Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 653
Chapter 654: Chang'an's Surrender
In the fifth year of Tiantong, on June [-]th, Chang'an City, Tai'a Hall, and all the remaining civil and military officials of Qin State gathered here. Today is the enthronement ceremony of Qin State's new king, although it is only one day before the death of Qin Emperor Yingzhuang , but the state of Qin didn't have much time, and even because of Deng Jun's siege, Yingzhuang, which was supposed to be buried in the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum, could only be buried in the palace.

"Dang! Dang! Dang..." As the bell rang, the servant shouted loudly: "Your Majesty is here!"

"Your Majesty is welcome!" Everyone bowed to the ground.

Outside the Tai'a Hall, Empress Qin led the ten-year-old Ying Han into the hall slowly, all the way to the throne, Empress Qin placed Ying Han on the throne, and she herself sat on the left side of the throne Then he looked around at the people in the hall and said, "Excuse me! Be flat!"

After everyone got up, Li You walked in front of them as the prime minister, picked up the imperial decree and read out: "Emperor Daxing said: I have been emperor since the first year of Qin Nineteenth. However, there is no holiday, although I am unwilling, but when manpower is exhausted, I have to go to see my ancestors. After my death, it is said that the crown prince Han, the empress Zhao's regent, the prime minister Li You, and the royal doctor Baili Jin, Lord Wu'an, Bai Qi, assists the government, I hope that all the ministers will live up to my expectations, assist the new emperor, and rejuvenate our Great Qin! This is it! June [-]th, fifth year of the Great Qin Nineteenth!"

"Your Majesty!" This was Ying Zhuang's will, and all the ministers wailed symbolically to express their grief.

After everyone was sad, Li You took out another imperial decree and read it out: "On June [-]th, the fifth year of the Nineteenth Emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty, my minister Yinghan presented the Queen of Heaven and Empress Land. Thanks to the great love of the first emperor, he was able to pass on the throne. Today in Tai'a The hall is the throne of the emperor, named the twentieth generation of Qin, I hope the heavens will bless you, and bless me, Great Qin!"

"Longevity, Your Majesty!" The crowd bowed again. Once the imperial decree came out, it represented that Ying Han had officially ascended the throne and became the emperor of Qin.

"Pingshen!" Ying Han said in a childish voice.

Afterwards, Li You took out another imperial decree and read it out: "Emperor Daqin's edict said: I first ascended the throne, and I need the support of all the ministers. Now Jin Zhao Empress is the empress dowager, who is in charge of the government; Wu'an Jun Baiqi is the general, the chief minister, Lord Wu'an; Prime Minister Li You to be Lord Wenhua; Imperial Shi Dafu Baili to be Lord Wenxin, and three people to assist the government, hereby! June [-]th of the fifth year of the Great Qin Nineteenth Year!"

"I thank Your Majesty for your grace!" Li You, Bai Lijin and Bai Qi bowed.

After the enthronement ceremony, Bai Qi returned to the city tower, while Li You and Bai Lijin came to the Jiaofang Hall where the Queen Mother Zhao was.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has already ascended the throne, and the Deng Jun outside the city will launch an attack on Chang'an City in the near future. The time left for us is running out, and please send your imperial edict as soon as possible!" Li You said to Zhao.

"Li Xiang, do you have to do this? Wait a little longer, maybe Lord Wu An can repel Deng Jun?" Zhao said hesitantly. Yesterday, Zhao was just a woman whose husband had just died, and she was at a loss. On the hall, as the empress dowager, Mrs. Zhao is respected by all officials and governs the government. It can be said that the power of the entire Qin country is under control. This feeling is really good. How can a person who has reached the peak Are you willing to come down?So when Li You said to surrender, Zhao already had other ideas compared to yesterday's helplessness. Zhao even hoped that Bai Qi could repel Deng Jun. In this way, she is still the most honorable person in Qin State. Queen Mother.

Li You and Bailijin were a little stunned when they heard the words. They never expected that Mrs. Zhao would change his mind and not want to surrender. This was different from what they had imagined before.

Li You and Bailijin looked at each other, and both could see the helplessness in their eyes.

Baili Jin cupped his hands and said, "Madam, do you know how many Deng Jun soldiers are in the outer city? No less than 50. Madam, do you know how many soldiers and horses we have in Chang'an? It's less than 6, and Looking at the entire Guanzhong, what still belongs to Daqin is only a mere Chang'an City, even if Lord Wu An can repel Deng Jun, what about the next time? Your Majesty, Daqin is powerless to recover, and I hope you can think of Your Majesty!"

