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Although Cao Han didn't know what pressure the sudden appearance of the small army he led brought to the four monarchs and ministers who were in charge of the highest power of the Tang Dynasty. Although he was from a country, he belonged to a subordinate branch and had a low status. What's more, even the royal family was killed in the chaotic Five Dynasties Central Plains, not to mention that he, a military man. He fought all the way to his current status, the most trusted one was to be with this precious sword, and he realized that he had a rare chance of fighting in his life, but without any scruples. The only thing he never forgets is life and death, but fame and wealth. He smiled at the military academy around him: "We were born in a chaotic world, fighting south and north, and be appointed as a marquis. Now that the light army is entering directly, even if blood is splashed in front of the palace, it is impossible to eat five cauldrons, but to cook five cauldrons."

Gao Ling, the captain of the Crane Army, was close to Cao Han, and said with a sigh: "It is better to die in the battle formation than to be depressed and bullied." Zhe Congxun, the captain of the Longjie Army, also said: "It is our honor to follow General Cao." He is the illegitimate son of the Dangxiang Zhe family in the northwest. He was selected into the imperial guards and was vaguely rejected by others. On the contrary, Cao Han, who was eager to fame and fortune, valued the background of the Zhe family and accepted him in a slight manner, so he was very convinced of Cao Han. The man in the northwest was very bloody and did not take his life seriously.

It started to rain lightly at this moment, but for these imperial guards who have been fighting for many years, the coldness of the spring rain cannot cool down and the blood aroused by fame and fortune. Everyone stood upright in the rain, and just now they were a little nervous, and as time went by.

Cao Han was a little moved and nodded slightly. Seeing the palace gate in front of him slowly opening, he couldn't help but hold the sharp blade in his hand tightened, and he thought to himself: "It's finally here."

There was no brigade of imperial guards in the Tang Dynasty that were pouring out from the tall palace gate, but several civil servants wearing straw raincoats and robes. Cao Han frowned and raised his hand to signal the Song army behind him to be on guard. The civil servant walked with a strange look, and he thought he was very majestic, so he came to Cao Han slowly. The first one was wearing purple court uniforms, with gorgeous patterns and fish bags around his waist showing his noble identity. The court uniforms of officials of the Southern Tang and Song states originated from the pre-Tang Dynasty, so even if Cao Han recognized the person at one glance, he was a first-rank official, and he was calculating. If he really came to persuade him to surrender, he would rather kill him with one knife and take the official back to death.

Seeing that the three hundred Song troops did not shelter from the wind and rain, standing upright in the rain like three hundred javelins, Xu Xian was shocked. He had thought that the Song troops would be waiting at the palace gate. At this moment, he must have been trapped and tilted, and even began to plunder the houses around the palace gate. This prohibited forest spirit made him firmly persuade Li Yu to surrender to Song. He looked down at the peacock blue feather golden velvet straw raincoat that he had just put on his body, and then looked at the peacock blue feather golden velvet straw raincoat next to him. Then he looked at the peacock blue feather golden velvet straw raincoat next to him. Xu Xian felt a move and reached out to remove the straw raincoat on his body and handed it over to the escort. Then he walked towards the Song troops standing in the rain.

Xu Xian walked step by step towards this vicious Northern Dynasty general. Cao Han, the commander of the vanguard commander, secretly slammed his heart. No wonder many knowledgeable people said that the bravery and cowardly in the north and the south were different. No one in the court could compare with the evil aura emitted from the Northern Dynasty general. He was nervous, but he smiled twice on his face: "Xu Xian, the criminal minister of Jiangnan, came to ask which general in charge of the Supreme Chronicle in front of the country, on the order of the king of the country?" Although Cao Han's message had already indicated his identity, he still had to confirm this formal greeting first. Xu Xian thought that this was the practice of planning the country and there would be no mistakes. He was not like a young man who had just entered the official career, so he came to speak. At some point, he called the wrong person or entered the wrong door, and he might regret it for the rest of his life.

Cao Han was stunned. He knew that Xu Xian was the Prime Minister of Jiangnan. He had been on a mission to Bianliang. He was full of poetry and books and was unrivaled in the Song Dynasty. In the end, he was defeated by a small official who was silent and Jin, and became a joke that the people of Bianliang talked about. But even though that, since then, when Xu Xian's knowledge was mentioned, everyone in the Song Dynasty was convinced.

