In the study, the strategist Tang Yan hesitated for a moment and said to Zhang Mingqi: "Lord, we actually have another way out, which is to retreat to Hangzhou, join forces with the Polu Army in Hangzhou, and jointly resist the Lu army!"

Zhang Mingqi shook his head and said, "I have considered this point, but in that case, our Southeast Fang army will definitely be annexed by the Polu Army. I would rather surrender to the people of Lu than be a subordinate of Liu Ji. Moreover, this time the Polu Army may not be able to block the Lu army and lose the terrain of Zhejiang and Fuzhou. In addition, the Polu Army is still in a war with the Dayuan Kingdom in the Western Regions. It will be very difficult for the Polu Army to defeat the Lu army."

Staffman Tang Yan smiled bitterly. In fact, Tang Yan still understands why Zhang Mingqi is unwilling to surrender to the Polu Army. After all, Zhang Mingqi and Liu Ji had the same status before, and were both the great governors of Jin State. Now that Zhang Mingqi is forced to surrender to the Polu Army, Zhang Mingqi is a little embarrassed.

When she was about to walk out of the provincial governor's mansion in Jianyang City, Fan Dongying stopped and lowered her voice and said to Yuan Tianba: "Are the guards around you reliable?"

Yuan Tianba hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Although these guards around me were brought out from Jiao Country, I am not sure if anyone would be bribed by Tang Yan's red fox!"

Fan Dongying immediately said, "I am also worried about the guards around me. While the guards around us are left outside the state and the governor's mansion, we will make a long story short. Judging from what Zhang Mingqi means, he is preparing to surrender to Lu, and I, Fan Dongying, will never surrender to Lu!"

Yuan Tianba said in a deep voice: "My wife and unborn children all died at the hands of the people of Lu. I, Yuan Tianba, would not be able to surrender to the people of Lu! If you hadn't stopped me just now, I would have to question Zhang Mingqi how he agreed to me at the beginning!"

Fan Dongying shook his head and said, "One time, another time, now the Southeast Fang army is defeated again and again. Zhang Mingqi would rather surrender to the people of Lu than seek support from the Polu Army. I am going to lead troops out of Jianyang City and go to Hangzhou to surrender to the Polu Army."

Yuan Tianba immediately said, "Okay! Our ideas coincide! Now only the Polu Army can avenge me Yuan Tianba!"

On the morning of December 3, Fan Dongying, deputy commander of the First Corps of the Southeast Fang Army, and Yuan Tianba, deputy commander of the Imperial Guard Corps, led the two corpses to part of the army in Jianyang City without saying goodbye and headed straight to the north of Jianyang City.

"Pu" a teacup was thrown to the ground by Zhang Mingqi, "Mr. Tang, why did you guarantee to this Grand Governor! As a result, Fan Dongying and Yuan Tianba are now leading their troops away!"

Staffman Tang Yan said embarrassedly: "It's all the subordinates who are not doing well, please punish them! The people sent by the Red Fox to Fan Dongying and Yuan Tianba were all confused by these two people and did not notice the small actions of these two people at all."

Zhang Mingqi gritted his teeth and said, "Even if these two bastards are unwilling to join the people of Lu with this Grand Governor, they just leave alone. Now they are leaving this Grand Governor with at least 300,000 troops, and they are wasting their vain to trust them so much!"

At this time, Liu Fengbao, the commander of the Fourth Legion, said angrily: "Lord, why not ask your subordinates to lead their troops to recover them!"

Staff member Tang Yan immediately stopped him and said, "You can't chase! Among the 300,000 people taken by Fan Dongying and Yuan Tianba, almost all of the 300,000 people are the most combat-effective troops of the First Legion and the Imperial Guard Corps. Once General Liu leads people to chase after him, not only will he not be able to keep Fan Dongying and Yuan Tianba, as well as the 300,000 troops, it will further expand the losses of our Southeast Fang Army."

Zhang Mingqi sighed and said, "Forget it, it's raining, my mother wants to get married, so let them go! Seeing the direction where Fan Dongying and Yuan Tianba led their troops away, they should be going to Hangzhou and preparing to surrender to the Polu Army, alas."

Then Zhang Mingqi said to his adviser Tang Yan: "Mr. Tang, please send someone to contact Lu immediately to discuss the Southeast Fang army's enlistment in Lu."

The strategist Tang Yan frowned slightly and said, "Lord, General Zhao Lianjin and General Zhou Jiling are leading troops to Jianyang City and seeking refuge in Lu State. Do you need to wait for the two generals to come back..."

Zhang Mingqi waved his hand and said, "Don't wait for them anymore. Zhao Lianjin and Zhou Jiling have always been loyal to this Grand Governor. This Grand Governor decided to surrender to Lu. They will definitely continue to follow this Grand Governor!"

