When the soldiers finally arrived with an imperial doctor in hand, Liu Yuan was already dead, but there was still some warmth in his body.
Zhao Hanzhang reached out and touched his nose, stood up silently, and looked up at the Han ministers and generals who had bowed their heads and cried.
She pursed her lips and continued: "In and outside Xiaoyu, the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yuan has passed away. All the people who belong to the Xiongnu, whether they are Han people or Hu people, have surrendered their weapons and will not kill. The three armies are strictly ordered not to invade the people, no matter who they are.
Han people, or barbarians, civilians, or slaves!"
The soldiers responded in unison, "Yes!"
Zhao Hanzhang said: "Ring the bell."
She looked at Xuan Yuxiu who was lying on the ground crying, looked at his official uniform, and then asked: "What is your name and what official position did you hold?"
Xuan Yuxiu didn't want to answer him. There was another official on the side who answered for him, "Go back to the governor of Zhao. This is Xuan Yuxiu, the imperial censor."
He added: "I am Tao Qi, a Han Chinese and a former minister of the Jin Dynasty."
Zhao Hanzhang only glanced at him and then looked at Xuan Yuxiu, "Emperor Liu's funeral will be left to you. Please conduct the funeral according to the emperor's standards."
Xuan Yuxiu raised his face, glanced at Zhao Hanzhang with tears on his face, broke away from the soldiers pressing him, and bowed deeply to Zhao Hanzhang: "No!"
Even Liu Qin stopped struggling and was escorted away silently. Seeing this, other Xiongnu officials also obeyed and were escorted away.
Zhao Hanzhang then ordered: "Catch all the maids, chambermaids, and guards in the palace, and count the number of people and property. Do not hurt or humiliate anyone."
All the officers and men responded, and then they pounced on all parts of the palace like wolves and tigers.
The bell rang nine times in succession. People inside and outside the palace who were rushing to escape were stunned and stopped.
When the bell rang nine times, some people immediately fell to the ground and cried. Some people dropped their weapons in a daze and were held down by Zhao Jiajun's prisoners. Others hesitated for a moment and did not run away. They squatted on the ground and waited for Zhao Jiajun to come and collect them...
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In this city of Pingyang, there is only one person who can ring the nine death knells. Their emperor is dead...
Some people were grieving, but in the palace, the palace maids, chamberlains, and Han ministers who were running for their lives in panic suddenly felt at ease. Even Zhao Hanzhang was willing to ring the death knell when the Hun Emperor died. So what she said about surrendering without killing and treating prisoners preferentially should be true.
Right?
One person stopped and was successfully escorted down by Zhao Jiajun without being slashed or insulted. So more people stopped and stood waiting for Zhao Jiajun to come forward and escort them down.
Chen Wu entered the main hall and began to count the prisoners under Zhao Hanzhang's order. The Huns outside the palace who had not yet surrendered and were resisting stubbornly in every corner of the city were also to be wiped out or recruited.
There are 100,000 troops in Pingyang City. Fu Tinghan and others attacked the city before, and the two armies faced each other, and the other side only lost several thousand people.
In this attack on the city, including those who surrendered, there were only about 30,000 people, and there were nearly 60,000 more.
Soon, some soldiers came to report: "Two Xiongnu troops are heading to the north of the city, and one is heading to the east of the city. The young general and General Zeng are divided into two groups to chase. The Xiongnu prince is most likely going to the east of the city."
in that team.”
Zhao Hanzhang: "Why?"
"He was seen in the queue."
Zhao Hanzhang nodded and said: "Send more troops to the north of the city and send a message to the army outside the city, asking them to enter the city immediately and go to the north gate to support."
The soldier shuddered and responded immediately.
Ting He hurriedly asked, "Girl, is the prince among the two teams in the north of the city?"
"I don't know," Zhao Hanzhang said, "but there are a lot of people over there. It would be a good idea to send more help. What's the use of just arresting a prince? If you want to arrest, arrest all the princes of Liu Yuan. Only in this way can you force Liu
Cong had to exchange hostages with me."
However, the trap Liu Yuan laid before his death was obviously not easy to break, and most of the Xiongnu court followed the prince.
He divided the 60,000 forbidden troops into three teams, among which there were many capable ministers and generals. Together with their official family members and servants and guards, they numbered over 100,000 people.
It is not easy to attack the city from the outside in, but it is much easier to kill from the inside out. The army attacked the city and ran into the army led by Ming Yu, and immediately rushed out like a wolf's blood.
Ming Yu was prepared to let them go, but when he saw their morale was so high, he immediately asked someone to open the door. At the same time, he kept an eye on the heavily protected carriage and wanted to organize a cavalry to attack.
But their protection was very tight. Even though they tried to rush in several times, they failed and suffered heavy losses.
After fighting for two quarters of an hour, the Huns were about to rush out of the north city gate. Their reinforcements arrived. Before the two armies could engage in battle, the bell rang. The Huns were stunned for a moment and then rushed out frantically. Seeing this, Ming Ming
Having no choice but to make a choice, someone stopped Zeng Yue and said, "The sad soldiers will win. If we continue to fight, we will just lose the lives of the soldiers in vain. Make way for them to go."
Zeng Yue was unwilling to do so, "No, the commander has said that he wants to capture Prince Liu, so we must capture him."
After saying that, he led an army to pursue him from behind.
The Xiongnu army was filled with grief and anger, and they knew that the foundation of the Xiongnu was still there. As long as Liu Cong was undefeated, they would have a chance to rise.
They just lost Pingyang City. They would fight back later, but they didn't expect that His Majesty would die.
Thinking of this, many soldiers shed tears and went out to kill while crying. The carriage was tossed up and down like duckweed in the water. The prince was almost knocked out of the carriage.
At the East City Gate, which was some distance away from the North City Gate, Liu Yi also heard the sound of the bell, and his eyes burst into tears.
Then he cried and ran desperately out of the city, but he only brought an army of 10,000 people with no officials and family members to follow him. Although their combat effectiveness was very high, they knew in their hearts that they were a group of people who had been abandoned.
Just like the maids and imperial guards who were left in the palace, they had no hope, so once they were sure that Zhao Hanzhang really surrendered his weapons and refused to kill, and treated the prisoners preferentially, the swords in their hands were not so ruthless.
The two armies at the north city gate also included family members of officials. If they stopped, the dead might be their family members, but the army at the east city gate was different. They were originally acting as substitutes for the prince to attract troops.
Even Liu Yi, when the ninth bell rang, his momentum of rushing out disappeared. His movements gradually became weak and weak, and finally stopped.
He wanted to go back, he wanted to go back to the palace. My father must be very pitiful now lying alone in the cold palace.
As a son, it was a huge sin for him not to be with him when his father died. How could he not have a son to mourn him after his death?
Liu Yi stopped, and Zhao Erlang also came to him. He rode up to him and faced him face to face. When he saw Liu Yi clearly wearing the prince's clothes, he stared slightly, "Liu Yi, when did you Xiongnu change the prince?"
Liu Yi dropped the knife, looked at him angrily and said, "You can kill or cut him into pieces, so why bother mocking me?"
Zhao Erlang muttered, when did he ridicule him?
Zhao Erlang turned to his soldiers and said, "Go back and tell my sister that I have captured the Hun prince."
His soldiers: "...little general, he is not the prince, he is a fake, pretending to be a prince!"
Zhao Erlang reacted instantly and became angry. He pointed the spear at his neck and said, "Okay, you, give me the trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Humph, how can I be so easily deceived? Someone, take him back, I will