The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 66
It seems that this son has grown up now, and he is no longer as reckless as before. The old man is really happy.

But at this time, the sound of the third watch gong has already sounded, indicating that it is already the third watch.

Liu Renshan planned to have his son Liu Chongjian and his deputy Sun Yu brought over so that he could understand the situation in the city.

Before he had time to call the soldiers guarding the gate, the captain guarding the gate outside came in. He was also very happy to see that Liu Renshan was awake.

"Marshal, you're awake, that's great. The brothers all said that Marshal must be fine, and it's true, God has eyes."

This school lieutenant was just a very small officer, but Liu Renshan clearly remembered his name, which was also an important reason why Liu Renshan was able to convince everyone.

"Sun Ren, why don't you guard the city gate well? What are you doing here? Where do you set up the military law?"

Liu Renshan stared, and a sense of majesty enveloped the little officer named Sun Ren in an instant.

He was so frightened that his whole body turned cold, and he immediately fell to his knees:
"Marshal, I didn't leave my post without authorization. I have something very important to report to you."

The trembling Sun Ren looked at Liu Renshan. He knew that the commander in chief was extremely strict and merciless.

When Liu Renshan heard him say this, his complexion improved a little, but his stern tone didn't change much:
"The city gate is an important place. Even if it is an extremely urgent matter, you should not strictly abide by your post. After the incident, you should go and receive the punishment yourself."

Liu Renshan, who was lying on the bed, stood up from the bed with the support of his wife:

"Get up and answer the question. Tell me what kind of a big deal it is. If you can't explain why, the old man will still punish you severely."

Sun Ren's expression improved a little when he heard this, and he got up from the ground himself:

"It's such a great commander. At the third watch just now, the major general took your soldier talisman and asked the young general to open the city gate. The young general remembered that you said that the city gate can only be opened when you hold the soldier talisman, so the young general I just came to ask the commander, did you ask the major general to open the city gate?"

"And the young general saw that there seemed to be a large number of Zhou troops hiding outside the city..." Sun Ren glanced at Liu Renshan and continued.

Upon hearing this, Liu Renshan was taken aback:
"Soldier talisman, then I put it in the study and didn't give it to him. What is he doing to open the city gate? Does he want to surrender? Bring me this traitor."

The angry Liu Renshan couldn't help coughing a few times, Madam Xue hastily used her hands to give him a smooth breath, and he was relieved.

After a while, Liu Chongjian came in accompanied by several soldiers, who said they were escorts but actually watched him.

As soon as Liu Chongjian came in, he saw that his father was awake and standing in front of him.

So he took two quick steps, his voice full of surprise:

"Father, are you awake? That's great." As he spoke, he was about to step forward to help his father.Who knows that his father doesn't buy his account.

Instead, he looked serious:

"You said why you have my soldier talisman, and why did you open the city gate at the third watch?"

Liu Renshan kept looking at his favorite young son, and he didn't want to hear the answer he needed.

He remembered that when Shouzhou City was most in danger, he persuaded

"Father, instead of fighting trapped beasts like this, we might as well surrender to Da Zhou, so that we can save our wealth and lives."

At that time, I severely reprimanded my son, my Liu family has been a general for several generations, how could I surrender like this.

But now his son actually stole his soldier talisman and wanted to open the city gate privately. This is not what Xiancheng surrendered.

Sure enough, Liu Chongjian's words made Liu Renshan shaky, and it was just as he had guessed.

"Father, we are already surrounded by the Zhou army, and there are no reinforcements. You are also sick. I want to find a way out for the people in the city gate."

Hearing his son's confession, Liu Ren slammed the table angrily;
"You really want to surrender to the Zhou army, a rebellious son. My Liu family has been favored by the emperor. How can you be a rebellious son who has been loyal to generations?"

Speaking of Liu Renshan coughing uncontrollably, Mrs. Xue was so frightened that he immediately went to help him calm down. This Liu Renshan just calmed down:

"Put this traitor in prison for me, drag him out at noon tomorrow, and behead him, as a show of military law."

This order has been issued and everyone is stunned. This is to kill their own son. Since ancient times, tigers are poisonous, so how could this Marshal Liu kill his son?
"If you don't take this traitor to me, you'll be disobedient." Under Liu Renshan's protective eyes, the guard had no choice but to take him down.

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When Mrs. Xue heard that the master was going to kill her young son, she immediately knelt down:

"Master, he is our only son now. Unfortunately, several of his elder brothers died young. If you kill him again, our Liu family will have no successor."

Mrs. Xue was crying badly. She gave birth to four children in her life, and unfortunately the first three died young. Now there is only one child left, Liu Chongjian, so she couldn't help being nervous.

Liu Renshan had a determined look on his face, but there seemed to be a trace of pain on his face, but others didn't notice it.

"Ma'am, why are you bothering? Jian'er violated the national law this time, how can you let the old man let him go, even if the old man wants to let him go, my country's law will not allow him."