Although Cao Han agreed to himself with wisdom, he knew that he was far from being a scheming person like Xu Xian who was full of knowledge and had been wandering in the officialdom for half his life. So he learned from the old wisdom of the Bianliang minor official. He stared at Xu Xian with a pair of phoenix eyes without saying a word. What's the matter with him?

Xu Xian was so angry that his back was sweating, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Jiangnan and the Song Dynasty have a father and son. Because of some misunderstandings, they disobeyed the emperor. If they were to explain it, they would be as close as a family. I would like to ask the general for his surname and name?"

After hearing what he said, Cao Han finally understood that Xu Xian was here to seek peace. He looked back at the thin three hundred soldiers behind him. He was excited and could hardly suppress the urge to raise his head and laugh three times. Fortunately, he could still suppress himself, stare at Xu Xian, and said coldly: "I am the commander of the vanguard commander of the southwest of Shengzhou, Yingzhou regiment training envoy, Cao Han."

He said this very arrogantly, but Xu Xian was happy because he knew that although Cao Han was not as good as some of his predecessors, he had a high position in the Song army, and was second only to Cao Bin and Pan Mei in the Southern Expedition Army, and was more highly appreciated by King Zhao Guangyi of Jin. If Cao Han was motivated and asked him to make trouble with Cao Bin, it would probably be too bad for the king and the surrendered ministers of Jiangnan. Although he was as despised as ever in his heart, Cao Han was ungrateful, facing himself as the prime minister of Jiangnan, he was standing so cautious, Xu Xian was still more careful, even Han Xin was humiliated under the crotch. What was the point of being a little cold reception? In time, I could also be the prime minister in Bianliang.

He said respectfully: "The king of the country will be happy to hear that the general is resting here. I don't know if the general is willing to follow the old minister to meet with the king, so that my king and minister in Jiangnan can serve the angels of the country." Although Li Yu did not ask him to bring General Song to the palace, Cao Han has a high status. If he had let this person stay outside the palace for a long time, he would probably feel impatient and would be thunderous and irritating, and no one could resist it. It would be too late to regret it at that time. It would be better to invite him into the palace with kind words. The king of the king of the country saw with his own eyes that the general of the Song Dynasty had already hit the palace gate, and he would probably not hesitate anymore. But Chen Qiao was a little difficult to talk to, so he didn't care about it. Seeing that this person had already established ambition to break the city and sacrifice his country, why bother with him?

Xu Xiansi was completely missing, so she wanted to take Cao Han to the palace.

Cao Han had only 300 soldiers, and he thought it would be useless to stay outside the palace gate. If he could take risks and persuade the king and ministers of the Tang Dynasty to surrender, the first achievement of the Southern Expedition would not be able to escape. After returning to the court, His Majesty's trust was probably still above Cao Bin and Pan Mei. His desire for fame and fortune arose again. He arranged his subordinates to form a formation on site and standby, and temporarily commanded by the Langzhou regiment Yin Chongke. He pressed the sword at his waist and followed him slowly, looking at the arrangement of the Southern Tang Forbidden Palace while walking. He felt that although the place was not big, the wealth and luxury were even better than the Bianliang Imperial Palace. From time to time, some Jiangnan palace maids with fair skin and gentle figures passed by the palace. If the Tang Dynasty could plunder here after surrendering, it would not be in vain for half a year of trouble. Thinking of this, Cao Han couldn't help but smile, which made Xu Xian, who was secretly looking at him, was a little relaxed in his heart.

In order to prevent Chen Qiao from disrupting the situation, Xu Xian did not take Cao Han to Guangzheng Hall, but waited for Li Yu outside Qinghui Hall. Soon after, the eunuch invited him, and Xu Xian took Cao Han in. Li Yu was already sitting in the main seat. Seeing Xu Xian leading a vicious Song general in, he felt disgusted, but he had to say in a mist, "God of hard work for the general, I will give him a seat." It seemed that Cao Han did not break into the city, but was like an envoy sent by the Song Dynasty in previous years.

When Cao Han first met the king of Jiangnan, he didn't respect him. He sat down carelessly and kept looking at Li Yu. He saw that he wore a white jade diamond crow, a purple robe, a jade belt, bright yellow square shoes, black hair and heavy eyes, pink face and red lips, handsome and handsome, and tall, and looked very beautiful.

His gaze was quite rude, which made Li Yu feel a little embarrassed. Xu Xian coughed dryly and bowed: "General Cao, my lord and the emperor have some misunderstandings, which has led to a hard work on an expedition. Now he is willing to turn swords into jade and silk. I don't know how to do it?"

