Wanyanling's soldiers were panicked, but they did not dare to move, because the long sword in Liu Chengzong's hand had already pressed against Wanyanling's neck. As soon as they moved, Wanyanling would immediately splatter blood on the spot. Not only that, even many archers suddenly emerged from the Yuguan City Tower, aiming at them.

"General Zhao! What are you doing?" Wanyan Ling seemed very calm and had no timidity at all.

Xia Bolong laughed and said, "General Wanyan, my surname is not Zhao, my surname is Xia. This Yu Pass is no longer the level of your Dajin, but my Dragon Empire!"

"Dragon... Dragon Empire? How is this possible? How could the Dragon Empire's army come here?" Wanyan Ling was shocked and couldn't believe it.

"Liu Chengzong invited General Wanyan to enter the city." Xia Bolong turned his head and glanced at the five thousand soldiers under Wanyanling's troops, saying, "Don't worry, I just invite your generals to come up and drink and have tea. As long as you don't act rashly, I will not hurt your generals."

Wanyanling's soldiers didn't say anything, and a kind of nervousness appeared in their eyes, nervousness towards their generals.

Xia Bolong and Liu Chengzong took Wanyan Ling into Guancheng. The city gate was closed and the soldiers on the city wall were also tense to defend against the movement of the Jin soldiers outside.

Wanyan Ling was "invited" by Xia Bolong to Guancheng and sat in the warm hall. A soldier brought a jar of hot wine. Then several soldiers carried a table and served steaming dishes, filling the table with a whole table.

Xia Bolong took the lead and sat down, raised his hand and said, "General Wanyan, sit down!"

Liu Chengzong had already removed Wanyan Ling's weapons and stood behind Wanyan Ling. Seeing Wanyan Ling snorted coldly, he said, "Your Majesty asked you to sit, you can sit!"

Wanyan Ling was pressed down by Liu Chengzongqiang and sat on the seat reluctantly. Seeing the table full of wine and food, he snorted coldly and said, "I don't know what His Majesty Dragon Emperor is trying to surrender me?"

Xia Bolong laughed and said, "That's right! I like to talk to smart people. Smart people can communicate with each other at a glance, and they don't feel tired when speaking."

"I heard that His Majesty Dragon Emperor was a Song Dynasty person before, and I was a Jurchen. We Jurchens killed many Song Dynasty people. Does His Majesty Dragon Emperor hate me?" said Wanyan Ling.

"War? How can there be no one who is not dead? I have also killed many Jurchens, and General Wanyan can still talk to me calmly, which is enough to prove that your and I have the same idea." Xia Bolong said.

Wanyan Ling said: "I am a Jurchen, and this cannot be changed, and I will not surrender. Please don't waste any more slap on your word, just kill me."

"General Wanyan is indeed righteous. But I have not even killed a dangerous person like Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Xiyi. How could I kill you? If I don't surrender, I will only be a prisoner. I want you to watch how your territory of Dajin was eaten by my Dragon Empire bite by bite."

"You said... you didn't kill the Grand Marshal?"

"What? Do you think I've killed?"

Wanyan Ling suddenly laughed and said, "It's useless to kill or not. I, the Jurchens, will not be threatened for only one person."

"I don't plan to use Wanyan Zongwang to threaten anything. The Jin Kingdom no longer has that kind of confidence. I guess the general has heard of it. My Dragon Empire attacked Jin in three directions, and it was already in Dading Prefecture. Your Jin Kingdom is in a desperate situation. Why should the general be persistent? As the saying goes, those who know the current affairs are heroes, General Wanyan. What will happen to you depends on you. But I am very curious, why did you choose to support Yanjing instead of Dading Prefecture?"

"Wanyan Loushi of Dading Mansion hates me to the core. Wanyan Zonghan is my savior. Who do you think I should help?" said Wanyan Ling.

"Good, I am a true righteous man. But now that you have been captured by me, you can't go anywhere. If you surrender to my Dragon Empire, I can guarantee that your benefactor Wanyan Zonghan will not die."

Wanyan Ling thought for a while and said, "Are you really willing to rescue Wanyan Zonghan? Haven't your Dragon Empire already formed an alliance with the Song Dynasty? Are you not afraid of being ridiculed by the world if you do this?"

"Haha, I have always been a maverick in my work and don't care about these blurred things. How about it? Are you willing to surrender to me?"

"Do I have a choice? If I die like this, I am afraid that no one will remember my existence in my life, and Your Majesty will be angry and kill the five thousand golden soldiers outside the city. What kind of grievance do I feel if I surrender alone to exchange for the lives of thousands or even ten thousand people?"

Xia Bolong nodded with satisfaction and said, "I am very satisfied with your answer. I heard that you never kill unarmed people. It seems that you are not as bloodthirsty as other Jurchens."

"The Jurchens are also human beings. When the Khitans killed me, Jurchens at will, I deeply felt the pain of losing a relative. So, I swear, I will never kill any unarmed people at will, no matter which country they are."

