Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 675

Chapter 676: Li Siye's eldest son accepts surrender

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the fifth day of August, the gates of Jinyang City were opened wide. Uncle Zhao Guoguo and Hou Mengsi of Yuzhong took the Emperor Zhao Guo and the Queen Mother Regent out of the city to ask Deng Jun to surrender. Jinyang City.

After entering Jinyang City, Deng Zhong took the lead in taking over the defense of Jinyang City, and cleaned out some Zhao Guowen and military ministers who opposed Deng Guo in Jinyang City. There are also Gu Tu, Gongsun Lang and others who are rushing to Jinyang to ask Deng Jun to surrender.

The first person to get the news was Chen Ping, who was closest to Jinyang City. Chen Ping was stationed in the eldest son city. When the reinforcements arrived at Fajiu Mountain, there was a fierce battle with Deng Guotian Wuwei. In the end, Zhao Jun was defeated and lost 3 horses. After that, he fled back to the eldest son city in embarrassment. After this battle, Chen Ping never dared to send troops again. After leaving the city, he could only watch helplessly as Wudangwei approached Jinyang City.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the eighth day of the eighth month, in the eldest son city, veteran Chen Ping looked at Yizhi in front of him, his face full of disbelief, and he murmured: "How could this be? There are still [-] elite soldiers in Jinyang City, Deng Juncai How many people? Why did the queen mother surrender?"

Zheng Xuan on the side couldn't believe it either, but the Queen Mother Meng's edict was right in front of them, and they seemed to be telling them that this was a fact, a fact they didn't want to accept, but had to accept.

"Old general, do you think it's true?" Zheng Xuan asked resignedly, as long as Chen Ping said it was false, then Zheng Xuan would have no doubt that it was false.

But Chen Ping nodded and said: "Although we don't know what happened in Jinyang, this edict is absolutely true, and it was written by Zhong Xiang himself, and the imperial seal on the edict is also true. It is the golden seal of the Empress Dowager Regent and the imperial seal of my Great Zhao, Jinyang really surrendered to Deng Jun."

"How could this happen!" Hearing this, Zheng Xuan slumped on the ground in despair, muttering in his mouth: "We wanted to fight to the death for the country, why did the Queen Mother surrender first?"

Then he looked at Chen Ping and asked, "Old General, what should we do now?"

Chen Ping smiled bitterly and said: "What else can we do? Obey the decree and surrender to Deng Jun. Although the old man is very unwilling, what can we do? Although we can disobey the Queen Mother's decree, be loyal to Great Zhao, and fight Deng Jun to the death , but if this happens, the lives of His Majesty and the Queen Mother in Jinyang City may be in danger, that’s all, send someone to see Yue Fei and tell him that we have surrendered!"

Zheng Xuan nodded weakly.

At the same time, Deng Jun's camp outside the city was full of joy. Although he was not reconciled to the fact that the first effort to destroy Zhao fell to the Wudangwei, it is also a good thing to be able to end the war as soon as possible. After all, I was able to go back earlier to reunite with my family.

"King Runan, your son is amazing. The army went deep alone, forced the king and ministers of Zhao to surrender, and took Jinyang City in one fell swoop. You are really young and promising!" He said to Deng Ai.

"The general is absurd. The ignorant boy dares to go deep alone. That is to say, the Zhao people are timid. If not, it may be difficult for him to retreat from Jinyang City." Deng Ai said.

"King of Runan, don't be humble. Nephew Deng Zhongxian is courageous. His Majesty will definitely reward you with great rewards when he returns to the imperial court in the future. Maybe Nephew Deng Zhongxian's title can also be raised by two ranks!" Li Siye beside him smiled. Said.

Hearing this, Deng Ai also had a knowing smile on his face. He is the Prince of Runan County proclaimed by Deng Sheng. In terms of titles, he has already reached the peak. The title of Prince is not something that a mere side clan can covet.

After the ancestral precepts of the Tiantong came out, Deng Ai asked Deng Sheng and the clan's mansion to canonize his eldest son, Deng Zhong, as the son of King Runan, and he would inherit the throne of King Runan in the future.

But before Deng Zhong was canonized as the prince of Runan, because of his own merits, when Deng Sheng became the emperor, he was bestowed the title of Marquis of Langzhong. The title, but Deng Sheng thought about it. The Runan King that Deng Zhong inherited in the future was a title. This is the title earned by his father, and Deng Zhong's own contribution is also very outstanding. This Langzhong Hou earned it by himself. It would be unreasonable to take back the title he had worked so hard for because he wanted to inherit the title of county king in the future.

