There's no way to fight!

Although Ning Ze's hot air balloon was lowered low enough, it was still out of range of the archers, and it couldn't fight back at all. And his "spell" instantly formed a sea of fire, causing unimaginable damage to Xiao Qi or Kong Lan's army.

It is tantamount to a one-sided massacre, don't run and stand in place and let him all burn to death?

Whoever it is, there is only one choice in the face of this situation - escape!

The moment the fire broke out on the top of the crucible mountain, Ding Mu followed Ning Ze's order and quickly led the soldiers into the mountain road.

Although Xiao Qi and Kong Lan were ambushed on both sides, they were all attracted to Ning Ze's attention, especially the moment the sea of fire appeared, they only thought of escaping for their lives at the first time, who still had time to pay attention to the Huaguo soldiers who appeared on the mountain road below?

Not to mention, Ning Ze's fire attack covered all the rolling stone and wood, including tung oil, only the soldiers in the flames rushed out, and there were no people who rushed into the sea of fire to die.

The ambush was broken, and Ding Mu led the team to rush through the ambush site without hindrance, and sure enough, he found that the road ahead was blocked by many fallen trees and large stones.

Ding Mu personally went into battle, commanded the soldiers to quickly pull the trees and stones to the sides with war horses, and hurried over after removing the obstacles, found the cliffs on both sides and went down the mountain pass, and waited for the battle.

Xiao Qi and Kong Lan ran down from the top of the cliff, and it was not so easy.

Just like going up a mountain, the steep and winding mountain road is very difficult to walk, not to mention that the army is extremely confused by the "spell" and cannot act according to order.

In contrast, the Ding Mu team arrived first.

When the armies on both sides came to the bottom of the mountain, they were stunned to find that the Chinese army was blocking the way, and when they turned around, they saw the hot air balloon slowly flying in, outflanking them front and back.

Regardless of whether it was Xiao Qi or Kong Lan's troops, under the extremely panicked, they were burned by the fire attack and burned a large number of attributes and morale, how could they dare to fight hard?

Originally, these two troops encountered Ding Mu, and they might not lose if they met head-on, but in this situation, the soldiers had no heart to fight.

Under the charge of Ding Mu's army, the Xingtai soldiers had nowhere to escape, and many people chose to abandon their weapons and surrender, begging for their lives.

Kong Lan is not a person who steals his life, he is unwilling to surrender in the face of death, and leads his cronies to fight hard.

Encountering Ding Mu on the battlefield, the two sides fought for thirty rounds, Kong Lan's war horse stumbled and fell to the ground, and was captured alive by Ding Mu's subordinates.

Xiao Qi didn't fight hard, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he led his subordinates to trek through mountains and rivers, wanting to use the terrain to find a way out.

Ding Mu's subordinates led troops to quickly surround the perimeter of Crucible Mountain, which made Xiao Qi panic.

The group ran to the north of Crucible Mountain, but saw Ning Ze riding a hot air balloon in the airspace ahead.

Seeing that there was no way to escape, Xiao Qi's subordinates directly betrayed the main general in order to survive, and took advantage of his unpreparedness to forcibly subdue him, tied them into a zongzi under his scolding and scolding situation, and waved a white flag towards Ning Ze in the air to ask for surrender.

Ning Ze didn't expect that Xiao Qi's subordinates would tie up the main general. But it's good, it saves a lot of effort.

The Chinese army passed through the crucible mountain smoothly and assembled in an open area.

Xiao Qi and Kong Lan were all tied up and sent to Ning Ze.

