As early as when Wu Chaoyue had not yet left Nanjing, the letters persuading Yang Yuanqing and Yang Fuqing to surrender had been taken out of Nanjing by messengers selected from Yang Youqing's surrender and sent to Yang Yuanqing and Yang Fuqing's army respectively. As for the other Taiping army Ji Wenyuan who was active on the battlefield in Shandong, because Wu Chaoyue knew very well that his character would never surrender, he didn't bother to do it.

Relying on the familiarity with the road and the garrisons along the way, the two subordinates who followed Yang Youqing to surrender to Wu moved quickly, and it only took about ten days to rush to the Xuzhou area, and found the two armies of Yang Yuanqing and Yang Fuqing, who had been confronting each other here for a long time. And because the news that Nanjing City has been broken by the Wu army has reached Xuzhou, Yang Fuqing, who is worried that the old nest Yangzhou has been copied, has also begun to retreat slowly, and Yang Yuanqing, who deeply hates Yang Fuqing's betrayal of Yang Xiuqing, took the opportunity to chase and kill, so the war is not over, and the two messengers of the Wu army have also been regarded as spies in the Taiping army, and it took a lot of effort to make Yang Yuanqing and Yang Fuqing's soldiers believe in their identities.

Let's take a look at Yang Fuqing's reaction first, and after carefully reading Wu Chaoyue's surrender conditions, Yang Fuqing was not polite, and immediately sneered: "Sanpin general, save life and property, reward three thousand taels of silver, and also incorporate my army?" Beyond the little demon is enough to cut the door, such an insincere condition, and also surrender to him with my army and territory? ”

"Guozong, King Zhennan is really sincere to you." The messenger of Wu Jun persuaded: "At present, although you have a heavy army in your hands and occupy the big city of Yangzhou, no matter how many soldiers and horses you have, can you have more troops than the loyal king Chitose?" No matter how big and strong Yangzhou City is, can it be as big and so strong as Tianjing City? If the king of Zhennan wants to, he can send troops to take Yangzhou at any time, and it is already good that he can offer you such conditions. ”

"Li Xiucheng can't beat the Transcendence Little Demon, Lao Tzu may not be able to beat it, Lao Tzu is loyal to the Kingdom of Heaven and Long Live the Heavenly King, how can he easily surrender to the Transcendence Little Demon?" Yang Fuqing was full of swear words and contradicted himself, and then said: "Go back and tell the little demon that you want me to submit to him, it's not that it can't be discussed, but the conditions he offered are not good." ”

"Then what conditions do you want?" The Wu Jun messenger hurriedly asked.

After thinking about it for a while, Yang Fuqing opened his mouth and said: "First of all, I have to be named a first-class admiral, I must be a real position, don't use a false title to shake me." Then I will keep all the armies under my own command. As for the reward, it is better to say that 3,000 taels is 3,000 taels, but I have to help me with some military salaries and food, at least half a year's military salary. ”

"Guozong, this ......." The Wu Jun messenger smiled bitterly and said, "Isn't the asking price a little too high?" ”

"If you think I want a high price, don't come to me, let's talk on the battlefield." Yang Fuqing replied confidently and domineeringly, and said: "But if you want to recruit me at that time, the price code will definitely be different." Okay, you can go, for the sake of Yang Youqing as my brother, let you go this time. ”

Let's take a look at the situation on Yang Yuanqing's side, unlike Yang Fuqing, who is arrogant and arrogant and directly talks about the conditions, after seeing the Wu Jun messenger, Yang Yuanqing didn't even look at the letter of surrender, he just inquired about Yang Xiuqing's situation, and when he learned that Yang Xiuqing had been strangled to death and the other two brothers had been killed, Yang Yuanqing also cried loudly, and kowtowed again and again in the direction of Nanjing, blaming himself for being incompetent, failing to return to Nanjing to rescue his brother and brother, others persuaded him for a long time, Yang Yuanqing was still crying bitterly.

And then, after carefully reading Wu Chaoyue's surrender letter under the reminder of his subordinates, Yang Yuanqing, who had always had no opinions, remained silent for a long time, neither bargaining with Wu Jun, nor clearly refusing. The messenger of Wu Jun took the opportunity to speak, and said: "Guozong, the king of Zhennan still wants to bring you a message, the king of Zhennan said that although he and your brother Dongwang Jiuqiantose have never met, he has always regarded Dongwang Jiuqiansui as a confidant and brother, although Dongwang Jiuqiantose colluded with the Qing demon to betray him in the end, he did not blame Dongwang, and personally said that if he was in the position of Dongwang Jiuqian, he would definitely do it like Dongwang Jiuqiansui, so Zhennan Wang did not have the slightest complaint about Dongwang Jiuqiansui. ”

"King Zhennan, he still regrets that he couldn't break through Tianjing earlier and rescued Dongwang Jiuqiansui in time, so Zhennan King said, as long as you surrender to him, he will definitely not treat you badly, Dongwang helped him before he was 9,000 years old, he wants to return all the favors to you, so that your Yang family will be prosperous for life."

