Qiming 1158

Chapter 488 The ministers and others implore His Royal Highness to become the emperor
For a city, the best way to destroy their defense is not to attack the city, but to attack the heart, so the military book says that attacking the city is the bottom and attacking the heart is the first.

But it has to be said that attacking the heart is an advanced attack method, not all siege parties can come up with this method, and often they can only attack the city.

But it just so happened that Su Yonglin was able to use this advanced attack method.

Take the head of Emperor Wanyanliang of the Golden Kingdom as a sacrifice, and launch the final offensive - destroy it!Golden Empire!

Su Yonglin dispatched a captured Jurchen officer to hold Wanyanliang's head on a plate, and asked him to walk to Zhongdu City on foot, sending Wanyanliang's head into the city.

Wanyan Liang appeared in front of the Zhongdu army many times on weekdays.

And before the army set off, he also organized a military parade with the army, and many people saw him at that time.

Not to mention that some of his escorts and pro-military troops were serving as officers in the city defense army and responsible for defending the city. Seeing that this head was indeed Wanyanliang's head, many people were immediately shocked.

Some cried and shouted, some fainted, and some roared for revenge against the Restoration Army.

But in any case, this undoubtedly confirmed Wanyanliang's death, confirmed that Wanyanliang's death was real, and everything that the Restoration Army advertised was real.

The news of Wanyan Liang's death quickly spread throughout the city, to the palace, to the ears of the Queen Mother Tudan and Wanyan Guangying.

It didn't take long for Wanyan Liang's head to be sent to the palace, where it was placed in front of the Queen Mother Tudan and Wanyan Guangying. The grandparents and grandchildren hugged each other and cried, surrounded by a circle of civil and military men who were kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly. official.

The crying of the Queen Mother Tudan and Wanyan Guangying is of course true. As for whether the others are true or false, whether they are crying for Wanyanliang or their own destiny, it is hard to say.

Wanyanliang's head hit hard against the will of the civil and military officials to resist, so in addition to the diehard resistance faction and the cautious conservative faction, the third faction - the capitulation faction was finally differentiated.

The capitulators advocated surrender, they wanted to give up their resistance in exchange for a way out.

"Your Majesty died in battle, the army was destroyed, and the Golden Kingdom has reached this point. If it does not surrender, the Su thieves will inevitably plunder. Who can guarantee the safety of the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince? The old minister urges the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince to think about their own safety, and for the sake of their own safety. For the sake of the safety of the Dajin Royal Family, let it go!!!!"

A group of civil officials knelt in front of Tu Shan and Wanyan Guangying crying and begging to surrender.

This group of people is not small in number, at least more than the diehard resistance.

When they advocated capitulation, the diehard resistance vehemently opposed it.

The two groups of people quarreled with each other and yelled at each other, completely losing the harmony of the past.

The Empress Dowager Tudan looked at the representatives of the silent majority, Pusan ​​Hutu and Tu Shanzhen. She forbeared the fear and sadness in her heart and asked, "What do you think?"

Pusan ​​Hutu didn't know what to do, so he could only lower his head and said nothing.

Tu Danzhen is the same clan of the Empress Dowager Tudan, so she can't avoid it, so she can only speak up.

"The queen mother, the matter has come to this point, only relying on the defenders of the Central Capital will not be able to recover. If Wuyan Puluhun cannot arrive in time, the grain in the city will eventually be exhausted. At that time, the city will be destroyed, I will wait. must die here..."

"Don't say that! I want you to say what we should do! The emperor is dead, the army is gone, we... do we really want to surrender?"

The Queen Mother Tudan hugged the sobbing Wanyan Guangying tightly, at a loss, and her heart was full of confusion.

Tu Shanzhen was reluctant to surrender, but did not dare to resist, and did not know where Wuyan Puluhun was, whether he had already entered the army, and what the progress was.

There was a lot of quarrel in the courtroom, and a lot of crying in the harem.

Wanyanliang's concubines and concubines felt inexplicable panic when they learned that Wanyanliang was dead, the army was over, and the Restoration Army was about to become their master.

Since ancient times, the concubines and noble ladies who have fallen from the country since ancient times will be treated, everyone has a steel scale in their hearts.

