Tiantang Splendid

Surrender anyway
After a long time, Xiao Yu broke the silence with a soft sigh. He tapped the table in front of him with his fingers, and asked softly: "In the current situation, do you two think that His Royal Highness King Jin can still contribute to the Hall of Martial Virtue and occupy the center of the empire?"

Whether Li Chengqian lives or dies is of course important, but more importantly is whether he can control the center of the empire. As long as the Wude Palace is captured, the entire Taiji Palace will fall into the hands of King Jin. The east-west separatism and north-south confrontation are all things for later. If King Jin cannot ascend the throne, everything will be out of the question.

But now it seems that it is extremely difficult to capture the Hall of Wude...

Cui Xin's gray eyebrows were tangled in one place, unable to speak.

This time supporting the Jin King’s rebellion, the Shandong family has done their best and has no reservations. This battle has been fought until now, and the losses of the Shandong family are shocking. Even if the King Jin ascended the throne and gave preferential treatment in terms of policies, it will take 20 years to recover. Not to mention that if King Jin is defeated, the Shandong family will be doomed forever.

Even worse than the Shandong family is the Guanlongmen faction. When it comes to the depth and scope of the mutiny, the Guanlongmen faction spared no effort compared to the Shandong family. Once defeated, the backlash will naturally be heavier, especially The Guanlongmen faction had already suffered heavy losses before, and it was getting worse.

In contrast, the Jiangnan gentry who were the first to recruit private troops to go north to Guanzhong lost the least. Although the [-] private troops were bombarded by the navy's artillery in the First Battle of Yanziji, they were routed and defeated, but that was all. Under the deterrence of the navy, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River did not take any action. They obediently surrendered to the navy's muzzle, and never suffered any losses...

Cui Xin had gloated before this time. During this mutiny, the contribution of the Jiangnan gentry was limited. After the king of Jin ascended the throne, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River would be rewarded for their merits. The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River was far inferior to the Shandong family. feet, making it difficult to turn over within a hundred years.

As a result, now, on the contrary, he is going to envy Xiao Yu...

Really angry and regretful.

Chu Suiliang glanced at the silent Cui Xin, coughed lightly, and said slowly: "I wonder what you two think about Li Jing and Xue Wanche's delay in entering the palace?"

"Ok?"

Xiao Yu was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "What does Deng Shan mean by that?"

The reason why Li Jing and Xue Wanche never entered the city to reinforce Wude Hall was because troops from all over Guanzhong continued to go to Chang'an to support the King of Jin. In order to prevent Chang'an City from being besieged and all the troops falling into it, it was impossible to protect Li Chengqian and withdraw to Hexi in the worst case. Regrouping, so Li Jing and Xue Wanche did not dare to act rashly.

This matter is obvious, what conspiracy is there?
Chu Suiliang thought for a while, and said softly: "Since King Jin escaped from the Taiji Palace and raised the flag to raise troops, His Majesty has never gone all out to suppress the rebellion. Otherwise, King Jin would not have fled to Tongguan, and the Shandong family would not Rushing to the aid of Tongguan, it will not be so smooth to lead the army to enter Chang'an..."

Cui Xin looked at Chu Suiliang in surprise, and Xiao Yu also frowned: "What you mean is that all of this must have been intentional, deliberately letting King Jin go out, allowing King Jin to gather all the forces that are not loyal to His Majesty, and then once and for all , Never future trouble?"

Chu Suiliang nodded: "I'm just guessing, but looking at Li Jing's movements and performance, it's hard to give other explanations. Of course, it may not be in His Majesty's plan that the King of Jiangxia launched an army from Xuanwu Gate to enter Taiji Palace. It was an accident."

If His Majesty firmly believes that the army of Li Jing, Xue Wanche, and Fang Jun is enough to defend Chang'an City, then it is not impossible to "introduce the king into the trap".After all, since His Majesty ascended the throne, there has been a lot of public opinion in the government and the opposition, and there are many people who refuse to submit. Using this method to cut off those disloyal officials is indeed a good method, and it will not be too dangerous.

The only accident should be Li Daozong's rebellion, which opened the Xuanwu Gate, and the rebel army went straight to the Wude Palace, putting Li Chengqian in danger. If he knew this situation in advance, Li Chengqian would not dare to take such a risk.

But since You Tunwei was able to hold back the rebel attack, Li Jing and Xue Wanche could naturally wait a little longer, waiting for more forces eager to support the King of Jin to rush to Chang'an, and jump out by themselves...

Xiao Yu looked at Cui Xin, the eyes of the two met, and both could see the shock and approval of the other.

After a while, Cui Xin asked in a hoarse voice: "If this is the case, what should we do?"

The current situation is already extremely unfavorable to King Jin, and the destruction is imminent. If all this is really His Majesty's plan to "lead the king into the trap", it means that His Majesty has already won the victory, and King Jin will definitely fail.

Where will the Shandong aristocratic family that fully supports King Jin go?
Where will the Shandong private army who are desperately guarding Chengtianmen outside the city go?
After Cui Xin asked this sentence, his hands on the table trembled uncontrollably, and a chill came up in his heart. Thinking about the consequences, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his bones.

Something has to be done, we can't sit still...

Chu Suiliang sat up straight, looked at the two men with dignified faces, and suggested: "It's better...to put order out of the chaos and take the position of ruler and minister."