Cao Han was calculating in his mind that the ruler and ministers of the Tang Kingdom were interested in seeking peace, but he could not show too generous and weak, and seemed to be inconsistent. So he said proudly: "Our army is at the city. Today, when the East City is broken, some stubborn people will turn into powder in a short time." After a pause, seeing Li Yu and Xu Xian pay attention, they are not angry, and they are even more determined. Then he said: "You don't want to hurt people's lives too much, just open the city gate to welcome the army into the city. The original soldiers in the city were removed from their armor and abandoned their weapons and imprisoned them in the camp. The important officials in the court accompanied the king of Jiangnan, and surrendered in front of the city gate."

Li Yu and Xu Xian both looked like earth. Although they knew that surrender was the result, these words were different from Cao Han's mouth. Li Yu said tremblingly: "Li's family has been guarding the emperor for decades, and they angered the emperor. They all have the fault of Chongguang alone, and they have nothing to do with the court officials and my relatives." He paused and said: "The ministers in the court are very talented, and they also asked the court to recruit the best. The Li family is in Jiangnan. Can they be kept in Jinling for maintenance?"

Cao Han didn't want the gentle and gentle king of Jiangnan to be a little worried, so he looked at him coldly and said, "The important ministers of Jiangnan and the relatives of the Li family should go to Bianliang together. The emperor is very famous and will definitely not blame him randomly."

Li Yu said again: "There is a lot of savings in Changde Palace. I am willing to give all donations to reward the army in the camp. Can General Cao arrange for Lord Cao to advise the capital? After the army enters the city, it will not invade the residences of all officials and harm the people of Jinling."

Cao Han was about to speak when suddenly a noise came from outside. The three of them turned to look, but Chen Qiao, despite the obstruction of Diao Yan in the inner palace, forced himself to come and walked into the hall and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, the victory or defeat is not decided, so you should not seek peace easily, it will be a shame for the soldiers."

Xu Xian frowned and stood up and scolded, "Chen Qiao, you are useless as a prime minister and you are not summoned to join. It is really inappropriate."

Chen Qiao looked up at him and gritted his teeth and said, "I regret not knowing you, a traitor!" He turned to Li Yu and bowed to him, "Please kill Xu Xian quickly to stabilize the morale of the army."

When Li Yu saw two veterans and important officials cursing each other with a finger, he didn't know what to do, but Cao Han snatched coldly from the side: "A traitor like Chen Qiao who is disobedient to the king's way, please ask the Lord of Jiangnan to kill him quickly to show his sincerity."

Seeing Li Yu bowing his head and saying, "Since the army heading south, there have been many stubborn people who have resisted the king's army, and they have killed and injured them. I hope that your Majesty will impose the traitors on the right order, or hand them over to our camp military law."

Unexpectedly, Cao Han proposed two more harsh conditions in a moment. Li Yu was hesitant, and Chen Qiao was so angry that he trembled all over. He pointed at Cao Han and cursed: "Shameless child, even if Jiangnan fought to the last man, he would not bow his head to the enemy."

But his words angered Xu Xian. He said sternly: "Celebrity Chen, the king is still there, how is it your turn to make a decision to fight? Could it be that you want to be Song Qiqiu?" He turned to the inner palace to chasing the imperial edict Diao Yan, "Take Chen Qiao out quickly."

Chen Qiao glared at him and looked at Diao Yan who was stepping forward and said, "Dao you, rat!" He is known for his integrity in the court, and his power is even more powerful under his indignation. Diao Yan ate him and drank it, and the two sides were in a stalemate.

Li Yu didn't expect that at such a major juncture, but the important officials were noisy and felt extremely upset. The hands in the sleeves changed into various Buddhist teachings, and were still upset. Seeing that impatience appeared on Cao Han's face, he bowed and said, "It's time for General Cao to laugh."

Cao Han looked at the king and minister of Jiangnan with his squint eyes, and admired the old and firm Chen Qiao in his heart, and sneered: "It's okay for me, I'm afraid I'll be upset to all the adults to wait."

Li Yu looked at Chen Qiao helplessly, his eyes stopped him from speaking rudely, and said softly: "Then I'll trouble Lord Cao to report to the Lord that I don't want the lives of Jinling to be miserable. If I have a compassionate heart, the people of Jiangnan will surely respect the peace of the Lord."

Cao Han waited for this sentence, nodded, stood up carelessly and said, "Is it a surrender or a fight, I'll give you a good word."

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