Therefore, Deng Sheng added another article to the ancestral motto of Tiantong, that is, if a person who inherits a noble title is given a noble title for meritorious service before he is granted a title, his title will be retained and coexist with the successor. Heirs can be passed on.

That is to say, a person can have two titles at most, and after taking over the title, he will receive the largest one, and the other title will be inherited from his heirs who have no titles. The order of succession According to the teachings of the ancestors of heaven.

However, this double title is nothing more than receiving an extra share of food for the Prince of Runan County, because in the future, after Deng Zhong inherits the title of King of Runan County, his sons will be the eldest son except the eldest son. There are no heirs who do not have the title of duke, so the title of Marquis of Langzhong is just an accumulation of family property for the Prince of Runan County. After Deng Zhongli dies in the future, the Marquis of Langzhong will be taken back.

But now that Deng Zhong has conquered Jinyang City and won the first place, after the class teacher returns to the court, retrospectively, Deng Zhong's title can be mentioned as a monarch before, and if he is lucky, even the county magistrate is no problem.

While Yue Fei and the others were boasting, a messenger came in and said, "Report to General, Duke Wu, His Royal Highness King Wei, Zhao Jun has envoys here!"

"The envoy of Zhao Jun? At this time, why did Lao Chen Ping send someone?" Deng Yu asked a little puzzled.

Yue Fei smiled when he heard this, and said: "Your Highness, we all know that Jinyang City has asked Deng Ai to surrender, do you think Chen Ping doesn't know about it? After Deng Zhong took Jinyang City, he must The Empress Dowager Zhao Guo’s regent will issue an edict to Chen Ping and Li Rubing to ask them to surrender to our army at the first time, and this Zhao Jun envoy must have come here for this matter!”

"That's great!" Deng Yu immediately beamed with joy when he heard the words, and said, "As long as Chen Ping and Li Rubing can follow the order of the Queen Mother Zhao's regent and ask our army to surrender, then Zhao Guoda will be just around the corner!"

"Excuse me, old minister, Your Highness is a little too optimistic!" Looking at Deng Yu who was so happy, Yue Fei couldn't help pouring cold water on him, saying: "Chen Ping may obey the Queen Mother Zhao's order, but Li Rubing may not. People are proud of themselves and unwilling to be subordinated to others. When Zhao Xin died of illness, the position of General Zhao Guo fell into the hands of Zhang Chuan. After Zhao Weiwang died of illness, Li Rubing colluded with Zhao Wendi Zhang Xian and Zhuang Ping directly on the coffin of Zhao Weiwang How could such a person, who launched a mutiny before and forcibly snatched the throne of the general from Zhang Chuan, be willing to surrender without a fight?"

Everyone nodded when they heard the words. Since Li Rubing took charge of Zhao Guojun, everyone here has dealt with Li Rubing a lot. They also know what kind of person Li Rubing is.

"If Li Rubing refuses to follow the Queen Mother Zhao's edict, then won't Wei County still have to fight? According to Li Rubing's character, he will never give up until every soldier is killed!" Deng Yu said with a frown.

From the moment Zhang Yuan, the young emperor of Zhao State, handed over the surrender letter to Deng Zhong, Zhao State no longer existed in name, so who could Li Rubing be loyal to?

Seeing that Deng Yu was worried, Li Siye said: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry. Li Rubing may be a person who refuses to submit, but not all Zhao Jun are like this. Who should they fight for? For Li Rubing? Although Li Rubing is a great general of the Zhao State, he has not yet reached the point where the soldiers of the Zhao State are fighting bloody battles for him."

"Siye is right!" Yue Fei also said: "But Xue Rengui is going to have a headache for these, what we have to do now is to incorporate Chen Ping's troops, complete our mission, and then go to Jinyang City to join Wudangwei , Wudangwei only has 5 people, and the Zhao army in Jinyang is no less powerful than Wudangwei. I am worried that something will happen, so I better rush to Jinyang City as soon as possible!"

"Wu Guogong is right. There are only [-] unarmed guards in Jinyang City, and I also heard that Zhao's soldiers and horses in the northern border and Liaodong are also rushing to Jinyang City. Once so many soldiers and horses arrive In Jinyang City, the Wudang Guard is completely at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and arriving at Jinyang City earlier can also prevent the Zhao people from being capricious." Deng Ai also nodded and said.

