Conquest of Southern Tang
Song forces encircled Jinling, while Cao Bin bound his generals to spare its population before Li Yu surrendered. The campaign joins Northern Song unification to the cultural memory of a fallen ruler.
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Textual evidence
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“金陵受围，至是凡三时，吴人樵采路绝，频经败衄，李煜危急”