Less leaning, Song Ying's big tent.

Hu Yanzan held a double whip in his hand and walked into the tent ashamedly, "The official, the last general is incompetent and failed to capture Yang Ye, please punish the crime!" ”

Zhao Guangyi shook his head, "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, not to mention Yang Ye's excellent martial arts, General Huyan failed to win, I don't blame you, go back to your account and rest." ”

Hu Yanzan hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Thank you to the official family at the end!" Then he walked out of the tent quickly.

Zhao Guangyi saw that Hu Yanzan was gone, and sighed slightly: "Yang Ye is really my great Song rival, and he is thinking that it is more difficult to attack Jinyang than to ascend to the sky. ”

Zhao Dezhao thought for a while and said: "The official family, it seems that the attack will not be successful, so why not persuade it to return to the Great Song Dynasty and destroy the Northern Han Dynasty together?" ”

Zhao Guangyi smiled, "Imperial nephew, it seems that you don't know Yang Ye too well, if he is willing to submit easily, he is not worthy of being called Yang Invincible!" Moreover, I have led troops to besiege Jinyang for several months, and the people in the city refuse to surrender, let alone Yang Ye, who is loyal to the Northern Han Dynasty? ”

Zhao Dezhao shook his head and said, "The official's words are wrong! The so-called things are man-made, and now the Northern Han army is sleepy and lacking horses, and there is a shortage of grain and grass, and the emperor Liu Jiyuan must be in a hurry. The nephew thought that at this time, he should send a man who could speak well into the city to persuade the Northern Han Emperor Liu Jiyuan to surrender. ”

Zhao Guangyi stared at Zhao Dezhao and said, "What the imperial nephew said is reasonable!" Since you can come up with this plan, it seems that there must be a suitable person in your heart, so you might as well speak it up and let me hear it! ”

Zhao Dezhao said without thinking: "When the nephew was escorting grain and grass, he passed by Xingzhou and found that Yun Zixiao was a genius who was not born in the local area, not only excellent in martial arts, but also good at speaking. If the official family sent him, he might be able to persuade Liu Jiyuan to surrender. If not, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds for the officials to take the opportunity to eradicate the thieves so that disasters would not occur in the future? ”

Zhao Guangyi pondered in his heart for a long time before nodding and saying, "Okay, then bother the emperor's nephew to go to Xingzhou in person and ask Yun Zixiao to come and persuade Liu Jiyuan!" ”

Zhao Dezhao bowed down again and said, "Don't worry, the official family will not disgrace his nephew!" After he finished speaking, he walked quickly to his mount, turned on his horse, and galloped straight in the direction of Xingzhou. Zhao Guangyi looked at Zhao Dezhao's distant back, and a complicated expression appeared on his face inexplicably.

His gaze was quickly drawn back to the battlefield in front of him by the sound of fighting and the sound of rain arrows breaking through the air in unison. Even though he was exhausted at the moment, he still fought hard and constantly divided his troops to besiege Jinyang. Because he knows that this war has been fought so far, the competition is not only about strength and resourcefulness, but also about who will fall first, whether he or Liu Jiyuan.

Two days later, several fast horses rushed into the Song camp like sharp arrows, and went straight to the Jinding Huangluo tent where Zhao Guangyi was. The first one was a middle-aged man in his forties, followed by a young man in a silver robe, whose faces were filled with joy and anticipation in addition to exhaustion and faint worry.

The two of them hit their horses and came to the big tent, turned over and got off their mounts, and walked quickly into the big tent of Huangluo. At this moment, Zhao Guangyi was sitting in the tent, holding a military book in his hand, reading it with all his attention, and he didn't notice that the two of them had arrived in front of him.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man bowed deeply to Zhao Guangyi and said in a low voice: "The official family, the nephew has invited Yun Zixiao, the general sentence of the criminal state, I don't know when he will be allowed to enter the city?" ”

Zhao Guangyi raised his head when he heard the voice, and saw that Yun Zixiao was really standing in front of him, and smiled slightly, "Yun Tongju, you and I haven't seen each other for several months, and you have always been good lately?" ”

Yun Zixiao hurriedly said: "Thank you for the official family's concern, Weichen is honored." Since he was appointed by the official family as the general sentence of the criminal state, everything is very fine, but Weichen is in the criminal state, except for assisting the governor to deal with some local trivial matters every day, he can't serve the country more and share worries for the king. ”

Zhao Guangyi nodded and said with a satisfied smile: "Haha, in the past, I and Taizu were both enemies of Murong Yanyun, but in my heart, I envied him for being assisted by a resourceful and eloquent person like Yun Yimo. After so many years, I don't want the son of Yun Yimo to be used by me, which is really a blessing for a widow, and a blessing for the Great Song Dynasty! ”

