which he never expected. The weakness of the Sichuan army's combat effectiveness caught him off guard, and Di Lu's 2,000 Han family troops all fought bravely to be the first, one top three, and they beat the 10,000 Chinese troops in front of Xiao Lun to the ground, and retreated.

The rout of the front team of the Chinese army directly affected the rout of the rear team, and the rout of the Chinese army led to the retreat of the left and right flanks. Xiao did not even see Yuwentai's face before he was scattered by the chaotic army, and the Han family army cut off his head when he came up, and it was a pity for a fourteen-year-old child who was swept up in the torrent of war before he really started his life.

Xiao Lun fled back to Guanghan in one breath, he was not caught by Yuwentai It was really fateful, and the remnants of the other Sichuan army also converged here one after another, Wang Su was also killed in battle, and the head was taken by Wei Shouding and handed over to Yuwentai for merit. His death can be said to be the beginning of the entire Yizhou tragedy. Others, such as Liu Wei and Governor Shi Jiang Xianzhi, surrendered to Yuwentai because they didn't have time to escape. The state capital Dongcao wrote Xie Kang, engaged in sacrificing wine Wei Huang and others died in the chaos, Fei Gong and Miao Huaren fled back, but he fled back to Chengdu in one go.

After Yuwentai defeated Xiao Lun with fewer victories in the frontal battlefield, he did not rush forward, but sent several generals to sweep the counties in northern Sichuan, Pingxing County and Pingwu County in North Yizhou were taken by Xie Sichun, and Kaiba County in Wanzhou and Nanjin County in Bingzhou (established by Southern Liang) were captured by Wei Shouding's army, and Di Lu led his troops south to take Nantang County in Quzhou, and for a time the entire northern Yizhou changed banners.

Chengdu was already in an uproar, and Fei Gong and other generals of the defeated army fled home, trumpeting the theory of annihilation, claiming that Xiao Lun was completely unable to resist Yuwentai's attack, and hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out. Wei Zhen and other officials who stayed behind believed it, and some elders and celebrities in Yizhou began to think of ways for the future of their families and the people of Chengdu. Originally, those ****** had blatantly flirted with Yuwentai at this time, and some officials even took out Yuwentai's reply letter in public to show off, and the whole Chengdu was about to start losing control.

Xiao Lun didn't have time to pay tribute to his own son Xiao Qu in Guanghan, so he hurried back to Chengdu overnight, fortunately, the two places were not far apart, and they could be reached in an hour. When he returned to the palace, he saw that his wife and youngest son Xiao Jian were all safe, and he put down a big stone in his heart, and just informed his family of the news of his eldest son's death in battle, and he didn't have time to hold his head and cry, and the attendants here had already come to urge him to go to the government office, because a group of officials and elders in the state had already gathered and were waiting for him.

Xiao Lun hurriedly said goodbye to his family and rushed to the government office, Chengdu Three Kingdoms Shu Han began to be regarded as the ancient capital of the empire, to the Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Li family's Cheng Han state, once again let this ancient capital back to life, until the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in the Liu Song Dynasty, Chengdu was the largest political and cultural center in the southwest, and it was not disturbed by the outside world to form its own cultural system, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Although Xiao Lun's entry into Yizhou was also turbulent at that time, the overall situation was still stable.

On the way to the government office, what Xiao Lun saw and heard was a familiar street scene and a familiar picture, and at this moment he realized that Chengdu was really a beautiful city, quiet and demure like a virgin, dignified and elegant like a lady. Xiao Lun actually has a feeling of reluctance in his heart for this city. However, after reaching the government office, his feelings disappeared, and the surrender faction led by Fei Gong in the government office has become the main argument, and the vast majority of people present hope that Xiao Lun can surrender to Yuwentai.

Xiao Lun looked at them and smiled, and said: "There is a saying that it is better to break the jade than to be complete, now that the Yuwentai army is pressing, I know everyone's true thoughts, but unfortunately I blame myself for losing all the games with one move, and I can't complain about others, now everyone thinks that I am gone, I want to protect the safety of my family, and I want to make peace with Yuwentai, I don't blame you." He paused, looking at these people who had been swearing to the death with him against Yu Wentai a few days ago, but now they threw themselves away like a used tissue, and he sneered from the bottom of his heart.

Xiao Lun continued: "Now that the situation is unfavorable to us, I am responsible as the leader of this state, you can rest assured that I will go to negotiate with Yuwentai about surrendering, even if my own family is ruined, I will definitely not let him hurt you and the people of Yizhou, this is also the last thing I can do for you in the past few years in Yizhou." Some elders cried hoarsely on crutches, pretending to be Xiao Lun's goodness, cat crying mouse fake compassion, Xiao Lun knew the hypocrisy of these people better than anyone else at this time.

He didn't care about the cynicism of Fei Gong and others, nor did he take into account the bitter pleas of Miao Huaren and other generals, he picked up his pen and wrote a long letter to Yu Wentai on the table, which was full of beautiful words, and at the end he put forward two requirements: first, let his family return to the east safely, and second, not hurt the people of Yizhou. As long as these two conditions were agreed, he ordered the entire army and people of Yiju to give up resistance and surrender in Kaesong.

