Autumn and winter have been since spring and summer, and the south of Yushu and the south of the dynasty have been developed.

Remembering Chen Shubao back then, the corner of the well bloomed all over the flowers.

After weighing it for a long time, Zhao Kuangyin still decided to adopt Cao Bin's advice and withdraw the army to rest first.

Just as Zhao Kuangyin was about to give an order, someone suddenly came to report, saying that a prisoner who had come down from the front asked to face the saint, saying that there was an urgent military situation of 100,000. Emperor Song, who was worried about his reluctance to withdraw his troops, heard about the military situation and hurriedly summoned him.

It turned out to be a prisoner named Hou Zhi, who was originally an acting prefect of Yangzhou, and later led his own team of caretakers to attack the Tang Dynasty with the Song army, during which he also won a small victory, but he was sued by his subordinates for accepting bribes. And Zhao Kuangyin was originally reported by people in the DPRK and China many times that his cronie Zhao Pu was bribed, which made him angry, and demoted Zhao Pu to Heyang as a festival envoy. Now I heard that there were people in the army who took bribes, and even if he won a battle in the army, they sent someone to arrest him from the army and return him to Bianjing to punish him.

And although this Hou Zhi is only a small acting prefect, he has a close relationship with Lu Duoxun, a scholar of Hanlin in the DPRK, and now that he is going to be punished, he will go to Lu Duosun to help exonerate him. And Lu Duoxun heard that he was going to take the Tang Kingdom, and His Majesty was going to withdraw his troops at this juncture, he was very unhappy, and he was trying to find someone to persuade the emperor. Hou Zhi came at the right time, so he taught Hou Zhi Yitong like this.

Hou Zhi swore and said: "With Lord Lu's idea, as long as the emperor agrees to summon him, Hou has a way to persuade the emperor." ”

Zhao Kuangyin agreed to summon Hou Zhi, only to see Hou Zhi dragging a sick body and walking to the front of the hall supported by the guards. This person is not only greedy for money, but also has a natural talent for acting, and at this critical moment, he is even more vivid.

He saw Zhao Kuangyin sitting on the dragon chair from a distance, so he pretended to be distressed, and shouted exaggeratedly: "Jinling is about to be pacified, why did Your Majesty withdraw his troops at this juncture?" If I can do it harder, I promise that I will succeed, and if I am not right, Your Majesty can punish my three clans, that is, my father's clan, my mother's clan, and my wife's clan will all be killed. ”

"You swear like that, but what's the best way to do it?"

Hou Zhi looked at everyone, Zhao Kuangyin immediately understood, ordered everyone to retreat, and let Hou Zhi come close to him. Hou Zhi spoke to His Majesty according to what Lu Duosun taught: "Your Majesty doesn't know, although our soldiers are sick, but * is already vulnerable, Jinling City is defended by the general Hu Ze, and this person is irritable, kills people without blinking, and the continuous battles make him extremely bored, and he is angry with his subordinates at every turn for a little thing, which is already unpopular. ”

Zhao Kuangyin looked sideways at Hou Zhi with a puzzled face: "How do you know about the enemy camp?" ”

"According to the cook who escaped from his camp and defected to our army, it was only because he had suffered from the wind and cold recently that he felt dizzy, but the general Hu Ze wanted to eat fish at this time, and he was careless when cooking fish, and did not completely scrape the fish scales, leaving a piece of scales in the fish, and Hu Ze was about to drag him out and behead him in a fit of anger."

"And how did he escape?"

