In the military camp of Lin'an City, more than a dozen generals gathered in a tent. The leader was the veteran general Zhang Wantao, who was a general under Han Shizhong and currently served as the commander of the former military capital of the Shenwu Army. In fact, he commanded all the 10,000 troops in the city.
Zhang Wantao had been secretly persuaded by Lu Gang two months ago to secretly surrender to the Western Army, so he ordered the soldiers not to stop the people from leaving the city.
Today he received Lu Gang's order to open the city gate tonight and let the Western Army enter the city.
But Zhang Wantao still has hatred in his heart. This deep hatred is his immediate boss Wei Tong. Wei Tong is domineering and domineering over him. He can tolerate it, but Wei Tong even takes over Zhang Wantao's life.
Concubine.
Although under the mediation of Empress Wei, Wei Tong returned Zhang Wantao's concubine, she had been defiled by him many times. Zhang Wantao had already made murderous intentions towards Wei Tong out of hatred for his wife, but he had been forbearing it. Today he
No need to hold back anymore.
"To be honest with you generals, I have surrendered to the Western Army a long time ago. I have been waiting for Kaicheng to welcome the Western Army into Lin'an. This day has finally come. Everyone has followed me for more than ten years. I know everyone's mood, and everyone is also looking forward to this day.
It’s been a long time!”
Everyone was so excited that they shouted: "The day has finally come. We are willing to follow the capital and submit to the Western Army!"
Zhang Wantao waved his hand, "Everyone, be quiet and listen to what I have to say!"
Everyone calmed down, and Zhang Wantao continued: "I made an agreement with the Western Army that the city gates will be opened after dark and all soldiers will be in the barracks. The Western Army will quietly enter the city and take over Lin'an. Then everyone will follow me out of the city to accept reorganization. Our military discipline
Very good, there is no disturbance to the people, so everyone can basically keep their current official positions. It is still half an hour before dark. Everyone returns to camp and restrains the soldiers. From now on, no one is allowed to do anything without my permission.
Get out of the military camp."
All the generals returned to their respective camps, and Zhang Wantao led five hundred soldiers to the Yue Prince's Mansion.
Prince Yue's Mansion was Wei Tong's residence. Of course Zhang Wantao had Lu Gang's permission before he attacked Wei Tong.
Zhang Wantao rushed into the gate with a knife, and happened to meet Wei Tong's guard leader Ma Yi. Ma Yi was shocked, "What is Zhang Dutong going to do?"
"I came here to take you to see the King of Hell!"
Zhang Wantao chopped off his head with one blow.
The dozens of guards behind him turned around and fled, only to be surrounded by 500 soldiers. None of them were spared, and they were all killed. These were Wei Tong's henchmen, and they deserved their death for bringing trouble to Lin'an.
Zhang Wantao rushed to the back house with dozens of his men. In the lobby, Wei Tong was having dinner with his wife, children and a dozen concubines.
Suddenly a bloody human head rolled on the dining table, making everyone hide their faces and scream.
Wei Tong saw Zhang Wantao rushing into the lobby. He was so shocked that he turned around and ran away. However, he was shot in the leg by an arrow from a soldier and fell to the ground, lying on the ground wailing.
Zhang Wantao first grabbed Wei Tong's seven children and grandchildren and killed them one by one. He also stabbed Wei Tong's wife through the chest with a knife. His concubine was tricked into the house by Wei Tong's wife. How could Zhang Wantao spare her?
After killing his wife, son, and grandson in front of Wei Tong, Zhang Wantao stepped forward, grabbed Wei Tong's hair, and sneered: "You didn't expect this day, right?"
Wei Tong was already scared to death. He clasped his hands and begged, "General, spare your life!"
Zhang Wantao narrowed his eyes, murderous intent bursting out of his eyes, "When you played with my concubine, didn't you think about the consequences?"
"All my women are given to the general, and the general can do with him as he wants!"
Zhang Wantao snorted, "If I play with your woman, King Yong will not spare me, but if I kill you it will be fine, so go die!"
"General Rao"
Before Wei Tong finished speaking, Zhang Wantao chopped off his head with a knife.
Five hundred soldiers immediately sealed Wei Tong's seven treasury, and the key to the inner treasury of Queen Wei's palace was given to Wei Tong. Wei Tong was so greedy that he moved half of the wealth in the palace treasury back to himself in just a few months.
Take possession of the house as your own.
This is also the task Lu Gang gave to Zhang Wantao. He can kill Wei Tong, but he cannot kill innocent people indiscriminately, and he must also control Wei Tong's treasury.
.......
In the darkness, 50,000 Western troops entered the city. Groups of Western troops rushed into the city, quickly taking control of all key parts of the city and surrounding the palace.
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wang Bo, who had been promoted to Lin'an Governor, ran into the study of Qin Hui's back house and shouted anxiously: "Uncle! Uncle!"
Qin Hui had just finished dinner and was reading in the study when he suddenly heard Wang Bo shouting. He frowned, stood up and walked out of the study, saying dissatisfied: "Quiet, why are you making such noise?"
"Uncle, something bad has happened. The Western Army has entered the city!"
"What?"
Qin Hui was shocked, "When did it happen?"
"It just happened. The government office has been controlled by the Western Army. My nephew ran fast and came to report the news!"
Qin Hui turned around and hurried to the inner house and shouted: "Madam!"
Mrs. Wang came out and asked, "Sir, what's going on?"
"Come with me quickly, the Western Army has entered the city!"
"Ah!" Wang said hurriedly, "I need to tidy up."
