Chapter Fifty-Eight: Surrender

Xiao Baokun's 120,000 army is stationed in Anding, the rebels from all walks of life in the Guanlong area are frightened by Xiao Baokun, they are ready to wait and see first, many of them are not strong but secretly ready to surrender, the last hope of the rebels is Hu Chen, if Hu Chen is also beaten badly like Mo Niansheng's brothers, I am afraid that the rebels in the Guanlong area will collapse in an instant.

Hu Chen's general, Wan Qian Chounu, was stationed in the northwest direction of Anding with soldiers and horses, and the rebels were mostly cavalry, which was relatively mobile, and could not only send light troops to harass the officers and soldiers at any time, but also did not have to worry too much about the sneak attack of the imperial court soldiers and horses.

Whether it is Xiao Baokun, who is ambitious and talented, or Cui Yanbo, who is extremely brave, after they experienced a series of victories against Mo Zhiniansheng, their morale is high, and the rebels from all walks of life are vulnerable in their eyes, and after Xiao and the other armies that have just gathered adapt to each other, Baochun is ready to give the righteous army a fatal blow.

"My lord, our army is now in full swing, and this is a good time to finish its work, although the last general is not talented, he is willing to be the vanguard of the army!" Cui Yanbo has long been annoyed by the harassment of Wan Qian's ugly slave cavalry every day, and this fierce general brother can't wait to fight now.

"General Cui doesn't have to be modest, your bravery has few opponents in the world, and the position of vanguard is better than you, but we and General Lu's soldiers and horses have just converged, so it's better to let the troops be more familiar with each other!" Xiao Baochun also looked down on the rebels very much, and now he had the idea of raising thieves to respect himself, of course he didn't want to quell the Guanlong Rebellion so quickly.

After listening to Xiao Baokun's words, Lu Zuqian secretly pouted on the side, Lu Zuqian thought to himself that the troops had just converged, but any familiarity was just an excuse, and after a few days of familiarization, his team would have to be eaten clean by Xiao Baokun, and Lu Zuqian found that his rescue to Xiao Baokun was really luring the wolf into the room.

However, Lu Zuqian could only silently discuss in his heart, Xiao Baochun's status was much higher than him, and the main thing was that Xiao Baochun's appearance and bearing were extraordinary, this kind of person was born to win over people's politicians, especially those low-level officers and generals, who really ate him, and were moved to tears by his appearance as a corporal of Lixian......

Cui Yanbo is a war maniac, he doesn't have as much thought as Lu Zuqian, and he doesn't bother to sum it up, Cui Yanbo stroked his beard and said proudly: "Don't hide it from your lord!" I secretly asked the soldiers to create a weapon with which we would be able to win easily, and we should not worry if our troops were not fully adapted to each other! ”

"Oh? What kind of weapon is it, Ben Shuai is very interested! Xiao Baokun's eyes lit up when he heard that there were powerful weapons, and he said in his heart: Now that he has his own soldiers and horses at his fingertips, if he has a good weapon, he can do a great thing!

Cui Yanbo triumphantly led everyone to his barracks, only to see that there were countless huge shields here, each of these shields was more than a meter high, and it was very difficult for soldiers with poor physique to hold it alone, Xiao Baokun also frowned when he saw it, "This shield is so difficult to use, what if it can break the enemy?" ”

"Ming Gong, please look at the inside of the shield!" Cui Yanbo pretended to be Xuanxuandao.

Xiao Baochun observed the inside of the shield when he heard this, and found that there was a lock post, "What is this?" ”

"Lord Qiqi, these shields can be connected together, they are specially designed to restrain the cavalry of the thief army, and our grain and grass can be placed in it to avoid being attacked by the enemy. Cui Yanbo said confidently.

"Okay, with such a sharp weapon, why don't you break the thief army, send an order to the three armies, and set out tomorrow to fight against the thieves!" Xiao Baochun saw that Cui Yanbo was full of confidence, and felt that if he deliberately delayed again, it would inevitably damage the morale of the army, so he agreed to go on the expedition.

"My lord! I heard that Wan Qian and Hu Chen already have contradictions, why not separate them, maybe it can reduce unnecessary war consumption! Xingtai Langzhong Su Zhan suggested.

"It seems that Wan Qian Chounu was just ordered to be whipped by Hu Chen because it was not good for us to fight, could it be that they had other contradictions before?" Xiao Baochun asked curiously.

