Snap-Li Yu shot the case, his eyes bloodshot, and he glared at Shi Wei angrily.

It seems that Shi Wei's threatening words angered Li Yu and ignited the only bit of blood left in his bones.

Looking at Li Yu with an angry face, Shi Wei did not have a trace of fear at all.

He took a sip of tea and said with a faint smile: "Lord Li doesn't have to slap the table with the envoy, although the envoy's words are a little ugly, but they are every sentence for the idea of the lord of Li, whether it is life or death, Lord Li will weigh it himself." ”

Li Yu's anger was like the return of a dying person, only shaking for a moment, and then wilting again.

He sat down again, staring blank and in pain.

At this time, Shi Wei persuaded again: "Lord Li Yu is full of poetry and books, and he should know about the past history. As the so-called general trend of the world, the division must be united, and the union must be divided for a long time, and now it has reached the time of the unification of the world, and the fate of those who move against the current abounds in the history books, and Li Guozhu is afraid that he does not want to follow in the footsteps of those people. ”

Li Yu's expression was shocked, and it seemed that Shi Wei's words had dealt him another heavy blow.

While tasting tea, Shi Wei was secretly observing Li Yu's eyes, and from those uneasy eyes, Shi Wei saw two words - shaken.

Knowing that Li Yu had already surrendered, Shi Wei further said: "My Great Song Emperor is a benevolent and righteous king, and even the descendants of the Chai family of the previous dynasty can be treated kindly, not to mention the lord of Li. As long as Lord Li can see a little, although he can no longer be king in the south, it is not impossible to be a rich farmer. ”

After several persuasions, Li Yu fell silent.

The ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty on the left and right did not dare to speak, and they seemed to have seen that Li Yu had the heart to surrender.

Many people present had already made up their minds to join the new master, and they wished that Li Yu would surrender quickly, so they watched Li Yu being threatened by Shi Wei several times, but no one stood up to support Li Yu.

At this time, a person suddenly jumped out and said loudly: "Lord of the country, it has not yet reached the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and you must not surrender easily, and you will bury the foundation that the three generations of the Li family have worked so hard to manage." ”

Shi Wei looked for prestige, but saw that the person who sang the opposite tone was Xu Xian.

The father and son of the Xu family offended Shi Wei, and Shi Wei was a close minister of the Son of Heaven and a close confidant of the prince.

"The 150,000 sailors at Hukou have been wiped out, the foreign aid in Jinling City has been extinct, everyone is tired of war, and my 100,000 heavenly soldiers are besieging the city, which can be broken in the past. Why, Lord Xu, isn't this the end of the mountain? Shi Wei asked with a sneer.

Xu Xuan didn't pay attention to Shi Wei either, and only bowed his hand to Li Yu: "Although Jinling is besieged, Jiangzhou, Ezhou and other places are still holding on. As long as we stick to it, the Song people will inevitably retreat without a fight. ”

Xu Xuan's words were like a shot in the arm, and when Li Yu heard it, his originally gloomy expression suddenly brightened.

Shi Wei only shook his head and sneered.

Since ancient times, weather and geography have not been crucial to the factors that prevented the Central Plains Dynasty from unifying the south.

The Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen and the Western Jin Dynasty destroyed Wu, not by escaping the scorching heat or humid cold in the south, but by relying on the overwhelming national strength advantage.

Xu Xuan's words were blind, and Shi Weiyan couldn't help laughing.

"Lord Li, I don't want to waste my lips and tongues, whether it is war or surrender, you can give a letter." Shi Wei made the final disc.

Li Yu weighed it for a long time, but it was difficult to make a decision.

He sneered at Shi Wei and said, "After all, this matter is related to the lives of a city, how can I make a decision in the past, Shi Shang might as well stay in the palace for a few days, let me think about it again." ”

Li Yu neither refused nor agreed, it seems that he didn't want to say goodbye, and wanted to use delaying tactics to make a decision after Xu watched the changes.

Shi Weizheng also wanted to stay in the city and try his best to rescue Xiao Zhou, but Li Yu's words were exactly what he wanted.

Shi Wei immediately smiled and said: "Since this is the case, then the envoy will be a lot of trouble, and the envoy will think about those words, Lord Li should think about it." ”

After the meeting that day, Shi Wei stayed in Jinling City.

Because of the chaos in the city, Li Yu was afraid that something would happen to Shi Wei living in the hall, so he had to stay in the palace.

Shi Wei is not in a hurry, he lives in the palace generously, he should eat, drink, but enjoy.

Li Yu's intention was obvious, that is, he wanted to leave Shi Wei, the envoy, in the city, so as to delay the attack of the Song army outside the city, and strive to delay the time until midsummer, when the weather would turn favorable to the Southern Tang.

It's just that Li Yu's careful thinking, Shi Wei had expected it long before entering the city.

He had told Cao Bin when he was parting that if he did not return after entering the city, Cao Bin would continue to attack fiercely, and it would be more fierce than before.

Shi Wei's purpose was to force surrender by war.

As agreed in advance, three days later, the Song army launched an unprecedented onslaught on the outer city of Jinling in all directions.

Shi Wei lived high in the palace, and he could clearly see the smoke billowing from the front line of the outer city, and he could even hear the rumbling cannons, as well as the earth-shaking shouts of the Song army.

Faced with the onslaught of the Song army, Li Yu did two things.

One thing was to accumulate a bundle of dry firewood in the palace in advance, and declare to the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty that once the city was broken, he would light a fire [***] to thank the ancestors.

In this second matter, Li Yu summoned all the high-ranking monks and Taoist priests in Jinling City into the palace, and led them to chant and pray at night, praying that the Song army could retreat.