【General】Xiao Qi, male, 40 years old

【Affiliation】Liang [Loyalty] 80 [Official Position] General Pi

[Stamina] 75 [Brawn] 68

[Intelligence] 87 [Politics] 86

[Command] 80 [Rende] 61

Class: Crossbowman A, Infantry B

Stunt: Culture Lv. 6, Training Lv. 4, Speed Lv. 3, Eloquence Lv. 2, Negotiation Lv. 1

【Military General】Kong Lan, male, 38 years old

【Affiliation】Liang [Loyalty] 89 [Official Position] Capture the general

[Stamina] 99 [Force] 86

[Intelligence] 55 [Politics] 43

[Command] 85 [Rende] 52

Class: Cavalry A, Archer A, Spearman C

【Stunt】Fight Lv. 7, Speed Lv. 6, Training Lv. 8, Siege Lv. 4, Hero Lv. 5

Sure enough, as Guo Wei said, these two people are one scholar and one martial artist, and their attributes are even higher than Guo Wei and Dong Han.

Xiao Qi has 87 points of intelligence, which is quite rare, and Kong Lan has 86 martial arts, and he is also a fierce general.

is that the two of them are very loyal to Liang Guo, and it is not easy to persuade them to surrender.

The two were tied up and knelt in front of Ning Ze, looking reluctant.

Kong Lan looked up and saw Guo Wei and Dong Han and suddenly roared: "Betrayer!!"

Guo Wei and Dong Han looked embarrassed and didn't dare to look at them.

Ning Ze stepped forward and said: "Two generals, if the situation of the day is clear, my Dahua will restore the country and the country is just around the corner! I hope that the two of you will be well-versed in righteousness and join our country!"

The level of his persuasion stunt is not low, but this stunt mainly depends on benevolence. The higher the benevolence, the greater the success rate of persuasion.

Sure enough, Kong Lan ignored Ning Ze's persuasion at all, and turned his head away with a cold snort.

Xiao Qi also turned his head, without any intention of surrendering.

This is normal, Ning Ze only has 50 benevolence, and the success rate of persuasion is too low. What's more, Xiao Qi and Kong Lan have more than 80 loyalty, which adds to the difficulty.

If Liu Yuanxiang is here, with her benevolence and stunts, a little persuasion of these two is estimated to drop directly.

"I don't know what to do!" Seeing this, Dewey next to him came over with a silver snake spear and said sharply, "Kind persuasion, you two are so rude! Brother, what's the use of such stubborn people, it's better to slaughter!"

"Stop!" Ning Ze hurriedly stopped Dewey, "Brother Xian, don't be impulsive, take them down first, and hurry up to Xingtai." The main forces of the enemy army are all here, and Xingtai County is afraid that the troops are empty, so they just take advantage of the situation to take it!"

Dewey was very obedient, so he let Xiao Qi and Kong Lan go.

After collecting the surrendered troops, the army did not stop and galloped towards Xingtai County.

Some deserters broke through and returned all the way back to Xingtai County, reporting to Taishou Zhang Yi: "Ning Ze fell from the sky and cast a spell to plunge our army into a sea of fire, with countless casualties. Our ambush was broken, and the two generals Xiao Qi and Kong Lan were captured alive!"

Zhang Yi was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Where are Guo Wei and Dong Han now?"

"The enemy army has reached Crucible Mountain, even if the two generals are not dead, I am afraid that they will fall into the hands of Ning Ze like Xiao Qi and Kong Lan!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yi intuitively felt that his eyes were dark, and he almost fell.

Xiao Qi, Kong Lan, Guo Wei, and Dong Han are all Zhang Yi's pillars, and the main army in the city is handed over to them, just to block Ning Ze.

Who would have thought that in front of Ning Ze, they were all defeated!

Also, under normal circumstances, the two armies are fighting, and no matter how powerful the opponent is, the four generals can withstand it for a while. But when the other party casts a spell, it is not something that manpower can resist.

The main army has been wiped out, and there are only about 5,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people left in Xingtai County.

Even if you ask for help from the surrounding counties, it will definitely be too late.

In a panic, Zhang Yi summoned officials in the city to ask about countermeasures.

Jun Cheng said: "The enemy army is menacing, and Ning Ze is casting spells. The four generals led tens of thousands of troops and couldn't resist it, and we were afraid that we couldn't defend it. In the opinion of the following officials, it is better to go out of the city in advance and go north to Shishan County. Wait for the imperial army to come to help, and let's fight back to Xingtai together!"

