Gao Fei led his troops back to the city of Gauntlet, and all the thieves outside the city retreated, leaving behind the corpses of a place, some thieves and some Han soldiers. The offensive and defensive battle between the two armies lasted less than half an hour and ended under unexplained circumstances.

Back in the city, Gao Fei made a statistic that Feiyu's troops were killed thirty-six and forty-two wounded, although they killed more than 400 thieves at the city gate, but for him, it meant that his strength was weakened again.

There are 2,000 families in the city of Gho, who usually hide at home during the war, and as soon as the war is over, they will come out to comfort the soldiers, bringing some comfort to the wounded soldiers with delicious meals made at home. In addition, the doctors in the city also treated the wounded soldiers free of charge, so that the wounded were well cared for.

In normal times, when Gao Fei climbed the castle tower to look at the thief camp, the thief soldiers did not retreat because of Zhang Niujiao's death, but after a period of fierce fighting last night, the morale of the thief soldiers became low. Zhang Niujiao died too suddenly, leaving no last words, and it is still unknown whether Chu Yan can be the leader of all the thieves. When the dragons are leaderless, they are often the most scattered in people's hearts.

Gao Fei called Zhao Yun and after ordering some things, Zhao Yun happily went down to the city tower. Later, when Zhao Yun climbed the city tower again, it was the soldiers who carried small tables, and then some soldiers carried wine and meat up to the city tower, and set up a wine banquet on the city tower.

Gao Fei asked Zhou Cang to lead a group of people to bulldoze the slope where the loess was piled up, pour all the loess into the moat on one side, and sent Bian Xi, Pang De, and Hua Xiong to squat on the city wall with archers as cover.

So, an interesting scene appeared, the thief soldier stayed in the barracks with a sad face, covering his hungry stomach, looking at the soldiers on the upper floor of the gall city drinking wine and eating meat, licking his chapped lips from time to time, some even sucking their own hands, and even biting down the arms of their companions as delicious meat.

Hunger is the most unbearable thing, Rao is to drink water every day, but if you don't eat, you don't have the strength, plus the thieves have consumed too much physical strength these days to climb the slope made of loess, and the wild vegetables and bark that can be eaten around are almost eaten, and even wild beasts will not patronize this ghost place. The hungry thieves with their chests against their backs could no longer bear the torment of hunger, and looking at the Han soldiers eating and drinking on the city wall, their hearts were extremely unbalanced, and they even began to have a trace of doubt about the rebellion.

In the camp of the thieves, Chu Yan sat alone in the big tent, and he was still haunted by Zhang Niujiao's death last night, because among the more than 20,000 thieves, there were only more than 2,000 of his subordinates, and the rest were with Zhang Niujiao. Now that Zhang Niujiao is dead, he didn't leave a last word, and most of those people didn't take Chu Yan seriously, he was thinking, what method should I use to control these people in my own hands.

"Gollum!"

Chu Yan's stomach screamed, he covered his hungry stomach, poured a big bowl of water, and drank it with a grunt. Although I drank a lot of water, I still couldn't resist the torture of hunger. He sighed heavily, and said to himself: "Alas, if it weren't for that group of cavalry, the gall would have been captured a long time ago." ”

A person came in from outside the tent, that person was short and weak, and when he saw Chu Yan, he hugged his fists and shouted: "Big brother, it's been found out, the person who came to support Gall Taocheng is called Gao Fei, who is the Liaodong Taishou and Fenwei generals who have just been sealed by the imperial court." ”

"Goofy? Is that the one who pacified the Yellow Turban in Hebei? Chu Yan asked curiously.

"Yes, that's him."

"No wonder this guy is so difficult to deal with, he briefly fought with me last night, and I used three of the most powerful killing moves in a row, all of which he dodged. Damn, it's really unfortunate to meet such a character here. Sun Qing, go and call Wang Dang. Chu Yan scolded and scolded.

