The so-called "rejuvenating the teacher and asking the guilt", the Zhou army used the banner of more than 100,000 troops to fight in the south or the excuse used to ask Li Yu for the crime of disobeying the edict and disobeying the holy decree. Therefore, the first thing Wang Kunjun said when he came to Li Yu was to ask the other party if he was guilty. And Li Yu, who is now a prisoner, naturally understands this truth, so as soon as Wang Kunjun asked a question, he quickly lowered his head and replied without hesitation: "Minister Li Yu is guilty." ”

As soon as the sentence "Minister Li Yu is guilty" came out, on the one hand, it confirmed the fact that Li Yu was indeed a guilty person, and on the other hand, it also provided sufficient reasons and excuses for the Great Zhou Dynasty's southern expedition and the guilty Jiangnan Expedition, thus announcing to the world the justice and legitimacy of the Great Zhou Southern Expedition, and it was a real famous teacher.

After the play that should be played is over, Li Yu, who should cooperate, also cooperates very well, and it is time to combine grace and power, leniency and severity. So, while helping Li Yu up, and letting the Jiangnan Wenchen military generals behind him get up, he comforted the former lord of Jiangnan, saying that the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty is the king of benevolence and virtue, and that Jiangnan has confessed his guilt and will treat everyone kindly, and everyone does not have to have any psychological burden when they go to Beijing to see the driver.

Subsequently, Wang Kunjun told Li Yu with great concern that the rewards for going to the Beijing Imperial Court are probably very limited, and Li Yu's family has a large number of people and daily expenses. In order to avoid making ends meet in the future, now taking advantage of the fact that the palace has not yet been seized, he immediately returned to the palace to prepare more gold and silver goods to bring. Otherwise, once the palace is sealed and all the utensils in the palace are registered by the company, they will not think of taking out anything from it privately. At the same time, in order to facilitate Li Yu's shipment, Wang Kunjun also ordered in front of Li Yu to transfer 500 baggage soldiers and their horses and vehicles from the "security army" that entered the city for his use.

For Wang Kunjun's care and love, Li Yu thanked him again and again on the one hand, but on the other hand, he was also secretly relieved in his heart, feeling that since Song Guogong, who was the first minister of the Great Zhou, cared for him so much, he would not be as difficult and unbearable as he guessed when he came to Kaifeng.

Seeing Li Yu entering the palace with the support of several chamberlains to tidy up his outfits, Zeng Zhilin came to Wang Kunjun's side with some worry, and said: "Fifth brother, since the brothers besieged the palace city, and the Jiangnan monarchs and ministers went out of the city to surrender to the present, this Li Yu is trembling and uneasy. Those civil servants and military generals in Jiangnan dried under the sun for nearly three hours, and their faces were full of grievance and resentment, and they felt that they had suffered a great shame. But this Li Yu is more and more scared, and the more he is shivering, it seems that he is full of fear of seeing you, entering Beijing, and his future. At this time, you put him back to the palace, if this kid can't think about it for a while, because he is afraid that he will not have good fruits to eat in Beijing and hangs himself on his neck, then we will not have a merit that can be done. Look, did I follow him into the palace in case this kid is looking for a short time? ”

Wang Kunjun waved his hand when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Old twenty-six, you also look up to this Li Yu too much." This guy has always been undecisive, and he is usually hesitant when he encounters problems, and he needs his ministers to help him come up with ideas and make decisions. When the city was besieged, he once swore that if the city was broken and the country was destroyed, he would die with the clan family, and for this reason, he piled up a lot of firewood in the palace. As it turned out, he didn't stand in front of us well. Brother rest assured, since this guy has decided to surrender and has performed the whole process of surrender outside Miyagi, he will never have the idea of suicide again. Otherwise, wouldn't all these humiliations and living sins before him be in vain? However, with this guy's temperament, I'm afraid that this line will have to be packed up for a few hours, and it is estimated that I will have to wait until tomorrow morning to see you again. ”

After speaking, Wang Kunjun ordered Zeng Zhilin to lead the "Ranger Battalion" to be responsible for the guard of the palace, and no one was allowed to enter or leave the palace unless he had his own warrant. At the same time, the Jiangnan Wenchen generals who accompanied Li Yu outside the palace to surrender were also sent home, packed up their bags, arranged family affairs, and waited for Li Yu to pack up the next morning, and then escorted them to Kaifeng to see the driver. He and Xu Shao'an returned to rest at the headquarters of the Southern Expeditionary Army in Jiangning Mansion in the city.

