Han Shizu

Chapter 1026
In the east of the city, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Han army were ready to attack the city. Whether they were filling holes, pushing carts, shooting arrows or rushing into the city, they all owed only one order to attack.The tense atmosphere had already been created, and the murderous intent had already gathered, waiting to be released. However, when a white flag was erected on the top of Jinling City, the gate of Jinling City slowly opened, basically announcing the end.

"This Li Yu, can't he surrender earlier? We have to wait until we are all ready before submitting the surrender form. Is this deliberately tossing the soldiers?" After the siege front line, deep in the army, Zhao Yanjin sent someone to understand the situation. Saying this to the people around you, although there are complaints, the joyful mood is hard to hide.

Zhao Yanjin has read a lot, and at the same time, he has experienced the troubled times of the previous generation and witnessed the tragedies of war. He knows that it is rare for a complete man to win a city. If a bloody fight can be avoided and casualties can be reduced, that is a good thing.

The same is true for ordinary soldiers, after all, people will die in war.With more than [-] people, death may not be so easy for him, but someone is always going to die, what if it is him?Because, if you only participate in such a war, it is acceptable to get a reward from the court.

Today, Xia Xiang'an is not only bureaucrats, nobles, landlords and businessmen, but also most of the soldiers. If it is not forced by the times and faced with the pressure of survival, how many people are willing to lick blood on the edge of the knife all day long and live the precarious life? Woolen cloth?
Prince Liu Yang and coach Li Gu also gave a very positive response to Li Jingda's surrender form. Li Gu ordered the three armies to suspend their attack, and sent people to welcome Li Jingda into the camp to discuss the matter of surrender.

Li Jingda came here to negotiate terms on behalf of Li Yu and even the Li family. In this situation, he did not dare to raise any excessive conditions. He just hoped to follow the example of the Gao family and get their treatment while retaining property and protecting the family temple. Inviolable.

It can be said that this is the smartest choice Li Yu has made since this period of time, and it is not too much. However, Liu Yang and Li Gu, on behalf of the court, only gave two basic guarantees, one is the safety of their family, The second is to keep a certain amount of property. As for other more treatment, they can't make the decision, so they have to wait until they return to the court, and the emperor will decide.

Such an answer is unsatisfactory, but it is sincere and not a random promise. After thinking about it, Li Jingda, as the current head of the Li family, agreed on behalf of Li Yu.The matter of surrender is basically determined, and only to be implemented, Li Jingda still needs to return to the city, return to Li Yu, and bring back the request of the Han army.

There was only one request from Li Gu, to hand over Jinling City completely to the Han army. Hurry up, Hurry up, the Han army will have to enter the city that day.Still tough, with no room for recovery.

After the matter of surrendering was started, the subsequent handling was not difficult. Li Gu sent Shi Shouxin as the first person in charge to take over Jinling City.The first thing to do is to remove the siege army's weapons.I am not afraid of Li Yu's delaying tricks. One is that I believe that Li Yu does not have the courage. The other is that if he dares to deceive or even fool the army, he will definitely arouse the anger of the crowd and suffer huge and heavy revenge. Such consequences are not something that Li Yu can bear and dare to bear.

In fact, Li Yu's performance and every move before and after his surrender will be reported to Emperor Liu in detail. There is no doubt that this is linked to the treatment he will enjoy in the future.

When the news of Jinling's surrender spread throughout the army, the joy of the three armies and the sound of victory erupted for a while.That was the cheers of the victors, and it also represented the death knell of Southern Tang, the first country among the "Ten Kingdoms".

In the "History of the Three Dynasties", which is still being revised, the same period is also divided into ten families, in order to round up.Yang Wu, Southern Tang, Wu Yue, Fujian, Yue, Nanping, Ma Chu, Front and Front Shu, plus a Qi State that replaced the original "Northern Han".

On the issue of accepting the Qi State, there was an episode. Someone proposed to list the Yan State established by Liu Shouguang as emperor among the ten. The reputation is too bad, and Qi Guo wins.

It also means that after the demise of Li Tang, the historical era of China for more than half a century has a definition: Three Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.Moreover, as the 15 years of Qianyou is coming to an end, and as the southern countries gradually level off, this era will also be completely ended.

