After the war, there were burned-black warships floating on the river. There were many corpses hanging on some plants on the mountain walls on both sides, and more corpses were floating in the river.
Some survivors can be seen leaning on the mountain wall, holding on to the raised rocks, holding the branches of plants, or even holding the bodies of their dead companions, waiting for one after another to be fired.
The arrows that come take away lives.
All the large wings of the Chu State were annihilated, and only a small number of the middle wings and more small wings escaped.
If nothing else goes wrong, the surviving Chu naval forces would never dare to go north again, or go to "Dog Hill" to retreat, or even abandon their warships and return to the Chu mainland by land.
The senior leaders of the Chu-Song coalition forces learned that the naval forces had been nearly wiped out. After a quarrel, some Song generals were killed, and the coalition forces chose to withdraw from Suishui.
The withdrawal of the Chu-Song coalition forces is not good news for the original country. It means that the Chu State will abandon "Shangqiu", the besieged capital of the Song State, and will even continue to plunder the Song State and then coerce the Song army back to the Chu State.
After the Chu and Song coalition forces withdrew, Zhiyao came to the outskirts of "Shangqiu" and sent people to inform the Song monarchs and ministers about the withdrawal of the Chu and Song coalition forces, and then advised the Song monarchs and ministers to surrender.
"The people of Chu are really treacherous barbarians. Instead of trying to rescue me, they even killed my generals and took away my army!" Song Junluan's physical and mental condition seemed to be fine, but now he was so angry that his face turned blue.
Zihan said hesitantly: "Or is Yuan Guo deceiving?"
It is possible, but the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty knew very well that the possibility of deception in the Yuan Kingdom was unlikely.
The relationship between the Song State and the Chu State was already very bad, and the reason why they united was because the Yuan State put too much pressure on them, and they had to choose to unite to resist.
It's good if an alliance that seems to be in harmony but seems to have internal strife from time to time. Without a foundation of trust, it's difficult to cooperate effectively and efficiently. It's almost as good as not being secretly happy when you find that your allies are unlucky.
Not long ago, they learned from the original envoy that the main force of the Yue Kingdom had been annihilated and that the Yue King Gou Jian was missing.
The Yuan Kingdom's definition of King Gou Jian of Yue is missing. In the near future, it will be announced that King Gou Jian of Yue starved to death while fleeing. This is Zhiyao's decision not to leave any reputation for Gou Jian.
History books will record that Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was beheaded by Zhiying in front of the formation.
After all, people today still treat history very rigorously. They record history not based on their own likes and dislikes, and they have not learned to falsify.
Contemporary people will only adopt the original army's theory, that is, King Gou Jian of Yue died of starvation while fleeing; people of later generations will come to another answer by reading history books.
The history books of this dynasty are not for contemporary people to read. Even if Zhiyao, as the king of a country, wanted to ask a historian to read it, a historian with integrity would refuse.
At the same time, there is no such thing as a dynasty that compiles its own history. It is only the new dynasty that follows that compiles the history of the previous dynasty.
A new dynasty with integrity will generally adopt the records of the historians of the previous dynasty, while a new dynasty without integrity will ignore historical facts and make up stories with nine falsehoods and one truth.
"The Chu thief signaled the Chu concubine to reveal that the two countries were at war with Mi Zi, which caused Mi Zi to have a miscarriage. This hatred is greater than heaven!" Song Junluan yelled.
Mizi is the crown princess of the original country. If the first child gives birth to a baby, there is no accident that he will be the grandson of the original country. In the future, he will become the prince and then the king of the original country.
Regarding the news of Mizi's miscarriage, even if the two countries have entered actual war, Zhishi is still obliged to tell the Song Dynasty. Is there any conspiracy in it? It can only be said that the timing is too coincidental.
Song Junluan was even more saddened by the news of Mizi's miscarriage than the imminent fall of Shangqiu. The reason was that the crisis in "Shangqiu" was difficult to change, and it was somewhat of a comfort that his grandson would become the king of the original country in the future.
Now the crisis in "Shangqiu" has not been resolved, but the grandson is gone. I don't even know if Mi Zi can keep her position as the crown princess. How can Song Jun and Luan Ji not go crazy!
In general, the Chu State was not only shameless in its treatment of its allies, but also appeared to be a villain. There were constant tricks on and off the battlefield. The most seriously injured was the Song State.
Zihan kept scolding Song Junluan, and he understood that Song Junluan wanted to surrender.
The king of a country cannot directly say that he wants to surrender, he can only show it with his attitude, and then the ministers will bear the responsibility of suggesting surrender.
"Your Majesty, there are no reinforcements outside, the city is no longer strong enough, and the allies are treacherous, so it is difficult to hold on. I am crying in tears, why don't you surrender?" Zihan was really crying, crying for the death of the Song Dynasty, which had lasted for hundreds of years.
Song Junluan did not agree immediately. He glanced at the silent ministers and said loudly: "I have cursed the Mi surname Xiong, which will bring disasters to all living people and make the remains of my ancestors hairy."