Yun Zixiao smiled and said, "The official family is really too reputable, and it is enough for Zixiao to share the worries of the official family!" He said and looked sideways at Jinyang City, and said confidently: "Official, Weichen thinks that with my three-inch tongue and a heart to serve the country, I will be able to persuade Liu Jiyuan to submit to my lord!" ”

Zhao Guangyi said: "I have already learned the skills of Yuntong Judgment, but you have been tired all the way, so it is better to rest for half a day, and it is not too late to persuade you to surrender early tomorrow morning." ”

Yun Zixiao said: "No need! Before tonight, the minister will be able to persuade Liu Jiyuan to surrender, if the minister can't do it, he is willing to be punished for the crime of bullying the king! He said and bowed deeply to Zhao Guangyi, turned around and walked out of the big tent, and walked straight towards Jinyang City.

Zhao Guangyi clenched his fists at this moment, his palms involuntarily oozing sweat, and said secretly, "This person has always been like a lake, and he can't see through his heart. If he goes, it will be best if he can convince Liu Jiyuan, but if he has ill intentions towards the Great Song Dynasty because of his father's death, he will unite Liu Jiyuan against me this time, I am afraid that something will not be good. But for the sake of today's plan, I have to gamble! ”

After a while, Yun Zixiao crossed the battlefield, walked to the foot of Jinyang City, and said in a loud voice: "Listen to everyone on the city, I am the general judge of Xingzhou Yun Zixiao, and I am here to persuade you to surrender on the orders of the officials. The two countries are at war without slashing the envoys, and I hope to open the city gate and let me in! ”

Ma Feng, a veteran at the head of the city, looked down and saw that Yun Zixiao's appearance was just a scholar, and he didn't have much hostility in his heart. He commanded his soldiers: "Come, find a basket for Ben General, and then a long rope, and pull up the messenger from the city." One of his own soldiers hurriedly agreed, and turned to go down to the city to find a basket and rope.

Soon, the soldier took a long rope and walked back quickly. He came to Ma Feng, bowed, and said tremblingly: "Report to General Ma, his subordinates only found a long rope, but they did not find a basket that could hold people, and I hope that the general will forgive ......."

Hearing this, Ma Feng turned around, looked beyond his own soldiers, and looked at Jinyang City, which had been baptized by war for a long time. He saw that Jinyang, which was originally prosperous and wealthy, had been besieged by the Song army and its reputation had withered, and hundreds of people and soldiers were demolishing their houses and transporting every brick and tile they had been demolished to the city, hoping that the soldiers guarding the city would be able to hold on for even a moment longer.

"Alas......" Ma Feng let out a long sigh, then turned to Yun Zixiao and shouted: "Yun Tongju, you wait a little longer, and when Ben will find the basket, he will pull him up!" ”

Yun Zixiao shook his head and said confidently: "General Ma, I don't need a basket to go to the city, as long as you put down the long rope!" ”

Ma Feng took the long rope suspiciously, and put the rope down with his own hands, but the long rope was still two or three feet away from the city at the end, so he had to say again: "Yuntong judge, I'm really sorry, this rope is not long enough, wait for Ben to find a longer rope and pull you up." ”

Yun Zixiao looked up, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and he immediately jumped up more than two feet on tiptoe. Immediately afterwards, he grasped the long rope with both hands, and lightly tapped his toes on the city wall a few times, and the people had already flown from the city to the city.

The people of the Northern Han Dynasty at the head of the city were all stunned when they saw this, and Ma Feng was so shocked that he almost let go. Yun Zixiao smiled disappreciatively and said, "General Ma, I'm sorry for you!" ”

Ma Feng came back to his senses when he heard this, and praised: "Yuntong Judge, your light skills really opened my eyes!" If everyone in the Song army has such light skills as Yuntong's judgment, Mo said that taking Jinyang, which is a mere area, is to capture Shangjing of the Liao State, I am afraid it will not be effortless! ”

Yun Zixiao said: "General Ma, it's over." Yun's holy life is in his body, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, and I hope you will take Yun into the palace quickly. Ma Feng nodded again and again, made a gesture of please, and then walked quickly towards the palace with Yun Zixiao.

The two of them went down the city, passed through the west city, and soon came to the Northern Han Palace. Ma Feng greeted the guards guarding the door, and there was no obstacle along the way, and Shao Tian took Yun Zixiao to the bottom of the hall.

At this time, in the main hall of the Northern Han Dynasty, a middle-aged man wearing an imperial robe was discussing with the ministers in the palace with a sad face. The battle has been fought until now, everyone is like an eggplant beaten by frost, no one still has the energy and courage, and if they continue to resist, the atmosphere in the hall is solemn and desolate. Everyone understands that the state is no longer a question of death or not, but of whether it will perish today or tomorrow.

