Shangjing became increasingly unstable. Although the Song army did not attack the city at all, under the psychological offensive of the Song Dynasty, the people in the city became increasingly chaotic. Many nobles and officials had even secretly contacted the Song Dynasty. Although Yelu Zongzhen killed a few unlucky guys to sacrifice the flag, it had no effect at all. After all, everyone knew that the ship of the Liao Dynasty was about to sink, so they naturally had to find other ways out.

Ten days later, the south gate of Zhongjing City exploded into ruins with a rumbling sound. This explosion was different from before, because it was divided into two sounds, exploded with the inside and outside. As a result, the solidity of Zhongjing City wall could not withstand this internal and external attack, and the tall south gate collapsed.

At this time, Cao Mata had already prepared, and the Song army, who was in the forefront, immediately rushed into the city. During this period, the ministers in the city continued to contact them. This time, someone was willing to take action. So, in addition to the cooperation between inside and outside, even though the city gate was blocked in advance, it was still blown up, which even cleared the road for them to enter the city.

The people in the city had long been awakened by the explosion, and they quickly guessed what had happened. However, thinking about the propaganda of the Song army in the past few days, as long as they did not resist, the Song army would not disturb the people, which made most of the people stay at home honestly.

After Yelu Zongzhen was awakened, he sent more troops to defend and summoned ministers to discuss matters. However, what he did not expect was that after receiving his summons, nearly half of these ministers could not refuse with him for various reasons. This made Yelu Zongzhen so angry that his face pale because he already knew the reason why these ministers did not come.

After the Song army entered the city, the progress was also very rapid. Many people inside the Liao army had already surrendered secretly, and the rest knew that the situation was hopeless, so the Song army did not encounter much obstacle at the beginning, and successfully occupied most of the Zhongjing City. It was not until they reached a relatively tenacious resistance when they reached the vicinity of the palace. After all, compared with the pieces of mixed troops outside, the palace guards still retained considerable loyalty and combat effectiveness.

But this was just the last dying struggle of the Liao Kingdom. The powerful Song army quickly broke through the imperial city and then entered the palace to capture Yelu Zongzhen alive. When the Song army rushed into the hall, Yelu Zongzhen was also very calm. It seemed that he had expected this day and did not even resist.

However, Yelu Zongzhen was the emperor after all, and the Song and Liao dynasties used to be brothers. Strictly speaking, Zhao Zhen also called each other a younger brother. Therefore, although Cao Mata caught Yelu Zongzhen, he did not dare to humiliate him lightly. Instead, he had to send someone to take care of him. Even the concubines and children in Yelu Zongzhen's palace were imprisoned with him, and no one was allowed to get close to him.

When Li Zhang came to Zhongjing City, the dust had settled here, and many Liao ministers surrendered to the Song Dynasty, which made Cao Ma and his friends take over Zhongjing very smoothly. Now the entire Zhongjing is under the jurisdiction of the Song army, and Di Qing also occupied Shangjing. After hearing the news, the defenders of Raozhou also surrendered. Now only the Liao Kingdom Tokyo has not yet been defeated.

Tokyo, the Liao Kingdom, was once destroyed by the Dayanlin Rebellion. Although it was later rebuilt, the city size declined greatly and there were not many troops stationed. It was precisely because of this that Goryeo knew about this before that he dared to send troops to attack Tokyo. As a result, he was ambushed by the Liao army and was destroyed by the Liao army in one fell swoop.

Although many Liao people surrendered to the Song Dynasty, many people were still unwilling to surrender. These people have fled to Tokyo now, and there is Goryeo as support behind them, so they may not have the strength to fight the Song army.

The first thing Li Zhang did after entering the capital was to come to the Liao Dynasty's palace. He wanted to see Yelu Zongzhen with his own eyes. Speaking of which, when he was on the Liao Dynasty, he had met Yelu Zongzhen, but the Song Dynasty was weak at that time, and Yelu Zongzhen also looked arrogant. I guess he would never have dreamed that one day he would become a prisoner in the Song Dynasty.

The imperial palace in Zhongjing is quite large and is said to be built in imitation of the Tai Chi Palace of the Tang Dynasty. Unfortunately, the Tai Chi Palace in Chang'an has been destroyed by war, and Li Zhang has never seen it. Now after coming to the palace of the Liao Kingdom, he also looked around curiously.

When Li Zhang was on the mission to Liao Kingdom last time, he only stayed in Zhongjing for a few days and soon went to Nabo, so he had no chance to visit this imperial city. He was not in the mood at the beginning, but now the overall situation has been settled, and Li Zhang also leisurely wandered around this Liao Kingdom imperial city, and finally came to the bedroom of Yelu Zongzhen under house arrest.

Cao Mata placed Yelu Zongzhen under house arrest here. In addition to having no freedom, his food supply was as usual. He could even arrange his concubine to sleep at night. However, as a prisoner under the ranks, Yelu Zongzhen did not have such thoughts.

Li Zhang stepped into the hall and saw Yelu Zongzhen sitting in the hall at a glance. What was even more surprising was that the other party was holding a book in his hand and seemed to be reading a book. At this time, the general guarding also whispered: "Marty, after being captured, the Emperor Liao was not only eating and drinking, but also stayed here to read and write most of the time, and he was very calm."

After hearing this, Li Zhang nodded, then stepped forward, and Yelu Zongzhen seemed to have heard footsteps. He turned his head to look here. When he saw Li Zhang, he didn't seem to recognize him at first. After all, the two of them had never met many times. However, after thinking for a while, he finally recognized Li Zhang. His face suddenly became dark and said, "Why is it you, why didn't your Emperor of Song Dynasty come?"

"Haha, you are just a prisoner under the Song Dynasty. With the emperor's honor, how can you come to see you easily?" Li Zhang sneered at this time. Although the other party was already a prisoner, the tone of a high voice at the beginning of his mouth was really unhappy. Li Zhang even felt the impulse when he first met Yelu Zongzhen, that was to beat the other party hard!

"So, are you here to ridicule me?" Yelu Zongzhen didn't seem angry when he heard Li Zhang's words, but put down the book in his hand and stared at Li Zhang and said.

"It's not a taunt, but the Liao Kingdom and my Song Dynasty have been in opposition for hundreds of years. I also want to see it collapse with my own eyes!" Li Zhang smiled faintly. When he came, he wanted to fulfill his wish to beat Yelu Zongzhen back then, but after seeing the other party, he suddenly became a little excited and had no interest in taking action.

Yelu Zongzhen's face was very ugly at this time, because from Li Zhang's words, he also recalled that the founding of the Great Liao Kingdom for hundreds of years, but all the foundations of these hundreds of years were destroyed in his hands. What kind of face does he have to meet his ancestors in the future?
Chapter completed!