Chapter 676: Li Siye's eldest son surrendered

In the tenth year of Tiantong, on the fifth day of the eighth month, the gate of Jinyang City was opened. The uncle of Zhao State, Meng Si, the lord of Yuzhong State, led the Emperor of Zhao State, the regent Empress Dowager and others out of the city to surrender to Deng's army. Wudangwei was able to capture Jinyang City without bloodshed.

After entering Jinyang City, Deng Zhong took the lead in taking over the defense of Jinyang City and purged some civil and military ministers of Zhao State who opposed Deng State in Jinyang City. At the same time, he asked the regent of Zhao State to issue an imperial edict and ordered Chen Ping, Li Rubing, Gu Tu, Gongsun Lang and others to surrender to Deng's army.

The first person to get the news was Chen Ping, who was closest to Jinyang City. Chen Ping was stationed in Changzi City. When Deng Zhong led Wudangwei to Jinyang City, Chen Ping sent 30,000 troops to aid Jinyang City. However, when the reinforcements had just arrived at Fajiu Mountain, they fought fiercely with Deng Guotianwu Guard. In the end, Zhao army was defeated and lost 20,000 troops, and fled back to Changzi City in a panic. After this battle, Chen Ping no longer dared to send troops out of the city. He could only watch Wudangwei approach Jinyang City.

On the eighth day of the eighth month of the Tiantong year, in Changzi City, the veteran Chen Ping looked at the imperial edict in front of him, looked at the face of disbelief and murmured: "How could this happen? There are still 30,000 elite soldiers in Jinyang City, how many Deng's army is? Why did the Empress Dowager surrender?"

Zheng Xuan on the side couldn't believe it, but Empress Dowager Meng's imperial edict was right in front of her, as if she was telling them that this was a fact, a fact that they didn't want to accept but had to accept it.

"Elder General, do you think this is true?" Zheng Xuan asked disobeyed. As long as Chen Ping said it was fake, Zheng Xuan would have no doubt that it was fake.

But Chen Ping nodded and said, "Although we don't know what happened in Jinyang, this imperial edict is absolutely true, and this was written by Zhong Xiang's parents. The imperial edict is indeed the golden seal of the Regent's Empress Dowager and the national seal of my Great Zhao. Jinyang really surrendered to Deng's army."

"How could this happen!" Hearing this, Zheng Xuan collapsed on the ground in despair and murmured: "We were going to fight to the death of the country, why did the Empress Dowager surrender first?"

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

Chen Ping smiled bitterly and said, "What else can I do? I follow the order and ask Deng's army to surrender. Although I am very unwilling to accept it, what can I do? Although we can not follow the order of the Queen Mother and fight the Deng army to death for the Great Zhao Jinzhong, in this way, the Majesty and the Queen Mother in Jinyang City may be in danger of their lives. Just send someone to see Yue Fei and tell him that we have surrendered!"

Zheng Xuan nodded weakly.

At the same time, the Deng army camp outside the city was full of joy. Although he was a little unwilling to accept that the first skill of destroying Zhao fell on Wudangwei, it was also a good thing to be able to end the war as soon as possible. After all, he could go back early to reunite with his family.

"King Runan, your son is amazing. He went deep into the army and forced the king and ministers of Zhao to surrender to the city of Jinyang in one fell swoop. He is really young and promising!" Yue Fei said to Deng Ai with a smile in the Deng army camp and in the tent of the central army.

"The general is absurd. The ignorant child dares to go deeper alone. That is, the people of Zhao are timid. Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to escape from Jinyang City." Deng Ai said.

"Don't be humble, King Runan, is Deng Zhongxian's nephew, who is brave. If you return to the court in the future, your majesty will definitely be rewarded. Maybe the title of Deng Zhongxian's nephew can be raised to two levels!" Li Siye, who was standing beside him, said with a smile.

When Deng Ai heard this, he also showed a knowing smile on his face. He was the Prince of Runan, who was personally granted by Deng Sheng. He had reached the peak of his title. The title of prince is not something that he could covet from a branch of his clan.

After the ancestral teachings of the Heavenly Unification were released, Deng Ai requested Deng Sheng, the clan mansion, to enthrone his eldest son Deng Zhong as the prince of Runan, and to inherit the throne of Runan in the future.

