"Hmm, hmm" Two swords, Ling Xiang stabbed two more Manichaean soldiers, and then shouted: "Manichaean soldiers, listen, those who abandon their weapons and surrender can be spared death." ”

When the Manichaean soldiers heard this, they immediately threw down their swords, guns and weapons, raised their hands, and said loudly: "Stop fighting, surrender, surrender, we surrender." ”

But there are still some soldiers who do not surrender, turn their heads and run, Qi Dazhu waved the big knife, led a part of the Song army to chase a few steps, and cut down a few people in a row, and was about to lead people to continue to chase, Ling Xiang shouted: "Qi Dazhu, don't chase, hold the position, and wait for the large group of people and horses to go ashore." ”

When Qi Dazhu heard this, he stopped and commanded the soldiers to defend in place.

Yang Yan stepped on the land, looked at the Manichaean army fleeing in the direction of Qiongzhou in the distance, and knew that the war to quell the Manichaean rebellion had finally reached the last moment. Thinking of Zhao Cao and Zhong Xinhuan, who should still be in Qiongzhou at this time, I don't know what kind of situation they will meet this time.

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"Report to the sect leader, the right army of the Song army is led by Gao Zhen, from Wanning to the shore, all the way to capture the Wan'an army, Lehui, Wenchang, and now it is marching towards Qiongzhou, please send troops to refuse."

"Sect Leader Qiqi, the left side of the Song army is led by Cao Xun, after landing in Changhua, he captured Yilun, Changhua Army, Lingao, Chengmai, and went straight to Qiongzhou, please think of countermeasures quickly."

"Report to the sect master, the middle road army of the Song army is led by Yang Yan himself, and it has been in the village fifteen miles outside Qiongzhou City."

After Zhong Ziang received these battle reports, he could only smile bitterly. The last remaining leaders of Manichaeism were all gathered in the council hall, but everyone looked at each other and remained silent, and by this time no one was able to recover.

Now there are still 20,000 or 30,000 remnants of the defeated army in Qiongzhou City, and they have long been discouraged, and there are deserters almost every day. If the Song army attacked the city now, I was afraid that Qiongzhou City would not be able to hold it for a day. At this time, Zhong Ziang regretted that he did not listen to Lai Wenzheng's advice, gave up all the cities and lands, broke them into pieces, and sneaked into secret activities, so that at least he could maintain the vitality of Manichaeism, which was better than the current defeat.

It's just that at that time, I thought that there was still Hainan as a way out, and I still had a bit of luck and was able to persevere and hold Hainan. It's a pity that Yang Yan didn't give himself a chance to breathe at all, and now Zhong Ziang just regrets that he was in Lin'an at the beginning, and he was able to kill Yang Yan at the beginning, but unfortunately in the end, he still fell short.

"Maybe you shouldn't have retreated at that time, if you continue to hold on and work hard, maybe you can kill Yang Yan, and there will be no results today." But now it is too late to say anything, the Manichaean Yijing is trapped on the isolated island of Hainan, and the coastal areas are guarded by the Song army's naval army, and the Yijing has lost the space to move, and Lai Wenzheng has disappeared without a trace as early as when he withdrew to Hainan.

"If only Mr. Lai were still here, he would definitely have a way." At this time, Zhong Ziang thought of Lai Wenzheng's role, "But at this time, even if he is still there, there is no way, probably he has already seen that retreating to Hainan is a dead move, so he disappeared." ”

Everyone was thinking about their own thoughts, and the whole hall was silent.

At this time, another Manichaean entered the hall and said, "Report to the sect master, the Song army shot a letter into the city, saying that it would be handed over to the sect master to read it himself." As he spoke, he handed the letter with both hands.

Zhong Ziang took the letter, only to see that it was written: Wuchang County Founding Uncle, Zhennan Army Cheng Xuan Envoy, Guangnan East and West Road System Envoy Yang Yan, to the Manichaean leader Zhong Ziang, now Yan Cheng Emperor's order, under the edict to fight crimes. Pointing to the army, attacking everything, invincible, now with the troops under the city of Qiongzhou, the leader of the sect is defeated, non-human can be recovered, limited to three o'clock tomorrow, open the door and descend early, in order to save the people of the city, so as not to cause the suffering of the souls, if or obsessed, it is too late to regret.

Zhong Ziang read the letter, smiled bitterly, and handed the letter to the others to read. After everyone circulated it, Zhong Zhenxian immediately said, "Dad, Yang Yan is telling us to surrender?" We must not surrender, but Yang Yan will fight. ”

Zhong Ziang said: "Fight, what do you take to fight with Yang Yan." ”

Zhong Zhenxian was speechless for a while, and muttered: "Then you can't surrender to Yang Yan if you say anything." ”

At this time, Zhao Cao said: "Sect Master, I think this Qiongzhou City cannot be defended, and we naturally can't surrender to Yang Yan, so it's better to escape as soon as possible, according to what Mr. Lai originally said, from now on, it will be broken into pieces, sneak into the dark, gather strength, and start all over again." ”

Zhong Zhen said first: "Escape? Where can we escape? Hainan is such a big place, and the sea is blocked by the Song army's navy, how can we escape? ”

Zhong Xinyu said: "But now we can only go to prison in Qiongzhou City, anyway, the left and right are dead, it is better to escape from Qiongzhou City as soon as possible, maybe there is a glimmer of life, I see that the sea is so big, the Song army may not be able to block it all, we scatter the disciples, how much can escape as much as we can escape, it is better than sitting in Qiongzhou City and waiting for death." We're going to give it a try anyway. ”

Zhao Cao said: "Holy Aunt is right, sect master, it's better for us to escape as soon as possible." ”

Zhong Ziang was silent for a while, and said: "Pass my order, the residents of a city and the disciples of the sect, if they are willing to surrender, they can go out of the city and surrender early tomorrow morning." Second, from now on, I will pass on the position of the sect leader to Xinyu ......"

Before he finished speaking, everyone present was shocked, they didn't expect Zhong Ziang to pass on the position of the head of the Manichaeism to Zhong Xinyu at this time, Zhong Zhenxian looked even more incredulous, even Zhong Xinyu was unexpected, and never dreamed that the position of the heir of the sect leader that he and Zhong Zhenxian had fought for for several years would fall on him without warning like this, and he was about to speak, but Zhong Ziang waved his hand and motioned for everyone to listen to him finish speaking, "Third, all of you are led by Xinyu and leave Qiongzhou overnight, and I will stay in the city, Hold Yang Yan and try my best to buy time for you. ”

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