After thinking for a while, Hu Zhen ordered someone to arrange for the messenger to rest in his mansion, and then negotiated with several of his most trusted military commanders and captains.

Most of the people were illiterate, and Hu Zhen read the letter again, and everyone was shocked by the same expression as Hu Zhen at the beginning.

Hu Zhen asked, "What do you think about this?" ”

Everyone was very excited, and they discussed it with nonsense, some people scolded Cheng Lian for being cunning, some people scolded Cao Cao for being treacherous, and after venting, everyone calmed down and looked at Hu Zhen, hoping that he could give an answer.

Hu Zhen knew that these people were rough people and would not have good plans, as long as they could be with him, so he said: "We have no way to retreat, Dangyang County and the surrounding counties have been occupied, even if we retreat now, it will be too late; If we surrender, we will also be like Cheng Lian, announcing to the public that we are dead in battle, and it will not affect our families; If he does not surrender, Cao Cao will definitely try to spread his surrender letter to the city, which will definitely cause chaos in the city, and even kill each other, and we will still be dead. ”

Although the officers were illiterate, they were not stupid, if Cao Cao spread the information of surrender, each surrendered soldier was given 100 acres of fertile land, 100 people were 200 acres of fertile land, and the prince was 400 acres of fertile land, there would be a large number of officers and soldiers willing to surrender, and there would be civil strife with those who were unwilling to surrender, so they scolded Cao Cao for treacherous.

No one doubted Cao Cao's promise to distribute fertile land, because there was a large amount of fertile land in Nanyang County alone that was uncultivated, and even if it was distributed according to Cao Cao's promised amount, it would only account for a very small proportion.

The fertile land could only be cultivated to provide taxes for the government, otherwise it would have to be wasted, and they believed that Cao Cao had done so for his own benefit.

Everyone couldn't think of a good way, so they had to express their position, and they would support Hu Zhen whatever choice he made; The distribution of 800 acres of fertile land at the rank of captain made these military commanders and captains also very excited.

With the support of these people, Hu Zhen had the confidence to finally make a decision to surrender to Cao Cao, so he brought all the officers to see the attitude of the others, and if there were opponents, he could get rid of them in advance.

Still like just now, Hu Zhen first read Cao Cao's persuasion book, and then consulted everyone's opinions.

Risking one's life to become a soldier, mainly to have enough to eat, to survive, now that there is no need to fight, and to get so much arable land, who can refuse the temptation? Many people have fought for half their lives, and they don't have so many constant births.

With so much arable land, will there still be a shortage of wives and children?

Unsurprisingly, most of them did not directly say surrender, but promised to support any decision made by Hu.

Hu Zhen did not go into a long speech, but only mentioned that Li Meng, who surrendered to the Gaoshun forces, is now a Sima of another department, and his treatment is better than before.

Everyone understood what Hu Zhen meant and resolutely supported his decision.

Hu Zhen hurriedly wrote a letter back to Cao Cao, claiming that he could surrender, but he also wanted to surrender to the champion like Cheng Lian, and temporarily concealed the information of the surrender of the officers and soldiers to protect the families of the officers and soldiers in Changsha; And he doesn't want good land, just let him go back to his hometown; The people who demanded the Champion Hou came to accept their surrender.

He believes that the credibility of the champion Hou is higher, and the safety of surrendering the champion Hou is higher, for fear of accidents; After all, Cheng Lian has already executed it once, and he only needs to follow the pattern of the last time, and there will be no mistakes.

Cao Cao was overjoyed to be convinced, if he won two cities and nearly 70,000 officers and soldiers without a fight, he would be the first merit, and he would definitely attract Gao Shun's attention, which was very beneficial to the Cao family and the Xiahou family.

So, he immediately sent someone to Luoyang again to ask Feng Yong, the captain of Sili, for instructions; This matter must be carried out by Gao Shun's forces, otherwise, relying only on the power of Yingchuan County, he does not have such a large financial resource to feed so many people, and if things change in the future, it will be difficult for him to control it.

