Xianyu Hall is in the southwest of Zhongcheng, so it is easy to hear the noise.
Zhang Jun was having lunch with his family. When he learned about this, he put down his bowls and chopsticks on the spot and ordered his soldiers to wear armor for him.
His wife Yan clenched her fists tightly and looked at her husband worriedly.
Chang Shi Paoyi, who was invited to dine with him, also wiped his mouth, got up and chased after him for a few steps.
Amidst the sound of "ding ling chirping", Zhang Jun put on his iron armor, hung up his bow and sword, and picked up a long spear, as if he was leading the army and preparing to fight.
But his pale face and slightly trembling lips still showed the fear in his heart.
Unless death is imminent, anyone can be a great hero or a man.
At the critical moment of life and death, thoughts are flying, and all kinds of thoughts that were previously ignored subconsciously come to mind, making people confused and confused.
If you can survive this hurdle, you have experienced life and death, and your spirit and will can reach a new level. If you can't survive it, that's it.
The sound of chaotic footsteps sounded on the street.
After a while, someone was knocking on the door.
All the boy servants and soldiers in the courtyard lost their luster, and for a while, the sound of swords being drawn out of their scabbards could be heard all the time.
There are also people standing behind the pillars, picking up bows and arrows.
A group of swordsmen and shieldmen formed a horizontal formation, stepped forward, and stood behind the door. The officer turned to look at Zhang Jun.
Zhang Jun calmed down and said: "Open the door."
"Creak!" The courtyard door was opened.
Zhang Jun took a look and saw that it was Yin Yuan and Song Ji.
"My lord, there were private soldiers of the Duan family in Nancheng who opened the door without authorization and came out making noise. After encountering the Liang soldiers, they retreated." Yin Yuan reported: "General Han has sent people to set up barricades and suppressed the Liang people on the street inside Duanmen. .”
After Yin Yuan finished speaking, Zhang Jun had not yet spoken, but Song Ji said: "My lord, the city tower is still in the hands of our army. The south city is unobstructed. As long as the bows and crossbows are fired, we can drive out all the Liang people. However, General Han... Don’t want to take action.”
Zhang Jun ignored him, only looked at Yin Yuan, and asked, "Can Nancheng be defended?"
"Liangfeng Gate is guarded by strong soldiers, and powerful crossbows have been raised to the top of the city. The central city is safe, but the southern city is hard to say." Yin Yuan replied.
The main gate (south gate) of Nancheng is called "Duanmen", and it is from here that Liang soldiers invaded.
In the past, it was guarded by private soldiers of the Duan and Zhang families. However, they simply quit the job. Duan Ying's descendants are now a wealthy man in Wuwei.
It's not really a wealthy family. The Zhang family is also a powerful local tycoon, coming after Zhang Heng, a warlord in the late Han Dynasty, and has nothing to do with the Zhang family in Dunhuang.
Liangfeng Gate is the south gate of the Central City, and it is the only way in and out of the Central City and the South City. The city defense facilities are complete and there are heavy troops stationed there, so there is really no serious problem in the short term.
But the question is, now that the matter has come to this, is it still necessary to abide by it?
Zhang Jun subconsciously tightened the city defense at first, but now he felt relaxed and slowly thought about this problem, and suddenly looked depressed.
What's the use of trying harder? It's just a matter of dying a few days too early or a few days too late.
Cai Yi also said just now that he has no reinforcements! No one will come to rescue him! Even if there is, they will be blocked by Zhangye and Xijun and will not be able to get through at all.
At first, I was still a little bit unwilling. After surrendering, wouldn't I even be given an official position? Now that I think about it, it's like this. The rich man seems to be pretty good.
After sorting out the extravagant wealth, the fields, households, houses, and livestock were handed over to the Liang people. After arriving in Luoyang, he closed the door and thanked guests, and spent his life like this. At the age of twenty-two, he had just started his life.
Yan's eldest daughter was only six years old, and his wife Ma's and Liu's sons were only two years old each. As a result, the fate of the whole family could already be seen at a glance.
"That's it." Zhang Jun sighed.
Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Song Ji, who said sincerely: "My lord, we can still fight!"
