The Shao Wu raised his thumb and said, "Junior brother, you can see this? In the years since I have been in the imperial court, I thought I could keep my emotions and anger intangible, but I didn't expect that you would see through it at a glance."

Huwa smiled and said: "It's not you who has the flaw. Although Junior Brother Panhu didn't say anything, he was secretly beaming with joy. Only a blind man wouldn't notice it!...Tell me, what exactly is it?"

Shao Wu: "I would like to thank my junior brother for his recommendation. I just received the battle report from the front line this morning. General Lingbao captured Yancheng again. Zheng Jun still wanted to negotiate terms, but Lingbao did not give him this opportunity;

Now that the general situation has been decided, Zheng Shiguo will have to surrender even if he does not surrender."

Huwa was also surprised and said: "Congratulations in advance, senior brother, for pacifying Zheng Shiguo. In this case, I can go back to Bujin Mountain with peace of mind and do my own thing, without keeping A Yuan waiting for a long time."

Young Minister: "I plan to take advantage of the official surrender of Zheng Shiguo to announce the crimes of Yingzhu, Yu Pu and others, and publicly execute a group of criminals escorted from Zheng Shiguo. Don't you wait for that day?... The surrender ceremony

, you should be the one to perform the ceremony."

Huwa shook his head and said: "Yingzhu is dead, I killed him with my own hands, and now he is just dead again. As for the murderer, there is no need for the master to do it himself, it can be left to the executioner. As for the ceremony of the surrender ceremony

I recommend Zhengxiling as deputy minister. The situation in Zhengshi Kingdom is more complicated than that in Bashi Kingdom, so Xiling should be appointed as the temporary minister of Fumin to deal with the aftermath."

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The secret envoy sent by Zheng Jun here just met Ba Jun. Why did Lingbao over there capture another city wall? During this period, there were more than one group of people talking in private. Just when Zheng Jun and Gu Caiqi Yu Ying

During the discussion in Zhuling, the city lord's palace in Weichuan City had become a temporary command camp, and the three frontline generals including Lingbao, Xiaoyang, and Lin Xiao also had some discussions.

Looking at the battle line distribution map just drawn, Lin Xiao said: "A few days ago, most of the military formations in the direction of Yancheng have been moved away from the city walls; another small number of military formations were originally intended to cut off our army's retreat.

They have been defeated by our reinforcements at the rear. The last batch of reinforcements assembled in the country are on their way. Do you want them to change their route immediately and go directly to attack Yancheng?"

Lingbao squinted his eyes and said: "Just order the five military formations not to assemble in Weichuan City, but to go directly to the direction of Yancheng. We don't want to attack the city. We just need to entangle the defenders on the border so that the other side has no time to return."

Just withdraw the city walls. Leave half of the troops in Weichuan City to guard the city. I will personally lead the army to attack Yancheng from the flanks, and I will take it in one fell swoop."

Xiao Yang hesitated and said: "We have achieved great success by capturing Weichuan City. There is no need to fight anymore. As long as we secure this city, Zheng Shiguo will sue for peace or surrender sooner or later. Why don't we wait?...Zheng Shiguo

Although the country lost the city of Weichuan, the main force of the army was not wiped out, and the cost of the decisive battle was still very high."

Lingbao pointed at the map and said: "The main force of Zheng Shiguo's army is still there. But I don't want to fight head-on with them to the end. If we take Yancheng, we can't wait any longer. We should take the opportunity to march at full speed to catch the enemies who have moved away from the city wall.

The army captured it before it could return to defense.

According to secretly transmitted news, some people in Zheng Shiguo advocated peace talks, while others clamored for a bloody battle to the end. In particular, many military generals held heavy troops and still harbored illusions. If they were not defeated, Zheng Shiguo would

He will not surrender willingly.

Even if the main force of Zheng Shiguo's army is not lost, so what? If they lose another city wall, they will have no room to advance or retreat, and they will not even have enough space to garrison, let alone how to ensure logistical supplies. They will collapse without a fight!"

Lingbao immediately issued a military order and ordered the last five reinforcements from the country to attack Yancheng and entangle the defenders on the border of Zhengshi State, preventing them from retreating to the city walls. He personally led the army to leave Weichuan

City, ordered to march at full speed, before the opponent's main force could return to defense, stormed Yancheng and successfully captured it.

At this point, two of the four city walls in the remaining territory of Zheng Shiguo have been lost. Although the main force of the army has lost less than a quarter, from the overall strategic point of view, it has collapsed. The only two isolated cities are no longer defendable.

, a large number of soldiers and civilians crowded into Xicheng and Guishu City. Even the military camps could not be safely placed.

The main war faction in the Zheng family also saw clearly that there was something they could do. If they continued to defend, they would of course be waiting for death. If they gathered the main force and launched a desperate counterattack, it would be almost equal to death. This battle could no longer be fought. Gu Caiqi returned to Guishu City.

This is what I saw.

Zheng Shiguo had no money left to negotiate terms. After learning about the promise made by the young minister in private, Hongzhu convened the ministers for the last court meeting and officially announced that he had decided to surrender. Zheng Shiguo seemed to have a tradition of mutiny, so he decided to surrender on the spot.

Several generals rushed out to try to dissuade Zheng Jun, forcing him to fight to the death, but Gu Caiqi took them down.

From the surrender of Xiangshi Kingdom to the surrender of Zhengshi Kingdom, only half a year passed. In those days, ordinary people walked on foot, and even from the ruins of Xiangshi Kingdom to the ruins of Zhengshi Kingdom, it would probably take half a year. So.

Shaowu's movements were so fast that all the forces in Bayuan had no time to react.

