The Liang army, determined to avenge their previous humiliation, became more and more courageous as they fought.
There was a huge and mighty golden dragon hovering looming over them. Their adrenaline surged and they were brave and fearless.
The Queen's good medicine reduced their worries a lot.
When a person's blood is high, there is no place for fear at all.
The momentum of the Song army at this time was exactly the opposite.
Although, the news from Kyoto is that the emperor has dispatched reinforcements from many places to support them.
But they waited and waited, and they carried on desperately, but there was no news of reinforcements arriving.
"Your Majesty! Please order peace talks!"
"Please let the emperor release the Liang envoys!"
"The Emperor of Liang, personally leading a hundred thousand cavalry, has already rushed to the capital! In more than a month, they will arrive at the city!"
"Your Majesty, if you don't give the order, I, the Song Dynasty... will be finished!"
The ministers knelt on the ground, crying and begging Liu Ziye to order peace.
Liu Ziye's face turned pale, and his tiger eyes had lost their former glory and majesty.
"Is there no room for change?" He murmured to himself, "But... why?"
He hasn't had enough of his dream of unifying the Tianlong Continent, why is he about to wake up?
He stroked the dark firearm in his hand, "I didn't lose!"
"Let them hold on for another half month!" Liu Ziye said, "Send the Imperial Guard to send Jeffrey and others away. Have you selected the 200 young students I asked you to select? Send them and Jeffrey away together! "
Liu Ziye still has some vision and foresight.
The two hundred young and smart students he selected were probably the first batch of "foreign students" to go overseas to study in this time and space, right?
"When Jeffrey and the students leave Hong Kong smoothly... let's negotiate a peace!"
Liu Ziye waved his hand, and all the bones in his body seemed to fall apart, and he fell limply in the dragon chair.
But on the battlefield, things are changing rapidly.
The reinforcements he promised never arrived.
Liang Jun cut off the grain and grass supply routes on the front line of the Song Dynasty.
The morale of the Song Army was greatly reduced. They knew that they were no match for the brave and capable Liang Army.
The courage I had before was all given by firearms. Now that the firearms are gone, their courage has long been exhausted.
The supply of food and grass was cut off... The "surrender faction" of the Song Army immediately became louder.
It didn't take more than half a month, or even just overnight.
There was an urgent call from the front line of the Song Army. "The first general has been captured and the Song Army has surrendered."
It is also said that "the leading general was captured, the Song army was completely wiped out, and the Liang Kingdom's 100,000 cavalry were about to cross the river and break through the Song capital in the blink of an eye."
Liu Ziye finally woke up!
"Quickly, release the Liang envoy from prison... No, please come out!"
The envoys of the Liang Kingdom were personally invited out of the prison by the first and second-rank officials of the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty arranged for dozens of beauties to help them wash and change clothes, and invited them to come to the Song Dynasty court.
Liu Ziye was sitting on a high dragon chair, but he looked more nervous than the Liang envoy who had just been released from prison.
"Previously, I listened to the slander and thought that His Majesty Liang Guo's peace proposal was a sham...Now that I have woken up, I have killed the treacherous official who made the slander!"
Liu Ziye completely shied away from his ambition, "I intend to make good friends with Liang. I promised the king of Liang that I would send him one hundred thousand taels of silver and one hundred thousand pieces of silk every year."
The Liang envoys looked at each other.
If it hadn't been for the news that the little eagle suddenly flew to the prison last night.
They really didn't know what kind of medicine Emperor Song sold in this gourd.
But the letter that Xiaoying brought last night was clearly written.
Now, the Song Dynasty was defeated! If you are defeated and seek peace, the conditions will not be set by the Song Dynasty!
The Liang State envoy was polite, calm-looking, and unfazed by favors and humiliations, "I would like to tell you, Your Majesty the Song Dynasty, that before the war, the Song State used a 'beauty trick' to spy on the Song State's secrets and conditions in the capital city of Liang.