However, before Deng Zhong was enthroned as the crown prince of Runan, he was awarded the title of Marquis of Langzhong when Deng Sheng was emperor. Later, when Deng Ai asked to be crowned, someone proposed to take back the title of Marquis of Langzhong. However, after thinking about it, Deng Sheng said that the title of King Runan that Deng Zhong inherited in the future was inherited. This was the title earned by his father for him, and Deng Zhong's own contribution was also very outstanding. This Marquis of Langzhong was earned by himself. If he wanted to inherit the title of Prince of the County in the future, it would be unreasonable.

Therefore, Deng Sheng once again added a one-on-one teaching on the Heavenly Unification, that is, the person who inherits the title. If he grants titles for his merits before inheriting the title, his title will be retained and coexist with the titles. If there are children of no titles in the future, he can pass on it.

In other words, when a person has the most numbers, he can have two titles, and after inheriting the title, he will receive the largest title, and the other title is selected from his descendants to inherit the title, and the order of inheritance is based on the ancestral teachings of the Heavenly Union.

However, for the Runan County Prince's Mansion, this double title is just an extra fief. Because after Deng Zhong inherited the Runan County Prince's Mansion, his son, except for the eldest son, he would all succeed the title of Duke, and there would be no descendants without titles. Therefore, for the Runan County Prince's Mansion, this Langzhong Marquis is just a accumulation of family property. When Deng Zhongli dies in the future, the Langzhong Marquis will be taken back.

Now Deng Zhong has captured Jinyang City and won the first place. After returning to the court, he will trace his previous achievements. Deng Zhong's title can be mentioned before. If he is lucky, it will be better to be a county magistrate.

Just as Yue Fei and others were talking big, a message soldier came in and said, "Report to the General, Duke of Wu, His Highness of the King of Wei, and the Zhao army have an envoy coming!"

"Envoy Zhao Army? At this time, why did Lao Chen send someone to do?" Deng Yu asked in confusion.

When Yue Fei heard this, he smiled and said, "Your Highness, we all know the news that Jinyang City asked Deng Ai to surrender. Do you think Chen Ping would not know? After Deng Zhong took over Jinyang City, he would definitely ask the Queen Mother of Zhao to issue an imperial edict to Chen Ping as soon as possible, and Li Rubing and other generals in command, to ask them to surrender to our army. The envoy of Zhao's army came this time, probably for this matter!"

"That's great!" Deng Yu was immediately happy when he heard this and said, "As long as Chen Ping and Li Rubing can follow the imperial edict of the regent of the Zhao State and ask our army to surrender, then the Zhao State will be just around the corner!"

"Shuh the old minister said frankly, Your Highness is a little too optimistic!" Looking at Deng Yu so happy, Yue Fei couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water and said, "Chen Ping may obey the imperial order of the Empress Dowager Zhao, but Li Rubing may not be sure. Li Rubing is a proud man and is unwilling to surrender to others. When Zhao Xin died of illness, the position of Zhao State General fell into Zhang Chuan's hands. After Zhao Wei passed away, Li Rubing colluded with Emperor Wen of Zhao, Zhang Xian, and Zhuang Ping and the other two directly launched a mutiny in front of the coffin of King Wei of Zhao, and snatched the throne of the general from Zhang Chuan. How could such a person be willing to surrender without fighting?"

When everyone heard this, they nodded repeatedly. Since Li Rubing took over the military power of Zhao State, everyone here has had a lot of dealings with Li Rubing. They also know what kind of person Li Rubing is.

"If Li Rubing refused to follow the imperial edict of Empress Dowager Zhao, wouldn't Wei County have to fight another battle? According to Li Rubing's character, he would definitely not give up until a soldier!" Deng Yu said with a frown.

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

Seeing Deng Yu a little worried, Li Siye on the side said, "Your Highness, you don't need to worry. Li Rubing may be a person who refuses to surrender, but not all the Zhao army are like this. Zhao State has been destroyed and there is no one to be loyal to. Who should they fight for? For Li Rubing? Although Li Rubing is a general of Zhao State, he has not yet reached the point where the soldiers of Zhao State fought bloody battles on the battlefield for him."