Fortunately, the general's wife came out to stop it, saying that the soldiers had been guarding the city for several months, and the ulna was all over the field, and the general should not kill people for food at this time, which would chill the soldiers. After Hu Ze listened to his wife's words, he saved the cook from death. And the cook, who almost lost his life, dared to stay by Hu Ze's side, and secretly escaped from the barracks overnight and went straight to our army. ”

Zhao Kuangyin stood up, paced and said, "Maybe he is just a meticulous work, deliberately delivering false news to our army!" ”

"No, in order to show his intentions, he also said in detail about the 1510 defenses in the city. Our army only needs to launch a surprise attack in the southwest corner where the defense is weakest, and we will definitely be able to take Jinling in one fell swoop and capture the Tang Emperor alive. ”

"Just do what Aiqing said, I will send a message to the front line, and appoint you as a propaganda envoy, your guilt will not be investigated, go back and rest."

Originally, Li Yu finally had a chance to breathe, but he was disturbed by the prisoner's remarks.

The Song army had crossed the Qinhuai River, and strategic supplies had been transported to Jinling City. Li Yu, who was still in the dark, still believed in the strategies of Chen Qiao, Zhang Xun and others, thinking that as long as the wall was firmly defended, he asked his cronies "Little Elder" to convene monks, chant mantras, and pray for the blessing of the immortal Buddha, but he played chess with Yuwei.

Xiao Yan, the secretary of Dali Temple, saw that Li Yu's soldiers were coming to the city, and he still had the heart to play chess with his concubines for recreation, so he simply didn't care about the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, broke through the guards, went straight to the inner palace, and overturned Li Yu's chessboard.

Li Yu was about to have a seizure, Xiao Yan said angrily: "Your Majesty, go and take a look, the Song army has already arrived in the city." ”

Li Yu climbed up the city tower suspiciously, heard the deafening sound of cannons, and sure enough, the Song army was densely stationed outside the city, and he asked the defenders angrily: "The Song army has already arrived in the city, why don't you come to report me?" ”

The guards said: "The commander of the emperor ordered that it should not be reported, so he did not make it clear to His Majesty. ”

The emperor couldn't help but be furious, and immediately summoned Huangfu Jixun and asked him why he didn't report it.

Huangfu Jixun said: "The Song army is brave and good at fighting, the soldiers are strong and strong, and no one is invincible, even if the ministers report every day, it will only disturb Your Majesty." ”

The emperor said angrily: "According to you, even if the Song army enters the city, you will let him burn and loot?" What crime should you be guilty of betraying the country and misleading the king! After saying that, he ordered him to be taken down and put to death immediately.

At this moment, I suddenly saw someone shouting: "Deceive the king, frame the loyal and good, and everyone will be punished." ”

Suddenly, all the soldiers raised their daggers and ran towards Huangfu Jixun, and then each of them cut off a piece of meat on him and put it directly in his mouth to eat it raw, which made Li Yu, who had participated in Zen and Buddhism all his life, tremble, and then knew how much everyone hated Huangfu Jixun.

After a while, the Song army attacked the city, the ladder rushed around the city, the arrows and stones rained like rain, the emperor hurriedly recalled the little elder, the little elder said that he was sick and did not go, the emperor suddenly realized, he was really as Murong Ningyan said back then, he trusted the villain, so he gave the little elder poisoned wine, how did he know that the poisoned was just an innocent monk, and the little elder had already run away.

Then he quickly ordered Zhu Lingyun, the son of the general Zhu Kuangye, and asked him to lead the naval army to support. Zhu Lingyun was stationed at Hukou and claimed to have 150,000 sailors. After receiving the order, he prepared to go down the river and burn the floating beams of the quarry rock.

After Cao Bin found out, he summoned Wang Ming to pass on a secret plan to him, and asked him to go to Quarry Rock to intercept Zhu Lingyun, and Wang Ming took the order.

Zhu Lingyun took advantage of the moonlit night to set sail on a big ship, hoisting a handsome flag and majestic. Suddenly, in the distance, he saw in the distance that there were thousands of warships in front of him, and he was alarmed, and immediately ordered the sailors to stop the ship.

At this moment, I heard the thunder of war drums and the flames soaring into the sky, and the handsome flag on the enemy ship was a big "king" character. Countless infantry came on the shore, and they were also raised with thousands of torches, and the word "Liu" was written on the handsome flag, and both sides were killed together.