Wu Jun's eloquence as a messenger is not bad, and his persuasion is quite emotional, and at the same time, Yang Yuanqing, who is surrounded by enemies on all sides, is also in a difficult situation, and must make a choice as soon as possible, but unfortunately Yang Yuanqing is a person who has no idea, hesitated for a long time and couldn't make up his mind, and finally said: "You go down first, I'll think about it, and then send someone to see you when I have the result." ”

Yang Yuanqing didn't think about it, but there were twists and turns after a little thought, and within a few days, Yang Yuanqing's army had just chased and killed Yang Fuqing's army to Suqian, Luo Bingzhang's henchman Liu Rong's younger brother Liu Fan, came to Yang Yuanqing with Luo Bingzhang's handwritten letter, and presented a letter to persuade Yang Yuanqing to surrender to the Qing army, and also skillfully provoked the hatred between the Yang brothers and Wu Chaoyue, and tried his best to encourage Yang Yuanqing to lead the army to surrender to the Qing army, and join forces with the Qing army to avenge Yang Xiuqing.

“…… General Yang, think about how many of your comrades and brothers have died at the hands of Wu Chaoyue's traitors over the years? We and you are fighting to the death on the battlefield, each for its own master, and we have to fight to the death. But Wu Chaoyue was treacherous and despicable to that traitor, while brutally slaughtering your soldiers and brothers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, while secretly preserving his strength, using your strength to strengthen his army, and pretending to join forces with you, in fact, he instigated you to fight a tough battle with us, so that your two armies would fight and lose both, and he could sit back and enjoy his success. ”

"Brother Dongwang fell for him, the two Northern Expeditions were all losses and heavy losses, and the time you went north by sea, you were almost wiped out. But the little demon deliberately stood still, refused to provide you with any support, and finally took the opportunity to meet you, just to take the opportunity to eliminate the main cavalry force of our Qing court, and also wanted to take the opportunity to destroy your remnants, fortunately you were well guarded at the time, Wu Chaoyue did not dare to make a move. ”

"Brother Dongwang finally secretly joined forces with us, and it was also because he saw through the treacherous face of Wu Chaoyue's traitor, and knew that Wu Chaoyue's traitor would attack him sooner or later, so he had to strike preemptively and chose to join forces with us to destroy the thief. General Yang, you are the second brother of the East King, the East King was so deceived and played by Wu Chaoyue traitors, as a human brother, shouldn't you avenge your brother? ”

"General Yang, don't forget, your Yang family has a common enmity with Wu Chaoyue's traitors! Your brother Yang Xiuqing sent people to Shanghai to hunt down and kill Wu Chaoyue's only son of a traitor, and almost killed his own grandfather, just by virtue of this, Wu Chaoyue's traitor will definitely not let you go! If you fool into believing his rhetoric, you will end up worse than your brother! ”

After gushing for a long time, Liu Fan listed the conditions for Luo Bingzhang's surrender - Yang Yuanqing was appointed as a first-class admiral, rewarded with a single-eyed flower feather, rewarded with a yellow coat, and given Baturu, and rewarded with 20 pieces of jade, 10 Dongzhu, and 10 slaves (beauties). In addition, Liu Fan also promised to reconcile the contradictions between Yang Yuanqing and Ji Wenyuan, so that Yang Yuanqing, who had been troubled by Ji Wenyuan, would have no worries about the future.

The Manchu court is at the end of the road, and Yang Yuanqing, the Manchu official position promised by Luo Bingzhang, is of course not very interested, and at the same time, the prosperous collection of gold in troubled times, the jewelry and jade that Luo Bingzhang promised to give are not worth a few silvers in this era, and Yang Yuanqing, who is not stupid, is also very aware of this in his heart. However, Liu Fan reminded that Wu Chaoyue would settle accounts with Yang Yuanqing after the autumn, but it really hit him on the key point - Yang Yuanqing knew too well how many dirty things Yang Xiuqing had done to Wu Chaoyue, so he was naturally afraid that Wu Chaoyue would say one thing and do another, first trick him into putting down his weapon and surrendering with sweet words, and then slaughter him with a knife!

It was precisely because of this worry that Yang Yuanqing did not dare to refuse Liu Fan's surrender, so he could only hesitate and say: "Let me think about it, and I'll tell you when I have the result." ”

Knowing that it would not be so easy to surrender, Liu Fan did not force Yang Yuanqing to make a decision immediately, but just nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll wait for your good news, General Yang." But General Yang, I must remind you again, your time is running out. Wu thief has taken Jiangning, or it won't be long before he will wave his army to the east, and the army will come to Yangzhou, once Yang Fuqing surrenders to Wu thief, he will definitely march north again, Yang Fuqing has a grudge against you, Wu Chaoyue traitor also hates you to the bone, maybe he will give birth to the idea of borrowing a knife to kill people, deliberately indulge Yang Fuqing to kill you to take revenge, and indirectly avenge him, this is beyond the little demon's forte, and it is a sure thing. ”