On the evening of December 5, in the Fuming County of Suzhou, the remnants of the Second and Fifth Corps of the Southeast Xiang Army were merged with the remnants of the Third and Sixth Corps. There were more than 100,000 troops of the Imperial Guards in these two routes.

In a curtain, Zhou Jiling said to Zhao Lianjin in a deep voice: "Do you know the news about Jianyang City?"

Zhao Lianjin frowned and asked, "What's the news about Jianyang City?"

Zhou Jiling sighed and said, "Fan Dongying, deputy commander of the First Legion, and Yuan Tianba, deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, led the 300,000 troops of the two legions, and have already rebelled from our Southeast Fang Army. Fan Dongying and Yuan Tianba took these 300,000 people to surrender to the Polu Army!"

"What! There is such a thing! It's useless to waste the lord's trust in Fan Dongying and Yuan Tianba so much. How could they betray the lord at this time!" Zhao Lianjin said angrily when he heard this.

Zhou Jiling shook his head and said, "According to the news from Jianyang City, the lord is preparing to surrender to Lu State. Fan Dongying and Yuan Tianba have a deep hatred between Lu State. It is normal for them to lead troops to surrender to the Polu Army at this time."

Zhao Lianjin suddenly stood up and asked in disbelief: "What did you say? The lord wants to surrender to the State of Lu?"

Zhou Jiling said with a wry smile: "That's true. The lord should have sent someone to contact the country of Lu now."

Zhao Lianjin asked with a serious look on his face: "General Zhou, is the information you received accurate?"

Zhou Jiling shrugged and said, "This news is absolutely accurate. We are less than two hundred miles away from Jianyang City. When we return to Jianyang City, General Zhao will know if the news is true."

"No, I want to return to Jianyang City immediately and dissuade the lord from surrendering to Lu. Even if I surrender to the Polu Army, I cannot surrender to Lu. After all, the Polu Army is still the army of Jin, and Lu is a foreign enemy!" Zhao Lianjin turned around and prepared to walk outside the curtain.

"General Zhao, don't worry. If you return to Jianyang City like this, do you think you can change your mind?"

Zhao Lianjin's body was paused, "But we can't surrender to the people of Lu! I, Zhao Lianjin, would rather die in battle than surrender to the people of Lu!"

Zhou Jiling sighed and said, "General Zhao, Zhou Jiling, I, are also unwilling to surrender to the people of Lu, and to shame our ancestors of the Zhou family!"

Then Zhou Jiling continued, "General Zhao, although you and me have a normal relationship, I will not hide it at this time. I am not going to continue to lead troops to Jianyang City. I want to lead troops to Hangzhou, surrender to the Polu Army, and continue to fight against the Lu army. I wonder if you would like to go to Hangzhou together?"

After Zhou Jiling said this, his palms were already sweating. In fact, Zhou Jiling ambushed many swords and axe players outside the curtain. Once Zhao Lianjin was unwilling to join him and join the Polu Army, Zhou Jiling would smash the teacup, let the outside swords and axe players rushed into the curtain, cut Zhao Lianjin to death, then annexed the remaining army in Zhao Lianjin's hands, and then went to Hangzhou to join the Polu Army.

After pondering for a while, Zhao Lianjin sighed and said, "It's not that I, Zhao Lianjin, want to betray my lord, but the lord surrendered to Lu, I, Zhao Lianjin, must not follow me. Since General Zhou is determined to go to Hangzhou, I, Zhao Lianjin, are willing to go with me!"

The reason why Zhao Lianjin agreed so happily was because Zhao Lianjin had long been determined to surrender to the Polu Army. After all, the series of brilliant achievements of the Polu Army before have shown that the future of the Great Jin Dynasty will definitely fall into the hands of the Polu Army. Neither the current court of the Great Jin or the previous Southeast Fang Army, nor the previous Southeast Fang Army, could not stop the Polu Army.

Zhao Lianjin understood the principle that good birds chose trees to live in, but Zhao Lianjin had not yet passed the hurdle in his heart when betraying Zhang Mingqi. Now that Zhang Mingqi wanted to surrender to Lu, it was equivalent to helping Zhao Lianjin overcome the hurdle in his heart.

Zhou Jiling suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "General Zhao, no matter what conflicts we had before, it was because you were unwilling to surrender to Lu. I, Zhou Jiling, would like to treat you as a brother in the future!"

"Okay! I, Mr. Zhao, will definitely treat General Zhou as my brother in the future! We two brothers will need more support to each other in the Polu Army in the future!"

"Brother Zhao is right. After joining the Polu Army, we brothers should support each other more!"