Zhu Lingyun didn't know how many Song soldiers had come, so he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to use his secret weapon "oil machine", it turned out that he had already prepared a wooden boat filled with grease and firewood, and set it on fire and sailed towards the downwind Song army. It seems that the heavens intended to destroy the Tang Dynasty, and the wind direction changed abruptly.

It is really a blessing, and the disaster is not a single line, but at this time, the north wind is blowing, and his warship is just stopping in the south, and the fire is reversed with the wind, but it burns itself, and it really lifts a stone and hits his own feet. In an instant, the whole army was shocked, and Zhu Lingyun was so frightened that he wanted to pull out the ship and return. However, the ship was too big to turn around, and the enemy soldiers forced each other from all sides, which frightened Zhu Lingyun's soul away.

The frightened Zhu Lingyun was about to jump into the water and get out, when suddenly a Song general shouted, and immediately ran to many soldiers, pressed Zhu Lingyun down in the boat, tied him up with a rope, and carried him ashore like a pig, this general was Wang Ming sent by Cao Bin.

According to Cao Bin's secret instructions, Wang Ming erected countless long logs above and below the floating beams, and then hung the flag to make it look like a sail, so that the other party thought it was a Song soldier, and asked Liu Yu to attack by night. The Song army had only 5,000 sailors and 5,000 infantry, but it swept away the 100,000 people under Zhu Lingyun.

In Jinling City, everyone looked at this support army with blank eyes, and suddenly heard that Zhu Lingyun had been captured, and they were all frightened. In desperation, Li Yu had no choice but to send Xu Xuan to Bianjing to plead for a dismissal.

When Xu Xuan arrived in Bianjing, Zhao Kuangyin asked: "I let your lord enter the court, why does he always shirk it repeatedly?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty's words, our lord is indeed sick, not to mention that he is not at fault. Everyone knows that he is devoted to the Buddha and only loves to dance and write, and it is impossible to threaten anywhere. And I heard that Your Majesty is also a benevolent monarch, please take into account the living beings in the south of the Yangtze River, if the army goes and the jade is burned, it is definitely not Your Majesty's original intention to favor the people, Your Majesty might as well open the net! ”

"As long as your lord dedicates Jiangnan and enters the court to see me, I will naturally order the class teacher to return to Beijing, and I will never harm him, let alone cause misery to Jiangnan."

Xu Xuan said: "I am so obedient to the lord of the country, I pay tribute every year, and I have never been rude, not to mention that now I am a minister, and Your Majesty is still going to crusade, it is a little too ruthless!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Kuangyin was furious, pulled out his sword with a swish, pointed at Xu Xuan and scolded: "Needless to say! On the side of my couch, how can I allow others to snore? Go back and tell Li Yu that he will either fight or surrender immediately. You rap again, beware that this sword does not have long eyes! ”

Xu Xuan didn't dare to say anything more, and retreated to Tang with trepidation.

After returning to the Tang Dynasty, Xu Xuan rushed into the music workshop, found the volume of "Ni Clothes and Feather Clothes Song", and said sadly: "The old man saw that this thing was ominous that day, and sure enough, he would die so soon." With that, he burned it with a fire.

Jinling City, which had no resistance, was soon conquered by the troops led by Cao Bin, the envoy of the Southern Court of Xuanhui. Some people said that they were going to take the head of the lord of Jiangnan, but they were stopped by Cao Bin: "Before sending troops, Your Majesty personally proposed to the general that he should treat the lord of Jiangnan and his relatives well, and you will have to cause trouble!" ”

Li Yu, who was forced to be helpless, led his relatives and officials, a total of more than 40 people, to surrender outside the city, and the 39-year-old emperor ended his 14-year reign as emperor.

When Li Yu died in the country, when facing Zhao Kuangyin, he found out that he was Xiao Yixuan back then, what would be the scene?