After Pan Mei learned that Liu Yuan had escaped, he, who had always been elegant and easy-going, couldn't help but curse.
Because Liu Yuan acted excessively, the officials of the Southern Han Dynasty had not had time to let go of their inner defenses, and they were very resistant to his move.
Pan Mei also had her own spies in Prince Xing's Mansion, so he knew the situation in the Southern Han Dynasty very well.
Logically speaking, Liu Yuan's every move is under his control.
But Liu Yuan didn't play his cards according to the principles at all...
As the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty, it is understandable that he felt that Prince Xing's palace could not be defended and wanted to flee to Qiongzhou and live in exile at sea.
But you have to think about your future, right?
Is it a comeback?
Or should we defend the island?
No matter what you choose, at least you have to lead troops, right?
Do you need to bring civil and military officials with you to the court?
As a result, Liu Yuan fled for his life. He asked his confidant Gong Chengshu to quietly prepare ten large ships, carrying only gold and silver treasures, his concubines, his son's confidant eunuchs, and a small number of palace guards to escape into the sea.
Therefore, the civil and military officials of the Southern Han and Manchu dynasties were left confused.
The emperor is missing.
Yin Chongke looked at Pan Mei who looked uncertain and asked, "What should we do next?"
Pan Mei felt a headache, and Liu Yuan's escape left a lot of hidden dangers.
No matter how incompetent Liu Yuan is, he is still the emperor of Lingnan. If he is captured, the rest of Lingnan will only need to be sent out.
Nowadays, even if we preach, some of them are not just in name but in truth.
Pan Mei had made every effort to go south this time, and she didn't want to be manipulated by Liu Yun's magic in the end and break her wishful thinking.
After pondering for a while, Pan Mei said: "First appease the officials of Prince Xing's Mansion, control the families of Shaozhou generals such as Li Chengwo and Wu Huaien, and then send people to persuade Pan Chongche to surrender."
He paused and said: "We are going south this time, and there is no navy accompanying us. It is inconvenient to go to sea to search for him. You can find some local fishermen, pay him a heavy profit, and let them help find Liu Yun's whereabouts."
"As you command!"
Yin Chongke agreed and went.
The person who went to Shaozhou to persuade Pan Chongche to surrender was an official from the Southern Han Dynasty named Zhou Maoyuan. He was the Taichang Qing of the Southern Han Dynasty and was responsible for the astronomy and calendar of Lingnan. Because he was not in a core position, he was not forced by the palace.
He chose to secretly communicate with the Central Plains because of his yearning and worship for the Central Plains.
Zhou Maoyuan's father was named Zhou Jie. He was a minister of agriculture at the end of the Tang Dynasty and was proficient in calendrical calculations and arithmetic. He corrected the errors in the Dayan calendar compiled by monks and other astronomical figures during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, revised them, and wrote "Ji Ji"
"Yan", twenty-four chapters, is a world-famous metaphysician and astronomer who succeeded Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng.
Influenced by his father since childhood, Zhou Maoyuan is extremely talented in calculus and has always had a high self-esteem.
However, with the popularity of Chinese numerals in the Central Plains, numerals have developed rapidly.
After Zhou Maoyuan unexpectedly learned the art of the Central Plains through Wu Yue, he was astonished and filled with yearning for the Central Plains. He became a righteous man who was in the Southern Han Dynasty and whose heart was in the Central Plains.
For the great cause of unifying the Central Plains, Zhou Maoyuan provided Pan Mei with a lot of information.
When Zhou Maoyuan arrived in Shaozhou, Pan Chongche was discussing with Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en how to defeat the enemy.
This life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills.
Pan Chongche knew that he was nominally the commander-in-chief, but the Southern Han Forbidden Army brought by Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en was not under his control.
But he took advantage of his intelligence to play with Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en in his metacarpal bones.
Pan Chongche arranged his troops outside Shaozhou City, while Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en's imperial troops stayed inside the city.
All the news from all directions passed through Pan Chongche's hands and was reported to Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en.
Without Pan Chongche, they were like blind and deaf people.
