Rao is "Flying Dragon Army" did not shoot or fire, but Commander Liu and his own soldiers did not dare to increase the speed of their mounts, but only moved forward slowly with trepidation. When they approached about 100 paces away from the "Flying Dragon Army" array, a squad of "Wolf Teeth" soldiers came up to meet them.

The soldiers of the "Wolf Tooth" squad first asked Commander Na Liu and his men to dismount, and then carefully searched their bodies, and after making sure that these people did not carry any sharp weapons with them, they let the other party leave the horses in place and follow them on foot to meet Tang Chao.

Under the strict supervision of the soldiers of the "Wolf Tooth" squad, Liu commanded his party to enter the array of the "Flying Dragon Army". Facing the hostile eyes around him, although this Commander Liu was in his heart, his perennial experience in the army still played a role at this time, allowing him to show the backbone that a soldier should have, at least coming to Tang Chao's horse with his waist straight.

Seeing that this commander of the small battalion who had come to negotiate surrender with him - he could completely distinguish it from the color of his clothes - was still a little amorous, Tang Chao also had a little appreciation in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, just looked at the other party with a cold face, waiting for the other party to explain his intentions.

Although this commander Liu is unwilling to fall into the prestige of the Han army, the situation is stronger than people, and now he is here to ask others for a way to live, and he should still let his body go. Therefore, after coming to Tang Chao's horse and hearing the soldiers of the "Wolf Teeth" squad who brought him introduce that the tall, sturdy, dignified-looking man who was wearing a strange style and dyed colorful armor was the leader of the other team, the Tang Commander, his waist that had stood all the way finally softened, and he stepped forward and bowed and saluted: "Liu Fenggu, the commander of the left battalion of the Han Dabao garrison, has seen the commander of the Great Liao Tang Dynasty. ”

Tang Chao snorted lightly when he heard this, and said, "It turned out to be Commander Liu, fortunately, fortunately." I don't know what Commander Liu has to say when he comes to see this commander? ”

Tang Chao's words made Liu Fenggu a little angry, and said in his heart I kept shouting that I came to surrender as soon as I came out of the gate of the fort, how could you not know what I was here for. If I really don't know what I'm here for, how can you allow me to walk in front of you so swaggeringly.

However, even if Liu Fenggu knew that the other party was deliberately humiliating himself, as the saying goes, "How can a person not bow his head under a low eaves", he can only endure it now. Therefore, Liu Fenggu only didn't hear the sarcasm in the other party's words, and still said respectfully: "Back to Lord Tang's words, the villain was ordered by Shao Zhi, the head of my family, to come to negotiate peace with your army. ”

"Peace?" Tang Chao couldn't help but snort coldly when he heard this, "As the saying goes, 'only when you can fight can you make peace'." Could it be that in the opinion of Commander Liu, the defenders of Erda Fort can still have the strength to fight? If that's the case, then ask Commander Liu to return to the fort, and let's continue fighting. ”

Where did Liu Fenggu dare to go back, not to mention that he had no strength to fight anymore on his side, if he went back like this, he was afraid that Mr. Shao Qian would not agree to be the first one. At that time, he will be beaten with a military stick, or he will likely be killed by Shao Zhi as a scapegoat to win the tolerance of the Liao army.

Therefore, this Liu Fenggu hurriedly knelt on the ground, Xiangshang kowtowed and echoed: "Yes, yes, Lord Tang taught me a lesson." It was a slip of the tongue that the villain had made for a while, and the villain was indeed ordered by President Shao Qian to surrender to your army. ”

Tang Chao nodded and said, "Since it is a surrender, you must have a surrender appearance, so that our army can believe it." You go back and tell your family that if you really have the sincerity to surrender, you will tie yourself up within the time of a pillar of incense, and then lead all the remaining soldiers of the fort out of the fort empty-handed, and kneel down a hundred steps in front of the fort to ask for surrender. At that time, there will be people in our army who will come and accept your surrender. ”

Hearing Tang Chao's request that all the officers and soldiers in the big fort go out of the fort empty-handed, and also tie up the rope of Shao Zhi, Liu Fenggu was still a little scared in his heart, he was afraid that if he really did this, if the Tang commander in front of him suddenly turned his face, the hundreds of surviving people in the big fort would lose their lives. Therefore, after listening to Tang Chao's conditions, Liu Fenggu did not answer immediately, but hesitated for a moment.

