In fact, Li Yanghuan refused to surrender. He believed that he was the king of Jiaozhi, and that the country was plagued by malaria, while Thang Long City was impregnable.

He also planned to defend Thang Long City in the same way that Zhao Huan defended Tokyo, with the emperor personally leading the charge to execute the rebels within the city in order to appease the people.

He trusted Zhang Boyu just as Zhao Huan trusted Li Gang back then.

Let Zhang Boyu handle it.

As a result, Zhang Boyu first dismissed the garrison, then communicated with Yue Fei, and at the same time packed his valuables in preparation for fleeing at any time.

But Li Yanghuan was unaware of these things, so before July 10th, the entire city of Thang Long appeared to be in high spirits, ready to teach the Song army a lesson.

As a result, Yue Fei brought out an iron cannon and blasted a hole in the battlements on the city tower. At that time, Li Yanghuan was standing there, preparing to give a passionate and inspiring speech.

If it weren't for a soldier blocking Li Yanghuan's way, it would have been Li Yanghuan himself who was hit by the cannon fire.

What happened to that soldier?

Half of his body was blasted into a bloody mess, a truly gruesome sight!

Li Yanghuan, who had originally intended to resist resolutely, suddenly changed his tone: "The Great Song Dynasty is a celestial empire. The current emperor is virtuous and loves his people. We, as citizens of the Great Song Dynasty, should share the emperor's burdens. Now there are treacherous villains who dare to oppose the holy emperor, going against the will of heaven and poisoning the country. I want to get rid of them as soon as possible. Men, go and arrest Zhang Boyu!"

While Zhang Boyu was pondering how to join the Song Dynasty with a glorious and imposing image, he heard from his confidant that Li Yanghuan had actually betrayed him on the city wall.

Zhang Boyu instantly bristled.

You idiot, you dare betray me! I'll cripple you!

Li Yanghuan planned to have Zhang Boyu captured and brought to the city wall to be handed over to the Song army.

They even had the surrender document written and sent out by messengers.

Seeing that things were going badly, Qin Hui immediately whispered to Yue Fei, "Li Yanghuan wants to surrender!"

Yue Fei immediately took out an arrow, placed it on his large bow, and shot it, hitting the head of the messenger who was leaving the city gate.

Upon seeing this from the city wall, Li Yanghuan was about to jump up and shout angrily, "That was the envoy I sent to negotiate peace! How could you kill my peace envoy!"

He spoke in Jiaozhi language, which Yue Fei and his men couldn't understand. The interpreter's expression changed drastically: "He said that was his peace envoy!"

Qin Hui and Yue Fei certainly knew that those were peace envoys, but the emperor had issued an ironclad order not to accept the peace talks!

Wang Gui, standing to the side, still shouted loudly, "Fire!"

Ten iron cannons were neatly arranged on the ground.

Bang bang bang...

Although it was far less powerful than the cannons of later generations, it still had a powerful impact in this era.

Ten cannonballs simultaneously struck the city wall, smashing it to pieces and shattering the battlements. Several defending soldiers were killed instantly.

The Song soldiers were both surprised and delighted; this thing was fucking amazing!

No wonder Yue Fei had to bring this thing across the river.

This thing is lighter than a large catapult, but its power is no less than that of a catapult.

Moreover, it exploded when it hit the ground, almost like a thunderclap.

The Jiaozhi soldiers on the city wall were terrified, and Li Yanghuan even scrambled to his feet, shouting that he was surrendering.

Seeing this, the Jiaozhi soldiers lost all will to give up, and some even turned and fled.

Someone shouted, "Run! The Song army has divine soldiers attacking the city!"

"..."

Li Yanghuan shouted, "Quickly open the city gates to welcome the Heavenly Dynasty army into the city!"

When Zhang Boyu arrived, the city gates had already been opened. He cried out in alarm that Li Yanghuan had stolen the credit!

Five days after receiving news of the siege, Zhao Huan received another report of the Song army's victory in capturing Thang Long.

The news spread quickly throughout Tokyo. The happiest people were not the prime ministers, but the wealthy merchants in Tokyo who had obtained the recruitment qualifications for the Ministry of Commerce.

Next, they will enter Jiaozhi with the imperial army, where they will set up trading companies and make a fortune.

By this calculation, these merchants must have wished they could worship the current emperor as a god.

Zhao Huan immediately sent another secret letter to Qin Hui, which was very simple: the Li family is cruel, and Zhang Boyu also has the blood of Song soldiers on his hands.

Upon seeing this letter, Qin Hui immediately understood what to do.

Although Zhao Huan granted Zhang Jun a great deal of autonomy, he also secretly agreed with Zhang Jun's method of using Zhang Boyu to counterbalance Jiaozhi.

But the emperor's agreement is one thing, and the emperor writing a letter to Qin Hui is another.

After the Song army entered the city, they did not take a single penny from the people inside.

Li Yanghuan was completely obedient to Zhang Jun, Yue Fei, and others.

Zhang Boyu followed behind like a dog.

On this day, Qin Hui summoned Zhang Boyu alone.

Zhang Boyu knelt directly in front of Qin Hui and almost had himself raped by Qin Hui.

"What does Master Zhang mean by this?"

"Sir Qin, I am willing to serve you with utmost loyalty. I humbly request that you put in a good word for me before the Emperor."

"Don't worry about that. The emperor is a wise ruler, of course he knows who the loyal ministers are and who the treacherous ministers are."

"Thank you, Lord Qin!"

“The Li family is cruel, and the Emperor does not want the Li family to be the King of Jiaozhi. He has ordered me to handle this matter, but I have been unwell recently.”

"Rest assured, Lord Qin, I will certainly live up to the Emperor's expectations."

“Very good. I have a memorial here that will be given to the Emperor soon. I will write in the memorial that Zhang Boyu was loyal to the Emperor and the country and personally killed the tyrannical Li family.”

"Thank you, General Qin!"

"..."

After leaving Qin Hui, Zhang Boyu quickly led a group of ministers into the palace.

Zhang Boyu somehow gathered a series of incriminating evidence against the royal family of Jiaozhi, and then, while Li Yanghuan was completely bewildered, he had Li Yanghuan hanged in the palace.

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