When Wang Yun and Jin Yu rushed back to North Korea, it meant that the dust had settled.
After receiving the surrender petition from the Korean subjects, Zuo Menggeng formally issued an edict as the king, ordering the national defense forces to attack Hanyang and eliminate Gwanghaejun and Xiaobei faction.
The National Defense Forces, which had been preparing for a long time, immediately began to take action.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses surrounded the entire Hanyang from all directions, and not even a bird could fly out.
While the troops were in place, they also set up an attack formation.
When the people in the city saw the situation outside, they all panicked.
Only then did Lord Guanghai realize that the situation was serious. It seemed that Shangguo was not affected by the situation in the Central Plains and had no intention of accommodating him.
He quickly sent Jin Yuguo out of the city, intending to sue for peace with Wang Yun and Jin Yu.
He knew this was his last chance.
However, to his disappointment, Jin Xingguo was immediately arrested by the National Defense Forces as soon as he left the city.
Forget about meeting Wang Yun and Jin Yu, no one even interrogated him.
Seeing this scene, Guanghaijun and Xiaobei faction finally understood that they had only one ending.
That's a dead end.
"Prince, why don't you force Lord Gwanghae and the Xiaobei faction to surrender?"
Before launching the attack, Zhu Dingyan asked curiously.
The old god Bai Xiaoqi is here.
"What if we force them to surrender?"
Zhu Dingyan didn't know why.
"If we can force them to surrender, Hanyang can avoid war and reduce casualties. Wouldn't it be better?"
Bai Xiaoqi looked around and saw that there was no one around him, so he told the truth.
"If they surrender, they must be interrogated and sentenced next. But once this is done, detailed information will be left behind and it will become the focus of future generations. On the contrary, through a less intense battle, let Wouldn’t it be better if these afterglows of the old era disappeared from this world?”
Zhu Dingyan's heart was beating wildly, and he also had a deeper understanding of politics.
In fact, Bai Xiaoqi's statement is not novel at all.
Just like the Battle of Jingnan, when Zhu Di rushed into Nanjing, did he want Emperor Jianwen to be alive or dead?
First of all, he definitely didn't want Emperor Jianwen to be alive.
Because if Emperor Jianwen were alive, the follow-up treatment would be very difficult.
No matter what high-sounding reasons he concocts, they will definitely be written down in historical materials, and Emperor Jianwen will always be remembered by future generations.
He certainly didn't want Emperor Jianwen to actually die.
In that case, his killing of Emperor Jianwen would definitely not escape the records of history books.
On the contrary, it is the best way to make Emperor Jianwen disappear without a trace and wash everything away through the long river of time.
The subsequent situation of the Ming Dynasty also proved this point.
No one jumped out to challenge Emperor Jianwen anyway, and Zhu Di and his family successfully took over the state power.
Now it's the empire's turn to annex North Korea, and of course it doesn't want to leave too many traces of these old-era figures.
Moreover, compared to Zhu Di, the empire had its own fair and just reasons, and it had the support of the vast majority of Korean subjects.
Therefore, as long as Guanghaijun and Xiaobei faction can end it directly, it is the best way.
Without a response from the empire, Lord Guanghai was completely desperate.
He returned to Gyeongbokgung Palace, and finally looked greedily at this dilapidated palace that he originally disliked, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.
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Those rebellious ministers and traitors would rather surrender North Korea to the superior country than serve him as their master. In this case, why should he leave this palace to others?
He immediately ordered the palace guards to collect kerosene and sprinkle it in every corner of Gyeongbokgung Palace.
The rumble of cannons soon sounded, and Hanyang's originally not strong city walls collapsed one after another during the bombing.
The palace guards, who did not have much will to fight, quickly chose to surrender and gave way to the city.
The National Defense Forces were not polite and rushed into Hanyang as quickly as possible.
While collecting the weapons of the palace guards and capturing prisoners, they also conducted an all-round manhunt for the Xiaobei faction according to the established plan.
Just as the National Defense Forces entered the city, the entire Gyeongbokgung Palace burst into flames.
"Order the 14th Regiment to put out the fire and rescue innocent people."
Bai Xiaoqi was not surprised by Guang Haijun's choice. But except for Gwanghae-kun, not everyone in Gyeongbokgung Palace deserves to die.
Especially since Lady Derong is still in the palace.
Xu Xiu had informed him of the situation and asked him to rescue Lord Deok Yeong no matter what.
The situation of Lord Derong at this time was not very good.
The terrifying fire had surrounded her, leaving her with no way to escape.
But she had to take care of a frail old man, which made her move even slower.
"Master Song, we can't get out, I'm afraid we will all die here."
This old man is surprisingly Song Junji, the chairman of the North Korean Legislative Assembly.
During the massacre at Gyeongbokgung Palace that day, he was lucky enough to take advantage of the chaos and hide in the darkness without being discovered.
Then, taking advantage of the opportunity to deal with the follow-up in the palace, he secretly ran into the harem.
Although Song Junji is old and frail, he has a hot temper and even wants to assassinate Gwanghaejun in the dark.
As a result, he was not familiar with the way of the harem, so he accidentally ran to the residence of Princess Derong.
Lord Derong hurriedly hid him and told him Xu Xiu's plan while treating him.
Song Junji was filled with emotion when he learned that Lord De Rong and Lord Gwanghae were not of the same mind.
If you are a traitor to the people and don't even support your closest relatives, you will definitely end in a disastrous defeat.
With this idea, Song Junji did not plan to fight desperately, but carefully hid in Princess Derong's residence. He was waiting for the National Defense Force to come back and accuse Gwanghaejun of his crimes face to face.
But he didn't expect Gwanghae-kun to be so crazy. Seeing that the defeat was certain, he actually burned down Gyeongbokgung Palace.
There were two of them, a frail woman and an injured old man. It is obviously impossible to break through such a sea of fire.
As the fire got closer and closer, the surrounding temperature began to rise rapidly. Thick smoke billowed in, causing the two of them to cough non-stop, and gradually their breathing became somewhat unsmooth.
Lord Derong burst into tears, feeling that her life was too miserable.
Because Renzu turned her from a high-ranking princess into a wretch dependent on others, she could only live with a blind eye.
Her father finally regained the throne, but turned into a demon and forced her to marry someone else.
Now, she is actually going to die in this fire.
The lover she wanted to stay with forever must be devastated.
"Someone is coming! Someone is coming quickly! Come and save us!"
Princess Derong didn't want to die, so she shouted loudly with all her strength, even though her voice was so weak amid the roar of the fire dragon.
But in order to survive, she still had to try.
