From ancient times to the present, in city offensive and defensive wars, if the city gate is opened and the enemy invades the city, the battle can be declared a failure, and there is almost no counterattack in street fighting.

Gao Baoxu naturally knew this truth, especially when he heard that there were almost no shouts of killing in the city, he naturally judged that the Nanping Kingdom had perished and perished in his hands.

The decades of rule of the Gao family came to an end on this day, especially at the hands of a country in Lingnan, completing its feat of destroying two countries in one year.

To be honest, he was very impressed.

After the messenger left the palace, he waited anxiously. His face turned green, white, and purple again. He called Gao Jichong, the son of his brother (Gao Baorong), and asked his children, wives, and concubines to enjoy the feast together.

The calm before the fateful decision.

Soon, Fang Zeshan came back and brought the Emperor Tang's opinions.

"Duke? Tens of thousands of guan?" When Gao Baoxu heard this, he suddenly jumped up. He was a little unbelievable. The title was nothing more, but the family property could not be preserved. Only tens of thousands of guan were left. The food and drink of this family

what to do?

"Envoy Fang, this title doesn't matter, but tens of thousands of gold is too little. Look at how I can support my family of hundreds." At this time, Gao Baoxu used his inherited leper nature and began to plead,

As he approached, a pink pearl entered Fang Zeshan's arms.

"My lord, the prince of our country also has food and property to enjoy, and he can live on tens of thousands of gold..."

Fang Zeshan said seriously: "However, the head of the country has a huge family. As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to simplicity. It is also feasible to add some money. It can only be 80,000 yuan. This is the maximum, and it cannot be

The land and land deeds must be handed over!"

"In this case, I am willing to surrender!" A smile appeared on Gao Baoxu's face.

Soon, the news that the leader of the Nanping Kingdom was willing to surrender spread to the palace city, and thousands of guards put down their weapons and were taken into custody by the Tang army. What awaited them was selection and training.

Li Jia then slowly entered the Nanping Palace with the support of the soldiers. It was just like what he saw outside. It was large and luxurious, but it had not been repaired for a long time. The Nanping kings in the past dynasties were reluctant to use it.

Despite being diligent and thrifty, many places are still completely blank.

This palace, which occupies one-fifth of the area of ​​Jiangling City, is actually half empty. Many of the palaces built have been abandoned. Only one-fifth of the entire palace is actually used, which can be described as shabby.

It is as shabby as Nanping Country.

Seeing this, Li Jia felt a little sympathy for the King of Nanping. Life was really difficult in this sensitive area.

When he arrived at the palace gate, he saw a middle-aged man wearing Jiedu clothes, with a group of family members behind him, and two rows of civil servants and generals kneeling in the palace.

The middle-aged man has a pale complexion and a thin figure, and looks like he is about to collapse, which makes people feel sympathetic.

When people saw a group of people coming in, they looked up and saw a group of generals, the leader of which was a young man in a velvet coat. It was the first time for everyone to see this young emperor, and he was indeed worthy of his reputation.

"Gao Baoxu, the military governor of Jingnan in the Tang Dynasty, has met His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!" Gao Baoxu immediately shouted, highlighting his status.

The rest of the people also shouted in unison, the voices were loud, but not uniform, and it was obvious that they all had a strong desire to survive.

Seeing this, Li Jia strode up and walked straight to the middle-aged man wearing the military uniform of the Jiedushi Commander, who should be Gao Baoxu, the leader of the Nanping Kingdom.

At this time, Gao Baoxu held the Jieduzheng Jingjie and the Nanping Royal Seal in his hands and raised them high above his head. His face was full of respect, and he looked like he had finally seen his master. Li Jia was very satisfied.

Wearing Jieduzhi clothes and surrendering, this at least shows that Gao Baoxu is willing to surrender and deliberately lowers his status and surrenders as a minister.

"Today I finally meet Your Majesty. I am so happy to be waiting for you, as if you were looking forward to the sweet rain!" Gao Baoxu said flatteringly.

"You are so polite!" Li Jia helped the Nanping leader, glanced at the Wang Xi in his hand, and asked someone to take it. He also said happily:

"I have heard your name for a long time, and I am really happy to see you!"

"Now that you understand the destiny of heaven, I cannot let you down. Let's do this. I will make you the Duke of Jing in the future, and I will live in a town of two thousand households. The rest will be used later!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in Nanping breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the king really kept his word.

After the ceremony, Gao Baoxu and his family left wisely, leaving behind most of their family property, waiting for Li Jia to receive it, as well as everything in the palace.

Li Jia has always been particular about credibility. In these troubled times, although no matter what the means, everyone still likes to deal with people who value credibility, especially when the world has not yet been unified.

The leader of the Southern Han Dynasty captured a Yue king; the leader of the Chu State was the King of Changsha; and the leader of the Nanping Kingdom was the Duke of Jing. All three of them received very good treatment.

It is wrong to resist tenaciously. Only by surrendering early can you get a good title. If you look at the other two kings, they would be crowned kings if they simply surrendered. And look at the Nanping king who surrendered so late to get Duke Jing.

The Kingdom of Shu is coming to the bowl soon, and so is the Southern Tang Dynasty. You are a clan member...

Li Jia was imagining while inspecting the palace.

"Go and seal the palace, no one can enter or leave!" Li Jia ordered.

"yes!"

"Division of Sound, help me find a safe house!"

"No!" Wu Qing looked surprised. Why didn't the emperor live in the palace? Is there anywhere in Jiangling City that could compare to the palace?

"All palaces in the world are the same, full of filth, and there are countless innocent souls lingering in the corners. Let's live in private houses today!"

Li Jia said casually.

Of course, there is another thing he didn't say. There are still assassins. If you live in the palace, you need the service of these maids and eunuchs. If something goes wrong, it will be over. Moreover, they have been running the palace for decades, what if there is a secret passage? Isn't that right?

Just giving away people's heads for no reason, thousands of miles and thousands of miles away...

It's better to be cautious.

Li Jia walked around for a while, then left the palace and checked into a nice courtyard.

The cavalry were running fast on the road. The surrounding mountains were layered one on top of another, and the shadows of the mountains in the distance were like dark clouds.

A horseman on the roadside came galloping backwards. When he saw Murong Yanzhao waiting anxiously in front of the big flag guard, the knight hurriedly reined in his horse, dismounted and said impatiently: "Commander, Jiangling City has been captured by the puppet Tang Dynasty."

!”

Murong Yanzhao, who had a majestic look on his face, suddenly changed his expression. He hurriedly stopped his mount, pointed his whip at the knight and said, "What! What do you mean?!"

“Jiangling City is broken——”

"What? It's so fast, it hasn't even arrived in two days!" Murong Yanzhao trembled, a little unbelievable, this is the Xiongcheng Jiangling, and his Shannan East Road Jiedushi was created for Nanping. Without Nanping
Chapter completed!