Chapter 696: Deciding to surrender, Lin'an Chaotang
Chapter 696: Decided to surrender, Lin'an court
"Maybe in three to five years, maybe in one or two hundred years, Tibet may rise or fall.
But one day, it will become the territory of my Central Plains Dynasty!"
Dawa Tata naturally did not believe what Shen Tang said, but now that the Song Dynasty had the upper hand, he did not refute it.
“The Song Dynasty was suppressed by the Liao Kingdom and invaded by the Jin Kingdom, just like a sleeping tiger.
When he wakes up, he will still be the king! You Tibetan soldiers are brave and may be able to gain the upper hand for a while.
However, this time when I met the commander, he just suppressed me with a backhand.
Moreover, even if I, Shen Tang, are not there, other heroes will appear.
In fact, you Tubo should be glad that our Song Dynasty is a country of etiquette and benevolence. If you have good relations with our Song Dynasty, it will be a matter of mutual benefit. However, if you are greedy, you will one day be defeated by our heroes from the Central Plains. Attack your plateau land..."
"If you surrender to the Song Dynasty, it will be impossible to put you back.
However, after you are left behind, some of the elites will be selected and integrated into our Song army, while the rest will be dispersed across the state capitals and gradually integrated into the Song Dynasty to become the common people and subjects of our Song Dynasty."
"Although we, the Song Dynasty, belong to the Han family, we are very tolerant! Whether it is in the military or among the people, or even in the court, it is not surprising even if foreigners appear.
As long as you truly surrender and have no rebellious intentions, no one will attack you!"
"This is my commander's answer! As for whether to surrender, you can decide with one word! If you surrender, you must first put down your weapons and accept the temporary custody of our Song soldiers, and open the gates of Jiading Prefecture to allow our Song soldiers to move in.
If you don’t surrender, you will immediately go back and reorganize your army, and the two sides will fight to the death!”
Although Shen Tang's words were plain, Dawa Tata felt a heavy pressure coming towards her.
Shen Tang's answer was quite expected! Even he would not be so naive as to think that Song Dynasty would put them back easily.
So, is it surrender?
Or a fight to the death?
The two faced each other, but for a moment they were speechless!
After a long while, Dawa Tata finally said, "Shuai Shen, can you give me a day!"
"Can!"
Shen Tang did not hesitate. It was only one day, and Tubo could not make any waves!
"Thank you!"
After bowing to Shen Tang, Dawa Tata rode back and hurried back to Jiading Mansion, while Shen Tang naturally returned to the Song Dynasty military camp not far away.
After everyone exchanged pleasantries for a while, Teng Wu asked, "Sir, will Tibet surrender to us?"
Shen Tang smiled slightly, "Yes!"
"Why?
They should still be hesitating, otherwise, why don't they just give you a reply directly, and it will take another day?"
"Actually, from the moment Davatata wanted to meet me, he had the intention of surrender.
However, he is still unwilling to give in! Or, he wants to put forward an additional condition.
Today he came alone to see me. In fact, he had already made the decision to surrender.
As for why it takes a day, first of all, it is because he has to convince other generals and soldiers under his command, and secondly, he wants to be prepared..."
Since he had agreed with Dawa Tata for one day, Shen Tang was naturally not in a hurry to leave.
The dark night passed quietly, and at noon the next day, suddenly a soldier came to report, "Commander, the four gates of Jiading Mansion are wide open!"
brush!
Shen Tang stood up suddenly. Although he had already guessed that Dawa Tata would probably surrender, it was not until this moment that he felt completely relieved.
"Xin Qiji, you immediately select 10,000 elite soldiers and prepare to enter the city.
Teng Wu, lead your troops to patrol the city gates in all directions to prevent Tibet from deceiving others! Others are stationed at the military camp and must not act rashly!"
After giving the order to the generals, Shen Tang mounted his horse and ran out of the camp!
Sure enough, you can see from a distance that the gate of Jiading Mansion has been opened wide, and the soldiers originally stationed on the city wall have disappeared!
Step, step, step...
Scattered and rapid footsteps suddenly sounded, and then Shen Tang saw about twenty people led by Dawa Tata walking out of the city gate step by step! These people all took off their armor. , wearing plain robes! And behind them, there were no soldiers following them.
Yes, after almost a whole night of discussions and arguments, Dawa Tata finally suppressed some of the objections, and Tubo decided to surrender to the Song Dynasty!
But just as Shen Tang was preparing to accept Tubo's surrender, another dispute arose at the Lin'an court thousands of miles away.
The reason for the dispute is the common issue of military supervision.
The last time Zhang Tianhua participated in Shen Tang's performance, one of the charges and reasons was that Shen Tang's army did not have a supervisor sent by the imperial court. Shen Tang had no scruples and decided everything with one word! The same is true this time.
Ever since Wang Huaichun stirred up trouble in Chengdu Fulu and tens of thousands of the Song Dynasty's main forces were besieged by the Tibetans, the court had been quiet for a while.
There is no way, the Tubo army is so powerful, who dares to speak randomly?
Even though there were some words, Zhao Shen was focused on the situation in Chengdu and had no idea.
However, as time slowly passed, there was still no news from Chengdu Prefecture, so naturally many people started to think about it again.
As soon as today's court meeting began, the Minister of War, Kang Jingtong, left for duty!
"My lord, I have this to tell you, Your Majesty! It has been more than a month since Shen Tang went to Chengdu Mansion on the emperor's orders, but there is still no news. I think the war is going to be unfavorable.
Therefore, the court should consider changing generals! Moreover, the main army of our Song Dynasty was besieged, but Shen Tang's command was leading a group of golden soldiers.
This Chengdu Prefecture is the Prefecture of our Great Song Dynasty. This matter of expelling the invaders is a matter within our Great Song Dynasty. It is extremely inappropriate for the Jin soldiers to participate.
Now that the Song Dynasty has mobilized nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the food and grass are about to be ready to meet them, it is natural to expel these Jin soldiers and horses.
Otherwise, wouldn’t I, the Great Song Dynasty, be ridiculed by the Jin people?”
"In addition, Shen Tang can be considered a strategic person, but he obviously has no way to deal with Tubo.
In this way, although the battle situation was unfavorable for General Wang Huaichun at the beginning, his crime was not extremely evil! Therefore, I ask your Majesty to forgive General Wang Huaichun for his crimes and allow him to serve his crimes..."
After Wang Huaizhen was brought back to Lin'an, Zhao Shen discussed countermeasures with Zhang Jun and others all day long, urging Ma Shao to raise military pay, food and grass. Therefore, he ignored Wang Huaizhen at all! He just took him to the prison, even if So far, his charges have not been announced.
Of course, the imperial guards did not hide what happened outside Chengdu Mansion from Zhao Shen! Zhao Shen was naturally very angry. After all, what Wang Huaichun did was no different from resisting the imperial decree.
However, there are many forces behind Wang Huaichun to support him. It would not be easy to kill him directly.