"Now, because of the Song Dynasty's war, we in Daliang have lost tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, countless grain and grass, and military expenditures... The original conditions no longer apply."
After losing the battle, you still want to use the previous conditions to fool Daliang?
Liu Ziye was furious when he heard this. He slammed the table and glared at the Liang envoy, "Dignified Liang! You... you Liang people, are you villains who go back on your word?!"
Hey, you still want to "morally kidnap" Liang Guoren?
Who took advantage of his own "mysterious weapon" to provoke Liang Guo and promised to unify Tianlong Continent?
The Liang envoys were calm, neither frightened nor angered by his rage.
Liu Ziye said angrily, "In my opinion, Liang Guo has no sincerity in negotiating peace at all, so he dragged Liang Guo's envoys down and beheaded them!"
The imperial guards immediately rushed into the palace, grabbed the Liang envoys, held their heads, and dragged them out.
If it hadn't been for last night's secret message, the Liang envoy might have been deceived by the Song Emperor's capricious attitude.
But now, they have confidence.
Knowing that the Song emperor's behavior was just a bluff, deliberately frightening them, confusing their judgment, and making them panic.
The confident envoys of Liang showed a "fearless spirit" that shocked the people of Song Dynasty.
Even if his clothes were messed up and his noble head was pressed down.
Not one of them pleaded for mercy.
On the contrary, someone had a sarcastic smile on his face.
The ministers of the Song Kingdom became increasingly panicked... It was as if the sound of the Liang Kingdom's iron hoofs was already approaching in their ears, and was about to crush the mountains and rivers of the Song Kingdom!
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
"Since it's a peace negotiation, it's all about 'negotiation'!"
"Everything is easy to discuss. Peace is the most important thing in the affairs of the family, country and the world!"
The officials of the Song Dynasty knelt down and begged for mercy.
After everyone begged for mercy, Liu Ziye was given a chance to step down.
This kind of cooperation between the monarch and his ministers does not need to be rehearsed at all. It is a naturally formed tacit understanding.
However, their original plan was to scare the Liang envoys first, and then they would restrain themselves when negotiating terms.
But looking at the current situation...
The envoys of Liang State were not frightened, but their own monarchs and ministers of Song State were a little panicked and confused.
"Your Majesty! Report to Your Majesty!" The herald ran to the front of the palace with a pale face.
Liu Ziye waved his hand quickly.
The ministers also winked.
The herald immediately shut up.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that something is wrong again!
And it was a bad thing that was very detrimental to the Song Dynasty. I saw that the herald's calves were shaking nervously.
"Please envoy from Liang State, please go and rest first, let me think about it..."
Liu Ziye asked people to send the Liang envoy away, and then asked the herald to come in and give a reply.
"Liang Guo didn't know when he dispatched a large warship and intercepted Jeffrey's fleet."
"Jeffrey's fleet, as well as the two hundred students from the Song Dynasty in the fleet, were all captured by the Liang Kingdom's ship..."
"Now, the fleet has been hijacked and sailed to the waters of Liang Kingdom..."
Above the court, there was deathly silence.
Liu Ziye fell down on the dragon chair, his face expressionless, his eyes unfocused, and his expression dejected.
He seemed to have aged dozens of years in an instant.
"emperor……"
"Please return to Daliang Envoy to negotiate peace!"
Jeffrey's fleet, as well as the "foreign students" sent by the Song Dynasty in the fleet, are the "green hills" and "fire" left by Liu Ziye for the Song Dynasty.
But now, Jeffrey's fleet was captured by Liang Guo, and Liu Ziye's fire... was extinguished.
Liu Ziye didn't know how long he had been stunned.
I saw the courtiers below, who were already kneeling so hard that their knees were numb. Some of the courtiers had expressions of pain and forbearance.
He then sighed and said, "Please return to the Liang State envoy and let's have a good talk..."
