"Get rid of him?"

Zu Zerun screamed, shook his head, and said again and again: "No, absolutely not, if you kill He Kegang, my Liao army will be in chaos, and things will be even more difficult to handle."

Shi Tingdong asked rhetorically: "If you don't kill He Kegang, this gold reduction will be delayed indefinitely, but can the soldiers and civilians in this city hold on?" Even if you can drag it out, can my Khan wait any longer? If I attack the city in an all-out way, with your lonely city, how many times can I stop it?

After speaking, he slammed his fist on the table, and said fiercely: "When it is broken, it will be broken, if it is not broken early, it will be harmed by the brother, listen to the brother's advice, if the uncle descends early, then the king of Khan must be serious to him, if he goes to the end of the mountains and rivers and then descends, he will save his life, I am afraid that the future will be ruined for a He Kegang, and the whole family of the brothers will be full of soldiers and civilians in the city, is it worth it?"

"It's... This..."

Zu Zerun thought about it repeatedly in his heart, and he didn't dare to agree for a long time, Shi Tingdong was eager to make meritorious contributions, seeing Zu Zerun's hesitation, he was also anxious, and even urged several times, and even said that if there was no result, he said that the soldiers and civilians in the city refused to surrender to threaten Zu Zerun.

Under the coercion and coaxing of the other party, Zu Zerun finally nodded and agreed: "Okay, brother, don't worry, I'll go and persuade my father to make up his mind as soon as possible."

The words were not full, and he did not explicitly say that He Kegang must be killed, but with these words, Shi Tingdong also put his mind at ease, and secretly said that with the means of Zu Dashou, it was not easy to kill He Kegang. As long as his ancestral family really wants to surrender, this will be done.

didn't dare to stay longer at the moment, Shi Tingdong sneaked back to Jinying at night to resume his life, and Zu Zerun took those letters from the generals and brought them to Zu Dashou, so as to strengthen Zu Dashou's idea of surrender.

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Zu Zerun went back and told Zu Dashou what Shi Tingdong said one by one, and after listening to Jin Guo guarantee the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the city and reuse himself, Zu Dashou put his mind at ease, took those letters in his hand and looked at them one by one, read more than a dozen letters in one go, and was sure that there would be no falsehood in the letters, and after Zhang Chun's army was really wiped out, this completely eliminated his concerns.

Regarding the surrender of He Kegang, Zu Dashou was not as afraid as his son, but thought it was a trivial matter. But there was another thing in his heart that made him unable to make up his mind, and that was the mother and wife in Ningyuan City.

Mrs. Zu is fifteen years old, and has three sons for Zu Dashou, she is not only beautiful, but also virtuous, and the word virtuous is added to the back of a can, if He Kegang is Yuan Chonghuan's Zhang Liang, she is the ancestor of Kong Ming. Every time Zu Dashou encountered difficulties, this beauty came forward to plan, and every time he turned evil into good fortune. She was born in a scholarly family, and despised the Jurchens from the bottom of her heart, treating them as a barbarian and bloody country, and would rather die than reduce her gold.

Zu Dashou's old mother will not agree to her son's gold reduction, but she is afraid that if Zu Dashou really falls, his mother and wife will both be killed. They will never tolerate their sons (husbands) betraying the court, and they will never be the mothers (wives) of rebels.

If it doesn't fall, it will starve to death, and the soldiers and civilians in the city will eat it up one by one, and all of them will be buried after the worst.

When it comes, the mother and the wife will seek death.

To drop or not to fall?

Zu Dashou had a headache and couldn't make up his mind for a while. Seeing this, Zu Zerun also followed Shi Tingdong's example of coaxing him just now, and also came to coax Zu Dashou, saying that if he didn't surrender, Dajin would no longer be surrendered, and when the army attacked the city, none of the soldiers and civilians in the city would want to live.

After this agitation, Zu Dashou suddenly panicked and sweated, so regardless of the darkness of the night, he asked someone to invite his two younger brothers, two other sons, four righteous sons, and more than a dozen confidants to all come to the secret discussion.

