When Du Lin heard the discussions of the officials below, he was secretly happy. It seemed that his plan could be realized.
Wang Jie is also a smart man. He has already understood that Du Lin might have some ulterior plan when he summoned people like him this time.
So Wang Jie raised his hands to Du Lingong and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it. We will naturally obey your orders."
Du Lin then stood up, bowed his hands to everyone, and then said: "The fall of Annan Kingdom is inevitable now. We also have to consider for our own family and cannot bury Ruan Zhengyu with him."
The eyes of the people below began to twinkle after hearing this. They already somewhat understood what Du Lin meant.
Du Lin continued: "If I wait and open the city gate to welcome the Central Plains army into the city, I think I can keep my wealth and family intact. What do you think?"
Several other people below also frowned when they heard this. If you do this, the reputation of a traitor will be inevitable.
Wang Jie, as the backbone of the southerners, completely agreed with Du Lin's words after hearing them.
Because Wang Jie is very aware of their strength in the south, if he wants to resist the hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Central Plains, it will be like throwing an egg against a stone. When the time comes, all life will be in ruins, and his own wealth and life will not be saved.
"What Mr. Lao said is absolutely true. I will naturally obey Mr. Lao's instructions."
Seeing that Wang Jie had already agreed, the others thought about the current situation, so they expressed their support for Du Lin one by one.
Du Lin then followed suit and said, "In that case, I would be disrespectful."
"Ruan Zhengyu arranged thirty or forty thousand of our southern troops at the North Gate, thinking that all our southern troops would be consumed in the battle with Jia Ke, but he didn't know that this gave us an opportunity. As long as we open the North Gate to face the Celestial Empire
If the army enters the city, then Ruan Zhengyu will be the turtle in the urn."
Everyone nodded after hearing this. In fact, they also knew what Ruan Zhengyu meant by arranging their troops at the north gate.
This is just because Ruan Zhengyu wants to consume all the southern troops here. When Thang Long Mansion fails to keep time and he retreats to the south with his large army, no one can restrain him.
Since Ruan Zhengyu is unkind, don't blame them for being unjust.
After Wang Jie figured it out, he handed over his hands and said to Du Lin: "Now everything is ready, all we need is someone to go and report the news, so that a certain family is not willing to go."
Du Lin was naturally overjoyed when he heard that Wang Jie had recommended himself.
"Master Wang has gone here and done great service to our people in the south. If this can be done, when I grow old, Master Wang will be in charge of the south." Du Lin chose Wang Jie as his successor.
Wang Jie's eyes lit up when he heard this. You must know that on the surface, the leader of the south does not have any real power. In fact, all the nobles in the south have to obey the leader of the south. It can be said that this leader is the leader of the south.
The local emperor.
If not for this, the late emperor would not have allowed Du Lin to serve as Ruan Zhengyu's teacher in order to win over the forces in the south.
Wang Jie got this promise, so he didn't delay. He first asked Du Lin to write a letter, and then hid it close to his body. Then he changed his clothes and dressed up as one of Du Lin's servants, and followed him to the North City Gate.
The current North City is naturally guarded by soldiers from the south on the city wall, but that does not mean that Ruan Zhengyu is defenseless against them. There are more than 10,000 Ruan Zhengyu's cronies under the city wall, who are there to provide reinforcements at any time.
When Du Lin led his people to the North City, they were immediately stopped by the soldiers patrolling the city. However, when these people saw that Du Lin was coming and knew his identity, they did not dare to stop them, so they let Du Lin lead them.
People came to the city wall.
When Du Lin reached the city wall, he immediately let go because he was surrounded by soldiers from the south.
Du Zhong, the southern general stationed on the city wall, saw Du Lin coming and hurried over to greet him.
"Sir, are you still patrolling the city wall so late?"
Du Lin glanced at him and didn't say much. He just ordered: "Prepare a basket and send someone down to the city."
When Du Zhong heard this, without any doubts, he immediately quietly ordered his soldiers to tie a basket with a rope and place it beside the city wall.
Du Lin winked at Wang Jie who was next to him, and Wang Jie immediately came to the basket in three steps and two steps. After that, several soldiers of Eucommia ulmoides personally delivered the basket to the city.
When Du Lin saw Wang Jie disappear into the night, he breathed a sigh of relief and said to Du Zhong: "Nothing happened today."
Eucommia ulmoides was originally a member of Du Lin's clan, so naturally she followed Du Lin's lead, "What did the boss say? Could anything else happen today?"
Du Lin smiled and nodded, said nothing more, and left with the others.
Besides, Wang Jie got off the city wall, found the direction, and headed towards Jia Ke's camp. As a result, he didn't go far before he was tied up as a spy by the patrolling soldiers.
Wang Jie did not panic. After being tied up, he said to several Central Plains soldiers: "I have an important letter for your family. Send me to the camp quickly."
