The two sides confronted each other.

Zhao Han ordered the trumpeter to prepare, and said to Tian Younian again: "Governor Tian, in such a situation, do you still plan to surrender?" ”

There is really no need to fight, Tian Younian's advantage is that there are many archers, and the disadvantage is also that there are many archers.

Its strength is only half of Zhao Han's strength at the moment, and it is surrounded on three sides. If Zhao Han attacks regardless of casualties, the archer can only shoot one round, and the fast one can shoot a second arrow, and then he will have to face a melee strangulation.

"Alas!"

Tian Younian untied his bow and arrows, threw them away with his saber, and walked out of the army formation alone, saying, "Come two people, tie me up." ”

Zhao Han really sent someone to tie up this guy, and tied it up in front of him.

"I'm sorry," Zhao Han explained with a smile, "Governor Tian is a well-trained soldier, so I have to guard against it." Moreover, your surrender was so abrupt that I couldn't believe it. ”

Tian Younian's hands and feet were tied, and he turned his head and shouted: "Put down your weapons, this person will not kill indiscriminately!" ”

Just when Huang Qi and Huang Shun received the surrendered troops, Zhao Han said curiously: "Governor Tian seems to know me very well?" ”

"I have a talent from Luling," Tian Younian explained, "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to survive a hundred battles, and to fight a war, you must first find out the enemy's situation." I have sent spies since last autumn's harvest, and I have long known what you have done. ”

"Good means!"

Zhao Han was not surprised by this, I am afraid that not only Tian Younian's spies, Li Maofang and Wang Siren should also send spies.

Tian Younian continued: "For a thief like you, either kill it quickly, or defect as soon as possible. At the beginning, I made an appointment with Governor Li and Wang Yan, and after the Lantern Festival, we sent troops together. And you can't divide your troops, so as not to be defeated by each of you. Later, when you went down to Fenyi County, I ordered all the soldiers and horses, and wanted to besiege you in Fenyi County, so that they could quickly bring troops over and besiege them together. ”

"Do you think I can do it?" Zhao Han asked.

Tian Younian smiled bitterly: "Whether you can succeed or not, it's hard to say for the time being, this big tomorrow will definitely be over." ”

Tian Younian's hometown is in Shaanxi, and he comes from a military attache family, and no one is more familiar with the rotten Ming Dynasty than him. His entire family was killed by the rogue, and in addition to his parents, he had three sons and two nephews. My father and brother also died in battle some time ago, what hope can I have?

The only hope is to rely on military exploits to fight for a wife.

Ke Tian has been in Yuanzhou for more than four years, first to eliminate bandits, then to exterminate the rebels, and also to the emperor every year to offer bows and arrows.

For all these merits, only in the fourth year of Chongzhen, the emperor praised him once, sent him two taels of silver as a reward, and gave him a monthly salary increase of six stones. Then there was no response, no promotion, no reward. Even the bow-making subsidy specially approved by the emperor was deducted by which bastard, anyway, the silver did not leave the capital.

Tian Younian's promotion path has been blocked by the imperial court, and if he wants to continue to be promoted, he must send silver to the officials.

Or, he made a great contribution in the encirclement and suppression of Zhao Han!

Therefore, Tian Younian was very active in military training, and he could only rely on Zhao Han to make meritorious contributions, because all the money he exploited was used for military training, and he had no money to give gifts to those fools in the ministry.

At this moment, he was besieged by Zhao Hanqi's attack, and his last hope was dashed. If you want to keep the concubine and son in the city, and keep the last incense of his Tian family, what else can you do except surrender?

Not only to surrender, but also to sell teammates.

Tian Younian said suddenly: "Governor Li Maofang, and Wang Siren, should have received my secret report, and may be gathering troops to rush to Fenyi County." ”

"The Duchang Righteous Army is gone?" Zhao Han asked.

Tian Younian replied: "It was gone a month ago, the officers and soldiers besieged the city for many days, and the rebels began to fight among themselves, and after fighting each other, the city surrendered. ”

Zhao Han and Tian Younian didn't know that something big suddenly happened in the north, and Li Maofang and Wang Siren would not come to Fenyi County.

Last winter, Liukou crisscrossed Henan, and the imperial court urgently dispatched the armies of the six provinces to encircle and suppress it.