This is an extremely vicious curse!
However, Song Junluan, who was betrayed and plotted to kill her daughter, had reason to carry out such a curse.
Three days later, Song Jun Luan, who had cursed Chu for three consecutive days, committed suicide and died, and the crown prince succeeded to the throne.
The newly succeeded King of Song had to mourn his father first. The original army temporarily relaxed the complete blockade of "Shangqiu" and allowed Song envoys to go to the existing countries to announce the death of King Jing of Song, and then invited representatives from all countries to attend the funeral.
Today, the king of Song Dynasty, dressed in plain clothes, left the city and rode his bicycle to the original military camp.
The person who received King De of Song Dynasty was Zhikai.
There was no embarrassment when the two met. After greeting each other, they did not mention the war, but only talked about King Jing of Song Dynasty and Mi Zi.
"My wife is fine. The doctor told me that she can still get pregnant after being nursed back to health, but it will not be suitable within three years." Zhikai told the king of Song Dynasty the news.
In the Song Dynasty, the surname of the son is Song. Before the Song Dynasty became king, he should be called Song De. After he was crowned the king, he could be called Zide. After he succeeded to the throne, he should be called Song King De.
In other words, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, calling a nobleman by his surname and given name was an insult, while calling a person with the title of king by his surname and given name became a kind of honorific title.
After hearing this, the King of Song Dynasty showed an expression of great joy and said repeatedly: "That's good, that's good..."
Zhikai's words have two meanings. One is that Mizi is still the crown princess, and the other is that the remaining boys will also be the eldest sons in the future.
This is very important to the current Song Dynasty, and it is almost the only spiritual sustenance.
Zhikai added: "In the future, Guoyou can serve as an official in Dayuan. Even if he does nothing, he can still enjoy the position of viscount."
Guoyuan is the son of King De of Song Dynasty, and Guo Zuo of Song Dynasty will be the crown prince.
This is equivalent to the price offered by the Yuan Kingdom to the King of Song for surrender, which means that as a relative of the Crown Princess, he can still receive preferential treatment.
In fact, there is no need to say that even in later dynasties, queens who married from enemy countries, or other high-ranking women in the harem, their brothers can generally become rich and powerful because of their sisters.
If you don't do this, people will criticize a certain dynasty for being stingy, thinking that they are unwilling to treat even their relatives well, and they will be even more unkind and unjust towards others.
Song Wangde was silent for a while, smiled reluctantly, and said: "After the funeral of my father, I will open the city and surrender."
There was only one last step left in the whole battle. It was not that the original army was incapable of breaking through the city, but no matter how much we said that the Crown Princess was the princess of the Song Dynasty, she should still be kept if she could leave the last dignity to the Song Dynasty.
After digging trenches outside "Shangqiu" for a year and a half, the soldiers who besieged the city would of course have objections about losing the military power they had at their fingertips. But that's how society operates. Historically, only the top can decide how it should operate, while the people below can only
Passively accepted.
What the senior leaders of the Yuan Kingdom want is to accept the Song Kingdom as peacefully as possible, prevent the Song people from being too resistant to the rule of the Yuan Kingdom, reduce post-war resistance, and gain the obedience and support of the original Song people.
Under that kind of appeal, if the Song royal family is given dignity, and even some preferential treatment is given to the Song people, ordinary people will doubt who is the victor, but the senior officials have their own starting point for doing so.
Zhiyao was reading a book when he asked for instructions to let Zhikai in and asked, "Has the King of Song left?"
"Yes, father." Zhikai sat down at the bottom and said after sitting down: "There are many discussions in the camp about whether Song Guo is given too much preferential treatment."
Zhiyao continued to read and asked, "What do you think, Prince?"
In the eyes of outsiders, Zhiyao chose to give preferential treatment to the Song Dynasty to give the Crown Princess face, and the person who took the pressure was of course the Crown Prince Zhikai.
If it is not handled properly, Zhikai may be ostracized by the military.
To put it bluntly, for those who participate in the war, victory is actually secondary. What they want is military merit. Only with military merit can you get a title, including land, wealth, and slaves. Military merit is also needed.
From a normal perspective, it looks like Zhiyao is suppressing his son who is gradually rising up, to prevent Zhikai's prestige from becoming too high and threatening his own rule.
Zhikai smiled and said: "The Great Plains expanded too rapidly, and the people of Qin, Yan, Yue and others found it difficult to be gentle, but the people of Song were different."
The Yue Kingdom also has dukes who become concubines of the original country, but if they are not crown princesses, the children they give birth to will be ranked too low in the succession rights of the rule, and there is no hope of taking over the throne. The thoughts of the Yue people must be different from those of the Song people.
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After that, the son of Zhikai and Mizi became the crown prince and then the king of the Yuan Kingdom, which meant that the blood of the Song royal family was flowing in his veins. This was the greatest comfort to the people of the Song Dynasty, and their natural hostility towards the Yuan Kingdom was also
Not as strong as the other remnants of the destroyed old country.
