Volume 10 Chapter 321

Episode 10, Chapter 321

Chapter 321

Li Hong was not threatened by Tang Yin, but laughed wildly: "How can I be afraid of you pigs and dogs?"

Tang Yin walked up to him, leaned close to him, and whispered: "Brother Wang, you can ignore the lives of the people in Xitang City, can you even ignore your own children, grandchildren, wife and daughter?"

This made Li Hong's face change, and Tang Yin continued in his ear: "You should be able to see that although Li Dan is disrespectful to you, he is still very Out of respect for your father, he is even willing to plead guilty to the emperor on your behalf and accept the emperor's punishment on your behalf. Such loyalty and filial piety are truly admirable! With such a loyal and filial son, do you really have the heart to let him be buried with you? "

Although Li Hong hated Li Dan, it was a hatred for not fighting and not being strong. Now that he heard Tang Yin say that he would also kill Li Dan, the old man's eyes turned red and he shouted, "You dare?"

As he spoke, he grabbed Tang Yin's collar.

Tang Yin ignored his anger and let him grab his collar. He smiled and said, "There is nothing I dare not do. Besides, besides me, there are five kings, Chuan, Mo, An, Huan, and Yu. Do you think they can accommodate Master Li Dan after the war is over? However, if I protect him, I can guarantee Master Li Dan's safety. If I ignore him, Master Li Dan will die at any time. At that time, my brother will be without descendants and no one will succeed him. The Li family will be destroyed from now on! My brother will not think about future generations, right?"

Looking at Tang Yin, who was smiling but as cruel as a snake, Li Hong wanted to eat his flesh and gnaw his bones, but he couldn't do it, and he didn't dare to do it.

The hand holding Tang Yin's collar slowly loosened, and then, as if the old man had been drained of strength, he sat on the ground with the lower half of his body, and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Yes, now he can indeed grit his teeth and refuse to order the whole army to surrender, but it is meaningless to do so. If he just falls into Li Dan's hands, he will be tough, and Li Dan will not dare to do anything to him, and the ministers will not be held hostage by Li Dan. But now Tang Yin is here, as long as Tang Yin drags him outside the Prince's Mansion and puts a knife to his neck, who dares not listen to Tang Yin's words? Then Xitang will be in chaos, the city defense will collapse, and the situation will be even worse.

It can be said that Li Hong has no other choice now, and can only do what Tang Yin wants. He was stunned for a long time, slowly raised his head, looked at Tang Yin, and asked: "If this king is willing to order the whole army to surrender, will you let my son go?"

Tang Yin shrugged and said: "Of course! I will ensure that they are safe."

Li Hong looked at him deeply again, then took a deep breath, and his eyes fell back on the pen, ink, paper and inkstone. He tremblingly picked up the papers and pens scattered on the ground one by one, spread them on the table, and then picked up the pen, but he didn't put it down for a long time.

He knew very well that if he surrendered, it would be a disaster for Zhen State, but if he did not surrender, the result might be even more tragic. Li Hong, who was over fifty years old, seemed to have aged more than ten years in an instant, his face lost its luster and was covered with a layer of ashes.

Seeing that Li Hong had not started writing, Tang Yin on the side was quite impatient. He asked coldly: "What are you waiting for, brother? This is your last chance. If the coalition forces break the city later, you will not even have the qualifications to bargain with me."

Li Hong murmured: "Feng State sent troops to attack my Zhen State, just to avenge the revenge of Zhen State's attack on Feng?"

Of course not! As long as there is Zhen State, there will always be a powerful and terrifying enemy to the south of Feng State. Zhen State can be said to be the heart of Feng State, and Tang Yin will naturally not miss any opportunity to destroy Zhen State.

He did not answer, but smiled and asked: "Is this important?"

Li Hong sighed, made up his mind, and wrote a letter of surrender on paper.

He was also a man who dared to do and take responsibility. In the letter of surrender, Li Hong took all the faults on himself, indicating that all the disputes were caused by him and had nothing to do with the State of Zhen. He was also willing to pay the corresponding price and receive the corresponding punishment.

After he finished writing the letter of surrender, Li Hong read it roughly, then turned his head away and threw the letter of surrender to Tang Yin. The latter did not take it, but smiled and said: "Brother Wang seems to have missed a little."

"What?" Li Hong glared at him.

"If it is not stamped with the jade seal, who knows whether this letter of surrender is written by Brother Wang?" Tang Yin reminded slowly.

Li Hong gritted his teeth, and finally took out the seal of King Zhen from his sleeve and stamped it hard on the letter of surrender.

As soon as he stamped the seal, Tang Yin reached out and took the letter of surrender away, held it in his palm, read it from beginning to end, and then walked out of the side room without saying anything more.

"Tang Yin, don't forget your promise to me. If you dare to break your promise, I will not let you go even if I become a ghost."

"Hahaha" Tang Yin smiled and shrugged as he walked out, saying, "I am not afraid of you as a human being, so why would I be afraid of you as a ghost?" As he spoke, he walked out without looking back.

Watching Tang Yin's back disappear outside the door, Li Hong collapsed to the ground like a deflated ball, his face pale and sweating profusely.

