Although Runzhou City was surrounded by the Zhou-Wu coalition army, it was limited by the relatively limited number of troops, so the encirclement of the Zhou-Wu coalition army was not very tight. Therefore, in the evening of the same day, Liu Cheng, the commander of the city, and a group of generals got the news that Lu Juan's troops were ambushed by the Zhou army's "Wolf Tooth Battalion" and Wu Yue's army in Taiping Village from the mouth of the Tanma who secretly went out of the city to investigate, and almost all the troops were wiped out, and the main general Lu Qian only escaped with more than 100 personal soldiers. In this regard, Liu Cheng was naturally in the middle of the situation, and he was secretly happy in his heart, but the other generals were angry and in a heavy mood. If you didn't know that Lu Qian would lead the army to come, or didn't expect that the Zhou-Wu coalition army would send troops to intercept it. But the problem is that the generals not only knew that Lu Qian would come, but also expected that the Zhou-Wu coalition army would divide their troops to block the attack, so they directly found the commander Liu Cheng and asked to send troops out of the city to respond. As a result, because of Liu Cheng's disdain and underestimation of the enemy, the opportunity was missed, so that Lu Xuan's army was almost wiped out, and it was natural for these generals to be resentful and dissatisfied. It's just that whether he complains or is dissatisfied, after all, Liu Cheng has been a general for many years, and he is also a favored old minister of the mansion of the lord Li Yu. In addition to reporting a few words of grievances during private chats, the generals did not dare to have any direct disobedience and refutation of this immediate boss. Therefore, the entire Runzhou City is still under Liu Cheng's control, and there is no change from before Lu Xuan's troops were annihilated.

However, to say that there is no difference at all, it is not at all. Because at midnight on the day when the news of the annihilation of Lu Xuan's army reached Runzhou City, Liu Cheng's henchmen sneaked out of the city with his handwritten letter and made preliminary contacts with the Zhou-Wu coalition forces outside the city about the surrender of the city.

Regarding Liu Cheng's willingness to surrender, Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, was naturally happy to hear about it. It's just that at this time, Mutel is still in Taiping Village, and he will not return until the next day. Therefore, Qian Yu warmly entertained Liu Cheng's henchmen who came to deliver the letter, and on the other hand, he sent people out of the camp overnight to Taiping Village to send a letter to Mutel, asking him to return to the camp as soon as possible to discuss the matter together. It was precisely because of the news sent by Qian Yu that Mutel left behind Wu Yuejun's foot soldiers, who could only walk on two legs, at the dawn of dawn, and led all the "wolf's tooth battalions" with horses to return to the camp in a hurry.

Muttle and Qian Yu reacted the same way to surrender. As the saying goes, "a soldier who surrenders without a fight, and a good man who is good", being able to take the city without using a sword can be regarded as the highest state of a general. Although Mutel likes to rush and kill on the battlefield and take revenge, he is not a butcher who is addicted to killing, and he is also happy to see the surrender of the city. Therefore, after reading Liu Cheng's handwritten letter, Muttel first comforted the messenger who stood respectfully in front of him, and then gave a lot of rewards. Regarding some of the requirements put forward by Liu Cheng in the letter regarding his life, official position, etc., although Mutel did not agree to it at that time, he also said that he would speak well for him in front of the official family and try his best to fight for the imperial court. The letter made the hospitality and reward, and the promise of the general of the Zhou army, and I was happy and relieved. He waited patiently until dark in the camp of the Zhou-Wu coalition army, and then sneaked back to the city with Muter's reply to Liu Cheng to report the good news to his own commander.

After several letters and exchanges, to the second day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar in the second year of Jianlong, the two sides have reached an agreement on the dedication of the city, and agreed on the time and method of dedication of the city - on the fourth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar in the second year of Jianlong, the four gates of Runzhou City were opened, and Liu Cheng led all the generals, officials and 10,000 defenders in the city to surrender to the Zhou-Wu coalition army at the east gate.

