With Zhu Lingyun's 120,000-strong army almost wiped out, the last vital force in Jiangnan was wiped out, and Li Yu's hope of relying on his own strength to save the crisis of the small court in Jiangnan was completely shattered. Now, in addition to trying to send people to get in touch with Li Yun, who had promised to form an alliance with him and start an incident at the right time, urging the other party to abide by the agreement, and immediately raise troops to copy the back road of the Zhou army to relieve the siege of Jinling, the only way to send an envoy to Kaifeng to pay tribute and ask the Great Zhou to either delay the attack or withdraw the troops to preserve the sacrifice in the south of the Yangtze River.

Originally, according to Li Yu's idea, since he was begging the Great Zhou court to withdraw his troops, he should send an envoy to Kaifeng to pay tribute and make a statement, in order to ask for mercy and mercy from the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. But Chen Qiao, Zhang Xun and other important ministers, as well as Xu Xuan, who was one of the envoys, felt that there was no need to be reluctant to go far. Now that the first powerful minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Duke of Song Guo, Kunjun, is outside Jinling City, instead of spending nearly a month running to Kaifeng to beg the little child who can't manage anything at all, it is better to go out of the city and deal with the Song Guogong who said everything in the Great Zhou court. Regarding the suggestions of the ministers, Li Yu has always been kind and flowing. What's more, there is some truth in what Chen, Zhang and others said. Therefore, the day after receiving the news that Zhu Lingyun's department was almost wiped out, on the sixteenth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar of the second year of Jianlong, Li Yu ordered Xu Xuan as the chief envoy and Zhou Weijian as the deputy envoy, carrying a large number of gold treasures and goods and his own handwriting Chen out of the city, and went to the camp of the Zhou army to ask to see the prince of the Song Dynasty.

It was expected that Li Yu sent an envoy to ask for peace, and what Xu Xuan and Zhou Weijian wanted to say to themselves, Wang Kunjun also knew it. Therefore, after the two sides met and gave Xu Xuan and Zhou Weijian a seat, Wang Kunjun sat firmly behind the handsome case and stopped talking, just waiting for the other party to defend Li Yu and put forward a request for the Zhou army to withdraw from the battle.

To say that this Xu Xuan is indeed as Zhang Weixin said when he told his brothers about the history of his previous life, he is a person who can speak well and has an upright temperament. Seeing that Wang Kunjun was sitting there and didn't speak, Xu Xuan, who was just next to the chair with his buttocks, immediately stood up, only slightly arched his hand, then raised his chest and raised his head, tilted his head and said in a stunned manner: "Li Yu is not guilty, the imperial court's expedition to Jiangnan is unknown." ”

Seeing that he called his lord by his name, Wang Kunjun did not reprimand or refute his accusation that the Southern Expeditionary Division of the Later Zhou Dynasty was nameless, but continued to remain silent, still looking at him quietly, waiting for him to continue.

Seeing that the dignified Song Guogong was "speechless" by his own question, Xu Xuan's heart rose and continued: "Li Yu surrendered to the Great Zhou, took small things as big, and has always served very respectfully, like a son's father, and has never made any mistakes, why did the imperial court raise troops to crusade and conquer cities? As he spoke, Xu Xuan began to give endless examples of how Li Yu respected the Great Zhou official family, how Jiangnan surrendered, and how he was obedient to the Great Zhou court.

It was only at this time that Wang Kunjun picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said unhurriedly: "You said that Li Yu is like a son and a father in my Great Zhou official family?" Have you ever heard of a father and son who are divided into two, like two people? Since Li Yu is the minister of my Great Zhou, he should obey the orders of my Great Zhou. Why did he not obey the edict and refused to enter Beijing to meet the official's house? ”

I thought that my friendly argument had made the other party speechless, but I didn't admit that Wang Kunjun only had this one sentence, so he turned his big set of rhetoric into a fart, and Xu Xuan, who has always been known for his erudition and talent, really realized what it means to be speechless and speechless.

Seeing that his companion was refuted, Zhou Weijian, as a deputy envoy, hurriedly stood up, and while playing a round and looking for steps for his companion, he presented the copy of the statement written by Li Yu, the lord of the country before his departure, asking for the withdrawal of the army, and asked Wang Kunjun to read it for himself.