Pan Chongche did not leave them alone. From time to time, he informed them of the news he had dealt with and discussed with them ways to defeat the enemy.
Pan Chongche made a plan to defeat the enemy from the beginning.
He told Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en that the Central Plains knew that they had come all the way, and that they were invincible in battles, invincible in attacks, and unstoppable in their vigor.
Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en felt justified and did not move.
Then Liu Baoxing was defeated miserably by the Qinshui River, the giant elephant army surrendered to the enemy before the battle, and Yingzhou fell.
Pan Chongche made another analysis of the situation.
Then he said, "After the victory in the Central Plains, we will inevitably pursue the victory and attack Prince Xing's Mansion. The Mansion of Prince Xing has been developed by the imperial court and is indestructible. The Central Plains needs to cut down trees on the spot to make siege equipment. At least there will be no danger for more than a month. We can look for opportunities to cut off the logistics of the Central Plains.
, counterattacked Yingzhou, and cooperated with Prince Xing’s Mansion to defeat the Central Plains.”
Pan Chongche once again persuaded Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en to continue to stand still.
Pan Mei was allowed to capture Prince Xing's Mansion.
Another military meeting.
Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en looked ashen and anxious.
They had already received the news that Prince Xing's Mansion had fallen and Liu Yuan had fled to the sea.
Their home was in Prince Xing's Mansion. Prince Xing's Mansion fell and the family fell into the hands of the enemy.
The same is true for the 80,000 forbidden troops they brought, and the morale of the army has begun to turmoil.
Old Pan Chongche burst into tears and cried sadly: "There are thousands of mistakes, all of which are my fault. Now that Prince Xing's palace has fallen, His Majesty has fled overseas, and I don't know whether he is alive or dead. I am ashamed of my late emperor, and now Pan Mei has sent Zhou Maoyuan to persuade me to surrender. I am deeply moved."
By accepting the favor of the emperor, I am willing to live and die with the imperial court. If you want to kill Zhou Maoyuan and sacrifice the flag, do you two generals dare to die together with me?"
He spoke righteously and sternly, and looked loyal.
Li Chengwo and Wu Huai'en were both silent.
Although Wu Huaien was a eunuch, he was also a good general in his early years. Under Liu Sheng, he led troops to attack Chu, Bahe, Zhao, Gui, and other eleven states. However, since following Liu Yuan, he has indulged in pleasure and has become
He is no longer as brave as he used to be. He is addicted to amassing money. His courage is gone. He is afraid of death and cherishes his life. He advised: "Pan Commander does not have to be like this. This is not Pan Commander's fault. Everything was caused by King Zhen being radical and rashly attacking. If King Zhen could
If we follow Commander Pan's plan and stand still, how can we achieve today's defeat?"
They all believed in Pan Chongche's overall tactics. In their opinion, the reason for today's situation was entirely caused by the incompetence of Liu Baoxing and Liu Yuan.
All of Pan Mei's calculations were based on Pan Chongche's expectations, and it was Liu Baoxing and Liu Yuan who ruined the overall situation.
Wu Huai'en did not dare to speak ill of Liu Yuan openly, so he could only blame Liu Baoxing.
Li Chengwo also said: "Pan Shuai does not need to blame himself. Today's situation is not Pan Shuai's fault."
He hesitated again and again, then plucked up the courage and said, "Why don't you accept Zhou Maoyuan's request and surrender to the Central Plains?"
Pan Chongche glanced at Li Chengwo unexpectedly.
There are two people, Li Chengwo and Wu Huaien, the former is loyal, brave and loyal to the Lingnan court, while Wu Huaien is greedy and cherishes his life.
Pan Chongche always felt that Wu Huai'en would be more likely to relent, and he was ready to persuade Wu Huai'en to attack and kill Li Chengwo.
Unexpectedly, the first person to propose surrender was Li Chengwo.
In fact, Li Chengwo's heart was bleeding. He would fight to the death in Shaozhou without frowning. He would risk his life for Lingnan.
