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Chapter 518
Liu Heikai was willing to surrender, and when the news came out, Zhao Jun's soldiers all showed expressions of disbelief.

Who is Liu Heitai, the leader of the Hebei Rebel Army after Dou Jiande, and Zhao Jun's previous army, they all suffered a lot in Liu Heitai's hands.

And right now, this tough man is really willing to sacrifice the city and surrender.

Everyone said that this might be Liu Heikai's expedient measure, and some even said that Liu Heitai was trying to paralyze our army so that he could take the opportunity to break through.

All the answers to the mystery were finally left until the next day.

It was a day of light snow, and the sky and the earth were quiet.

The gate of Yongnian City opened, and a small boat paddled out from the gate.

General Xia Jun Liu Heita stood on the bow of the ship like an iron tower. He was wearing a black cloak and stood quietly. There was no one else on the ship except a soldier of Liu Jun who was at the helm behind the stern.

"It really is Liu Heita!"

On the earth hill in the east of the city, Pei Ju confirmed the identity of the other party, and then the Zhao Jun navy greeted Liu Heita himself to the earth hill.

Li Chongjiu and Liu Heita looked at each other.

"King Zhao!"

"General!"

The two nodded and smiled at each other.Li Chongjiu said to the table: "There is no fine wine in the army, only Hedong Ganhe, two years old wine, can I drink it?"

Liu Heikai stroked his beard and said: "Three years of dry and wine are the best. King Zhao is too stingy, but wine is better than no wine."

Li Chongjiu smiled, and the two sat opposite each other, Liu Heita drank a toast, very heroic, Li Chongjiu smiled and added another glass to Liu Heita.

Liu Heikai rubbed his wine glass and said, "This wine is probably used by King Zhao to celebrate his achievements after conquering Yongnian City and pacifying Hebei."
Li Chongjiu said: "I didn't expect the war in Hebei to end so soon, so the wine for celebration is still on the way, it's just for logarithm."

Liu Heikai focused his eyes, looked at Li Chongjiu, and said with a cold smile: "King Zhao's words are not true. Dare I ask where the Turkic people went?"

Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "Although there are small bandits on the border, they are not enough."

Liu Heikai's face was full of disbelief, but he smiled immediately and said: "It's useless to say these things now, and don't ask other questions. Dare to ask how King Zhao treats these brothers who have been with him for many years."

Li Chongjiu said: "Those who want to stay stay, and those who don't want to stay let go."

Liu Heita said: "I want Hebei to be free of taxes for three years, can King Zhao agree?"

Li Chongjiu said: "I have the intention to avoid the tax, but this is the kindness of the court of Zhao State. It has nothing to do with you. If you ask for it, the people of Hebei will only appreciate your kindness of Liu Heita in the future. It will not benefit the orphan and cannot agree. "

Liu Heikai laughed and said, "King Zhao is not going to give me old Liu face. Believe it or not, even if you kill me now, Yongnian City will not surrender. You can still occupy the city for a month, and then wait for the Turkic people to attack." Let's go to the city."

Li Chongjiu said: "I don't kill people who are empty-handed and without a blade. It doesn't matter if I let you go. Yongnian City is in my eyes, and I can take it down. So what if it's ten days later. You can go back to the city to prepare for the battle. Let's see you." Will the expected Turkic reinforcements reach the city?"

Li Chongjiu's words were resounding, and Liu Heita's face was ashen. From Li Chongjiu's face, he couldn't guess where the Turkic people attacked. Without definite information, the soldiers of Yongnian City would not have the confidence to stick to it.Li Chong's Jiucheng mansion is too deep, and he didn't even give me the last chance.

Or maybe this is destiny, Liu Heitai raised his head, flakes of flying snow fell, his face felt cold, he suddenly took a deep breath, and exhaled a long white breath in front of his face.

Liu Heitai looked at Li Chongjiu and said, "King Zhao is also from Hebei, so don't take advantage of Li Tang."