Before the officers and soldiers could complete the encirclement, the Liukou rushed out of the encirclement and went straight to the ancestral grave of the old Zhu family - Fengyang.

At this moment, Li Maofang and Wang Siren have already sent troops, led thousands of land and water armies, and supported the central capital Fengyang. Compared with the ancestral tomb of the old Zhu family, the Zhao thief in Luling is nothing, and it can be slowly encircled and suppressed.

Even if Zhao Han did not attack at night and was besieged by Tian Younian in Fenyi County, the final outcome would be similar, because Tian Younian could not wait for reinforcements.

As for Emperor Chongzhen, he used to hold his private money and didn't give it.

But since it was taken once for disaster relief, there must be a second time. His ancestral graves were in danger, and tens of thousands of troops were not paid enough, so Chongzhen finally used his internal money for the second time, this time to pay the soldiers on the front line.

Well, the emperor's ancestral tomb was in danger, and the soldiers took the opportunity to make trouble.

You can't blame the soldiers, during the Chinese New Year, they are still chasing the rogues in the snow, but they can't get the feasible salary.

What can I do if I don't pay overtime during the Chinese New Year?

……

Seeing that Zhao Han had already received the surrendered troops, Tian Younian suddenly said: "Give me a thousand soldiers, and I will take people to deceive the city." ”

"Good!"

Zhao Han immediately asked the soldiers to change their clothes, put on the clothes of the officers and soldiers, took the weapons of the officers and soldiers, and surrounded Tian Younian to go to the city.

Tonight's battle was very bizarre, Zhao Han thought there was a bloody battle, who knew that Tian Younian surrendered so neatly.

The next thing is acting, and there are shouts of killing in the barracks, shouting while running, and shouting all the way to the bottom of the Yuegong Ridge.

Tian Younian wore his hair and smeared blood on his face, and went to the city accompanied by Zhao Han. He was even more anxious than Zhao Han, because the concubine and his son were in the city, and this was the only relative he had in the world.

There was already a commotion on the other side of the city, and the soldiers who fled back from the barracks, as well as the soldiers who were responsible for guarding the grain and grass by the river, all fled outside several city gates. They tried to enter the city to take refuge, but the defenders of the city did not open the door, fearing that some of them would lose the city.

"Get out of the way!"

Tian Younian shouted.

"Fuzun is here!"

"Fuzun has killed the thief!"

“……”

The deserters were ecstatic and made way for Tian Younian.

Tian Younian angrily reprimanded: "You will escape from the battle, and you will be punished for your sins tomorrow!" Saying that, he came to the city and roared angrily towards the city tower, "I am Tian Younian, the thieves have been killed, quickly open the city and let me in." Also, send someone to find the doctor, all the military doctors have fled, and I have wounded and need to be treated immediately! ”

This guy has a lot of prestige in Fucheng, and after just a few orders, the defenders didn't dare to say much, and hurriedly ran to open the city gate.

Zuo Xiaocheng was also mixed in with the deserters, he tried hard to squeeze forward, but was stopped by Zhao Han's soldiers, and he couldn't squeeze through at all. I had to shout: "Fuzun, I am Luling Xiucai Zuo Xiaocheng!" ”

No one paid attention to him.

Suddenly, the city gate was opened, and Zhao Han led his troops to surround Tian Younian and entered.

"Kill!"

After entering the city, Zhao Han stabbed the doorman to death with a shot, and thousands of soldiers rushed towards the city tower.

Tian Younian shouted: "I have surrendered, you should surrender quickly!" ”

It's a pity that the shouts of killing shook the sky, and countless officers and soldiers were caught off guard, and they were killed and fled one after another, and no one listened to him at all.

Governor Tian is also a thief?

Hearing the shouts of killing inside the city gate, Zuo Xiaocheng's face turned pale with fright, and he immediately took the road and fled to the river.

His mind went blank and he couldn't figure out what was going on.

He took refuge in Xie Xuelong, but Xie Xuelong was defeated and died. came to Tian Younian again, but this one was even more powerful, and he actually directly descended to the thief.

There was a complete chaos in the city, and some people even started setting fires to take advantage of the opportunity to loot money.

Tian Younian saw the flames soaring into the sky, and immediately said anxiously: "Quickly divide a team of soldiers and follow me to capture the mansion, my son is still inside!" ”

I can't care about the future or anything.

