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When the soldiers finally arrived with an imperial doctor in hand, Liu Yuan was already dead, but there was still warmth in his body.

Zhao Hanzhang reached out and touched his nose, stood up silently, and looked up at the Han ministers and generals who had bowed their heads and cried.

She pursed her lips and continued: "In and outside Xiaoyu, the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yuan has passed away. All the people who belong to the Xiongnu, whether they are Han people or Hu people, have surrendered their weapons and will not kill. The three armies are strictly ordered not to invade the people, regardless of whether they are Han people or Hu people. Han people, or barbarians, civilians, or slaves!"

The soldiers responded in unison, "Yes!"

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Ring the bell."

She looked at Xuan Yuxiu who was lying on the ground crying, looked at his official uniform, and then asked: "What is your name, and what official did you hold?"

Xuan Yuxiu didn't want to answer him. There was another official on the side who answered for him, "Go back to the governor of Zhao. This is Xuan Yuxiu, the imperial censor."

He added: "I am Tao Qi, a Han Chinese and a former minister of the Jin Dynasty."

Zhao Hanzhang only glanced at him and then looked at Xuan Yuxiu, "Emperor Liu's funeral will be left to you. Please conduct the funeral according to the emperor's standards."

Xuan Yuxiu raised his face, glanced at Zhao Hanzhang with tears on his face, broke away from the soldiers pressing him, and bowed deeply to Zhao Hanzhang: "No!"

Even Liu Qin stopped struggling and was escorted away silently. Upon seeing this, the other Huns' ministers were also escorted away obediently.

Zhao Hanzhang then ordered: "Catch all the maids, chamberlains, and guards in the palace, and count the number of people and property. Do not hurt or humiliate anyone."

All the officers and men responded, and then they pounced on all parts of the palace like wolves and tigers.

The bell rang nine times in succession. People inside and outside the palace who were rushing to escape were stunned and stopped.

When the bell rang nine times, some people immediately fell to the ground and cried. Some people dropped their weapons in a daze and were held down by Zhao Jiajun prisoners. Some people hesitated for a moment and did not run away. They squatted on the ground and waited for Zhao Jiajun to come and collect them... …

In this city of Pingyang, there is only one person who can ring the nine death knells. Their emperor is dead...

Some people were grieving, but in the palace, the palace maids, chamberlains, and Han ministers who were running for their lives in panic suddenly felt at ease. Even Zhao Hanzhang was willing to ring the death knell when the Hun Emperor died. So what she said about surrendering without killing and treating prisoners preferentially should be true. Right?

One person stopped and was successfully escorted down by Zhao Jiajun without being slashed or insulted. So more people stopped and stood waiting for Zhao Jiajun to come forward and escort them down.

Chen Wu entered the main hall and began to count the prisoners under the order of Zhao Hanzhang. The Huns outside the palace who had not yet surrendered and were resisting stubbornly in every corner of the city were also to be wiped out or recruited.

There are 100,000 troops in Pingyang City. Fu Tinghan and others attacked the city before, and the two armies faced each other, and the other side only lost several thousand people.

In this attack on the city, including those who surrendered, there were only about 30,000 people, and there were still nearly 60,000 people.

Soon, some soldiers came to report: "Two Xiongnu troops are heading to the north of the city, and one is heading to the east of the city. The young general and General Zeng are divided into two groups to chase. The Hun prince is most likely heading to the east of the city." in that team.”

Zhao Hanzhang: "Why?"

"He was seen in the ranks."

Zhao Hanzhang nodded and said: "Add more troops to the north of the city and send a message to the army outside the city, asking them to enter the city immediately and go to the north gate to support."

The soldier was stunned and immediately responded.

Tinghe asked hurriedly, "Girl, is the prince among the two teams in the north of the city?"

"I don't know," Zhao Hanzhang said, "but there are a lot of people over there. It would be a good idea to send more helpers. What's the use of just arresting a prince? If you want to arrest, arrest all the princes of Liu Yuan. Only in this way can you force Liu Yuan to Cong had to exchange hostages with me."

However, the trap Liu Yuan laid before his death was obviously not easy to break, and most of the Xiongnu court followed the prince.

He divided the 60,000 forbidden troops into three teams, among which there were many capable ministers and generals. Together with their official family members and servants and guards, there were more than 100,000 people.

It is not easy to attack the city from the outside in, but it is much easier to kill from the inside out. The army attacked the city and ran into the army led by Ming Yu, and immediately rushed out like a wolf's blood.

Ji Yuan was originally willing to let them go. Seeing their high morale, he immediately asked someone to open the door. At the same time, he kept an eye on the heavily protected carriage and wanted to organize a cavalry to attack.

But they were very protective, and even though they tried to rush in several times, they failed, and instead suffered heavy losses.

After fighting for two quarters of an hour, the Huns were about to rush out of the north city gate. Their reinforcements arrived. Before the two armies could fight, the bell rang. The Huns were stunned for a moment and then rushed out madly. Seeing this, they rushed out. Yuan had to make a choice and asked someone to stop Zeng Yue. "The sad soldiers will win. If we continue to fight, we will only lose the lives of the soldiers in vain. Let us make way for them to go."

Zeng Yue was unwilling to do so, "No, the commander-in-chief said he would capture Prince Liu, so we must capture him."

After saying that, he led an army to pursue him from behind.

The Xiongnu army was filled with grief and anger, and they knew that the foundation of the Xiongnu was still there. As long as Liu Cong was undefeated, they would have a chance to rise.

They just lost Pingyang City. They would fight back later, but they didn't expect that His Majesty would die.

Thinking of this, many soldiers shed tears and went out to kill while crying. The carriage was tossed up and down like duckweed in the water. The prince was almost knocked out of the carriage.

At the East City Gate, some distance away from the North City Gate, Liu Yi also heard the sound of the bell, and his eyes burst into tears.

Then he cried and ran desperately out of the city, but he only brought an army of 10,000 people with no official family members to follow him. Although their combat effectiveness was very high, they knew in their hearts that they were a group of people who had been abandoned.

Just like the maids and imperial guards who were left in the palace, they had no hope, so once they were sure that Zhao Hanzhang really surrendered his arms and refused to kill, and treated the prisoners preferentially, they would not swing the swords so harshly.

The two armies at the North City Gate also included family members of officials. If they stopped, the dead might be their family members, but the one at the East City Gate was different. They were originally meant to be the prince's stand-ins to attract troops.

Even Liu Yi, when the ninth bell rang, his momentum of rushing out disappeared. His movements slowly became weak and weak, and finally stopped.

He wanted to go back, he wanted to go back to the palace. My father must be very pitiful now lying alone in the cold palace.

As a son, it was a huge sin for him not to be with him when his father died. How could he not have a son to mourn him after his death?

Liu Yi stopped, and Zhao Erlang also came to him. He rode up to him and faced him face to face. When he saw Liu Yi clearly wearing the prince's clothes, he stared slightly, "Liu Yi, when did you Xiongnu change the prince?"

Liu Yi dropped the knife, looked at him angrily and said, "You can kill me or chop me into pieces, so why bother mocking me?"

Zhao Erlang muttered, when did he ridicule him?

Zhao Erlang turned to his soldiers and said, "Go back and tell sister that I have captured the Hun prince."

His soldiers: "...little general, he is not the prince, he is a fake, pretending to be a prince!"

Zhao Erlang reacted instantly and became angry. He pointed the spear at his neck and said, "Okay, you, give me the trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Humph, how can I be so easily deceived? Come on, take him back. I Go to the North City Gate to provide support!”