If you don't take action, it will be like thunder. The opportunity to calm down the remaining situation between the two countries actually came very unexpectedly. Huwa was trapped in the small world, which triggered civil strife in Xiangshi, and Bashi Kingdom took advantage of the opportunity to calm down.

Xiangshi Kingdom. After pacifying Xiangshi Kingdom, Shaowu immediately made arrangements to pacify Zhengshi Kingdom, and the coach Lingbao in front was even more surprised.

The matter of surrender has been decided, and many specific details are still being negotiated. Zheng Jun Hongzhu sent the official envoy for the last time, and then Ba Jun, the chief minister, announced another matter to the world, which was related to the massacre of Shanchuan Castle that year.

If Shaowu had not mentioned this matter, many people would have forgotten it. When Shaowu returned from Wufuqiu, Zheng Gu, the deposed king of Zheng Shiguo, and Yingzhu, the leader of Yingzhuling, sent people in disguise to sneak into Shanchuan City to assassinate Shaowu.

Wu ascended the throne because of his destiny, and escaped the assassins' attack, but the assassins massacred a caravan.

Now that Zheng Jun has surrendered, he has handed over the surviving murderers to the Bashi Kingdom. After the interrogation, Master Lizheng publicly executed a group of prisoners outside the west gate of the capital. A total of twenty-five prisoners were executed that day, except for Zheng Shiguo.

Twenty-three people came, including Yingzhu and Yu Pu. Yingzhu was already dead, but they still took him out with his hair disheveled and died again in public.

The Shaowu did not disclose the fact that Huwa and others sneaked into Yingzhuling, killed Yingzhu and captured Yu Pu. People who did not know the inside story took it for granted that Yingzhu and Yu Pu were also taken by Zheng Jun and sent to Bashi Kingdom. As for Zheng Jun,

Of course, those who understand know that this is impossible, and they all speculate that Shaowu asked an expert to take action. As for who did it, Shaowu does not say, so they can only guess.

In the early summer, the surrender ceremony was finally officially held, and the Zheng Kingdom no longer existed in Ba Yuan. As for Hongzhu, he was also named "Zheng Jun" by the Shao Wu, but he was no longer the king of a country, but one of the ten nobles in the country.

Dear Lord.

Hongzhu's treatment seems to be the same as Zimo's, but the young minister is not as polite to him as Zimo, and he is not as lucky as Zimo. Hongzhu's fiefdom is in the West Boundary Mountain area, where Ding Gong was sentenced to death after he was convicted.

The place of exile was far less prosperous and wealthy than Zimo's fiefdom.

Moreover, Hongzhu could not go back to live in the fief on weekdays. Instead, he lived in Batu City, where the young minister specially prepared a luxurious house for him. Although the house was luxurious and provided many comforts such as food, clothing, and food, Hongzhu could not

If you leave the capital easily, even if you go out to relax or hunt, you must say hello in advance, and you are not allowed to make friends with central and local officials at will, and you are under surveillance and semi-house arrest.

As for the meritorious officials in the Bashi Kingdom, the Shaowu will certainly reward them generously.

The person who made the first contribution was Lingbao, the commander of the front army. He was named the General of Zhendong, along with General Beidao of Zhenbei, General Hanxiong of Zhennan, and General Panyuan of Zhenxi. Lingbao's promotion speed was astonishing, but he

His achievements are equally astonishing. Panhu was granted the title of General Zhenxi for pacifying the Xiangshi Kingdom; then Lingbao was granted the title of General Zhendong for pacifying the Zhengshi Kingdom. No one can raise any objections.

Xiaoyang was appointed Lord Si Lin, his position is equivalent to that of Deputy Cangzheng, and he enjoys the honor of the Eight Lords. Lord Cangzheng is already old, and I am afraid he will retire in a few years. In the past few years, let Xiaoyang be his deputy and learn more.

I can successfully take over the post of Cangzheng in the future.

Shaowu originally wanted to train Xiao Yang to serve as Li Zheng. Firstly, because the current Li Zheng is still very strong and can continue to work; secondly, after a series of inspections in the past few years, he felt that Xiao Yang would still serve as Li Zheng in the future.

Cang Zheng is more suitable. Xiao Yang is still very young and needs a few more years of training.

In the Bashi Kingdom, there were still senior ministers of the older generation represented by Shrike, but the young ministers had gradually promoted a large number of young talents. Especially the generals in the army, except for Beidao, who was still young and powerful, were veterans of the Houlin period.

, the remaining three generals who govern the country are all the younger generation newly appointed after the young ministers succeeded to the throne.

Houlin left a group of capable courtiers for the young minister, ensuring that the young minister successfully took over the monarchy and quickly won a national war. However, the backbone of the important ministers were not young, and the young minister was also

New people must be trained and promoted.

Time flies, and it has been eight years since the young minister ascended the throne as Bajun. In this eighth year, he completely solved the remaining hidden dangers in the hinterland of Bashi Kingdom, and combined the original territory of Bashi, Xiangshi, and Zhengshi into the Three Kingdoms.

As one, the Five Kingdoms of Bayuan have become the Three Kingdoms of Bayuan.

While the country was celebrating, a piece of sad news came. Wei Mang, the former Zhennan general who had retired and returned to his hometown, had failed in his spiritual practice and had unfortunately died not long ago. The Shaowu envoys were sent to his hometown to provide condolences and

A sacrifice was held on behalf of the monarch, and at the same time a grandson of Wei Mang was awarded. Even Huwa, who had returned to Bujin Mountain, heard about this news.

Wei Mang could have enjoyed a good life comfortably and did not have to forcefully pursue the realm of great achievements. He was nearly seventy years old when he resigned, and he was still as healthy as before because of his cultivation; but from the perspective of a monk, his energy
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