Finally, there is a head here, take it, go quickly!"
Han Xiaoyi said nothing, but kowtowed heavily in the mud, then he got up, lowered his head and took a wooden barrel from Wang Gui on the side. He didn't dare to look at it, and ran towards the village like a flash.
Looking at this scene, Zhang Jun, who stood in the line of Yue Fei's army in the drizzle, did not change his expression at all. However, after all, he was a famous local boy, a young Jinshi, and an imperial elite who became a prime minister at the age of 34. He had already completely awakened in his heart:
How could he not know? Huang Zuo should be the leader of a big group among the rebels, that is, the original leader of the Hubei region that was recovered by the government army. Now he has lost his foundation and is curled up in the west of the lake. He can't even enter Wuling City. It can be seen that he is quite dependent on others. And this kind of talent is the most suitable object for pacification, and it should be what Yue Fei really focused on in the past few months. As for Yang Guang of Gulouzhai, it is better to say that he is a pawn to show sincerity and deceive the rest of the rebels... Don't you see that even people like Xi Yi and Ma Shen have been deceived?
With such good intentions, coupled with the sudden spring rain today, just when these people were completely relaxed, the government troops suddenly sent out a large army in the rain to surround them. Yue Fei was so kind and powerful that if Huang Zuo was not a fool, he would surrender quickly.
Sure enough, just when Zhang Jun understood, as Han Xiaoyi delivered Yang Guang's head and Yue Fei's words into the village, only an incense stick of time later, a tall and strong man wearing leather armor, half of his arm bare, holding a large spear, led dozens of fishermen dressed similarly out of the village, and then, led by Han Xiaoyi, walked directly towards Yue Fei. It should be Huang Zuo.
Huang Zuo, leading a dozen officers and guards from the stronghold, stopped when they were a few dozen steps away from Yue Fei. Then he threw away his spear in public and prepared to take off his armor again... It was obvious that he was going to turn against his enemies and surrender with courtesy.
But at this moment, Yue Fei, who had been squinting at Huang Zuo and his group, suddenly said proudly from dozens of steps away: "Don't take off your armor!"
Huang Zuo was slightly startled, but immediately withdrew his hand and wanted to come over empty-handed.
"Bring your weapons!" Yue Fei narrowed his eyes and spoke again.
Huang Zuo was stunned again, but still chose to obey the order. He picked up his spear from the mud and walked forward. When he was seven or eight steps away from Yue Fei, he took the initiative to hold the spear upside down and was about to kneel down and beg for surrender.
"You don't have to kneel." Yue Fei interrupted for the third time. "General Huang, since you have surrendered, you are the commander of the front army of my imperial camp. Why do you have to take off your armor, abandon your soldiers, and kneel? There is a difference between the upper and the lower. Just say hello to me."
Huang Zuo finally felt relieved, and he leaned on his spear and bowed to Yue Fei, then bowed his head and said: "General, I am grateful for your kindness and patience for several months, so I surrender. I hope you will forgive me for what happened before."
"I have forgotten everything that happened before." Yue Fei narrowed his eyes and looked at him from above. "Besides, there are important national issues ahead, so you and I shouldn't talk about these things... Deputy Governor Wang!"
Wang Gui immediately stepped out and stood side by side with Huang Zuo, bowing.
"I will give you 5,000 soldiers. Go south across the Yuan River and attack Chenyang!" Yue Fei gave the order sternly without changing his expression. "You must take this city with me!"
"Yes." Wang Gui responded and left, and several generals followed him without stopping.
"General Huang." Yue Fei continued to give orders from his high position on the hill.
"Here!" Huang Zuo, who couldn't help but steal a glance at Wang Gui, was suddenly startled.
"To the east and southeast of here, there are two camps along the lake, they are Hanwanzi Camp and Fushui Camp, each of them has no more than four or five hundred soldiers. I will now give you a military order, asking you to lead your troops eastward immediately. Whether you try to pacify them or attack them by force, you must capture them before tonight! Otherwise, I will punish you according to the military order!" Yue Fei gave the order as usual, as if the person in front of him was an old subordinate who had followed him for many years.
Moreover, of those two forts, one was set up by the defeated army of Lizhou, and the other was sent by Zhong Xiang to the pass of Dongting Lake to monitor and guard against the people of Lizhou. How could Huang Zuo not know about them? And he was a rebel a moment ago, and now he was going to be a government army to conquer. How could he adapt?
However, just as Huang Zuo raised his head and opened his mouth to say something to refuse, he saw Yue Fei standing in front of him, looking down at him, with one eye larger than the other, looking down at him in the rain. He was shocked, and the words on his lips suddenly turned around, leaving only one word:
“Yes!”
"Do you need military subsidies?" Yue Fei kept asking.
"don't want."
"Do you need military assistance?"
“No!”
"Then do it quickly."
Huang Zuo saluted again with his spear, then turned around and returned to the camp... At this time, Wang Gui had already begun to lead his troops south, and an obvious encirclement gap had appeared around the Chongxiao camp. Soon, Huang Zuo led about two thousand subordinates, divided into two, and attacked by land and water, directly passing through the government army formation that was just the enemy, and went east along the waterway.
In such a situation, both the troops in the front line of the Imperial Camp and Huang Zuo's headquarters felt it was strange, but they had nothing to say.
But no matter what, after a while, seeing that all the troops had left the village, leaving only the elderly, the weak and their families in the village, Yue Fei said nothing, and directly set up camp outside Chongxiao Village, waiting for news.
That evening, Huang Zuo persuaded Hanwanzi Village to surrender, defeated Fushui Village, and brought back the head of Fushui Village's commander. Before that, Ma Gao, Wang Shan, and Zhang Yong also reported their respective victories. Qinghua, Aoshan, and even Wuling City were all easily captured under the surprise attack of the Imperial Camp's vanguard.
On this day, the front army of the imperial camp broke five strongholds and captured a county, which was considered a smooth progress.
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