"Lord Qiyu, that Hu Chen once put Helian under house arrest, this Helian and the ugly slave are both Huns, and the relationship is also quite good, and the most important thing is that Hu Chen's hand has made many meritorious people under him a little chilled, so I persuaded the adults to use tricks, even if it doesn't work, there is no harm!" Su Zhan continued to persuade.

"The scholar's opinion is foolish!" Seeing that Xiao Baochun agreed to go on the expedition, Cui Yanbo was excited just now, but after such a while, someone poured cold water, how could he not be angry, "Now the momentum of the army is like a rainbow, if it is delayed any longer, how can the morale be gone, how can we fight, and if we treat the thieves, we should exterminate them with the momentum of thunder, if the court does not establish prestige, the front foot of the army will just leave, they will inevitably rebel again!" ”

"This is not true, the prestige of the country is not determined by the prestige of the army, and those who win the hearts of the people win the world rely on the ......!" Su Zhan was just about to give these ruffians a political lesson, but was stopped by Xiao Baokun's words.

"I understand what Master Su means! The so-called grace and power, to deal with these thieves, you have to beat them first, haha, I have made up my mind, everyone go and prepare! Xiao Baochun said with a smile.

"Humph!" Cui Yanbo snorted coldly when he passed by Su Zhan's side, and then slowly left, and Lu Zuqian and the others also dispersed.

"My lord, why didn't you just let me explain?" Su Zhan did not leave, he stayed alone to question Xiao Baochu.

"Lord Su! Do you expect to reason with these veteran oilers? How can they understand so much, of course it is the best policy to surrender the army without a fight, but our expedition is very expensive for a long time, and the people in the Guanlong area are fierce, and it is difficult for us to convince the rebels without the prestige of the imperial court! Xiao Baochun patiently explained.

Xiao Baochun attaches great importance to Su Zhan, and he feels that if he can regain the glory of the Xiao family one day, with Su Zhan's ability, he will not lose money as a prime minister by his side.

Of course, Su Zhan didn't know Xiao Baokun's thoughts, he usually had great respect for Xiao Baokun, who was born noble and extraordinary, and this time he felt that what Xiao Baochun said was quite reasonable, so he didn't ask more.

The next day, Xiao Baochun sent Cui Yanbo as the forward, and he personally led the army to the rear of the palace, with more than 100,000 boundless soldiers, and the mighty departure of the imperial army of course could not hide from Wan Qian Chounu and others, and the righteous army immediately lined up to prepare for the battle.

Cui Yanbo ordered the troops to connect the big shields together to form a city wall, and called it Paicheng, so that their soldiers and horses were outside the baggage, as Paicheng slowly approached the righteous army, when the two armies were not far apart, the righteous army suddenly had hundreds of cavalry running over with letters, they claimed that they were the personal soldiers of Wan Qian Chou Nu, and came to surrender in the name of his general.

The leader of the soldiers looked like he was in his teens, but he immediately bowed down and stood after dismounting, holding the letter flat on his chest with both hands, waiting for the court to send someone to pick it up, Cui Yanbo also heard the news of the feud between Wan Qian Chounu and Hu Chen, and saw that the other party was not suspicious at all, and laughed: "This thief is still wise, someone came to take the letter!" ”

Xiao Baochun also began to despise the righteous army after defeating Mo Zhetian, he and Cui Yanbo did not have the slightest doubt, the main general and the vanguard had such a mentality, and of course the soldiers immediately slackened.

If he didn't let his guard down, I'm afraid that only Su Zhan would be the only one who observed for a while, and after observing for a while, he suddenly found that something was wrong, and immediately said: "Why do you need to send so many people to surrender, and they are all fully armed, and the swords have never left their bodies, my lord, please send someone to inform General Cui, don't be careless!" ”

After being reminded by Su Zhan, Xiao Baochun also found that something was wrong, and before he could speak, there was a sudden bang in the northeast, and he saw that Su Qin Mingda, the general under Wan Qian Chounu, had already covered up with his men and horses.

The young man who delivered the letter had already turned over and got on his horse, and immediately led his men to rush to kill, of course the young man was Chen Yu, as for the hundreds of people that Chen Yu brought were all carefully selected warriors by the righteous army, the imperial army that these hundreds of soldiers and horses actually killed was chaotic, and at this time, Wan Qian Chou Nu and Yu Chi Bodhisattva also led the army to cover up from the front.