Tang Yin returned to the lobby, and Li Dan and others who had been waiting impatiently came forward and asked, "How did His Royal Highness Feng Wang talk with my father (the king)?"

With a slight smile to everyone, Tang Yin handed the surrender letter written by Li Hong to Li Dan and said, "Zhen Wang has agreed to surrender. This is the surrender letter written by Zhen Wang himself!"

Ah? Although everyone had expected such a result, they couldn't help but take a deep breath after hearing Tang Yin's words, and their eyes were all focused on the surrender letter in Li Dan's hand.

Li Dan's hands were trembling, and he looked down at the surrender letter written by his father, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

He knew his father's temper. It was more difficult for him to accept his father's surrender than to kill him, but now, his father wrote a surrender letter, and his father's helplessness and pain could not be seen from every word in the surrender letter.

The other ministers and generals of the Zhen Kingdom also had complicated feelings. The surrender of the whole country was undoubtedly a great shame for the tough Zhen Kingdom. As a Zhen people, they really had no face to face it, but fortunately, the war was finally over, and they finally did not become victims of this absurd war.

"Your Majesty is wise!" A minister of the Zhen Kingdom burst into tears, knelt on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed to the side room repeatedly. As soon as he knelt, other ministers and generals also knelt down, and they all burst into tears.

Soon, Li Hong's surrender letter was passed from the Prince's Mansion to the outside of the mansion. The ministers and soldiers of the State of Zhen gathered outside read the surrender letter, and the scene immediately fell into silence. Not long after, there was a burst of crying outside the Prince's Mansion.

Many soldiers of the State of Zhen threw away their weapons involuntarily, with confusion on their faces, standing there stupidly, motionless. For them, this sudden surrender letter was too shocking and too overwhelming.

The news that Li Hong personally wrote and the whole country surrendered spread quickly in Xitang City like wings. Not only did the people in the city hear about it, but the news also reached the ears of the defenders of the four cities.

Hundreds of thousands of the Central Army of Zhen fought bloody battles with the coalition forces outside the city on the battlefield, and would rather die than retreat a single step. No matter how fierce and frequent the coalition forces' attacks were, they were never able to capture the city. However, just when they were fighting desperately with the enemy, the king in the rear ordered the whole country to surrender. What was the point of them fighting here now?

Li Hong's surrender letter was as much of a blow to the soldiers of the Zhen army as an atomic bomb. People's morale immediately fell to the bottom and collapsed in an instant. Groups of soldiers gave up resistance and rushed down the city wall like a tide and fled into the city.

However, many Zhen generals were still unwilling to give up and were still trying their best to stabilize their own chaotic situation. But at this time, the four major officials of Zhen, the general, the left and right prime ministers, and the imperial censor, rushed to the four cities respectively and formally read Li Hong's will to the defenders of the four cities. The whole army immediately gave up resistance, opened the city gates, welcomed the coalition forces into the city, and surrendered to the coalition forces.

As the surrender letter was officially conveyed to the four cities, the defenders were completely in despair. The shouts and cries of killing were still heard outside the city, but on the city wall, it was terribly quiet. The soldiers of the Zhen army held their spears and lances, slowly slid down to the ground, and burst into tears.

Zhen State had experienced so many wars and storms for thousands of years, but it was the first time that the whole country surrendered. The unspeakable sense of shame was branded in the hearts of every Zhen person.

However, Li Hong, as the monarch, had personally ordered that no matter how unwilling or unconvinced the soldiers of the Zhen army were, it would be useless.

Not long after, white flags were erected on the tops of the four cities of Xitang. At the same time, the suspension bridge was lowered, the city gates were opened, and the soldiers of the Zhen army, led by the commanders of the four cities, walked out of the city gates with bare hands.

The sudden surrender of the Zhen army also shocked the coalition forces outside the city. Lingshuang, Yueze, and Li Xin reacted immediately after a brief shock. It must be that Tang Yin's sneaking into the palace of the Zhen Kingdom had a miraculous effect, and it was even possible that Li Hong had been captured, so the Zhen army could only be forced to surrender.

The three kings were overjoyed and almost simultaneously ordered the entire army to enter the city and temporarily detain the surrendered Zhen army soldiers in their own camp.

The defenders in Xitang City were no less than 300,000. Fortunately, the camp of the coalition army was large enough to easily accommodate the surrendered Zhen army soldiers.

Just as the Yu, An, Huan, and Zhen armies were accepting the surrendered soldiers of the Zhen Kingdom, the Feng army rushed into Xitang at the fastest speed and went straight to the Zheng Kingdom Palace without going anywhere else.

After arriving, the Feng army dispersed and surrounded the palace with three layers inside and three layers outside, making it watertight and firmly controlling it.

The Zheng Kingdom’s palace was hoarding a large amount of Zhen Kingdom’s treasures, and most of the important figures of the Zhen Kingdom’s royal relatives were also in the palace. Of course, the Feng army had to seize this opportunity.

By the time Lingshuang, Yueze, and Lixin realized what was happening, it was too late to send their own army to take over the palace. The Feng army surrounded the palace like an iron barrel formation, not giving way to anyone. People inside the palace could not leave, and people outside could not come in. ro

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