Han Shizu

Chapter 816
"Du Shuai, this Shu army came to die and was defeated in one blow. Why didn't you let me lead the army to chase after you? You just took the five hundred cavalry in the camp with me, and Zhao Jiwen will never escape! Even I can take the opportunity Break into the city of Chengdu, and we can go to the city for the night!" At dusk, the twilight was heavy, inside the commander's tent, Dang Jin entered with a knife, and complained to Zhao Kuangyin, who was buried in the case.

On the Shuai case was a large stack of official military documents about the Han army on the North Road, some were seized by the Shu government, and some came from the secret agents of the Han Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin was studying it carefully.

"Sit!" Hearing Dang Jin's words, Zhao Kuangyin raised his head, looked at him, pointed at him, and explained: "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that the soldiers landed from Suizhou and ran for nearly three hundred miles. The soldiers urgently need to rest. In today's battle, if the Shu army did not take the initiative to attack, I would not fight. Now, the most important thing is to let the soldiers have enough food and sleep, and recharge their batteries!"

Hearing what he said, Dang Jin still felt regretful, saying: "But a good opportunity is in front of us, so I just give up like this, I am really not reconciled!"

Looking at Zhao Kuangyin, Dang Jin couldn't help but said: "Du Shuai, you led us to come here with light troops, isn't it just for Chengdu? Now that Chengdu is right in front of you, this is the first to capture the city and destroy Mengshu, so you won't be tempted , are you not in a hurry?"

Seeing Dangjin's restless performance, Zhao Kuangyin smiled, and said to him calmly: "The army has arrived here, and Chengdu is right in front of us. It will eventually be included in the big man, so why be so eager. Besides, my generals are exhausted and the army is weak. It is so weak, how can we control the huge city of Chengdu? If we rush in rashly, it will cause chaos!"

"Oh! You are always right!" Dang Jin muttered.

Zhao Kuangyin was still calm and asked, "Have the captives been settled? How about the suppression?"

Dang Jin replied: "The people of Shu are weak, and these Shu soldiers are very cowardly when they fight. They are very self-conscious when they are prisoners!"

"Don't underestimate the Shu army and despise the Shu people. They are so unbearable, but they are not human!" Zhao Kuangyin held up the military report in his hand and said: "This time when we enter Shu to fight, Huaide and Huai in the north The Wei Second Army has done a lot of service, defeated the enemy in a bloody battle, and most of them are composed of Shu soldiers!"

Dang Jin was a little surprised, and continued: "That's why I underestimated them! The surrounding area has been cleaned up, and the remaining prisoners have been escorted back to the camp for guarding. There should not be many people scattered among the people!"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said, "Well done! If so many Shu soldiers escaped in large numbers, the damage to the place would be ten times worse than that of the bandits. In the territory of Shu, the people are already restless and human relations are greatly disturbed. , Such a situation needs to be avoided as much as possible! We are here to seize its territory, city, and people for the big man. When the war is over, we should first appease them and bring them under the rule of the big man. We must consider things in the long run.”

Listening to Zhao Kuangyin's preaching, Dang Jin seemed to have a headache, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "By the way, there are a few Shu generals who want to ask to see the commander-in-chief. They said that they had contacted the army earlier and hoped to serve them. Chen told Chengdu the truth! These "General Meng Shu"

"I ignored them! Let's go and meet them!" Zhao Kuangyin said.

"I won't go!" Dang Jin was obviously not interested, and said, "I'd better go and inspect the camp defense!"

"Wait!" Zhao Kuangyin called him, got up from the desk, picked up two jars of wine, handed them to Dangjin, and said with a smile: "This battle was fought well, and the journey was hard. The gift wine, take it!"

"Du Shuai is willing to do so?" Dang Jin's eyes lit up slightly.

Zhao Kuangyin loves to drink, and Dang Jin also knows that, in his opinion, sharing wine with him is a great friendship.

"Remember, don't get drunk!" Zhao Kuangyin sternly said.

"Yes!"

After a fight in the outskirts of the Han camp, the atmosphere has eased down. As night fell, it fell into silence, and the flickering lights in the camp revealed a kind of tranquility.

In Chengdu City not far away, the atmosphere is quite different, tense and depressing. After Zhao Jiwen's defeat, no one has any thoughts about repelling the Han army. There is no capital to reject the teacher and the enemy.This is just a partial division. When the main force of the Han army in the north arrives, one can imagine the result.

Within the Shu palace, Meng Chang summoned several ministers into the palace again only one day later.The atmosphere is heavier than the former.

"Where's Zhao Jiwen?" Meng Chang asked as the monarch and his subjects sat silently facing each other for a long time.

"Your Majesty, after General Zhao returned to the city, he is urgently deploying troops to prepare for the Han army to attack the city!" Ouyang Jiong replied in a muffled voice.

Hearing this, Meng Chang smiled sadly: "In such a situation, he still dares to fight the Han army, and is willing to defend the city loyally for the court?"

No one answered these words.

Scanning around and looking at the silent ministers, Meng Chang sighed dejectedly, and said: "Misters, Zhao Jiwen attacked rashly, and was defeated by the Han army again. Many soldiers surrendered, and there is no one in the city that can stand against the enemy. For the current plan, what can I do?"

All the ministers lowered their heads, and Meng Chang's tone became more bitter when he saw this: "My father and son have supported the soldiers for 30 years with rich clothes and delicious food. Once they meet the enemy, they can't shoot an arrow for me. Now that the soldiers are approaching the city, they are not willing to serve the dead. What a shame! Sad too!"

