However, before the Xia army guarding Qutang Pass knew what happened, a group of enemies came from behind and blocked their way. Xia was defeated and Qutang Pass was captured.

With the capture of Qutang Pass, Chongqing's most important line of defense disappeared.

Chongqing's sinking was exposed in front of Tang He.

This is the real base of the Xia Kingdom. Only by conquering this place can your mission be completely completed.

In order to capture Chongqing, he and Liao Yongzhong surrounded Chongqing in two groups.

At this time, as the king of the Xia Kingdom, Ming Sheng faced this sudden enemy force. He was first frightened and summoned all his ministers to discuss countermeasures.

The ministers gave him the advice to run away.

Taking advantage of the opportunity before the enemy could recover, he fled to Chengdu and joined the troops there.

But one person stood up and refused to escape.

She said something: "The situation is already like this. Even if we escape to Chengdu, we will just linger and survive, which is of no use." [The situation is like this, even if we go to Chengdu, it will only prolong our lives, so what's the point!]

The person who expressed this view was Ming Sheng's mother, the current empress dowager of the Xia Kingdom, Ming Sheng's mother, Mrs. Zheng.

After objecting, Zheng came up with his own solution.

Her suggestion was to surrender. Sichuan's defeat was already doomed anyway. Apart from surrendering, all we had to do was resist desperately.

But I don't want to resist, because resisting may cause death.

I don't want to die yet.

I am still young, and although I have been a widow for many years, I still want to remain a widow and be a faithful woman.

I don't want to break the city and get killed.

So I advocate surrender.

Since you choose to surrender, I suggest you surrender here.

Surrender is the same no matter where you go.

Rather than traveling to Chengdu in vain, why not surrender here? Why waste the time running away? Do you think your wings will be hardened by running to Chengdu and then surrendering?

No, they are all doing business that is looked down upon by others.

Since the results are the same, why should we sacrifice the near for the far!

I won’t leave. If I want to run, you should run.

I surrendered right here.

As for the mother's judgment, Mingsheng, as the eldest, agreed with her point of view.

Yes, Sichuan is only such a big place, and there are enemies everywhere now, so where can I escape to?

He understood that even escaping to Chengdu would be of little use.

No matter where you escape, you will eventually be caught.

The results are the same.

In addition, it is useless to hold on to death. If you rely on your useless subordinates to fight the Ming army head-on, you will definitely not be able to defeat them.

In the end, there is only one result.

A dead end.

He is still young and does not want to meet his father who has already raised his braid so early.

So he agreed with his mother's idea and sent envoys with heavy gifts to send a letter of surrender to Tang He outside the city.

At this time, Tang He, who had been beaten for three months and was now the winner, finally stood up and accepted Ming Sheng's request.

He also ordered all soldiers not to plunder property and strictly observe military discipline, and then ordered the soldiers to enter the city.

The Battle of Chongqing ends here.
Chapter completed!