In 1658 AD, in the third year of Jianwu in the Ming Dynasty, May.

The city gate of Wuchang was wide open, and Prince Zhu Linyuan of Longwu opened the city to surrender, presented the jade seal to King Zhao Ming of Han, and formally surrendered to Nanjing.

In the eastern suburbs of Wuchang City, 100,000 Han troops were lined up on the field, and warships lined up on the river, firing nearly a hundred salutes in succession.

With the sound of cannons and the sound of trumpets, the gate of Wuchang Dongcheng gate was opened. The eleven-year-old Prince Zhu Linyuan, surrounded by civil and military officials of the Longwu Dynasty, walked out of the city gate and came to Zhao Ming.

Zhao Minganran rode on the horse, watching Zhu Linyuan fall to the ground under Du Yinxi's guidance, lifted the jade seal high, and said in a tender voice, "My minister Zhu Linyuan, is willing to go to the position of governor, lead all officials, submit to His Majesty the Emperor, and submit to the court!"

It was not Zhao Ming's Han Dynasty that surrendered in Wuchang, but the Nanjing court. Zhao Ming is still a vassal king of the Jianwu Dynasty. He urged him to step forward and represent the Nanjing court. He took the jade seal and then raised it high.

"Roar roar roar ~" In the eastern suburbs, 100,000 Han troops immediately raised their weapons and made waves of inspiring roars.

Zhao Ming and others yelled for a while, then handed over the jade seal to their subordinates, and then helped Zhu Linyuan up.

Now that Wuchang surrenders, Zhao Ming still cannot give Zhu Linyuan the placement and reward.

After all, he was just a vassal king and had no status, so he could only return to Nanjing before doing it.

Zhu Linyuan's surrender indicates that the two-year battle between Tang and Lu finally came to an end for a while, and the Ming Dynasty restored peace.

This made the people of the world feel relieved, and those who are wandering outside and hiding from the war will return to their hometowns.

Zhao Ming then instructed the governments in various places to resume production and resettle the people returning home, and at the same time posted lists everywhere, which was on the surface to calm the people, but in fact, he talked about the achievements of the Han army in ending the disputes between Tang and Lu, and praised himself.

At the same time, Zhao Ming asked Du Yinxi to compile a book in the name of Zhu Linyuan, and ordered Jin Shenghuan and various vassal forces who nominally surrendered to the Longwu court to be loyal to Nanjing, and to write to Wu Sangui, so that he would not invade Huguang and submit to the Nanjing court as soon as possible.

Southwest, Chenzhou, western Hunan.

After Li Dingguo received a request for help from Wuchang in Guiyang, he immediately ordered 50,000 troops and entered western Hunan to prepare for reinforcements to Wuchang.

At this time, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were like long snakes, and the vast snow-capped mountains were advancing.

A team of cavalry rushed over and came to Li Dingguo, turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, and reported anxiously: "King, Wuchang is urgently convinced!"

After saying that, the cavalry stood up and raised the letter with both hands.

Li Dingguo rode his horse and took it with one hand. He opened it to watch, and his brows frowned.

Bai Wenxuan, the general on the side, asked: "King, what's the matter? Could it be Wuchang~"

Li Dingguo said in a deep voice: "Wuchang surrenders!"

Bai Wenxuan thought Wuchang was captured and did not want to surrender, so he couldn't help but curse: "Wuchang surrenders, isn't this playing tricks on us?"

The last time the Ming army rescued Guangzhou, the Ming army broke up the bridges across the river and made the Western generals very unhappy. This time, they asked the Western army for help. As soon as the Western army left Guizhou, the Ming army surrendered. This is really outrageous.

Li Dingguo pondered for a while, put away the letter, and said in a deep voice: "Wuchang surrenders, there is only one imperial court in Nanjing after the Ming Dynasty. The Duge tribe asked me to surrender to Nanjing. If the Ming Dynasty can be unified from now on and there will be no internal disputes, it will be a good thing!"

Bai Wenxuan said: "King, how do we act?"

Li Dingguo pulled out his horse's reins, turned his horse's head, and said in a deep voice: "Return to Guiyang!"

