In the quiet night, the soldiers of Chen State, who looked uneasy, were guarding the edge of the official road and staring at the distance.
There are not many soldiers, at least more than 4,000.
They were divided into four parts, stationed in a square array on both sides of the official road.
The stars in the sky are becoming dim little by little.
The darkness dissipates little by little, and the visibility continues to increase.
Yuan Xian, wearing thick clothes, stood on the official road, looking dumbly into the distance.
Several officers walked back and forth around him uneasy.
Yuan Xian was ordered to come to the south before. He had just come over and had major problems. He could only continue to go south and pacify the rear first. However, the rear was not yet flattened and the front was broken. Yuan Xian had no choice but to lead the army from the rear to come hurriedly to pick him up.
The army left by Chen State in the rear was really not considered elite.
These armies are just to suppress the local barbarians, and the combat effectiveness of these barbarians is not too high. In previous dynasties, all they can fight were almost done and there was no more combat effectiveness.
Yuan Xian had already agreed with Mao Xi to meet.
But until now, there was no movement in the distance, and even the scouts who sent the message did not appear.
Looking at Yuan Xian who was frozen in place, several generals opened some distance and started chatting in a low voice again.
In this chaotic era, loyal ministers are not lacking, but they are rarer than in the past. After all, wars are frequent, the throne is changed frequently, and each other is harmed. Everyone cares more about their own safety and their own interests.
These generals gathered together and whispered to the future.
"Your Majesty has never come back. Could it be that he has fallen into the hands of a thief?"
"Ahem."
The general on the side coughed a few times to remind him of his mistakes, and the one hurriedly adjusted, "Is it a fallen into the hands of the Han army?"
"Seeing what Mr. Yuan looks like, it should be like this."
"What should we do?"
"After they have dealt with His Majesty, will they come and kill us?"
Several generals showed a difficult look and asked them to bully the people. That would be fine. To bully the barbarians in the south, that would be fine, but if you want to fight with the Han army, then forget it. It would be okay to shake the flag and cheer. If the frontal battle is not going to be wiped out by the entire army.
Just like them, they have never beaten anyone except the bandits in their lives. The army under their command has forced the civilians to conquer them. They can barely form a formation and cannot even get all their weapons.
Someone asked, "If this is the case, what should we do?"
The other people suddenly looked at Yuan Xian, but they were a little hesitant.
One man whispered: "Duke Yuan is not bad to us. He was injustice in the past and helped us stand up for it. He really couldn't bear to be unrighteous to him."
The generals around him also nodded.
They are not good people, but Yuan Xian is a good person and is not good to them. He does not have the kind of arrogant and arrogant look of the top nobles. If it were someone else, they would tie up and send it to Han without thinking, but Yuan Xian
Everyone couldn't help but ponder.
Yuan Xian was still frozen in place, motionless, and didn't care about everything around him.
The sky began to brighten. Although it was still black, the outlines in the distance could be seen. There were not many stars and the sun had not yet risen, but the generals no longer had any hope in their hearts.
One of them slowly walked to Yuan Xian's side.
"Duke Yuan."
"Do we have to wait?"
Yuan Xian suddenly looked at them, and then his eyes became even more sad.
“No need.”
Several generals suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. They were most afraid of hearing Yuan Xian's orders to let them continue to wait, and even going to search for it.
They looked at each other a few times, then looked at Yuan Xian, "Duke Yuan, then we"
"Teat the Han."
Yuan Xian said it quite straightforwardly.
The generals were overjoyed. Sure enough, Yuan Gongming knew how to make a reasonable choice.
Yuan Xian looked at them and said seriously: "There is a turmoil in the south at present. You can go back to the south first, then resettle the various places, and order everyone to surrender to the Han Kingdom together."
"This will prevent a lot of unrest. After hundreds of years of hard work in the south, it will be like today and no longer be destroyed by war."
The generals naturally agreed quickly.
If this could be taken to surrender to the Han Dynasty with military merits, it would be a better thing.
Yuan Xian stopped hesitating and immediately ordered to take everyone back, which shocked many generals. He always felt that Yuan Xian was more decisive than them in his work, and he didn't care about the emperor at all and didn't even want to leave some people to inquire about the news.
But they had no idea of ​​asking questions and quickly evacuated here under the leadership of Yuan Xian.
Yuan Xian rode a horse and walked on the road. After dawn, he no longer had any hope.
This is the last chance of the emperor. If he fails to escape this time, even if he has not been arrested yet, it will be a matter of time. There are enemies on all sides and there is no way out.
With the emperor's personality, Yuan Xian felt that he probably wouldn't choose to surrender.
Yuan Xian led everyone all the way south, and then sent people to various places to inform the government, asking them to stay at their posts, do not be afraid, do not flee, do not cause civil unrest, resist barbarians and enter the city, and he will take them with him to surrender to the Han Kingdom, etc.
Yuan Xian has a great reputation in Chen State and has many friends everywhere.
After the Han Dynasty launched the general attack, the entire south side seemed particularly chaotic.