Among so many people present, Deng Ai is the most anxious about rushing to Jinyang City. After all, the person in Jinyang City is his eldest son, who is the future of the Prince's Mansion of Runan County, so there can be no mistakes.

"Hehe, King Runan is worried about the safety of Deng Zhongshizi!" Seeing what Deng Ai said, Li Jing teased.

As soon as Li Jing said this, everyone in the big tent burst into laughter, and Deng Ai's expression was a little awkward.

"Okay, let's meet Zhao Jun's envoy, please come and invite Zhao Jun's envoy in!" Yue Fei said.

After a while, a man wearing the uniform of General Zhao Jun came in, clasped his hands to Li Siye and Yue Fei and said, "Zheng Xuan has met Li Huanqi and Wu Guogong!"

Among the many people present, Zheng Xuan has not met many people, even Yue Fei and Li Siye, he doesn't even know him very well, but in the eldest son city, the highest commander of Deng Jun is Li Siye, and the most prestigious one is Yue Fei, even if he doesn't know each other , the first to say hello must be the two of them.

Li Siye nodded, and said: "General Zheng, you don't need to be too polite. I didn't expect that the envoy sent by Old General Chen was actually General Zheng. General Zheng's name is really impressive!"

Zheng Xuan replied: "Nobody can bear the praise of the general. Today, Zheng Xuan was ordered by the old general Chen Ping to follow the order of the Queen Mother Regent, and asked the noble army to surrender. Tomorrow, the old general Chen will lead the army out of the city. General, please go and surrender!"

"That's very good. General Zheng, let's go back and reply to Old General Chen. Let me tell you that I, Li Siye, together with Duke Wu, will lead our generals to accept the surrender!" Li Siye nodded and said.

"Here, it's over here, so I'll take my leave first. Tomorrow Zheng Xuan will be waiting outside the eldest son's city!" After finishing speaking, Zheng Xuan left.

After Zheng Xuan left, Li Siye said to everyone: "Later, everyone will go down and prepare. Tomorrow we will surrender outside the eldest son's city. In addition, when we see Chen Ping tomorrow, we will show respect to this general, even though Chen Ping was once our The enemy, but at the age of nearly eighty, he still leads the army to serve the country, and this spirit deserves our respect and learning."

"Here!" Everyone responded.

Early the next morning, which was the tenth year of Tiantong, on the ninth day of August, Li Siye and Yue Fei led an army to the outside of the eldest son city. At this time, Chen Ping had led the civil and military officials in the eldest son city to wait here.

Seeing Li Siye's arrival, Chen Ping respectfully said, "I am requesting surrender from your army by the order of the Queen Mother Regent!"

Li Siye dismounted from his horse, came to Chen Ping, helped Chen Ping up, and said, "Old General, this has really ruined me, Li Siye. How can Li Siye be able to bear such a big gift from the old general?"

Chen Ping said: "The general is the chief general of your army, and the old man is just a defeated general. Today he begs for surrender, and he deserves such a big gift. This is our army roster and the land yellow book of Shangdang County. Please accept it!"

Li Siye took these things, glanced at them briefly, then handed them over to the chief secretary of the army, and then led the army into the city.

After Li Siye entered the eldest son city, he left the Habayashi guards stationed in Shangdang County. After all, the Habayashi guards are the guards of the old guard capital. It is also an expedient strategy to be sent out this time. We cannot let the Habayashi guards follow He went north to Jinyang City by himself, so Li Siye chose to leave Yulin Guard in Shangdang County. In addition, Yue Fei was old after all, and the overall situation was certain now, so Yue Fei did not go north with the army, but returned directly. Luoyang, as for Li Siye, he led An Guowei and Tianwuwei to the north to Jinyang City.

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on August [-]th, Yue Fei returned to Luoyang City. He arrived with Yue Fei and Deng Zhong's good news from Jinyang City. The first time Deng Sheng got the news, he summoned the important officials under his command Go to Zichen Hall to discuss matters.

"Everyone, the state of Zhao is dead, and the world is about to be unified. The grand plan and great wish of our monarchs and ministers who have struggled for decades has finally come true!" Deng Sheng said to everyone with a smile on his face.

