Chapter 685 Plot to Surrender

Li Yu was depressed and depressed. He drank wine and felt melancholy in his heart.

The palace is still brightly lit, but Li Yu feels that all this will change a lot. The prosperity will disappear, the palace is so cold and cruel, and it will soon no longer belong to him.

Throughout the ages, many dynasties have risen and fallen in just a few decades or hundreds of years.

The prosperous times of the Han and Tang Dynasties turned from prosperity to decline, and finally fell apart. Not to mention the small southern court like theirs, which was relatively peaceful in a corner. He also felt that his Tang country had an unfair name when it was founded. He even treated hundreds of Yang family members

Killing people to silence them was too cruel and was harmful to the moral integrity of the people. Therefore, today's Tang Dynasty will also face the end of decline.

Perhaps this is reincarnation and retribution. You covet this authority, which brings you the supreme glory and wealth. Likewise, you will also shoulder its responsibilities and karma.

Li Yu believes in Buddhism and also believes in cause and effect, so in this regard, he feels that he can see clearly.

He himself has no ability to govern a country or lead troops to fight. Facing this kind of crisis area, he has no choice but to wait and accept fate.

Smelling of alcohol, Li Yu walked to the harem and came to the Yaoguang Hall of the Queen of Zhou Dynasty.

At this time, the Queen of Zhou was studying with the two princes. When she saw Li Yu coming in smelling of alcohol, the Queen of Zhou frowned and said to the two princes: "You guys, please step aside."

"Yes, Queen Mother."

The two princes stood up and bowed to their father Li Yu and their mother at the same time.

In the palace, there were only Li Yu and the Queen of Zhou Dynasty, and the palace maids were temporarily dismissed.

The two sat down face to face. Zhou Hou personally poured a cup of tea, handed it to Li Yu, and said, "Does the court not have a way to deal with it? The situation is getting more and more complicated."

Li Yu nodded and said: "The strong wind knows the strong grass, the rough wind knows the honest minister, the brave man knows the righteousness, the wise man must be benevolent. In these troubled times, there is a lack of such figures as Zhuge Kongming, Dongwu Zhoulang, Pang Juan and Sun Bin."

, to turn the tide; but unfortunately, in our Tang court, there are no generals available, and no people who are planning for the country, so we cannot think of a strategy to retreat from the enemy, so we can only accept fate."

Hearing this, the Empress of Zhou sighed: "If I had known this, why bother? If we had refused to hand over Su Chen from the beginning, we might still be able to fight. Since handing him over as a hostage, the morale of the entire army has been shaken, and the court has been fighting internally.

To counter the Song army."

Li Yu shook his head and said: "The person is dead, why do you ask him to do it? Even if he shouldn't, there is no way to look back."

The Queen of the Zhou Dynasty asked again: "Where is Mr. Han Xizai? He also has great talents and can offer suggestions and efforts."

Li Yu said with a bit of anger: "He claimed to be sick at home all day long and did not leave the house for a month. He was neither willing to offer suggestions nor accept any canonization. He should be frustrated with the imperial court. He was also disappointed with the imperial court's treatment of Su.

You must have some complaints about Chen. I sent Gu Hongzhong and Zhou Wenju from the art academy to Han Xizai's house at night to find out the truth, and ordered Gu Hongzhong and Zhou Wenju to draw everything they saw. Han Xizai actually

Drinking and singing at home, enjoying singing and dancing beauties, and having fun all night long, Gu Hongzhong drew the scenes he watched from memory, and the pictures of "Han Xizai's Night Banquet" were placed on my table. This is Han Xizai's attitude, I

It’s no longer possible to reuse him.”

After the Zhou Dynasty, he sighed. Talented officials like Han Xizai had been frustrated many times and returned to the court many times to be re-employed. But this time, they seemed to be completely disappointed and had no interest in government affairs. From then on, they indulged in sex, began to enjoy themselves, and refused to serve in the government again.

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The Song army's attacks on the city became more and more fierce every day, and the city gates on all sides were facing crises and were in danger.

The sound of the drums was like thunder, dense and steady, earth-shattering, and combined with the sounds of fighting, the sound was majestic.

The defenders at the top of the city were already trembling with fear and were shaking their morale.