Regarding Liu Fenggu's reaction, Tang Chao naturally understood what he was worried about, so he added: "Commander Liu doesn't have to worry, since our army agrees to accept the surrender of you, it will naturally not break its promise." Here, the commander can give you a guarantee, as long as you surrender sincerely, the commander can guarantee that your life is safe. ”,

Although such a guarantee is actually the same as not, on the one hand, the expression on Tang Chao's face at this time is not as cold as when they first met, which somewhat gave Liu Fenggu a little confidence. On the other hand, Liu Fenggu is also very clear about the consequences of not agreeing to this condition. As the saying goes, "sticking out the head is also a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife", since it is possible to be stabbed with or without surrendering, it is better to surrender happily -- after all, stubborn resistance to the end is definitely only a dead end, and now surrender at least there is a glimmer of life.

Therefore, Liu Fenggu no longer hesitated, and Xiangshang kowtowed: "The little ones will go and tell Lord Tang's request to the general manager in the fort to know, and I hope that Lord Tang can give more time, after all, it will take some time for the little ones to line up out of the fort." ”

Tang Chao nodded after hearing this, and said, "Since this is the case, then the commander will give you one more time to wait for a pillar of incense." Within the two pillars of incense, you must go out of the fort and surrender, otherwise, the commander will set foot on the big fort, and there will be no chickens and dogs left in the fort. ”

Tang Chaozuihou's words were very ruthless, which frightened Liu Fenggu for a while, and hurriedly kowtowed again: "Thank you Lord Tang for your grace time, the little ones within the two pillars of incense will definitely come out of the fort and surrender." ”

After speaking, Liu Fenggu kowtowed to Tang Chao again, and then got up and withdrew from the array of the "Flying Dragon Army", and returned to Dabaoshu to convey the surrender conditions given by Tang Chao.

Although the surrender conditions given by Tang Chao were dangerous to the defenders of Dabaoshu, the situation was stronger than people now, and General Shao Qian and his cadres had no other choice but to pinch their noses and do so.

Therefore, after a little more than a pillar of incense, the gate of the fort was opened, and Shao Zhi, the general manager of the fort, tied himself up, and walked out empty-handed and dejected with the remaining nearly 400 Han soldiers, stopped about 100 steps away from the fort gate and knelt on the ground, waiting for the "Flying Dragon Army" to send someone to accept the surrender.

There was not much time, and on the side of the "Flying Dragon Army", Chang Shengjun led the soldiers of the "Wolf Tooth" squad and the ordinary soldiers of two platoons to come forward, first tie up all the Han soldiers who had surrendered out of the fort except Shao Zhi, who had been tied up by five flowers, and searched them one by one. After making sure that all the Han troops were unarmed, Shao Zhi, Liu Fenggu, and several other living generals were brought to Tang Chao.

At this time, whether it was Shao Zhi, Liu Fenggu and other Han army generals, they all looked dejected, and when they came to Tang Chao's mount, they all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Xiangshang without any orders.

