"What? Are you willing to surrender?" Although I believe that he might persuade Zhang Yan and persuade him to surrender, Liu He did not expect that Zhang Yan would agree to surrender so quickly and surrender voluntarily, so Liu He was naturally very surprised.

In fact, Liu He didn't know at all that Zhang Yan was originally a man of affection and righteousness, but after becoming a superior person, he lost himself and began to become corrupt and degenerate. Now he has realized under the inspiration of Liu He. At the same time, he is indeed desperate now. Although he still has tens of thousands of troops, these tens of thousands of troops are not the opponent of Liu He and the high-ranking officials' coalition, and he is still invincible in the end. Instead of doing so, it is better to choose to surrender now. Now that he surrenders with these tens of thousands of troops, he will still receive a certain amount of attention. If he surrenders after these tens of thousands of troops are exhausted, even if Liu He reluctantly accepts surrender, he probably won't be treated well.

"Yes, but I have a condition here, and I need to agree. If the envoy agrees, I will surrender without saying a word. If the envoy does not agree, I will surrender reluctantly under the circumstances, but it is just a guarantee that I will surrender myself."

Zhang Yan said it very clearly, which was a threat to Liu He. If he agreed to his conditions, he would lead the army to surrender. If he did not agree, only Zhang Yan would surrender alone.

The gap between this is not small. Of course, Liu He would attach great importance to it and said seriously: "Tell me, as long as I can do it, I will do my best, but if the conditions are too excessive, I can't do anything."

Liu He said so cautiously, but Zhang Yan felt relieved. If he took over the big bag, Zhang Yan would doubt his sincerity. So Zhang Yan nodded and said, "My conditions are actually very simple. I hope that you can give the soldiers under my command a proper place, not only to save their lives, but also to live a relatively better life. At least, you cannot let them have no food to eat once they surrender, so that they will become thieves again."

When Liu He heard this, he felt relieved and said without thinking: "I can guarantee you this matter that if you can persuade the soldiers under your command to surrender, I can let them choose whether to stay in the army. If you choose to leave, I will give them land and seeds to them according to the Juntian Order. If you stay in the army, I will treat the soldiers in my army equally. In addition, I also guarantee that the soldiers under your command will still be your command. Of course, if you agree, I may choose a part of them to enrich my personal army."

"Is the envoy true?" After hearing Liu He's words, Zhang Yan was immediately caught in a great surprise, because Liu He's words showed three surprises: First, the soldiers under his command will be treated fairly regardless of whether they want to stay in the army or not; second, the soldiers under his command have the opportunity to join Liu He's personal soldiers, and third, he can continue to command the original army, which is full of trust in him and his command, and does not treat them as outsiders at all, so in the future, neither he nor his command will be discriminated against.

This is simply the treatment of a dream for an army that surrendered halfway, especially in Liu He's army, the treatment of the soldiers is the most favorable in the world!

"Please rest assured that Yan will do his best to lead the soldiers under his command to surrender to the lord." Zhang Yan, excited, immediately patted his chest and made a promise.

"Okay, since that's the case, General Zhang, you go back now, and wait for your good news." Liu He ordered people to prepare horses for Zhang Yan and send him away.

"Thank you, but no need. Yan has horses, so he is not far from outside the camp. Let's say goodbye." Zhang Yan bowed to Liu He, then jumped a few times and disappeared into the night.

"Lord, you really shouldn't have let Zhang Yan go. We finally caught him. Although he verbally agreed to surrender, who can stop him by leaving?"

Pan Feng, who was standing by, complained when he saw Liu He let Zhang Yan go.

But Liu He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Zhang Yan will definitely come back."

"Really? Is the lord so confident?" Pan Feng looked puzzled, but he knew that his lord had always been very accurate in his eyes and should not be wrong, so he did not dare to speak, so he arranged for manpower to strengthen protection, and then went down to rest with all the civil and military officials.

At noon the next day, Pan Feng was training soldiers in the camp. Suddenly, he heard a sound of horse hooves coming from outside. Looking up, he saw smoke and dust covering the sun in the distance, as if a large army was rushing towards him.

Pan Feng was shocked and quickly ordered his soldiers to close the gate to prevent the enemy from attacking the camp.

However, Liu He, who was behind him, said: "No need to do this. Open the gate of the village bigger. You can go out with me. If what I expected was good, Zhang Yan must have led his army to join him."

"Is this really possible?" Pan Feng was suspicious, but he did not dare to disobey Liu He's orders. He immediately stepped forward and took action to open the village gate to the maximum extent, and then went out with Liu He.

Even so, Pan Feng did not dare to take it lightly and ordered his personal soldiers to be on guard secretly. If there is anything wrong, he would follow his orders and start an attack at any time.

However, he was surprised to find that the person on the other side slowly slowed down, and then he got off the horse and walked slowly.

Not long after, Pan Feng saw that the first person was Zhang Yan who was captured alive last night.

"Zhang Yan, the person who was guilty, has met the envoy." Zhang Yan came to Liu He and bowed respectfully.

"General Zhang, there is no need to be too polite." Liu He gently helped Zhang Yan up and said with a smile.

Then he saw Zhang Yan continue to bow and said, "I have reported to the envoy, after Yan's persuasion, 50,000 of the 70,000 soldiers in our camp chose to surrender, and another 20,000 people were unwilling to continue to join the army. They were all locals and unwilling to leave their hometown, so they all returned home."

"Okay, 50,000 people are already good. I wonder how many of these 50,000 people are willing to go to Bingzhou to be a homeland household, and how many are willing to stay in the army?" Liu He continued to ask with a smile on his face.

"More than 8,000 people are unable to continue fighting due to their health, age, etc. At the same time, because they have no relatives in the local area, or are originally from Bingzhou, they are all willing to go to Bingzhou to become Juntian households. These people have been registered and handed over to the envoys, and the envoys can arrange for them to go to Taiyuan at any time. The remaining 42,000 people are willing to stay in the army and continue to serve the envoys. This is their list, so please check it out."

After Zhang Yan finished speaking, he handed over a stack of rosters to Liu He.

Liu He took the roster and took a look. He only left the roster of eight thousand willing to be the roster of equal land, but returned the roster of 42,000 people to Zhang Yan. He smiled and said, "I said before, let you still command the old subordinates, so the roster of these people is naturally under your control, but we have made an agreement in advance that I have the right to select elite troops to enter my personal military camp."
Chapter completed!