Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 674
Chapter 675: Emperor Zhao's Surrender
In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the fifth day of August, Deng Zhong led [-] unarmed guards across Jinshui, which was only one step away from Jinyang City, the capital of Zhao State. Just when Deng Zhong was about to lead his army to Jinyang City When they drove in, the scouts who went to Jinyang City to investigate reported that the gates of Jinyang City were wide open, and Emperor Zhao Guoxiao stood outside the city holding the letter of surrender.

Deng Zhong couldn't understand the actions of Zhao's monarchs and ministers. It stands to reason that Jinyang City has tens of thousands of elite soldiers. In addition, Jinyang City is the capital of Zhao State, and there are countless money and food reserves in the city. The probability is extremely low, why did the king and ministers of the Zhao Kingdom suddenly give up resistance and leave the city to surrender?
Deng Zhong had thought about the scene of entering Jinyang City many times, and even thought that if Jinyang City could be breached, it would be worthwhile even if Wudangwei lost more than [-]% of his troops, but he never thought that one day, Zhao Guoren will take the initiative to open the city gate and surrender.

"Military teacher, do you think this matter is fraudulent?" Deng Zhong asked Su Yun. After all, this matter is too weird. If Deng Jun's army of hundreds of thousands invaded Jinyang City, perhaps the people of Zhao State would be afraid and Thoughts of surrender arose, but now there are only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses coming to attack Jinyang City, and it is difficult to gain the upper hand compared with the Zhao army in Jinyang City. What about the surrender of the city?

Su Yun shook his head and said: "I don't know either, but this is also an opportunity. If the people of Zhao Guo really surrender, then we have made a great contribution in vain. As for whether there is fraud, the general can send a People and horses go to check first."

Deng Zhong thought about it, and felt that what Su Yun said made sense. If it was true, he would have to send someone to check it out. If it was true, then the credit was really for nothing. All the way is just a partial division all the way. At the time of the expedition, it was originally to force the other Zhao troops to return to Jinyang. The main force of the Deng army was still fighting fiercely in Weijun and the eldest son. At this time, Wudangwei took the lead in entering Jinyang City, then the first achievement in the battle against Zhao this time is Wudangwei.

"Li Pingzhang listen to the order!" Deng Zhong ordered.

"The end is here!" Li Pingzhang replied.

"The general ordered you to lead the troops of the headquarters to go to Jinyang City to explore the road first, and find out the reality of the Zhao people." Deng Zhong said.

"The last general takes orders!"

Afterwards, Li Pingzhang led his troops to Jinyang City.

At the same time, the Meng family father and son were very nervous. They staged a mutiny and escorted Zhao Guo's young emperor Zhang Yuan and Queen Mother Meng, as well as Zhong Xing and Zhang Ying, two important court officials, out of the city to surrender. Minister, but this matter cannot be kept hidden for too long. It won't be long before other ministers will get the news, and there will definitely be another disturbance at that time.

"Father, what's going on with Deng Zhong? Why are you so slow?" Meng Xing said impatiently.

Meng Chen on the side said: "Second brother, please be safe and don't be impatient. We suddenly surrendered the city and did not get in touch with Deng Jun in advance. Deng Jun has always been cautious, and he must have hesitated in his heart. Brother, I believe someone will come soon. It's gone."

Sure enough, as soon as Meng Chen finished speaking, he saw the banner of Deng Jun appearing in front of him, and a group of about [-] Deng Jun marched towards Jinyang City. It was the soldiers and horses led by Li Pingzhang.

Li Pingzhang led his army slowly to a hundred steps away from the Jinyang city gate, stopped, and shouted to Meng Si and others: "This general is the general under the command of Great Deng Wudangwei, General Deng Zhong, Amber and Li Pingzhang, who is on the other side?"

Hearing Li Pingzhang's call, Meng Si replied loudly: "Return to the general, Emperor Dazhao personally leads civil and military forces to offer the city to the heavenly soldiers, hoping that the heavenly soldiers will surrender!"

Hearing this, Li Pingzhang said to Qin Yong, the Zhonglang general beside him: "I will go and see for myself, you stay here for now, if there is any change, I will lead the army back immediately, there must be no mistake!"

"General, what about you?" Qin Yong asked, Li Pingzhang went alone, if Zhao Jun really cheated, what would Li Pingzhang do?
"Me? Haha!" Li Pingzhang smiled and said, "Although this general's martial arts is not invincible, he is rare to be rivaled. In Jinyang City, I can come and go freely by myself. Don't worry!"