Li Yu's futility and self-deception failed to save the fortunes of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

On the third day of the fifth month of May of that year, the Song army launched the most fierce attack since the beginning of the war, and at dusk, the outer city of Jinling was finally breached.

Shi Wei, who was standing on the high steps, clearly saw that the Song and Wu coalition forces that broke through the north gate poured into Jinling City like a tide.

The remnants of the Southern Tang Dynasty soldiers were defeated when they heard the wind, and the gates were abandoned one after another, and thousands of Great Song soldiers entered the city in all directions.

Seeing the scene of this broken city, Shi Wei let out a long breath.

He then went back to his residence, dressed neatly, and sat and waited for Li Yu's arrival.

Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, Li Yu, who looked pale, stumbled into the hall.

When Li Yu saw Shi Wei's description of waiting for a long time, he was immediately ashamed of himself.

"Envoy Shishang, I've thought about it, I'm willing to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, it's not too late." Li Yu threw himself in front of Shi Wei, bowed his hand, and almost pleaded with Shi Wei in a crying voice.

If Li Yu wants to surrender, he can directly open the palace gate and surrender to Cao Bin.

Now he came to cry like this, naturally because of the threatening words that Shi Wei said before.

Shi Wei once bluffed Li Yu, if he refused to surrender, then the city was broken, and it was the time when his Li clan was destroyed.

Now the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty are all rushing into the city, and the palace wall in the inner city cannot resist the impact of the Song army at all.

At this time, Li Yu was only afraid that the Song army after entering the city, in order to retaliate, would kill him and his Li family.

Seeing Li Yu's pitiful state, Shi Wei sighed: "The envoy tried to persuade the lord of the country to surrender before, but the lord just didn't listen. ”

Shi Wei's sigh only made Li Yu feel cold.

"Envoy Shishang, Yu knows that he is wrong, I hope you will be merciful and ask for intercession with that General Cao for me."

Li Yu was so frightened that he almost knelt down for Shi Wei.

In fact, the Son of Heaven issued an edict to Cao Bin, as long as Li Yu is willing to surrender, no matter before or after the city is broken, he must be treated well, and no harm must be done.

Shi Wei's previous scare was just to act cheaply, and it was just deliberate.

What he was waiting for was the moment when Li Yu lowered his breath.

His thoughts turned sharply, Shi Wei quickly had an idea, and he sighed at the moment: "Lord Li, you are also bewitched by the annihilation ministers, if I can explain to the envoy of the Cao Academy, if I can explain the hardships of the Emperor Li, I may be able to save the life of your family." ”

Li Yu was overjoyed when he heard this, and was about to say thank you, but was interrupted by Shi Wei raising his hand.

Shi Wei continued: "Don't be in a hurry to be happy first, you can ask the envoy to intercede with the envoy of the Cao Yuan on your behalf, but the lord of the country has to agree to me two conditions first." ”

"As long as the stone envoy is willing to come to the rescue, I can agree to any conditions." Li Yu did not hesitate and agreed.

Shi Wei nodded in satisfaction.

In his eyes, the murderous aura suddenly revealed, and he said bluntly: "This first condition is to ask the Lord Li to kill Xu Xian, the annihilator who obstructed the submission of the Lord Li, in order to appease the anger of the Cao Yuan." ”

"Kill Xu Xian!" Li Yu was taken aback and couldn't help but hesitate.

Xu Xian is an old minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Li Yu's cronies, so it is naturally difficult for him to start.

Shi Wei said: "Lord Li, you are reluctant to open the city and surrender, and if you want to calm the anger of the Cao Yuan envoy, you naturally have to find a scapegoat." ”

A word reminded Li Yu, he hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and was ruthless, and hurriedly ordered the Royal Forest Sergeant to quickly arrest Xu Xian and correct him on the spot.

Shi Wei was satisfied, and then said: "This second condition, in fact, is easier, I want to go to see Concubine Zhou, and I hope that Lord Li can be accommodating." ”

Li Yu's face was pulled by brushing.

"Why, isn't this little request from Lord Li willing to agree?" Displeasure began to appear in Shi Wei's tone.

Li Yu weighed it slightly, and said with a smile: "It's just a trivial matter, how dare Yu disobey." ”

At that moment, Li Yu took Shi Wei Xiaozhouhou's bedroom.

Previously, Shi Wei had scared him not to slack off Xiao Zhou, but since then, Li Yu has not dared to let her live in the cold palace again.

At this time, the Song army outside the city entered the city, and the palace was already in chaos, and Li Yu didn't have the time to send someone to communicate it in advance, so Xiao Zhouhou did not greet him outside the palace.

When he arrived at the palace gate, Li Yu stepped into the threshold first, and said with a smile: "Please make the stone envoy inside." ”

His move was obviously because he was afraid that Shi Wei would be alone with Xiao Zhouhou, and wanted to follow him.

Shi Wei flattened his mouth and said unhappily: "I want to tell Concubine Zhou Niangniang some private things, Lord Li, don't follow you as an outsider, just wait outside the door." ”

Shi Wei didn't make any excuses at this time, and straightforwardly pointed out the ambiguous relationship with Xiao Zhouhou.

Li Yu choked on his words and his face turned green.

Li Yu thought to himself, what kind of reason is this, Zhou is obviously my queen, but I have become an "outsider" to tell you, and now you want to be alone with my woman, and you want me to stand outside the door and sentry for you.

At this time, Li Yu was really hateful and embarrassed.

Shi Wei also had to tell him more, brushed his sleeves in, and swaggered straight into the palace.

(To be continued)