Wei Yan could only smile bitterly, this time he was full of confidence, but the combat exploits he got were not worth mentioning.

Jiang Qinzi was very happy, and if he obtained hundreds of large and small ships at a time, the strength of his naval army would be raised to a higher level.

Chen Gong sighed in his heart, it is good to enjoy the shade with his back against the big tree, if it is not for the name of the champion Hou, if he wants to conquer these two cities, he will either have countless casualties or it will take a long time; No wonder Champion Hou's power has developed so rapidly, these people are willing to surrender to Champion Hou, because Gao Shun does not like innocent killing, and has established a good reputation, that is, those Yellow Turban thieves back then, as long as they surrendered, they were all well settled, and at the same time, Gao Shun also gained their loyalty and strengthened his own strength.

Feng Yong was very happy, and added tens of thousands of laborers, so he sent Lu Min and Zang Ba to accept their surrender; He believes that the people of Liangzhou are from Liangzhou, and they can gain the favor of those Liangzhou people; Zang Ba is old and serious, and it is easier to gain the trust of the other party than other generals.

The last time he asked Zhang Liao to accept the surrender of Cheng Lian's troops, it was because Zhang Liao was from Bingzhou, and his master was Zhao Xiong, the pastor of Bingzhou, so he could gain the trust of Cheng Lian and others.

The people of the Koji were very happy to take over this errand, which could greatly strengthen the influence of the Koji family in Liangzhou.

The army quickly moved south, heading straight for Fancheng; Feng Yong decided to restore the structure of several counties first, so as to facilitate the arrangement of Jingzhou officers and soldiers who surrendered.

After listening to the opinions of Cao Cao, Chen Gong and others, Zang Ba decided to enter Xiangyang City and discuss carefully with Hu Zhen, after all, it involves 70,000 people, and it is impossible to surrender with a single letter, and some details must be explained clearly.

Originally, the people wanted to go together, but Zang Ba refused; Cao Cao and the others also felt that it was impossible for Hu Zhen to make a move against Gao Shun's people, so they did not dissuade them.

Hu Zhen was very surprised by Zang Ba's arrival, but he was very moved, this is Zang Ba's trust in him, and immediately set up a banquet to entertain him, and all the military horses and captains came to accompany him.

After three rounds of drinking, Zang Ba said in order to reassure everyone: "You can rest assured, for example, the Baben bandit, who will not be abandoned by the lord, is now the position of Zhonglang General; Many officers like Ba served under the lord, many of them were born in the Yellow Turban Army, and surrendered to the lord after being captured, and many people have been promoted to Zhonglang generals, that is, bandits, and many people are Zhonglang generals; As long as you have the strength, the lord will never bury your talents. ”

Gao Shun's reputation is very familiar to everyone, surrendering Gao Shun will not only not be killed, but the talented will also get the opportunity to be promoted, even ordinary people, will also be well placed, by Zhonglang Zang Ba on behalf of Gao Shun to give them a promise, they can rest assured.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Zang Ba announced on behalf of Feng Yong: "The officers and soldiers from Jingzhou can stay in Nanyang County, and the officers and soldiers from Liangzhou can stay if they want to stay, and those who are willing to return to their hometowns can also do so, but the land in their hometowns is not as fertile as here, and the number is not so much; Those who are willing to continue to join the army are welcome, even if they join the army, they will not let you fight against the Taishi, but you can go to Yongzhou, where the war is tight; If you are a water army, you will be admitted on the basis of merit. ”

There was an urgent shortage of people in the local area to cultivate, and there were few wars in Jiangbei after that, so the infantry was no longer expanded, and all the officers and soldiers from Jingzhou settled down for the people, which was Feng Yong's decision.

Everyone was overjoyed, especially the officers and soldiers from Liangzhou, who could not only distribute land, but also continue to serve in the army, and if they went to Yongzhou, they would have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions; So the officers from Liangzhou took the lead in expressing their willingness to accept surrender.

Someone takes the lead, and things go much smoother.

Subsequently, Zang Ba discussed some details with everyone, and reached an agreement with everyone on the surrender.