As a crossing soldier, Tang Chao looked down on this kind of soldier who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and raised his hand to surrender to his enemy. In his opinion, these Han generals kneeling in front of their horses were far less respectable than those Han officers and soldiers who had just lost their lives under the guns of the "Flying Dragon Army". It's only because these surrendered Han troops are still needed to do things for their side for the time being, so they can't bear to talk to these people with extreme contempt. Therefore, he looked at Shao Zhi and the others who were kneeling on the ground with an extremely disdainful look, and asked coldly: "Are you the Han army general in this big fort?" ”

Hearing Tang Chao's question, Shao Zhi, who was tied up by his own people, raised his head while struggling hard, and hurriedly replied: "Back to Lord Tang, the villain is President Qian, and he is the supreme commander of the garrison of this big fort. This Liu Fenggu Liu Commander is the commander of the left battalion, and the remaining ones have both the villain's deputy and the head of the left battalion. ”

"Are all the surviving generals in the Great Fortress here?" Tang Chao then asked.

"If you go back to Lord Tang, all the surviving generals are here." Shao Zhi replied respectfully.

Tang Chao nodded, and said with an indifferent expression: "That is the case, the commander of this book has a few words to remember clearly." ”

Speaking of this, Tang Chao paused, and when he saw Shao Zhi and the others nodding incessantly, he continued: "First, this commander and his brothers will live here for a while. During this time, you should restrain your subordinates and let them stay in the prisoner camp without thinking anything wrong. If you can do it, this commander will make the lives of Bao and others safe. If you can't do that, there will be things like soldiers running away, trying to resist our soldiers, trying to leave the fort to report to the Han army elsewhere. Then, not only will these soldiers be killed, but also his comrades and his immediate officers will also lose their heads. ,

Second, you should restrain and appease the families and people of the soldiers in the fort, let them wait at home steadily, unless they encounter something urgent, or do not take a step out of the house before the commander leads the army to leave, otherwise they will also be killed.

Thirdly, you should choose some honest duties from the soldiers under your command, and your family members will live in the big fort, and you and others will take turns to lead and continue to guard the north and south gates of the fort, so as not to suspect those merchants and pedestrians who pass by here before entering the fort. As for when they entered the fort, the brothers under his command were sent by Ben to "persuade" them to stay for the time being, and to wait until the envoy had left with his army. If there are family members of officers and soldiers or ordinary people who want to leave the fort, then in addition to these people will be executed, there will also be some people in the Han army who will lose their heads.

Therefore, for the sake of your net worth and life, and for the sake of the lives of all the officials and civilians in the Great Fort, you must remember what this commander said, can you understand? ”

"I understand, the villain and others understand. Lord Tang, please rest assured, the villain and others will definitely follow Lord Tang's instructions. Hearing this, Shao Zhi and the others nodded again and again.

Having said that, it was enough, Tang Chao nodded to Chang Shengjun. The latter waved his hand, and the soldiers who were in charge of escorting Shao Zhi and the others over just now stepped forward together, escorting Shao Zhi and the others to leave with Chang Shengjun to prepare for the vanguard of the "Flying Dragon Army" to enter the big fort.

Whether they were deterred by the strong strength shown by the "Flying Dragon Army", or they were afraid of the ruthless taste reflected in Tang Chao's words just now, Shao Zhi and the others all showed great cooperation after being escorted away. They not only persuaded all the soldiers under their command to put away any intention of continuing to confront the "Flying Dragon Army", but also gathered all the soldiers, families and people in the fort together before leading the "Flying Dragon Army" into the big fort, explained to them the benefits and disadvantages, and asked them to cooperate with the arrangements of the "Flying Dragon Army" and never have any wrong thoughts.

After successfully restraining his soldiers and the families and people in the fort, Shao Zhi and others came to Tang Chao's horse again, and invited Tang Chao into the fort with an extremely respectful attitude. Tang Chao naturally wouldn't be polite to them, on the one hand, he ordered Chang Shengjun to enter the city with the whole team, and on the other hand, he ordered Shao Zhi and others to lead the way. In this way, on the evening of the 15th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar of the seventh year of the Ying calendar, the vanguard of the "Flying Dragon Army" under the leadership of Tang Chao entered the first fortress of the Northern Han Dynasty captured by the "Tempering No. 2 Operation" with high morale.

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