Not to mention anything else, just talk about what happened to the women of the Northern Song Dynasty royal family after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, that is what happened in front of you, and everyone knows it well.

At this time, it was only more than 30 years ago, and many women of the royal family of the Song Dynasty were still alive and alive. Their tragic experiences were the topic of ridicule by these noble women of the Jin Dynasty before.

Even some noble girls themselves are children born after the resurrected noble girls of the Liao and Song Dynasties were given to the elites of the Jin Kingdom, and they will be ridiculed from time to time by those pure-blooded Jurchen noble girls since childhood.

But now, all of this has suddenly become the actual ending that these noble women are about to face. How can this be accepted?

The concubines and ladies who were so frightened that their faces were pale and trembling quickly abandoned the taboos in the inner palace and looked for their family members for help. Please help them, take them away from here, and protect them. Otherwise, a miserable fate awaits them.

However, what they didn't expect was that not only did they need help, but the people they asked for help now also need help.

At the moment surrounded by the Restoration Legion, no one can be an exception, no one can be pardoned, just like the girls of Liao and Song Gui who were not sheltered at the beginning, they can't escape the ending of not being in the enemy's hands after all.

As a result, the interior of the court was even more chaotic.

The people in Zhongdu City have also become ants on the hot pot, anxious and uneasy, not knowing where their way back is.

The next day, Su Yonglin issued an ultimatum to Zhongdu City.

The rulers of the Jin Kingdom in the city are limited to make a decision within twelve hours, whether to surrender or not.

If he surrenders, he can guarantee the safety of the residents of the city.

If he does not surrender, after twelve hours, he will never accept the surrender of Zhongdu City again. He will devour the Zhongdu City with an army of [-] troops and kill everyone in the city, leaving nothing behind!

By the way, once again friendly reminder -

I know you are waiting for Uyanpuluhun's Liaodong army to come to help, but I'm sorry, Yuguan has been taken by me, and Wuyanpuluhun will not be able to come in a short time.

In order to show his determination, Su Yonglin ordered to roll out 100 Jurchen prisoners, line up [-] people on each side of the capital city, and behead them all as a deterrent.

The ultimatum was given to two descendants and sent to the city.

When sending the ultimatum into the city, he also arranged for many loud soldiers to shout the content of the ultimatum to the defenders in the city, for fear that these defenders would not know his ultimatum.

The ultimatum this time worked very well, and it greatly hit the will of resistance in the city, making the generals have no will to fight, and the soldiers have no will to fight.

The number of diehard resistance factions in the city was also greatly reduced.

After confirming Wanyan Liang's death, many diehard resistance factions jumped directly into the camp of the surrender faction, strongly demanding that the army surrender and give up resistance.

At the same time, there are also many prudent conservatives who have switched camps and joined the capitulation faction, calling on everyone to accept the demand for surrender.

As a result, the number of capitulation factions increased greatly, and the number of diehard resistance factions dropped sharply.

"The army of the Restoration Army is under the city! Wuyanpuluhun is still far away! There is not much food in the city, and the population is large. How many days can it last? If we don't surrender, it will really be too late!!"

Wanyan Xiulu, the representative of the Jurchen dignitaries and the core figure of the capitulation faction, shouted aloud in the hall, leaving Pusan ​​Hutu and Tu Shanzhen speechless.

At this point, Ginting had no choice.

The Empress Dowager Tudan was sitting on a high seat with Wanyan Guangying in her arms, her eyes were blank and her spirit was low.

"So far, I have nothing to say. Since you said you can't continue fighting, you can only surrender. I can't refute it. You go and discuss with Su Thief. I only have one request. The royal family must not be humiliated. It has to be safe and complete.”

After the Empress Dowager Tudan said such words, the few remaining resistance ministers fell to death, paralyzed on the ground and speechless.

Since Empress Dowager Tudan gave up resistance and decided to surrender, it would be meaningless no matter how much the resistance factions persisted.

Du Shanzhen and Pusan ​​Hutu, who knew they were powerless to save the situation, looked at each other helplessly, and the two reached a consensus.

"Your Majesty died in battle, but the country cannot be without a ruler for a day. Even if it surrenders, it must make formal negotiations with Su Thief in the name of the emperor. Therefore, the ministers implore His Royal Highness to ascend the throne and become emperor!"

(End of this chapter)