When Zhang Kewang said that he had decided to surrender, all the soldiers in the city were stunned.

They considered many possibilities, but they didn't take them into account.

His beloved Emperor Onishi actually wants to surrender to the Tartars!

Most of the soldiers felt that they had been insulted, and their faces turned red.

The small number of people who remained breathed a sigh of relief.

Surrender will at least save their lives, and if they continue to fight, they will probably all die.

Zhang Kewang, of course, understood what it meant to surrender. Not only will he lose his identity as Emperor Onishi, but he will also lose the respect of his soldiers, and he will have to kneel on the ground and be a slave of the Tartars.

He heard that the life and death of being a slave are all in the mind of the master, and if the master is unhappy, he can kill his slave at any time.

But what if you don't surrender?

What's the point of fighting to the end?

Zhang Kewang is still young, and he doesn't want to die.

After the order was delivered, the hands of the officers and men of the Onishi Army froze, and there was a deathly silence in the air.

Zhang Kewang couldn't stand it anymore, and took the lead in walking down the city to order the soldiers to open the city gate.

He led his soldiers to kneel on the ground to welcome the Qing army into the city.

Bolo, who was watching the game from a distance, was directly stupid, what was going on?

Hong Chengchou was also stunned.

It stands to reason that the Western Army is completely still fighting, why did Kaicheng surrender?

"Mr. Hong, there won't be any fraud in this, right?"

Bolo asked suspiciously.

It's no wonder he asked, the timing of Zhang Kewang's surrender is really weird.

"Lord Belle, don't worry, we can ask Zhang Kewang to go out of the city and surrender."

Hong Chengchou can be described as a scheming man, in his opinion, as long as Zhang Kewang goes out of the city and surrenders, then the Qing army will not be in any danger.

Even if Zhang Kewang decided to strike a violent blow, he would never be the opponent of the Qing army.

However, it is not necessary to be surrendered in the city, Zhang Kewang can be arranged in advance, and use the advantage of numbers to form a local advantage of fighting more or even crushing.

Therefore, the Qing army can accept Zhang Kewang's surrender, but it must be out of the city to surrender.

This is also an expression of the sincerity of Toucheng, and I believe that Zhang Kewang will not refuse.

Bolo nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's good, that's good." ”

He paused for a moment and then continued: "Ben Beile thinks that Zhang Kewang is also a useful talent, which will be of great help to us to pacify the rest of Sichuan. ”

He got to the point.

The Western Army's control of Sichuan was concentrated in Chengdu and its surroundings, Baoning, Jianchang and other places.

As for Chuandong, it was in the hands of the Ming army.

Now Baoning can be regarded as taking it, and after taking Chengdu again, the next target of the Qing army is Jianchang.

Jianchang itself is not as important as that of eastern Sichuan, but it is an important point to Yunnan, and its geographical location is very important.

If the Qing army takes Jianchang, it will become very convenient to attack Yunnan in the future.

"Lord Belle is wise, so we should appease Zhang Kewang."

Zhang Kewang himself does not have much integrity, as long as he can promise benefits, I believe he will be willing to do things for the Qing Dynasty.

However, Zhang Dingguo, another general in the Western Army, made Hong Chengchou a little worried.

This person is not only very capable, but also stubborn, and it is not easy to recruit him.

Of course, the most important thing at the moment is to recruit Zhang Kewang and incorporate the surrendered Western Army.

The western army in the city had at least tens of thousands of people, and after being incorporated into the Green Battalion Army, it was a great supplement to the strength of the Qing army.

Hong Chengchou knew very well that this kind of thing was to be done by Bolo, so he admonished Bolo: "Lord Belle, please also preside over the surrender ceremony in person. ”

Bolo bowed slightly: "Okay." ”

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The Qing army proposed that Zhang Kewang go out of the city and surrender.

In this regard, Zhang Kewang has nothing to say.

Now that it has been decided to surrender, face doesn't matter.

People are knives and I am fish and meat, and knives are in the hands of others, what else can he do but choose to obey?

In order to express the sincerity of surrender, Zhang Kewang even took off his shirt and exposed his chest and abdomen, and tied thorns on his back, and ordered his own soldiers to tie their hands behind their backs, and decided to come to take the thorn and ask for forgiveness from the commander of the Qing army.

In order to survive, he did everything, and his face was nothing.

Although his personal soldiers were unhappy, they could only choose to obey.

They and Zhang Kewang are both prosperous and loss-making. Since Zhang Kewang had already chosen to surrender to the Qing, they naturally had to comply.

After the entire Great Western Army took the initiative to disarm, they went out of the city one after another.

After reaching the place specified by the Qing army, they fell to their knees one after another, with their hands behind their backs.

The Qing soldiers stepped forward one after another and tied the hands of the Western soldiers with ropes.

According to the rules, these surrendered captives were not immediately assigned to the Green Battalion Army, but were subject to strict screening.

Those with ill intentions were found to be killed.

Although the Qing army was very eager for the replenishment of soldiers, it also understood the principle that it would rather be lacking than excessive.

If there is instability in the army, it is really terrible.

As for Zhang Kewang's life and death, it is naturally decided by Bolo.

I saw Bolo striding in front of Zhang Kewang and drew his saber with a whoosh.

Zhang Kewang lowered his head at the moment, his nervous heart pounding.

What did the commander of the Qing army do with his sword? Are you going to kill him?

Zhang Kewang felt a sadness in his heart and felt a deep despair.

Just as he felt the end of the day, Bolo swung his knife and cut the rope that bound his hands.

Yes!

It turned out that the commander of the Qing army didn't want to kill him!

Zhang Kewang felt a burst of ecstasy.

He kowtowed desperately to Bolo, and said like a Manchurian: "The slave thanks the master for not killing him, and thanks the master for his kindness." ”

He knocked several times in a row, still feeling a little uncomfortable, and actually climbed up in front of Bolo and kissed Bolo's boots.

Zhang Kewang's move made Bolo a little embarrassed, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

It was Hong Chengchou who stepped forward to relieve the siege and said: "General Zhang knows that mistakes can improve the great way, and Lord Baylor knows how to make good use of people, and he will definitely not treat you badly." ”

"Ah, yes, yes! Ben Baylor is most interested in a talent like General Zhang. As long as you do your best to do things for the Qing Dynasty, Ben Baylor will not treat you badly. ”

Bolo immediately followed the conversation.

Zhang Kewang let out a sigh of relief.

He's safe for now.

He was anxious to please Bolo, so he gritted his teeth and said: "The slave was blinded by the thief for a while, and he actually recognized the thief as his father. Thanks to the arrival of the master with his troops, the slave recognized the true face of the thief. This surname slave will never be used again, and please ask the master to give the surname. ”

Hearing this, Bolo frowned.

This Zhang Kewang is shameless. Zhang Xianzhong is dead, he should restore his original surname, how can there be a reason to ask someone to give him a surname.

What's more, giving a surname to such a person, Bolo still feels that the given surname is dirty.

"Why doesn't General Zhang revert to his original surname? Ben Baylor thinks it's best. ”

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