In the thirty-fifth year of Shaoxing, an imperial edict issued from Shengjing shook all of Great Song-
Faced with Ming's invasion, on the third day after Great Song's Wuguan fell, Emperor Zhao Gou actually chose to abandon resistance and surrender unconditionally to Ming.
From that moment onward, Great Song's territory would be Ming territory, and its people would be incorporated into Ming as Ming subjects.
The news shook the entire world.
With Ming invading, many far-sighted people in Great Song had already prepared to head to Wuguan to resist Ming's Western Expeditionary Army and defend their homeland.
Yet before they could act, Zhao Gou had actually chosen to surrender?!
For a time, everyone was stunned.
Before long, indignation swept through Great Song, and anguished, furious cries rang out without end.
Many bold souls openly cursed Zhao Gou as unworthy of being Great Song's emperor and refused to recognize his decree of surrender.
Some regions even raised armies in rebellion, intent on overthrowing this rotten, incompetent Imperial Court, rallying anew, and defending their homes.
In less than half a month, all of Great Song descended into chaos.
But with the central Imperial Court already fallen, resistance elsewhere could only be futile.
To hold off Ming's Western Expeditionary Army, Zhao Gou had previously mustered almost the entire nation's forces and sent them all to Wuguan.
In the end, however, some of that million-strong army had fled and others had surrendered. It was effectively finished.
Now that the Imperial Court had chosen to surrender, no amount of resentment on their part could change anything.
The simplest reason was a lack of men.
To rebel and overthrow the Imperial Court was absolutely impossible without several hundred thousand troops at one's command.
Yet even if all of Great Song's regional princes pooled their forces now,