On the morning of the 28th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar in the second year of Jianlong, perhaps God was also infected by the sorrow of the monarchs and ministers of Jiangnan, or maybe God wanted to use the most appropriate atmosphere to match the scene of the upcoming departure from the country and the day of return, or maybe it was just a normal weather change, just when Li Yu led his family, relatives and accompanying servants, with dozens of carts of gold and silver goods, with an extremely sad and bitter mood, out of the palace city, and a group of high-grade officials and ministers in Jiangnan and their families, Nearly 1,000 people gathered at the gate of the palace again, and under the "escort" of the "Ranger Battalion" led by Zeng Zhilin, they went to the riverside wharf, preparing to take the ship provided by the Zhou army to go north, and when they went to Kaifeng to see the driver, the originally clear sky was suddenly overcast, and then, Jinling City, which had been scorching in the sky for many days and the scorching sun, ushered in a heavy rain.

For farmers outside the city, the heavy rain eased the drought that was already showing signs of drought; For the people in the city, this heavy rain drove away the annoying stuffiness and brought a rare coolness to everyone; For the Southern Expeditionary Army, which was stationed inside and outside the city, although the heavy rain made the weather cool, it made everything around look wet and uncomfortable; For Li Yu and a group of military generals in Jiangnan, who were on the road to abandon their country and other homes, this heavy rain not only added a lot of inconvenience to their itinerary, but also made their already sad and angry mood worse.

Although yesterday's conversation with Wang Kunjun made Li Yu less afraid and more hopeful about his trip to Kaifeng, but this time he went north after all to bid farewell to his homeland, and he has no possibility of returning in the future, so although this sentimental Li Houzhu did not burst into tears in front of everyone, he was also full of sorrow, from the palace to the dock to the boat in the river, it can be said that he turned back step by step. So that this road, which is not too long and can be completed by ordinary people in only half an hour, walked for more than an hour before he boarded the big ship with the support of his entourage with endless nostalgia and reluctance.

Standing on the bow of the boat swaying up and down, facing the crackling and falling beans, Li Yu's mood at this time can be described as both sad and undulating, and a sense of sadness arises spontaneously from his heart, which cannot be dispersed for a long time.

People with different personalities have different ways to relieve the troubles in their hearts, and people with hearty personalities often wave their hands and shake their heads, and then they will leave their unhappiness behind them in a moment, and start again with vigor; People with a fiery personality usually dance guns, play with sticks, or simply fight with others, whether they win or lose, they will release the knots in their chests, and then turn back to find others bad luck; Literati like Li Yu who are indecisive, indecisive, and quite artistic, generally express their feelings and unhappiness through reciting poems and writing lyrics and writing.

So, on the swaying bow of the boat, on the riverside of the rain and mist, the former lord of Jiangnan and the current prisoner under the stairs couldn't help but feel from his heart, and in a moment he made a song full of sorrow and farewell:

"The old hometown of Jiangnan and Jiangbei has been a dream for 30 years; Wuyuan Palace is now cold, and the Guangling Hall has been desolate. The cloud cage is far away and sorrowful, and the rain returns to the boat with tears; There are four brothers and 300 people, and it is unbearable to sit idle and think carefully. ”

The song "Crossing the River and Crying in the Stone City" is full of Li Yu's despair and desolation after losing his country and home, and it also vaguely shows that the monarch of the dead country regrets the past. It's a pity that there is no regret medicine to take in this world. What's more, even if Li Yu is given a chance to start over and let him correct all his mistakes, in the face of the Great Zhou Southern Expeditionary Army, which is not at the same order of magnitude as himself in terms of strength, the result will only be that the country will be ruined, and more people will die, more cities will be destroyed, and the entire Jiangnan will become a ruin, and he himself will bear heavier sins and more self-blame.

