Li Hongji took the remnants of the defeated army and retreated into Yangzhou.

He really wanted to cross the river immediately and return to Jiangnan.

However, just when he was holding on and arranging to stay behind and break the horses, another bad news came, Zhu Lingyun's troops were defeated and surrendered, and Feng Yanji and Song Qiqiu offered Jinling.

The capital is lost, where else can he go?

Li Hongji is really cornered.

He opened his mouth, spurted blood, and fell straight to the ground.

The successive bad news had made him unbearable, and when he saw the dragon flag falling, Li Hongji was about to vomit blood, but he endured it and finally swallowed it.

But when he heard that Jinling was lost, His Majesty, the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, could no longer hold on, and he fainted.

Li Hongji's men were in a mess, and they were completely panicked.

There are still Great Zhou men and horses attacking the city outside, and the best choice is to cross the river quickly and escape back to their hometown.

Due to Li Hongji's strict blockade, the soldiers did not know the situation in Jiangnan, but when Li Hongji fell, the news could not be hidden, Jinling was lost, and the important ministers and prime ministers of the court all betrayed the emperor and took refuge in the Great Zhou.

Their back road has been broken, and they have all become lost dogs, and they have no way out!

It's over, it's completely finished!

Sit in the city of sorrow!

What to do?

Many people thought of surrendering, and the Southern Tang soldiers sneaked out of Yangzhou and asked for surrender to Da Zhou. The whole Yangzhou is like a leaf in the wind, which will fall at any time.

Fortunately, the Divine Guards are still loyal to Li Hongji, they are doing their best to maintain order, and the city can barely support it, but Li Hongji fell into a coma, and the offensive outside the city is so urgent that no one knows what will happen in the next second, it is even more panicked and chaotic than ants on a hot pot.

Chai Rong stood on the horse's back, a fierce charge, the pale golden sweat and blood horse, oozing red sweat, the strong muscles kept shaking, and the four slender legs were also trembling.

Chai Rong went to the saddle with his own hands, untied the reins, then hugged the sweaty horse's head, whispered a few words in his ear, and then asked the horse to go to the hill to gnaw some grass and slowly recover his strength.

After settling the war horse, Chai Rong let out a long breath.

Li Hongji is defeated!

300,000 people are over!

The biggest stumbling block to the unification of the world has disappeared.

Chai Rong was relieved.

But after thinking about it, he shook his head again, I'm afraid it's not that simple.

If you want to truly dominate the world, it is by no means a victory on the battlefield, if you rely on fighting, you can govern the country, I am afraid that Xiang Yu would have destroyed Liu Bang a long time ago.

How to end the chaos and how to establish a set of long-term peace and stability is the key!

Although Li Hongji was defeated, he was a mirror, and from his body, Chai Rong saw too many things.

The founding of the country is in the people, not in the people!

The national strength is not rich but strong!

Li Hongji placed the basis of his rule on a small number of scholars and wealthy merchants, and as a result, this group of people was the least loyal, and they did not hesitate to abandon their emperor at a critical moment.

Moreover, in the process of pursuing a rich country and a strong army, Li Hongji completely misunderstood the key point. He thought that the treasury was abundant, that he would collect more taxes, and that with money, he would have everything.

But he forgot that it was not enough to increase wealth, it had to be well distributed.

Only when the distribution is proper, fair and reasonable, can the people be convinced, can we produce strong cohesion, have a strong mobilization capacity, the strength of a country, that is, the ability to organize and mobilize the people!

These are not complicated at all, but they are easily overlooked by rulers...... For example, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, when the war had just been experienced, all industries were withering, and the country's wealth was definitely not as good as that of Xuanzong, but Emperor Taizong was able to sweep the Turks and fight a heavenly khan! And what about Xuanzong, although he is rich and prosperous, what can he do? Isn't it still a rebellion in Anshi, and it was shattered.

If Ye Hua was here, he would definitely agree with Chai Rong's opinion one hundred percent.

There was once a country where the hungry workers and peasants drove away the enemy with hammers and sickles in the face of the combined extermination of the great powers and the white bandits, and twenty years later, they paid more than 20 million sacrifices, defeated the most vicious and powerful opponents, and won the awe of the world. But in the next few decades, they did two things and everything was moving forward, and no one dared to drive the army to their land anymore...... But the country collapsed and disappeared completely.

