"I'm back in China, and this time, I want to take back everything that belongs to me!"
Wang Qingluan turned to look at Tang Ping and asked with a black line, "Can you stop being so stupid?"
"Hey!" Tang Ping turned off the short video on his phone with some embarrassment: "Aren't I afraid that you will get emotional and lighten the atmosphere?"
The two of them were already in the Tang Army camp outside Fuyang City.
The closer we get to Fuyang City, the capital of East Vietnam, the stronger the resistance we encounter.
Fortunately, Tang Ping came all the way by water. The Taihao ship had strong guns and powerful guns. Anyone who did not surrender would be directly bombarded with a round of artillery to open the city gate, and then the members of the former pirate group would swarm forward.
The last time they attacked Baozi City, the East Vietnamese army came out in full force, with a total of 400,000 troops. As a result, they suffered more than 100,000 casualties and were defeated and returned to the country.
The Zhen family's father and son went to Nanyang and took away most of the elites. Now those who remain in the country are almost all newly recruited soldiers.
Although the equipment is relatively sophisticated, the quality of the individual soldiers is far worse than those of the pirates.
After a few back and forth, basically everyone surrendered. Only the last Fuyang City had some elites left inside. According to the spies' reports, there were probably close to 100,000 defenders inside.
On the Tang Dynasty, 300,000 troops came from Baozi City, plus Tang Ping's 20,000 navy, as well as the conquered pirates and the armed forces who came over because of Wang Qingluan along the way, the number actually reached 400,000 people.
It's still 400,000 against 100,000, but this time the balance of power is completely opposite to that of Baozicheng.
It was Cheng Zhijie who led the troops from the Tang Dynasty. He picked his teeth in boredom and said: "There are no weak chickens in East Vietnam who can fight. Let's attack the city now?"
If Li Shimin hadn't said that he was waiting to meet up with Tang Ping, he felt that he would have captured Fuyang City within three days.
This time he came with the army, but he also brought a huge cannon with a barrel of eleven meters long and a total weight of nearly ten tons. It was pulled by more than a dozen bullocks.
This is also the largest powerful cannon of the Tang Dynasty that has been cast in the Tang Dynasty. According to Cheng Zhijie, the power of this cannon is close to destroying the world. Although the city of Fuyang is strong, under this huge cannon, It's just a matter of a few shots.
"Gong Lu, may I go and persuade him to surrender first?" Wang Qingluan asked.
"Of course you can!" Cheng Zhijie handed over his hand: "Your Majesty asked me to wait for Duke Ping and Princess to arrive. Whether we want to fight or not, everything is up to you."
Tang Ping felt a little moved. Li Shimin was concerned about Wang Qingluan's feelings, so he left the decision-making power in his own hands.
He looked at Wang Qingluan and said, "I heard that Concubine Liu is the one in power in the city now."
"Well, it's indeed her!" Wang Qingluan looked a little complicated. In the past, Concubine Liu was actually pretty good to her, but...
"Can she listen to you?"
"Let's give it a try. The people in Fuyang City don't deserve this disaster."
"Well, no matter what you do, I will support you. This time, you will give it yours..."
Seeing Wang Qingluan glare at him, Tang Ping was scared, he smiled and touched his head: "Okay, okay, I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore."
When the two came to the formation, Tang Ping asked Qian Laosan: "Is there really no need for someone else to go?"
"Don't worry, Lord Ping. With these hundreds of thousands of troops, no one in Fuyang City dares to touch me. I'll go and come back."
After saying that, Da Ma Shan left towards Fuyang City. Although he said it simply, he was still a little uneasy in his heart. What if the people in Fuyang City went crazy and rained down random arrows? Can the glass shield called "anti-riot shield" given to me be able to protect myself?
Fortunately, the Tang army should have put enough pressure on Fuyang City. Seeing that he was the only one coming, the people on the city did not fire arrows. Instead, they waited for him to reach under the city wall and asked, "Who is coming?"
"I am the envoy of Duke Ping of the Tang Dynasty!" When Qian Laosan said this, he felt like his face was glowing. In this life, this is probably his highlight moment, right?
"Ping Guo Gong said that God has the virtue of good life, so he wants to talk to your Queen Mother Liu."
"Interview?" The people above were confused. Duke Ping wanted to interview our Queen Mother. Why did he send you here? Can we still ask you to invite Queen Mother Liu out?
"Put a basket down and let me know when I get up!"
The people above waited for a while, probably going to report it. After a while, they actually hung a basket down.
Qian Laosan took a deep breath, climbed into the basket, and was hoisted up.
After going up, he found that the defenders at the top of Fuyang City were nervously pointing their weapons at him. Qian Laosan simply put down the riot shield on his hand: "I don't have any weapons. Take me to see Empress Dowager Liu."
Some defenders came up to search him and found that he did not bring any weapons, but only a strange object with a piece of glass embedded in an iron plate.
"This is to be brought to Queen Mother Liu. Don't damage it. Our Duke Ping can use this to interview her."
The defender took it cautiously with suspicion, and then took Qian Laosan to a military camp under the city wall.
"Queen Mother Liu, the envoy from Duke Ping of the Tang Dynasty has arrived."