Xiao Yu and Cui Xin were not surprised.

When they were in Zhaode Palace earlier, the two had already had a tacit understanding, but they didn't know how and when to act. Now that the situation has taken a turn for the worse, there is no delay, so we must have a frank and honest talk.

Xiao Yu said: "What is Cui Gong's intention?"

Cui Xin had expected that these two people were in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han, so he immediately nodded: "Just follow Song Guogong's orders."

Xiao Yu let out a sigh of relief. He was most afraid that Cui Xin would be unwilling because of the huge loss of the Shandong family. He would rather die than support King Jin to the end. Since Cui Xin can afford it, it is the best.

"Now there is a question, to whom do we surrender anyway?"

Chu Suiliang and Cui Xin were taken aback for a moment, and fell silent.

His Majesty is now sitting in the Hall of Martial Virtue, not only can't see him, he can't communicate with each other. Naturally, he can't directly present a surrender letter to His Majesty and bow his head to proclaim his minister. Ze chooses one of them.

However, there is a huge difference in who to surrender to. This is a huge feat, which is enough to make the status of the surrenderee rise sharply in the court and increase the authority. Correspondingly, one must spare no effort to protect the life of the surrendered person. , interests, otherwise reputation damage, treachery...

In terms of status, Li Jing is naturally the highest, and the name of "Military God" is well-known in the entire army. This time, the King of Jin rebelled and rebels besieged the city, and Li Chengqian even handed over all the defenses around Chang'an City. He is very trustworthy. Li Jing has always been low-key and honest. Be honest and can be trusted.

The rebellion of the King of Jin involved countless clans and royal relatives. After the war, Xue Wanche must become one of the few generals in charge of the army among the royal family, and during the rebellion of the King of Jin this time, Xue Wanche has always followed Li Chengqian's footsteps Standing firm and unshakable, it is inevitable to reward him after the war.

Only Liu Rengui is just a mere general in the navy, and his official position, title, status, power, etc. are not comparable to the previous two, but Fang Jun stands behind him...

Xiao Yu pondered for a while, then said slowly: "Liu Rengui."

Li Chengqian's trust in Fang Jun may even be higher than that of Queen Su's. Although there is no famous saying, no matter whether Guanlong or the two mutinies launched by King Jin this time, the countermeasures adopted by the court must be different. From the hands of Fang Jun, he was able to entrust all the important matters of life and death, what kind of trust is this?

And Fang Jun also repaid this trust with successive victories.

Therefore, when Li Chengqian quelled the rebellion and cut off the non-officials, Fang Jun would inevitably become the "no.

As long as they reached a surrender agreement with Liu Rengui and were indirectly recognized by Fang Junzhi, their power and interests would be guaranteed.

Cui Xin nodded: "Yes."

Chu Suiliang also nodded in approval.

Xiao Yu got up: "It's not too late, I'll send someone to contact Liu Rengui, and reach the conditions for surrender as soon as possible, I'm afraid it's too late."

"As it should be."

Now that you have decided to betray the King of Jin and surrender to Li Chengqian, you should do it as soon as possible, the sooner you can win more benefits, otherwise you will have no room for bargaining after the defeat of the King of Jin.

Xiao Yu immediately got up and went out, and arranged for someone to contact Liu Rengui.

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On Tianjie, the fierce battle between the two sides has never stopped. Although it is inevitable that there will be adjustments, the battle continues. As time progresses, the Shandong private army has already lost all courage in the face of the Modao team and heavy armored infantry armed to the teeth. , Morale is down, after all, it is not a regular army, the morale of the army is difficult to maintain, and it is okay to fight with the wind, but it is not easy to persist until now without collapsing in such a bloody battle.

But the Modao team pressed forward step by step, slowly advancing the battle line, and had already arrived near Anrenfang, one step away from the Suzaku Gate. Once the Suzaku Gate was breached, the Chengtian Gate would face the front of the naval forces.

The situation is extremely urgent for the Shandong private army...

The headquarters of the naval forces keeps moving with the front pressure, and it is now set up in a temple in Guangfufang. The quiet Buddhist pure land outside is now polluted by soldiers coming and going.

Liu Rengui sat in a room on the left side of the mountain gate, listening to the battle report and adjusting his strategy while talking with Xue Wanche.

There was no trace of the rebels in the south of the city, but before Li Chengqian or Fang Jun's order, Xue Wanche did not dare to lead the army into the city, but he was worried about the war in the city, so he changed into an ordinary military uniform and went to Liu Rengui to inquire about news.

A soldier outside the door came in and reported that it was an old friend who had come. Liu Rengui and Xue Wanche looked at each other and said with a smile, "If it is as expected, it must be an old friend from Jiangnan or Shandong."

Xue Wanche was a little depressed, shook his head and remained silent.

Seeing that King Jin was about to fall, those who followed him in the mutiny had to find their own way out. Surrender was inevitable anyway, but he was a great god at any rate, and he was qualified enough to accept the defection of the rebels, but they chose A mere naval general, a great feat passed by...

Liu Rengui said indifferently to the captain: "Whether you are an old man or not, let him go back and tell the person who sent the letter. If you want to surrender anyway, then invite him to come here in person. Let's go to Chengtian Gate!"

Xue Wanche was stunned, everyone had already surrendered, so why be so aggressive?

This is a great feat, to push it out...

(End of this chapter)