Wen Huanzhang persuaded Zhang Bohu to get out as soon as possible, indeed out of sincerity. Zhang Bohu can go, but he can't and will never go.

Wen Huanzhang is the commander of the Southern Chu front, and if he leaves, he will inevitably bear the name of fleeing. What face does he face to the world? How could Emperor Chu and Tan Chongyuan tolerate him?

If you are in a dilemma, you simply do nothing, and in fact you can't do anything. It's just that since then, the words of the two have become less and less, and sometimes they don't even say a word all day. Seeing Yang Zhi splashing ink and swaying arbitrarily on the land of Nanchu, it is conceivable what the two of them feel in their hearts.

Zhang Bohu was indeed prescient, and his prediction of Yang Zhi's strategic deployment became a reality in less than a month.

In late November, Jiangxia's 50,000 new troops arrived in Linxiang. Chen Zhun was ordered by Yang Zhishuai to divide 30,000 troops to replenish the Shen Chong Division, and kept 20,000 under his own account.

After Shen Zhong spent about ten days of reorganization, he was ordered by Yang Zhishuai to lead 70,000 troops to Pingjiang to join Yang Zhi's division, and then marched to Changsha.

Yang Zhi strictly ordered that he must see the enemy of Baling to death, and Chen Zhun pulled out all his belongings for this. In the two directions of the north gate and the east gate, 100 artillery pieces, 500 heavy crossbows, and 20,000 sergeants were deployed each. As many as 400 artillery pieces and nearly 2,000 heavy crossbows were deployed at the south gate, and he personally led 30,000 sergeants to prevent the Chu army from breaking through.

On December 17, the two heavy army groups of Shen Zhong and Wei Feiyang, plus the 20,000 horses led by Ye Chuang, a total of 200,000 troops, successfully encircled Changsha.

The next day, Yang Zhi sent an envoy into the city to persuade him to surrender. The words brought to the monarchs and ministers of Southern Chu were extremely simple and refreshing: the city should be opened and surrendered within three days. Three days later, the siege of the city.

December 19th. When Wen Huanzhang and Zhang Bohu got the news, their faces were suddenly like ashes. Relatively wordless.

Wen Huanzhang has commanded the army for decades and has always loved soldiers like children. Enriching one's own pockets from the lack of deduction of food and salary, as well as the unfair rewards and punishments, were deeply loved by the soldiers and enjoyed great prestige among the Chu army. Because of this, the Baling defenders did not mutiny, but on the same day, two generals were publicly elected as leaders and came to persuade Wen Huanzhang to surrender to the Xia army.

Wen Huanzhang no longer discussed with Zhang Bohu, and said with a smile: "Let's contact Xia Jun on your own!" The old man won't go. ”

The two generals kowtowed three times with shame on their faces: "I'm waiting to thank the handsome for your compassion!" ”

After the second general retreated, Wen Huanzhang smiled bitterly at Zhang Bohu: "The matter has come to this. The army's heart has been lost, so why bother to kill again? Putting these tens of thousands of soldiers in a way to survive can be regarded as an old man's accumulation of virtue. Strategist, it's still too late for you to leave. ”

Zhang Bohu struggled out of the wheelchair, knelt down and bowed: "Wen Shuai, I am fortunate to know and work together in this life, you and I will see you again in the next life." ”

As soon as the words fell, he slowly fell to the ground. A dagger went deep into his chest, and he was instantly breathless.

Wen Huanzhang's eyes burst into tears. Pulled out his saber and said: "With the old man as a companion, the military advisor will not be lonely on the Huangquan Road!" ”

He then killed himself.

On December 21, the gate of Changsha was opened, and Emperor Chu personally held the national seal. led Tan Chongyuan and other civil and military officials to surrender to Yang Zhina, the commander of the Xia army, outside the north gate.

Yang Zhi has been famous for Emperor Chu and Tan Chongyuan for a long time, and today he finally saw his true face. Emperor Chu was about forty years old, and his face was sickly pale. The body is weak, and it is obvious that he has been hollowed out by wine. Tan Chongyuan's face was ruddy. Quite rich and extremely well maintained.