Qian Laosan secretly looked up and found that the Queen Mother Liu of Dongyue was indeed beautiful, but thinking about the things she had done, he secretly sighed and quickly lowered his head.
"I have met Queen Mother Liu. My Duke Ping and Princess Qingluan want to talk to Queen Mother Liu."
He took the tablet he brought from the defender's hand, operated it, and then placed it on the table opposite Queen Mother Liu.
Because there is a humanoid signal base station like Tang Ping, which is less than three kilometers away from the Tang Army camp outside the city, there is naturally a signal.
Soon Wang Qingluan's face appeared on the screen.
Queen Mother Liu was shocked. Even after her child succeeded to the throne and she became the Queen Mother of Dongyue, she never left the palace. She never expected that Wang Qingluan could appear in something like a glass mirror. Hear the voice on the other side.
"Concubine Liu, long time no see!"
"Princess Qingluan, it's been a long time indeed!"
After saying hello, both of them fell into silence.
After a long while, Wang Qingluan asked again: "Why? I remember that when my father was alive, he doted on you the most, and I also respected you. Even if I really inherit the throne in the future, I will never treat you harshly. You, why do you want to..."
This is a knot that Wang Qingluan has never solved. Until now, she has not figured out why Concubine Liu would betray her father together with Zhen Xiong.
"Why?" The former Concubine Liu and the current Empress Dowager Liu smiled miserably: "You only know that your father loved me when he was alive, but did you know that I also have someone I love? It was your father who used his power after he ascended the throne to Pressure someone and snatch me from his hand?"
"That man was afraid of your father's authority. He didn't dare to admit that he had a private engagement with me. He just gave me up to your father. Who am I? An object?"
"After entering the palace, I discovered that you are actually a woman. The majestic King Zheng of Dongyue is a woman. They are also women. Why can you inherit this great position, while I have to be treated as carelessly as an object? Giving up and getting?”
After saying this, Queen Mother Liu smiled slightly: "I guess you should have guessed who that man is, right? That's right, it's Zhen Xiong. I was the one who quietly supported him in the palace when he was able to achieve his later position. The result of pillow wind blowing in your ears.”
"I thought that after I gave him a son and helped him gain the power of Dongyue, he would be different. He would be kind to me, just like he was before I entered the palace and married your father."
"But I was wrong. I didn't expect that he was still the same man, that selfish man who only had eyes for himself. When the disaster came, he took his people to Nanyang, where they could become emperor by themselves, and they didn't need me. With my son, I am once again an outcast!"
After saying this, she burst into tears and wiped away her tears with a wave of her sleeves: "What do you want to talk about when you talk to me today? Do you want me to surrender in Kaicheng?"
Wang Qingluan really didn't expect that there would still be such a relationship between her father and Concubine Liu back then. She knew that her father was very domineering.
Come to think of it, let alone not knowing that Concubine Liu had made a private life-long commitment to Zhen Xiong at that time, I knew that with the kind of person my father was, he would still forcibly marry Concubine Liu into the palace.
It is really difficult to tell who is right and who is wrong.
However, in addition to knowing the truth about Concubine Liu's betrayal of her father, her purpose was also to want Concubine Liu to surrender in Kaicheng.
"Concubine Liu, you have no chance of winning. The Tang Dynasty has 400,000 generals and the extremely powerful Divine Artillery of the Tang Dynasty. We also have dozens of airships that can set fire to the entire Fuyang City overnight. But I never I grew up in Fuyang City, and I feel that the people in Fuyang City are innocent and they do not deserve such suffering."
"So? So you, the last bloodline of the Wang family in Dongyue, are going to hand over the foundation of Dongyue?" Concubine Liu said with a strange smile: "So now it is the descendants of the Wang family who want to hand over Fuyang. To the Tang Dynasty, do I, an outsider, want to hold on to the last foundation of East Vietnam?"
Wang Qingluan did not speak. She understood Li Shimin. Although Li Shimin took into account his own emotions, after Dongyue was captured, he could not let such a prosperous land continue to become a country to the east of the Tang Dynasty. It was certain that Dongyue would be annexed by the Tang Dynasty. matter.
Even my husband takes it for granted.
Of course, Wang Qingluan herself has long since lost her utilitarian heart. If this Dongyue belongs to their Wang family, but now she is the last bloodline of the Wang family. She has no intention of managing such a country, so if it is handed over to Datang, she will also There is no psychological pressure.
Queen Mother Liu looked up at the other Dongyue generals gathered in the camp, smiled and asked, "Princess Qingluan wants us to surrender, what do you say?"
The generals looked at each other, but did not speak.
"That's all. Sometimes if you don't speak, it means you have said everything."
After speaking, she looked at Wang Qingluan on the screen: "You said that the people are innocent, and my child is also innocent. I wonder if you can let him live?"
"Concubine Liu, don't worry. As long as you are willing to surrender in Kaicheng, I can guarantee the safety of you and your children."
"Haha, I don't have to. Remember what you said today. If you don't treat my child well in the future, I won't let you go even if I die."
Queen Mother Liu drew out the sword from the waist of one of the guards and shouted: "Open the city gate and surrender!"
Then the sword turned and swiped towards his neck.