Mrs. Xue is also a lady from a famous family, and she also knows that the laws of the country cannot be abolished, and she knows what kind of person her husband is.

When everyone knew about it, no one dared to persuade Liu Renshan. Everyone knew what kind of person Liu Renshan was.

The military supervisor Zhou Tinggou had a good relationship with Liu Renshan, and he had a good personal relationship with Liu Renshan, so he ran to the middle gate and cried loudly to rescue Liu Chongjian.

But Liu Renshan ignored this. In fact, Liu Renshan is also very sad now that he wants to behead his son with his own hands. Can he not be in pain?

In desperation, Zhou Tinggou sent someone to seek help from Mrs. Xue, hoping that Mrs. Xue could seek Liu Ren's support again.
But this time Mrs. Xue refused: "It's not that I don't love Chongjian, but military law cannot be favoritism, and reputation cannot be lost. If he is forgiven, then the Liu family will become a disloyal family. What face does his father and I have to meet the soldiers!"

At noon the next day, Liu Chongjian was escorted to the execution ground and cut in half. At the same time, he sent an order to the whole city to let people know the fate of collaborating with the enemy and surrendering.

"What, Liu Renshan killed his son?" Zhao Xu stood up suddenly when he heard the report from the people below.

"Yes, my lord, we didn't wait for the signal from Liu Chongjian to open the door last night, so we didn't dare to act rashly, so we had to ask everyone to withdraw first. Today, I heard that Liu Chongjian knew that his son wanted to surrender. We Da Zhou arrested his son and cut him in half. gone."

Liu Hongqing, who was in charge of scouting information, said honestly.

"Tiger poison doesn't eat its children. I didn't expect that Liu Renshan would actually kill his own son. Such a person is hard to deal with. Order the army to continue besieging the city. They won't last for a few months."

Liu Hongqing went down as Zhao Xu ordered. Zhao Xu sat there alone, not knowing what he was thinking.

In Shouzhou City, Liu Renshan was already unconscious at this time. Ever since he saw his son being cut in half, he was also filled with grief and indignation.

After all, he was his own son, he was the one he ordered to kill, he was connected by blood, how could he not be sad. '

So Liu Renshan, who had just woken up for a day, spat out a mouthful of blood again, and fell unconscious.

According to the doctor, this time I was in a hurry, and it was very difficult to wake up this time, even if I woke up, it would not last long.

The news of Liu Renshan's serious illness got out for some reason, and the city fell into panic, and Shouzhou was leaderless.

At this time, Lieutenant General Sun Yu immediately summoned all the officers to discuss countermeasures. His so-called countermeasures were nothing more than surrender.

According to Sun Yu, even if we are unknown, if we surrender to Dazhou, Emperor Chai Rong will follow the example of the story of buying bones with thousands of dollars and reuse us.

Think about it, everyone is preparing to surrender the city and seek a better future for themselves.

The accident of buying horse bones with a thousand gold is said to be a story told to him by Guo Wei, the counselor of King Yanzhao: It is about a king who likes a thousand-mile horse, so he asks his subordinates to write a lot of money to buy a thousand-mile horse.

But this man bought a pair of horse bones with gold, and the king was furious.The people at hand explained.

Since the monarch is willing to spend a lot of money to buy the bones of a thousand-mile horse, let alone a thousand-mile horse?If other people hear about it, the Maxima will come naturally at that time.

Sure enough, some people came to Maxima later, and used it as a metaphor for the desire for talents. As the saying goes, a thousand dollars buy a horse bone, and wise men come from all over the place.

After thinking about it, everyone agreed to leave the city and surrender. Now that Liu Renshan is unconscious, Sun Yu has the final say.

Just when Zhao Xu was preparing to take Shouzhou further, Sun Yu opened the city and surrendered. This time, the Zhou army quickly entered the city.

Zhao Xu immediately sent someone to report the victory to Chai Rong, and at the same time told Chai Rong some of Liu Renshan's deeds.

"What an important minister, Liu Renshan is worthy of being a famous veteran. The Qinghuai army should be the loyal army, and Liu Renshan should be the Jiedu envoy to show his commendation."

Chai Rong immediately decreed that Liu Renshan be canonized, but not long after Liu Renshan died of illness, Chai Rong posthumously named him the king of Pengpengcheng.

It has been more than half a month since Shouzhou was occupied, and Zhao Xu also had a new appointment. Chai Rong asked him to help Zhao Kuangyin capture Zijin Mountain.

Since Da Zhou's follow-up reinforcements had not yet arrived, Zhao Xu set off with only a few guards, and even Liu Hongqing and Dong Xuanye were left in Shouzhou.

At this time, Zhao Xu was on the Huaihe River by boat with a few guards, planning to go to Yangzhou first, and then go straight to Zijin Mountain.

Just as they passed a reed, suddenly there were many soldiers around, and their costumes belonged to the Tang army.

Before Zhao Xu and the others could react, Tang Jun fired all his arrows. Zhao Xu was hit by several arrows and fell into the river. No one on the boat was spared.

(End of this chapter)