Especially in these rear areas, barbarians were in chaos, and the officials were so scared that they just wanted to escape. When they returned to their homes, they almost lost order.
But Yuan Xian's letters and notifications greatly comforted them.
They also hurriedly sent someone to express their willingness to surrender to the great man with Yuan Xian.
Yuan Xian sent someone to inform the barbarians who were in trouble, saying that he had decided to surrender to the Han Dynasty and told them not to raise troops to rebel.
Yuan Xian has made every effort to maintain stability in the south as much as possible.
More and more places began to send people to contact Yuan Xian, and expressed their willingness to surrender with him. At this time, the Han State also officially released news that Chen Xu had died in battle and Chen State was officially destroyed, demanding that all regions surrender and those who disobeyed died.
Yuan Xian learned the news on the morning of that day.
Many officials and generals had gathered around him.
When they heard the news, they were all heartbroken, some cried bitterly, and some wailed.
There was a lot of crying within the official office.
The officials cried heartbrokenly, and their heartbroken expressions were very natural and not hypocritical at all.
Perhaps only Yuan Xian sat in the upper position calmly, with no sadness in his eyes.
He had already expected the result as early as that morning without results.
The officials wiped their tears. Although they were very sad about the emperor's death in battle, no one dared to show that they wanted to take revenge. When the tears were wiped clean, they couldn't wait to start discussing the surrender.
Yuan Xian didn't say much. These people had already prepared, wrote the documents, and were about to send people to the Han army to surrender together. Of course, they asked the Han army to ensure their safety in the documents.
The surrendered documents were sent forward, and the destination was Chunyuliang.
The remarks that Chunyuliang had previously circulated were still recognized in the south. Everyone felt that since they could not beat them, they would find someone to surrender, and the southerners wanted to help the southerners.
The envoy successfully arrived at Qian Tang where Chunyuliang was located more than ten days later.
These envoys have never walked so quickly on weekdays. Now that they are threatened by the Han army, their efficiency has been greatly improved.
Chunyu Liang sent people to send the prisoners and Chen Xu's bodies to Wang Lin, but he did not go with him. Although he received the greatest contribution, he still wanted to continue to fight for it.
The other generals were also attacking fiercely at this moment, and each had good results. More and more counties fell into the hands of the Han army.
When Chunyuliang learned that the messenger had arrived, he was very happy.
He had heard news before that Yuan Xian was going to take the entire south side to surrender to the great man.
Unexpectedly, I was so lucky that I came to surrender to myself!!
When the messenger arrived, Chunyuliang sent someone to greet him and held a banquet to entertain him, which was enough to give him enough face.
And the envoy who came was named Lu Shan.
This person has outstanding appearance and is handsome, and has a noble demeanor in every word and deed. He is famous and belongs to the wise man of the southern country.
Chunyuliang knew him, and he was even a little surprised when he saw that it was him coming.
"Why is Mr. Lu coming in person?"
Lu Shan hurriedly lowered his head, "I know I am humble. Mr. Yuan was going to come in person, but there were barbarians in the south. If Mr. Yuan left, he would be afraid of causing greater unrest, so he dared to let me come. He also hoped that Mr. Chunyu would not blame him."
"What's this!"
"If I had known that Mr. Lu had come, I should have been here to welcome him."
Chunyu Liang said a few words of politeness, and then let Lu Shan sit beside him.
Lu Shan sat aside, forcibly extinguishing a smile on his face. Lu Shan was different from the rest of the people, and was very sad about the demise of the country. However, things were not something he could save, and the country had already perished. At this moment, he represented everyone coming to surrender and could not express any displeasure.
The two of them politely exchanged a few greetings before Lu Shan said his purpose.
"Mr. Chunyu, many officials in the south, were very afraid."
"They heard some rumors before, saying that the surrendered officials were also dealt with."
Chunyu Liang waved his hand and said, "Rumor!"
"The Han Dynasty never kills prisoners, even prisoners of war can be forgiven, let alone surrendered officials?"
"As long as there is no intention to gather to rebel, it will not be dealt with."
"Even if you can't trust those northerners, why can't you trust me?"
Chunyuliang lowered his voice and played the regional card again. He made a promise, "As long as I can surrender to me, I can protect them. Even after the unification, I can also help the new king with peace of mind. I am Duke Lu. With Duke Lu's talent and ethics, why worry about major events in the Han Dynasty in the future?"
Lu Shan nodded and squeezed out a smile again, "That's thank you Mr. Chunyu."
After the most important problem is solved, the next thing is easy to say.
Chunyu Liang made an agreement with him on the date, location, and order of the troops to take over in the future.
After doing these things, Chunyuliang hurriedly conveyed the news later, mainly to inform Wang Lin.
Donghai County.
The cold sea breeze blew, and the spears in the hands of the soldiers were like dense forests, and thousands of soldiers stood on the shore without moving.
And in the middle of them, there were several people kneeling.
Zhou Luohu was tied up and knelt in the middle of everyone.
He was tied up quite strongly, and his head was hanging down at this moment.