"General Wanyan, you are a real man. Please, after using wine and food, I hope you will do something for me, one that can save many people from killing and save tens of thousands of people." Xia Bolong said.

Wanyan Ling sneered and said, "Does Your Majesty want me to persuade Wanyan Feng to surrender?"

"Smart people are smart people. Since you know everything, are you willing to do it?" Xia Bolong asked.

Wanyan Ling suddenly stood up, walked to the side, knelt on the ground with a thud, and shouted loudly: "My Wanyan Ling, today I am willing to surrender to His Majesty Dragon Emperor and never betray him. As long as Your Majesty can not kill my Jurchen people at will, I will be grateful and swear to follow His Majesty to the death."

Xia Bolong hurriedly helped Wanyan Ling up and said, "It seems that you have already made plans in your heart, and my words are in vain."

Wanyan Ling smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to go to Lu Long now and persuade Wanyan Feng to surrender."

"Well, then okay, then I will fulfill you. But, your five thousand soldiers..."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will let them all put down their weapons and enter Guancheng with the order. If I have the intention of rebellion, I will ask Your Majesty to kill my subordinates."

"But, if you go alone, I am worried about your safety, so let Liu Chengzong go with you."

"Does Your Majesty trust me?"

"This is not, it's just..."

"Since that's the case, please ask Your Majesty to let me go alone. If there are too many people, it will make things worse!"

"Okay, then please give General Jun a meal. After eating, you can go to Wanyan Feng's place. However, Wanyan Feng is not in Lu Long now, so he should have arrived in Funing."

"No matter where he is, I will always have a way to persuade him to surrender."

After Wanyan Ling had eaten, he summoned his five thousand soldiers into the city, and he also stated that he had defected to the Dragon Empire. The soldiers were his close friends, so he naturally surrendered with him. After that, he rode a fast horse alone and headed straight for Funing.

After Wanyan Ling left, Liu Chengzong said to Xia Bolong: "Is Your Majesty so relieved to Wanyan Ling?"

"Don't doubt people, but no doubt people. Wanyan Ling is different from Zhao Renyi and Zhang Liutong before. I am sincere in surrendering to him, while Zhao Renyi and Zhang Liutong are just forced by the situation. I have settled the five thousand golden soldiers for a long time. It seems that this battle to defend Yuguan is not enough. If Wanyan Feng's troops are surrendered, then you can wait for Wanyan Zonghan to retreat."

"Your Majesty has promised Wanyan Ling to rescue Wanyan Zonghan. Could it be that Your Majesty wants to start a war with the Song Dynasty?"

"War? That won't be. We don't have the strength to start a war against the Song Dynasty. However, if Wanyan Zonghan can also surrender to our Dragon Empire, then we can surrender more Jurchens. Some of the Jurchens are still in a wilderness and have not yet opened their minds. After the war, they will only rely on the Jurchens to control the barbarians."

"Your Majesty is very proud, I admire you."

"Okay, go and do your business. Let's just wait for good news from Wanyanling."

"I'm going to leave!"

In Funing City, Wanyan Feng, Zhao Renyi and Zhang Liutong had all arrived, gathered 22,000 troops and were about to pounce on Yuguan. Before he set out, he saw the city gate guard bringing Wanyan Ling to the government office.

After seeing Wanyan Ling, Wanyan Feng was happy and hurriedly said, "Why are you here? Please sit down quickly, please sit down!"

Wanyanling and Wanyan Feng both sat down. He looked around and said, "I have something important to tell you!"

Wanyan Feng immediately understood and immediately said to his left and right: "You all go down!"

After all the people retreated, Wanyan Feng said, "You are in Haiyang, and you must pass through Yuguan in the middle, right?"

"I came for this matter. I have surrendered to the Dragon Empire. I want to ask you and me to surrender to the Dragon Empire to avoid the pain of swords and weapons." Wanyan Ling said straight to the point.

Wanyan Feng smiled, without anger, and said, "What are the benefits of surrendering to the Dragon Empire?"

Wanyan Ling said: "You are always asking for the benefits first. Can you think about us Jurchens?"

"It was just for the sake of the Jurchens that I asked for the benefit first. Otherwise, what would my soldiers eat and drink?"

"Since that's the case, why don't you go to rescue Wanyan Zonghan, but you've been staying in Pingzhou?"

"There is no transfer order, I act without permission, and my head doesn't want it anymore?"

"You are away and you don't accept any military orders. Don't you understand this? I think you don't want to save them at all!"

Wanyan Feng said: "You are right, even the soldiers of the Dragon Empire were deliberately letting them go. Otherwise, he would have entered Yu Pass so smoothly?"

"What? You... dare you do this?" After hearing this, Wanyan Ling was furious and immediately jumped up, pointing at Wanyan Feng's nose and shouting loudly.