There is a way to reduce the hatred of the subjugated people, which is to enfeoff the children born to their princesses to the local areas and become lords who rule them.
However, the current king of the original country is Zhi Yao, so we have to wait until Zhi Kai succeeds to the throne before we can carry out such operations.
The Song Dynasty is located in an important place in the Central Plains and the South. Whether it can eliminate the hostility of the local people to the greatest extent possible is, to be honest, extremely important to the original country.
In the Song Dynasty, which was constantly resisting, the Yuan Kingdom would have to invest a lot of governance costs, and it would be difficult for the Yuan Dynasty to use the Song Dynasty as a base for advancing southward. If the Song Dynasty's resistance was not suppressed, how could the Yuan Kingdom continue to move south?
Therefore, it is very important to eliminate the hatred of the people of the Song Dynasty. It is not only related to public security issues, but also determines whether the Yuan Dynasty can send a large army south to invade the Chu Kingdom.
"The new king of the Chu Kingdom actually made Zhizhi faint. In order to gain a temporary advantage, he rebelled against the alliance and attacked the Song Dynasty." Why didn't Zhiyao pursue the coalition forces on the south bank of the Sui River after they withdrew? Because the Chu army would then burn, kill, and loot the Song Dynasty.
The Chu army really did that, entering one city or village after another as an ally of the Song State, and then suddenly turned against them and became violent.
This is because the Chu State believed that the demise of the Song State was irreversible, and tried its best to plunder more benefits from the corpse of the Song State, completely forgetting that doing so would attract the hatred of the Song people to itself.
Maybe the kings and ministers of Chu State are not unclear, but they can no longer care about so much. Even though they know that they will help the Yuan State attract hatred, they still want to plunder as many people and materials as possible. Fortunately, they will have more strength to fight against the Yuan State in the future.
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Everyone has their own understanding and does things based on different needs. There is indeed no absolute wisdom or stupidity.
If the Chu State resisted the invasion of the Yuan State because of what Chu did, and the war between the two countries reached a stalemate, and the North-South confrontation continued for a very long time, how could one say that the current Chu monarchs and ministers were stupid? Instead, they should praise the Chu monarchs and ministers
The decision was made immediately.
After waiting for half a month, the funeral of King Jing of Song Dynasty was held as scheduled, but only a few of the surviving countries sent representatives to attend the funeral.
Zhiyao, who was in "Shangqiu", did not attend.
The people present here from the Yuan Kingdom were Prince Kai and the ruler Han Geng.
Zhikai is the son-in-law of the Song Dynasty and should have participated. However, given the current situation, participating still carries great risks.
During the funeral process, not only the Yuan State was doing its best to ensure Zhikai's safety, but the Song State was also trying its best to avoid accidents.
Reasonable people in the Song Dynasty will ensure the safety of Zhikai, because they have no chance of making a comeback and should focus on the long-term future.
It's just inevitable that some people will be dazzled by hatred. In this way, those Song people who stay rational should eliminate hidden dangers in advance, and in the process, try their best to ensure the safety of Zhikai.
It is difficult for these rational Song people to understand. They may be called traitors for a long time?
Seven days after the funeral of King Jing of Song Dynasty, the city gates of "Shangqiu" were opened, and groups of Song troops came out of the city to disarm.
A part of the original army advanced into the city, and then the King of Song had to surrender at a certain city gate.
In terms of historical process, as the King of Song surrendered and presented the royal seal, maps, and household registers, it also represented the disappearance of Song as a country.
During the surrender ceremony, Zhiyao also did not show up. The person who went to accept the surrender was the prince Zhikai.
For no other reason, as a king, Zhiyao does not lack that honor.
Zhikai is the commander in chief of this battle, and he should be the one to accept the surrender.
After the King of Song surrendered, the surrender team of the Song State also needed to be responsible for conveying the news of the surrender to various places, firstly to confirm the handover of Zhu Quan, and secondly to avoid more casualties.
Later, the King of Song and some Song ministers who were not needed by the original country would be sent to "Zhongjing" for resettlement.
According to the usual practice, Zhiyao needs to treat King De of the Song Dynasty who surrendered kindly. In the future dynasty, he will be raised by the feudal princes. The original country does not have that set of practices.
Don't even think about surrendering and being granted a marquisship in the original country. Marquises in the original country are very precious and cannot be obtained without great merit.
At most, the King of Song won the title because he was the elder brother of the Crown Princess, and the country also needed to bring the people of Song back to their hearts, obtain a title below marquis, and a mansion in the "Zhongjing" city.
The Song Kingdom logo on the maps of various countries will disappear and return to the color of the original country. However, the original army is currently limited to the north bank of Suishui River. Since the south bank is the area controlled by the Chu Army, the label on the map will temporarily be Chu Kingdom.
Jurisdiction.
Now, what remains to be seen is when the Yuan Kingdom will continue to move south, and whether it will immediately launch an invasion of the Chu Kingdom.