After all the cronies arrived, Zu Dashou did not say whether he wanted to surrender, but asked them: "I just got the news that the reinforcements have been wiped out, and Lord Zhang Chun and more than 30 of his subordinates have all been captured by the Jin army.

Zu Dacheng knew that the eldest brother wanted to surrender, but it was not good to say it first, so he was the first to say: "Big brother, the number of Ming Qi has been exhausted, according to Shi Tingdong, Hong Tai is indeed a virtuous king, and he is very benevolent and righteous to his subordinates." And our emperor is really terrible, he actually killed Yuan Dutang alive with the king like a tiger, Chongzhen is not a tiger, he is clearly a man-eating ghost, give him his life, maybe one day he will also be cut down by him, what do we say we don't work for him Chongzhen, down"

Zu Zechuan and Zu Zehong are still young, where do they really want to die in this Dalinghe City, the two brothers and the eldest brother Zu Zerun, they both want to live, so the three brothers echoed the second uncle: "Instead of working for the faint king, it is better to change the course, father, don't think about it anymore, let's drop the gold"

Liu Tianlu and Zhang Cunren, Han Daxun, Zhang Dingliao, Pei Guozhen, Chen Bangxuan, Li Yun and other Zu Dashou's henchmen and generals were silent, except for Zhang Cunren, the rest of them all agreed to surrender. There is no way, the city is eating people, and the reinforcements are all wiped out, and if they don't surrender, will they not be able to wait for those hungry soldiers to eat themselves.

Zheng Changchun, the counselor of the army, was a literati, and the literati were afraid of death, and every time they saw people eating people in the city, they had long wanted to escape from this hellish city, so they also tried their best to persuade Zu Dashou to surrender.

The adopted son Zu Kefa, the righteous son Zu Keyuan and others also agreed to surrender.

The brothers, nephews, and generals unanimously agreed to surrender, and Zu Dashou no longer hesitated, so he said to them in a deep voice: "Since you all agree to surrender, then I won't say anything, let's drop Dajin."

"It's long overdue." Zu Zerun said happily.

Everyone was also overjoyed, smiling one by one, but Zhang Cunren closed his eyes painfully and sighed. Zu Dashou saw him like this, but he was also at ease, Zhang Cunren did not object, that is, he agreed.

Zu Dashou raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said: "But it is impossible for He Kegang to agree to our surrender, his attitude is very resolute, I have shown his mouth with him once, and he refused at that time, if we reduce the gold, this person will definitely obstruct it, so we must solve him."

Counselor Zheng Changchun smiled slightly on the side and said: "Zu Shuai, in fact, it is easy to solve He Kegang, but what is difficult is how to solve the group of generals who follow him. These people have soldiers under their commands, and if they are not eliminated and a mutiny is provoked, it will not be easy to deal with them. ”

Zu Dacheng said indifferently: "This is easy to do, let's summon them to the meeting in the name of the commander, secretly ambush the knife and axeman, and when they come, we will click them all."

Zu Dashou nodded and said: "This is also a last resort, for the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the city, it is inevitable to sacrifice a few people."

At that moment, a group of people secretly discussed how to kill the conspiracy of He Kegang's generals in Zu Dashou's house, and after everything was decided, Zu Dashou's adopted son Zu Kefa got up and said to Zu Dashou: "Father, the child thinks that the matter of reducing the gold must be cautious, and there is a precedent for the Tartars to go back on their word. Therefore, before surrendering, all the details and conditions must be finalized, and the child is willing to go to the gold camp in person to negotiate with him. ”

"Okay, you'll be in charge of this matter."

Zu Dashou happily agreed, he was also a little worried that Jiannu would deceive him and ask them to make a covenant in black and white, which would be a certainty.

"Then the boy will go out of town."

Zu Kefa was anxious, and he didn't wait for dawn, so he went to Jinying again at night. Everyone in the room sat upright until the sky turned white, and according to the prior discussion, Han Daxun led people to order He Kegang and other generals, asking them all to come to the military meeting.

Zu Zerun and Zu Dacheng led the ancestral family soldiers with knives and axes in their hands, and hid nearby, just waiting for the people to arrive, and then rushed out to kill all the people in the future. ()