On the 28th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar in the second year of Jianlong, nearly 1,000 people from the Jiangnan monarchs boarded the boat and went north, and the founding marquis of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the captain of the inspection school, the deputy envoy of the privy council, the Tongping Zhangshi, the general of the right guard, the envoy of the Zhongzheng Festival, and the deputy commander-in-chief of the Southern Expeditionary Army, Xu Shao'an, led the main force of the middle route army of the original Southern Expeditionary Army (the second regiment and the third regiment of the fourth synthetic infantry division of the "Feilong Army", the artillery regiment of the division, and the cavalry regiment of the division) to travel with him. Xu Shao'an returned to Beijing this time, firstly, to take care of Li Yu and others on the way, and secondly, to appropriately reduce the strength of the Southern Expeditionary Army under the condition that the overall situation in Jiangnan had been decided, so as to reduce the logistical pressure on Kaifeng. Third, it was also to strengthen Kaifeng's defense, in case Li Yun, who was always restless in his heart, suddenly changed his mind and attacked Kaifeng without knowing whether he was alive or dead.

On the same day, Wu Yuejun received an order from Wang Kunjun, ordering his commander Shen Chengli to lead his troops to immediately evacuate Jinling City and return to Hangzhou as soon as possible. In addition, in order to ensure that Wu Yue's army would not harass the local prefectures and counties and harm the people of Jiangnan when they retreated, Wang Kunjun strictly ordered Shen Chengli to strictly enforce military discipline and make sure that the people of Jiangnan Prefecture and counties along the way did not commit any offences, and at the same time, he also ordered Zhang Zheng to lead the "Wolf Tooth Battalion" to follow and "escort" until the other party arrived in Wuyue before returning to Jinling City.

On the first day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar in the second year of Jianlong, after resting in Jinling City for a few days, the main force of the Southern Expeditionary Army set off again, led by Zeng Zhilin and Muter, divided into two routes, and took the edict written by Li Yu before leaving Jinling ordering the local officials to guard the surrender of Kaicheng, and went to the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River that had not yet been controlled by the Zhou army to announce the decree, so as to complete the combat mission of seizing the last stage of the entire Jiangnan.

Although there was some resistance and some disbelief in surrendering without a fight, in the face of the destruction of the capital, the capture of the lord, and the escort of all the civil and military officials of the court and the central government to Kaifeng, the vast majority of local officials and guards in Jiangnan chose to adapt to the situation, obey Li Yu's edict, and accept the rule of the Great Zhou. During this period, only the Hongzhou Jiedu in the south of the Yangtze River, which was defeated and retreated to Hukou, made Zhu Lingyun and Liu Maozhong, the assassin of Yuanzhou, stubbornly resist. As a result, Zhu Lingyun and more than 30,000 remnants of his Shangjiang Army were completely annihilated by Zeng Zhilin's command and the special task force of the Southern Expeditionary Army in Hukou on land and water. Zhu Lingyun committed suicide, and Chai Kezhen, the southern capital of Jiangnan who assisted him in guarding the village, was wounded and captured. When Liu Maozhong knew that he was invincible and led his army to retreat in the direction of Jizhou and Qianzhou, he was surrounded by Mutel's troops and Qian Yuanshan's troops who rushed from Hunan Province to copy his back road in a valley fifty miles south of Jizhou City. Seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, and that the commander of the Zhou army had promised not to harm his subordinates, Liu Maozhong sighed and dismounted.

On the tenth day of the ninth lunar month of the second year of Jianlong, as Mutel's troops and Zeng Zhilin's troops entered Tingzhou and Jianzhou, the southernmost parts of Jiangnan, respectively, all the prefectures and counties in Jiangnan surrendered to the Later Zhou, incorporated into the Later Zhou territory, and accepted the rule of the Later Zhou. At this point, the battle of the Southern Expedition of the Later Zhou Dynasty, which lasted for nearly half a year, came to an end.

In this battle, at the cost of more than 5,500 casualties (including 515 of the "Flying Dragon Army"), the Later Zhou Southern Expeditionary Army annihilated (killed, wounded, and captured) nearly 250,000 people of the Jiangnan Army, and brought 108 counties, more than 650,000 households, and nearly 4 million people in 19 prefectures and three armies in the south of the Yangtze River into the rule of the Later Zhou Dynasty.