Zhang Chu ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up and the mines laid on the road in the direction of Luliang were raised. In fact, there were not many troops of the security army on the way home, but many newly produced mines were laid in Yanchang County. This kind of mine is a major improvement over the previous one, and the ignition device has been changed from a fire rope to flint, which can be buried for a long time, unlike in the past, when the fire rope burned out after a while, it became ineffective. Unexpectedly, he frightened the officers and soldiers, and directly made the entire army surrender.

The prisoners of the official army were escorted back to Zhongyang County, and as they passed through the city, Sun Qianhu looked at the besieging security forces and was even more convinced that his decision to raise the white flag was correct. The security army has 2,000 troops outside Zhongyang County, many people are drilling, watching them move in rows and columns, acting neatly in the sound of drums and the captain's orders, Sun Qianhu is sure that this is a strong army that has experienced a hundred battles, if it really fights, the same number of officers and soldiers will not be able to take advantage, not to mention that their own troops are much less than the thieves, Sun Qianhu comforted himself that surrender must be right.

The long procession of captives walked outside Zhongyang County, and the officers and soldiers on the city wall just stared at no one in a daze.

At this time, Zhang Hong, the magistrate of Zhongyang County, was also on the city wall, and his mood was more complicated than others. The officials and soldiers of Zhongyang County saw the arrival of the thieves and all boarded the city wall to prepare for defense, and Zhang Hongzhi County also made psychological preparations for coexistence with the city. But the thieves have only walked around the city for five days, but they have never attacked the city.

The officers and prisoners of the brigade walked under the city, and it must have been the officers and soldiers who came to help that they lost the battle, and the thieves were able to draw out their troops to defeat the officers and troops who came to help when they were besieging the city with thousands of people, which shows that the strength of the thieves is not small. If the city is really attacked, Zhongyang County will not be able to defend it at all. It is the responsibility of the parents of a county to guard the land, and if the city is lost, even if it is not killed by the thieves, it is a capital crime to be investigated by the court. I thought that the officers and soldiers of Lu Liang would run away when they came over for a few days, and it seemed that the reinforcements were defeated, but in the past few days, I have seen more and more materials piled up by thieves outside the city, and it is impossible to expect them to retreat on their own.

At this time, Zhang Chu didn't want to wait any longer, so he decided to add a fire to the anxious magistrate and ordered someone to find Sun Qianhu. Sun Qianhu comprehended Zhang Chu's spirit very quickly, and after a while, he wrote a letter of persuasion, and the team members shot the letter into the city with arrows. Originally, Zhang Hongzhi County had already guessed that the reinforcements had been defeated, and this letter completely cut off his idea of waiting for help.

In desperation, Zhang Zhixian wrote back a letter, in order to take care of the thief's lack of study, he wrote in the vernacular: "This is a difficult decision, I am entrusted by the Holy God to shepherd one side, and I should protect the territory and the people, but in order to save the people in the city from the disaster of swords, I am willing to bear the infamy of being greedy for life and afraid of death, and open the city to lead the death." But spare the people of the city, and do not plunder or kill, in order to do righteousness. ”

After receiving the letter, Zhang Chu ordered someone to inform Zhang Zhixian to immediately go out of the city and surrender, and he had no chance to bargain.

Zhang Hongzhi County had no choice but to lead officials and soldiers out of the city to surrender. The people of Zhongyang County escaped a war in fear.

Zhang Chu was busier after the war than during the war, in order to prepare for the battle in Zhongyang County, Zhang Chu frantically expanded the army all the way, only played the role of bluffing, but the real combat effectiveness did not improve much. The pressing task at present is to reorganize the troops, strengthen training, and enhance their combat effectiveness. Therefore, in addition to Zhang Chu's order to guard a small number of forces in the direction of Luliang, the other troops were trained in Zhongyang City, strengthened discipline education, improved combat skills, and transformed them into qualified soldiers as quickly as possible.

He also ordered the troops in Daning County to be stationed in Xi County and Jiaokou County to ensure the communication between the counties, and to play an early warning role in the event of an invasion by the officers and soldiers of the brigade.