But now the Central Plains captured Prince Xing's Mansion and captured his family.
This made Li Chengwo unable to sit still.
Liu Yuan's idiotic theory is that as long as his subordinates are willing to commit suicide for him, they will not care about their descendants and will only be loyal to him.
But what about actually?
Those eunuchs who have no heirs are not included in this list. Those who already have families will care more about their irreplaceable family members after they leave the palace.
In order to show his loyalty to Liu Yuan, Li Chengwo cut his own eggs. He knew that he could no longer have children and his two sons were the last blood of the Li family, so he loved them even more.
Li Chengwo could die, but he could not sit back and watch his two sons who continued the bloodline die because of him, leaving the Li family with no descendants.
The fall of Xingyuan Mansion forced Li Chengwo to make a choice between home and country.
There is no doubt that the country of Nanhan is not worth sacrificing his home for Li Chengwo.
Pan Chongche was still waiting to speak.
When Wu Huai'en saw that Li Chengwo was the first to propose surrender, he did not hide it and persuaded him: "Shuai Pan, is there any reason for a king to abandon his country and flee? Liu Yuan is a coward and cannot govern the country. The people of Lingnan are suffering.
It is unspeakable that he is not worthy of being a king. Pan Shuai has great talents, why should he cling to foolish loyalty? Lingnan belongs to China, and the emperor of the Central Plains is wise and powerful, comparable to the emperors of Qin and Han, so Pan Shuai might as well choose a tree and rest."
The two men did not know that Pan Chong was thorough, so they actually persuaded Pan Chongche to submit to the Central Plains.
Seeing that their words were sincere, Pan Chongche reluctantly agreed.
With the 100,000-strong army from Shaozhou surrendering, the entire Lingnan no longer had any decent strength to resist the conquests of the Central Plains army.
Although they escaped from Liu Suan, some of them had bad reputations and bad words, but in the face of Pan Mei's appeal, the vast majority of Southern Han officials chose to submit.
Even if there were some foolish and loyal people who did not want to surrender, they had no intention of resisting and instead gave up their official positions.
In more than a month, most of the state capitals in Lingnan returned to the Central Plains one by one.
It includes the five prefectures of Yazhou, Qiongzhou, Danzhou, Wan'an Prefecture and Zhenzhou.
In other words, Liu Yun did not escape to Hainan Island. Pan Mei did not know exactly where he went, so he could only report everything truthfully.
Luo Youdu was a little surprised that Liu Yuan ran away. When he learned the reason, he couldn't help laughing and said: "What is this called? A wise man must make a mistake after thinking a lot. Liu Yun successfully used his rich experience to escape Zhong Xun.
Calculation."
Cao Bin, who was best friends with Pan Mei, couldn't help laughing.
Cao Bin asked: "Lingnan has been pacified. I wonder when Zhongxun will return in triumph?"
Luo Youdu was surprised and said: "What? Miss him?"
Cao Bin bowed and said, "Yes, there are some. The main ones are Wei De and Wei Gu. He often asks when his father will come back."
Cao Bin and Pan Mei had a good personal relationship. Pan Mei was away on an expedition, so his son followed Cao Can and Cao Jue to learn military strategy.
Luo Youdu shook his head and said: "Zhongxun won't be able to come back for a while. The situation in Lingnan is different from that in Jiangnan."
After years of development, most areas in Jiangnan have escaped from desolation and backwardness.
The Lingnan coastal area is indeed very developed, but the mountainous areas are still relatively backward, and bandits often appear among the poor mountains and rivers.
Not all can be solved by sending an official, but must rely on troops to deter conquests. Only when Lingnan is completely stabilized can we return north.
In response to the surrender of Lingnan, Luo Youdu abolished the Xingyuan Prefecture of the Southern Han Dynasty, changed the Xingyuan Prefecture to Guangzhou Prefecture, and set up a special governor's office. Pan Mei naturally became the first governor of Guangzhou, responsible for all military and political affairs in Lingnan.
On the surface, Luo Youdu asked Pan Mei to stabilize the situation in Lingnan, but in fact he also coveted Annan and Jiaozhi.
