Chapter 469 The whole city surrenders

Fan Xian led 10,000 troops and marched directly to the Tianzhu barracks at Saintess' Peak, where he set up a formation and waited for them to fight.

But there has been no movement, and I wonder, this has all reached Diannu City, are they all sleeping and looking down on us, the Tang Dynasty?

Fan Xian gave the order and ordered a direct raid on their camp. He went to the entrance of the camp, wiped the ground, and all the white flags were hung in the camp opposite.

Fan Xian was stunned. What did hanging the white flag mean? It didn't look like the battle flag of Tianzhu. Something was strange. After asking Tianzhu's surrender troops, he found out that this was their way of surrender.

Fan Xian immediately ordered the entire army to wait on the spot while going to report to Wang Xuance.

When Wang Xuance heard that Tianzhu had begun to surrender, he ordered Fan Xian to withdraw his troops back to the camp and wait for Li Duhu to come and accept the surrender.

Before Li Jing arrived, a group of people came from Diannu City, leading hundreds of beauties and dozens of boxes of gold and silver to the camp. The envoy asked only to see General Wang at the entrance of the camp.

When Wang Xuance came out of the camp, the envoy bowed respectfully and said: "I heard that the general's army is coming to the city. It's rude for my king not to go far to welcome him. The general has worked hard. This gift is not a sign of respect. Please accept it!"

After saying this, he waved his hand and a hundred beauties were brought to him, crying and screaming.

"General! These are my Tianzhu beauties. I heard that the general is not married yet, so these are given to the general!"

When Wang Xuance saw that this was an attempt to bribe him, but he couldn't say he was deadlocked when someone came to surrender, he said, "I will accept these things. When Li Duhu arrives tomorrow, you can send someone to negotiate again!"

When the envoy saw Wang Xuance accepting the gift, he was very happy and said: "General! There are many people here, can you talk while you are here?"

Wang Xuance said: "Speak openly if you have something to say. If you speak upright, why are there so many people?"

The envoy encountered a problem, but the gift had already been sent out. He didn't want to give in to the benefits. He kept winking at Wang Xuance. Wang Xuance knew his trick and shouted: "Send off the guest!"

Back in the camp, Jiang Shiren said: "General, how dare you accept the gift? If Li Duhu knows about this, I'm afraid he will be charged again!"

"The reason why I accept the gift is to show that we can negotiate, so as to prevent them from misunderstanding and starting a war! This is also my general's attitude, and I am willing to accept surrender!"

"Second! How can these people and property be considered gifts?"

Jiang Shiren smiled and said: "The adults are right, but the villain is wrong. From now on, any property in Tianzhu belongs to the Tang Dynasty. The general just took his own things! Where did the gift come from?"

Li Jing led the army to join Wang Xuance and escorted all the gifts received back to Chang'an, asking Your Majesty to make a decision. No one was allowed to touch them privately.

The next day, envoys came from Qunu City and Li Jing agreed that three days later, Li Jing would meet King Harsha at the Tianzhu Palace.

Three days passed quickly, and both sides were ready to surrender and accept surrender.

Li Jing entered the city with only Wang Xuance and ten guards.

Only these few people were afraid of danger. Everyone tried to persuade them and suggested that the surrender location should be changed to the Tang Army's barracks, so as to show their majesty.

Li Jing was worthy of being a famous official of his generation, and he scolded: "They are all short-sighted people!"

Ignoring everyone, he led Wang Xuance into the city.

In order not to disturb the surrender ceremony, King Harsha issued a ban in Qunu City, and everyone stayed at home and was not allowed to move around.

All the streets Li Jing passed were decorated with lights and colorful decorations in Han Chinese style to show his sincerity.

The escort team escorted Li Jing all the way to the main hall of the palace.

As soon as Li Jing entered the main hall, King Harsha greeted him at the door. The two exchanged greetings, and Li Jing said: "First pay homage to my emperor!"

After saying that, he bowed in the direction of Chang'an and said, "Long live my emperor!"

King Harsha had no choice but to bow and shout long live.