For example, Huangfu Jixun, the general guarding the west city gate, often talked about "surrendering the Song Dynasty" in private. Whenever his subordinates offered suggestions to defeat the enemy or requested to go out to fight against the enemy, they were often whipped by him, causing the soldiers' fighting spirit to become lower and lower.

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He no longer had trust and hope in the Southern Tang Dynasty, so he felt that instead of dying together, staying together to the end, and living and dying with the city, it would be better to surrender as soon as possible. The Tang Kingdom would return to the Song Dynasty, and their generals would also receive new rewards and continue to stay in the Tang Kingdom.

If you are an official in the country, you don't have to fight back and forth like this and be in fear.

Huangfu Jixun did not have the talent to lead troops in war, nor did he have the courage of a military general. The reason why he was able to become a general of the Southern Tang Dynasty was entirely because he was born into a general. His father Huangfu Hui was a general of the Southern Tang Dynasty and had high prestige.

This Huangfu Hui was originally from the north. After the establishment of the Later Jin Dynasty, he served as the governor of Mizhou.

In the twelfth year of Tianfu of the Later Jin Dynasty (947), the Khitan went south and destroyed the Later Jin Dynasty. Therefore, Huangfu Hui led his troops to defect to the Southern Tang Dynasty. He was reused by Li Jing. He served successively as the governor of Shezhou, Yuhou of the divine guard capital, and later the military governor of Fenghua Army.

In the third year of Xiande (956), the Later Zhou Dynasty attacked Huainan. Huangfuhui led his troops to resist to the death. In the end, he was defeated and captured. He died because he was seriously injured and refused to seek medical treatment.

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This heroic deed made Li Jing and Li Yu both respect Huangfu Hui very much. Therefore, they felt that Huangfu Jixun, the son of a general, could also be of great use.

On this day, Huangfu Jixun was entangled with several lieutenants, including Du Yuhou, discussing whether to continue to resist.

Huangfu Jixun said: "Everyone, there are as many as 150,000 troops outside the city. They are attacking day and night. Their morale is like a rainbow. The garrisons from all over the country dare not come to the rescue of King Qin. The people in charge of military affairs in the court are Chen Qiao and Zhang Jie.

and others, they advocated fighting to the death, but they were just scholars and knew nothing about military affairs. They did not take any measures. If they continued like this, in a few months, all the soldiers and people in the city would be dead. Therefore, for the sake of your glory and wealth, and for the sake of the city

The safety of the people, and for the sake of our own families, we must not continue to fight fiercely like this, otherwise, no one will survive."

"General Huangfu, what do you mean?" Marquis Yu of Youdu asked.

Huangfu Jixun's face was firm and decisive, and he said: "It's time to launch a mutiny and prepare to surrender."

All the assistant generals gave orders, and after hearing this, Marquis Du Yu looked at each other with a bit of surprise.

After a while, Marquis Yu of Youdu said: "I support General Huangfu's decision to surrender to the Song army. Not only can I save my life and gain wealth, but most importantly, I can protect the family members and people in the city. If we hold on for four months, the soldiers and soldiers of Jinling City will be defeated."

The common people have lost at least half, it’s too cruel!”

"That's right, we in the Tang Kingdom can't bear it anymore anyway, and if the court officials and emperor don't have that talent, the Tang Kingdom is going to be over. There's no need for us to risk everything and die here!"

"Yes, we support surrender!"

These generals, all Yuhou, usually talked with Huangfu Jixun about when they would open the city gates and surrender when they were eating meat and drinking. However, it was more of a joke, but in their hearts, there were already germination seeds.

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Now, after Huangfu Jixun proposed it based on the situation, the generals were not too surprised and quickly reached an agreement.

"Since everyone has agreed, without further delay, we should inform the Song army outside the city as soon as possible, so as to avoid being accidentally injured by the Song army by opening the city gate directly. At the same time, we should prevent the news from leaking, being known to the court and punished. At dusk today

, sent some confidants to tie a note of surrender on the arrows fired, and agreed that at midnight tomorrow morning, the west gate would open the city gate to welcome the Song army into the city. All generals were not allowed to leave the tent tonight and had to sign a surrender letter.

Book, no one can escape. Be careful if the court learns the news tonight and sends troops to surround us."

After Huangfu Jixun said this, the other generals nodded slightly and agreed.
Chapter completed!