Zhang Yi sighed: "Sima Junshi ordered me to defend Xingtai and abandon the city and flee, which is a violation of the military order! The military division enforces the law very strictly, and those who violate the order will not be killed." You may be able to save your life, but I'm afraid this official will have an explanation!"

The civil and military officials looked at each other, but did not refute.

Indeed, if Zhang Yi flees without a fight, firstly, he will violate the military order, and secondly, he will be out of character.

But if he didn't run, with the five thousand old and weak soldiers in the city, after Ning Ze's army killed him, he couldn't hold the city either.

Once the city is broken, don't you still lose your head?

Both horizontal and vertical are dead, Zhang Yi is unlucky enough.

After a long discussion without a conclusion, the meeting was adjourned for the time being.

Zhang Yi returned home with a lot of worries.

When his wife Yuan saw it, she stepped forward and asked, "Why is my husband depressed?"

Zhang Yi sighed and told the current situation truthfully.

Yuan Shi thought for a while and said to him: "Even if both sides are dead ends, why should the husband stick to his integrity? Instead of resisting the calamity to his family, it is better to open the door and dedicate the city to Huaguo!"

Zhang Yi frowned when he heard this: "In this way, this official is a sinner in Liang State, and he will be infamous for all generations!"

"Liang Guosheng, then the husband is a sinner! However, the husband will die, and he will not be virtuous. Yuan said, "Hua Guosheng is a meritorious hero." Where is the infamy for eternity?"

"This ......," Zhang Yi's heart moved when he heard this.

Yuan continued: "Fu Jun thinks that today, who can stop that Ning Immortal?

Zhang Yi immediately bowed to the Yuan clan and said: "Madame's words, suddenly open the mouth! When this official conforms to the sky, as the Taishou of Xingtai, he should think of the people! Ning Immortal appears in the world as an immortal, how can mortals like us use our mantis arms as a car?"

He immediately returned to the official office and once again summoned the civil and military forces in the city to announce the surrender.

The civil and military forces in the city are all handled by Zhang Yi, and naturally obey his orders, and no one objects.

Ning Ze took Guo Wei, Dong Han, Xiao Qi, and Kong Lan, and led the army to kill Xingtai County.

When I came to the west side of Xingtai County, I saw that the city gate was wide open, and Xingtai Taishou led the civil and military forces in the city to wait outside the city, and thousands of old and weak soldiers lined up.

Ning Zexin said, with this amount of troops, does the other party still want to resist desperately?

He immediately turned his head and gestured to Dewey with his eyes.

Dewey understood, rode out of battle, and shouted loudly with a silver snake spear in his hand: "Dewey, the hussar general of Huaguo, is here, who dares to fight me?"

Zhang Yi was frightened by Dewey's roar, and hurriedly rode forward and saluted respectfully: "General, don't be impulsive! The next official is Xingtai Taishou Zhang Yi, I heard that the king of Danyang led the troops to come, and specially led the civil and military forces in the city to welcome the city, and was willing to surrender to the prince!"

"Oh?" Ning Ze rode the shadow and brought the horse to the front of the battle, "Are you willing to surrender?"

"The fairy-like character of the prince, how dare the lower officials hit the stone with an egg?" Zhang Yi hurriedly replied.

"Hmph, Guo Wei, Dong Han, Xiao Qi, and Kong Lan were not sent by you?" Dewey shouted coldly.

Zhang Yi hurriedly replied: "Sima Fa ordered the officials to send troops, how dare you disobey?"

"Are you sincere in surrendering?" asked Ning Ze.

Zhang Yi nodded again and again: "We sincerely surrender and are willing to serve the prince!"

As soon as the words fell, Ning Ze saw that the other party's forces had changed, from Liang to Hua.

So he nodded and said: "Those who know the times are Junjie, Zhang Taishou made a wise move, and he will never regret today's choice!"

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Zhang Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and Ning Ze said this, representing the acceptance of surrender.