On the morning of the next day, Zhao Lianjin and Zhou Jiling sorted out the troops in their hands. The two clearly told their subordinates that they were preparing to surrender to the Polu Army. Because Zhang Mingqi wanted to surrender to the State of Lu, most of the generals under Zhao Lianjin and Zhou Jiling were willing to follow the two to surrender to the Polu Army.

However, there were also some generals who were loyal to Zhang Mingqi and were unwilling to follow Zhao Lianjin and Zhou Jiling to Hangzhou. Originally, Zhou Jiling was going to execute all the generals who were unwilling to follow the two, but was stopped by Zhao Lianjin. Zhao Lianjin released these generals who were loyal to Zhang Mingqi and asked them to ride horses to leave the barracks and go to Jianyang City to report to Zhang Mingqi. The troops in the hands of these generals remained.

Zhao Lianjin and Zhou Jiling led about 500,000 troops of the Southeast Fang Army. In order to avoid long nights and dreams, they continued to set off on the afternoon of December 6th. However, the marching direction of the 500,000 troops was no longer Jianyang City, but turned to Hangzhou to the north.

"Pu bang bang bang bang bang" Three tea cups were thrown to the ground continuously by Zhang Mingqi, "Bastard! They are all bastards! I, Zhang Mingqi, trust them so much, but they all betrayed me! The person came and brought the armor of this Grand Commander. This Grand Commander wanted to lead troops to cut off the heads of the two traitors, Zhao Lianjin and Zhou Jiling!"

The generals who were released by Zhao Lianjin had returned to Jianyang City, and at the same time brought Zhang Mingqi an extremely angry news. Zhao Lianjin and Zhou Jiling, the two most outstanding generals of the Southeast Fang Army, actually chose to betray the Southeast Fang Army and Zhang Mingqi, the commander of the Southeast Fang Army, and led the 500,000 troops of the Southeast Fang Army to Hangzhou to surrender to the Polu Army.

Staff member Tang Yan quickly said, "Don't be angry, Zhao Lianjin and Zhou Jiling have 500,000 troops in their hands, and the First Legion and the Imperial Guards in Jianyang City have been greatly damaged after Fan Dongying and Yuan Tianba left. Even if the lord brings all the 1.2 million troops in Jianyang City, he may not be able to defeat Zhao Lianjin and Zhou Jiling's 500,000 troops in his hands. Moreover, according to the current situation, we cannot catch up with Zhao Lianjin and Zhou Jiling."

Zhang Mingqi suddenly kicked the strategist Tang Yan down, "Tang Yan, this general has handed over the Red Fox to you, but what are you doing! Fan Dongying, Yuan Tianba led his troops away, Zhao Lianjin, and Zhou Jiling also led his troops away now, why did the Red Fox have no news before? Didn't you say that there have been many spies being installed by the generals?"

Zhang Mingqi tried very hard and kicked Tang Yan for a long time before he could breathe. Thanks to Liu Fengbao, the commander of the Fourth Legion, who stopped him, otherwise Zhang Mingqi would have wanted to kick Tang Yan a few more times.

Tang Yan stood up, covered his stomach and said sadly: "I am not doing well in my subordinates. I am willing to deal with it with my lord. However, according to the current situation of our Southeast Fang Army, it is really not appropriate to start a war again, otherwise we will not even be qualified to negotiate with Lu."

Zhang Mingqi took a deep breath and asked Tang Yan in a deep voice: "How are you in contact with the people of Lu?"

Tang Yan immediately said: "Lord, the man has been sent out. No news has been sent back yet, but it should be soon."

"As soon as there is news, come and tell this Governor immediately!"

"Yes, lord!"

What Zhang Mingqi did not expect was that Tang Yan never appeared in front of him again. On the night after Zhang Mingqi learned that Zhao Lianjin and Zhou Jiling had betrayed him, Tang Yan actually left Jianyang City with about 600,000 troops from the Southeast Fang Army, including 200,000 recruits who had just recruited near Jianyang City.

After Zhang Mingqi received this news, he immediately spat out a mouthful of blood. Then Zhang Mingqi asked angrily to Liu Fengbao, the commander of the Fourth Legion: "Tang Yan doesn't even have military power, how could he take away 600,000 people!"

Liu Fengbao smiled bitterly and said, "Lord, maybe Tang Yan has controlled many generals in the army with the Red Fox. Even my Fourth Legion had about 40,000 people left with Tang Yan. And seeing the direction where Tang Yan led his troops away, Tang Yan should have also gone to surrender to the Polu Army."

Zhang Mingqi muttered to himself: "Is it because my Grand Governor chose to surrender to Lu State because he did something wrong? Why did the civil and military officials and generals under my Grand Governor leave me one by one?"

Liu Fengbao hesitated for a moment, did not answer Zhang Mingqi's question, but asked: "Lord, what should we do next? Will you send someone to contact the people of Lu?"
Chapter completed!