Seeing this, Bai Wenxuan quickly ordered the 50,000-strong army to turn into a front team and return to the southwest in a mighty manner.

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Lantian and Wu Sangui mobilized 200,000 troops, 50,000 troops from Dongchuan, 50,000 troops from Hanzhong, rushed into Yunyang, and 100,000 troops from Lantian, and went out of Hangu Pass, and took the Dongqing to capture Nanyang, and then from Xiangyang, along the Han River to reinforce Wuchang.

The army of 200,000 was divided into three groups, and the foreign deception was 500,000, and rescued Wuchang.

Wu Sangui accepted Hong Chengchou's suggestion and prepared to repel Zhao Ming and rescue Wuchang. He then captured Longwu's prince Zhu Linyuan to Chang'an in order to hold the emperor to order the princes.

If Zhu Linyuan can be controlled, he can gain allegiance from Huguang, Jiangxi and Southwest, and the Great Zhou may become the overlord of the world.

After half a month of preparation, Wu Sangui recruited more than 100,000 civilians to launch a battle and do a big battle.

At this time, the Wuchang envoy suddenly rushed to Lantian and told Wuchang that he had already left the position of governing the country, rebuilding the Wu reign, and recognizing Nanjing as the orthodox of the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Sangui was furious when the Zhou army commanded the tent, but considering Wuchang surrendered and the internal unification of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui had to give up sending troops temporarily.

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Zhao Ming stayed in Wuchang for a month and responded carefully. After the Western Army and Wu Sangui withdrew their troops, they immediately took Huguang's household registration, military list, and hostages from various towns to lead the army back to Nanjing to implement the feudal affairs of the various vassals, and opened the windows to the political era led by him.

This time, Zhao Ming failed to deprive Longwu towns of military power and failed to achieve the established goals, but it was not without gain.

Under the conditions of peace, he restricted the number of troops in each town and sent officials to monitor the taxes.

These conditions seem to be nothing now. After Zhao Ming consumed the territory of Fujian, Guangdong, southern Zhili, and northern Jiangxi, and reorganized 500,000 troops, he could continue these two conditions to control the vassal states and realize centralization in disguise.

At that time, Zhao Ming could use the excuse of Zhou or Dongqing to attract various vassals to Nanjing. Faced with the powerful Han army and the name of conquering enemy countries, the various vassals would not dare to fail to go there.

At this time, Zhao Ming sent the chief envoys to various vassals to gradually control local taxes with the help of the majesty of the court.

Zhao Ming still asked the vassal lords to take the orders, and the vassal territories also belonged to them in name, but only local government affairs and taxes were managed by the central court, and then a lot of them were distributed to them.

In this way, although the feudal states were not completely resolved, it was another way to strengthen centralization.

In the future, Zhao Ming can also rely on the authority of the central government to gradually transfer the various vassals to overseas and borders.

On May 15, Zhao Ming led an army of 100,000 to Dasheng Pass in the western suburbs of Nanjing. Zhu Yihai, who received the news in advance, led all officials to go out of the city to greet him again.

This time, Zhao Ming did not disappear, but led a large army and appeared in front of Zhu Yihai with great power.

At this time, Zhu Yihai stood under the emperor's ceremonial guard and saw the figures of Han soldiers coming from afar, as well as Zhao Ming, who was wearing golden armor first, with his majestic eyes deep and a little distracted.

"Your Majesty, the King of Han has arrived!" Fang Fengnian, the Grand Secretary next to him, reminded him.

Zhu Yihai came back to his senses and took the initiative to attack the horse, turned over and dismount. Zhao Ming also turned over and dismounted. Then he saw Zhu Yihai step forward quickly and grabbed Zhao Ming's hand and said, "Your family will fight all the way to pacify cholera, thank you for your hard work!"

Zhao Ming said: "Why do you have to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and return peace to the people?"

Zhu Yihai glanced at Zhao Ming, stared at him, and continued to hold hands and said, "I have decided to negotiate peace with Wuchang privately. Your family won't blame me, right!"
Chapter completed!