"Siye is right!" Yue Fei also said: "But these all give Xue Rengui a headache. 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 has only 50,000 people. The Zhao army in Jinyang is not as strong as Wudangwei. I am worried that something will happen, so it is better to rush to Jinyang City as soon as possible!"

"The Wu Duke is right. There are only 50,000 Wudangwei in Jinyang City. I also heard that Zhao's troops in the northern border and Liaodong are also rushing to Jinyang City. Once so many troops arrive at Jinyang City, Wudangwei will be completely at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. rushing to Jinyang City earlier can also avoid the capriciousness of the people of Zhao." Deng Ai also nodded and said.

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

"Haha, the King of Runan is worried about the safety of Prince Deng Zhong!" Seeing Deng Ai say this, Li Jing on the side teased.

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

"Okay, let's see the envoy of the Zhao army. Someone comes to invite the envoy of the Zhao army to come in!" Yue Fei said.

After a while, a man wearing Zhao army general's uniform walked in and bowed to Li Siye, Yue Fei and others: "Zheng Xuan has met Li Piaoqi, Duke of Wu!"

Among so many people here, Zheng Xuan has not seen many people, and he doesn't even recognize Yue Fei and Li Siye. However, in Changzicheng, the supreme commander of Deng's army was Li Siye, and the most prestigious one was Yue Fei. Even if he didn't know him, the first one to say hello must be the two of them.

Li Siye nodded and said, "General Zheng doesn't need to be polite. Unexpectedly, the envoy sent by Old General Chen was General Zheng, the name of General Zheng, and I am well-known!"

Zheng Xuan replied: "The nameless person cannot bear the praise of the general. Today, Zheng Xuan is in accordance with the order of the old general, follows the imperial edict of the regent, and asks your army to surrender. Tomorrow, the old general Chen will lead his army out of the city and ask the general to surrender!"

"It's so good. General Zheng will go back and reply to the old general Chen. This means that our Li Siye and Duke of Wu will lead our generals to surrender!" Li Siye nodded and said.

"Look, this is the matter, so let's say goodbye first. Zheng Xuan will be waiting for you outside the Changzi City tomorrow!" After that, Zheng Xuan left.

After Zheng Xuan left, Li Siye said to everyone: "Everyone will go down and prepare later. We will go out of Changzi City tomorrow to accept surrender. In addition, when we meet Chen Ping tomorrow, we will give our general a respectful focus. Although Chen Ping was our enemy, he is nearly 80 years old and still leads troops to serve the country. This spirit is worthy of our respect and learning."

"Here!" everyone responded.

Early the next morning, that is, the tenth year of Tiantong, on the ninth day of the eighth month, Li Siye and Yue Fei led a large army outside Changzi City. At this time, Chen Ping had already led the civil and military officials in Changzi City to wait here.

Seeing Li Siye's arrival, Chen Ping said respectfully: "According to the regent's imperial edict, I would like to surrender to your army!"

Li Siye turned over and got off the horse, came to Chen Ping, helped Chen Ping up, and said, "The old general has ruined me, Li Siye. How can Li Siye have no virtue? How can he withstand such a great gift from the old general?"

Chen Ping said: "The general is the chief general of the army, and I am just a defeated general. I am begging for surrender today. I should give this gift. This is our army's list and the land yellow list of Shangdang County. Please accept it!"

Li Siye took these things, took a brief look, and handed them over to the chief clerk of the army, and then led his army into the city.

After Li Siye entered Changzicheng, he left Yulinweitun to station in Shangdang County. After all, Yulinwei was the guard of Suwei Capital. This time he was sent out, which was a temporary measure. He could not let Yulinwei follow him north to Jinyang City. Therefore, Li Siye chose to leave Yulinwei in Shangdang County. In addition, Yue Fei was old after all, and the overall situation is certain now, so Yue Fei did not follow the army north, but returned directly to Luoyang. As for Li Siye, he led Anguowei and Tianwuwei to Jinyang City north.

On August 11, in the tenth year of Tiantong, Yue Fei returned to Luoyang City. With Yue Fei, he arrived with the good news from Deng Zhong from Jinyang City. As soon as Deng Sheng received the news, he summoned his important officials to Zichen Palace to discuss matters.

"Everyone, the State of Zhao has been destroyed and the world is about to be unified. Our great wishes for the struggle of our king and his ministers for decades have finally come true!" Deng Sheng said to everyone with a smile.