The letter was read by everyone and then sent to the Yuwentai camp in Zitong. The rest is basically left to their own fate. Xiao Lun also sent his confidants to Xiao Duo to explain the situation at this time, planning to settle down on his territory in the future.

Yuwentai was very happy to receive Xiao Lun's letter, and after reading it, he deliberately took it out to show off, so that Xie Sichun, Su Sui, Wei Shouding and others circulated it one after another, and conveyed the good news side by side in the Jockey Club Guanzhong. "This Xiao Lun now has a very accurate timing of surrender, one point earlier is easy to attract criticism and loss of discipline, and one point later is the general trend has gone, and there is no capital to negotiate with us. At this time, Yizhou failed to really settle down, as long as there is his order, our army will definitely be able to knock on the door of Chengdu without blood. I have to say that Xiao Lun is a scheming person. Xie Sichun rarely praises people, but at this time, he has a high opinion of Xiao Lun.

Su Sui also echoed: "If we can safely pass through our hands in a week, the brigade and future reconstruction can reduce a lot of expenses, which is a good thing for us, plus Yizhou's own rich financial revenue, we can instead draw most of the money to contribute to the construction of Guanzhong, this matter is perfect." But Yuwentai doesn't think like this, his style of acting has always been to cut the grass to eradicate the roots, and it is naturally not a problem to let the people of Yizhou have a way to live, but to let Xiao Lun go on the same track, so that he may become his opponent again, this Yuwentai will never be able to do it.

People's hearts are so greedy that Long Wangshu always wants to eat everything in one bite, but Yuwentai also knows that if he goes back on his word, he will be laughed at by the world, so he plans to frame Xiao Lun, he wrote a letter to Xiao Duo, to the effect that Xiao Lun is a person who is deeply popular in Yizhou, and he is also very popular in the court of King Liang, and he is the best candidate for the Son of Heaven in the future, and he will destroy him first for Xiao Duo, so that Xiao Duo can have one less opponent on the road to becoming emperor in the future. Now Xiao Lun proposed to surrender unconditionally to the entire Yizhou in exchange for letting himself return to the east safely, which is a clear move to try his courage, and I hope Xiao Duo can think clearly about how to treat Xiao Lun.

Almost at the same time, Xiao Duo received a letter from Yu Wentai, and also met with Xiao Lun's henchmen, and Yu Wentai also sent someone to send a reply to accept the terms of surrender, and attached a letter to the Yizhou army and civilians, to the effect that the Yizhou army would lay down their arms and wait for the Western Wei army to take over. When the Western Wei army entered the counties and counties of Yizhou, it was not allowed to disturb the people, rob property, or kill the people of Yizhou. In short, it is equivalent to a document such as a notice of peace of mind.

Xiao Duo looked at Yuwentai's letter at the official office, and sneered: "Hmph, this Yuwentai thinks he is smart and wants to borrow a knife to kill people, I think he is like ammonium acetate mistake, although my nephew is not angry and lost Yizhou, but as long as the old man is still there, one day he will find Yuwentai to seek justice." Saying that, he said to Xiao Lun's henchman: "Go back and tell your master, let him come over at ease, I have arranged a place for him to live in Nanjun." He's my own nephew, so how can I let him wander away? ”

The henchmen returned to Chengdu with this good news, Xiao Duo's subordinates did not drive to engage in Xiao Ji, and engaged in Huang Lang in the middle of the government, and Shi Shixi, the governor of the palace, and others dissuaded him from accepting Xiao Lun, Xiao Duo smiled and said: "You only know one and don't know the other, if Xiao Lun lets him go outside, I am afraid that he will be used by ulterior motives, and it will not be good for us at that time, so it is better to keep him by my side and control it nearby, so that people will praise my reputation and will not prevent me from becoming the emperor in the future." ”

Sun Gan, the captain of the leading army, was very happy and said: "The king's trick is really powerful, so I can forgive Yuwentai's old thief (is he old?) And they don't dare to underestimate us. Xiao Ji also echoed: "Yuwentai wolf ambition, Longwangshu, must want to further invade our retreating enemy, this has to be guarded against." Huang Lang and Shi Xi expressed their agreement.

Xiao Duo also thought that this was the case, now that Yizhou has fallen, then on the west side of his jurisdiction from Fuling to the north to Badong and to the front line of Xiangyang, he must arrange heavy troops to defend, but his main force is now concentrated in the east of Jingzhou to defend against Gao Huan, and it is the most dangerous for a small warlord like him to be hostile to the left and right, so he plans to let Xiao Yu, who had sneaked back from Chang'an, set off to Jiankang and negotiate peace with Gao Huan.

Xiao Lun left with his family two days before Yuwentai entered Chengdu, walked all the way east for three days, first traveled by land and then water, and took a boat along the Yangtze River to the east to reach Fuling in Xiao Duo's jurisdiction, Yuwentai's pursuers arrived at Ba County day and night, Xiao Lun and they had already arrived in Linjiang, and he planned to go to Xiangyang first to see his uncle in the south to Nanjun. (To be continued.) )