When everyone outside Xiao Qian's study came in, and Hulala knelt down at Lan Jing'an's feet, Xiao Jian knew that his surrender today was an inevitable end. Among these people, the one who was most happy to hear that Xiao Jian was descending to Shun was his wife Xue Huaizhen, and he really had a sense of being in a desperate situation.

Other people also knew that Xiao Jian had always been stubborn, and when they saw that he was subdued by the Great Commander in one night, they admired Lan Jing'an even more. Lan Jing'an chatted with everyone for a few words, and then left Xiao's mansion with Biluan and others, just waiting for Xiao Jian to open the south gate tomorrow and let the cadres enter the city.

By the time Lan Jing'an returned to the courtyard that Qian Jingya had prepared for her before, the third watch had already passed. But Bai Qingfeng and the others were still waiting anxiously, and when they saw Lan Jing'an appear, Bai Qingfeng's heart finally fell back. happily greeted him: "You are back." ”

Lan Jing'an showed a smug smile: "It's been a long time for the eldest brother to wait." It was done, and it was only necessary to wait for the dawn to open the gates. I'll leave Tong Zhao there for the time being. By the way, what about Xiao Bei and his wife? ”

Bai Qingfeng accompanied her into the house first, brought hot soup to warm her up, and then opened his mouth to tell her in detail: "I told Xiao Bei, but he refused to come out with us in order not to cause trouble to Tong Zhao." Just say wait for tomorrow. On Mrs. Xiao's side, Yan Yan also went to ask, she was looking at Xiao Qian's child, and she refused to leave, so she was still in Xiao's mansion. ”

Lan Jing'an smiled narrowly when he heard this: "Xiao Bei is so confident in me?" I'm not afraid that I won't be able to take Xiao Jian and cause him to not be able to rise tomorrow. Forget it, leave him alone. It is estimated that Xiao Jian will send someone to invite him back to Xiao's Mansion tonight. Xiao Jian would not be so stupid as to open the city gate in the morning, and he couldn't hand over anyone in the face of Xiao Meng. ”

Bai Qingfeng asked Lan Jing'an about the process of persuading Xiao Jian again, and after listening to it, he praised Lan Jing'an: "You have such a sharp mouth, eloquent arguments, no one is really your opponent." ”

Lan Jing'an was praised by Bai Qingfeng, and her eyes were bright: "It's not." In this situation, persuading Xiao Jian is still not as good as Shen Junshi going out to take Xiao Meng. Besides, from the first sentence Xiao Jian said after entering the house, I knew that he would fall, so it was just a matter of time, and the difficulty was not that great. ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Bai Qingfeng was curious, but even Biluan, who had been following Lan Jing'an, looked at her with wide eyes. Lan Jing'an smiled as soon as he saw Biluan's appearance: "What? Don't you believe me? Although Xiao Jian is a foolish and loyal person, he is not stupid, otherwise he would not have sat in the position of the governor of this state after Xiao Meng left. When he saw me appear, how could he not guess that Xiao Mansion and even the entire Jinyang City were no longer under his control. ”

"If he really wanted to die for his country, he would have spit on me at that time, or stretch his neck and hit the Biluan sword directly. But he did none of these two things. Biluan, when you were outside Xue Huaizhen's door, you could hear her calling me for the first time after I showed my true truth? ”

Bi Luan recalled for a moment and replied affirmatively: "It's your name." ”

Lan Jing'an asked again: "Then what do you remember Xiao Jian calling me?" Bi Luan thought for a moment and replied, "The Great Priest." ”

Bai Qingfeng suddenly realized. I couldn't help but my thumb: "High, really high." See the subtle and know, and observe the invisible. ”

Bi Luan still didn't quite understand: "So you mean to say that Xiao Qian's unyielding appearance is pretending?" ”

Lan Jing'an shook his head: "I can't say that, I guess he couldn't even see his heart clearly at that time." However, it is wise to see through it without saying it. ”

After speaking, Lan Jing'an sighed again: "The men of the Xiao family, all of them are really good-looking, and their hearts and eyes are more than one race. Tomorrow, I have to meet that Xiao Bei. ”

Bai Qingfeng couldn't help laughing: "If you let Mrs. Xiao hear this, you can't say that you will be jealous." ”

Lan Jing'an laughed, and also felt that what he said just now was ambiguous, so he omitted to mention it.

