At this time, Gao Zhen also led the Song army and launched a fierce attack on Suzhou City. Although the Song army's large-scale siege equipment, such as tower cars, crashed into the car, it was not a crash. br/>

Therefore, Gao Zhen did not bring other firearms this time, but made a special trip to bring four firearms**. This kind of fire ** does not have much effect on the masonry structure of the city wall, but it is very effective for the earthen wall, the four fires ** are concentrated, aimed at a section of the earthen city wall, concentrated fire **, a fierce bombardment, you can blast the city wall open a big gap. Although Gao Yi commanded the defenders to work hard to fill the gap, but also to take care of the other, not to mention that the Song army did not allow the Western Xia army to easily plug the gap, for three days, the Song army blasted the city wall of Suzhou open more than a dozen large gaps, and then Gao Zhen gave the order to launch a final attack on the city of Suzhou.

Although the strength of both sides was about the same, and the Western Xia army still had broken city walls to defend, the morale and quality of the soldiers on both sides were not on the same page. The Song army is all elite people, and the morale is booming after the **** consecutive victories. The Western Xia army was uneven and demoralized, and many Western Xia soldiers saw the fire for the first time, and they were frightened by this huge power, and at this time there was the determination to fight to the death, so after a little resistance, they immediately retreated.

The Song army took advantage of the situation to enter the city of Suzhou, and most of the Western Xia soldiers scattered and fled, and a few raised their hands to surrender. Only Gao Yi also led the hundreds of Sheming Western Xia troops to fight to the death, and finally all of them were killed, and the Song army took Suzhou City very smoothly. And Xibihe and Weimu Yanping could only lead the remnants of the army to flee back to Guazhou.

After capturing Suzhou, Yang Changpeng and Gao Zhen were also not in a hurry to attack Guazhou, so they still used the same plan and transported all the grain and materials of Xuanhua Mansion to Suzhou to stockpile. At the same time, he sent captured Western Xia soldiers to Guazhou to persuade Li Chunyou to surrender. Because after the Jiankang Imperial Court approved Yang Changpeng and Gao Zhen's attack plan, it also stated that at the appropriate time, it could recruit the Western Xia monarchs and ministers, and issued the conditions for the surrender of the Western Xia monarchs and ministers.

On the one hand, it is to show the attitude of the Great Song Dynasty to govern the country with benevolence, and on the other hand, it is also to decorate its own crown by surrendering the monarch, and it can also stabilize the stability of the occupation of the land. Therefore, when Taizu founded the country, this practice was used to surrender to the emperors such as the queen of Li, the lord of Meng Shu, and the king of Qian Tang.

Although the bizarre death legends of Empress Li and Lord Meng Shu were different in later folk history, on the surface, the Great Song Dynasty still treated these fallen monarchs very well. Even after the Song and Jin Dynasty jointly destroyed Liao, Song Huizong also promised Emperor Tianzuo, the last king of Liao, the gift of his younger brother, the first house of 1,000 rooms, and more than 300 servants to lure this former enemy to surrender. It's just that before Emperor Tianzuo made the decision to surrender to the Song Dynasty Wa, he was captured by the Jin people. On the contrary, two years later, Song Huizong's father and son were also captured by the Jin people and went to be the companion of Emperor Tianzuo in the Jin Kingdom.

And after Xibihe and Weimu Yanping led the remnants of the army to flee back to Guazhou, Li Chunyou and other monarchs and ministers immediately became a mess and were at a loss. And the remnants of the defeated soldiers who returned to the city exaggerated the power of the Song army** infinitely, which made people panic. The city wall of Guazhou is similar to that of Suzhou, and since the Song army can easily blast open the city wall of Suzhou, then it is naturally no longer a problem to blast away Guazhou. Therefore, everyone knew that this time it was really hopeless, and the soldiers fled one after another, and in less than two days, the Western Xia army in Guazhou City was less than 10,000 people.

Although Li Chunyou gathered his ministers every day to discuss strategies to resist the Song army, after everyone gathered, they were staring at each other, and no one could speak. Later, under Li Chunyou's repeated questioning, Li Youren, the king of Yue, squeezed out a few words with difficulty, and said: "Your Majesty, there is no other way but to fight to the death with the Song army, so as to sue me the spirit of the previous emperors of the Great White Gaoguo." ”

Li Chunyou's face was pale and pale, he was a teenager, so he was naturally unwilling to die just like that, and almost cried: "Is there no other way to do it?" I didn't want to succeed to the throne in the first place, but you said that it could be redeemed, so **** me to sit in this position? I knew that it would come to this point, and I would not have sat on this emperor when I said anything. ”

At this time, the envoy sent by the Song army to persuade him to surrender also came to Guazhou and explained the conditions of surrender to Li Chunyou's ministers. When Li Chunyou heard that there was still a way to live, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and there were such favorable conditions, so this time he didn't discuss with anyone, and immediately said to the visitor: "Okay, you go back and tell Song Jun that I am willing to accept these conditions and surrender." ”

** Yan Jinzhong couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, the ministers of the Song Dynasty have always been untrustworthy, and now they are offering such conditions to persuade Your Majesty to surrender to the Song Dynasty, and they must have bad intentions." In Yichen's opinion, he just wanted to deceive His Majesty to Jiankang and do harm, so His Majesty must not be fooled, and would rather fight to the death with the Song army than surrender. Even if he goes to Xiliao, he must not go to Jiankang. ”

As soon as he said this, several stubborn ministers immediately said that they would fight a decisive battle with the Song army and not surrender.

