My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 732: Something happened in Jiaozhi
Jiaozhijimingguan is Li Shan's last hiding place.

However, Jiming Pass is now surrounded by large armies. Li Song is standing on horseback in the middle of the army, holding a telescope and looking at the city head. As long as he captures this place and captures Li Shan, the entire Jiaozhi will fall under his control. In his hands, he will also become a new generation of King of Cochin.

Thinking of this, Li Song couldn't help but feel excited. When he was in the Han Dynasty, his biggest wish was to join the regular army of the Han Dynasty and get promoted and make a fortune based on his own ability. He never thought that he would one day become king.

At the same time, Li Shan at the top of the city was also observing the enemy troops below the city. Compared with the ambitious Li Song, he now looked desperate. He was the first batch of Jiaozhi people to rebel, and he also defeated the Ming army. Even Liu Sheng died in his hands, which brought his reputation to its peak.

But he didn't expect that Li Song would appear halfway. The opponent was not only strong, but also had people behind him. Whether it was money, food or weapons and equipment, they were much better than him. This also made him lose repeatedly in battles, and in the end he could only retreat. This little cock crows in Guanzhong.

But even so, Li Song still refused to let him go, and actually led an army of [-] to surround his Cockcrow Pass. Now Li Shan had no place to escape if he wanted to.

In fact, even if Li Shan escaped, he would have nowhere else to go, unless he fled north to the Ming Dynasty. However, because he was charged with killing Liu Sheng and other Ming Dynasty officials, if he fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely be cut to pieces. .

So now Li Shan has no other choice but to fight to the death with Li Song!
"Pass my order. The first one to climb the city will be rewarded with thousands of coins and promoted to the third level!"

Li Song from the city immediately ordered.

There must be brave men under heavy rewards, not to mention that Li Song became the overlord of the various rebels in Cochin in a short period of time. He relied on the fact that meritorious deeds must be rewarded and transgressions must be punished, and military discipline was very strict.

Therefore, after Li Song's order spread throughout the army, all the soldiers were as if they had been given blood. They all knew that as long as Li Shan was eliminated, Li Song would be the King of Jiaozhi, and they would all be prosperous by then. Wealth.

So the armies from all walks of life rushed towards the city wall like tigers emerging from their cages, and Li Shan at the top of the city also ordered people to shoot arrows. Although it had some effect, many people still rushed to the city wall with shields.

Immediately afterwards, the ladder was erected, the siege engines began to hit the city gate, and some people even began to bury gunpowder under the city gate.

These siege methods were all passed down from the Ming army. After all, Jiaozhi had been ruled by the Ming Dynasty for so many years, and many Jiaozhi people served in the Ming army, so they also learned a lot of skills.

Li Song's 7000 troops were divided into several groups and besieged Jiming Pass from all directions. Although Jiming Pass was dangerous, Li Shan only had [-] people in the city. Faced with ten times the enemy siege, they quickly became unable to withstand it.

Finally, half an hour later, the east wall was breached first. The city head was first occupied, and then someone opened the city gate. The army from outside the city swarmed in, and Jiming Pass was lost.

Faced with this situation, Li Shan still refused to surrender, because he knew that Li Song would definitely not allow him to live, not to mention that his family members also died at the hands of Li Song, so he would never surrender to his enemy. surrender.

Even though the last four walls of the city were lost one after another, Li Shan still led his henchmen to fight to the death, and eventually died in the city, which is admirable.

Li Song did not insult Li Shan's body, but asked people to restrain him and bury him alive.

Li Shan's death also meant that Li Song had no rivals in Jiaozhi. Some rebels were hesitant before, but now they had to surrender to Li Song.

Then Li Song returned to Jiaozhou and began to sort out the forces in various parts of Jiaozhi. In recent years, Jiaozhi has been in chaos, and rebels have been rampant everywhere. As a result, the people in Jiaozhi are in dire straits. In many places, there is no human habitation within a hundred miles. Even those who are alive are in danger. Who knows? I don’t know if I can see the sun tomorrow?
Therefore, the most important thing for Jiaozhi now is to recuperate and restore the people's livelihood and economy of Jiaozhi.So under this situation, Li Song's subordinates wrote letters one after another, asking him to establish a country and call himself king. Only if he became king could he issue decrees and control the chaos in various parts of Cochin.

However, Li Song did not proclaim himself the king immediately because he knew that there was another very important thing to do next, which was to deal with the relationship between Jiaozhi and the Ming Dynasty. Especially for the matter of proclaiming the king, he must be canonized by the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he would lose the throne. If it is obtained incorrectly, it will leave many hidden dangers in the future.

It happened that the envoys sent by the Ming Dynasty also arrived in Jiaozhi at this time, and the leader was Wang Tong, which was what Li Song had specifically requested before.

Wang Tong did not expect that he would one day return to Jiaozhou, but the current Jiaozhou City no longer belonged to the Ming Dynasty. All the Han people in the city had moved away, and all the houses were occupied by Jiaozhi people.

Li Song met with Wang Tong in person. Both parties knew that the other party had a relationship with the Han Dynasty, so the negotiations went very smoothly.

Li Song asked the Ming Dynasty to confer him the title of King of Annan. The two sides drew a boundary and promised not to invade each other. At the same time, the Ming Dynasty also recognized the status of Annan as a vassal state and demanded tribute every three years.

Although Daming agreed to Li Song's request, he also put forward some conditions. For example, every time Li Song paid tribute, he needed to pay tribute to two golden figures as punishment for killing Liu Sheng and other senior generals.

Although there were some minor differences between the two parties on these conditions, in general it was very smooth. After all, Ming Dynasty did not want to use troops against Jiaozhi anymore to avoid wasting people and money.

Jiaozhi also urgently needed Ming's recognition so that it could have time to recuperate, so the two sides finally hit it off.

After the negotiation was over, Wang Tong immediately sent the contents signed by both parties to the capital. As long as Zhu Zhanji agreed and sent Li Song a canonization edict, the Jiaozhi matter would be over.

However, Wang Tong himself did not leave Jiaozhi. That night, an acquaintance came to Wang Tong's residence.

"Uncle Cheng Shan, have you decided whether to leave now or wait until you return to Beijing and recover?"

The person who came was none other than Mr. Jin. When he was in the capital, he persuaded Wang Tong and mobilized his efforts to find an opportunity for Wang Tong to escape guilt.

"Where is my family now?"

Wang Tong pondered for a moment, then raised his head and asked?
"You don't have to worry about this. Prince Wang and the others have quietly left the capital and left Ming Dynasty by boat from Tianjin. They have now arrived in Qiongzhou. You can go to sea to reunite with them at any time as long as you are willing."

Mr. Jin paused here and then said again.

"Although you negotiated with Jiaozhi on behalf of the Ming Dynasty, which can be regarded as a meritorious service, I am not sure that the Ming Emperor will pardon your crime. In addition, your family fled the capital. This news will definitely not be kept secret for too long, so if you return to the capital now to resume your life, , I’m afraid I will never come back!”

(End of this chapter)