The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 65
After Sun Sheng's death, the news spread to the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Jing would also die in great grief, and ordered Sun Sheng to be named Duke of Lu.

After Chai Rong killed Sun Sunsheng, he immediately launched an attack across the board. Everything else was progressing smoothly, except for Shouzhou, where there was no progress.

This made Chai Rong very dissatisfied. Zhao Xu asked for orders to go to Shouzhou, and Chai Rong immediately agreed. This kid has a lot of tricks and thieves despite his young age, so Chai Rong still hopes that he can create another miracle.

At this time, Shouchun and other cities have been captured, and Shouzhou is just an isolated city, but the veteran Liu Renshan can't get out of the city, which made Zhou Jun spend a lot of effort.

But they didn't know that Liu Renshan had fallen ill and was almost unable to handle political affairs.

In the lobby of Liu Renshan's temporary residence in Shouzhou City, many people gathered in it, all of them were Liu Renshan's cronies.

But Liu Renzhan was still in a coma, lying on the bed as if he was dying.His Mrs. Xue watched nervously as the doctor diagnosed and treated her husband.

Next to him was Liu Renshan's favorite youngest son, Liu Chongjian, who was also waiting anxiously.

The rest of Liu Renshan's confidants and generals were also restless. If something happened to Liu Renshan, then Shouzhou would be in danger.

At this time, Liu Renshan's lieutenant tugged on Liu Chongjian's sleeve, and then walked out by himself.Liu Chongjian also understood that meaning.

He followed Sun Yu out, and he was still wondering what this Vice General Sun told him to do at this time?
"Major general, do you know that we are already in great danger now, and now that the general is like this, what should we do next?"

When Sun Yu saw Liu Chongjian, he asked immediately, and Liu Chongjian would also be confused by the dead monk.

"General Sun, what else can we do, to defend the city to the death, or what else?" Liu Chongjian was deeply influenced by his father, and he also has the backbone of a soldier.

"The Major General is right, but I heard that His Majesty sent envoys to Chuzhou to discuss peace earlier, and he will cede Chuzhou to the Great Zhou." Sun Yu told Liu Chongjian the information he had obtained.

"Why do you say that the imperial court wants to cede Shouzhou to the Zhou Dynasty? Wouldn't our defense and casualties for so many days be in vain?"

Liu Chongjian said angrily.No one is convinced.

I went through life and death for you, oh, with one word, you gave the place where we were born and died to the enemy who fought us.

Our Liu family is loyal to the imperial court. My father has become so ill because of Shouzhou. Your imperial court gave us such a sentence?

Seeing Liu Chongjian like this, Sun Yu had some thoughts in his heart. Although he was Liu Renshan's confidant and lieutenant general, he should think about himself at this time.

Sun Yu then tentatively said in a low voice: "Major General, this is information that has not been confirmed yet, but the army of the Zhou Dynasty may soon break through our Shouzhou City. Think about it, we have stopped the Zhou Dynasty for so long. If the Zhou army invades the city, can you spare us!"

Yes, it has not been a day or two since I and others confronted Zhou Jun, and Zhou Jun suffered extremely heavy losses.

Can people easily spare us the day Zhou Jun broke the city?Is this the reason!
Liu Chongjian inherited his father's arrogance, and shook his head in disagreement. This is the result of his father Liu Renshan's usual teaching.

Sun Yu had long expected that Liu Chongjian would say this, but he still had a trump card, which was the behavior of his general and major general.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he loves soldiers like Zi Zi, so the soldiers are desperate for their lives.

Sun Yu approached Liu Chongjian again: "Major General, don't you have the heart to watch the soldiers who are full of the city die with us on the day the city is broken? They all have families with wives and children?"

Sure enough, when Sun Yu said these words, Liu Chongjian fell into deep thought. It is no problem for him and others to die, but the soldiers all over the city are so innocent.

Besides, the Tang court has not sent reinforcements back for so long. It seems that Shouzhou can't keep it this time. It's better to take advantage of the bargaining chips now...

After Liu Chongjian figured this out, he was relieved:
"General Sun, what do you think?" In fact, he already knew what Sun Yu wanted to say, but he couldn't say it himself.

Don't you know what I mean, and you still pretend not to know, let me clarify.

Sun Yu approached Liu Chongjian and whispered: "If you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about no firewood. I heard that Da Zhou also values ​​the commander-in-chief.

"Major General, I discussed with some of my brothers. Why don't we take this opportunity to surrender the city and save the lives of the people in the city? Do you think this is good?"

"Besides, I heard that Zhou Ying's general is Zhao Xu, and he also has this wish. Why don't we get in touch with him?"

When Liu Chongjian heard that this was feasible, his father was already sick like that, and Shouzhou was in danger, so it was the best.

"Well, I'll go out and meet in person. This Zhao Xu will discuss with him about the surrender."

In Zhao Xu's camp outside Shouzhou City:
"Okay, the major general understands the general situation and understands the overall situation. Now, in order to protect the common people from the suffering of the war, he dedicates the city to our army. On behalf of the soldiers of Dazhou, I would like to express my gratitude to the general."

