Gao Liang hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that the rebels in Pizhou voluntarily surrendered to the Zhenxi Army and were then relocated to Xizhou by the Zhenxi Army.
We became rebels mainly because we couldn't survive. I think we should follow the example of the rebels in Pizhou and surrender to the Zhenxi Army.
Even if we leave our homes and go to Xizhou, at least we can survive. I heard that Xizhou has had good weather and good harvests in recent years, so there is no shortage of food."
As soon as Gao Liang finished speaking, a ferocious-looking bandit leader shouted, "Even if I starve to death, I, Huang Hu, will never surrender to the government army!
Besides, we only heard that the Zhenxi Army moved the rebel army in Pizhou to Xizhou.
Perhaps those Pizhou righteous brothers were killed by the Zhenxi Army after arriving in Xizhou. The government army has never been morally upright."
Huang Hu's words made the other bandit leaders fall silent again.
Many bandit leaders did not object to surrendering, but they were afraid that the Zhenxi Army would massacre them all after accepting their surrender. Such a thing had happened to other government troops before.
Ma Sheng sighed deeply, "Brothers, we actually have no other choice.
Our dozen or so rebel groups have a total of 300,000 people, but the food is almost gone. If we hold on any longer, tens of thousands of people will probably starve to death.
Now we can only take a gamble. I decided to lead everyone to surrender to the Zhenxi Army.
At least, there has been no news of the Zhenxi Army killing prisoners."
Gao Liang then said, "I have also decided to lead my 30,000 men to surrender to the Zhenxi Army."
As one bandit leader after another agreed to surrender to the Zhenxi Army, only the lonely Huang Hu was left, who had not yet agreed to surrender to the Zhenxi Army.
"Brother Huang Hu, don't insist. Let's surrender to the Zhenxi Army. At least we have a chance to survive.
If you stay in Zhuque Mountain, you will end up starving to death. There is no other way out.” Ma Sheng persuaded Huang Hu.
Huang Hu slammed the table angrily, "Alright! Alright! I'll gamble with you guys. The worst that can happen is I'll get my head chopped off!"
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