What Li Yu will write in the chapter, Wang Kunjun can guess without looking at it. It is nothing more than to excuse himself and ask the Later Zhou court to withdraw its troops. It is said that now that the army of the Southern Zhou Expedition has come to Jinling City, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses have surrounded Jinling City, and Li Yu and his small court in the south of the Yangtze River are already turtles in the urn, and defeat is just a matter of moments. If it weren't for the fact that several members of the committee were unwilling to destroy this ancient capital of the Six Dynasties too much, and were unwilling to sacrifice the lives of the people in the city for the stubbornness of Li Yu and his subordinates, it would not have been Jurong but Jinling who was destroyed and burned by the angry artillery fire of the crossing team. Even if the Southern Expeditionary Army needs to carry out a long-term siege war like the Northern Song Dynasty army conquering Jinling in the previous life, and needs to use human lives and blood to pile up and pave the way into the city, he will insist on fighting the Southern Expedition battle, and will never withdraw the siege when victory is in sight and is already within reach. Therefore, after Wang Kunjun took over Li Yu's recital, he just glanced at it a few times, then threw it aside, and said indifferently: "People in the world often say that Li Yu is good at calligraphy and poetry. It's just that his own country is a warrior, but he has no attainments in poetry and words. Therefore, although Li Yu's piece is beautifully written, he can't understand a single word, and he doesn't know what he said. ”

If it is placed in a peaceful era, Wang Kunjun is undoubtedly degrading his identity and lowering his grade when he says this, but in the era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, which emphasizes the supremacy of force, respect for martial arts, and whoever has a big fist and a hard fist is the boss, but on the contrary, it exudes a kind of self-respecting and contemptuous momentum of looking down on the world, so that Zhou Weijian did not dare to look up, so he had to return to his seat resignedly.

Seeing that his companions were deflated like himself, Xu Xuan, who knew the importance of his trip, had to regain his courage and continue to argue: "Li Yu used to serve the Great Zhou court very respectfully, which is obvious to all. The reason why he failed to enter Beijing this time was indeed because he was suddenly infected with an illness and could not travel thousands of miles to pay homage, and he did not deliberately disobey the order and refuse to obey the edict. I also ask Song Guogong to see that Li Yu has always been obedient and submissive, so that he can open the net, temporarily collect the troops and return to the court, and take the life of the whole state in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Regarding Xu Xuan's request, Wang Kunjun naturally had no reason to agree. At this time, Xu Xuan's "stunned" temperament came up again, seeing that Wang Kunjun refused to agree to withdraw his troops, he pleaded again and again, and when it came to the worst, he became more and more aggressive.

Xu Xuan was so presumptuous, Rao is Wang Kunjun has a gentle temperament and treats people kindly, and he is also angered by him. I couldn't help but stand up, hold down the horizontal knife under my ribs, and shouted: "You don't need to say much. Li Yu, Jiang Nan or Ruer and others said that there is no big crime, but the world is a family, and on the side of the couch, how can others be allowed to snore! ”

Seeing Wang Kunjun holding the hilt of the knife, his eyes wide open, and the posture of wielding a knife to kill people without saying a word, Xu Xuan couldn't help but feel terrified in his heart, where did he dare to show his eloquent and straightforward character again, and repeatedly pleaded for guilt. And Zhou Weijian next to him was even more frightened, quickly stood up, and said to protect himself: "The people who are from the mountains and wilderness have no intention of entering the court as an official or stepping into the official career. This time the envoy was actually forcibly sent by Li Yu, and he couldn't help himself. The minister has always heard of the Duoqi herb elixir on Zhongnan Mountain, and if it has the opportunity one day, he hopes to be able to live in seclusion in the mountain and never ask about the world again. ”

As the saying goes, "when a show meets a soldier, it is unreasonable", Xu Xuan and Zhou Weijian met a fierce god like Wang Kunjun who was backed by force and relied on strength to speak, and planned to draw a knife and cut people at every turn, even if they were quick to think and eloquent, they could only return in the end and be defeated. Although Wang Kunjun's rudeness and irritability were intentional, "how can others be allowed to snore on the side of the couch" directly plagiarized the famous words that Zhao Boss had said in his previous life who had been forced to death by the Beiping Army, but the disguise and such loud words that were in line with his identity made Xu Xuan, Zhou Weijian, their lords and other ministers of the Jiangnan court have to believe that this is Wang Kunjun's true temperament and this is the true words of the Great Zhou court.

The attempt to beg for the withdrawal of troops ended in failure, and in the face of more than 100,000 Zhou troops who could attack the city at any time, Li Yu and his military generals were now helpless. At present, the only thing that still gives them a glimmer of hope is the Zhaoyi Army, who has been secretly communicating with them for a long time and has sworn to promise to raise troops into Beijing at the right time to enter King Qin, and copy the back road of the Beiping Army, which is also the last straw for Li Yu and his small court in the south of the Yangtze River.