Tang Jiusheng captured Hou Jingxian alive in front of the battle, had him tied up, and was taken to the lobby of the county governor's office. Tang Jiusheng sat behind the public case, and the generals were divided into two groups. Tang Jiusheng did not show his anger or show his dignity, raised the gavel tree, and slapped him hard.

On top of the public case, he shouted: "Hou Jingxian, when the king is here, many famous generals have come to surrender. How dare you not surrender?"

Hou Jingxian turned his face to the side angrily and said sternly: "Tang Jiu Sheng, if you want to kill me, kill me. If I, Hou, frown, I am not a hero!"

Tang Jiusheng burst out laughing suddenly, stood up from behind the public case, stepped forward to untie Hou Jingxian with his own hands, patted his shoulders and said with a smile: "General Hou, I have long heard that you are a rare general.

I am talented, so I am willing to accept you under my command. Since the general is well-read in military affairs, he must be a loyal and righteous person. Niu Mandi is a rebel of the great merchants. You, the general, should protect the great merchants and not Niu Mandi!"

Ning Chenggang also stepped forward excitedly and said loudly: "Yes, you Hou Jingxian is a man after all. If you want to protect the safety of the people, you should not help the tyrants to do harm! You see, ever since Niu Mandi became the strategic envoy

After that, there were violent levies and expropriations, and how many people in our Jiannan Road were displaced and fell into the trap of bandits? Originally, I had no choice. I was still wearing official clothes anyway, so I had no choice but to work under him. Now that King Wei is here, why not follow him?

Will the king do something great that will benefit the people?"

Hou Jing pondered for a while, then said with a confused look on his face: "It's not that I don't want to surrender, it's just that my family is being detained by Lord Niu in Luye City. If I surrender here, my family's lives will be in danger. What can I do?

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Tang Jiusheng smiled slightly, "General Hou, don't worry, I have sent brothers from Xiaowei to Luye City to pick up your family! In a few days, you can be reunited with your family!"

Hou Jingxian was overjoyed when he heard this, and then he came forward and knelt down to worship Tang Jiusheng, saying loudly: "The defeated general Hou Jingxian, thank you for your kindness to King Wei for not killing him for a thousand years. King Wei will live for a thousand years!"

Tang Jiusheng smiled and helped Hou Jingxian, looked around, and said loudly: "There is nothing to be happy about when I get Jianzhou. Now I get General Hou, General Ning, Lieutenant Zheng, and all the talents here, the most worthy of joy is

thing!"

In the lobby of the county governor's office, Ning Chenggang took the lead in shouting, "King Wei is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!" The deafening shouts sounded in the hall, almost lifting the roof of the hall.

Tang Jiusheng asked with a smile: "General Hou, your soldiers are unwilling to surrender, so I need you to go and persuade them!"

Hou Jingxian nodded and said: "It's easy to say. Don't worry, Your Majesty, the general will go and persuade them!" Hou Jingxian left the county governor's office and came to the school field to give a speech. When the soldiers from Luye City saw General Hou surrender, they all surrendered.

Most of them were determined to surrender. It turned out that some of the soldiers in Jianzhou were still dissatisfied. Seeing that the soldiers in Luye City were willing to surrender, they were somewhat affected.

Some of them were still not convinced and made some sarcastic remarks below. Hou Jingxian asked loudly: "Everyone, when it comes to the famous generals who led the troops in Jiannan Road, I, Hou, can be considered the number one after all. Even I have surrendered. Why are you still here?"

What’s there to hesitate about? King Wei came to Jiannan to serve as governor

Soldiers and horses, and controlling the army and the people, are supported by the imperial court. If we disobey the imperial court, should we continue to obsess over our allegiance to the rebels? Are we waiting for everyone to be executed? "

Immediately, some of the former subordinates from the primary school stood up and said, "We are willing to follow the general and submit to King Wei and be loyal to the imperial court!" On the school grounds, thousands of soldiers raised their arms and shouted that King Wei would be a thousand years old.

Tang Jiusheng ordered a banquet to be held to calm Hou Jingxian's shock and to celebrate the achievements of the generals. Everyone gathered together and drank wine. During the banquet, Hou Jingxian smiled and asked: "Whose idea was it to divide the troops into three groups to rob my camp last night?"

The fat man pointed at Fan Chenglin with a smile. Fan Chenglin stood up with a smile and said, "It was Bucai's idea! General Hou, I know that you are a famous general in Jiannan. We don't know each other, so I'll do it first out of respect!"

The cup was drained in one gulp. Hou Jing saw that he was a weak scholar who actually knew the art of war, so he drank it all with a smile. They both showed the bottom of their cups to each other and laughed at each other.

Yu Long Xingkong smiled and stepped forward to raise his glass and said: "I would like to express my gratitude to you, Yu Long Xingkong, for a toast to General Hou. I made a big circle in your camp last night. You arranged an ambush in the central military camp.

It was me who let you off the hook!" After saying that, he burst out laughing, and everyone was laughing so hard.

Hou Jingxian was also surprised. Not only himself, but also the dozens of soldiers around him didn't notice that someone had entered his barracks. This man was quite capable, so he admired Yu Long Xingkong very much in his heart.

Everyone also toasted. Ning Chenggang and other old generals from the Yamen also came forward to toast, and Hou Jingxian finished them one by one.