After paying homage to Li Jing, with a wink, the guard next to him brought a big chair and placed it in front of the throne in the main hall, and sat on it himself.

Just as King Harsha was about to ascend the throne, Wang Xuance said: "There is no king here!"

King Harsha was stunned and could only stand aside. Li Jing said: "Since you are determined to join the Tang Dynasty, you will be a minister of the Tang Dynasty from now on. Do you have anything to say?"

King Ji Ri said: "I am willing to be a minister of the Tang Dynasty! I have nothing to say!"

"Loyalty is the most important thing for ministers of the Tang Dynasty. There are Tang laws. I will send people here to teach you Tang laws and observe the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty. From now on, no one can be king without His Majesty's decree!"

"As for your desire to continue to exist in Tianzhu, it is unrealistic and cannot be a tributary state. Are you willing?"

Jie Ri was startled and looked at the people around him. Everyone lowered their heads.

Li Jing said: "If you don't want to, it's still too late, we can fight again!"

King Harsha said anxiously: "The people are in dire straits and we can no longer fight. I... no... I am willing to abdicate! I only ask General Tian to let all the people go!"

"From now on, the people of Tianzhu will be the people of the Tang Dynasty, and I will naturally take care of you! Since you woke up early, all the current officials will remain in their posts for the time being. As for you, we will wait for our capital protector to report to the emperor before making arrangements!"

King Harsha said: "Everything must be done according to the orders of the Protector General!"

At this time, there was an old man outside with a full beard, staggering up dozens of steps with a wooden staff, shouting as he walked: "The sky is bright, the Buddha bless Tianzhu, I didn't expect that Tianzhu was defeated in your hands, the evildoer is ruining the country, the evildoer The country is in chaos! I will crash and die here today!"

Li Jing shouted: "Who is coming?"

The Kshatriya quickly stepped forward and said, "It's King Puzeng!"

King Puzeng was the uncle of King Haris, and he never cared about worldly affairs. Although he couldn't bear it, Li Jing knew that such a thing would never happen, and shouted: "Where is the evildoer? He is obviously making lies and disrupting the government. Someone is here!"

The guards rushed up, dragged King Pu Zeng and threw him at Li Jing's feet.

"This world is not my emperor's land. How dare you speak nonsense and be beaten to death with sticks!"

Ji Ri was startled and said anxiously: "General, no!"

Li Jing shouted: "Pull it down!"

The guards were ordered to drag King Puzeng down the steps, and he was beaten to death with sticks.

Dozens of Tianzhu officials stood nearby and watched Wang being beaten to death, but no one said a word.

With tears in his eyes, King Harsha went back to the harem angrily.

Li Jing immediately announced the appointment and kept some officials he knew who were loyal to the Tang Dynasty, but did not use the rest.

On the one hand, he ordered the city gates to be opened wide and allowed five thousand Tang troops to enter the city. In addition to maintaining order, he also protected the palace.

Fan Xian was appointed as the prefect of Qunv City, and he first ordered and then reported it to the imperial staff for approval.

Next, clear out the rebels!

Fan Xian sent a large number of soldiers to hunt down and kill anyone who spoke nonsense about the Tang Dynasty, and issued three bans.

The first prohibition is strictly forbidden to form groups privately, the second is strictly forbidden to speak nonsense about government affairs, and the third is a three-month martial law in the female city!

These three prohibitions were imitated by various cities. For a time, no one in Tianzhu dared to speak casually, let alone gather in groups privately.

Anyone who works in groups, once exposed, will have their homes ransacked and a whole family killed.

Cruel political decrees were also a last resort. Li Jing knew that only in this way could he be temporarily stable, and he could only relax when people's hearts turned toward the Han Dynasty.

The next day, Li Jing ordered Wang Xuance to personally send King Haris back to Chang'an to meet the emperor.

Wang Xuance had no choice but to take Jiang Shiren back to the Tang Dynasty. Jiang Shiren was very dissatisfied. He obviously wanted to kick himself and General Wang out of the Anbei Protectorate.

Conquering Tianzhu did not gain a single benefit.

(End of this chapter)

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