After all, Annan is in turmoil now, and there is no excuse for not sharing a share of the pie.
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Lingnan Buhaikou.
Chen Lan looked at the young man talking eloquently in front of him and sighed in his heart, saying: "Mr. Jiuwen is well-read and rich in poetry. His poems are among the best in Lingnan. When I see him today, he is truly remarkable."
Chen Shouzhong was a Jinshi of Lingnan. Seeing his eloquence, Pan Mei specially appointed him as an envoy to go to Annan to visit Chen Lan.
Chen Shouzhong bowed and said: "I originally thought very highly of myself, but I have read Li Yu's poems and dare not to be ranked first. There are many talents in the Central Plains, the emperor embraces all rivers, and the prosperous age is approaching."
Jiaozhi was originally under the jurisdiction of the Southern Han Dynasty, but there was a rebellion more than thirty years ago. The local wealthy Wu Quan rebelled and occupied Jiaozhi and established themselves as the Jiedushi. At that time, Liu Hongcao, the son of Liu Feng, led the attack for the king of Jiao, but Liu Hongcao was defeated.
He was killed in battle. Liu Jie thought it was ominous, so he gave up on recapturing Jiaozhou, leaving hidden dangers for Jiaozhi's future independence.
Wu Quan successfully split from the Southern Han Dynasty and established himself as the Wu Dynasty.
However, Wu Quan's life was short-lived and he fell seriously ill before he could secure his position. He left a will and asked Empress Yang's brother Yang Sange to assist his son.
Brother Yang usurped the throne and proclaimed himself King Yangping, controlling Wu Quan's second son Wu Changwen and others, while the eldest son Wu Changqi fled.
Yang Sange did not have the prestige to control Jiaozhi, which caused Jiaozhi to be completely divided. The twelve local tycoons ceded territory and fought with each other, so they were called the Twelve Envoys.
Chen Lan is one of the Twelve Envoys, and he is one of the first powerful men to resist Yang Sange. His strength is one of the best among the Twelve Envoys.
Since the Southern Expedition in the Central Plains, Chen Lan has been paying attention to the war in Lingnan. When he learned that Pan Mei led his troops to march straight into Xingyuan Mansion and destroy the Liu family's regime in Lingnan, he felt both joy and fear in his heart.
I am happy because I have the opportunity to return to the embrace of the Central Plains. The wealthy and aristocratic families in Jiaozhi of this era all admit that their roots are from the Central Plains. It is a great joy to be able to return to China.
But Chen Lan also knew Luo Youdu's methods, and he could not tolerate the existence of China.
Chen Lan was worried that Luo Youdu would forcefully intervene in Jiaozhi, thereby damaging his own interests.
He wanted to contact Zhongyuan and expressed his willingness to serve Zhongyuan as the leader, but he was worried that Zhongyuan would make harsh demands and was in a dilemma.
Unexpectedly, the Central Plains actually sent an envoy to Buhaikou first, which made Chen Lan feel sad and happy at the same time.
After several conversations, Chen Lan unexpectedly discovered that it was different than he thought.
The emperor of the Central Plains seemed to have no intention of taking over their power, but instead recognized their status as long as they could respect the Central Plains as their master.
"Is this really so? Sir, please don't try to trick me. Emperor Luo's reputation is as great as the mountains and rivers, and all over the world. I am living in Annan, and I have admired his name for a long time."
Chen Lan looked at Chen Shouzhong with disbelief. Luo Youdu's tyranny was well known to everyone.
Chen Shouzhong bowed and said: "Is your Majesty's ignorance different from time to time? We cannot guess your Majesty's intelligence. He knows the situation in Annan very well. There are many foreigners in Annan and they do not accept the education. If you send officials from the imperial court to govern, it will cause disaster."
This place should be governed by the local powerful, so that long-term peace and stability can be achieved. Therefore, you don't need to worry too much. Not only will he not hurt you, but he will promote you to be the leader of Annan, assist the court, and rule Annan."