However, Zhang Jun's mood was waning, he waved his hand, looked at Hui Yi, and said, "Can I trouble you, Chief Shi, to draw up an order for me and tell the soldiers of the three cities to surrender one by one?"
After saying this sentence, it seemed that he had exhausted all his strength,
Mrs. Yan quickly stepped forward to support her and said with tears: "Husband, Your Majesty is true to his word. It is actually quite good to be a rich man and have a family together without having to worry."
Zhang Jun smiled bitterly.
Ever since my grandfather came to Liangzhou, the family has never lived in peace.
First, there was the Xianbei rebellion, which dealt a blow to my grandfather, who had just arrived.
When my grandfather suffered a stroke and was unable to speak, first the brothers Zhang Zhen and Zhang Yue conspired to rebel, and then the Clan family, Cao family and others separated themselves into one party.
When his father reigned for six years, he was assassinated by Yan Sha, the governor of the tent.
At that time, my uncle fought many battles and was forced to surrender to Liu Han and Tuoba Dai. There were also Xin Yan and others who refused to accept discipline.
In his generation, Captain Wuji rebelled first, and then Liang Jun came to attack.
It has taken a lot of effort and effort to support it until now. This mess is unsustainable. Leave it to someone else. He doesn't want it anymore.
In fact, at this moment, he felt a faint sense of schadenfreude in his heart, and he really wanted to see what would happen to those who betrayed him when they were controlled by Shao Xun.
Judging from their unruly behavior, trouble will happen again if they are not saved.
Liangzhou has not been peaceful since the Later Han Dynasty.
Can you rebel against me? Do you dare to rebel against Shao Xun?
After hearing the order to surrender, Yin Yuan sighed silently, while Song Ji struggled with his face. As soon as his hand moved to his waist, Yin Yuan stopped him.
"General Song, the outside world doesn't know about Guzang." Yin Yuan said earnestly: "After my lord surrenders, you can still change your family and serve as Emperor Liang. But if you do something unworthy, there is nothing you can do.
If we cover it up, the Song family may be in great trouble."
Song Ji's hand clenched the handle of the knife so tightly that his knuckles became numb.
Yin Yuan let go of his hand and said: "I have said everything, you can make your own decision."
Song Ji's hand also slowly loosened its hold, hanging slumped by his side.
******
In the afternoon, the soldiers in the three cities received orders one after another.
There was little commotion and everyone accepted their fate.
After all, Liangzhou's army was "crowdfunded", part of the Zhang family, and part of the wealthy family. Now that the wealthy family has different intentions, and the Zhang family themselves don't want to fight, why are they still persisting?
Finish early and go home to do farm work, if your home is still there.
Kim Jong came to Nancheng immediately.
Those who originally entered Nancheng were the Qiang soldiers summoned by Xin Yan from Jinxing. They still stayed inside and drove out the surrendered Wuwei soldiers.
There were shouts in the city, and everything of slight value was looted.
These Qiang soldiers acted like they had never seen money in their eight lives and wanted everything. In other words, Nancheng was planned and built as a palace city. There were not many people at the moment, and there were not many houses and palaces. Most of the valuable things had not been prepared in time.
You can't grab anything.
No, some people even tore down the beams and ran away carrying the best wood.
Kim Jong couldn't bear it anymore and ordered all these people to be hunted down and killed.
Although Xin Yan was dissatisfied with the power of the government soldiers, he still mobilized thousands of soldiers from the Han camp to enter the city and killed dozens of the Qiang soldiers who had made the most excessive noise. Only then could things stabilize.
Hongfan Gate was opened on the east side of Zhongcheng, which is also the only gate allowed to be opened in Zhongcheng.
A large group of martial soldiers filed out of the city and lined up to hand over their equipment.
Song Ji fell at the end of the crowd, looking up to the sky and sighing.
The soldiers who surrendered outside Hongfan Gate were soldiers from the two counties of Xiping and Jinxing. They used to be one family and their attitude was pretty good.
The descendants of the Xiping Wei family and the Guo family who led the team were even familiar with Song Ji, and did not make things difficult for him. They even invited him to sit in the camp and reminisce about old times together.