As he spoke, he said to everyone: "All the gentlemen here have ruled Shu with me for many years and enjoyed all the glory. Now the country is in danger, the ancestral temple will be destroyed, and my family is also in danger of life. You, etc., can't say a word to solve my family. worries?"

After saying this, the officials lowered their heads even lower.

Seeing this scene, Meng Chang looked at Li Hao: "Li Qing, don't you say anything?"

Being named by Meng Chang, Li Hao came back to life like an old monk in meditation, with a look of embarrassment on his face, he raised his eyes and looked at him, and could understand some meanings in the fluctuations in his eyes.

After thinking for a while, he sighed lightly, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this is the end of the matter, and it is irreversible. Liu Chan has the title of Anle, and Shubao has the title of Great Wall. They all got their lives because of the return of the money. For the sake of the people of the whole city, For the sake of the safety of the Tian family, it is better to seal up the treasury, preserve the military city, and return to the palace to welcome the Han division!"

After saying these words, Li Hao bowed his head and sighed silently, while Meng Chang looked very relaxed, and asked the others: "What do you think? Wu Qing?"

"Your Majesty! Minister, minister!" Wu Zhaoyi got up, bowed his head, kowtowed and wailed with his head on the ground.

"Successor!" Ouyang Jiong also sighed sadly, stood up and fell to his knees, without crying, but his eyes were watery, and the emotional expression of Confucian scholars easily resonated with people.

"Second minister!" Wang Zhongfu, Governor of Chengdu.

"My minister agrees!"

Soon, the palace of Shu was filled with cries, all the high-ranking officials and ministers acted like daughters, crying and crying. You are louder than me, and I am more sad than you.

Of course, among these people, there may not be no real feelings. After all, they have served the Shu Kingdom for many years, and it is impossible to have no feelings.In addition, he is also worried about his own future. In Shu, he has a high status, great power, and enjoys all the glory, but it is not necessarily the case in Han.
When his voice became hoarse from crying and his tears dried up, Meng Chang handed over the task of repairing the table to Li Hao.And Li Hao stepped back, and returned in less than half an hour, submitting a surrender form, with sincere words, frank and sincere
After Meng Chang read it, he signed his name, stamped it with a seal, and ordered: "Take it out and give it to Zhao Jiwen. You and him will present this form tomorrow to the Han army camp, present it to the commander-in-chief of the Han army, and tell the story of my lord's surrender." meaning!"

He also ordered Wu Zhaoyi to prepare a batch of food, wine, meat, and vegetables for the army, and prepare to transport them to the Han army camp.

It was late at night, and in the military office, Zhao Jiwen was feeling depressed. He secretly sent his confidants to the Han camp to contact Zhao Kuangyin and talk about surrendering.As a result, Zhao Kuangyin's reply seemed a bit ambiguous, asking him to temporarily appease Chengdu, so as not to cause chaos.Zhao Kuangyin doesn't seem to be in a hurry to enter Chengdu.

But now, facing Li Hao who came in person, and seeing Meng Chang's surrender, he felt even more depressed.Zhao Kuangyin refused to accept him, but Meng Chang wanted to surrender instead.Once Meng Chang surrendered, what role did he play, how could he be able to take the blame and make meritorious deeds?Considering Bai Ri's initiative to attack, how could he not become a stubborn person against Wang Shi?
For a moment, Zhao Jiwen really wanted to enter the palace and suggested to Meng Chang not to surrender in a hurry.But he didn't dare to really do that, otherwise, he would really become a diehard, and there was no guarantee that he would not be liquidated.

Zhao Jiwen, it's hard!

Li Hao sat at the side, sipping tea, and stared at the uncertain Zhao Jiwen with red and swollen eyes, feeling a little puzzled.In his opinion, Meng Chang has decided to surrender, and there is no need to fight. He should feel relieved and relaxed. Why are there such complicated emotions exposed.

"General Zhao, is there a question?" Li Hao couldn't help asking.

"Oh, it's nothing!" Liu Zhao Jiwen came back to his senses, took a deep breath, sighed, and said to Li Hao: "Since His Majesty has made a decision, the general will be ordered! Tomorrow morning, I will be with Li Gong, Let's go to Hanying together."

In the early morning, Zhao Kuangyin, who got up early, patrolled the camp with Dang Jin in the cold dew of Gao Qiu.Dang Jin was like a resentful woman, yelling in Zhao Kuangyin's ear: "Du Shuai, you said yesterday that we have too few troops to control Chengdu. Since Zhao Jiwen surrendered on his own initiative, why did you refuse?"

While exercising his muscles, Zhao Kuangyin said: "The former Zhao Jiwen took the initiative to attack, and he sent people to surrender after the first defeat. Repeatedly like this, don't be credulous."

Hearing that Zhao Kuangyin always had reasons, Dang Jin was a little helpless, walked away, and suddenly said, "Du Shuai, you don't seem to want to enter Chengdu?"

Hearing what he said, Zhao Kuangyin paused and subconsciously glanced at him: "Did you see it?"

Dang Jin raised his eyebrows, and said directly: "Although I have always been dull, I can feel that after you arrive in Chengdu, you will be full of thoughts and look forward to the future!"

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, Zhao Kuangyin looked north, and said quietly: "Although I am the general of the East Road, Xiang Dushuai is the one who deploys in both Sichuans! Our army has made great achievements so far. If we occupy the city first, I'm afraid it will cause trouble." The dissatisfaction of the soldiers on the North Road!"

(End of this chapter)