Unifying the world is a slogan that Deng State has been shouting for decades. When Deng Sheng first ascended the throne, the Han State sent troops to conquer Deng State several times. At that time, Deng Sheng's idea was to repel the Han army and preserve the foundation of Deng State. After defeating the Han army several times in a row, the Han State was no longer able to continue conquering Deng State, Deng Sheng's idea was to strengthen Deng State, make Deng State stronger, and take his destiny into his own hands.

Therefore, Deng Sheng conquered Jing, annexed Han, and then followed Qi and Chu to fight against the Central Plains, which finally established the status of Deng as a powerful country. He then defeated Hunan, destroyed Wu, and merged Shu, forming a three-legged stalemate with Zhao in the north and Qin in Guanzhong. It was also from that time that unifying the world became the goal of Deng's monarch and ministers.

After several wars, the Deng State severely damaged Zhao Qin and became the world's largest country. A few years ago, it destroyed Qin State, which was entrenched in Guanzhong. Its biggest competitor and last opponent was finally destroyed by Deng State. Although there were still more than 100,000 main force of the Zhao army in Hebei, when the emperor surrendered and the capital was destroyed, it would eventually be wiped out by Deng's army.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, Deng's unification of the world will last forever, and unification for thousands of years!" All the ministers congratulated Deng Sheng.

Deng Sheng slightly restrained the smile on his face and said, "Now Chen Ping from Shangdang County has asked our army to surrender. There is only one Li Rubing left in the entire Zhao State old land. As long as Li Rubing is dealt with, our Northern Expedition Army can return to the court. The prince and grandson of Jieshi personally led all civil and military officials to the outside of the city to greet him."

"Here!" Deng Hao, who was standing aside, replied.

"There is another thing!" Deng Sheng continued: "That is the resettlement of the old ministers of the Zhao royal family. The Zhao royal family and a group of civil and military ministers are easy to deal with. The imperial court has had precedents, and it is enough to follow the old rules. However, this Meng Si really made a headache. This time, Wudangwei was able to successfully capture Jinyang City. This Meng Si was definitely an indispensable contribution, but his behavior of betraying the Lord is really despicable, and I don't like it. However, he is a meritorious minister. I have always been rewarded for merit, so I am very embarrassed!"

If Meng Si had not hosted the Emperor of Zhao and the regent Empress Dowager went outside the city to offer surrender, it would be difficult for Wudangwei to enter Jinyang City as if he had ascended to heaven. It can be said that the greatest contribution this time was Meng Si, but no matter what, it would not have changed Meng Si's behavior of betraying the Lord. Although everything Meng Si did was very beneficial to Deng State, Deng Sheng would not like such a villain. However, Meng Si was indeed a meritorious minister, and it was unreasonable to not reward him, so Deng Sheng had a headache.

At this time, the Secretary of the Central Committee ordered Fan Zhongyan to come out and said, "Your Majesty, you must not enter the court, so as to avoid ruining the court atmosphere, but he is indeed a meritorious minister. According to the opinions of the ministers, according to the merits, he can give him a marquis and a free position to be placed. As for his two sons, he can also join the army to serve as a deputy general or a central general."

Deng Sheng nodded and said, "Fan Qing handled this very well, so as Fan Qing said, Meng Si was awarded the title of Chengen Hou, and was awarded the title of General Hengwei, and was granted the title of General Changwei, and was awarded the title of fifth-rank official. As for his two sons, he was awarded the position of General Zhonglang and the title of Seventh-rank official."

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

After finishing the discussion in Zichen Hall, Deng Sheng immediately expelled the news that the State of Zhao had been destroyed and the whole city of Deng was unifying the world. It was three hundred years since the pre-Qin Dynasty unified the world. At this time, it had been three hundred years since the pre-Qin Dynasty unified the world. Over the past three hundred years, the countries have risen and the world has been in constant conflict. Today, it has finally been unified again, and there will be no war in the world in the future.

However, many scholars are worried about how long the unification situation of Deng State can last this time. You should know that three hundred years ago, the arrogant Qin Empire was only maintained for only fifteen years. If we follow the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising, the stability of the Qin Empire was only maintained for only a short ten years. With the death of Qin Shihuang, the Qin Empire collapsed instantly.
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