Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 96: Unable to Surrender

"Woooooo~~~"

The messenger who escaped from Jiankang City exhausted several horses along the way and finally arrived in Kuaiji County. He threw himself in front of the Xie brothers and burst into tears.

"Shut up!!"

Xie Yi was furious and kicked him. "What kind of earth-shattering incident happened? Tell me!"

Xie An, who was standing aside, also had a dark face and clenched his fists.

It is obvious that something big happened in Jiankang City!

"The enemy army, the enemy army broke through Jiankang City~"

The messenger burst into tears and snot. "They broke into houses, ransacked homes, and killed anyone they saw. The city was filled with blood and pestles. It was like hell on earth."

Amidst the choked sobs, the news conveyed was one that the Xie brothers could not accept.

"This is impossible."

Xie An panted heavily, bent down and said, "The private soldiers of each family in Jiankang City are tens of thousands of people."

"Where did the bandits come from to capture Jiankang City?"

"Absolutely impossible!"

The messenger wiped his tears and said, "The private soldiers of each family are fighting desperately."

"But the bandits are too strong."

"Everyone is wearing three layers of heavy armor, making them hard to be harmed by swords and spears, and difficult to be broken by bows and crossbows."

"The rebels are fearless and skilled in combat, and are all the bravest of the army."

Hearing this, Xie Yi's heart suddenly jumped.

He hurriedly stood up and took two steps forward, eagerly asking, "How was the city wall breached? Was there a monster as big as a mountain that smashed the wall?"

The messenger was stunned, and looked at Xie Yi as if to say, how did you know?
"really."

Xie Yi took two steps back, his body softened and he sat down on the table.

"It's the Beggar Army!"

"Everyone is wearing heavy armor. The only one in the world who has the financial resources to do this is General Lin."

"This city-breaking giant, as big as a mountain, is only possessed by Grand Commander Lin."

"Absolutely right. He was able to sneak out of Jiankang City without anyone noticing. It must be him!"

"Why?" Xie An's legs were shaking. "Why would he do this?"

"We, the Jiangzuo nobles, have reached a consensus and are willing to help them emulate Cao Wei and abdicate."

"Why did they come thousands of miles to attack, break into Jiankang City and slaughter people wantonly?"

From Xie An's perspective, he really couldn't understand it.

We are all ready to surrender, waiting quietly for us to perform the grand ceremony and present gold, silver, valuables and women.

Why should you waste manpower, material resources and financial resources and travel thousands of miles to fight a war?

This is simply harming others and not benefiting yourself~~~
He suddenly turned his head and looked at Xie Yi, "Brother, where is Ling Jiang?"

Xie Daoyuan was the bedmate of that great commander-in-chief.

How could there be no news about such a big event?

"No."

Xie Yi shook his head, as if remembering something, and laughed sadly, "She told me at the beginning that since I am a wife of another family, I belong to another family."

"This..." Xie An shook his head helplessly, "I hope she can give birth to a son soon."

Taking a deep breath, Xie An asked the messenger, "Any news from the clan members?"

The messenger was from the Chenjun Xie family, the second son of the Xie Yizhu brothers, Xie Jujia.

"When I left the city, the master and the six nobles led the family soldiers to escort the women out of the city. I don't know if they escaped."

"The Fourth and Fifth Lords have both sent people to ask for help. Their homes have been breached."

The Xie family of Chenjun is a large family.

The head of the family of this generation is the brothers Xie Yi and Xie An.

The eldest brother Xie Yi and the third brother Xie An were both in Kuaiji County at this time.

The second brother, Xie Ju, fled and his life or death is unknown now.

The fourth brother, Xie Wan, was a Zhonglang official under Sima Yu, the King of Kuaiji, and the fifth brother, Xie Shi, was a Mishulang. They were all in Jiankang City.

As for the sixth child, Xie Tie, he was young and lived with the second child.

It now seems that the brothers in Jiankang City are in great danger.

This is just their room.

Except for those scattered outside, most of the other branches, branches, and clans of the Chenjun Xie family are concentrated in Jiankang City.

There is no doubt that the Xie family of Chenjun is almost going to be wiped out!
Xie An's face looked extremely ugly.

He used to be a famous official and was not surprised by fame or disgrace.

But now, he was as anxious and flustered as an ant on the hot pan, and there was no trace of his gentlemanly demeanor left.

Xie Yi, on the other hand, gradually calmed down after getting over the initial panic.

He instructed the messenger, "Go to Wudang Mountain immediately and tell everyone to hurry south to Panyu in Nanhai County."

Daotong was the courtesy name of the second eldest son, Xie Yun, who was a Taoist priest in Wudang Mountain.

This is to preserve the bloodline of the second son's family.

He then instructed Xie An to "send messengers to various places to inform the clansmen to go to Panyu."

"Brother, what are you doing?"

"I thought I could make a name for myself in the New Dynasty." Xie Yi shook his head and sighed, "Now it seems that I was overthinking it."

"That Grand Commander never even thought of taking in former ministers like me!"

Xie An sat on the ground with a dejected look on his face.

He has not yet truly come out to lead the Chenjun Xie family to become bigger and stronger.

With the sudden appearance of Qihuo Shuai, is he going to flee overseas?
"Let's go." Xie Yi closed his eyes and sighed, "It's already a blessing from heaven that we can leave."

Jiankang City, Jiankang Palace.

"It's already this late, what else is there to say?"

General Wang Tian, ​​with his thick brows furrowed and his eyes wide open, said, "We will fight to the death!"

They had been surrounded in the palace for several days.

The beggar army besieging the city was not in a hurry to attack.

Instead, they first seized all the important points inside and outside the city, and at the same time eliminated those who were resisting stubbornly and taking advantage of the situation to rob.