"This..." Zhao was originally a woman in the deep palace. Coupled with the lessons learned from the Queen Mother Xuan of the pre-Qin Dynasty, the Qin State has always strictly prohibited the harem from interfering in politics. Therefore, although Deng Jun has surrounded Chang'an City, Zhao's She basically knew nothing about the war. Now that she heard what Bailijin said, she realized that the strength gap between Deng and Qin was so great. 50 Deng Jun is too difficult. Only Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu in the past, has had such a record since ancient times, and even Bai Qi, the pre-Qin Wu'an Lord, never did it.

"Your Majesty, I still hope that the overall situation is the most important thing. Although the country is important, the blood of Ying Qin is even more important!" Li You also said.

Mrs. Zhao was very frightened at this time, and said quickly: "Okay, according to the words of Li Xiang and Dr. Baili, the Ai family will issue a decree." The golden seal was handed over to Li You.

Li You breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Yizhi. He was really afraid that Mrs. Zhao would be confused for a while, greedy for power and position, and refused to surrender. Now that he got Yizhi, he finally let go of his heart.

"Mother, it's not too late, I'm going to discuss with Lord Wu'an!" Li Yousheng was afraid that Zhao's repentance, so he hurriedly pulled Bailijin away.

After Li You and Bailijin left the palace, they also breathed a sigh of relief. Li You said to Bailijin: "Doctor Baili, we almost caused a catastrophe!"

Bailijin nodded and said, "Yes, fortunately the queen mother didn't insist, otherwise something really happened."

Bai Lijin was also a little bit afraid, he originally let Ying Han ascend the throne and the Zhao family ruled the government in order to persuade Bai Qi with righteousness, but unexpectedly, it made the Zhao family think something he shouldn't have.

"No matter what, the result is still as we wished. Now only Bai Qi is left. We only need to convince Bai Qi." Li You said.

"Bai Qi, it's a trouble, is Li Xiang sure?" Bailijin asked.

Li You shook his head and said, "Doctor Baili, to be honest, I'm not very sure of the truth, but Doctor Baili can rest assured that the truth will never let Bai Qi do bad things. It must be done, and only in this way can His Majesty's life and wealth be preserved."

How easy is it to convince a famous general like Bai Qi to surrender?Even if Li You has the order of the Empress Dowager Zhao, whether Bai Qi will listen to it or not is another matter, and whether he will act or not is another matter, but Li You is confident that even if Bai Qi refuses to compromise, he will not compromise. Let Bai Qi do bad things.

Seeing that Li You was full of confidence, Bailijin was also relieved, but deep in his heart there was a sense of sadness, and he said, "I didn't expect that the foundation of Daqin for hundreds of years would be destroyed by you and me. When we get down here in the future, what should we do?" How about going to face the ancestors of Great Qin?"

Bailijin and Li You are both veterans of the Qin State. They returned to their homeland in Guanzhong from Xiliang with the Qin State. They wanted to help the Qin State achieve a hegemony, but they did not expect that the Qin State would end in their hands today.

Li You understood that Bailijin would not have come to this point if he hadn't been desperate, so he patted Bailijin on the shoulder and said, "Doctor Baili, don't think so much. If we do this, we will I'm sorry for Daqin, but I'm sorry for the Ying family, if we don't do this, the Ying family's direct line may not be able to keep, presumably the ancestors of Daqin will understand us."

"Oh..." Bailijin sighed and said, "I hope so!"

The two came to the city tower together. Now Deng Jun is still dispatching troops and has not yet attacked the city. However, the pressure on Qin Jun is also very great, especially the death of Yingzhuang, which has a great blow to the morale of Qin Jun Huge, even though Qin already has a new emperor, no one knows what a ten-year-old emperor will bring to Qin.

After going up to the gate tower, he found Bai Qi directly. Bai Qi was very surprised by the arrival of Li You and Bai Lijin. The new king had just ascended the throne. There should be many things in the court that need reasons to be dealt with with Bai Lijin. How could there be time? How about coming to the tower?

"Li Xiang and Doctor Baili are not in the government office to deal with government affairs, so how come they have time to come to the tower?" Bai Qi asked.

Li You looked around and said, "Mr. Wu'an, I have important matters to discuss with Mr. Wu'an, so I ask Mr. Wu'an to stand back."

Although he felt strange, Bai Qi still let the others go out.

After the others left, Li You took out Zhao's imperial decree, handed it to Bai Qi, and said, "Mr. Wu An, this is the empress dowager's imperial decree, take a look!"