"It's too late, let's go!"
Qin Hui took his wife and fled to the back door, with Wang Bo following behind them.
Qin Hui bought a small courtyard of an ordinary family near his mansion. He planned to hide in the courtyard for a while and then look for opportunities to leave the city.
Diagonally opposite the back is the Qiantang County Government Office, and the small courtyard he bought is right next to the County Government Office.
As soon as the three of them ran out of the back door, they unexpectedly encountered more than a hundred Western Army soldiers coming to block the back door. Hundreds of Western Army soldiers immediately surrounded the three of them.
Qin Hui quickly clasped his fists and said, "Everyone misunderstood, I am the housekeeper of the house!"
At this time, an official came out and sneered: "Qin Xianggong actually willingly degenerated into a housekeeper, won't people laugh if word spreads about it?"
This official was Sima Chun, the magistrate of Qiantang County. He was previously Wei Tong's staff. After Wang Bo was promoted to governor, Sima Chun was appointed magistrate. Of course, he secretly surrendered to the Western Army long ago.
Qin Hui cursed angrily: "You are such a thief, how dare you eat everything inside and outside!"
Sima Chun shook his head, "My mission is to keep an eye on you and don't let you escape."
Qin Hui and his wife were escorted back to the mansion and locked in the study, while Wang Bo was taken away.
In the study, Qin Hui took out two small red bottles from a book and said with a sad smile: "Chen Qing will never spare me. Instead of being humiliated and killed by him, it is better to kill myself!"
He handed the red bottle to Wang with trembling hands. Wang took the red bottle and looked at it for a long time, then suddenly raised her head and drank it all.
"Master, let me take the first step!"
She stood up and stumbled into the back room. Qin Hui sighed, "The winner is the king, the loser is the bandit!"
He raised the red bottle and drank it in one gulp. The bottle clattered to the ground...
The next day, the soldiers guarding them discovered that the two had committed suicide by taking poison.
Wang Bo also could not escape death. Although he begged for his life, Lu Gang ordered the soldiers to strangle him with white silk.
Wang Bo was charged with the same crime as Qin Hui and his wife, colluding with the Jin people to betray the country.
.......
Lin'an's population was only a few hundred thousand, but when the Western Army officially entered the city, the people in the city cheered and the city was filled with excitement.
Soldiers of the Western Army set up tents to help the hungry people.
Queen Wei only learned of the news of the Western Army's entry into the city in the morning of the next day. She was so frightened that her heart went cold. She hurriedly sent people to find the Prime Minister. Before they left the palace, Xu Xiantu and Zhu Shengfei came.
Xu Xiantu and Zhu Shengfei were treated differently. Xu Xiantu, like Zhang Jun, could continue to be reused by Chen Qing. Chen Qing had decided to establish seven prime ministers in the court. Both Xu Xiantu and Zhang Jun could become prime ministers. Xu Xiantu was appointed as the Minister of Household Affairs.
, Zhang Jun was appointed as Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice.
But Zhu Shengfei was different. Chen Qing allowed him to return to his hometown to retire and spend his old age in peace. Of course, he was already seventy years old and had no chance, but his son Zhu Jun could continue to serve as the governor of Pingjiang Prefecture.
Zhu Shengfei also worked hard for the future of his children and grandchildren.
After listening to the two people's persuasion, Queen Wei said for a while: "I can abdicate, or I can publicly issue an edict as the Queen Mother of the Song Dynasty and recognize the Yong Kingdom as orthodox, but I have two conditions!"
"Your Majesty, please consider this carefully!"
The two no longer recognized Queen Wei as the monarch and called her Queen Mother instead.
Queen Wei stared at the two men for a long time and said slowly: "First, I have two sons, and I must ensure their safety!"
"The two of them are currently in Beijing. If the Queen Mother wants them to be safe, then don't make excessive demands, otherwise you will get nothing!"
"What do you mean? Do you mean that Chen Qing will kill them?"
Zhu Shengfei bowed and said: "With all due respect, the Queen Mother is no longer qualified to raise conditions. Qin Xianggong and his wife have committed suicide by taking poison, and Uncle Wei Guo's family was killed by Zhang Wantao. If the Queen Mother wants to have a safe transition, then she should not raise any conditions.
Sign and seal here, and seal it!"
Zhu Shengfei took out an edict, which he carefully prepared last night and was approved by Lu Gang.
When Queen Mother Wei heard that Zhang Wantao had killed all her brothers and their family, she was both frightened and sad because the Wei family had no descendants.
She did not dare to mention any more conditions, so she signed the edict with a pen and handed the box containing the imperial seal of the Song Dynasty to both of them.
"The Queen Mother is wise!"
Empress Wei sighed, "Should I go to Jingzhao too?"
Xu Xiantu nodded, "The Queen Mother, please tidy up! After leaving the palace this afternoon, the Western Army will enter the palace to clean up, and then seal the palace."
In the afternoon of the same day, the Queen Mother left the palace with more than 600 maids and eunuchs and went to the camp outside the city. The Western Army specially opened a camp within a camp in the camp for them to live.
Ten days later, a fleet of hundreds of thousands of ships left Qiantang Bay and headed for Jingzhao City.
The Wei Dynasty, which had existed for less than a year, was completely destroyed.
As the Empress Dowager of the Song Dynasty, Weishi issued an edict to the world. Since the Song Dynasty no longer had any royal heirs, she declared the end of the Song Dynasty. At the same time, she recognized the Yong Kingdom as the orthodox state of the country and the legal successor of the Song Dynasty.