That man is Chu Yan's second brother, named Sun Qing, although his body looks thin, but when he kills people, it is not ambiguous at all. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Chu Yan also gathered a small team, occupied the mountain as the king, and later moved to the mountains and forests between Changshan, Weijun and Julu, and Sun Qing and Wang Dang were the thieves he defeated.

Sun nodded lightly, walked out of the tent, and when he came back again, he brought a man who was weaker than him, and looking at the appearance of the two of them, he was really hungry.

"Wang Dang, is the Han army still drinking wine and eating meat on the city tower?" Chu Yan looked at the man who followed Sun Qing in and asked.

Wang Dang nodded, licked his lips, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and replied, "Big brother, if we continue like this, it is estimated that we will all starve to death." As...... Why don't we change the county town and attack? ”

"No, we have been besieging the city for five days, we must not give up like this, it's a big deal to fight again, I don't believe it, we have 10,000 or 20,000 people, and we can't capture a small gall pottery city." Chu Yan said.

Sun Qing also hesitated, and said slowly: "But big brother, we haven't eaten, the food we grabbed from other places is not enough, and we can't eat a meal." Although there were few Han soldiers, they had food and drink in the city, and if they continued like this, they were afraid that their brothers would starve to death. ”

"Yes, yes. Big brother, let's go back to the cottage, Zhang Niujiao is also dead, his gang of people are all authentic croppers, what else can they do except do some hard work? Wang Dang echoed.

Chu Yan insisted on her opinion and said slowly: "If it weren't for them, would the slope be able to pile up?" If you can't retreat, you can give the order to go down and attack again, this time you have to attack with all your strength, and you will say that you will avenge Zhang Niujiao......"

"Big brother...... Oh no, all the people with Zhang Niujiao have surrendered to the Han army......" A thief suddenly broke into the camp tent and pointed outside and shouted loudly.

Chu Yan was taken aback, and hurriedly took Sun Qing and Wang Dang out of the camp tent and came to the edge of the camp, but saw Zhang Niujiao's subordinates rushing into the south gate of the gall pottery in groups, and the eight hundred cavalry were guarding on both sides of the drawbridge under the leadership of Gao Fei.

Seeing this scene, Chu Yan was dumbfounded, and he saw that his subordinates were also lying half-dead on the edge of the camp, their eyes were full of the shadow of food, constantly licking their chapped lips, and looking at the steamed buns distributed by the Han army, their eyes were more pitiful than beggars.

"What's going on?" Chu Yan turned her head and asked a thief soldier beside her.

The thieves replied: "The big boss, they just shouted, as long as they surrender, they will have food, and the people with horns will all rush over and surrender to the Han army one after another." I'm hungry, let's ...... Shall we surrender too? ”

"Surrender? Surrender fart! There is not a single good thing in the official army, how many times have I told you? This is a plan for their rights and interests, and the purpose is to break our military morale, you must not be fooled! Chu Yan shouted loudly.

"But...... But the brothers are hungry and can't do it......" Sun Qing said weakly.

At this moment, Dan saw Zhao Yun riding a white horse, poking a spear in his hand, and galloping towards the barracks. Zhao Yun didn't dare to get too close, he estimated the range of the archers, stopped, shouted at the thief barracks, and said loudly: "Chu Yan! In Xia Zhaoyun, I am a fellow villager with you, and my lord respects you as a good man, so I have come to ask you to pass a message. If you know the times, surrender quickly, and my lord will naturally let you and your men drink and eat meat. Otherwise, let's see the real chapter on the sword! ”

The thieves in the thief camp all turned their heads and looked at Chu Yan with a pitiful look, as if begging for Chu Yan's mercy. Even Chu Yan's two sworn brothers, Sun Qing and Wang Dang, have the same eyes.