The agreement was established, and Mutel and Qian Yu naturally waited patiently outside the city, but Liu Cheng in the city was far less relaxed than Mu and Qian. Although it is quite authoritative and authoritative in Runzhou City, no matter what, it is not a glorious thing to surrender the city. At this time, Liu Cheng was certainly determined to surrender, but when it came to the moment, he had to face the doubts, disdain, dissatisfaction, and even criticism and resistance of the generals below, and his heart was still a little bottomless. It's just that now that the arrow is ready to be sent and has to be sent, Liu Cheng is at a loss in his heart, and this last step has to be taken.

On the third day of the fifth lunar month of the second year of Jianlong, Liu Cheng summoned all the generals to his mansion to discuss matters. After introducing the news that the entire army of Lu Juan's department was wiped out, and there were no reinforcements to be sent in Jinling, etc., Liu Cheng sighed and said: "After staying in the city for more than a month, what I think is to live up to the king's grace and serve the court." It's just that now the situation is severe, Lu Yuhou's troops were defeated in Taiping Village, and the Zhou army forced Jinling with several large armies, and the court and the lord of the country had no reinforcements to send. Outside the city, the Zhou and Wu coalition forces besieged the city for many days, and since the defeat of Lu Yuhou's troops, they have also been frequently mobilized, but they are afraid that they will attack the city in a few days. With the sharpness of the Zhou army's firearms, once the city is attacked, Runzhou is bound to be undefendable, and the lives in the city are bound to be devastated, and the dead and wounded are pillow. Our leaders have rules for defending the city, but they must also consider the lives of the people in the city, for the sake of themselves and the lives of all the soldiers under their command, and must not ignore the lives of the people and soldiers for the sake of gaining the reputation of a loyal and brave general. I want to save the lives of the people and soldiers in the city with a humiliation, I don't know what the kings here think? ”

Although Liu Cheng did not directly say the word "surrender", the meaning of his words could not be clearer. Yes, his voice fell, and all the generals below had a look on their faces, and many people were crying, and the atmosphere in the venue became both depressing and tense for a while. Seeing that the generals were excited, Liu Cheng was afraid that everyone would do something out of the ordinary, or cause a mutiny, so he hurriedly followed with tears while continuing to persuade: "After staying here, he is not only an old minister of the domain, but now he is out of the town of Runzhou, and the favor he has received is far deeper than that of the monarchs here, and a certain parent and family are also in the capital, how can he not know the principle of being loyal to a minister and being filial to a son of man." It's just that now there is a huge disparity between the strength of the enemy and us, with 10,000 soldiers and horses in Runzhou, they are simply unable to compete with the Zhou-Wu coalition army outside the city. What's more, once we resist death and do not surrender, causing heavy losses to the Zhou-Wu coalition army, after the city is broken, there is a chance that they will vent their grievances on the people in the city, and plunder and even slaughter the city. Gentlemen, don't forget the old things in Chuzhou back then! ”

If the disparity in strength and the unstoppable enemy were not enough to convince the generals to make up their minds to bear the notoriety of surrender, then Liu Cheng's sentence of "the old things in Chuzhou" made everyone present shiver. As a general in the south of the Yangtze River, everyone knows that when Zhou Shizong conquered Huainan, he was resentful of the soldiers and civilians in the city because of the long-term attack on Chuzhou and the heavy losses of the Zhou army. When the city was broken, the soldiers first looted, and then slaughtered all the soldiers and civilians in the city, turning the originally prosperous Chuzhou into an empty city, a dead city, and a ghost city. Therefore, as soon as Liu Cheng mentioned this matter, the generals suddenly fell silent, and after a while, under the leadership of an adjutant general, they replied in unison: "One qiē but let it be the last decision." ”

On the fourth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar in the second year of Jianlong, the four gates of Runzhou City were opened, and Liu Cheng led a group of generals and officials and more than 10,000 defenders in the city to lay down their arms and go out of the east gate to surrender to Mutel and Qian Yu who were already waiting there.