Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 516

After Pan Mei learned that Liu Yan had escaped, he, who has always been elegant and easy-going, couldn't help but swear.

Because of Liu Kun's excessive behavior, the officials of the Southern Han court had not had time to let go of their inner defenses, and they were very repulsive and resistant to the move from the palace.

Pan Mei also had her own eyeliner in Prince Xing's Mansion, so he was well aware of the situation in the Southern Han Dynasty.

Logically speaking, Liu Yan's every move is under his control.

But Liu Yan didn't play his cards according to reason at all...

As the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty, it is understandable for him to feel that the Xingwang Mansion could not hold on and wanted to flee to Qiongzhou and go into exile at sea.

But you have to think about your future, right?
Is it a comeback?
Or stick to the island?

No matter what you choose, you must at least lead troops, right?

Do you want to bring civil and military officials to the court?
In the end, Liu Yan fled for his life in a desperate way. He asked his confidant Gong Chengshu to quietly prepare ten large ships, containing only gold and silver treasures, and fled into the sea with his concubines, his son's confidant eunuchs, and a small number of palace guards.

Therefore, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in the Southern Han Dynasty were left in a daze.

The emperor is gone.

Yin Chongke looked at Pan Mei, who looked uncertain, and asked, "What should I do next?"

Pan Mei felt a headache, and Liu Yan's escape left a lot of hidden dangers.

No matter how fatuous and incompetent Liu Yu was, he was the emperor of Lingnan, and if he was captured, the rest of Lingnan only needed to be passed on.

Even if it is passed on now, there are still some names that are not justified.

Pan Mei's going south this time has no plans to spare, and she doesn't want to let Liu Yu's gods operate in the end, breaking the wishful thinking.

After pondering for a while, Pan Mei said: "First appease the officials of Prince Xing's Mansion, control the family members of Shaozhou Li Chengwo, Wu Huai'en and other generals, and then send someone to persuade Pan Chongche to surrender."

He paused and said, "We went south this time, and we didn't have any sailors with us. It's not convenient to go out to sea, so you can find some local fishermen and pay a lot of money, so that they can help find Liu Wei's whereabouts."

"As ordered!"

Yin Chongke promised to go.

It was an official of the Southern Han Dynasty who went to Shaozhou to say that Pan Chongche was surrendered. His name was Zhou Maoyuan.Because it is not a core position, it has not been persecuted by the palace.

He chose to communicate with the Central Plains secretly, purely because of his yearning and worship for the Central Plains.

Zhou Maoyuan's father was Zhou Jie, who was the Shaoqing of Sinon at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and was proficient in calendar and arithmetic.He corrected the errors in the Dayan calendar compiled by the astronomy master monk and his party during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, and revised it. He wrote 24 chapters of "Ji Yan".

Influenced by his father since he was a child, Zhou Maoyuan is extremely talented. He has always regarded himself very highly.

However, with the popularization of Huaxia Numerals in the Central Plains, the number of spells has developed rapidly.

After Zhou Maoyuan accidentally learned the art of the Central Plains through Wu Yue, he was astonished as a heavenly man, full of yearning for the Central Plains, and became a righteous man in the Southern Han Dynasty with his heart in the Central Plains.

For the unification of the Central Plains, Zhou Maoyuan provided Pan Mei with a lot of information.

When Zhou Maoyuan arrived in Shaozhou, Pan Chongche was discussing with Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en how to defeat the enemy.

This life is like a play, all depends on acting skills.

Pan Chongche knew that he was nominally the commander-in-chief, but the Imperial Army of the Southern Han Dynasty brought by Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en was not under his control.

But he took advantage of his own intelligence to play with Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en in his palms.

Pan Chongche arranged his soldiers outside the city of Shaozhou, while Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en's imperial troops lived inside the city.

All the news from the four quarters was reported to Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en through Pan Chongche's hands.

Without Pan Chongche, they were blind and deaf.