Thinking of the festivals between himself and the traitor of the Yang family, Yang Fuqing, Yang Yuanqing subconsciously shivered again, and his heart became more and more shaken, but fortunately, Yang Yuanqing did not immediately make up his mind, and said: "Thank you Mr. Liu for your teachings, come here, please Mr. Liu go to the pavilion to rest, be hospitable, and don't be lazy." ”

"You don't have to do it at the inn." Liu Fan thanked him and said: "General Yang, there is still a reluctant request in the next place, and all hopes will come true, and I want to borrow a road from General Yang's defense area to go south, go to Yangzhou to meet General Yang Fuqing, and persuade him to surrender to our Qing court." Here in Xuzhou, there will be a deputy left in the next to wait for the general to make your decision, General Yang, if you have any requirements or make up your mind, you can contact the deputy at any time. ”

"Mr. Liu, do you still want to recruit Yang Fuqing?" Yang Yuanqing asked in surprise.

"Of course, as long as it is an enemy of Wu thieves, our Qing court will never be stingy with official rewards." Liu Fan replied calmly, and said: "Please rest assured General Yang, this matter is also beneficial to you, if you can persuade General Yang Fuqing to also return to the imperial court and defect to the royal division, your southern line will not only be able to sit back and relax immediately, but also rely on Yang Fuqing to block the Wu thief's army, and will no longer be threatened by the southern front." ”

Of course, Yang Yuanqing would not refuse such a good thing as driving wolves and fighting tigers, and immediately agreed to borrow the road, but Liu Fan had an idea, hurriedly thanked him, and said inch by inch: "General Yang, now the Huaibei area is in chaos, bandits are rampant, and the road is not safe enough, if you can, can you please send a small army to escort you to Yangzhou in the south?" Of course, the cost of this army's journey will be borne by the subordinates. ”

"This matter is easy to do, you don't need Mr. Liu to break the bank, I will send thirty soldiers to protect you to the south, and send you directly to the edge of Yang Fuqing's defense area." Yang Yuanqing agreed, but he didn't notice the smug smile on the corner of Liu Fan's mouth after thanking him again.

In this way, at Liu Fan's request, Yang Yuanqing really sent thirty soldiers to protect Liu Fan to go south to recruit Yang Fuqing, but when he was on the road, although Yang Yuanqing was still quite sober, he asked the escort soldiers in advance to keep Liu Fan's identity strictly secret, so as not to reveal and shake the army's heart, but he couldn't resist Liu Fan's silver Dafa to buy people's hearts, so soon, the thirty escort soldiers quickly became one with Liu Fan, and treated Liu Fan as a relative. But fortunately, Liu Fan did not deliberately swagger and attract attention on the way south, and never did anything to embarrass the escort sergeant, he was always happy and amiable.

In the end, when he arrived at the bank of the Yellow River, only one river away from Yang Fuqing's control, Liu Fan made a small request to Yang Yuanqing's escort soldiers - hoping to wear Manchu official uniforms and go to Yang Fuqing's defense area to show his special status. The grassroots generals of Yang Yuanqing's army, who led the team to escort Liu Fan south, saw that there was no one around, and that it was only one or two miles away from Yang Fuqing's defense area, so they agreed to Liu Fan's request. Liu Fan thanked him happily, quickly changed into the five-grade official uniform that Luo Bingzhang asked for for himself, and asked his entourage to put on a white flag, and then continued to go south under the escort of Yang Yuanqing's sergeants, and appeared in front of Yang Fuqing's army swaggeringly in Manchu official uniforms.

It is conceivable that Liu Fan did this sensation, when he saw Liu Fan wearing a Manchu official uniform appear on the north bank of the Yellow River, the first reaction of the generals and soldiers of Yang Fuqing's army was that they couldn't believe their eyes, and repeatedly rubbed their eyes and saw clearly that it was Yang Yuanqing's soldiers who protected Liu Fan's southward movement, and the generals and soldiers of Yang Fuqing's army exclaimed, "Heavenly Father, Emperor God!" Am I dreaming? The people on Yang Yuanqing's side, how did they protect the Qing Demon officials? Did Yang Yuanqing surrender to the Qing Demon?! ”

And then, Liu Fan sent his entourage to the nearest place with a white flag, and directly explained his identity and intention to persuade Yang Fuqing to return to the Manchu court, Yang Fuqing's sergeants guarding the border of course did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly greeted Liu Fan's entry in accordance with the rules, while hurriedly reporting the situation to his superiors, and the news was quickly sent to Yangzhou through a fast horse and reported to Yang Fuqing. As a result, Yang Fuqing was also taken aback when he heard this, and blurted out: "Yang Yuanqing sent someone to send a demon official? Could it be that he has already surrendered to the Qing Demon? If he surrenders to the Qing Demon, how can I bargain with the demon soldiers? ”