"General," the deputy general Zhang Sheng asked, "The bandits in Yuyuan have surrendered now. Should we continue to kill them?"
"No," Li Dingguo shook his head. "The court has compassion. This time, we will use appeasement as the main method to suppress the rebellion. Since the other party has surrendered, we will arrange for someone to accept the surrender. Remember to be cautious and prevent any fraud."
"Yes." Deputy General Zhang Sheng led his troops into the battlefield and began to accept surrender.
The surrender ceremony was simple.
The soldiers dropped their weapons and gathered together according to the instructions of the Ming army, waiting for the next order.
"Where are Fan Ciwu and Wang Jun? Has anyone seen them?" Deputy General Zhang Sheng asked loudly while accepting the surrender.
"Over there." Dozens of Yuyuan soldiers pointed to another surrender site.
In order to prevent the surrendered soldiers from gathering together to discuss, Zhang Sheng set up more than a hundred surrender sites of various sizes on the battlefield.
The number of surrendered soldiers at each site ranged from over a hundred to dozens.
Zhang Sheng was just about to take people over to check when a roar suddenly broke out from there.
As the roar sounded.
More than a dozen surrendered soldiers at the surrender site suddenly picked up weapons on the ground, or snatched the Ming army's horses, or ran directly towards the nearest elm forest.
The Ming troops nearby had already taken precautions.
They immediately rode in pursuit and hunted down the fleeing Yuyuan Army.
But there were too many people running away.
In addition, the team was very scattered, so it was difficult to stop them.
After suffering some casualties, a part of the Yuyuan Army arrived at the edge of Yuyuan.
Fan Ciwu and Wang Jun were also among them.
Looking at the dense elm forest, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Wang Jun ran as fast as he could behind an elm tree, turned around and looked at the Ming army with a sneer.
"Stop laughing," Fan Ciwu came up to him, panting, "Not only did we fail to rob the silver this time, we also lost a large number of soldiers. What's so funny about this?"
“Hahaha,” Wang Jun continued to sneer, “I laugh at Wang Fuzhi’s reputation, and I laugh at Li Dingguo’s bravery but lack of strategy.”
"Stop laughing, I'm scared!" Fan Ciwu's forehead began to sweat.
"What are you afraid of?"
"I'm afraid you will become Cao Cao and repeat his mistakes!" Fan Ciwu, who was well-versed in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, wiped the sweat off his face and looked into the depths of Yuyuan Garden.
As expected, whatever you fear will come true.
He noticed a figure swaying deep in the Elm Garden.
Before he could remind Wang Jun, shouts and screams were heard from inside.
Wang Jun's smile suddenly stopped.
He turned his head with difficulty and looked into the depths of the Elm Garden, his expression extremely complicated.
There are Ming troops chasing outside Yu Garden, and now there are sounds of killing coming from inside Yu Garden.
He hated himself for laughing...
"Attack the enemy, prepare to attack the enemy." Wang Jun shouted helplessly.
The Yuyuan Army, which had just escaped from the clutches of the Ming army, was forced to raise their weapons and be on guard.
Under the gaze of everyone, Yuyuan Army leaders Ren Qi, Zhang Qi, Liang Min and Huang Zhenshan walked out from the depths of Yuyuan with a group of people.
They held various weapons in their hands and had hostile looks on their faces.
Fan Ciwu sensed that something was wrong and took a half step back to be on guard.
Wang Jun didn't notice anything unusual. He breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh... I thought it was the government troops, but it turned out to be you. Finally, we don't have to run away anymore. With you here, the government troops will not dare to enter Yuyuan to fight."
Ren Qi and others didn't say anything, just looked at Wang Jun quietly.
Wang Jun wanted to continue speaking, but immediately shut up when he realized that the atmosphere was a bit tense.
He suddenly realized a big problem: this was Fan Ciwu's territory.
Didn't we agree to keep our troops in place? What was Ren Qi doing here?
He took a half step back, stared at Ren Qi and asked, "This... This is Fan Ciwu's territory, why are you here?"
"Hey," Ren Qi sighed, "Stop it, Wang Jun. There are only government troops outside. As long as you submit to the court, I will forgive you for what happened before."
Wang Jun was dumbfounded: "You...you are indeed a running dog of the government army!"
"I just surrendered to the imperial court. There's no need to curse me so harshly." Ren Qi corrected.
"Running dog, running dog, running dog!" Wang Jun was furious. "You were once a member of the Yuyuan Army! It's bad enough that you served as a running dog for the government troops, but you even stabbed us in the back. Do you think you are worthy of the brothers in Yuyuan? Do you think you are worthy of our trust?"
"Yeah, are you worthy of us?" Fan Ciwu took half a step back while speaking.
He was ready to escape at any time.
If something goes wrong, turn around and run.
"There is no point in talking any more." Ren Qi took a step forward and said, "My people have already set up a dragnet in Yuyuan. General Li has tens of thousands of troops outside Yuyuan. If you surrender voluntarily, you will be safe. If you resist stubbornly, you will die."
"Throw yourself at my mother's hands," Wang Jun held the knife with both hands, "Come on, the Yuyuan Army would rather die standing than surrender lying down."
Seeing this, his soldiers gripped their weapons tightly, ready to fight to the death.
Just as Ren Qi was about to give the order to start, Liang Min said, "Wait a minute, I have something to say."
"No need to say more, I will not surrender." Wang Jun said firmly.
"You have no chance of winning." Liang Min continued to persuade.
"Even if I die, what's the harm?"
"Yes, you are alone and you are not afraid of death." Liang Min pointed at the more than 1,000 Yuyuan Army soldiers beside him and said, "What about them? Many of them have already started families, with elderly mothers, wives and children. Who will take care of them after they die?"
Wang Jun was speechless.
"How about this," Liang Min suggested, "I'll give you a chance for the sake of our past friendship."
"What opportunity?" Wang Jun asked.
"This is a chance to fight alone," Liang Min pointed at Huang Zhenshan beside him and said, "If you can beat him, we will let you and your people go."
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