The son, who is only more than a year old, is Tian Younian's heart, and the only remaining blood incense in the Tian family.

After Zhao Han occupied the southern city tower, he immediately said to Huang Mi: "You lead the troops to follow Mr. Tian to the Zhanfu Office!" ”

Tian Younian was surrounded and ran, and soon came to the outside of the mansion, he immediately shouted: "Open the door, I am Tian Younian." ”

The gate of the government was soon opened, and Huang Mi led people to occupy this place. Tian Younian didn't care about anything, trotted straight to the backyard, and the concubine was trembling with her son in her arms.

"Xi'er, don't be afraid, I'm back." Tian Younian comforted softly.

He is nearly fifty years old, and all three sons are dead, and this young son is not easy to come by.

is this little concubine, but she is just a maid, and her mother is also favored by her son. After giving birth, she was immediately accepted as a concubine, and she planned to correct and continue the string in the future.

Until dawn, Tian Younian patrolled the city to collect the remnants of the army, and the concubine and son were taken hostage, and Huang Qi sent someone to guard them.

Everyone had been tired all night, and in the middle of the morning, they were in no mood to speak, so they sent troops to take turns to defend the city and maintain law and order.

After sleeping soundly until the evening, Zhao Han finally got up to eat and called Tian Younian to drink together.

"Mr. Lihong (Tian Younian)," Zhao Han raised his glass and said, "Thank you, Mr. for your help!" ”

Tian Younian was actually depressed, took a sip of wine and said, "I know your path, and I will release the domestic slaves in two days and exchange them for hired labor contracts." If you believe me, I will help you take the entire Yuanzhou Mansion. If you don't believe me, I'll go back to Ji'an with you. ”

Zhao Han said with a smile: "It's not that I don't trust Mr., but I have no intention of capturing Yuanzhou, and I will return to the army immediately after a day's rest." By the way, the craftsmen of the Yuanzhou Weapons Institute, I want to take them all! ”

"Okay, I'll help you gather the craftsmen." Tian Younian said.

Zhao Han couldn't help laughing: "Mr. descended so quickly and cooperated in every way, I can't believe it until now." ”

"I bought this official," Tian Younian asked, "Do you know what kind of official I bought in the first place?" ”

"Sir, please." Zhao Han said.

Tian Younian sneered: "Jiangning Zhixian spent tens of thousands of taels of silver!" ”

Awesome, although Jiang Ning is attached to Guo Nanjing, the oil and water are definitely very rich, and it is really powerful to be able to buy this official.

Tian Younian continued: "Most of the silver I fished in Jiangning was fed to the Donglin Party. At that time, Wei Zhongxian was in power, and the Donglin Party was very down, so it was rare for me to send charcoal in the snow. After the fall of Wei Zhongxian, guess what? ”

"The Donglin Party has turned its face and doesn't recognize people?" Zhao Han asked.

Tian Younian sighed and said: "I continued to work in Jiangning for a year, and I purged the bandits in Jiangning, and I actually had to send silver to get a head of the household department." The fat shortage only worked for a year, and he was sent to Yuanzhou to be the prefect, and he didn't think about the old relationship at all! ”

From the county magistrate of Jiangning to the head of the household department, he has been promoted two levels in a row, which must be regarded as a high promotion.

From the head of the household department to the prefect of Yuanzhou, he was promoted to four levels in a row, but this is not easy to say. A prefect who lacks Beijing officials and is released to a poor place needs to see how it will develop in the future.

"When I arrived in Yuanzhou," Tian Younian said with a smile, "I was forgotten by the Donglin Party, and my previous friendship was gone." After all, I am from Shaanxi, and I am from a different background, so I am not all the way with them. These bastards are used to crossing the river and demolishing bridges! ”

The prefect is a hurdle, and it is very difficult to get promoted.

Some unlucky people, from this place to that place, can be the prefect for more than 12 years, and then slowly stumble through senate and politics, and keep going around in the place all their lives.

Tian Younian is the kind that can't be promoted, his career career, at most, one from the third grade to participate in politics, without giving money to even participate in politics.

There is no hope for promotion, there is no family to drag down, and you have to keep the incense, what is the burden of the thief?

As long as he is promoted normally according to his political performance, Tian Younian will not choose to be a thief.