Zhao Xu said this sincerely. Shouzhou must be taken down, but how many days has the Southern Tang Dynasty occupied the city.

If the soldiers of Da Zhou forcefully attack again, it will definitely cause heavy casualties, which is not what he wants to see.

Besides, not only the soldiers suffered casualties in the war, but the common people also suffered. No matter what Liu Chongjian's intentions were, this could greatly reduce the losses of both sides.

Liu Chongjian clapped his hands and said he didn't dare:
"My father and son have fought against the Heavenly Soldiers for so long, and I hope the general will make amends." That's what he's worried about.

"The major general was joking. At that time, we were each masters. This was the manifestation of loyalty. The ability of Mr. Liu Renshan is unquestionable. Even the emperor would be full of praise and praise."

It is true that Liu Renshan has been stationed in the isolated city alone for more than a year, and has repeatedly attacked the city to no avail. Liu Renshan's ability is obvious to all.

"Major General, you will lead people to open the gate of the city and let our army in the night after tomorrow. The task will be considered complete. I will tell His Majesty when the time comes. Besides, even if you don't surrender, your Tang Kingdom is still planning to cede Shouzhou."

Zhao Xu looked at Liu Chongjian and said an important message.

Liu Chongjian thought to himself that the imperial court had given up on us, and it seems that the decision to surrender this time was still correct, and what value would there be in surrendering again at that time.

After thinking about this, Liu Chongjian is very refreshing:
"Don't worry, general. When the time comes, I will take my father's tiger talisman and open the city gate to let the army enter the city. This should be the first thing I do for Da Zhou."

"Okay, as long as Shouzhou is in my Da Zhou's hands, then the emperor will definitely be happy, and he will definitely use General Liu and his son. From now on, we will be ministers in the same palace. Today I wanted to take the wind for the general, but the military situation is urgent. There will be no more generals left today."

What Zhao Xu said was also the truth, let that Liu Chongjian go back and prepare for the relevant matters as soon as possible. This is the current major event, and it is useless to pretend.

Liu Chongjian patted his chest and said that he would definitely handle this matter well. Zhao Xu told him that only Shouzhou could be successfully taken over by Zhou Jun, and he asked the Emperor Hui Liu's father and son to take over.

Liu Chongjian went back excitedly, he still had a lot of things to do, the first thing to do was to get Liu Chongjian's military talisman.

According to the doctor, Liu Renshan will wake up soon, so Liu Chongjian must act as soon as possible.

He sneaked into Liu Renshan's study room secretly. He knew that his father's military talisman was in the study room, and he had seen it before.

Sure enough, he opened a place in the study where Liu Renshan specially used to hold important military documents, and a tortoise talisman lay there quietly.

The Tang Dynasty used fish or rabbit amulets because of taboos about tigers, and later switched to tortoise amulets. The Southern Tang claimed to be a descendant of the Tang Dynasty, so Liu Renshan's soldier amulets were turtle amulets at this time.

After receiving the certificate for dispatching troops, Liu Chongjian took a deep breath and carefully put the tortoise charm in his pocket.

Taking advantage of the night, he quickly walked to the city gate. He and Zhao Xu agreed to open the city gate at the third watch.

So Liu Chongjian's mood is very disturbed now, this is the most critical moment, there can be no slight mistake.

Liu Chongjian kept paying attention to the voice of Dageng, it was already the gong of the fourth watch, and Sun Yu was also nervously arranging related matters.

I can clearly feel the sweat dripping down from Liu Chongjian's forehead, it's winter!

In Liu Renshan's room, the woman Xue Shi was looking after him, and the doctor said that he might wake up soon.

"cough cough"

A coughing sound came from Liu Renshan's mouth, and Xue Shi, who was tired and lying on the table for a nap, was awakened.

Then there was an ecstatic expression on his face: "Master, you are awake." He immediately ran to the bedside.

Liu Renshan had already opened his eyes, and he looked much better, struggling to sit up.

Mrs. Xue supported him immediately: "Thank God, master, you finally woke up, Bodhisattva bless you!"

Liu Renshan shook his head vigorously, let himself wake up first, he will request to transfer the side picks to defend the city, and lead the army to a decisive battle with the enemy.

Qi Wang Li Jingda refused to agree, and he fell ill at that time, so what happened to the military in the city during the period when he fell ill?

"Wife, how is the situation in the city these days when I fell ill? By the way, what about Jian'er?"

Liu Renshan was indeed a loyal minister, he immediately asked about the situation in the city as soon as he woke up, he was really a model of a good official.

"Master, don't worry, the army of the Zhou Dynasty has not come to harass us anymore at this stage, and the city is full of Vice General Sun and others. Jian'er and the others will deal with it later, so don't worry!"

Mrs. Xue saw Liu Renshan woke up. According to what Madam said, Liu Renshan couldn't help but nodded.

Sun Yu was brought out by him alone, and his son did not expect to be so responsible, which made him feel at ease.

(End of this chapter)