The Quyang Prefecture Second Army Corps, which still numbered 100,000, was surrounded by the First Army and the Second Army of the South Navy and was compressed into a zone eight kilometers long and less than five kilometers wide.
In such an encirclement area, the artillery of the Southern Navy can even fully cover it.
At noon that day, as the First Army and the Second Army began to compress the encirclement, Quyang Prefecture conducted a breakthrough operation under the leadership of Yang Jun, but they were all repulsed.
In the afternoon, after the breakout failed, almost everyone in the Quyang Prefecture Second Army, which had lost its troops and generals, knew that they were trapped in an encirclement. Their morale was extremely low.
At the same time, the Southern Navy also began its regular recruitment and surrender campaign.
There was no surprise. Many of the Quyang Prefecture Second Army troops in the encirclement circle began to surrender in an organized manner. Some even wanted to stay in the South China Sea in the future.
Wrapping a piece of cloth around him, he directly changed his flag to the Southern Navy, launched an attack on the former friendly forces, and tried to present a certificate of surrender.
In this case, the entire Quyang Prefecture Second Army was almost completely destroyed.
At this time, Yang Jun's subordinates suggested that he take the gunboat accompanying him south to retreat north, or to make a forcible breakout under the cover of a small group of guard cavalry.
But Yang Jun rejected his subordinate's suggestion!
He wanted to break through.
But what he wanted was to break out of the encirclement with an army of more than 100,000 men, not to escape alone, or even to escape with only a few hundred men and a thousand cavalry.
If he cannot break through with more than 100,000 troops, then his personal breakthrough will be meaningless!
He is the patrol envoy of Quyang Prefecture, the commander of the Second Army Corps, and one of the troika of Quyang Prefecture.
What does he rely on?
That’s more than 100,000 troops under his command!
Now, almost all of the more than 100,000 troops have been wiped out, with only 10,000 people left in the Luo River Gorge and their hometown in Quyang Prefecture.
Under such circumstances, why would he break out and go back? Go back and die?
Will the commanders of the other two legions comfort him or even support his comeback when they see him running back alone?
What a joke!
They will kill him without hesitation!
From now on, the three carriages in Quyang Prefecture will become two carriages.
It's useless for him to run back alone!
Why not run?
Alas, what else can you do? Of course, surrender to Lin Ziran!
This battle has been lost. Since failure is inevitable, he naturally needs to think about the future?
Returning to Quyang Prefecture, the commanders of the other two legions in Quyang Prefecture did not allow it and went directly to become a wealthy businessman? He was not willing to accept it!
He, Yang Jun, is not yet fifty this year, and is in the golden age of making achievements. He has worked hard for decades to get where he is today, and he is not willing to let everything turn into nothing.
He wants to save it as much as possible!
Therefore, now it seems that leading the army to surrender has become his only choice!
After surrendering, he still has a chance to get a false position like Du Zhikuan. Even if he will be put under house arrest in a short period of time, as long as he does not break away from the political and military circles, he will still have a chance to make a comeback within the South Navy and continue to lead the army in the future.
It's still possible.
Looking at the current ferocious development momentum of the South China Sea Navy, he didn't know how far the South China Sea Navy could go in the future, but he definitely knew that the South China Sea Navy in the future would never be limited to Nanhai Prefecture.
In the future, this Southern Navy will definitely become an important part of Daheng's struggle for hegemony, just like the Southern Navy under Duke Meng back then!
If I could survive in the Southern Navy, it would be very possible for me to become a military commander or even a legion commander in the future.
Yang Jun is very confident about this!
In the afternoon, he officially ordered the entire army to surrender!
Then he asked to see Lin Ziran. He wanted to present his sword, gun and loyalty to his face.
And when he saw Lin Ziran, although he had already known that Lin Ziran was very young, when he actually saw it, he still sighed.
This man's age is disproportionate to the success he has achieved!
According to the official report of Nanhai Prefecture, Lin Ziran is twenty-six years old this year. If this age is applied to ordinary people, then there will naturally be no problem. It will even be normal if he succeeds in other areas.
But for a Nanhai Prefecture magistrate and the commander of an army of more than 200,000 people, this seems to be too young.
Most of the many vassals in Daheng are older, with those aged forty-five or even older being the standard. There are also some younger ones, but most of them inherit their father's business.
However, Lin Ziran, this was something he worked hard for himself.
These achievements are completely out of proportion to his age.
But he was surprised, but Yang Jun would not put himself in the position of an elder just because the other party was young and he was nearly fifty years old.
As soon as he entered, he respectfully presented his sword and gun, and at the same time shouted: "I pay my respects to the state magistrate!"
Hearing this claim made Lin Ziran pay more attention to this person. He had never seen someone who directly claimed a humble position after surrendering, but he had never seen someone of Yang Jun's level.
Even if Du Zhikuan and others had surrendered before, when they met Lin Ziran later, they would not immediately claim to be in a subordinate position and treat themselves as subordinates.
No matter what the person's motives were, since he had shown his attitude, Lin Ziran would naturally not show his face to him, and would even say bad words to him.
Even a few hours ago, the armies of both sides were still fighting to the death, but Lin Ziran was the winner.
The winner has the right to pity the loser!
So he took two steps forward, took Yang Jun's saber and gun with a smile, and then said: "On behalf of the people of Daheng, I welcome General Yang to join the great cause of Daheng's unification!"
Having said this, Lin Ziran didn't keep him for long, and other people would naturally arrange the follow-up matters.
According to Lin Ziran's instructions, after Yang Jun surrenders, he will be awarded the rank of Zhongqing and serve as a senior adviser to the Southern Navy Command.
Being given a military title and a false position has always been Lin Ziran's arrangement for surrendering to those important characters.
Yang Jun had no objection to this arrangement.
As a defeated general, Lin Ziran was willing to give him the rank of Zhongqing and a meritorious position. It would be good to keep him in active service.
This was due to Lin Ziran's consideration of the subsequent impact, not Yang Jun's real value.
After Yang Jun led his army to surrender, the cavalry troops quickly blocked the Luohe Gorge and waited for reinforcements from the Third Division of the First Army, then recovered the Luohe Gorge and re-established the Luohe Gorge defense line.
The next thing on the northern front was not to focus on combat, but to accept and reorganize prisoners of war. The total number of troops that had surrendered to Quyang Prefecture Second Army was more than 100,000.