But this time Li Chunyou didn't listen, and said: "I am called the emperor of the Great White Gaoguo, but in fact I am just a lost dog. Therefore, I am determined to surrender to the Song Dynasty, and those who want to surrender will follow me, and those who do not want to surrender will do their best. Whoever wants this throne, I will immediately give way. ”

Hearing the emperor say this, all the ministers were also silent. Because everyone knows that Li Chunyou has always been in the East Palace, ignoring state affairs, the national situation of Western Xia has reached this point, and it has nothing to do with him, it is all caused by Li Renxiao and a ** minister, and now Li Renxiao is dead, but Li Chunyou is left with such an uncontrollable mess, and he can hold on for these few months, and it is very good to be able to endure it, who can bear to die in ** Li Chunyou.

After being silent for a while, Li Renyou said: "Since Your Majesty has decided like this, then you can do what Your Majesty said, please do your best." ”

The others had nothing to say and retreated. At that moment, Li Chunyou immediately asked the messenger to report that he was willing to surrender. Only ** Jinzhong sighed a few times, returned to his residence, and committed suicide that night.

The next day, Yang Changpeng and Gao Zhen led the Song army to the city of Guazhou, Li Chunyou was dressed in white, tied himself with ropes, and led his officials out of the city to surrender to the Song army.

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Seeing Li Chunyou, who was dressed in white, and more than 30 Western Xia officials under him knelt down in front of him in fear, Zhao Chen couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

Since the time of Song Renzong, the Western Xia has been separated from the Great Song Dynasty and established itself, and has been in the cracks of the Song, Liao, Jin and other countries, and has been standing in a corner of the West for more than 130 years, and now it has finally been incorporated into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

And except for the time when Emperor Taizu Taizong founded the country and established the foundation, the Great Song Dynasty never had such a brilliant martial arts of expanding the territory and destroying the country and capturing the king. Not only that, in the past 50 years, the Great Song Dynasty has been beaten by the Jin State and abandoned the city, only half of the country is left, and it has to retreat to the south of the Yangtze River, and even its two emperors have been captured by the Jin State, and they have been **** to the Jin State to claim peace, which can be said to have suffered a lot of humiliation. Although it is not considered to have washed away the shame of the past, Zhao Chen can at least say that he is worthy of the ancestor emperors of the Great Song Dynasty. He was just a young emperor who took the throne as a vassal king.

This time, not only the kings and ministers of Western Xia came with him, but also more than 50 children of the party nobles who were brought to Jiankang to study, and they all knelt in front of Zhao Chen at this time.

Look at Li Chunyou is the same age as himself, and he is also the king of a country, but his current situation is worlds apart, so he can only kneel in front of him, looking panicked. Zhao Chen's heart couldn't help but feel a trace of pity. Therefore, Zhao Chen got out of the car, helped Li Chunyou up with his own hands, and asked the others to get up too, and then Zhao Chen made a guarantee in public, reassuring them that they would never condemn the surrendered people of Western Xia.

After Li Chunyou and the other monarchs and ministers listened, they were greatly relieved, so they knelt on the ground again and shouted long live to Zhao Chen.

But sympathy is sympathy, and the routine is still to be carried out. After surrendering outside Jiankang City, Zhao Chen immediately led the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, as well as the first ** surrendered people in Western Xia, to pay respects to Taimiao.

The ancestral temple sacrifice is the highest ceremony for the dynasties to show off their martial arts, and there has been no such glorious military exploit in the Great Song Dynasty for one hundred and fifty or sixty years. Although the Great Song Dynasty claimed to be governing the country with benevolence and not exhausting military force, in fact, it was just an excuse for its own lack of force. In fact, every generation wants to be an emperor, and they are all proud to expand their territory. Even Song Huizong, the merry emperor, is no exception, not to mention Zhao Chen, who hopes to make great achievements.

Only the victory on the battlefield is the most inspiring thing, not to mention the brilliant martial arts that the Great Song Dynasty has never had for many years, so after the large group of people entered the city, the people of Jiankang were attracted to the streets to watch, and many people burned incense and prayed on both sides of the avenue. Seeing Zhao Chen's Luan driving by, the people cheered in unison, and the sound of "Long live, long live" was endless.

Yang Yan was mixed in with the officials, and followed Zhao Chen's Luan to advance towards the Taimiao, but he was thinking in his heart, this was only the destruction of Western Xia, if it was to defeat the Jin State, what kind of grand occasion would it be?