The Nameless of the Common Clans

On the other hand, Cui Geng had led his troops to Jinyang for a day, but the siege was not going well. Jinyang was the capital of Taiyuan County, and the city was strong. In addition, Yang Feng had left a lot of soldiers. Although Cui Geng's appearance caught people off guard, he was unable to successfully rush in.

"General Cui, the gentry of Jinyang has sent food and fodder and asked to see you outside the camp." At night, when Cui Geng had just set up the camp and was thinking about how to break the city, a general came in and bowed.

Cui Geng did not bring much food and fodder with him this time, but he robbed a batch of Yang Feng's food and fodder on the way, so he did not have to worry about food and fodder for the time being.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Don't let them enter the camp yet. Let them lead the team to come to the camp to see me."

"Yes!"

Soon, a scholar in his forties came in and bowed to Cui Geng and said, "Li Fu from Jinyang, I meet the general."

"No need to be polite." Cui Geng felt that the name Li Fu sounded familiar, and looked at Li Fu and said, "I wonder why you are here..."

"Li Qing is my nephew. I came here because of Li Qing's request. I came to help the general break the city!" Li Fu said with a smile.

"Oh?" Cui Geng raised his eyebrows. Chen Mo had told him before that there would be gentry here to help, but he didn't expect that it was Li Qing's clan. He stood up and said with a smile: "I wonder if you have any strategy to teach me?"

"In Jinyang City, there is an old general named Zhang Zhong. He once followed General Zang Min to fight against the barbarians. Although he has retired, his clan is quite popular in Jinyang. Yang Feng was originally a thief. He killed the governor and occupied Jinyang, which made the old general quite angry. However, Yang Feng was so powerful at that time that the old general was unable to resist. Now that he heard that the envoy led his troops to attack, he has made an agreement with us. As long as Envoy Chen leads his troops, I will contact Envoy Chen outside, and the old general will contact his old subordinates in the city to open the city for the army!" Li Fu said with a smile.

Zang Min was Zang Hong's father. In his early years, he served as the governor of Taiyuan in Bingzhou and the general of the Xiongnu. He was quite popular in Bingzhou. During this period, Zang Hong not only helped Chen Mo sort out the administration, but also helped Chen Mo to make a lot of connections. The gentry of Bingzhou invited Chen Mo to Bingzhou not just because of the Baibo bandits.

Cui Geng was happy to hear this and said, "Now that my army has arrived, I wonder how the old general will communicate with us?"

Li Fu smiled and said, "Before the general came here, I had discussed with the old general. If the old general is ready, he will raise a fire as a signal. If the general has met me at that time, he will respond with a fire, and someone will open the city gate by then!"

Cui Geng was overjoyed to hear this and ordered people to prepare.

The next thing was much simpler. For the sake of caution, when a large area of ​​fire lit up on the top of the city that night, Cui Geng did not immediately lead the army into the city, but sent a group of people to occupy the city gate and other important places. Only then did the army rush into the city like a tide.

The general defending the city did not expect the city to fall so quickly. When he reacted, Cui Geng, led by the old general in the city, had occupied the government office and other important places. Although he issued an alarm in time to gather troops to stabilize the situation and drive Cui Geng out of the city, many gentry in the city were already dissatisfied and set fires everywhere in the city, making the defending soldiers not know where the enemy was.

The partial collapse eventually turned into a total defeat. In the dark night, it seemed that the whole city was surrounded by Hedong soldiers fighting. Many defenders were at a loss, either running away or kneeling down to surrender. The defeat was difficult to contain. The defending general was killed in the chaos. He was not found in the canal until the second half of the night when the fighting had gradually stopped.

Jinyang fell, and Yangyi, which had even fewer defenders, did not hold out for long before being captured by Cheng Fang. The defenders of Yuci lost the salt supervisors Jinyang and Yangyi one after another, and Yang Feng was pinned down by Chen Mo in Qi County and could not return to help, so he chose to surrender.

"Puff~" Qi County, Yang Feng's camp, looking at the soldiers who escaped from Jinyang and Yuci, Yang Feng sat on the ground with a little spirit, speechless for a long time, and the generals in the tent also fell into silence. Now they have no bargaining chips to make peace with Chen Mo. No wonder Chen Mo has been dragging them these days, not letting them leave, and not starting a war. It turns out that he had already made arrangements.

But what is puzzling is that Yangyi and Yuci have few defenders, but Jinyang has left heavy troops to guard it. How could it be so easily broken? It's just that this problem is no longer necessary to consider now.

"My lord, General Yang Ping is back!" A general hurried in and said to Yang Feng.

Yang Feng's eyes were blank, as if he hadn't heard anything. A general said, "My lord, Yang Ping is back, maybe there will be good news."

The city is gone, what good news can there be? No one said this. At this point, most of the generals in the tent were naturally not thinking about this.

Yang Feng nodded listlessly, and the general hurriedly said: "Quick, go and invite General Yang Ping in!"

"Yes!"

Soon, Yang Ping walked over quickly and saw Yang Feng and said: "My lord, I heard in the city..."

Yang Feng looked at Yang Ping and nodded silently: "Chen Mo has detained you these days and sent troops to delay our army in order to attack Jinyang and Yangyi. Now... Alas~"

Yang Ping knelt down and said: "I am incompetent, please punish me, my lord!"

Yang Feng shook his head and said: "Chen Mo has the intention of annexing, how could he let me do what I want? This is not my fault."