Pan Chongche didn't leave them alone, he would tell them the news he had dealt with from time to time, and discuss with them the magic way to defeat the enemy.

Pan Chongche made a plan to defeat the enemy from the very beginning.

He told Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en that the Central Plains knew that all the way, they were invincible, invincible and irresistible.

Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en felt that it was reasonable, so they stood still.

Then Liu Baoxing was defeated by the Qinshui River, the Giant Elephant Army surrendered to the enemy, and Yingzhou fell.

Pan Chongche made another analysis of the situation.

Then he said, "After the great victory in the Central Plains, we will inevitably take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack the Xingwang Mansion. After the development of the imperial court, the Xingwang Mansion is indestructible. The Central Plains needs to cut down trees on the spot to make siege equipment. At least there will be no danger for more than a month. We can look for opportunities to cut off the Central Plains logistics. , counterattack Yingzhou, and cooperate with Xingwangfu to defeat the Central Plains."

Pan Chongche once again persuaded Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en to stay put.

Pan Mei was allowed to capture King Xing's Mansion.

Another council of war.

Li Chengwo and Wu Huaien's faces were ashen and anxious.

They have already received the news that King Xing's Mansion has fallen and Liu Yan has fled to sea.

Their home was in Prince Xing's Mansion, and the Prince Xing's Mansion fell, and their family members fell into the hands of the enemy.

The same is true for the [-] forbidden troops they brought, and the morale of the troops has begun to turmoil.

Pan Chongche burst into tears, and cried out sadly: "Thousands of mistakes, all of which are the fault of this old man. Now that Prince Xing's mansion has fallen, His Majesty has fled overseas, and his life and death are unknown. The old minister is ashamed of the late emperor, and now Pan Mei sent Zhou Maoyuan to persuade him to surrender. The old man deeply Accepting the emperor's favor, I am willing to live and die with the imperial court. If you want to kill Zhou Maoyuan to sacrifice the flag, the two generals dare to die together with the old man?"

He was upright and stern, with an appearance of loyalty.

Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en were silent.

Although Wu Huai'en was an eunuch, he was also a good fighter in his early years. Under Liu Sheng's command, he commanded troops to attack Chu, Bahe, Zhao, Gui, Lian and other eleven prefectures. No longer the courage of the past, obsessed with making money, lacking courage, fearing death and cherishing his life, he persuaded: "Pan Shuai needn't be like this, this is not Pan Shuai's fault. Everything is due to Zhen Wang's aggressiveness and rash attack that led to the result. If Zhen Wang can Follow Pan Shuai's strategy and stand still, how can we lose today."

They all believed in Pan Chongche's overall tactics, and the reason for the current situation, in their view, was all caused by the incompetence of Liu Baoxing and Liu Yan.

All of Pan Mei's calculations were within Pan Chongche's predictions, and it was Liu Baoxing and Liu Yan who ruined the overall situation.

Wu Huai'en didn't dare to speak ill of Liu Yan, so he could only blame Liu Baoxing.

Li Chengwo also said: "Pan Shuai does not need to blame himself, today's situation is not Pan Shuai's fault."

He hesitated again and again, summoned up his courage and said, "Why don't you accept Zhou Maoyuan's request and return to the Central Plains?"

Pan Chongche glanced at Li Chengwo unexpectedly.

Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en, the former was loyal, brave and loyal to the Lingnan court, while Wu Huai'en was greedy and spared his life.

Pan Chongche always felt that it was easier for Wu Huai'en to let go, and he was ready to persuade Wu Huai'en to attack and kill Li Chengwo.

It was Lee Seung-oh who didn't want to propose surrender first.

In fact, Li Chengwo's heart was also bleeding, and he would not frown when he fought to the death in Shaozhou.For Lingnan, he would risk his life.

But now the Central Plains has captured Prince Xing's Mansion and captured his family members.

This made Li Chengwo unable to sit still.

Liu Yu's brain-damaged theory is that as long as his subordinates are willing to serve themselves, they will not care about their children and grandchildren, and will only be loyal to him.