After speaking, Liu Heikai turned his wrist, and a dagger was exposed in his hand. Seeing this scene, Xue Wanche, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and other generals surrounded Li Chongjiu all drew their swords and defended Li Chongjiu desperately.

Himekawa shouted from the side: "Enter the guard king."

"Step aside."

Li Chongjiu yelled and pushed the guard aside, but saw that the dagger had already been inserted into Liu Heita's heart.

The movements of the generals stopped immediately, but Liu Heita's body slowly fell backwards and hit the ground heavily.

Li Chongjiu took a step forward and saw that Liu Heita had already died in front of him.

Immediately there was a splash of water, and Liu Heita's entourage also committed suicide with their swords on the boat and fell into the water.

"General!"

On the east wall of the city, soldiers of the Xia army cried out in grief.

Li Chongjiu walked up to Liu Heita's body, bowed to him, and said, "Brother Liu, go!"

Seeing this, all the generals on the left and right clasped their swords together, clasped their fists together and said: "Go!"

Seeing this scene, there was a cry of mourning from the top of Yongnian City, and then a long white flag was raised.

Yongnian City Comes Down!

"The guilty minister Ling Jing kowtowed to King Zhao!"

On the dirt hill in the east of the city, Li Chongjiu helped Ling Jing up with a smile, and said: "Xuan Su has always recommended you Ling Jijiu in front of me, and now I have you, I feel like an extra arm."

Ling Jing smiled wryly and said: "The King of Zhao is absurdly praised. The criminal ministers successively served as the King of Xia, and the generals were all defeated. What kind of face do I have to serve Zhao again, but I want to return to my hometown."

At the side, Li Chongjiu said: "Zhao, Zheng, and Tang are still undecided in the world. Guzheng needs the help of a virtuous minister like Ling Jijiu. Why bother to retire?"

Ling Jing glanced at Li Chongjiu's Zhang Xuansu, and said: "Master Zhao has Zhang Xuansu's help, isn't it ten times better than me, my presence is just superfluous."

Li Chongjiu stayed a few more words, but seeing that Ling Jing's intentions were very firm, Li Chongjiu stopped persuading him immediately, and said to the left and right: "Give Ling a sacrificial wine, and donate 20 taels of gold, so that he can spend his old age in peace."

Ling Jing was quite surprised, and said immediately: "King Zhao is truly a benevolent lord. Before leaving, I wanted to persuade King Zhao to caress the people in Hebei, but King Zhao is so tolerant to sinners like me, so why can't he treat the people like this? Seven years after the great cause, Hebei has been in chaos for ten years. After the chaos, there should be a great order. It really needs a wise master like King Zhao to suppress it. King Xia like this, the general's hard work was not in vain."

After saying that Ling Jing would not accept the gift from Li Chongjiu, he left with a long smile.

Seeing Ling Jing like this, all the generals couldn't help praising Yandao, he is really a wonderful man in Hebei.

Later, Liu Heita's younger brother Liu Shishan was escorted by two soldiers to Li Chongjiu.

Before Liu Shishan came in front of him, he said loudly: "If you don't surrender, you will die!"

Li Chongjiu said: "To fulfill your wish, I will let you be buried with your elder brother."

At that moment Liu Shishan burst into tears and said: "Brother, you didn't listen to my words back then, but today is the day."

"Wait, what does this mean?" Li Chongjiu asked.

Pei Ju said: "At the beginning Liu Shishan persuaded Liu Heita to break out from Yongnian City and go to Shandong to vote for Xu Yuanlang and Meng Haigong."

Li Chongjiu waved his hand and said, "Liu Heita, the first hero, has such a brother!"

After speaking, Liu Shishan was taken down and beheaded.

After Liu Shishan was escorted away, Zhang Junli and others led the Xia army's defenders. These generals were very knowledgeable and understood that the Xia army was destroyed, but they were unwilling to return to their hometowns to farm.