There was a great atmosphere at the banquet, and everyone toasted to Tang Jiu Sheng frequently. Tang Jiu Sheng felt happy, and was not afraid of anyone who came, and everyone was drunk. That night, everyone left happily.

The next morning, Tang Jiusheng convened everyone to discuss matters in the second hall of the county governor's office. Fan Chenglin said with a smile: "Everyone, Ye Tengjiao has lost Jianzhou, and now even General Hou has led his army to surrender to the prince anyway. Niu Mandi will never take kindly to this.

If you give up, you will definitely raise another army to fight for Jianzhou. Jianzhou has just been decided, but the people’s hearts are not yet attached. We need everyone to work together to keep Jianzhou!”

Ning Chenggang nodded and said: "What Mr. Fan said is true! Now that Brother Hou and I have surrendered to the prince, it will definitely be a big blow to Niu Mandi's morale. When he sends troops to the city again, Brother Hou and I will go up to the city.

Persuading them to surrender, although they may not necessarily surrender, will definitely damage their morale, which is in line with what the art of war says: attack the heart first, and attack the city second!"

The fat man laughed at the side and said: "Okay, Lao Ning! Fatty, I thought you were a martial artist who only knew how to dance with a gun and a stick, but it turns out you still have such a scheming mind and can use tricks!"

Ning Chenggang smiled and patted his chest, jokingly saying: "Fat Master, you are looking down on me too much. After all, I also drank ink at Hedong Academy for a few years!"

Xiahou Lingyu burst into laughter, "No wonder General Ning is so dark. It turned out to be caused by drinking too much ink! Then drink some more noodle soup and it will be all in vain!" Everyone laughed.

The fat man shook his big head and said: "If the land is filled with cattle and another army is sent, the fat man will rush out of the city to give him a showdown, telling him not to underestimate the Palace of Wei, nor to underestimate the elite soldiers and generals in our city!"

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He Changhu was captured by Zheng Sheng in front of the battle the night before. He felt that he had no face and could not stand up to speak. Hearing the fat man say that he wanted to give the soldiers from Luye City a showdown, he nodded in agreement and shouted, if

If soldiers and horses from Luye City really arrived, he was willing to take the lead.

The city began to prepare defensive equipment for siege, not to mention bows and crossbows, and also prepared some rolling logs and stones. Fan Chenglin sent meteor scouts and horses to scout around. Four days later, tens of thousands of people came from Luye City.

Soldiers and horses blocked all the four gates of Jianzhou City. People in Jianzhou City who had just settled down were a little panicked again. Fortunately, Fan Chenglin had an idea and asked the storyteller to talk more about Tang Jiu's capture of the enemy in bookstores and teahouses.

The story of killing a thief.

Soon everyone in Jianzhou City knew that the extremely brave King Wei was sitting in the city. From this point of view, it seemed that the thieves outside the city who besieged the city were not that important. In the bookstore and teahouse, people everywhere were listening.

To the audience of the book, Tang Jiu Sheng's deeds soon spread throughout Jianzhou City.

Ning Chenggang, Hou Jingxian, Zheng Zheng and others went to the top of the city respectively and tried to persuade the soldiers of Luye City to surrender. Without any accident, they were shot back by random arrows. However, the morale of the soldiers besieging the city was indeed hit to a certain extent. Tang Jiusheng let people

He wrote thousands of letters to persuade him to surrender, and when it was dark, he used a crossbow to shoot the letters to the enemy's military camp opposite.

As expected, the rebels immediately became distraught. The generals of Luye City had to forcibly search the camp and burn all the surrender letters. They also beat some soldiers who collected the surrender letters, which caused widespread complaints.

He Changhu secretly thought that tens of thousands of troops came from Luye City to surround Jianzhou, and hiding in the city was not an option! We had to fight to solve the fundamental problem. Therefore, He Changhu asked Tang Jiusheng for orders to go out of the city for a meeting.

After a while, some elite soldiers and generals came from Luye City. Tang Jiusheng initially refused, but He Changhu insisted on going. He also issued a military order to Tang Jiusheng, saying that he promised to kill the generals and seize the flag.

Tang Jiusheng couldn't defeat him, so he had to give him a thousand men and horses, and asked Fatty to assist him from behind. He Changhu happily ordered a thousand men and horses, and rushed out of the east gate to fight to the death with the rebels from Luye City.

Fatty Jiang stood aside with a sledgehammer and watched the enemy plunder the formation. He Changhu swung his machete and rode out of the formation to discuss with the general and lieutenant opposite. There was also an unconvinced lieutenant opposite, named Lin Beihe.

He Changhu came to fight He Changhu with a fancy spear. The two sides fought hard in front of the battle. After thirty rounds, He Changhu killed Lin Beihe with a knife trick. The defeated soldiers in Luye City were in chaos and rushed back to Dazhai to ask the commander Huo Yunsheng to give him a hand.

Lin Beihe takes revenge.

In Jianzhou City, a sergeant immediately went back to report that Captain He had hacked to death the enemy general Lin Beihe in front of the battle. The people in the entire county guard's office were overjoyed when they heard this. Fan Chenglin ordered someone to give He Changhu a credit for his merits.

Make a note of it.

When Huo Yunsheng heard that Lin Beihe had been killed in battle, he was furious. He hurriedly put on his armor, picked up the Xuanhua ax and left the camp to avenge Lin Beihe. He Changhu chopped down Lin Beihe and was showing off his power in front of the battle when he saw someone riding a white horse on the opposite side.
Chapter completed!