Chu Yan's stomach screamed again, and when he saw that the Han soldiers on the city wall were eating and drinking, and Zhang Niujiao's subordinates all had steamed buns to eat, he covered his stomach, swallowed his saliva, and was silent for a while, and then exerted all his strength and shouted loudly: "It's okay if you want me to surrender, but you must promise me one condition!" ”

Zhao Yun heard Chu Yan talk about the conditions again, so he replied: "What conditions, just say it!" ”

Chu Yan shouted loudly: "These brothers of mine are all rebelling in order to have a way to live, if we surrender, you must ensure that we all have food, as long as you agree to my condition, I will lead my brothers to surrender to you!" ”

After Zhao Yun heard this, he rode back to Gao Fei's side, told Gao Fei about Chu Yan's conditions, and asked, "My lord, how should Chu Yan's subordinates answer this condition?" ”

Gao Fei thought for a while, didn't say anything, and stepped forward on his own oolong horse, shouting at Chu Yan: "Chu Yan, you listen to me." You have no right to negotiate terms with me, and if you surrender, I will give you a way to live. Judging from your current situation, you have only two ways to go, one is to surrender to me, and the other is a dead end. Whether to surrender or choose death, make your own choice! ”

After Chu Yan listened, she looked at Sun Qing and Wang Dang and asked, "This Gao Fei is really domineering, what should I do now?" ”

Sun Qing and Wang Dang said in unison: "Big brother, surrender, surrender, you will have food to eat." ”

Chu Yan looked at the relatives around her again, and saw that they all nodded, and the desire for food had occupied all their hearts. So, he closed his eyes gently, gritted his teeth, squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, and shouted loudly with all his strength: "Surrender, everyone fill their stomachs together!" ”

With Chu Yan's order, the last 2,000 or so of the thieves opened the gate of the wall, dropped their weapons one after another, rushed to the front, followed closely behind the large team by the city gate, lined up in a column of five people, and walked towards the city gate, everyone's face was filled with joy.

Gao Fei rode back to the battle, ordered Pang De, Hua Xiong, Zhou Cang, and Bian Xi to take over the thief camp outside with their subordinates, and asked Zhao Yun to bring Chu Yan with him.

Looking at Chu Yan, who is about 1.92 meters tall, and his tiger-backed figure, Gao Fei couldn't believe that such a heavyweight last night could actually have the agility of a light swallow, and he almost injured him. He rode on the back of the oolong horse, pointed the dragon spear in his hand at the tall and tall Chu Yan, and said loudly: "From now on, you and your subordinates will follow me, and I will let you and your subordinates always have food to eat, and they will no longer be hungry." However, this is my favor for your surrender, and it is definitely not a compromise of conditions proposed to you, because you do not have the capital to negotiate conditions with me, understand? ”

Chu Yan sounded a little confused, but no matter what, he and his brother would not be hungry in the future, for him, he was still very happy, and immediately knelt on the ground and bowed: "Thank you general, I, Chu Yan, will follow the general from now on, as long as there is something to eat, Chu Yan will never rebel again." ”

Gao Fei put away the spear and said with a smile: "Get up, let Zilong take you to the city to drink wine and eat meat in a while, I hope you will always keep your promise today." ”

Chu Yan raised his hand and swore: "I, Chu Yan, swear to the sky, from now on to follow General Gao, on the premise of having food to eat, I will never rebel, if I violate this oath, I will let Chu Yantian fight five thunderstorms, and there is no place to bury me if I die." ”

Hearing Chu Yan's oath so funny, Gao Fei smiled slightly, and glanced at Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun brought the three leaders of Chu Yan, Sun Qing, and Wang Dang into the city. He saw the back of Chu Yan leaving, and thought slowly: "It seems that the Black Mountain Army will not appear in history in the future, Gongsun Du is dead, and there is now only one of my soldiers and horses left in the entire Jizhou, Gaoyi City is where the history of the assassination is located, and there must be a large amount of grain and grass in it, I must go to Gaoyi again, open a warehouse and release grain, lure more people who fled into the mountains, bring the people to Liaodong, and increase the population of Liaodong." ”