In the east of the city, tens of thousands of Han soldiers and civilians are already ready to attack the city. Whether they are filling pits, pushing carts, shooting arrows or charging into the city, they all just need an order to attack. A tense atmosphere has already been created.
, the murderous intent has been condensed, just waiting to be released. However, when the white flag was raised on the top of Jinling City and the gate of Jinling City slowly opened, it was basically declared over.
"Li Yu, can't you surrender earlier? You have to wait until we are ready before surrendering. Is this deliberately tormenting the soldiers?" On the siege front line, deep in the military formation, after sending someone to understand the situation, Zhao Yanjin was
Saying this to the people around you, even though you complain, your joyful mood is difficult to conceal.
Zhao Yanjin has studied a lot, and he has also experienced the troubled times of the previous generation and witnessed the tragedies of war. He knows that it is rare to win a city with one person intact. If a bloody fight can be avoided and casualties reduced, that would be a good thing.
The same is true for ordinary soldiers. After all, people will die in war. There are more than 100,000 people. Maybe death will not come to you so easily, but someone will always die. What if it is you? Because, if you just participate in this
After a war, it is also acceptable to get a reward from the court.
And today in Xiang'an, not only the bureaucrats, nobles, landlords and businessmen, the common people, but also most of the soldiers. If they were not forced by the current situation and faced with the pressure of survival, how many people would be willing to lick blood from the knife edge all day long and live a precarious life?
Woolen cloth?
Prince Liu Yang and coach Li Gu also gave a very positive response to Li Jingda's surrender. Li Gu ordered the three armies to suspend the attack and sent people to welcome Li Jingda into the camp to discuss the matter of surrender.
Li Jingda came here to negotiate terms on behalf of Li Yu and even the Li family. In this situation, he did not and did not dare to put forward any excessive conditions. He just hoped to imitate the Gao family and receive their treatment, while retaining property and protecting the family temple.
Not infringed.
It can be said that this is the smartest choice Li Yu has made during this period, and it is not too much. However, Liu Yang and Li Gu, on behalf of the court, only gave two basic guarantees. One is the safety of their family.
The second is to retain a certain amount of property. As for other more benefits, they cannot make the decision. They have to wait until they return to the court and the emperor will decide.
Such an answer was unsatisfactory, but it showed sincerity and was not a random promise. After thinking about it, Li Jingda, as the current head of the Li family, agreed on behalf of Li Yu. The matter of surrender was basically confirmed. As long as it was implemented, Li Jingda still needed to return to the city.
, returned to Li Yu and brought back the Han army's request.
Li Gu had only one request, which was to hand over Jinling City completely to the Han army, as soon as possible, as soon as possible, and the Han army would enter the city that day. He was still tough and there was no room for retreat.
After the surrender matter had begun, there was no difficulty in handling the next steps. Li Gu sent Shi Shouxin as the first person in charge of taking over Jinling City. The first thing he did was to remove the weapons of the siege army.
.I am not afraid of any delaying tactics by Li Yu. Firstly, I believe that Li Yu does not have the courage. Secondly, if he dares to deceive or even fool the army, he will definitely arouse the anger of the people and suffer huge and heavy retaliation. Such consequences are not something that Li Yu can bear or dare to bear.
In fact, Li Yu's performance and every move before and after his surrender will be reported to Emperor Liu in detail. There is no doubt that this will be linked to the treatment he will enjoy in the future.
When the news of Jinling's surrender spread throughout the army, the three armies were filled with joy and shouts of victory for a long time. It was the cheers of the victors, and it also represented the victory of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the first country among the "Ten Kingdoms".
The death knell has officially tolled.
In the "History of Three Dynasties", which is still being revised, the same period is also divided into ten families. In order to round up, Yang Wu, Southern Tang, Wu Yue, Fujian, Guangdong, Nanping, Ma Chu, and Later Shu are added to replace the original "Northern Han Dynasty"
"The Qi Kingdom.
There was also an episode on the issue of incorporating the Qi Kingdom. Someone proposed that the Yan Kingdom established by Liu Shouguang as emperor should be listed among the ten. There was a debate at that time. In the end, it was because the "Jie Yan" existed for too short a time, and
The reputation was so bad that Qi won.
It also means that after the fall of Li Tang, the historical era of China for more than half a century has been defined: Three Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Moreover, as the fifteenth year of Qianyou is about to end, and as the southern countries are gradually wiped out, this era
It will also be completely terminated.