Bai Qi didn't understand why he took Yi's decree, opened it, his expression changed drastically, his face was full of anger, he looked at Li You and Bai Lijin, gritted his teeth and said, "Li You, Bai Lijin, what do you mean? "

Although this decree belongs to Mrs. Zhao, Bai Qi knows very well that Mrs. Zhao is just a woman in the deep palace who knows nothing about major national affairs. Now that she suddenly issued the decree of surrender, it is easy to know that it is Li You and Baili in front of her. Instigated.

Li You said: "Mr. Wu'an, the queen mother's edict has been made very clear. It is meaningless to continue the fight now. Instead of making unnecessary sacrifices, it is better to surrender the city. Only in this way can the dozens of people in the city be kept alive." The lives of the people of Wanqin, please don't let Lord Wu'an make mistakes!"

"Don't make mistakes?" Bai Qi laughed and said, "How did I make mistakes? Since the start of the war, I have been up all night and devoted myself to the Great Qin. Now, with a single word from you, I will let you surrender!" Don’t think about it, I will tell you that there are only Qin people who died in battle in Daqin, and there are no Qin people who surrendered.”

Seeing that Bai Qi was so stubborn, Bai Lijin stepped forward and said, "Bai Qi, you are not afraid of death, have you ever thought about it for your Majesty? You refused to surrender, and fought bloody battles with Deng's army until the last one soldier died, and it was done." In the name of your loyalty, but what about your majesty? Have you ever thought about what will happen to your majesty once Deng Jun breaks the city? To tell you the truth, surrender is not only the empress dowager's intention, but also the late emperor's intention. Before the late emperor died, Leaving a will to let the old man and Li Xiang keep His Majesty no matter what, if you insist so much, where do you put His Majesty?"

"Hmph!" Bai Qi sneered when he heard the words: "This is just your family's story. Before the late emperor died, he did not leave a will to surrender. How would he know if it was for your own wealth? Life, what about forging the last emperor's will?"

"Huh!" Li You said, "Bai Qi, let's not say whether this is the last emperor's will, but now Daqin is the Empress Dowager's regent, and on this edict, His Majesty's jade seal and the Empress Dowager's golden seal are the ones who decide my Daqin's whereabouts." Man, you disobey the order and disrespect it because you are disloyal, for your own selfish desires, disregarding His Majesty's life and death, it is considered unrighteous, do you want to be this unfaithful and unrighteous person?"

Li You's words left Bai Qi speechless, yes.Let’s not talk about whether Ying Zhuang has left such a will, the current state of Qin is the Queen Mother Zhao and Ying Han who are in charge. They have decided to surrender. Surrender, Bai Qi is not reconciled.

Seeing that Bai Qi was beginning to waver, Bai Lijin took the opportunity to say: "Mr. Wu An, the old man and Li Xiang are not people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, but Daqin is now at this point, even if you have all-powerful abilities, you are powerless , Since the Great Qin and Deng Jun sent troops, my Qin people have died in countless battles, please let Lord Wu An stay rooted for the Qin people, don't fight anymore, the Qin people have already shed too much blood!"

Bai Qi clenched his fists tightly, struggling in his heart, and then said: "Li Xiang, Doctor Baili, can you allow me to consider this matter?"

"It should be so. If Mr. Wu An has made a decision, please let us know the truth, but I hope that Mr. Wu An can make a decision as soon as possible. Mr. Wu An also knows very well that the Deng army is about to attack the city. If it takes a long time, I'm afraid we will There is no chance of surrender." Seeing Bai Qi shaken, Li You breathed a sigh of relief, although he didn't know what the outcome would be, but at least he had hope.

"I will understand!" Bai Qi nodded and said.

After Li You and Bai Lijin left, Bai Qi looked at the sky, unable to let go of it for a long time. In Bai Qi's heart, he was unwilling to surrender. As a general, and even a famous general in the world, Bai Qi had his own pride and wanted to join the army by himself. , For more than twenty years, he fought south and north and made great achievements in battle. When he joined the army, he made an oath to lead the Qin army to sweep the world, but who would have expected that things would develop to such an extent.

Bai Qi stayed alone for a few hours, and then asked to invite a group of generals to pass on Zhao's imperial edict to them one by one.

The clan general Ying Pi asked Bai Qi with a solemn face, "I don't know what your majesty's plan is?"

"I would like to hear your opinion?" Bai Qi asked back.

"The last general is waiting to hear from your lord!" Meng Tong, Li Jin, Bai Chen and other Bai Qi's descendants said in unison.

