The rebels who were hiding at the entrance to keep watch heard Xie Xu's words and saw Xie Xu and his men carrying a coffin up, and alarm bells rang in their hearts.

The rebel turned around in panic and ran towards the mountain, accidentally tripping over the vines on the ground.

He ignored the pain, got up and staggered towards the tent.

After a while, he ran out of the main tent.

"Military... Military Advisor, I have something important to report."

Inside the main account, several of Prince Rong's capable men and military advisors were discussing how to break out.

Hearing this, Qi Qi was startled.

If there is something to report at this time, there must be some movement outside.

"Come in."

The guard soldier immediately opened the door curtain and walked in, saying anxiously: "Sir, people outside said that the prince has... has..."

"Already what? Say it all in one breath!"

"They said the prince had been executed on the spot!"

"What!"

For a moment, everyone in the main tent was shocked, and the military advisor's face turned pale.

The prince was the backbone of this rebellion. Now that he is dead, how can we fight this war?

"Have you seen it carefully? Are you sure it is the prince?" someone asked.

"I didn't see it clearly, but they carried out a coffin."

"That must be their trick. The prince is wise and brave, and his martial arts are superb. How could he die?" Some people did not believe that Prince Rong was dead.

"What if the prince really..."

"Won't!"

"I mean just in case."

"Are you trying to shake the morale of the army? If you say something like this again, I will kill you first."

"Come on! Am I afraid of you? It's still unclear who will kill whom!"

As the two men talked, they were about to start fighting.

"That's enough!" someone shouted, "Is this the time to start an internal conflict?"

The two of them snorted at each other and turned their heads to the side.

Lord Zhao, who was still calm, asked, "Military Advisor, what should we do now?"

"First go out and confirm whether the person in the coffin is the prince, and then make the next plan."

"Who's going?"

The seven people present looked at each other, and then the general who didn't believe that Prince Rong was dead just now said that he would go.

Military advisor Xiao Shan said, "I will go with General Sun."

Then, the two men walked out of the tent one after the other and soon came to a blind spot at the entrance.

Outside, Xie Xu asked his men to repeat over and over again that Prince Rong had already accepted his death sentence and asked them to come out and surrender.

The morale of the rebels guarding the entrance was visibly disrupted; they joined the rebellion in the hope of a bright future.

But if the prince dies, do they still have a chance of winning?

When Xiao Shan saw Xie Xu outside, his heart sank completely. At the same time, he was also sure that Prince Rong was dead, because Xie Xu would not use such a thing to deceive the enemy.

However, it is still necessary to go out and confirm it.

So Xiao Shan shouted loudly: "Do you think we are easy to deceive? The prince is not someone you can execute at will!"

Xie Xu heard the person inside finally come out to respond and signaled the person shouting to stop.

He responded aloud: "If you don't believe it, you can send someone out to check it out."

"Oh~ Do you think we are stupid? As soon as we go out, I'm afraid we will be pierced by thousands of arrows." General Sun shouted.

"When two armies are at war, envoys will not be killed. I guarantee with my own head that you will return safe and sound. If you don't believe me, then wait and see. But I promise that when the sun rises, your heads will fall to the ground!"

Xiao Shan's eyes flickered, and after thinking for a moment, he said loudly: "Okay, we will trust you once! But if you dare to cheat, we will fight to the death!"

After saying that, he turned sideways and said to General Sun, "I'll go out and confirm."

"Military advisor, no!"

Xiao Shan gave General Sun a reassuring look, "General, don't worry, I know Xie Xu well, he is trustworthy."

"Since the military advisor has said so, then all right. You two, follow the military advisor out."

General Sun selected two soldiers to accompany Xiao Shan.

After a while, the three men came out of the mountain. To show his sincerity, Xie Xu asked the soldiers to retreat a distance.

Xiao Shan approached the coffin step by step, and the two soldiers who followed him stared at the people around them vigilantly.

The coffin was an ordinary black coffin, half a person's height, and the coffin lid was half open.

Xiao Shan took a deep breath before walking closer to see that their prince was lying peacefully inside with a large hole in the middle of his neck. From the wound, it looked like an arrow had pierced his throat.

Xie Xu asked: "Can you see it clearly?"

Xiao Shan didn't say anything. He was thinking about how to minimize the damage.

Fight or surrender?

Xie Xu didn't mind that he didn't answer, and continued: "Your Majesty is kind and gracious. As long as you are willing to surrender, you will be treated leniently. If you are capable, it is not impossible for you to be promoted in the future. But if you resist stubbornly, I will kill you."

Xiao Shan remained silent.

Xie Xu was very patient. "There is still some time before dawn. You can think about it carefully. Can your mere 90,000 soldiers compete with Daxia's elite army?"

Xiao Shan raised his eyes and looked at Xie Xu, his eyes were full of mystery, "Thank you, sir, I will convey every word of your words to all the generals, please give me some time."

Seeing Xie Xu nod slightly, Xiao Shan turned around and went back.

"How is it? Is the person in the coffin the prince?" General Sun asked impatiently.

Xiao Shan nodded with a heavy expression.

General Sun still didn't want to believe it, "No, did you see clearly? Is the person inside really the prince?"

"If the general doesn't believe it, you can ask them both."

General Sun looked at the two soldiers, and they nodded in unison.

"How could this be?" General Sun was so shocked that his body shook.

"General, let's go in and discuss with everyone to see what to do next."

Not long after, Xiao Shan and his group entered the tent. When everyone saw their expressions, they had some guesses in their minds, and the tent fell silent for a while.

After a long time.

"Xie Xu said that the emperor would be lenient with us, so we..."

"No! We can't surrender!" Someone disagreed with surrendering, "I don't believe the emperor is so tolerant."

"But we only have 90,000 soldiers and horses. Compared with Daxia's elite army, our strength is far inferior. Moreover, we didn't bring much food with us this time. They can trap us here without any effort."

"Then fight!"

"You say to fight, so we fight? Can you use your brain to think about it? With our current military strength, we have no chance of winning. Fighting head-on is just sending everyone to their deaths!"

"You may not survive even if you surrender!"

"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work either. So what do you think we should do?"

Everyone in the tent was talking about it. Some people advocated surrender, while others refused to surrender.

Xiao Shan listened to the argument of the crowd with a frown on his face.

He knew that no matter what choice he made, it would determine the life and death of these 90,000 soldiers...