Hearing this, Qin Yong didn't say anything else. Li Pingzhang's strength was clear to him. As the son of Li Cunxiao, Deng's number one general, although his martial arts skills were not as good as Li Cunxiao's when he was young, he was also among the younger generation of Deng. There are few opponents, at least Qin Yong has met, and the only people who can face Li Pingzhang are Chang Mao, Guan Ling, and Chu Wang Deng Fu.

Li Pingzhang rode his horse forward, all the way to Meng Si and the others, looked at Meng Si and the others, and asked, "Who are you waiting for?"

The little emperor, Empress Dowager Meng, Zhong Xing, Zhang Ying and others were forced to speak, and they were naturally unwilling to speak. At this time, Meng Si, who was in charge, said, "General Hui, this is my Majesty the Great Zhao Emperor, the regent." Empress Dowager, Prime Minister Zhong Xing, Assistant Minister, Zongzheng Zhang Ying, and my subordinate is Da Zhao Yuzhong Hou Mengsi, these two are my sons Meng Chen and Meng Xing!"

After listening to Meng Si's introduction, Li Pingzhang was a little puzzled. Since it was a surrender, why were there only so few people?Shouldn't the emperor personally lead all the civil and military officials out of the city?But if it is said that the people of Zhao Guo were falsely surrendering, then how could the emperor, the regent queen mother, the auxiliary ministers and the current prime minister personally go out of the city to feign surrender? Once you understand the situation, just report it to Deng Zhong truthfully and let Deng Zhong want to go.

So he said to Meng Si and others: "Our army has just crossed the Jinshui River and is still resting by the river. I heard that your monarchs and ministers are out of the city to welcome you. General Deng sent this general here. The general will arrive soon. Please wait a moment!"

"It's okay! It's okay!" Meng Si hurriedly said with a smile.

Li Pingzhang retreated to the main formation, and then sent someone to report to Deng Zhong.

Deng Zhong, who had been waiting by the Jinshui River, was also very puzzled after receiving the message from Li Pingzhang, and asked the letter messenger: "You mean that the only people who left the city to surrender are the Emperor Zhao, the Queen Mother Regent, the Prime Minister, and Zong Zheng?" And that Yuzhong Hou Mengsi and his two sons, did you not see other Ministers of Civil and Military Affairs of Zhao State?"

The messenger soldier nodded and said, "Yes, General Li has confirmed it, and sent a villain to report to the General."

Hearing this, Deng Zhong frowned and asked Su Yun who was beside him: "Military Master, do you think Zhao Guo is pretending to surrender?"

Su Yun thought for a while, shook his head, and said: "Probably not. If it is a false surrender, then there is no reason for the emperor, the regent queen mother, the auxiliary ministers and the current prime minister to take risks personally. Minister, I guess there must be some accident in Zhao Guo, and this accident is likely to be attributed to this Yuzhong Hou Mengsi, but in my opinion, since even the emperor and the regent queen mother have come out, then this time the dedication of the city is probably the most important thing. Really, the general can rest assured to go!"

Deng Zhong nodded, made up his mind and said: "Okay, order the army to march towards Jinyang City!"

Tens of thousands of troops slowly marched towards Jinyang City. At the same time, Zhao Guowen and military ministers in Jinyang City finally realized that something was wrong, because there were soldiers and horses watching around their mansions. A few hours ago, Xing came out of the palace with a little boy and a woman, as well as Prime Minister Zhong Xing and Zong Zheng Zhang Ying, all the way to the east gate.

It is not surprising that a woman comes out of the palace, but it is not normal for a little boy to come out. How many little boys can there be in the palace?The little emperor is only 13 years old, and he has not yet established a concubine, so it is impossible to have a child. Emperor Wen Zhang Xian has only one son, Zhang Yuan, the little emperor, and he is accompanied by the prime minister Zhong Xing and Zongzheng Zhang Ying, so the identity of this little boy is ready to be revealed Now, it must be Zhang Yuan, the young emperor of Zhao, and that woman must be the Queen Mother Meng.

What is the general of the imperial guards going to do with the young emperor Zhang Yuan and the Queen Mother Meng out of the palace, heading for the east gate?This made the ministers very puzzled, but when they wanted to go out to check, they found that their door was guarded, which made these ministers even more uneasy.