People form a country, in the final analysis, it is the country that makes the majority of people live better, and once the few people have seized all the wealth and power, and the majority are oppressed and exploited, life becomes more and more difficult, and there is no hope in sight, the country is doomed......

Throughout the ages, there have been no exceptions.

Li Hongji didn't understand this truth, so he failed, and he didn't even have a chance to make a comeback!

"Your Majesty, the champion Hou is urgent, he has led the men and horses into Jinling, and the entire Jiangnan, except for Runzhou, has all fallen into the hands of Da Zhou!"

"I see!"

Chai Rong smiled and nodded, no wonder Li Hongji chose to retreat, daring to love that Ye Hua occupied Jinling!

Hands and feet are really fast!

Chai Rong guessed that Ye Hua made a move and forced Li Hongji to withdraw from the army, but he didn't expect that he would take Jinling so quickly, and he really deserved to be the champion Hou!

This kid has a lot of ideas!

Chai Rong smiled, since this is the case, there is no need to attack Yangzhou, in short, a boiled duck can't fly!

"Go and spread my will, let General Zhao, General Han, and General Zhang stop attacking and retreat!"

"Yes!"

His subordinates went to deliver the decree, and about half an hour later, Zhao Kuangyin and others came back one after another, they were covered in blood, but they were all in high spirits and smiling.

According to the rules of the Great Zhou, whoever wins a battle must be knighted and divided into land, and I am afraid that there will be a large number of soldiers who can change their fate.

As the commander-in-chief, the brothers below rejoiced that they could live a good life.

Zhao Kuangyin was puzzled: "Your Majesty, as long as you work harder, you can enter Yangzhou, why stop?" ”

Chai Rong smiled indifferently and handed Ye Hua's good news to Zhao Da.

Zhao Kuangyin took it, and after reading a few lines, he almost burst into foul language!

His eyes widened, and he rubbed and rubbed it, and then he was sure that he was not mistaken!

"Good boy! Hou Ye actually entered Jinling! ”

"What?" Zhang Yongde and Han Tong were shocked!

They knew that Ye Hua was attacking Jinling, but with Ye Hua's troops, if they wanted to break through the defense of Jinling City, they didn't even think about it! These people are all thinking about defeating Li Hongji first, and then the army will go south, join Ye Hua, and fight Jinling together!

"Is Hou Ye too powerful, or are the people of Nantang too piggy?" Zhang Yongde shouted strangely.

Han Tong said in a sullen voice: "I think they are just a bunch of pigs, pigs through and through!" ”

Zhao Da shook his head and sighed: "Saying that they are pigs, they have exalted them, pigs have no heart, they have a bad conscience!" This Li Hongji is also unlucky enough, why did he promote such a group of people? The country is ruined, and there is not even a single martyr, which is sad enough! ”

They were talking, and Chai Rong smiled slightly.

"General Zhao is right, I really have some sympathy for Li Hongji." Chai Rong said suddenly: "You choose a messenger, go to Yangzhou, and tell Li Hongji that as long as he is willing to surrender, I will give him a suitable official position, he is talented but not virtuous, and he can't be the Son of Heaven, but as a minister, he is still qualified, and I am willing to give him a chance!" ”

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't believe his ears, the other party was an emperor, how could he surrender!

It's a ploy!

Zhao Da pondered and said, "Your Majesty, Li Hongji is afraid that he will not be fooled, right?" ”

Chai Rong stretched his waist and asked with a smile, "Do you think I am deceiving Li Hongji?" ”

Isn't it?

Zhao Da's eyes widened.

Chai Rong laughed loudly, "Li Hongji has been completely defeated from beginning to end, and what ability does he have to threaten my country!" I want to recruit him, and with him one day, I can always remind me, don't make his mistakes, and don't forget my original intention! And if this person is used well, it must be a divine sword for rectifying the rule of officials, and no one is more painful than him! What's more, with him, those officials in Jiangnan, who dare to do things dishonestly! ”

Chai Rong looked at the stunned Zhao Da and couldn't help but shake his head, "You, your mind is still too bad, not open enough!" Far from enough! Ye Hua can still tolerate the prime minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, if I can't tolerate a Li Hongji, wouldn't I even be inferior to Ye Hua! ”

Zhao Da scratched his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "The minister is a layman, not as resourceful as the champion Hou, nor as resourceful as His Majesty, the minister, the minister will send people into the city, and Li Hongji will surrender obediently!" ”