The surrender of Jinling was a historical event of great significance. No matter how many problems the country of the Southern Tang Dynasty had and how politically incompetent its monarchs and ministers were, its establishment in the Jiangnan area was of positive significance, at least in the turmoil in the north.
Over the past few decades, it has made great contributions to supporting people's livelihood and developing the economy.
This is also the reason why Emperor Liu valued Jiangnan so much and took care of it, for fear that it would be too damaged by the war. Construction is always difficult, with ups and downs for decades. In the context of the era when the north was devastated by war, the south
It is not easy to have such a fertile soil that has been carefully cultivated.
Although during the last two years of Li Jing and Li Yu's rule, due to internal and external difficulties, economic development stagnated or even regressed, its foundation is still rich. As long as things are changed and chaos is brought to order, the entire Jiangnan society will be full of new vitality and move forward.
continue to develop.
The population, land, culture, economy, etc. of Jiangnan were all significant assets left to the imperial court by the Southern Tang Dynasty. Just as in official history, even after the hardships of the Li Yu era, after entering the Song Dynasty, the commodity economy of the Northern Song Dynasty was also
Take off, providing a solid foundation.
Of course, it is not just Jiangnan, but also Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Zhejiang. These people who were under the separatist regime in the south raised the people and developed production. This was probably their most active role and contribution in the past era of the Great Split.
Now, it is Emperor Liu's Han court who is about to reap this benefit.
Compared to the cheers of the Han army, in Jinling City, when the news of the king's decision to surrender spread, it was a different scene. Officials, soldiers, and civilians all subconsciously relaxed and felt relieved.
However, what follows is regret for the destruction of the country. Some bureaucrats, some soldiers, and some people. No matter what, in the era of Li Min and the early days of Li Jing, the people of Jianghuai benefited more from it, and the earlier scholars
, the people still have a sense of gratitude. Many people have experienced the stability in the past and the prosperity today. If the country is destroyed, they will inevitably feel sad. This is the simplest value of many people. Compared with Liu Yuan of southern Guangdong, Li Yu
Lord, in the future the people of Jiangnan may have more sympathy in their hearts.
Just after the news of the surrender spread, some officials and people spontaneously knelt down in front of the Jinling Palace and cried loudly. Before the surrender ceremony officially began, some people had already begun to mourn for the destroyed country.
The other Jinling yamen and offices, in accordance with the requirements of the Han army, maintained stability, each maintained their duties, kept files, sealed the treasury, and waited for inspection and receipt. As for the garrison in the city, under the leadership of Zhu Lingyun
, the weapons and armor were all piled up in the barracks and the school yard, waiting for the Han army to receive them and move them outside the city for resettlement.
Under Shi Shouxin's arrangement, more than 30,000 selected soldiers entered the city in an orderly manner, took over the city's defenses, occupied key points, and stationed themselves in various government offices. The only place they did not set foot on was the Jinling Palace.
Until the Crown Prince Liu Yang, his coach Li Gu and other important figures arrived at Jinling Palace, Li Yufang led his family, old and young, as well as the civil and military personnel of Jinling to greet him at the palace gate and formally offered his surrender.
The only episode that made Liu Yang and Li Gu a little dissatisfied was that when they accepted the surrender, Chen Qiao, the assistant to the Guangzheng Yuan, jumped from the palace city in front of everyone and sacrificed his life to bury the Southern Tang Dynasty.
This kind of behavior is enough to show Chen Qiao's staunchness, loyalty, and pathetic! Sigh! Respectable! However, he didn't expect that it would bring trouble to the monarch he was loyal to. This was to achieve his own reputation and harm the monarch.
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Of course, such a desolate scene of national subjugation has a touch of blood, which may also add a strange luster to this period of history.
With the recapture of Jinling, Li Yu surrendered, which also represented the achievement of the basic goal of the Jianghuai army. Li Yu's surrender signaled to the states of Liangjiang that they would surrender and surrender to the imperial court.
On the 14th, Li Yu surrendered.
On the 18th, Lu Jiang of Hongzhou also ordered to surrender after receiving Li Yu's surrender. After Cao Bin arrived in Nanchang, although he besieged the city and made preparations for the siege, after learning about the progress of the Jinling war, he still
Even if he endured it, it would be a credit to the whole city. After entering the city, he took similar measures as Li Gu and strictly enforced military discipline.
On the 23rd, with the surrender of Chen Hui, the general guarding Jianzhou, the prefectures and counties under the Jiangnan regime were officially pacified.