But actually?
Those eunuchs who have no children are not included in this list. Those who already have families will care more about their irreplaceable family members after they leave the palace.

In order to show his loyalty to Liu Yu, Li Chengwo cut his own eggs.He knew that he was unable to bear children, and the two sons in the family were the last blood of the Li family, so he loved them even more.

Li Chengwo can die, but he can't sit back and watch the two sons who continue the blood die because of himself, so that the Li family has no descendants.

The fall of Xingyuan Mansion forced Li Chengwo to make a choice between his family and his country.

There is no doubt that the country of Southern Han is not worth sacrificing his family for it.

Pan Chongche still had to speak.

Wu Huai'en saw that Li Chengwo first proposed the idea of ​​surrender, and he did not hide it. He persuaded him: "Pan Shuai, is there any reason for the king to abandon the country and flee? Liu Yan is a coward and cannot govern the country. The people in Lingnan suffer Unbelievable, unworthy to be a king. Pan Shuai has great talent, why stick to foolish loyalty? Lingnan belongs to China, and the emperor of the Central Plains is wise and powerful, comparable to Qin Emperor and Han Wu, Pan Shuai is not as good as choosing a tree to rest."

The two of them didn't know that Pan Chong was thorough, and actually persuaded Pan Chongche to surrender to the Central Plains.

Seeing the sincerity in their words, Pan Chongche reluctantly agreed.

The [-] troops in Shaozhou surrendered, and the entire Lingnan had no decent force to resist the conquest of the Central Plains army.

Although Liu Yu escaped, and some of his names were not correct, but in the face of Pan Mei's proclamation, the vast majority of Southern Han officials chose to surrender.

Even if there are some foolish and loyal people who don't want to surrender, they don't have the idea of ​​resistance, but abandon their official positions.

For more than a month, most of the state capitals in South of the Five Ridges returned to the Central Plains one by one.

These include the five states of Yazhou, Qiongzhou, Danzhou, Wan'an, and Zhenzhou.

In other words, Liu Yu did not escape to Hainan Island, and Pan Mei didn't know where he was, so she could only report everything truthfully.

Luo Youdu was a little surprised that Liu Yu ran away. Knowing the reason, he couldn't help laughing and said, "What's this called? A wise man always has a lot of worries, and he must make mistakes. This is Liu Yu who successfully escaped from Zhongxun with his rich experience." Calculate."

Cao Bin, who was closest to Pan Mei, couldn't help laughing too.

Cao Bin asked, "Lingnan is pacified, but when will Zhongxun triumph?"

Luo Youdu asked in surprise: "What? Missed him?"

Cao Bin bowed and said: "There are some, mainly Wei De and Wei Gu. He often asks when his father will come back."

Cao Bin and Pan Mei had a very good personal relationship, and when Pan Mei was away on an expedition, his son studied military strategy with Cao Can and Cao Jue.

Luo Youdu shook his head and said, "Zhongxun won't be able to come back for a while. The situation in Lingnan is different from that in Jiangnan."

After years of development, most areas in the south of the Yangtze River have been out of barrenness and backwardness.

As for the Lingnan coastal areas, the development is indeed very good, but the mountainous areas are still relatively backward, and there are often bandits in the poor mountains and bad waters.

It is not possible to send an official to solve everything. It is necessary to rely on soldiers to deter and conquer. When Lingnan is completely stable, it can return to the north.

In response to the attachment of Lingnan, Luo Youdu abolished the Xingyuan Mansion in the Southern Han Dynasty, changed the Xingyuan Mansion to Guangzhou Mansion, and set up a special governor's mansion, and Pan Mei naturally became the first governor of Guangzhou, responsible for all military and political affairs in Lingnan.

On the surface, Luo Youdu asked Pan Mei to stabilize the situation in Lingnan, but in fact, he also had a little covetous heart for Annan Jiaozhi.

After all, Annan is currently in turmoil, and it is impossible to justify not getting a share of the pie.