Yun Zixiao followed Ma Feng into the hall, his eyes constantly scanning the people present. When he saw that everyone was looking like this, he felt a little more sure in his heart. Liu Jiyuan saw Ma Feng leading a light man to come slowly, and he couldn't help but look at Yun Zixiao carefully, and then showed a wry smile.

Ma Feng bowed and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, this person is the general sentence of the Song State, named Yun Zixiao, and he is specially ordered by Zhao Guangyi, the monarch of the Song State, to persuade him to surrender. ”

The look on Liu Jiyuan's face became more and more sad, it seemed that it was not only because the Northern Han Dynasty, which had been founded for more than 20 years, was to be completely destroyed in his own hands, but also because he regretted some wrong things he had done. After a while, he asked, "Judge Yuntong, do you know Yun Yimo, the prime minister of Yan State in the past?" ”

Yun Zixiao bowed slightly, and said, "Yes, Yun Yimo is my father." ”

Liu Jiyuan smiled bitterly and shed tears, and said in a trembling voice: "Since I formed an alliance with the Song and Liao countries more than ten years ago and sent troops to wipe out the Yan State, there has not been a day when I have not deeply regretted this. In the past, Ling Zun designed to seize the military power of my Northern Han Dynasty, and I still hated it to the core, and I wanted to regain the authority. But now that I think about it, if I let him take power, maybe Murong Yanyun, Yun Yimo, Li Ming and them would not die, and if they were still alive, they would definitely help me defend against foreign enemies. It's a pity that the people are gone, and now it's too late......"

A person who is truly capable in the world never only makes the enemy hate him and fear him, but also makes the enemy respect him and even miss him. Yun Zixiao admired his father when he was young, but at that time, he had only heard some legends about him, and only vaguely knew that his father was a great man. But when he went down the mountain with his sword and witnessed Zhao Guangyi, Ye Luxian, and Liu Jiyuan, his father's former enemies, he really understood what a genius his father was.

Liu Jiyuan slowly wiped away his tears and asked, "Yuntong judged, I have heard that your lord Zhao Guangyi is ruthless and extremely intolerable. I heard that after Li Yu and Qian Yu returned to Shun, they were poisoned by him for no reason. I don't want to be crowned a king and worship the prime minister, nor do I seek glory and wealth, I just want to have a good death after I surrender, I don't know if Yuntong can be the master for Zhao Guangyi? ”

Yun Zixiao thought for a moment and said, "It's just a small general judgment, so naturally I can't make decisions for Your Majesty." However, you can swear that once you realize that the official family is not good for you, even if you gamble your own life, you will definitely ask the official family for mercy! ”

Liu Jiyuan nodded and said to the ministers in the palace: "Did you hear what I said?" I am determined to surrender Kaejo, do any of you oppose it? If not, they'll all be scattered. He said and waved his hand helplessly at the crowd.

At this moment, everyone in the Manchu Dynasty had tears in their eyes, and they all lined up in a long line. Ma Feng took the lead in walking in front of Liu Jiyuan, knelt on his knees, kowtowed respectfully three times, then stood up and slowly took off the court clothes of the Northern Han Dynasty, and turned around and walked out of the hall. Everyone behind him did as he pleased, and there were fewer and fewer people in the hall, but more and more of the court clothes were taken off. None of these people said a word from beginning to end, but the whole scene was deeply shocking and tear-jerking.

When the last minister kowtowed and took off his court clothes, it was the moment when the Northern Han Dynasty was terminated, and it was the moment when the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were terminated. At this moment, not only Liu Jiyuan looked at the backs of everyone who were going away one after another, crying silently, but even Yun Zixiao, who was out of the way, had inexplicably red eyes.

Yun Zixiao was very conflicted at this time, he understood that his father had worked hard all his life, and all he thought about was peace before he died. Now that the Northern Han Dynasty has been destroyed, there is no force in the world that can threaten the Great Song Dynasty except for the Liao State in the north, Qu Yue and Dali in the southwest, and the party in the northwest. The peace that my father didn't look forward to when he was dying finally came gradually, but it was the Great Song who forced his father to death that brought peace to the people of the world, and he really didn't know whether to feel happy or deeply sad.

After a long time, Liu Jiyuan gradually came to his senses, picked up the jade seal and looked at Yun Zixiao, "Yuntong judge, please follow me to Kaicheng to surrender, and welcome the Song Lord into the city." ”

Yun Zixiao bowed slightly, made a gesture of please, and then silently followed Liu Jiyuan to the West City Gate, the guards of the West Gate saw this with tears in their eyes, and as the city gate slowly opened, Liu Jiyuan walked out slowly with a jade seal in his hand.