Under the city of Tongguan, 50,000 Ming army iron cavalry arrived, and before the bombardment of Tongguan began, a traitor sent a letter, expressing his willingness to surrender, and only asking the court to pardon their crimes.

"Hmph, it's beautiful!" Zhang Kuishan sneered, the emperor once said that traitors deserve to die, and their crimes are unforgivable.

"Go and tell the traitors that the emperor has a holy decree, and there is only one way for traitors, that is, to immediately lay down their arms and surrender unconditionally, the emperor is merciful, he will only kill the head of the thief, and the traitor's family will be lenient for those who take the initiative to surrender!" Zhang Kuishan sent someone to pass this sentence to the traitors in Tongguan City, and it was believed that the remnants of the three traitors in Chang'an City would also receive the news soon.

After passing the word, Zhang Kuishan didn't care about the reaction of the traitors, and methodically ordered the soldiers to build an artillery camp position and prepare to shell Tongguan.

The news that the Ming army was about to enter Shaanxi spread like a plague, and in less than a day, all the traitors in Shaanxi knew the news.

Especially when the news of the Ming army's refusal to surrender once again came, despair and fear were mixed.

It's messed up, it's completely messed up!

Everyone is thinking about how to save the lives of a family when the Ming army comes in, not that they don't want to continue to fight against the Ming army, but the Ming army is too powerful, and it only took a few days to capture the entire territory of Shanxi and kill under the city of Tongguan.

Although Tongguan is known as the first Xiongguan in the Central Plains, there is a danger that a husband is not open, but in the end it is still built up by the city wall, the artillery of the Ming army is too powerful, and no one is confident that Tongguan can block the artillery fire of the Ming army. After all, Tongguan couldn't stop the red-coated cannons of the Qing army in Li Zicheng's era, and the cannons of the Ming army were much stronger than the red-coated cannons, and they were even more irresistible.

Near the Zhao Mansion at the east gate of Chang'an City.

The master of the Zhao Mansion is named Zhao Hong, and his position among the remnants of the traitors is only below the three families of Li, Pang, and He.

Zhao Hongzheng was pacing back and forth in the hall with a gloomy face, the Ming army did not accept any of their conditions at all, and only gave the promise of taking the initiative to surrender and be dissatisfied, so that even if he took the initiative to surrender with the Zhao family, he himself would die, although the old and young of the Zhao family would not necessarily die, but the Zhao family would definitely be confiscated all the family property and fall from then on, which was also unacceptable to him, so he was hesitating.

"Brother Zhao!" A general in his thirties in armor walked in with a sad face.

This person's name is Liu Jianwu, who is also a high-level traitor, his status is not much lower than Zhao Hong, and he has a good relationship with Zhao Hong.

Liu Jianwu was also worried, and his expression involuntarily showed a faint hesitation that was noticed by Zhao Hong.

Zhao Hong's heart was shocked, and he could see in an instant that Liu Jianwu was thinking the same thing as him.

"Brother Liu!" Zhao Hongqiang smiled and arched his hand at Liu Jianwu.

"Brother Zhao, you can still laugh at this time, I'll wait for the catastrophe to come!" Liu Jianwu looked defeated, and he didn't have the confidence to fight against the Ming army.

"Brother Liu, what do you mean by this?" Zhao Hong pretended to be deaf and dumb, pretending to be questionable.

"Brother Zhao, you, you, are you pretending to be stupid for my brother or what? The Ming army is storming Tongguan, I don't believe it won't be unaware, I want to come to the strength of the Ming army, it won't take long for Tongguan to be unable to hold it, and then the Ming army will enter Shaanxi, just with the hundreds of thousands of rabble in my hands to fight against the Ming army? Do you think it's possible? When the time comes, we will only have one way, and we will be connected by the nine clans! Liu Jianwu had to despair, just die by himself, and he would have to affect the whole family.

Liu Jianwu sighed to himself and continued: "Hey! I regret not listening to Fan Wencheng's dog thief's bewitchment at the beginning, otherwise we would not have such an end, not only will we be infamous as a traitor, but also forced to a dead end! ”

Liu Jianwu and Zhao Hong were originally strong in Hebei, because Zhu Ci's two holy decrees really hurt their interests, coupled with the demagogy of Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou, they believed that the Manchus would eventually get the world, so for the sake of the family's interests, they had a hot brain and recklessly took refuge in the Manchus.

Liu Jianwu regretted it, thinking that back then, if they didn't listen to Fan Wencheng's demagoguery, ignore the Manchu and the Ming, but sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, if the Manchu people won the world, they would take refuge in the Manchus at that time, although they would not get more benefits, but there would be no loss, and they didn't have to take any risks, if the Ming Dynasty won, they would obey the two holy decrees, and they would pay some land tax to the court in the future, and the rent of the heaven and earth would be a few percent, although the loss was relatively large, but the family was not unable to live, It will not be forced to a dead end today.

It's too late to regret it now, how can he not be sad!

