The king of Nanping was Gao Baorong, but almost all the major events at this time were decided by his younger brother Gao Baoxu.

Gao Baoxu was extremely greedy for money and lust, and did a lot of absurd things. However, he was quite restrained before, but after his father died, he gradually revealed his nature... Gao Baoxu was also a smart person, much smarter than the brother of the king of the country. He had a nickname called "Everything to End", which means that his father could calm down when he saw him when he got angry. His pampering feeling was extraordinary, and that was that he liked this clever son.

Therefore, the king often relies on him to decide on major matters.

When Gao Baoxu learned that he was summoned, he had to stop the absurd show in the lobby that was performing in the wonderful place... A group of strong soldiers and prostitutes were willing to let go in public. He rushed to the royal palace to meet the king.

When he arrived at the hall, Gao Baoxu immediately understood what was going on. It turned out that the Zhou army was passing through and was about to arrive.

When the ministers saw him coming, they knew that the Gao family was the one who was the leader and expressed their opinions at the moment. Li Jingwei said: "I will protect my head! The Zhou army will definitely visit the land of Nanping. Our country is at the time of life and death."

Gao Baoxu agreed with Li Jingwei's view very much... When the Zhou Dynasty issued an order to borrow the truth, he had already guessed the result. But he did not agree with Li Jingwei's proposal and wanted to gather troops to resist the Zhou army.

The Nanping Kingdom has no conditions to compete for hegemony, and Gao Baoxu is not interested in it. Since he cannot maintain his territory, why not just surrender and continue to enjoy it?

Gao Baoxu immediately said: "My country was a minister to the Central Plains and was granted the title of Zhou Dynasty. He was originally a minister of the Zhou Dynasty. How could he temporarily rebel in front of the army and seek death?"

Li Jingwei hurriedly said: "You are the first lords (Gao Jixing, Gao Conghui, who have used the reigns of many regimes such as Tang, Nanwu, Jin, Han, Zhou, etc.) to guard the land of Jingnan until now, and the king should not abandon his foundation. The future of the Central Plains dynasty is uncertain, and the surrender may eventually accompany them to their burials, and they will have nothing to gain. Please think twice."

Gao Baoxu said: "The Zhou army's elite troops are approaching the border. How can human forces fight the enemy in this area of ​​Nanping? It is better to welcome them respectfully."

Li Jingwei said: "When Shu was attacked by two groups, he must understand that the Zhou Dynasty wanted to destroy its country; the Southern Tang Dynasty might sit idly by, but Shu was already at a loss. Assisting our country is self-rescue, and reinforcements must be sent... Besides, Jingnan should strive to protect himself at this time of life and death. With Shu as aid, he can still fight."

Gao Baoxu felt that Li Jingwei was saying all the truth, so he refused speechlessly, so he had to say in a tone of lack of confidence: "Maybe Zhou Jun intends to be in Shu, but he just wants to use the truth..."

After listening for a long time, the king Gao Baorong touched his forehead and seemed not to understand it. He turned his head and asked directly: "Brother Ten, what should we do?"

When Gao Baoxu heard this, he didn't need to make any sense. He answered more simply: "Brother Wang prepared the ceremonial guards and his men, and ordered the soldiers and horses in Jingmen and other places to collect scouts and not to conflict with the Zhou army. When the Zhou army arrived, we would leave the city to welcome him. As long as the war did not start, the next thing would be left to fate and the consequences would not be too serious."

The king nodded immediately and said, "The tenth brother is right, just do it."

So the response strategy of Nanping was decided in this way.

Gao Baoxu breathed a sigh of relief. When he returned home, several aides came up to ask. Gao Baoxu told the story of the royal palace, and the aides agreed with his approach. "Jingnan did not resist and showed respect. The Zhou Dynasty would definitely not kill everyone, which would make others feel disappointed... There is a more difficult Wu Yue Kingdom to fight in the east, and the Southern Tang Dynasty also resigned. The Zhou Dynasty always didn't want to fight hard one by one."

This is also Gao Baoxu's judgment. If the Zhou army occupied Jingnan, the biggest possibility was to move the Gao family elsewhere, and he would have been appointed as an official... Gao Baoxu felt completely unhappy when he thought of the large amount of wealth he had accumulated in many places. Those wealth was enough for him to be rich, arrogant, and extravagant. Yi for the rest of his life, and he still took the risk to do what he did?

"Huh!" Gao Baoxu said calmly, "Where did those people go just now?"

Guan'er beside him looked embarrassed and walked up and whispered: "The lord has gone out for something big, and they have already parted...why call it back?"

Gao Baoxu was pretending to be in trouble, and he was not very interested for a moment, so he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forgot."

He immediately left the lobby, returned to the inner room and bolted the door, lifted the floor tiles under the bed, and took out a box full of gold bumps. After playing with these things, he felt indescribable comfort in his heart, and said to himself: "Nothing is reliable, but this thing is the most reliable."

Even if he holds gold and silver at night, he will sleep more comfortably.

...A few days later, he hid the property in his house, and had no need to prepare anything, so he took the guards to the royal palace.

A large number of people gathered outside the city one after another, not for war; the ministers also found a group of people and prepared to sing and dance to welcome the Zhou army.

It is reported that the Zhou army came from the east... They followed the Han River to the east of Jiangling Prefecture (now Jingzhou City), and then marched southwest by land, and went south to Jiangling. The navy continued to move south along the Han River, from the Hanyang Army (the territory of the Zhou Dynasty, now Wuhan City), and then followed the Yangtze River to Jiangling and merged with land. The navy's route was relatively circulating, but only by taking a detour to reach Jiangling Prefecture after falling from Xiangzhou.

Not long after, the Zhou army indeed appeared in the distance, with smoke and dust on the road, and a large number of people and horses were as powerful as a scattered sea. Seeing this, Gao Baoxu was secretly glad that he did not decide to start a war, otherwise he would have to fight with the army in front of him now, which was really a bit terrifying.

At this time, the people prepared in Jiangling City beat gongs and drums, and came out of the city gates with great excitement, and the Nanping King's ceremonial guard was also rushed out of the city.

The Zhou army gradually approached the city, and the vast area was full of people, and flags were floating on the plains like clouds. A cavalry jogged away from the army and came first. The king of Nanping was about to send someone to contact him...

At this moment, the horse soldiers suddenly accelerated, and regardless of etiquette, they rushed directly to the open city gate.

The war horses roared and rushed towards me wildly. The king Gao Baorong was frightened and quickly turned his head to return to the city. General Li Jingwei shouted: "Master, please ask someone to close the city gate!"

Gao Baorong was at a loss and looked at his younger brother Gao Baoxu. Gao Baoxu was also stunned and could not say anything.

At this time, the city gate was in chaos. Some spies shouted and encouraged the people, causing a group of people who were beating drums to rush back to the city gate. However, the spies set up roadblocks at the city gate and blocked a large number of people at the door. There would be no chance to close the door in a while.

The opportunity flew away, and no one resisted the Zhou cavalry and rushed straight to the city gate... Seeing this, the spies retreated the roadblock and let the Zhou cavalry quickly control the inside and outside. After a while, the gate of Jiangling, a high-walled city, had fallen into the hands of the Zhou army, and he did not even release a single arrow or a single arrow.
Chapter completed!