Since his brother-in-law had already vented his anger, Sima Ji came out of the observer mode and ordered someone to be sent to Sima Ying to persuade him to surrender. However, Zhang Da raised objections to this, "King Yan, we have an absolute advantage and can kill Sima Ying. Just like treating Sima Yong, he is kind and ruthless. What if he raises a tiger to cause trouble? You must be careful?"

"Although this is the case, we must also consider the ideas of the royal family. There are also vassal kings in various places and leaders of the capital, and there are many kings in the capital. Could it be that I killed them all?" Sima Ji rubbed his hands and said to himself, "You have to eat food one by one, and you can't be too hasty. The remaining vassal kings' leaders are no longer a big problem, but they go to the door one by one, how can the food be supplied? The canal in Jiankang has not been repaired yet. Can the people still bear it?"

Sima Ji finally had to serve this empire. Who made his identity a vested interest? If he had not had the surname Sima, he would have rebelled a long time ago, and he would have considered the unity of the royal family from this point of view?

"But Sima Ying is the crown prince after all, so it's too hidden dangers to keep it." Zhang Da wanted to say something but stopped. There was actually no good way for losers in this era. If you want to be at ease, it's better to get rid of the roots.

"There are many ways, but there are many ways." Sima Ji remembered that it was difficult for the vassal kings to pose a threat to imperial power after the Song Dynasty. Although the Song Dynasty overcorrected the internal chaos of the Tang Dynasty, it led to unfavorable foreign wars. However, internal stability can be said to have affected the Ming and Qing dynasties later, and of course it did not affect the Yuan Dynasty.

Sima Ji said with certainty that the Yuan Dynasty would not rule the country at all. The Yuan Dynasty had never conducted imperial examinations. It can even be said that the Yuan Dynasty had poor control over the domestic territory, especially the control within the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty was simply not equal to no control. This is why the Red Turban Army in the north was suppressed in the first place, and the south was actually successful, because the Yuan Dynasty had almost no troops in the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was entirely relied on the tyrants in the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty to free the troops. The Yuan Dynasty in the northern part had Mongolian troops.

The result of such pure stocking is that the Southern Song Dynasty was almost the same as the failure of the undestructed one. However, the Southern Song Dynasty court was replaced by powerful people from all over the country. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang summarized the disadvantages of the Yuan Dynasty and said that the Yuan Dynasty was too relaxed, which caused the local tyrants to be disregarded by the people and modified this kind of relaxation. Therefore, during the Hongwu period, the Ming Dynasty began to centralize power.

Zhu Yuanzhang's biggest enemy in his life was not the Mongols. When he attacked Chen Youliang and others in the south, the Mongols in the north were also killing each other. When Zhu Yuanzhang unified the south, the North was still killing each other, so the Ming Dynasty's northern expedition was not difficult. The real difficult stage was when Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng were still there.

Sima Ji remembered that after Emperor Yongle revised the system again, the rebellion of the vassal kings in Chinese history had disappeared. If he could imitate the Ming Dynasty's system, the vassal kings would not have become a problem.

Neither the vassal kings of the Ming and Qing dynasties could rebel, nor did the Song dynasty have this ability. Whether it was the Ming Dynasty who simply raised pigs in the royal family or the Qing Dynasty who kept moving, it seemed that the effect was good, and it could be avoided to wave the butcher knife. If it weren't for their own disadvantages, Sima Ji would have wanted it all.

So he could have let Sima Ying go, and even be a neighbor of Sima Ying's house next to Jicheng, to show that he has no intention of killing the royal family, but it is limited to Sima Ying. As for Sima Yue, the King of Donghai who has already stabbed his allies, he is not a parent-child of Emperor Wu, but has little influence. Killing means avenging another Emperor Wu's parent-child. Why not do it if you uphold the righteousness?

Soon Sima Ji ordered the cessation of the attack and sent people to Sima Ying to persuade him to surrender. He felt that it should be no problem. Looking at the vassal kings who participated in the Eight Kings Rebellion, they really dared to say that they would rather die than surrender. There seemed to be no one who was willing to sacrifice their power when they sent troops. Whether it was King Zhao, King Chu, or King Hejian, they were afraid of death. It seemed that only King Huainan Sima Yun was afraid of death. After all, he died suddenly, but with eight hundred soldiers taking the initiative to attack against Sima Lun, he should be the only vassal king who could do so.

"Your Highness, the last general is here to persuade Your Highness to put down his weapons by the King of Yan. The soldiers of both sides are elite troops left by our army for many years. Now the world is in chaos, and there are still bandits in the south. If the King of Yan and Your Highness fight to the end, your Highness will definitely be dead. The King of Yan will also suffer great damage. It will be difficult to pacify the bandits in Jiangnan at that time."

"As long as your highness put down your weapons, the King of Yan has promised to protect His Highness for a lifetime. All the soldiers present today can testify. The last general is ordered to come and bring a message. I hope Your Highness will consider it carefully and not be burned with jade and stone. The King of Yan now has a large army of 500,000, and the King of Yan has less than 100,000 troops around His Highness. If you continue to fight, your Highness will be wiped out in one day."

