The development of the situation after that was almost as Liu Che expected.
Liu Che personally went out of the city to see off his wife and children, and Su Dingfang and others' attention was naturally focused on him alone.
The rest of the Qin army generals were on guard against the doubles on the city tower, but they couldn't tell the real ones from the fake ones because they were too far away.
And with the real Liu Che leading the way to mislead people, people who don't know why will subconsciously think that the people on the tower are also real.
But in fact, the high-level officials of the Han army who appeared on the city tower were all fake, and the real Xue Gang and others were disguised and hidden in the group that was released.
The inspection was completely over soon. The Qin army did not see through the disguise of Xue Gang and others. Ye Qingmei led 300 soldiers and personally escorted Wei Zifu and more than 20 people away. This also made Liu Che completely relaxed.
tone.
Watching the motorcade carrying his wife and children gradually go away, Liu Che secretly said in his heart: "Fortunately, Zhang Liang is not here, otherwise it would not be so easy to succeed by substituting one thing for another."
Then he turned around and said to Su Dingfang beside him: "In three days, I will write a letter asking Wei Qing to surrender to the city."
Su Dingfang nodded, looking at Liu Che, his eyes became slightly complicated, and said: "Actually, if you had not proclaimed yourself emperor, based on your past achievements, the lord would definitely have spared you, but it's a pity...do you regret it?"
Liu Che was stunned when he heard this. He obviously didn't expect that Su Dingfang would say this to him, so he smiled and asked: "What do you regret? Proclaiming the emperor? Or fighting against Qin Hao?"
Su Dingfang didn't say anything, just looked at Liu Che intently, but Liu Che already understood what he meant.
"I have no regrets. Whether it's proclaiming myself emperor or fighting against Qin Hao, I will still do it even if it happens once."
Liu Che said with a firm face. After speaking, he directly mounted his horse and headed towards Yanjing City.
Su Dingfang watched Liu Che leave and rejected his men's offer to detain Liu Che on the spot.
There's no point in doing this, it's all over.
Three days later, as agreed, Liu Che wrote a handwritten letter and sent it by flying pigeon, ordering Wei Qing's troops who were trapped in Zhuoxian County to surrender to the Qin army.
Zhuojun.
"Your Majesty, the general is incompetent..."
After receiving the letter from Liu Che, Wei Qing knelt down and cried bitterly for half an hour. He knew that Liu Che was determined to die, so he issued such an order.
Wei Qing thought about disobeying the order and fighting to the last soldier, but in this case, his sister and nephew would definitely die. After much hesitation, he decided to obey, so he ordered the city gate to be opened and surrendered to Bai Qi.
"Great Governor, it's a great event, a great event." Luo Cheng reported excitedly.
Bai Qi calmly put down his tea cup and looked at Luo Cheng coldly. Luo Cheng suddenly shuddered and subconsciously stood at attention and saluted.
Seeing this, Bai Qi said calmly: "Wei Qing surrendered?"
"Yes, the gates of Zhuoxian City are wide open and Wei Qing has surrendered."
As he said that, Luo Cheng was stunned. How did the Governor know? He came to report immediately when he found out, without any gap in between.
Bai Qi was not surprised at all. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip before ordering: "Enter the city and accept the surrender."
"promise."
Luo Cheng accepted the order and was just about to leave when he heard Bai Qiyou say: "By the way, take the military doctor with you and be ready to treat Wei Qing at any time."
"Well……"
Luo Cheng hesitated, thought for a moment and then said in surprise: "Does the Governor mean that Wei Qing will commit suicide?"
"Wei Qing is a loyal minister. Liu Che is going to die, so he will not live alone."
A flash of admiration flashed in Bai Qi's eyes, and he said calmly: "In other times, this governor may not be able to fulfill his loyalty, but the soldiers who were surrendered in the Northern Han Dynasty still need to be trained by him, so Wei Qing cannot die yet."
"clear."
Luo Cheng took the order and left to accept the surrender of the Han army in Zhuoxian County, but found that Wei Qing was no different, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart: Did the governor guess wrong?
However, as soon as the surrender was over, Wei Qing drew his sword and prepared to kill himself, but was stopped by Luo Cheng, who had quick eyesight and quick hands.
Wei Qing looked at Luo Cheng angrily and said, "Why do you want to save me? Luo Cheng, you are also a soldier. You should understand how I feel now."
There was a trace of apology in Luo Cheng's eyes, and he said: "I'm sorry, I can't let you die now. It means that after the war in the Qing Dynasty is over, you can die however you want, and I will never stop you."