Surrounded by a group of generals, Wang Lin quickly walked through the soldiers and walked all the way to Zhou Luohu.
He lowered his head and looked at the young young man in front of him, and he had been in large numbers for a long time.
"Ha, who tied this up? When I tied Hou Andu and the others, would he still be able to run away if he had such a method?"
People around them laughed.
Zhou Luohu looked at the energetic old man in front of him curiously.
There are many rumors about Wang Lin in the south, but when he actually saw him, he felt that many rumors were not very credible.
As if he noticed his eyes, Wang Lin lowered her head and looked at him, "What, are you afraid of being eaten by me?"
Zhou Luohu shook for a moment, Wang Lin looked at his left and right and explained: "Chen Baxian and Chen Xuan were slandering me in the south, and insisted that I was delicious and had several people at a time!"
Wang Lin then asked someone to untie the rope on Zhou Luohu's body, and the generals did not hesitate and hurriedly got started.
Zhou Luohu stood up in surprise.
He was not surrendering, but being arrested. He didn't know why Wang Lin wanted to untie him.
Wang Lin looked at the tall him and couldn't help but nod, "What a mighty young man."
"Wouldn't it be a pity if I just died at my husband's hands?"
"Do you want to follow me?"
Zhou Luohu moved his sore hands and asked back: "I have been fighting with General Wang here for so long. Will General Wang not kill me?"
"If you don't kill me, I have always cherished talented people. If you are defeated by me when you meet, I will never see you. If you can withstand me for so long, you are a capable person. Don't waste your talent. How about it, do you want to surrender?"
Zhou Luohu immediately paid homage.
"I wish to surrender to the general!"
Wang Lin then smiled and helped him up, "Many talents in the southern country have fallen into the hands of the wise master this time, and they may be able to show their talents in the future."
As he was talking, a soldier was walking over from a distance, and Wang Lin asked his generals to take Zhou Luohu to rest, while he went for a round.
The soldier whispered a few words beside Wang Lin. Wang Lin was overjoyed and hurriedly took everyone away.
The messenger sent by Chunyuliang finally came here with the spoils.
The spoils were extremely rich, and Chen Xu's corpse was one of them.
Wang Lin didn't care much about Chen Xu's body. He went to see his old friend, Sun Rong.
Sun Yan was called out alone to meet Wang Lin.
The other officials were quite envious of his treatment, but they did not dare to show jealousy.
Only a few people begged Sun Yan in a low voice, hoping that he could say a few good things about him in front of Wang Lin.
Wang Lin met her old friend in the official office. Both of them were quite excited, holding each other's hands, and even cried.
Neither of them thought that there would be another day in their life to meet again.
The two of them really have too much to say.
The two started with memories of their youth, and then talked about the years when they fought with the Chen people, and talked about the years when they walked side by side.
At this age, the two of them are all left with emotion.
After saying this for a long time, Wang Lin took his hand and said, "From the way, you will live with me. When the imperial court sends a ship to welcome the ministers to the north, don't walk around, follow me back."
There was a smile on Sun Yan's face, but when he heard this, he suddenly noticed something.
"Prince, isn't Han Dynasty not killing and surrendering?"
"Yes, don't kill and surrender."
Wang Lin looked calm, "We will not kill the surrendered person, but this is just on the battlefield. You can't say that you surrender, and you will not blame what you have done in the past, right?"
Sun Ying didn't quite understand, "But the laws of Han and Chen are different. What did they do in Chen in the past have to do with Han?"
"Are you under the sky? Is it the king's land? Is it the king's minister under the shores of the earth?"
"In the past, some people were greedy for ink and bribes, some were fished for the people, and some were killed indiscriminately."
Wang Lin narrowed her eyes, "These people will be taken to Yecheng, and they will be sentenced one by one. The Emperor of Chen will tolerate these guys, but the Emperor of Han will not tolerate them."
Sun Ying was silent for a moment and asked again: "Mr. Chen is dead, and the rest of the places will definitely surrender. It is rare to have a peaceful day. If these surrendered ministers were dealt with by past crimes, wouldn't it cause chaos in the local area?"
"How could it be?"
"We usually send these people to places where they do evil, declare their crimes in public, and then deal with ordinary people. Naturally, the people who cause trouble for such people are also ulterior motives, so we will kill them together. Even if we destroy Zhou Chen, are we still afraid of them?"
Sun Ying was really shocked at this moment and couldn't even speak.
Wang Lin picked up the wine cup, took a sip, and whispered: "Don't be afraid, and don't plead for them."
"The emperor wanted to kill these people, not because they were unfaithful to Chen Xu."
"It is because of the unvirtuous crimes they committed in the past."
"It's you and I heard that your mansion is extraordinarily luxurious and consumed too much."
Wang Lin glanced at Sun Ying, "It's a good thing that there are no other crimes, otherwise how can I protect you?"
"The world is different. Your Majesty's benevolent and righteous monarch, with the people in the world in mind. If you continue to keep these people and don't deal with them, how can you manage the south in the future? Only by clearing the weeds first can you re-plant them. What do you think?"
Chapter completed!