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Chapter one hundred and seventy-ninth chapter three

If Han Sheng knew that he would not surrender to Yan, he would definitely be dead.

When he learned the rumors that Tian Pengzu died in battle, he had already had the intention to rebel. If he did not surrender, Yan would be afraid of being secretly retaliated by Tian Yu. However, he had not yet obtained the exact death certificate of Tian Pengzu and did not dare to surrender for a while.

But now it is impossible not to surrender to Yan. In order to protect himself, he killed Cheng Pei. This is the only seed of the governor of Qingzhou. With Cheng Xi's ability, it would be almost a matter of one word to make his whole family live.

Fortunately, Han Sheng has always brought his family with him, and is currently in the city. As long as he opens the city and surrenders to the Yan army, he will be the last glimmer of hope.

It was difficult to reach Xiangwu. Yang Zuo led the Yan army to the city, and his personal soldiers hurriedly reported to Han Sheng from the prefect of the government.

Han Sheng quickly climbed to the top of the city when he heard this. Yang Zuo saw that his face seemed to be full of color, and he felt amused: "What's wrong with Han Changshi's face?"

"Can General Yang make three rules? If it agrees, the villain will immediately open the city gate and welcome the army into the city."

Han Sheng said seriously.

Yang Zuo felt a little nervous, but he didn't dare to show a too happy smile. Instead, he pretended to be calm and asked calmly: "You should explain what the conditions are first? I will give you the answer."

Han Sheng raised his right arm, stretched out his index finger, and said in a deep voice: "The first condition is that your army can enter the city and not kill a civilian or a soldier."

He nodded and said loudly: "Don't worry about this matter. Our country's Yan King has long had an imperial order. If you kill one person, your army will be subject to your order. If you kill a thousand people indiscriminately and the leader cannot stop, the generals will also need to fill their lives."

Han Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "As for the second condition, before surrender, each of them will inevitably have enemies and speak wildly and other abuses. I hope General Yang can ignore his past grudges, and we should obey it."

Yang Zuo said: "This is even more okay. A real man has clear grudges. If he surrenders, he will be a subject of my Dayan. How can he fight with his family? Han Changshi can rest assured."

"If a villain surrenders, what position can he be appointed?"

Han Sheng asked the third question again.

Yang Zuo laughed and said, "If you are willing to surrender, you will still be the chief minister. After this matter, I will report to the king and I will definitely ask you for more rewards."

After answering the questions and answers, Han Sheng had no worries anymore. He immediately ordered people to open the city gate and go out of the city to welcome Yang Zuo into the city.

Yang Zuo and Deng Zhong smiled at each other, Han Sheng came forward, bowed and said respectfully: "Liar Han Sheng, welcome the two generals."

“No need to be polite.”

He waved his hand, and Deng Zhong led 2,000 people to investigate, and ordered the remaining Wei army to be inspected.

Deng Zhong saw the blood flowing between the city and hundreds of corpses died. He also saw a head hanging from the southeast eaves of the city. It was Cheng Pei, and he thought to himself: "This kid is finally dead."

After confirming that there was no ambush in the city, Deng Zhong also inspected that there were more than 1,000 Wei troops, hundreds of wounded soldiers could not recover in a few months, and there were still thousands of people who could fight.

When Yang Zuo learned that there was no ambush, he led the army into the city.

The people in the city were all frightened and uneasy. Although they often heard that the Yan army was kind, did not kill prisoners or abuse the people, they were just rumors and no one had seen them with his own eyes.

But in the following scene, the people of Huang County were shocked. Six or seven thousand Yan troops entered the city. Except for some Yan troops patrolling the Rong Guards, the rest were all sitting on the ground with their own composure and no violation or robbery.

Han Sheng couldn't help but be secretly shocked: "I never thought that the Yan army was so rigorous in governing the army."

Yang Zuo shrugged disinterestedly and said to Han Sheng: "Han Changshi, how much food and taxes are there in the city, as well as the registered household registration of the population in the city, will be handed over to me."

Han Sheng hurriedly said, "The villain immediately ordered someone to take it. The food and grass in the city can be used for more than seven years in the general's headquarters and the surrendered soldiers of our army."

As the chief minister, he still remembers all the numbers in the city.

Yang Zuo couldn't help but be surprised: "There are so many food and grass here?"

The Yan army had nearly 6,000 or 7,000 people, and more than 1,000 surrendered soldiers and officials of Han Sheng were added, and nearly 10,000 were all over the world.

In that case, wouldn’t the food and grass in Huang County be enough to make the 70,000 troops eat for a year?

Han Sheng stroked his beard and smiled, and patiently explained: "Huang County was originally the granary for Cao Shuang to attack Liao. It transported grain from water to Liaodong and transported it to Cao Shuang's army. It was exactly the same as when the Taifu Sima Yi attacked Liao."