When several soldiers heard what he said, they looked at each other, then carried Wang Jie and walked towards the camp.
After a while they entered the camp, and a young general came over to ask about the situation.
These soldiers told the small school what had just happened in detail.
After hearing this, the young general came to Wang Jie and looked him up and down. He saw that although he was dressed like a servant, he looked a little dignified and looked like he was not an ordinary person.
So the young general raised his hands and said to Wang Jie: "What is the purpose of this gentleman in my camp?"
Although Wang Jie was tied up, his waist was straight and straight, "I am from the Shenglong Mansion, and I have something important to do to see your commander-in-chief."
After hearing this, the young general's eyes finally shone, and then he said with a smile: "How can I report it to you, sir, if you don't tell me something?"
Wang Jie knew that if he didn't tell the reason, the young general would not report him to the superiors, so he said: "I have been ordered by a certain adult in the city to see your commander-in-chief. No matter how much you ask, you will
Stop asking."
The young general heard that it was what he thought, so he ordered a few soldiers to keep an eye on Wang Jie, and at the same time sent a soldier to report inside.
After a while, the soldier who went to report hurried back. He came to the young general and whispered a few words in his ear.
After hearing this, the young general nodded and waved the soldier to stand aside. Then he came to Wang Jie and personally untied him. Then he said: "Sir, please come to Haihan. This is the rule in the army."
Wang Jie didn't have time to care about this now, so he asked directly: "What's your reply from above?"
The young general smiled and said: "Our commander is waiting for you in the tent. Please come with me, sir."
After saying that, the young general led Wang Jie towards the depths of the camp. They turned around three times and knocked Wang Jie unconscious.
"Why isn't this enough?"
"Sir, don't worry, it's just ahead."
As soon as the young general finished speaking these few words, an empty area appeared in front of him, with a treasure tent in the middle.
The junior general led Wang Jie to the front of the formation. Several Qing soldiers came up to block their way. The junior general smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Why are you on duty these days?"
Those soldiers obviously knew this young general, so they also raised their hands and said, "Brother Wang, you are guarding the camp gate today."
The young general heard this and smiled and said: "Today is when our Qianhu family is on duty. The brother went in to report and said that I was waiting outside the tent with the people the commander wanted to see."
After hearing this, the soldiers on duty nodded and sent one of them into the tent to report. After a while, the soldier came out and said to the young general with a smile: "Brother Wang, the master asked you to take the people in."
The young general nodded and then led Wang Jie into the tent. At this time, there was a young general sitting in the center of the tent.
The young general who came in on Wang Jie's behalf saw the general and immediately kowtowed and saluted.
Sitting in the middle was Jia Ke. He waved the young general out first, then stood up, raised his hands to Wang Jie and said, "I don't know where you are from, sir. What advice can you give me when you come to my tent?"
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Wang Jie stood below and looked up at the general above, and saw that although he looked ordinary, he had a strong back and a strong back, and he was full of murderous looks in front and behind. At first glance, he was a battle-hardened general.
When Wang Jie heard the other party's question, he quickly raised his hand and said, "I'm not talented. Wang Jie lectures at the Hanlin Academy of Annan State and has met the commander-in-chief."
Before Jia Ke conquered Annan, he had learned about the official system of Annan. Annan had been a vassal state of the Central Plains since ancient times, so the imperial system was copied from the Central Plains.
Annan State not only had six bureaus, but also had other yamen such as the Hanlin Academy. Its official position structure was almost the same as that in the Central Plains.
When Jia Ke received the other party's meeting, he knew that the Annan Kingdom had been split, and a group of people represented by Wang Jie might want to come and seek refuge with him.
In this case, Jia Ke must treat him with courtesy and act like a courteous corporal, so as to reassure him and let him do things for him sincerely.
"It turns out to be Wang Hanlin. Wang Hanlin came to my camp. What advice do you have?"
Wang Jie was a little touched when he saw that Jia Ke, although signaling to the general of the army, was quite polite to him.
"General, I am here to deliver a message to the general on the orders of the Grand Tutor of Annan Kingdom."
"Where is the letter?"
Wang Jie quickly took out the letter from his underwear and gave it to Jia Ke with both hands.
After taking the letter, Jia Ke did not open it immediately and read it. Instead, he moved Wang Jie to a seat aside, then returned to the main seat, opened the letter and read the contents inside.
Jia Ke was immediately overjoyed when he saw this. It turned out that this letter was a surrender letter written by Du Lin.
The letter clearly states: Although my minister Du Lin is the Taifu of the Annan Kingdom, the king of Nan Annan, Ruan Zhengyu, is cruel and cruel and has repeatedly bullied the south. Now I am willing to open the city to welcome the Japanese army into the city. I would like to ask the Prime Minister for the sake of my merits.