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Lingnan Buhaikou.

Chen Lan looked at the young man who was talking eloquently in front of him, feeling emotional in his heart, and said: "Mr. Jiuwen has read a lot of books, is rich in poetry, and his words and sentences are the best in Lingnan. When I saw it today, it is really amazing."

Chen Shouzhong was a Jinshi in Lingnan. Seeing his eloquence, Pan Mei specially appointed him as an envoy to visit Chen Lan in Annan.

Chen Shouzhong made a bow and said: "I think I have a high opinion of myself, but I can read Li Yu's poems by myself, and I dare not be crowned. The Central Plains is full of talents, and the emperor accepts all rivers. The prosperous age is coming."

Jiaozhi was also under the jurisdiction of the Southern Han Dynasty at first, but rebelled more than [-] years ago, and Wu Quan, a local wealthy family, rebelled and occupied Jiaozhi to become a Jiedushi.At that time, Liu Hongcao, Liu Feng's son, led the attack for King Jiao, but Liu Hongcao was defeated and killed.Liu thought it was ominous, so he gave up the recovery of Jiaozhou, leaving hidden dangers for the future independence of Jiaozhi.

Wu Quan successfully split from the Southern Han Dynasty and established himself as the Wu Dynasty.

But Wu Quan was short-lived, and before he had time to secure his seat, he fell seriously ill and left a will to ask Empress Yang's brother Yang Sange to assist his son.

Sange Yang usurped the throne and proclaimed himself King Yang Ping, controlling Wu Quan's second son Wu Changwen and others, while the eldest son Wu Changji fled.

Brother Yang San didn't have the prestige to control Jiaozhi, which caused Jiaozhi to be completely divided. Twelve local tyrants ceded territory to rule the roost and fought with each other, so they were called Twelve Envoys.

Chen Lan was one of the Twelve Envoys, and he was one of the first powerful men who resisted Third Brother Yang, and his strength was among the best among the Twelve Envoys.

Since the Southern Expedition in the Central Plains, Chen Lan has been paying attention to the war in Lingnan. He learned that Pan Mei led his troops straight into the Xingyuan Mansion and destroyed the Liu's regime in Lingnan. He was both happy and afraid in his heart.

The joy is because of the opportunity to return to the embrace of the Central Plains. The Cochin nobles of this era all admit that their roots come from the Central Plains Huaxia, and it is a great joy to be able to return to the Central Plains.

But Chen Lan also knew Luo Youdu's methods, he couldn't tolerate the existence of China.

Chen Lan worried that Luo Youdu would forcefully intervene in Jiaozhi, which would damage his own interests.

He wanted to contact Zhongyuan, expressing that he was willing to give priority to Zhongyuan, but he was worried that Zhongyuan would put forward harsh demands, and he was in a dilemma.

Unexpectedly, the Central Plains sent an envoy to Buhaikou first, which made Chen Lan feel sad and happy.

After several conversations, Chen Lan unexpectedly found that it was different from what he thought.

The emperor of the Central Plains seems to have no intention of accepting their rights, but instead recognizes their status, as long as they can respect the Central Plains as the Lord.

"Is that true? Sir, don't lie to me. The prestige of Tianzi Luo is fierce in the mountains and rivers and five mountains, and the four seas are far and wide. The old man is in Annan, and he has admired his name for a long time."

Chen Lan looked at Chen Shouzhong with disbelief. Luo Youdu's overbearing was well known.

Chen Shouzhong bowed and said, "Don't you hear that it varies from time to time? Your Majesty's intelligence and wisdom are beyond my imagination. He knows the situation in Annan very well. There are many outsiders in Annan, and they don't accept the education. If you send court officials to govern, it will cause disaster. In this place, local tyrants should be governed to ensure long-term peace and stability. Therefore, the envoy does not have to worry too much. Not only will he not hurt the envoy, but he wants to push the envoy to be the head of Annan, assist the court, and rule Annan."

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