In the second year of Jingchu, Wei State, Sima Yi led a 40,000 army out of Luoyang to attack Liao, so he built a granary in Huang County, and transported grain from the sea.

Although Cao Shuang had hundreds of people who did not accept Sima Yi, he had to Xiao Gui Cao Sui.

Yang Zuo couldn't help but smile and said, "I got this city, and the losses of Wei State are not small. Cao Shuang's food route was broken, and Tian Yu, who was far away in Ye County, also lost the supplies behind him."

Since Han Sheng had surrendered to Yan, he could only go all the way to the dark. After all, his former boss became an enemy, and the enemy became the master who should be loyal to him, so he should speak out everything.

Just then, the little official brought the list of registered grain storage, taxes and other items in Huang County. Han Sheng took the list and handed it to Yang Zuo respectfully with both hands.

Yang Zuo sat in the government office with a big golden sword, flipped the list, and suddenly asked, "How much food and grass has Tian Yu transferred here?"

Han Sheng did not dare to hide it and said, "Report to the general that since Tian Pengzu entered Huang County to seize power, he transferred almost two months of food and grass."

Deng Zhong immediately showed joy and said, "In other words, Tian Yu will face food shortage in less than two months?"

Han Sheng wiped the sweat beads on his forehead and smiled and said, "The truth is that. Tian Yu used Huang County as the rear and was preparing to stockpile and guard for a long time to find an opportunity to capture Ye County. Now that Huang County is broken, Tian Yu is very likely to transfer food and grass to nearby counties."

Deng Zhong applauded and said to Yang Zuo: "Now we have become a thorn behind Tian Yu. We can give him some advice from time to time, and it is hard to guard against. If he transports grain from other places, the last general can lead his army to intercept the food route. As long as time goes by, Tian Yu will inevitably withdraw his troops in short supply."

"Deng Xianfeng's words are exactly what I want."

Yang Zuo glanced at him with praise, thinking that he was worthy of being a general, and cut off the enemy's food route from behind, and waited for the enemy to withdraw or lose his own position due to shortage of food. This strategy was wonderful and avoided the situation of confronting Tian Yu's army head-on.

For Tian Yu, although he was not in high position in his official position, he had been in the military for most of his life, and had no defeat in his resume. He would defeat what he attacked and win what he fought. He could be said to be an ever-winning veteran. Even the King of Yan praised him and repeatedly reminded him not to underestimate Tian Yu, and to make the best use of the internal contradictions in Qingzhou and gradually erode the territory of Wei.

Yang Zuo was ready to try his hand and was excited. When Gongsun Xiu personally conquered Goguryeo and appointed Deng Ai as the general, he often regretted not being able to volunteer to go out and expand the territory of Yan State.

This opportunity was also the opportunity that Gongsun Xiu saw that the local veteran was dissatisfied and gave him a special opportunity to lead the army. First, Yang Zuo was indeed the only one to choose, and second, to balance the relationship between the court and the country.

Han Sheng stood aside as a surrendered minister, listening quietly to Xuantu.

Yang Zuo looked at him and said seriously: "Shi Han, since you have surrendered to Dayan, I might as well tell the truth. In fact, Tian Pengzu has not yet died in battle. We landed along the coast and did not meet him, but marched from another small path."

Han Sheng said "Ah", with a look of surprise. He always thought that Tian Pengzu died of a bad life, and was afraid that Tian Yu would be angry, so he was ready to surrender to Yan. Cheng Pei naturally saw his vague intention and was eager to seize power. In order to protect himself, he now surrendered to Yan with a noble surrender, and he jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it.

He was stunned for a while, and then he said in admiration: "General Yang is not only good at fighting, but also uses troops to attack and plan first. He is really clever. He makes us fool around in just a few words."

Yang Zuo smiled unanimously and said, "I don't want to be fooled by the soldiers. I know you may be dissatisfied with something."

Han Sheng said he did not dare to do so. Since he had surrendered to Yan, he would never be able to return to Wei in the future. He would not dare to rebel again. He would have become a fence-bearer and the most easily killed target.

He bowed to the ground and smiled bitterly: "General Yang, the villain will never dare to be dissatisfied. I just can't figure out how you can bypass these 7,000 men and horses bypass Tian Pengzu's sight and run to Huang County?"

Yang Zuo said: "We came from Jiuzhang Cliff."

Han Sheng was stunned: "The cliffs there, where is there a road to get there?"

He smiled at the sky, his words were full of pride, and he said proudly: "This is the strategy set by the king. Set up a rope net from Jiuzhang Cliff and climb up the dangerous cliff. No matter how smart Tian Pengzu was, he could not have imagined that we would have walked out of Jiuzhang Cliff, which had no way to go."

Han Sheng took a breath and was completely convinced: "We lost without any regrets. No one can figure out this move. What can't be done is actually completely calculated by the King of Yan in your country."
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