Everyone knows that Daheng is going to be unified, and the feudal towns above let themselves resist just to seek a better future.

However, why should I let myself fight to the death to get more negotiating capital for the feudal towns above, why can't I directly lead the troops to surrender to the city and get better treatment for myself?

The officer groups of the various units in the four states, whether they are high-ranking generals or middle- and low-level officers, not only do they not want to die with the feudal towns above, but they also don't want to let themselves become a stepping stone for others, they prefer to use the troops they still control to seek better treatment for themselves.

The interests of the feudal towns and the groups of officers under the command of the feudal towns can be inconsistent.

Those high-ranking generals, although some people have concerns, but there are still some people who want to continue to retain the military title and continue to enjoy the glory and wealth, and even many people still think that they will be advisers for a period of time in the past, and they may not have the opportunity to continue to lead the army and become powerful generals in the future.

Not to mention the middle and low-level officers, this group of people is actually the group that wants to surrender the most, and most of the defections of many previous units were also launched by middle and low-level officers.

Even if the senior generals are unwilling to surrender, they themselves will bring their troops to surrender.

Because after these middle- and low-ranking officers surrendered to the past, as long as they were not too unlucky, or dissatisfied, if they honestly accepted the re-education of officers and received ideological course education, once they passed the examination, they would be able to enter the Imperial Army and continue to serve.

In other words, if you have invested in the past, you will certainly have some losses, but the losses will not be as big as you imagined.

After this surrender is over, it may be possible to make meritorious contributions in the war of foreign expansion in the future, and then obtain knighthoods and land.

Daheng is going to be unified, since it is unified, there is a high probability that the follow-up will launch an expansion war against the alliance of the six northern countries, the two southern countries and even the Orissa Empire, this is the thousand-year law of Daheng, and anyone who knows a little about the history of Daheng knows it.

Not to mention their Great Heng people themselves, even foreigners know very well, don't you see that the Olisa Empire in the south has announced the expansion of the standing army twice in a row and passed the fleet expansion plan, and the Olisa Empire has now begun to prevent the Great Heng people from launching a second invasion war against them after the unification.

After the reunification of Daheng and the launch of foreign wars, they will still be able to go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, and when the time comes, in the meritorious service in foreign wars, there will be more benefits, titles, land, and other benefits.

How can I say it, now many officers in the four-state troops, regardless of whether they are high-ranking generals or middle- and low-level officers, many of them have already begun to imagine how to make meritorious contributions to win knighthoods in foreign wars after reunification, who would be stupid to follow the feudal towns above to resist to the end!

When the senior generals and the middle and low-level officers all have the idea of surrendering, it is impossible for even the upper feudal towns to continue to resist.

In particular, Gaoqing Prefecture, where the situation was relatively bad, officially crossed the border line of Gaoqing Prefecture on 6 November, when the Second Army Corps of the Imperial Army led by Ye Keming officially crossed the border line of Gaoqing Prefecture.

The second army corps that waved the army north went straight to the state city, and Miao Xinjia was so frightened that he drew troops from all over the place to resist, but the first batch of 30,000 troops sent out did not fire a single shot, and before they even reached the front of the second army, they were already under the leadership of senior generals and simply announced the uprising anyway.

Seeing that the remaining troops were also unstable, and even some people under his command were plotting to make his head a vote, Gaoqing Prefecture ordered Miao Xin to bite his teeth and directly issued a public allegiance notice.

On 18 November, it was officially announced that tens of millions of soldiers and civilians in Gaoqing Prefecture recognized the Lin Dynasty as the only orthodox dynasty in Daheng, and tens of millions of soldiers and civilians in Gaoqing Prefecture officially declared their allegiance to the Son of Heaven.

Regarding Miao Xinjia's public allegiance, although Lin Ziran knew that he was just forced by the situation and made a choice in desperation, Lin Ziran still did not treat him badly!

Soon he ordered Miao Xinjia to be dedicated to the Marquis of the North, and gave a marquis's mansion in Jingshi District, and a soft batch of gold and silver.

This is to tell other Sanzhou feudal towns that are still resisting, don't hesitate, hurry up and learn Miao Xinjia to give up resistance, as long as you give up resistance, although there will be no real power in the future, but the title is indispensable, and the glory and wealth are also indispensable.

The rest is easy!

The three major feudal towns of Ningwu Prefecture, which had been strategically surrounded on many fronts and whose troops were equally unstable, also officially declared their allegiance to the Emperor of Heaven on 26 November.

The continuous good news came, which made Lin Ziran feel very good!

With the announcement of the surrender of the three major feudal towns of Ningwu Prefecture, Ningwu Prefecture was also declared to be recovered.

Now, except for Nanhu Prefecture and Northwest Prefecture, the rest of the states and counties have all been controlled by the empire, and although there is no news from Nanhu Prefecture and Northwest Prefecture for the time being, Lin Ziran does not believe that they will really resist to the end.

The complete reunification of Daheng is expected to be completed this year, which will be at least half a year faster than expected, and more importantly, it will not only save time, but also save a lot of war costs.

Nowadays, the size of the Imperial Army and Navy is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more advanced equipment, and the cost of this war is very high, and the amount of military spending in recent months has been even greater.

So far, the military expenditure this year has exceeded 500 million Hengyuan, which is already more than the previously set military expenditure for this year.

But this year is not over yet, and by the time the year comes, this year's military spending will have to increase by tens of millions.

If nothing else, this year's military expenditure will reach 550 million Heng Yuan!

And last year's military expenditure was also hundreds of millions.

The treasury itself does not have so much money, and this money is basically raised by issuing treasury bonds.

The Lin dynasty, which had just been established for a short time, has now issued more than 800 million treasury bonds through various channels, which means that the interest on the treasury bonds that need to be repaid every year alone will be tens of millions.

The huge financial pressure also forced the Lin dynasty to use various means, especially to force the states to take the initiative to surrender.

In order to avoid large-scale battles, the above-mentioned areas can be recovered, and then the war can be quickly ended, avoiding large military expenditures.

Now that the two northeastern states have surrendered, and only Nanhu Prefecture and Northwest Prefecture are left, Lin Ziran feels that he can continue to increase the intensity of public opinion propaganda and military oppression, and help them make up their minds to give up resistance as soon as possible, and strive to completely end the war of reunification within this year, and at the worst of all, strive to end the war next spring.

Although it will still cost a sum of money to reorganize the troops of the various feudal towns at that time, Lin Ziran is confident that the scale of the national debt will be controlled within one billion constant yuan.

The scale of the national debt within one billion Hengyuan, this is the goal set by Lin Ziran this winter!