Fortunately, these counties are all in the deep mountains, and it is very difficult for the officers and soldiers of the brigade to attack, as long as they are stuck in a few key roads, they can hold on to the danger.

This is also the original intention of Zhang Chu's adventure this time, Yanchang County has no possibility of holding on to it, and then the famine in Shaanxi will become more and more serious, and the righteous army from all walks of life will kill and kill in Shaanxi, and all kinds of fierce people will come out, which is not something that ordinary people can deal with. After the rebels crossed the border, they were killed and looted, and it took a long process to restore production, and there was no room for development in time and space. Therefore, Zhang Chu was forced to venture across the Yellow River into Shanxi to develop, his power could not occupy a foothold in the hinterland of Shanxi at all, so he could only start from a small county in the mountains in the western part of Shanxi, first gain a foothold and then seek development, at least when a large number of officers and troops attacked Yanchang County, there was a way out. Although these counties are barren but rich in mineral resources, Zhang Chu wants to see if he can start from this aspect and find a new development path. If you want to build Zhongyang County, of course, you must first ask Zhang Hongzhi County, the head snake.

Zhang Hong, the magistrate of Zhongyang County, was brought to Zhang Chu, although he had surrendered, Zhang Chu still couldn't pull his face to bow his head to Zhang Chu. Stood there without saying a word. Zhang Chu is also quite interesting to see this Zhang Zhixian, when he surrendered, he did not say words such as sparing his dog's life, but wrote that he hoped that he would not loot or kill. I don't know if reading books has ruined my brain, or if I really have that kind of ideological realm.

"Where is your family?" Zhang Chu missed that for the sake of his voluntary surrender, if his family was in the territory of the official army, he would let him go, so that his family would not be affected.

"My family is in Zhongyang County, and I took them all over to live with me two years ago." Zhang Hong didn't know that his answer had buried his last chance to return to the arms of the court.

"How long have you been in Zhongyang County?"

"It's been five years."

"Have you been able to improve the lives of the people in Zhongyang for five years?" Zhang Chu's question made Zhang Zhixian unable to answer for a while, saying that the people's lives had changed for the better, and he was obviously lying. But to say that this is all because of his unfavorable governance, but he also feels a little wronged, he has studied hard for more than ten years, and he was nominated for the gold list, but he was sent to Zhongyang, a poor and remote country, and it was really difficult to make achievements due to natural disasters for many years.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhang Chu continued: "There's nothing to be embarrassed about, you can't fight against God alone." Let's talk about the situation in Zhongyang County. ”

"This Zhongyang County is located in the mountains, the southeast is alpine woodland, the northwest is more hilly, the land that can be used to grow grain is scarce, and the land is barren, especially in the past few years, drought has become a problem for people and animals, and the people live in great difficulty. I have also thought of many ways, but I can't make the people's lives better, and I am very ashamed to say it. Speaking of the situation in the county, Zhang Hong said, it seems that he really cares about the problems in the county, and he is not a moth who only knows how to search for a way to be promoted and leave.

"I have decided to appoint you as the magistrate of Zhongyang County again, and give you a few more years to see how Zhongyang County can be governed by my method?"

Zhang Chu's words made Zhang Zhixian's face turn green, and the surrender of Kaesong could be said to be forced by the situation, and he might be able to save his life if he returned to the court. If you are the magistrate of the thief, then you can't say clearly, not only will your life be difficult to protect, but even your family will be implicated. Maybe the emperor will be arrested to exterminate the nine clans.

Looking at Zhang Hong's changing face, Zhang Chu understood his psychology, but the reader still had to take advantage of it. "The choice is yours, everybody has to work to support themselves, and you are no exception, think about what else you can do. Your whole family has to work to get food, and if you do a good job, you get even more. If you become the magistrate of this county, you may be able to do something for the people of Zhongyang County. ”

It seems that the thief doesn't want to kill him, but he won't let him go, and what to do is really a difficult choice.