The people in the palace tried to break out several times, but were beaten back every time.

Sikong Xi Yin on the side shook his head and sighed, "If that's the case, then everyone will die."

In recent years, many powerful figures from the families who crossed the sea to the east, such as Wang Dao, Wang Dun, Yu Liang and others, have passed away.

Wang Yunzhi and others who took over also died early.

At this time, the ruler of the small Eastern Jin court was Huan Wen.

But Huan Wen was far away in Jingzhou, and the future ruler Xie An had not yet arrived.

There was no leader in Jiankang City and the quarrels were fierce.

"The palace is strong." Wang Tian looked excited and his voice became louder. "There are more than ten thousand people from all the families gathered here. Why can't we fight?" After the death of brothers Wang Dao and Wang Dun, the Wang family of Langya was headed by Wang Yunzhi.

But Wang Yunzhi died early, leaving no successor.

Although Wang Tian was the son of Wang Dao, he lacked ability, which led to the declining reputation of the Wang family of Langya.

At this time, no one among the ministers around agreed.

The reason is simple. If they could win, why would they be forced to hide in the palace?

"Let's talk."

Wang Shu of the Taiyuan Wang family expressed everyone's wish: "If you can surrender, surrender. If that doesn't work, think of other ways."

The noble families and royal relatives all agreed.

Who wants to die when there is a chance to live?

Now the enemy is at the gates and we are surrounded in the palace.

Still fighting in this situation?

Damn it.

Everyone unanimously recommended Shangshu Ling Wang Shu as the envoy to go out of the palace to discuss surrender.

In a mansion outside Xihuamen, Wang Shu met Lin Dao.

"surrender?"

Lin Dao, sitting on a mat, seemed to be tempted. "What are the conditions?"

When Wang Shu heard that there was a play, he immediately expressed his intention, "We are willing to help the Marshal and carry out the abdication. We are willing to serve the Marshal like dogs and horses~~~"

It's the same old shit over and over again.

It seems that becoming emperor is the only pursuit.

As long as he can help become emperor, he can continue the family's glory.

Lin Dao sighed, then asked curiously, "There's something I can't figure out, and I want to ask you."

"Yes." Wang Shu bowed his head and said, "I'm listening."

"Is the story of your ancestor Wang Xiang lying on the ice to catch carp true or false?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Shu looked embarrassed.

From the perspective of biology and physics, lying on the ice to catch carp is impossible.

If this is true, then Wang Xiang would definitely not live to be over eighty years old.

From a historical perspective.

There was no imperial examination system at that time, so if you wanted to become an official, you had to rely on recommendations.

The condition for recommendation is reputation.

Filial piety is the simplest and most effective way to increase reputation.

Wang Shu coughed and said, "General, I am from the Wang family of Taiyuan."

"That Wang Xiang is from the Wang clan of Langya."

Although they all have the surname Wang, they are not from the same family.

Some of the ancestors of the Wang family in Taiyuan entered officialdom by showing filial piety.

But there is absolutely no such exaggerated thing as lying on the ice to catch carp.

That was all done by Wang Clan of Langya!
Lin Dao felt a little regretful.

He was really curious about the truth of this story.

This is simply an example of breaking the limits of the human body.

In such freezing weather, even if one relies on body temperature to melt the frozen river surface, the cold air will at least penetrate into one's internal organs.

Under such circumstances, Wang Xiang could still live to be over 80 years old.
Miracle, undoubtedly the miracle of life!

"pity."

Lin Dao shook his head and returned to the main topic, "I can consider what you said."

"but."

He changed the subject and said, "I heard that the Yu family of Yingchuan colluded with the barbarians to cause trouble in the area."

"If you can punish them first, I might consider accepting the remaining families."

"Go back and discuss this with everyone before giving me your reply."

Wang Shu left with a serious expression.

Lin Dao, however, didn't care at all.

He picked up the thick account book beside him and looked through it carefully.

A large amount of wealth and materials were concentrated in Jiankang City.

Although there was a lot of damage during the war, the spoils were still extremely rich.

"Food and fodder are used to appease the people."

"Tools and livestock will be distributed to the people for farming."

"Spice glass. Oh, all the rewards."

"Fine wine and fragrant leaves. All as rewards!"

"Gold, silver, jewelry, precious medicinal herbs and wood, these are good, exchange them with the soldiers."

"Female family."

In order to boost the morale of the army, Lin Dao promised that after the city was captured, the soldiers could share half of the captured property.

There is nothing we can do about this.

The soldiers had no awareness or faith, and the generous rewards were the reason why they fought so hard.

Lin Dao will definitely not go back on his word, but exchanging supplies is no problem.

That night, a fierce internal conflict broke out in the palace, and the sound of fighting echoed throughout the night.

The next afternoon, Wang Shu, looking somewhat embarrassed, came to Lin Dao again as an envoy.

"The Yingchuan Yu clan committed heinous crimes. The emperor has issued an edict to exterminate them."

In Wang Shu's opinion, this was Lin Dao's way of establishing his authority.

But as long as it’s not your family that’s in trouble, it doesn’t matter.

"it is good."

Facing Wang Shu's expectant gaze, Lin Dao laughed.

"I can seriously consider accepting you."

"It's just~~~"

"I heard that it was the Huan clan of Qiao State who accepted the Qiang people?"

"You should know that the Qiang people are the great enemies of the Qihuo Army~~~"

"If you can punish the Huan family of Qiao State, then I will seriously consider accepting your offer of allegiance~"

Wang Shu's eyes widened in anger, and he suddenly stood up and overturned the table in front of him.

"Why is the Marshal playing tricks on me?!"

"We want to surrender, but we can't?!"

(End of this chapter)