Zhao Hong's expression flashed slightly, no longer testing Liu Jianwu's attitude, and suddenly smiled at Liu Jianwu: "It turns out that Brother Liu thinks like this, and I am the same, I regret not listening to Fan Wencheng's bewitchment of the dog thief, and now I am being forced to a dead end, and I am considering whether to take the initiative to surrender to Daming for the sake of the life of the family, and it is better for me to die alone than to drag the whole family to die together!" ”

Liu Jianwu was surprised: "Brother Zhao said this"

As soon as he heard Zhao Hong's words just now, Liu Jianwu knew Zhao Hong's attitude, and knew that Zhao Hong also had the idea of taking the initiative to surrender to the Ming Dynasty in order to protect the family.

Liu Jianwu was full of bitterness, how could he not be himself, the Ming army was so strong, it was impossible to stop it, and taking the initiative to give up resistance and surrender to the Ming army was the best choice at present, although he would not be pardoned, but the lives of the family could be saved, at least the family's incense would not be broken.

"Brother Zhao knows that if you do that, the two of us will die!" Liu Jianwu smiled bitterly, in fact, as soon as these words came out, a decision had already been made.

"How I don't know!" Saying this, Zhao Hong's face was gloomy, he was unwilling just now to hesitate, thinking of the best of both worlds, after this meeting of constant thinking, he finally thought of a way to have both.

Thinking of that method, Zhao Hong's eyes showed a hint of ruthlessness!

"Brother Liu, if I say that I have the best of both worlds, I can save the lives of you and me, and I can also save you and my family from being completely defeated, but you need to take a big risk, you dare to fight!" Zhao Hong looked at Liu Jianwu with a solemn expression.

The corners of Liu Jianwu's eyes jumped, his spirits were lifted, and he hurriedly grabbed Zhao Hong's arm: "Brother Zhao is not joking?" ”

"Brother Liu dares to fight!" Zhao Hong asked solemnly again, and at the same time his attitude showed that what he said was true, and he had a way to do both.

"Brother Zhao, please say, even if the brother goes up the sword mountain and goes down to the sea of fire, he will dare to fight!" Liu Jianwu gritted his teeth and said with a firm attitude. Although Zhao Hong said that he would take a certain risk, no danger was considered dangerous in terms of his life and the future of his family.

Zhao Hong nodded, pondered for a few breaths before he said with a hideous face: "The way is to kill Pang Kaishi, He Hongzhao and Li Jun, and open Chang'an City to welcome the Ming army before the arrival of the Ming army!" ”

Hearing Zhao Hong's so-called strategy, Liu Jianwu couldn't help but gasp, the most important thing is that it is too amazing, no wonder Zhao Hong will say that he wants to take a big risk, this is not only a big risk, it is simply fighting for the lives of the family.

If it succeeds, it will be enough, and everyone will be happy, but once it fails, their family will not wait for the arrival of the Ming army, and they will be wiped out by Pang Kaishi, He Hongzhao and Li Jun.

Liu Jianwu's face was changeable and hesitant.

"Brother Zhao is sure that after doing this, Da Ming will be able to let me go? You must know that the current emperor once famously said, if you want to kill all the most important people, how can you let me two go? Liu Jianwu had to hesitate, if they took the risk, the emperor would not admit it, and he would still kill them, but no one would save them.

"Brother Liu, rest assured, as long as we can really kill Pang Kaishi, He Hongzhao and Li Jun, the first Ming army arrived to open Chang'an City, and offered the heads of the three people, we will not only take the initiative to surrender, but also have great merit, no matter what kind of reason, the emperor will not kill us directly, even if it is impossible to give us a reward, but it is still possible to pardon our guilt, when the time comes, not only do the two of us not have to die, but the family wealth can also be saved, why not?" Zhao Hongjie said.

Zhao Hong said a certain amount of truth, Pang Kaishi, He Hongzhao and Li Jun are the highest level of the traitor army, and they are the most important task for the Ming Dynasty to destroy, if Zhao Hong and Liu Jianwu can join forces to destroy them first, and take the others to take the initiative to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, then with such a great achievement, the Ming Dynasty has no reason to kill them again.

"Brother Zhao feels a little sure of his hand?" Liu Jianwu asked again.

"Fifty percent!" Zhao Hong said without hesitation: "Although the three of them control most of the 120,000 troops in Chang'an City, the two of us also have nearly 20,000 troops, and if they launch a sudden sneak attack at the right time, the three of them may not be able to quickly mobilize an army to resist!" ”

Since he came up with such a solution, of course Zhao Hong had considered the possibility of success, otherwise he would not have said it.

Fifty percent! With a high success rate, you can give it a go!

"Good! Done! Either they die, or we die! Liu Jianwu gritted his teeth and said. Anyway, if they don't have soldiers, the two of them will die, rather than this, it is better to fight for their own lives and for the sake of their family, with a success rate of fifty percent, to fight a way out.

Immediately, Liu Jianwu and Zhao Hong conspired in the Zhao Mansion for nearly an hour and then quietly left.

As Liu Jianwu and Zhao Hong decided to rebel, the traitor army was in dire straits, and a riot brewed over Chang'an City.