In Jinyang City, in Dai Wang's Mansion, Zhang Lin asked his elder son Zhang Han anxiously, "Han'er, how is the situation outside?"

Zhang Han shook his head and said, "Father, my son doesn't know, the entire Jinyang City is under the control of Meng's father and son, and the soldiers outside are only obeying Meng Si's orders, and none of us in the palace can leave. "

Hearing this, Zhang Lin was suddenly uneasy, and said: "There are rumors outside that Meng Xing took His Majesty and Queen Mother, as well as Zhang Ying and Zhong Xing, two important officials of the court, out of the palace and headed for the east gate. Uneasy, always feeling like something is going to happen.”

"Father, it's useless to worry now, we can't get out of the palace at all." Zhang Han said helplessly, he also understood Zhang Lin's worry, but what can we do if we are worried now?There are soldiers holding hands outside, and it is impossible to get out.

An hour later, Deng Zhong led the Wudangwei army and finally came to the outside of Jinyang City. The first time he saw Li Pingzhang, Deng Zhong asked: "Pingzhang, is the Emperor Zhao and the Queen Regent in front?"

Li Pingzhang nodded, and said: "Yes, the general, the final general has already confirmed, but there is one thing that the final general feels a little strange."

"What's the matter?" Deng Zhong asked.

"What surprised the general was that standing in front of him were the emperor of Zhao, the empress dowager, the assistant minister, and the current prime minister, but from the beginning to the end, it was the Marquis of Yuzhong named Meng Si who was talking. Everyone is silent, and the general can see unwillingness from the eyes of a few people." Li Pingzhang said.

"Hehe!" Hearing this, before Deng Zhong could speak, Su Yun laughed and said, "General, as expected, it seems that this time Xiancheng was led by that Yuzhong Hou Mengsi, and he was under the leadership It seems that the Emperor Zhao and the Empress Dowager Regent were forced to go out of the city by Meng Si. As for why there were no other civil and military ministers accompanying them, it is very likely that Meng Si has not yet fully controlled Jinyang City, so he planned to fight quickly Quick solution, as long as our army enters the city, those troubles will naturally be solved by our army."

Hearing this, Deng Zhong nodded in agreement and said, "Then according to the opinion of the military advisor, shall we enter or not enter Jinyang City?"

Su Yun nodded with a smile, and said: "Of course I'm going in. This is a god-sent opportunity. If you miss it, there will be no next time. Although I don't know how much control the Yuzhong Hou Mengsi has over Jinyang City." How big is it, but since he was able to bring the Emperor Zhao, the Queen Mother, the Assistant Minister and the Prime Minister to the east gate, it means that at least the east gate is under the control of Meng Si. After entering the city, we As long as the army takes over the east gate at the first time, then they can come and go freely, and then it doesn't matter if they take care of Zhao Jun in the city."

Deng Zhong thought for a while and said: "What the military adviser said is true, but this Meng Si dared to hold the Emperor Zhao and the Queen Regent out of the city, so he must not be a good person. If he wants to control Jinyang City as soon as possible, this person will We must win over, Pingzhang, go and invite Meng Si to come."

"Here!" Li Pingzhang responded, then rode his horse forward, came to Meng Si and the others, and said, "Marquis Yuzhong, the general is here to invite you!"

"Okay, I have General Li to lead the way!" Meng Si agreed without any hesitation, because now he has nowhere to go, and if he kidnaps the young emperor of Zhao and the queen regent out of the city, it means that everything can't go back. , There was only one way to go to Hei, so he followed Li Pingzhang to Deng Zhong.

"Meng Si has met General Deng!" Meng Si saluted Deng Zhong.

Deng Zhong nodded with a smile, and said, "The Marquis of Yuzhong doesn't need to be too polite. I think the Marquis of Yuzhong deserves the most credit for the dedicating of the city by the monarch and ministers of the Zhao Kingdom!"

Hearing this, Meng Si was a little embarrassed. After all, such a betrayal of the Lord was revealed in a single word. It is difficult not to be embarrassed, so she smiled and said: "The general has won the award, as the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to live in, and a good minister To choose the master and serve as an official, Meng Si is only aware of current affairs, and cannot be praised by a great general!"

