vrcanaries Chapter 723: The Jingzhou County Magistrate Surrenders
Chapter 723: The Jingzhou County Magistrate Surrenders
The governor of Jingzhou was so angry that his teeth itched, but there was nothing he could do. Looking at the more than 10,000 local troops in the county city, and then looking at the map, he knew that the 800,000 troops of Yan State were only more than 300 miles away from them. He felt confused.
He felt that he probably could not defeat the Yan army.
He looked at the demolished shipyard and the damaged dock, and his heart gradually became more sinister.
Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!
He immediately wrote a letter to the Yan army, expressing his desire to surrender. If Yan Jun did not kill him, he was willing to lead the ten counties of Jingzhou to surrender to Yan State and let Yan State take over Jingzhou peacefully. If Yan State was willing, he would take the lead in sending a letter to Jingmen, and after the Yan army arrived in Jingmen, he would ask the county magistrate there to open the city and surrender.
After he finished writing the letter, he sent a confidant to disguise himself and rush to Xiangyang County at full speed.
At this time, the Yan army was marching southward and was almost out of the territory of Xiangyang.
When the letter from the governor of Jingzhou arrived, the Yan army had just stopped to rest and prepare to spend the night, and the general's tent had been set up.
The guard at the door came in with the letter from the soldier and said,
"Your Majesty, someone has arrived outside the camp, claiming to be sent by the governor of Jingzhou, and has delivered this letter.
He also said that he was waiting outside the door for your reply."
"Jingzhou County Magistrate? Bring it here for me to see."
Yan Fuyao took the letter, looked over, and then sneered and said to Shen Changgong beside him,
"This Jingzhou prefect is quite sensible. He's much smarter than the Xiangyang commander. He knew he couldn't win, so he surrendered on his own initiative."
Shen Changgong asked calmly,
"What conditions did he put forward?"
"Nothing, just asking us not to kill him. His words were full of admiration and loyalty to our Great Yan. He also said that if we needed him, he could immediately send a message to Jingmen to surrender and open the gate for our army.
He also said that he had served as the governor of Jingzhou for twelve years and was very familiar with the province, so he could assist the new governor in governing the country.
Shen Changgong also laughed and said,
"He's a smart guy indeed. He didn't ask for anything, only stating his own value. What do you think of him? Is he useful?"
Yan Fuyao put down the letter and said,
"He can be used, and very useful. He can be a role model, just like that **.
As long as they surrender voluntarily, we can temporarily retain their official positions. The city lord is still the city lord, and the county governor is still the county governor.
Even if we wait until the world is settled and they can no longer cause trouble, we can still replace them.
At least now, we can set one or two examples for all the places in the Chu State north of the Yangtze River. As long as they voluntarily surrender, we in Dayan will not only forgive their past mistakes, but we can even let them continue to hold their original positions.
In this way, our army will not have to run around to attack those cities.
The sword of human hearts is more useful than horses and soldiers."
Hearing this, Shen Changgong immediately said,
"Your Majesty is broad-minded and knows how to use people wisely. You are truly a wise ruler of our time. I admire you deeply."
Yan Fuyao rolled her eyes at him again and said angrily,
"You have the face of a treacherous minister, you only know how to flatter and use sweet words to please me."
"This isn't flattery at all. Isn't it my duty to make my wife happy?"
"When you're working, you call it position."
"Good job Yan!"
"You're looking for a fight!"
Yan Fuyao picked up a memorial and slapped Shen Changgong hard.
The generals around them looked at them flirting and smiled.
Shen Changgong laughed and scolded,
"What are you all laughing at? If you're envious, go find a wife yourself. You're already quite old, and it's laughable to let people say that the princes, generals and ministers of Dayan are all bachelors.
I'll give each of you a wife tomorrow, and see if you still dare to fool around outside."
Everyone laughed again.
Then, Yan Fuyao said to Gongsun Wan'er beside him,
"Wan'er, write a letter to the governor, telling him that we in Great Yan accept his surrender and that, in consideration of his sincerity, we are willing to let him continue to serve as governor.
He also ordered him to find a camp for the army around Jingzhou as soon as possible, prepare a large number of trees, and arrange for corvée labor to start cutting them down.
If he is worried about retaliation from the navy, then he can wait until our army arrives before starting to build the shipyard and navy."
"As ordered!"
Gongsun Wan'er immediately sat down to write a letter.
Then, Yan Fuyao asked again,
"By the way, isn't Mr. Li, the owner of the shipyard in Luoyang, looking for and inviting shipbuilders from all over the place?
It's been so long, we should be almost ready.
Transfer him here and let him serve as the head of Dayan Shipyard, responsible for all shipbuilding matters.
Let him work together with the navy commander Pang Lei to build the most powerful navy fleet."
"Okay, I'll send someone to get him over."
"Okay, let's end today's meeting here. If there's nothing else, there won't be any more meetings. I'll call you if there's anything."
"As ordered!"
After everyone left, Yan Fuyao stood up and said to Shen Changgong,
"Let's go, let's go see Zi Ling. Her belly is four months old now, and it's time for her to show her size. Let's go see her belly."
Shen Changgong said with a frown,
"Why are you looking at someone's belly for no reason? Aren't you ashamed?"
"We are all women, what is there to be ashamed of?"
Gongsun Wan'er finished writing the letter, handed it to the guard at the door, and hurriedly followed.
Looking at her lively and jumping appearance, Yan Fuyao smiled at Shen Changgong and said,
"You have to work harder too, and try to get Wan'er pregnant as soon as possible. Look how lively she is every day, and she will definitely be lively too after she has children in the future."
Gongsun Wan'er was startled when she heard this, then she chuckled and hugged Yan Fuyao's arm and said with a smile,
"I'm still a child myself, how can I give birth to a child? You should give birth to a baby as soon as possible so that I can hold and play with it.
Hey, Your Majesty, tell me, when was your last menstrual period?"
"Why do you care about this? Aren't you ashamed?"
"I'm just asking. This can help you determine if you're pregnant."
"Bah, only a month has passed since I came here to meet Shen Changgong, how could it go so fast.
But come to think of it, the last time I was there, I think we were on the road, and after seven or eight days, we arrived in Shaanxi City. It’s been a little over a month now.”
"Then you can ask the imperial physician to take your pulse and have a look."
They talked and laughed all the way to the camp of Yu Ying's army. When they entered the commander's tent, they saw Yu Ziling sitting on the commander's chair with her wrist on the table, and the imperial physician was taking her pulse.
Seeing Yan Fuyao and Shen Changgong come in, the imperial physician stood up and saluted,
"Greetings to your Majesty, and to the prince."
"Well, how is Zi Ling's pulse?"
"Your Highness, Marshal Yu's pulse is stable and he is in good health. If this continues, the child will surely be born safely."