"Brother, what should we do now?" Xue Yu was a little anxious. Now the forces of both sides were evenly matched.

She began to blame those who refused to sign the peace agreement, fearing that the royal army and reinforcements from various prefectures would really attack, and their army would suffer heavy losses.

Even so, some rebels still did not give up paying attention to the battle situation in Xiangyangling.

Xue Yan calmly fanned himself and whispered, "Obviously, some people still refuse to accept this."

Some generals who had originally agreed to surrender became even more panicked when they saw that the situation was hopeless. They all urged: "General Xue, why don't we surrender?"

Xue Yan whispered something to Xue Yu, but Xue Yu straightened his back and said to everyone:

"I am the Wolf Spirit of the North. I cannot abandon any of my fellow citizens. We in the North should be united in purpose and not abandon any of our compatriots!

I, the Xue family in the north, am upright and have a righteous back. How could we surrender before the people?

As long as one of you refuses to surrender, I will never surrender before you."

Upon hearing this, everyone was impressed by Xue Yu.

When the rebel generals heard Xue Yu's vow to fight to the death, they panicked and pleaded, "General Xue, please stop fighting! If we continue like this, we will surely be defeated.

General, you can't take our northern soldiers and civilians to their deaths."

Xue Yu snorted and said loudly: "There is no war without sacrifice. It was you who wanted to fight in the beginning. It was you who refused to surrender when the court gave us food and disaster relief in a friendly manner. Now that you have angered the court, you are the ones who refuse to fight and surrender again.

How can the court trust me, the general, and our three northern prefectures?

Now that the imperial court has torn up the peace treaty, it is bound to fight us to the death."

The rebels immediately became anxious, "What should we do? Military Advisor, you are resourceful, come up with a solution quickly."

Xue Yan waved his fan leisurely and suggested, "General Xue, you should send troops to Xiangyang Ridge now to recover and kill the traitor Zhang Cheng, and quickly raise the white flag to surrender to the court. Perhaps you can win leniency."

Xue Yu replied: "No, they are all our compatriots from the north. We northern troops cannot kill each other."

"General Xue, let's not dwell on this now! Zhang Cheng is the bandit leader, a black sheep that brings disaster to us northerners.

Let's listen to the military advisor and quickly raise the white flag and surrender!"

Another rebel general suddenly became anxious and said, "We can't surrender! Once we surrender, the court will definitely punish the rebel leader severely. We are all traitors and cannot escape severe punishment.

It's better to fight them head-on!"

The rebel army was divided into two factions, one advocating war and the other advocating surrender, and they were arguing fiercely.

"It's you, a bunch of bastards, who are inciting rebellion. If you want to die, why not drag us down with you?"

"If you want to be dogs, no one will stop you. Zhang Cheng is fighting on the front lines, and you villains are actually thinking of surrendering to the enemy for glory. You are not worthy of being in the Northern Army!"

Xue Yan and Xue Yu let them argue in silence. At this moment, a scout arrived and reported, "We have spotted Yang Chonghu's troops from the Southwest Army in the south. We estimate their number to be no less than 200,000 men. They have set up camp thirty miles outside Yudu City."

"Their reinforcements in the southwest are coming, and their reinforcements are coming again."

Several generals who advocated surrender could no longer sit still and hurriedly urged, "General Xue, Military Advisor, if these lunatics want to fight, let them fight. Let's surrender quickly!"

The reason why they did not express their position individually and surrender to the court was that the court was already furious at the moment, and several bandit leaders were afraid of being held accountable, so they persuaded Xue Yan to surrender, and Xue Yan would bear any responsibility.

Secondly, he was also afraid of being cursed and retaliated against by the northern military and civilians, abandoning his master and surrendering to the enemy, and ending up with the same infamy as Cao Jing of Dongning Prefecture.

When the others heard that the royal army had received another 200,000 reinforcements, they did not dare to speak. Even if Zhang Cheng captured Xiangyangling now, it was hopeless for him to march south and capture Panshi City.

Xue Yu said, "Then we will follow the military advisor's advice and quickly dispatch troops to suppress Zhang Cheng and surrender. However, if we do so, the court will be unable to meet your proposed terms of surrender."

Several generals who had agreed to surrender at the beginning immediately persuaded him: "Don't think about those conditions at this time. It's good enough to save your life!"

Xue Yu looked at the few people who were clamoring for a fight and asked, "What do you think?"

Several people looked at each other and whispered, "No more fighting, no more fighting, let's listen to the military advisor."

Xue Yan said, "Then General Xue, please come with me and negotiate the terms of surrender with the female Prime Minister."

Everyone hurriedly said, "Military Advisor, you must convince the female Prime Minister. We really have no choice. Military Advisor, you must fight for a lighter sentence for us!"

Xue Yan sighed softly: "I'll try my best."

After saying this, he asked the messenger to deliver the letter of surrender and request to meet with the female prime minister.

Before the battle formation, Shen Xu stood in front of it with a serious expression, as the battle situation at Xiangyang Mountain still made her very worried.

The black wolf flag on the opposite position was lowered, and everyone replaced it with a white flag.

Xue Yan persuaded them to surrender!

The messenger brought Xue Yan's letter of surrender. She opened it and saw a poem:

"Clothes"

The rain of fire and meteors set the moon on fire, and the danger outside Xiangyang City was severe.

In the mortal world, he rode alone into the enemy camp, and his wisdom and courage led to his general's misconception through his talk and laughter.

The blue armor and white spear made him look like a tiger, and the wolves were frightened and surrendered.

He was like a fierce tiger at the foot of the western mountain, with millions of soldiers to intimidate the real leader.

Shen Xu calmly closed the letter of surrender and said calmly, "This Xue Yan is truly terrifying. If possible, I never want to be his enemy."

The general of the royal division standing by asked, puzzled, "So, should we still fight?"

"He's already shown me his heart, how can I possibly fight him?" Shen Xu breathed a sigh of relief and said frankly, "If Pei Zhiyuan and I hadn't gone to Xue's camp to meet him, we would have been defeated long ago."

Pei Zhiyuan was pushed out in a wheelchair, his body wrapped in bandages. He asked anxiously, "How's the battle going?"

Shen Xu replied calmly, "Xue Yan surrendered when I was about to be defeated."

Pei Zhiyuan was puzzled and asked, "How could we be defeated? Don't we have so many soldiers?"

"Yang Chonghu is heading towards the northern defense line, bringing siege equipment and heavily armored anti-cavalry troops. A full 200,000 troops, their intentions are self-evident."

Pei Zhiyuan gasped and said in surprise, "No way! Doesn't he still recognize his nephew as the emperor?"

Shen Xu replied calmly, “It is most reassuring to hold the imperial power in one’s own hands.

Once the royal army falls, everyone will have the opportunity to touch the imperial power in the name of serving the king. If the royal army does not fall, those who jump up will be traitors.

If Xue Yan did not surrender at this time, Yang Chonghu would definitely attack the royal army. At that time, these troops who temporarily joined the royal army would suddenly defect and attack in groups.

Xue Yan saw through all of this and still remained undefeated, but he let me go at the last moment.

The Wolf of the North is truly a formidable and formidable opponent."