"It's good to know the current affairs. It is said that those who know the current affairs are heroes. Zhao Guo lacks people who know the current affairs like the Marquis of Yuzhong. Otherwise, I, Deng, would not have to send my troops to the north. Marquis of Yuzhong, I will ask you, How much can you control this Jinyang City?" Deng Zhong didn't care about the reason why Meng Si did such a betrayal, what Deng Zhong cared about most was that this Jinyang City, Meng Si How much can you control.

Meng Si replied: "Back to the general, since the general sent his troops to the north, the queen mother of Zhao Guo appointed Meng Si to guard Jinyang and take charge of Jinyang's defense, so all the soldiers and horses in Jinyang city will be in charge of Meng Si. In addition, Meng Xing, the second son of Meng Si, is the general of the imperial guards. My son is in charge of the three thousand imperial guards in the palace. Before leaving the city, I have already sent people to surround the mansions of all the civil and military officials in the court. Therefore, the entire Jinyang The city can be said to be completely under my control."

Deng Zhong and the others were a little surprised when they heard the words. They thought it would be good if Meng Si could control the east gate of Jinyang City. They didn't expect Meng Si to hold the entire Jinyang army in his hands. The others couldn't help but feel sad for Zhao Guojun and his ministers. They were able to hand over the entire Jinyang soldiers and horses to Meng Si before the war. They must have enough trust in Meng Si, but they didn't expect it to be the last one. Those who trusted sold the entire Jinyang City, and then sold the entire Zhao State.

But this is not about Deng Zhong's business, he only knows that with Meng Si around, Jinyang City should be easily taken down by himself.

"Okay, after accepting the surrender, I will report the merits of the Marquis of Yuzhong to His Majesty one by one. Your Majesty always rewards you for your merits. In the future, the Marquis of Yuzhong will be appointed as a marquis and worshiped as a general!" Deng Zhong said.

"Thank you, General!" Meng Si felt very excited when he heard the words. Didn't he take such a big risk just to occupy a place in the Deng country, so that the Meng family can continue to prosper and prosper?Now with the promise of Deng Zhong, the great general of Deng Guo, Meng Si immediately let go of his worries.

"General, the Emperor of Zhao, the Empress Dowager Regent, the Assistant Minister Zhang Ying, and the Prime Minister Zhong Xing are all in front, please move forward to accept the surrender!" Meng Si said.

Deng Zhong nodded, and said: "It should be so, please ask the Marquis of Yuzhong to lead the way!"

"Here, please, General!" Meng Si responded.

Soon, under the leadership of Meng Si, Deng Zhong led a group of generals from Wudangwei to Zhang Yuan, the young emperor of Zhao State. Looking at Deng Zhong on the horse, the little emperor lowered his head, feeling very unwilling.

Seeing this, Meng Si was afraid that the little emperor's attitude would anger Deng Zhong, and quickly said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point, let's be more honest. If you offend Deng Jun, I am afraid that your majesty and the queen mother will be in danger of life." Ah, I hope Your Majesty will not make mistakes!"

Although the little emperor is not very old, he is not a person who doesn't understand anything. He can still understand the difference between life and death, so he gave up struggling, lowered his head, and raised the letter in his hand high, using his immature The voice said sadly: "The ignorant boy Zhang Yuan doesn't know the destiny, and he tried to compete with the heavenly soldiers. Today, he came to his senses and offered the yellow book of Jinyang City and Zhao's land. Please surrender to the general, and please accept it!"

Deng Zhong didn't care how unwilling Zhang Yuan was in his heart, so he smiled and got off his horse, and the rest of them also got off their horses.

Walking up to Zhang Yuan, Deng Zhong took the letter of surrender, opened it for a look, then handed it to Su Yun who was at the side, helped Zhang Yuan up, and said: "Your Majesty, the world has been disturbed for three hundred years, and the people are desperately looking forward to unification. The State of Zhao is unable to fulfill the wishes of the people. My Majesty has no intention of being an enemy of the State of Zhao. However, I have the wishes of the people of the world in mind, so I have no choice but to send my troops to the north. Today, Your Majesty can be considerate of the people of the world, offering land and accepting surrender. This will be very comforting. In the future When I arrive in Luoyang, I will recite to Your Majesty the merit of offering earth, and I will reward you heavily!"

"Thank you, General!" Zhang Yuan replied.

Deng Zhong looked at Jinyang City with its gates wide open in front of him, and shouted loudly: "All officers and men obey orders, the whole army will enter the city with me!"

"Enter the city!" The whole army responded loudly.