"General Yang!" A general looked at Yang Ping anxiously and said: "I wonder if Envoy Chen asked you to pass on a message?"

"You..." Yang Ping frowned and looked at everyone and said: "Now is the critical moment for our army's survival. You don't think of a strategy to defeat the enemy, but are so impatient. Where do you put my lord!?"

"The food and grass in the army can last for up to three days, but the news of the fall of Jinyang will probably spread soon. Once the news spreads, the three armies will be in chaos without fighting." Yang Feng shook his head and sighed: "Chen...what did the envoy say? ?”

"Then Chen Mo asked the general to hand over his military power and the power of tens of thousands of troops, but he only agreed to let the general be the nominal master of the account. Naturally, the general could not agree and has sternly refused. The generals can make arrangements properly." Yang Ping shook his head. Said: "But my lord has been as kind as a mountain to me. Now that my lord is in danger, it's time to work together to fight against Chen Mo!"

this……

All the generals looked at Yang Ping and said nothing.

Yang Feng opened his mouth, then looked at the generals around him, and suddenly felt a sense of sadness in his heart. He smiled bitterly and said: "Yang Ping, please go to the city again and tell the envoy that I am willing to surrender without asking for help." Guanjue, I just ask you to allow me, the Yang family, to return to my hometown..."

"Lord, how can this be accomplished?" Yang Ping said with an angry look on his face: "We are all willing to fight to the death!"

"General Yang, the situation is over!" A general couldn't help but said: "At this time, we are willing to fight to the death, and the officers and soldiers in the army may not be willing. Surrendering at this moment can still keep our family safe, but if we fight to the death, I'm afraid..."

Everyone has taken advantage of him. Not to mention that he may not be able to beat Chen Mo at this time. Even if he can beat him, what will happen if he wins the first battle?

"Go and tell Ambassador Chen that Yang Feng is willing to surrender!" Yang Feng sighed. Even if he wanted to fight now, no one of the generals around him would be willing to accompany him to fight again. Looking at Yang Ping, Yang Feng sighed in his heart. In the end, , Sure enough, his own talents are still reliable, but it is a pity that now, even if he wants to fight again, I am afraid that these generals will give their heads to Chen Mo immediately. It is better to surrender voluntarily, at least he can keep his family.

"Lord!" Yang Ping stared at Yang Feng and said, "We still have more than ten thousand troops, so we may not be defeated."

"This is a military order!" Yang Feng said solemnly.

"Here!" Yang Ping saluted Yang Feng with a look of reluctance, "General, I'll go now!"

"Be gentler..." Yang Feng couldn't help but say when he saw Yang Ping turning around and leaving.

"The general will have his own sense of proportion!" Yang Ping bowed solemnly and turned to leave.

Looking at the direction Yang Ping was leaving, Yang Feng shook his head and sighed, indeed, true love can only be seen in times of adversity.

…

Qixian County, government office.

"Lord, I have convinced Yang Feng to lead his entire army to surrender." Yang Ping knelt down on one knee and saluted Chen Mo.

"Okay, very good!" Chen Mo stood up, stroking his palms and smiling: "I really didn't misjudge the person. Master Yang is a rare talent."

"Lord, when will you surrender?" Yang Ping asked.

"Let's go back tomorrow and tell Yang Feng that I will accept the surrender in person tomorrow and ask him to seal up the soldiers, weapons and horses of the three armies and accept the surrender outside the city." Chen Mo nodded. Accepting surrender is like being attacked by an enemy. Don't be careless, even though the overall situation has been decided. , but at this time, we cannot let down our guard.

"Here, let's get this done!" Yang Ping bowed quickly, stood up and left.

"Lord, why don't you kill such villains?" Seeing Yang Ping leave, Dian Wei couldn't help but ask. He usually hated such duplicitous people the most.

"This person is still useful." Chen Mo smiled and didn't explain much. Gentlemen have their own ways of being a gentleman, and villains have their own ways of being a villain. If a power only has gentlemen but no villains, that may not be a good thing. Not realistic.

"What use can he be?" Dian Wei asked disdainfully.

"It's very useful." Chen Mo smiled and summoned Gao Shun, Bao Geng, Uncle Wang and Uncle Zheng to discuss the matter of surrendering tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Yang Feng led the army, put their weapons aside, and came to the outside of Qixian County to accept Chen Mo's surrender. Chen Mo was well prepared. Bao Geng and Gao Shun's soldiers and horses were on the left and right. If the opponent made any changes, they would Immediately charged to kill, Chen Mo personally accepted Yang Feng's surrender and made Yang Feng his master. The generals under his command were also sealed one by one, and were prepared to be taken back to Hedong with Yang Feng. As for the army, Gao Shun was handed over to handle it, and Gao Shun and Bao Geng were appointed as cavalry captains to take charge of the military of Taiyuan County. Cui Geng temporarily As the magistrate of Taiyuan, he handled the government affairs of Taiyuan. He also petitioned the imperial court to serve as the shepherd of Bingzhou and guard Bingzhou.

On the tenth day of April, after Chen Mo had made arrangements for Taiyuan, he took Yang Feng, Xu Huang and other surrendered generals and set off back to Hedong. From the raid to the defeat of Yang Feng, it took only half a month. Taiyuan government affairs delayed some time. By the time Chen Mo led his troops back to Anyi, it was already April 13th, and there were only five days left before the wedding...