Wanyan Feng said: "I didn't treat you as an outsider, so I told you all this. The Song army besieged Yanjing for hundreds of thousands. I told the marshal before, telling him not to stand firm and retreat outside the pass. But the marshal didn't listen, and was surrounded by the Song army from all sides, and it was difficult to retreat. Therefore, it was useless for me to go there for the 20,000 troops. The reason why I let the army of the Dragon Empire go there was to leave a way out for us Jurchens."

"How do you say this?" Wanyan Ling calmed down his anger when he heard Wanyan Feng's words, and sat there and asked.

Wanyan Feng said: "Think about it, we killed so many people in the Song Dynasty, and also robbed their two emperors and all the royal families. Of course, except for the one named Zhao Gou. How could they not hate us? When fighting in the northwest, I also went, and under the general of the Learning Department, I saw that the army of the Dragon Empire was brave and very good to us foreigners. I asked, there were almost no Han people in the Dragon Empire, and they were all ethnic groups on the grassland, Uighurs, Khitans, Black Khans, and Dangxiang people. In other words, if we Jurchens surrendered to such a country, we would not be massacred."

Wanyan Ling suddenly felt that Wanyan Feng's thinking had become much broader, and said, "When did you become so smart?"

Wanyan Feng smiled and said, "I was forced by the situation. If I had been half a year ago, I would never consider these issues and would only charge in the battle. However, since the fierce battle in the northwest, Wanyan Zongbi was wiped out, then the Grand Marshal and Wanyan Xiyi were captured, and then Wanyan Zongfu was defeated in the desert. Then Wanyan Zonghan's retreat was steadily defeated. These things forced me to think about my own way of retreat. So, I deliberately let the army of the Dragon Empire go over and leave a way for myself."

"Then what are your intentions to assemble troops this time?" said Wanyan Ling.

Wanyan Feng said: "Since you are here, this credit will be yours. If you don't come, then this credit will be mine. Zhao Renyi was defeated and fled, and Zhang Liutong had another 5,000 troops. I am not sure whether these people will surrender with me, so I can only take them all away. Under the pressure of the situation, they can do nothing and can only let me mercy."

"The two Han people first rebeled from Song and Liao, and this time they should also rebel from Jin. I think they will not be willing to do something they have lost their heads! I think it's better to recruit those two people and ask clearly. If you are willing to surrender, we will go together. If you don't want to surrender, kill them and annex their tribes!"

Wanyan Feng said: "Well, it's a good note. It's said that Zhao Renyi and Zhang Liutong come in!"

Shortly after the words were finished, Zhao Renyi and Zhang Liutong walked straight in and said in unison: "The last general is here to meet the general!"

Wanyan Feng said straight to the point: "I have already planned to surrender to the Dragon Empire. Are you willing to surrender with me?"

As soon as these words were said, Zhao Renyi and Zhang Liutong were shocked. They looked at each other, as if they were saying: "Does the general already know what we mean?"

After a brief look at each other, Zhang Liutong and Zhao Renyi hurriedly knelt on the ground and said loudly: "The generals and others are willing to defend Dajin to the death, and they are determined not to have the slightest intention of being disobedient!"

Wanyan Feng and Wanyan Ling looked at each other, and saw Wanyan Ling stretching out a finger and slid it gently, then nodded and said with a smile: "Haha, the two generals are indeed loyal to me, Dajin. Since that's the case, we should get the reward from me. I just joked just now, to test the two generals, and ask the two generals not to be cared about."

Zhao Renyi and Zhang Liutong thought to themselves: "It's true that I didn't expect. They deliberately tested us, and they were lucky to be in the right position."

"The last generals and others swear to follow the general to the death, defend the Jin Dynasty, and never defect!" Zhao Renyi and Zhang Liutong said with joy.

Wanyan Feng said "um", stood up, and shouted outside: "Come here! Give General Zhao and General Zhang a lot of rewards!"

"Thank you, General!" Zhao Renyi said, "The general's virtue is like..."

The voice was still spinning in the air, and a soldier rushed up, and his sword fell down with his hand. Zhao Renyi's head fell to the ground, blood gushed out, splashing Zhang Liutong's face.

Zhang Liutong was shocked and Wanyan Feng's words rang in his ears: "You two Han slaves, don't rebel when you should rebel, and don't rebel when you should not. Since you are so loyal to the Jin Dynasty, I can only let you go to the underworld to serve Taizu!"

"Ah--wrong! Wrong! General, we have already..."

The sound came to an abrupt end, and another head fell to the ground. Zhang Liutong and Zhao Renyi's two heads rolled on the ground, and blood stained the ground in the hall red.

Wanyan Feng waved his hand and said to the two knife hands: "Clean it, you all go down!"

Wanyan Ling walked to Wanyan Feng and said, "This time we have eliminated these two people. As long as we conquer their subordinates, we can surrender to His Majesty Dragon Emperor together. Without further ado, let's act now!"

Two days later, outside Yuguan City, Wanyanling and Wanyan Feng came with more than 20,000 troops. Under the city gate, Xia Bolong and Liu Chengzong also rode their horses to greet each other.
To be continued...