Not everyone has the courage to fight and die. Surrender without a fight. There can be many nice sayings, such as those who know the times are handsome, and they can't bear to be miserable. But the vast majority of people are not so great, or they can keep their official titles, or they can keep their family wealth and become a rich man, and they can save their lives at the worst. If there is no benefit, why should people surrender? This is a very simple and realistic truth.

If it has fallen, it is forbidden to abuse, indiscriminately injure, or indiscriminately kill. At least not now, and it won't appear in Yang Zhi's hands.

Yang Zhi immediately ordered Ye Chuang to send troops to temporarily detain Emperor Chu, Tan Chongyuan and other courtiers and properly settle them.

Ordered all the defenders in Changsha City to lay down their arms and assemble at several designated places outside the city, and Shen Chong's headquarters was responsible for surrendering.

If the hundreds of thousands of soldiers are not dealt with as soon as possible, one more day will be an unstable hidden danger. Those who are willing to switch to the Xia army should gather in another place and disperse into various departments of the army. Those who do not want to stay in the army are to be sent a few coils and dismissed in batches.

He ordered the guard Feiyang to take over the defense of Changsha City, and strictly ordered not to disturb the people, not to injure a person, and not to trespass on any private houses and official residences.

Ordered Ye Chuang to take over the ban of the Southern Chu Palace, and strictly ordered all princes, concubines, chamberlains, and palace maids to be kept in custody, and no indiscriminate killing and injury were allowed. On the same day, the treasury of Southern Chu was sealed and troops were sent to garrison it. There should be property in the palace, and no penny shall be taken without authorization.

He ordered the governor of Changsha to stay in office temporarily, and each of the three departments sent two scribes to lead 500 troops to help maintain order in the city.

And so on and so forth.

It wasn't until it was dark that Yang Zhi received a battle report that Chen Zhun had surrendered in Baling a day earlier, and that Wen Huanzhang and Zhang Bohu had committed suicide. I can't help but sigh secretly: How hard is it to be busy? The feast ended. Joys and sorrows are all the same as illusory, and a dream in ancient and modern times is absurd!

After being silent for a long time, he ordered Wei Feiyang to immediately send soldiers to take care of Wen Huanzhang's mansion without disturbing his family.

He also ordered Chen Zhun to bury Wen Huanzhang and Zhang Bohu, and allowed Nan Chuna to worship the soldiers.

Early the next morning, Yang Zhi sent someone to contact the Qin branch, not wanting Qin Ruju to be the only one to come.

"What about Qin San's fat man? At this time, he can always show the identity of the third young master of the Qin family openly, right? ”

Qin Ruju replied: "Changfeng thinks it's better not to shine. As early as a month ago, he went out of the city to Fuzhou, and he should have been in Yizhou at this time. ”

Southern Chu has been destroyed, but Emperor Xia ushered in the first glorious moment since he ascended the throne. The Qin family has the Qin family's plan, and the three fat men of Qin can go wherever they like, and Yang Zhi will not ask more.

"How did Zhang Bohu's wife and children get born?"

"After receiving Yang Shuai's secret order, I ordered someone to hold the corner of Zhang Bohu's letter written by Yang Shuai to persuade Tan to take his son away, but Tan insisted on refusing to leave, so I had to give up for the time being. I heard that Yang Shuai personally led the army to attack Changsha, and in desperation, he had no choice but to use force. I ordered their mother and son to be tied up and sent to a small town on the outskirts of Liuyang. A three-entry mansion had been prepared for them in advance, and 100 acres of fertile land and 50 acres of mountains and forests had been purchased, leaving ten people to pretend to be servants to guard them. ”

Yang Zhi sighed: "If the Tan family can think about it, it would be best to settle down here." I wanted to go see them, but I didn't go! ”

"In the future, Qin's Changsha branch will be opened, Changfeng is gone, you can't go. All the generals in the army know that I have a close relationship with the Qin family, and they will definitely take care of me. ”

In the afternoon of this day, Wei Feiyang and Ye Chuang accompanied Yang Zhi to inspect the Southern Chu Palace. Although the Chu Palace is far less spacious and magnificent than the Great Xia Palace, its richness and luxury are a few grades higher. The three of them wandered among them, and they were all overwhelmed with emotion.