The rest are the civil servants of the Xia army. Kong Shaode, the servant of the internal history, is presenting the jade seal, and the talisman stepped forward, bowed to Li Chongjiu and said: "Xia Guo's jade seal and soldier talisman are all here. Please take a look at it, King Zhao."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Thanks for your hard work."

Since the Yuxi soldier amulet was collected by Ji Chuan for inspection, Kong Shaode now regarded himself as a meritorious minister. Long before Li Chongjiu attacked Xia, he was instigated by Zhang Xuansu and sent a lot of news to Zhao Jun.

Kong Shaode came from the Kong family in Kuaiji, a noble family in the south of the Yangtze River, and after Kong Shaode was Cui Junsu, a servant, who came from the Qinghe Cui family.

Kong Shaode and Cui Junsu are ministers with mediocre talents. It can be said that whether they work for Dou Jiande or Liu Heitai, they can be said to be vegetarians, but there is no way to say that the other party has a halo of aristocratic family behind them.

Li Chongjiu immediately comforted the two of them, and agreed to accept them as ministers, Cui Junsu, Kong Shaode and more than a dozen officials from aristocratic families, even though Liu Heitai was still dead at this time.

Seeing this, Li Chongjiu didn't care about it, and he couldn't compare people like Cui Junsu and Pei Ju who came from a poor family together.

Regardless of whether the Hebei surname is Li, Liu, Dou, or even Yuwen, it is just a changing king banner at the top of the city. These aristocratic families rooted in Hebei will not change.This can be easily seen from the history of Pei Ju, Yu Shinan, Ouyang Xun and other youngsters who served in the five dynasties.

In the real change of dynasty in history, Huang Chao, Zhu Wen, and Zhu Yuanzhang counted, but Yang Jian and Li Yuan just changed their skins.

As for Li Chongjiu, who was born in a poor family, should he change his bones and marrow, or just his skin?

"Reporting to King Zhao, Dou Jiande's wife, Cao Shi, and Dou Jiande's son are all there, how can I deal with it?"

Li Chongjiu turned his head, but saw a woman holding an infant baby, looking at him awe-inspiringly.This woman is wearing a rough thorn hairpin, and she doesn't see the charm of Queen Xia at all.

Li Chongjiu heard, "You are the Cao family?"

The woman said: "My husband is still here, please call the slave's family Mrs. Dou, King Zhao."

Li Chongjiu said: "This is a lonely slip of the tongue. I have heard that Mrs. Dou is very virtuous. When Le Shouhou proclaimed the emperor, you husband and wife had only a few houses, and there were no more than a dozen slaves. You are really clean. Now you have What do you want?"

The woman held the baby in her arms, and said with tears: "Xia Kingdom is gone, and there are no eggs under the nest. It doesn't matter if the slave family dies, but the child is innocent, but please be merciful, King Zhao, to release the child for foster care. Ordinary people, grow up in peace and well."

Li Chongjiu said: "I can tolerate even Le Shouhou, not to mention Madam, so lonely that I bestow the title of Le Shouhou on the second son's hereditary title, and arrange for you to come to Yuyi Town to reunite with Le Shouhou's family."

The woman froze when she heard the words, Kong Shaode pulled the woman aside and said in a low voice: "King Zhao Endian, thank you soon."

"Forget it," Li Chongjiu smiled and stood up and said, "Let's go to Yuyi Town to feel wronged for a while. If ten years later, Hebei Taiping, I promise to let you move back to your hometown in Hebei. Nor is it a lifelong peace and joy.”

When the ministers heard it, they shouted fiercely, this kills two birds with one stone, it not only shows benevolence and righteousness, but also warns the remnants of Xia Guo, if they want to provoke troubles in Hebei, then they must consider the consequences of Dou Jiande's family being held hostage.

(End of this chapter)