Song Ji was in no mood and only chatted for a few words. He handed over the equipment of the three thousand men and horses, took them to the designated place and settled down, and then sat there blankly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Beicheng opened the northernmost Anchang Gate.
There were two thousand soldiers on Lingjun Platform. Even after Zhang Jun ordered to surrender, they still refused to abandon their weapons and surrender.
Right Sima Han Pu entered the camp alone, slapped the guard twice, brought out the two thousand crying soldiers, and sat down on the ground in the north of the city.
Huan Wen silently watched these descendants, feeling satisfied and sighing slightly.
For some reason, he suddenly thought of Sima Rui from Jiangdong.
The next day, Liang Jun invaded Jianye. I don't know what his mood was and what he thought.
But Huan Wen didn't pity them.
Just sit back and talk all day long. The key is to dominate the noble position and not give others opportunities, making it difficult for the vast number of knowledgeable people, especially Tao Huan, to make progress and can only work in jobs with low official status and complicated affairs.
In the service profession, death is not a pity.
He is a man who has been on the battlefield and made meritorious deeds twice. He is different from them.
The whole process of surrender lasted until the evening. Almost all the 17,800 soldiers came outside the city, were divided into several places, and sat in meditation with their bare hands.
Thousands of Xin Yan's troops took control of Nancheng.
Qinzhou soldiers took control of Beicheng.
Zhao Wei, the commander of the right battalion of Heishao, led his troops and horses, entered from the south city, passed Liangfeng Gate, and went straight into the middle city.
The doors and windows of every house were closed, and there were no pedestrians on the street. Except for the sergeants who were passing by in formation, no one could be seen.
At this time, Zhang Jun, accompanied by the main officials of the shogunate, came out naked and asked Jin Zheng, the commander of the Liang Army, to surrender.
******
The surrender ceremony was held outside Guangxia Gate in the west of the city.
Chang Shiyi presented the books of the three camps of the twelve counties of Liangzhou one by one, including the "ban", which is the map of the jurisdiction, as well as the "yellow book" for the common people and the "white book" for the nobles of the county.
Jin Zheng was higher than the horse and had no intention of dismounting to help Zhang Jun. He only sent his staff to collect the drawings and then raised his whip.
Said: "The governor of Jie Liang will go to my camp to rest temporarily and wait for the emperor's announcement."
Zhang Jun was naked from the waist up, tied himself with a rope, tied his hands behind his back, held a piece of jade in his mouth, and knelt his head humbly on the ground.
This is the standard procedure for surrender.
The first one is called "Leading the sheep with the flesh exposed", the second one is called "Bearing a thorn to plead guilty", the third one is called "A clay head holding a jade", and there is also a mixture of "falling down with one's face bound". In short, there are many elements.
In addition, it is not wrong for Jin Zheng to call him "the governor of Fake Liang".
If Zhang Gui, his father and his son were canonized by the Jin court, and can be said to be "the governor of Zhenliang", then Zhang Mao cannot be mentioned.
Not to mention Zhang Jun, the self-proclaimed shepherd of Liangzhou.
If he died, only the four words "Fake Liang Governor" could be engraved on his tombstone. It would be impossible to write "Liangzhou Mu" because there is no name.
Zhang Jun knelt on the ground and listened. He didn't say much - he couldn't speak. After getting up, he lowered his head silently.
Jin Zhenggang was about to ride away. Seeing his appearance, he laughed and said, "Let him loose his bonds."
After finishing speaking, he added: "Send an order to Zhao Wei to escort all the Zhang clan members out and send them to the camp to settle down and treat them with courtesy.
Don't disturb me."
Zhen Yi, who had been promoted to the post of General Zhenxi and Chief of the Shogunate, walked over with a smile and said, "Please come with me, Governor of Fake Liang."
After that, he sent someone to untie Zhang Jun and presented him with a set of robes. Zhang Jun took off the jade from his mouth and looked back at Guzang City under the setting sun, as if he was in a big dream.
On the fourth day of May in the second year of Kaiping in Daliang (328), marked by Zhang Jun's surrender, the battle against Liang was basically over.
The Zhang regime, which had ruled Liangzhou for 28 years, fell.
Chapter completed!