Before leaving, Wei Feiyang glanced at Ye Chuang and said, "Marshal, this time the soldiers captured the Chu capital Changsha without blood, and Baling broke itself without a fight. Now there are more than 500,000 soldiers under the command of the marshal, and he has unified the army to destroy such a large country as Southern Chu, which can be called the first person since the founding of Great Xia! With great merit, when he returns to Beijing to report on his work in the future, the emperor will definitely have a generous reward, or he will be promoted to the king! ”

The agreement between Yang Zhi and the emperor before he became the general of Zhengchu was only known to the emperor himself, Xu Wenhan, and Qin Kongyun, and they did not mention it to Wei Feiyang. Just shook his head and smiled, ignoring it.

Ye Chuang hesitated for a moment and said: "I have heard for a long time that the handsome poems and books are unique, and now that I have built an immortal achievement, I will definitely leave my name in history, why not write words to remember it?" ”

Wei Feiyang immediately echoed: "It's extreme, it's extreme!" If General Ye hadn't mentioned this section, I would have almost forgotten it. ”

Yang Zhi thought for a while, and didn't shirk: "It's okay." ”

Wei Feiyang was full of excitement and ordered the accompanying sergeant Zhang Luo to pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, Yang Zhi went straight to the palace wall outside the gate of Chu Palace, and wrote a poem "The Goer" by Liu Huan in his previous life without adding points.

The words say: People and ghosts are like generosity. If you are in a dream, you can only be hard-hearted. The red face is vague, waving it and coming back. Life and death are destined to settle grievances early, and mourning lingers secretly. In desperation, youth is gone. Helplessly, the country is really easy to change. Friendship is priceless and insecure, and the heavens send enemies. In desperation, the road back to the stars. Helplessly, the time is slaughtered. Zhong Mingding ate and scattered for a while, and kept yesterday's wealth. The mountains and rivers are blurred, and the flowing flowers are low and hazy. The long-cherished wish is to fish in the cold river, and the wind sweeps and turns white.

Wei Feiyang was a little disappointed when he saw that it was not the eloquent words he expected. Ye Chuang was shocked when he saw it, and he groaned repeatedly, reluctant to leave for a long time.

After Yang Zhi entered the city, he set up the general in the previous forbidden army camp in Southern Chu. It is not a trivial matter to take over the capital of a country completely. It took six or seven days to get a rough idea.

On December 26, Yang Zhi ordered several chief generals of various armies to go to the Chinese army to discuss the account on the first day of the first month of the fifth year of Longchang in the Xia calendar.

At dinner time on December 28, Yang Zhi went to visit Ye Chuang's place of residence alone.

Ye Chuang obviously didn't expect Yang Zhi to come, and his face was shocked. Yang Zhi said with a smile: "Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, I specially stepped on the meal today and came to Brother Ye to ask for a glass of wine." How? Isn't Brother Ye welcome? ”

Ye Chuang hurriedly welcomed Yang Zhi into the house: "Dashuai, where did this start...... ”

Without waiting for Ye Chuang to finish speaking, Yang Zhi frowned exaggeratedly and said, "Huh? ”

Ye Chuang was stunned for a moment, and immediately came back to his senses: "I feel deeply honored to ask for it." Brother Yang, please take a seat! ”

Yang Zhi smiled at this time, and commanded in a noisy manner: "Add vegetables!" Serve! I'm going to have a good drink with Brother Ye today! ”

Ye Chuang sighed: "I remember that the last time I drank with Brother Yang in Tongguan, it was the first day of the first month of the twenty-fifth year of Wucheng, and it has been a full eleven years now!" At that time, I was looking forward to fighting side by side with Brother Yang one day, and now I have finally got my wish! ”

"It's hard to see that Brother Ye remembers it so refreshingly!" Yang Zhi asked: "It has been nearly three years since I was ordered to command the army, and you have not met until you have been under my control. I want to ask you, have you felt wronged for more than two years? Do you have a grudge against me? I also hope that Brother Ye can answer truthfully like he did in Tongguan back then! ”

Ye Chuang said without hesitation: "I don't feel wronged, and I don't feel resentful." ”

"Really?"

"Really."

Yang Zhi smiled and said, "What is Brother Ye's reason? I hope you can give me a clear reason. (To be continued.) )