Dominate the world, this is the slogan Deng has chanted for decades. When Deng Sheng first came to the throne, Han sent troops to conquer Deng several times. At that time, Deng Sheng's idea was to repel the Han army and keep Deng. After defeating the Han army several times in a row, which made Han unable to continue to conquer Deng, Deng Sheng's idea was to strengthen Deng, make Deng stronger, and take his destiny into his own hands.

Therefore, Deng Sheng conquered Jing State, annexed South Korea, and then followed Qi Chu to fight in the Central Plains, finally established the status of Deng State as a powerful country, and then broke Hunan, destroyed Wu, merged with Shu, and formed Zhao State in the north and Qin State in Guanzhong. It was also from that time that the unification of the world became the goal of Deng Guojun and his ministers.

Then, after several wars, Deng Guo severely injured Zhao Qin and became the most powerful country in the world. A few years ago, he eliminated Qin Guo who was entrenched in Guanzhong. Now the biggest competitor and the last opponent, Zhao Guo finally It was destroyed by Deng Guo. Although there are still 10,000+ main forces of Zhao Jun in Hebei, they will eventually be wiped out by Deng Jun when the emperor surrenders and the capital is destroyed.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, Deng Sheng has ruled the world, and the country will last forever!" All the ministers congratulated Deng Sheng.

Deng Sheng restrained the smile on his face a little, and said: "Now that Chen Ping of Shangdang County has surrendered to our army, there is only one Li Rubing left in the old land of Zhao State. As long as Li Rubing is eliminated, we The army of the Northern Expedition can be sent back to the court, and the crown prince and grandson will lead all the civil and military officials to meet outside the city."

"Here!" Deng Hao and Deng Huan, who were standing aside, responded.

"There is one more thing!" Deng Sheng continued: "That is the placement of the old ministers of the royal family of Zhao. The royal family of Zhao and the ministers of civil and military affairs are easy to handle. Si, it really gave me a bit of a headache. This time Wudangwei was able to take Jinyang City smoothly. This Meng Si must have contributed a lot, but his behavior of betraying the master is really disgusting. I don't like it very much. However But he is a minister of meritorious service, and I have always been rewarded for meritorious service, so it is very embarrassing!"

If Meng Si hadn't held the Emperor Zhao and the Queen Mother Regent to surrender outside the city, it would have been difficult for Wudangwei to enter Jinyang City. It can be said that Meng Si deserved the greatest credit this time, but no matter what, it would be impossible for Wudangwei to enter Jinyang City. It can't change Meng Si's behavior of betraying the Lord. Although everything Meng Si does is very beneficial to Deng Guo, Deng Sheng will not like such a villain. However, Meng Si is indeed a meritorious minister. It couldn't be justified, so Deng Sheng had a very headache.

At this time, the Zhongshu ordered Fan Zhongyan to come out and say: "Your Majesty, a villain like Meng Si must not enter the court, so as not to spoil the atmosphere of the court, but he is indeed a meritorious minister. In my opinion, according to the meritorious service, You can give him a marquis, and you can also give him a spare position. As for his two sons, he can also serve as a general in the army or a general in the army."

Hearing this, Deng Sheng nodded, and said: "Fan Qing's handling is very good, then according to what Fan Qing said, Meng Si bestowed the title of Marquis Cheng En, conferred the post of General Hengwei, enjoyed the title of fixed character, and conferred the title of Zheng Wu. As for his two sons, they will be given the position of General Zhonglang, with the official rank of seventh rank."

"Your Majesty is wise!" All the ministers responded.

After finishing the discussion in the Zichen Palace, Deng Sheng immediately spread the news that Zhao Guo had died and Deng Guo ruled the world. Suddenly, the whole Luoyang city was boiling. It has been 300 years. It has been a full 300 years. Over the past 300 years, various countries have risen, and the world has been in constant disputes. Today, it is finally unified again, and there will be no more wars in the world in the future.

However, many scholars are worried about how long Deng's unified situation will last this time. You must know that 300 years ago, the mighty Great Qin Empire, which swallowed up six countries, only lasted for 15 short years. According to the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprisings, the stability of the Great Qin Empire had only been maintained for only a short ten years. With the death of Qin Shihuang, the Great Qin Empire fell apart in an instant.

And now Deng Sheng, the emperor of Deng State, is also an old man who is nearly sixty years old. No one knows that after Deng Sheng passed away, the prince Deng Hao can maintain the foundation of Deng State, but all this can only wait and see.

(End of this chapter)