After saying this, Luo Cheng tore off a piece of his shirt and stuffed it into Wei Qing's mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide.
From then on, Zhuojun completely fell into the hands of the Qin army. More than ten thousand Han troops laid down their weapons and surrendered. Wei Qing was imprisoned after he attempted suicide.
After occupying Zhuoxian, Bai Qi immediately sent a message to Su Dingfang, and then left 10,000 troops to guard Zhuoxian, guard 40,000 prisoners of war, and personally led 30,000 troops north to join Su Dingfang.
After Su Dingfang received the news from Bai Qi, a strange look flashed in his eyes for no reason. He knew that Liu Che didn't have much time left.
On the fifth and sixth days, Liu Che wrote two letters in succession, ordering Li Ling and Tian Yu, who were still defending Yuyang, to surrender.
Li Ling and Tian Yu, who had long been unable to hold on any longer, decided to comply after receiving Liu Che's letter and surrendered to Yang Zhi and Ding Yanping respectively.
Since then, Yuyang County was completely occupied by the Qin army, leaving only Yanjing in Youzhou in the Northern Han Dynasty.
Su Dingfang saw that Liu Che had abided by the agreement, so Fei Ge sent a letter to Ye Qingmei, ordering him to let Wei Zifu and his party go to sea.
At Yuyang's seaport, in front of a small seagoing ship.
Ye Qingmei ignored Liu Zhi, who only grinned at her, and said to Wei Zifu with a faint smile: "Sister Wei Zifu, let's meet again if we have the chance."
Wei Zifu forced a smile: "I won't see you again."
After saying this, Wei Zifu picked up Liu Zhi and walked directly onto the ship, not wanting to stay for a moment.
After everyone got on the boat, Wei Zifu released a bunch of white doves in front of Ye Qingmei. Then the boat started and disappeared from Ye Qingmei's face.
"It's finally over." Ye Qingmei sighed softly.
After the ship sailed far away, Xue Gang took off his disguise and said: "Mother, are you really not going to capture Ye Qingmei? Only by hijacking her will we be safer. A mere three hundred soldiers cannot protect her."
After Wei Zifu thought for a while, he shook his head and said: "Ye Qingmei will let us go, which proves that the Qin army did not find out that if they kidnapped her, it would be easy to scare the snake.
My husband paid the price of surrender just to protect you all from leaving. Now that I have finally regained my freedom, it is better to do less than to do more."
"But……"
Xue Gang was still trying to persuade him, but was pulled back by Huo Guang on the side. Huo Guang shook his head and said, "General Xue, the mistress is right."
"Alas." Xue Gang sighed and could only give up this bold idea.
On the other side, after receiving the letter from Wei Zifu, Liu Che burst out laughing happily in the audience.
"Hahaha, Qin Hao, Qin Hao, I, Liu Che, lost, but I left a fire for my big man. The contest between you and me is not over yet."
"Your Majesty, everyone is here."
Liu De walked up to Liu Che with the eighth-service sword handle, and standing behind him was the stand-in for Xue Gang and others.
Liu Che took the sword: "Liu De, you don't have to accompany me to death."
Liu De shook his head: "Wei Chen is impatient, so he is not pretending to surrender. If he stays, he will easily make mistakes.
Besides, for the plan of false surrender, Master Xiao and the others are enough. There won’t be many more ministers, so we should let the ministers accompany His Majesty to the underworld."
Looking at Liu De who was determined to accompany him to death, Liu Che was deeply moved and said with tears: "How can I, Liu Che, be so virtuous that I can have a loyal minister like Aiqing by my side?"
"Your Majesty, don't say that. It is Liu De's honor to go to hell with your Majesty. We should go first."
After saying this, Liu De drew his sword and killed himself.
Seeing this, the eighteen dead soldiers shouted in unison: "I am willing to die with your Majesty..."
Brush...swipe...swipe...
Eighteen people also drew their swords and committed suicide without any hesitation.
Seeing this, Liu Che held the Bafu Sword with both hands behind his back, pointed it at his heart, and said with a tearful smile: "With you accompanying me, Liu Che will no longer be alone on the road to hell."
puff……
The sword went straight through the chest and pierced the heart.
The Emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, Liu Che, committed suicide.
"Your Majesty passed away, Your Majesty passed away..."
Soon, the news of Liu Che's suicide spread throughout the city, and Xiao Wangzhi and other ministers who stayed behind followed Liu Che's orders and opened the city to surrender to the Qin army.