"As for the direction of Hulao Pass, Li Shan, a general under the command of King Yan, had recently broken through Taigu Pass and entered Sizhou. The breakthrough in his heart was impossible. The King of Yan asked the last general to tell His Highness about this, hoping that his Highness would understand that resistance would be futile. King Yan and His Highness were both members of the royal family, but were only provoked by King Hejian. Now that King Hejian died, the result of the battle has been decided, and it is meaningless to continue."

"Is the King of Yan trying to seize the world of my family?" Sima Ying looked at the general who came to persuade the surrender and asked word by word. This question is actually very important. If Sima Ji wanted to usurp the throne, his life would definitely be unsafe. Even if he could live now, he would definitely die in the future. If Sima Ji did not usurp the throne and just wanted to take power, he would indeed have a chance to survive.

The general who came to persuade the surrender smiled and said, "The King of Yan said many times in front of the soldiers of the army. He would definitely not be unfavorable to the emperor. He just wanted to imitate Zhou Gong's actions, serve the government and support the country. Your Highness also understood that such a royal family is indeed needed in the court."

Sima Ying remained silent for a long time, looking at the soldiers and horses around him who were already exhausted, and understood that what the general who persuaded surrender was said was true. If he continued to fight in this environment, his subordinates would be wiped out in one day. If Sima Ji wanted to reduce his losses, he would have to surround him for a few days and he could still achieve his goal.

He no longer has the chance to turn the tables, and he has only a dead end to fight. It is nothing more than how much damage he can cause to Sima Ji. But if he surrenders, he might be able to survive.

When these royal vassal kings waved their butcher's knife at others in their hands, they always did not care about the trivial matters. On the other hand, when the butcher's knife was placed on their necks, they would still be frightened. Otherwise, Sima Lun would resist to the end, and Sima Wei would rather commit suicide than be humiliated. Why did Sima Jiong ask for forgiveness?

In fact, Sima Ji is the same. He asks women to have children every day, isn’t he afraid that he will lose his son and grandson?

"The troops under my jurisdiction are also part of the Great Jin. If the King of Yan can live without any punishment and do not kill these soldiers who obey orders, I am willing to surrender." Sima Ying, who had been hesitant for a long time, sighed heavily, and looked at the red sun that had shifted to the West, and felt infinite desolation in his heart. Looking back on his own experience, it was not a few years since he returned to the country's fiefdom to establishing government affairs with the King of Qi, to commanding hundreds of thousands of troops to gallop around the world and being supported by the kings as the leader of the alliance.

Thinking about it now, Sima Ying was in a daze, as if after leaving the capital and returning to the brigade, it was like a big dream, and the experience in her mind was full of unreality. She only lost one battle, but she only lost one battle. When Sima Ying looked back on it, she didn't think that she had irreparable mistakes, but he lost.

It is not easy to make a decision to surrender. Even if Sima Ji keeps his promise, he will probably be imprisoned and lose his freedom in his life once he surrenders. However, if he does not surrender, he will eventually be defeated and die.

The general who returned to report the situation soon returned, bringing Sima Ji's conditions. Sima Ying left his troops according to the conditions and ordered the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops to put down his weapons. The war was over.

Sima Ying personally led nearly 400,000 troops out of Hulao Pass and came in a fierce manner, but ended up like this. Now he knew that Sima Yong was beaten and wiped out in Yecheng was not his fortune, nor Sima Ji's luck, but it was entirely due to his strength, so this result should have occurred.

After these more than 100,000 soldiers surrendered, Sima Ji temporarily stopped marching towards Hulao Pass. There were too many surrendered soldiers and horses, so he needed to adjust the surrendered soldiers coming, otherwise it would be easy to cause chaos.

After supervising Sima Ying, Sima Ji's number of soldiers on the surface has now approached 700,000. This is not a claim, but a real number. It can be said that almost all the northern troops of the Jin Dynasty were in his hands, and only local soldiers with a scale of 10,000 people remained in other prefectures and counties.

As for Jiangnan, the population distribution of the Jin Dynasty can be said that as long as he controls the north, he almost controls the world. After Sima Ying surrendered, he, the King of Yan, had no opponents who could get on the table. The remaining few potential enemies were just small stumbling blocks.

It took two days to isolate Sima Ying's subordinates and initially brainwash the surrendered soldiers. Sima Jicai and a group of prisoners set off on the road again and marched towards Hulao Pass. This important pass that guarded the capital did not become a stumbling block this time. When the overall situation was decided, the defenders of Hulao Pass opened the city and surrendered.

The Jurchen cavalry defenders just west of Hulao Pass were not sure, let alone the endless army of Yan Kings in the east? Even the Crown Brother had surrendered. What else did they insist on? Will it be a hit with eggs to strike the stone if they continue to fight?
Chapter completed!