Chapter eight hundred and ninety nine arrangements
Nothing happened for a day.
At dawn the next day, Wei San entered the tent again and reported: "Your Majesty, the Goguryeo envoy from yesterday is here again."
Di Xin, who had just finished his breakfast, nodded slightly and said, "Invite him in."
"yes."
Wei San bowed his hands and stepped back.
Not long after, he took Park Shichang into the commander's tent again.
At this moment, there are several days longer in the handsome tent than yesterday.
Xizi wore a veil and disguised himself as a man, Zeng Hongshen dressed in civilian clothes, Liu Jiande wearing his father's sword, Ouyang Xuan wearing armor, and several minor military commanders, etc.
Seeing so many people suddenly, Pu Shichang looked a little nervous, but he still said bravely: "Prince Yu, the king asked me to tell His Highness that at noon today, he will personally lead all the officials to open the city gate and surrender."
This must be announced in advance. If the soldiers in Northern Xinjiang mistake the surrendered emperor as an ordinary soldier and think that Goguryeo is about to leave the city to counterattack, then thousands of arrows will be fired, which will be great fun.
Hearing this, before Di Xin said anything, Ouyang Xuan, Liu Jiande and other people in the tent showed shocked expressions at the same time.
Yesterday, an envoy from Goguryeo arrived in Khan City. They all knew about it, but before they got the news and rushed there, the envoy had already been sent out of the camp by Wei San.
As for the content of the conversation, Di Xin didn't say much at the time.
But I didn't expect that when Goguryeo's envoy arrived yesterday, they were talking about surrender.
After everyone took a look at Park Shichang, they once again focused their surprised eyes on Di Xin.
For such a big matter, His Highness Prince Yu did not show any abnormality yesterday.
Di Xin did not want to deliberately shock everyone today, but he was not sure whether it was Goguryeo's delaying strategy, so he did not say more.
But now it seems that the emperor of Goguryeo was stupid enough to use lies to delay time.
Facing everyone's attention, Emperor Xin said to Pu Shichang: "I know, I will lead my troops to accept the surrender of your king at noon."
"Don't worry, I will do what I say. As long as you don't have any inappropriate thoughts, I will not kill people indiscriminately."
"Thank you, Prince Yu."
Park Shichang breathed a sigh of relief.
Coming so early was, on the one hand, to inform Prince Yu of the time to open the city and surrender, so as to avoid being accidentally injured; on the other hand, it was to confirm whether Prince Yu could keep his word.
Now, without waiting for him to ask Prince Yu, he took the initiative to express his intention, and he was not deceived.
In fact, even if Di Xin deceived him, there was nothing he could do.
After many discussions and deductions by the ministers, it was concluded that the city of Khan could not defend itself against the attack of the immortal army led by Prince Yu.
The consequence of negative resistance was that after the city was broken, the royal family and high-ranking officials were liquidated.
Whether it was for the sake of stability or not leaving behind any future troubles, the royal family and high-level officials who were the actual controllers of Goguryeo basically had only one fate in being liquidated.
That is death.
In this case, they had only two options: escape and surrender.
Given the size of Goguryeo's territory, it was useless to abandon the city and flee. Therefore, after knowing that there was no hope of defending the city, everyone chose to surrender in Kaesong after discussion.
Only when Prince Yu accepts surrender is their only chance to survive.
Although this kind of thing that completely leaves life and death to other people's thoughts makes people feel unwilling, but in order to survive, no matter how unwilling they are, they have to do it.
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When Park Shichang immediately set up camp, everyone in the tent could not suppress the shock in their hearts.
Among them, Liu Jiande was the most shocked and spoke first.
"Your Highness, this..."
Until the Goguryeo envoy left, he still could not believe that this was true.
The emperor of Goguryeo actually wanted to surrender?
In such a centralized country, the emperor's surrender means the surrender of the entire Goguryeo. In the past, even those areas of Goguryeo that had not been attacked were legally considered Dali to accept the surrender of the Goguryeo emperor.
For Liu Jiande, the fall of Goguryeo also meant that half of his father's legacy had been completed.
It wasn't until Di Xin nodded that everything that had just happened was true, that Liu Jiande truly realized that his father's legacy would finally be fulfilled in his hands.
Although he is not the leader, if my father knows something about it, I think he will be happy.
After the shock of several people eased slightly, Emperor Xin gave the order: "Notify us, assemble the army, arrive at Khan City at noon, and accept the surrender of the Goguryeo royal family."
"yes!"
Ouyang Xuan and Liu Jiande handed over their hands at the same time, and then strode out of the tent with the generals.
Then Di Xin turned to look at Xizi and said, "My beloved concubine, how are the preparations of the think tank and civil servants?"
Although Di Xin did not tell Ouyang Xuan and others in advance because he was not sure whether the emperor of Goguryeo would really surrender, preparations for accepting the surrender had to be arranged in advance.
Regardless of regulations, etiquette, surrender documents, and a series of arrangements after receiving the surrender, preparations need to be made in advance to avoid confusion.
And these are things that think tanks and civil servants are good at.
Hearing this, Xizi nodded and said, "Your Highness, everything is ready."
Di Xin stood up and said with a smile: "Very good, inform them and act according to the plan."
"yes."
Immediately, Xizi also left the tent.
Di Xin and Zeng Hongshen were the only two people left in the tent.
Di Xin then suppressed his smile and said, "Mr. Zeng, please be prepared."
Zeng Hongshen was a little confused and asked: "Your Highness, are you worried..."
"That's right."
Di Xin nodded and said: "If our information is correct, there should be a second-level strongman in Khan City."
"If Goguryeo wants to be disadvantageous to this king, then when it surrenders, the strong man from the second realm will be the best assassin."
Zeng Hongshen narrowed his eyes slightly, with a hint of murderous intent on his face, and said coldly: "Your Highness, you mean that the emperor of Goguryeo was planning a sneak attack?"
"uncertain."
Di Xin shook his head and said: "Maybe we thought too much, but at that time it was indeed the best opportunity to assassinate the king, and we had to guard against it."
"I know."
Zeng Hongshen nodded to express his understanding.
Neither he nor Di Xin are actually afraid of assassins attacking. If two powerful men of the second realm join forces, even if the assassin who comes is a general's realm lord, there will be no return.
What they were on guard against was an oversight that exposed Di Xin's cultivation level.
It would be ridiculous if the secret trump card that had been hidden for nearly two years was exposed at this time.
After everything was arranged, Di Xin stepped out of the tent.