Afterwards, Deng Zhong led [-] unarmed guards into Jinyang City.

After entering the city, just in case, Deng Zhong asked Chang Mao to lead the army to control the east gate, leaving a way out, and then let Li Pingzhang lead the army under the leadership of Meng Si's eldest son Meng Chen. , went to control Zhao Jun's camp, and then led the main force to Zhao's palace.

At the same time that Deng Jun entered the city, Meng Si also withdrew the siege of the mansion of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, and informed them that Deng Jun had entered the city, and asked them to go to Chengqian Hall immediately.

After the soldiers outside the mansion left, the emperor surrendered, and the news of Deng's army entering the city spread throughout the city. The civil and military officials of the whole dynasty were dumbfounded. What's going on?Why did you suddenly surrender?Why didn't they receive any news in advance?
But this news was told by someone sent by Meng Si, that is to say, Meng Si had also surrendered. Without Meng Si, the general in charge of Jinyang's soldiers and horses, the others couldn't make a fuss, so they had to go to Chengqian Hall.

In Dai Wang's mansion, after Zhang Lin got the news, he couldn't accept it at all. He clearly said that he would fight to the death and not retreat, and the soldiers and horses from the northern border and Liaodong were on the way, and they would be able to rush to Jinyang City in a short time. Why did he suddenly surrender? Woolen cloth?
"Father, what should we do now? Meng Si has surrendered, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are on their way to Chengqian Hall, should we go?" Zhang Han asked anxiously.

Zhang Lin's face was ashen, and he smiled bitterly: "What can we do? Your Majesty and the Queen Mother have decided to surrender, so what can we courtiers do? If we are not willing to accept the reality, the whole family may die. A dream, let's go, to Chengqian Hall!"

A group of civil and military ministers came to the Chengqian Hall, but they did not see the young emperor Zhang Yuan and the Queen Mother Regent here. They only saw the Meng family father and son, Zhong Xing, Zhang Ying, and Deng Zhong standing there, but Zhao None of the civil and military ministers in the country knew Deng Zhong, but seeing the respectful attitude of the Meng family father and son, they could also think that this was the general of Deng Jun.

After Deng Zhong revealed the cause and effect of Zhao Guo's surrender, many ministers jumped out and angrily denounced the Meng family's father and son for betraying the master and begging for glory. After Deng Guo, Meng Si's only choice is to follow in Deng Guo's footsteps.

Those ministers who took the initiative to jump out were all imprisoned by Deng Zhong. It wasn't that Deng Zhong didn't want to kill them directly, but that he had just entered the city after all, and he still wanted to comfort them. Moreover, the life and death of these ministers could only be It was decided by Deng Sheng, the emperor of Deng, and Deng Zhong did not have this power.

After solving some thorns, although the remaining ministers were unwilling, they could only accept the reality. There were no unpleasant voices, so Deng Zhong asked these ministers to go back to the mansion first and wait for Luoyang's order.

After stabilizing the situation in Jinyang City, Deng Zhong did two more things. The first thing was to report the news that he had taken Jinyang City to Deng Sheng in Luoyang, Xue Rengui in Weijun, his eldest son Li Siye, Yue Fei, etc. People report, and the second thing is to let the little emperor of Zhao Guo issue an order to order Zhao Jun from all walks of life to surrender to Deng Jun.

The news of Jinyang City's surrender quickly spread throughout Zhao State, and the entire Zhao State was in an uproar. They thought that the eldest son and Wei County were still in a stalemate. With the strength of Yangcheng, it is not a big problem to defend the city, but what they didn't expect was that Jinyang City surrendered without a fight.

I also did not expect Deng Sheng, Xue Rengui, Li Siye, Yue Fei and others. They originally wanted to use the Wudangwei to approach Jinyang City, and then forced Chen Ping, Li Rubing and others to return to Jinyang. Jinyang City did not hold any hope at all, but the result was unexpected. Jinyang City surrendered without a fight, and the Wudangwei easily captured Jinyang City. General Deng Jun was very disappointed, because it was impossible for them to obtain the first achievement of destroying Zhao. Although the process of taking Jinyang City by Wudangwei was very easy, even in the battle of defeating Zhao, they did not contribute much, but In any case, it can't be changed that Wudangwei was the first among Deng Jun's guards to enter Jinyang City. Based on this alone, this achievement belongs to Wudangwei.

(End of this chapter)