On September 17 of the third year of Yankang, Xiao Jian, the governor of Dayong and Zhou, surrendered, led the crowd to open the gate of Jinyang City and welcome the cadres into the city. At the same time, Xiao Jian announced that the whole line belonged to the cadres and the army.

As a result of Xiao Qian's surrender, the rest of the state also gave up resistance. In particular, the other Dayong soldiers and Bingzhou troops who were fighting in Shangjun and Shuofang in the northwest of Bingzhou, Yan Chong and Wanping, saw this situation and surrendered one after another. By the end of October, Bingzhou was completely taken over by the cadre army, and the cadre army has since surrounded Sili and Yonghua City on all sides, trapped as an isolated island.

Lan Jing'an's defeat without a fight was even more famous than Xiao Qingyun's outwitting of Lin Jiang at the beginning. She only used two battles before and after, with no more than 2,000 casualties, and then the entire annexed state was ended, so much so that it became one of the classics of using troops to quell the chaos in later generations.

On the afternoon of 17 September, the chief secretary ordered to inspect Jinyang and meet with the generals of Bingzhou. Lan Jing'an, dressed in armor, rode on a tall horse, accompanied by Xiao Meng, Xiao Jian and others, took the lead in patrolling the state army, and announced on the spot that those who were willing to return to their hometowns to farm would be given a dry ration each, and would be exempted from three months of conscription, and they would be able to leave home immediately. If there are those who are still willing to join the army, they will be assigned to the cadre army, and everything will be treated according to the cadre army.

After hearing about the treatment of the cadres, the state army felt that the two choices given by the great secretary were the best. While everyone praised the great priest loudly, they silently made a choice in their hearts. In the end, nearly 80,000 of the 100,000 people in Jinyang plus the more than 10,000 troops who had been surrendered in Yuci voluntarily returned home, and the remaining nearly 40,000 were willing to continue to serve in the army.

The remaining Bingzhou army, Lan Jing'an, asked Xiao Meng and Xiao Jian to arrange all the people to go to the northern line to guard the border. Recently, the Xiongnu took advantage of the Xianbei chaos and had a tendency to further expand. All the lands in northern Xinjiang are suffering from its attacks. Especially when winter is approaching, the Huns, who are not engaged in production, want to take advantage of the winter to loot again, so Lan Jing'an feels that defending the northern border is even more important than attacking Luoyang.

When Lan Jing'an came out of the Bingzhou military camp, he went to Jinyang City for a turn. This is also the usual custom of the cadres, as long as the city is captured, the chief secretary must come forward to appease the people. The people in Jinyang City were looking forward to it, and Lan Jing'an was afraid that riding a horse in the crowd might injure someone by mistake, so he changed his clothes and led everyone to walk in the market.

Many people in Jinyang City have heard that it was the great priest who personally infiltrated Jinyang regardless of his own safety, and persuaded General Xiao Jian to avoid a catastrophe in Jinyang City. Therefore, when the people in the city saw Lan Jing'an appear, they kowtowed to her and thanked her. Lan Jing'an changed her serious face in the army, smiled solemnly and cordially at the people, sometimes hugged the child, sometimes greeted the elderly, and said two sentences of Jinyang dialect, which made the people of Jinyang crazy.

Just when Lan Jing'an was about to finish patrolling the city, a woman wearing thorns suddenly rushed out of the oblique and knelt in front of Lan Jing'an. Bai Qingfeng's head was buzzing, and he wanted to stop the kneeling people, but it was too late.

Lan Jing'an gave Bi Luan a look and asked her to stand beside Bai Qingfeng. Then he asked, "Who is kneeling on the ground?" And why are you in the way? ”

The woman who was prostrate on the ground spoke up: "People's girl Qian Jingya." came to complain, and asked the chief priest to administer justice. ”