Only Ying Pi hesitated, and said: "Your Majesty, this is the Queen Mother's order. Now that the Queen Mother is in charge of the government, the future of Daqin should be decided by the Queen Mother."

Bai Qi glanced at Ying Pi, and knew that Ying Pi already had the idea of ​​surrendering, but Bai Qi loved you and didn't say it directly, but said: "This matter has not been considered yet, you wait and go down first, let Ben Will think about it."

"Here!" Everyone responded and left.However, Meng Tong, Li Jin, Bai Chen and others looked at Ying Pi with a bit of disdain.

After everyone left, Bai Qi remembered the words of Li You and Bai Lijin, and struggled in his heart. After a long time, Bai Qi finally made a decision, and murmured: "Since you all want to surrender, I will fulfill you, but I will never be like you, groveling."

That night, Bai Qi sent someone to tell Li You and Bai Lijin of his decision. Hearing that Bai Qi agreed to surrender, Li You and Bai Lijin breathed a sigh of relief. The tens of thousands of troops in the city will not surrender. Even if Li You has a way to get rid of Bai Qi, there is no way to appease the tens of thousands of elites living in the city. Obviously, Bai Qi's relentlessness is the last solution.

The next day, Li You went out of the city in person with the surrender form and came to Deng Jun's camp to meet Xue Rengui. Xue Rengui was very surprised by Li You's arrival, and what surprised Xue Rengui even more was that the king and ministers of Qin chose to surrender. I know that Qin people are notoriously bloody, but I didn't expect to choose to surrender.

But this is also a good thing for Deng Jun. After all, there are still tens of thousands of Qin troops in the city. Xue Rengui is naturally willing to accept this bloody battle, but Xue Rengui is not sure whether Qin's surrender is true. What if Qin's surrender is false?So Xue Rengui and Li You discussed the matter of surrender, and after sending Li You away, he immediately called all the generals to discuss.

After learning the good news that Qin State took the initiative to open the city and surrender, everyone was also very happy. Although generals like to fight, they would be very happy if they could surrender without fighting, but Xue Rengui also said that Anxiety in mind.

In the end, it was Jia Xu who dispelled Xue Rengui's doubts and said: "General, this is a god-given opportunity. The biggest obstacle to taking down Chang'an City is the Chang'an City Wall, and Qin has to open the city gate whether he really surrenders or not. Once the gates of the city are opened, even if the Qin State is really cheating, in front of our army's hundreds of thousands of elites, any conspiracy will be futile."

What Jia Xu said made Xue Rengui suddenly realize that, yes, Qin has only tens of thousands of people. As long as the gate of Chang'an is opened, his hundreds of thousands of troops can enter the city in large numbers. What means?In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is futile.

So Xue Rengui immediately decided to accept Qin's surrender.

The next day, Xue Rengui personally led an army to the city of Chang'an. Accompanied by the Queen Mother Zhao and surrounded by all civil and military personnel, Ying Han, the young emperor of Qin State, held the jade seal of Qin State in his hand and asked Xue Rengui to surrender. Xue Rengui saw the emperor of Qin State and When the queen mother came out, she knew that Qin had really surrendered, so she was very happy. After receiving the surrender table and the jade seal, Xue Rengui ordered people to protect the emperor and queen mother of Qin, and at the same time ordered people to seal up the treasury and palace of Qin, and take over the city defense of Chang'an. Control the Qin army in Chang'an City.

After Xue Rengui entered the city, the person he wanted to see the most was Bai Qi. Xue Rengui had always been fascinated by this world-famous general, but it was a pity that when Qin surrendered in Kaicheng, Bai Qi killed himself in the mansion. General Meng Tong of the State of Qin, they were loyal to the State of Qin in their own way. After Xue Rengui got the news, he felt very sorry. If Bai Qi could submit to the State of Deng, it would definitely make the State of Deng even more powerful. Xue Rengui also admired him very much, so Xue Rengui ordered people to collect the corpses of Bai Qi and Meng Tong, and buried them with the ceremony of Marquis, and engraved the tomb of Bai Gongqi, the great general of the Qin Dynasty, the great Sima, and the king of Wu'an, on Bai Qi's tombstone.

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on June 21, Xue Rengui accepted the surrender of Qin's monarchs and ministers under the city of Chang'an. So far, Qin, which had been established for more than 200 years, perished and the Battle of Guanzhong ended.

After that, Xue Rengui personally sat in Chang'an, and sent people to report victory to Wancheng, and at the same time sent troops to escort Qin's monarchs and ministers to Wancheng.

(End of this chapter)