The surrender of Jinling is a historical event of great significance.No matter how many problems there are in the country of Southern Tang, and how incompetent its monarchs and ministers are politically, in the Jiangnan area, its establishment is of positive significance. Economically, there is a huge credit.

This is also the reason why Emperor Liu valued Jiangnan so much and cared for it so much, for fear that the war would cause too much damage.Construction is always difficult, with decades of ups and downs, and it is not easy for the south to have such a fertile soil that has been carefully cultivated under the background of the war-torn era in the north.

Although, during the two years of Li Jing's late period and Li Yu's rule, due to internal and external difficulties, economic development has stagnated or even regressed, but its heritage is still rich. As long as it is changed and the chaos is corrected, the entire Jiangnan society will be full of new vitality and move forward. continue to develop.

The population, land, culture, economy, etc. of the south of the Yangtze River are all important properties left by the Southern Tang Dynasty to the imperial court.Just like in the official history, even after the difficulties of Li Yu's era, after entering the Song Dynasty, it provided a solid foundation for the take-off of the commodity economy in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Of course, not only the south of the Yangtze River, but also Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Zhejiang provinces. These separatist regimes in the south raised the people and developed production. Probably their most active role and contribution in the past era of great division.

Now, it is Emperor Liu's Han court who is about to receive this benefit.

Compared with the cheers of the Han army, in Jinling City, when the news spread that the lord had decided to surrender, it was a different scene. Regardless of the officials, the army, or the people, they all relaxed subconsciously, with a sense of relief.

However, what followed was regret for the destruction of the country. Some bureaucrats, some soldiers, and some people, no matter what, in Li Min's era and Li Jing's early days, the people in Jianghuai benefited more from him, and the earlier scholars [-]. The common people still have a kind of gratitude. Many people have experienced the stability at the beginning and the prosperity today. If the country is destroyed, it is inevitable to feel sad. This is the most simple value of many people.Compared with Liu Yu in Nanyue, Li Yu, the ruler of the country, may have more sympathy in the hearts of the people in the south of the Yangtze River in the future.

As soon as the news of the surrender spread, some officials and common people spontaneously knelt down in front of the Jinling Palace and wailed loudly. Before the surrender ceremony officially started, some people had already begun to mourn for the perishing kingdom.

The other Jinling yamen and government offices, in accordance with the requirements of the Han army, maintained stability, kept their duties, kept files and records, and sealed the treasury, waiting for the check and receipt.As for the defenders in the city, under the leadership of Zhu Lingyun, they piled up weapons and armor in barracks and school yards, waiting for the Han army to take over and move them outside the city.

Under Shi Shouxin's arrangement, more than 30,000 selected soldiers entered the city in an orderly manner, took over the city defenses, occupied key points, and stationed in various government offices. The only one that did not set foot was Jinling Palace City.

Until, the crown prince Liu Yang, the commander-in-chief Li Gu and other important figures came to the palace city of Jinling. Li Yufang led his family, young and old, and Jinling civil and military officials to welcome them at the gate of the palace and formally surrendered.

The only episode that made Liu Yang and Li Gu a little dissatisfied was that at the time of accepting surrender, Chen Qiao, the assistant governor of the Guangzheng Yuan, jumped off the palace city in front of everyone, and sacrificed his life for the Southern Tang Dynasty.

This kind of behavior is enough to show Chen Qiao's stamina and loyalty, it's pathetic!Alas!respectable!However, he didn't expect that this would bring trouble to the monarch he was loyal to. This was to achieve his own reputation and implicate the monarch.

Of course, there is a tinge of blood in such a bleak scene of subjugation, which may also add a strange brilliance to this period of history.

With the recovery of Jinling, Li Yu's surrender also means that the basic goal of the Jianghuai army has been achieved.There is Li Yu's surrender form, which conveys that the states to which Liangjiang belongs, surrendered in anticipation of the wind, and surrendered to the imperial court.

On the [-]th, Li Yu surrendered.

On the [-]th, after receiving Li Yu's surrender form, Lu Jiang of Hongzhou also ordered to surrender.After Cao Bin came to Nanchang, although he besieged the city and made preparations for attacking the city, he still held back after learning about the progress of the battle in Jinling. Strictly restrict military discipline.

By the 23rd, with the surrender of the general Chen Huo who guarded Jianzhou, the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the Jiangnan regime were officially pacified.

(End of this chapter)