But their strong fighting spirit was soon severely dealt a blow by the other faction who advocated surrender.

"We can fight and risk our lives, but what should our families and the people in the city do? Do we want all the more than 100,000 people in the city to die with us?"

"Yeah, it doesn't matter if we die. Do our parents and our children really have to die with us? Now the Southern Prefecture is leaderless, and we don't have an emperor anymore. We are still struggling to support ourselves. Who are we loyal to? No one knows."

"Brothers, do you think this makes sense?"

"It's meaningless. The court is in chaos and they don't care about us now. Why should we stupidly fight to the death? Didn't the Liang people say that as long as we surrender, we can enjoy the same treatment as the Liang people..."

"Yes, if the two countries can really unify Liang... we will have fewer wars in the future and no longer live a life of displacement. This is also a good choice."

"Liang Guo is still quite strong. In recent years, they have been developing very fast. As for our Southern Reserve, when that dog emperor was in power, we were not as good as each year, and we were going downhill every year."

"The Dog Emperor also killed General Zhenguo. Once General Zhenguo died, wouldn't there be no one who could resist the Liang soldiers? Why should innocent lives like us be responsible for the mistakes made by the Dog Emperor?"

"Brothers, think about our lovely children, our elderly parents, and our delicate women. If we continue to fight, we will die."

Many people fell into silence. Think carefully about the words of those people who advocated surrender...

One of the lieutenants was named Xu Peng. He frowned slightly and looked at the soldiers with cholera morale.

At first, no one advocated surrender.

Ever since there was a problem with the water source in the city, various people appeared and began to spread these words of surrender in the military camp or among the people.

A large number of people still don't want to surrender.

Surrender is tantamount to treason.

This is a shame that can be branded on a person for a lifetime.

Even if the body can be liberated and avoid death, the soul will be nailed to the pillar of shame forever. If it goes to hell in the future, it may not be able to see its ancestors.

How can anyone who is truly loyal to Nan Chu become a traitor? How can he bend his knees and surrender to the enemy at will if he is born with strong bones?

Xu Peng looked at He Zong with an ugly face, and said coldly: "Sir, those soldiers have cholera and are guilty of cholera. I beg you to behead these people with ulterior motives immediately." Show it to the public to calm the restless people's hearts."

If your lord could have used this thunderous method earlier to deal with these cholera-minded people, there would not be such turmoil in Fengcheng now.

He just felt that He Zong was not bad in skill and his tactics in leading troops were extraordinary, but there were huge shortcomings and loopholes in his management of personnel.

It's not like he never had such advice, but He Zong didn't adopt it every time.

Sure enough, after he said these words, Hezong just sighed and said with some helplessness: "What a cholera soldier, he is just worried about the safety of the elderly and children at home... People all have weaknesses, and they are not wrong, but It’s just a different stance.”

"Besides, I am not a violent person who kills people. Don't just talk about killing people. They are all Nanchu people. Why bother killing your own people? What they said makes some sense. Now we are trapped in If we can't get out of Fengcheng, the food in the city will be consumed very quickly. Besides, there is a problem with our water source. Now some of us have almost been without water for about two days."

"How weak will the human body be if it doesn't drink water for a day? Let alone two days? How can we have the energy to fight to the death with the soldiers of Liang State? If we rush out and fight them, we will die."

When Xu Peng listened to this voice, the more he heard it, the more something was wrong.

His face became extremely ugly.

"Sir, what do you mean?"

He Zong's eyebrows and eyes were all tired, and he replied quietly.

"Surrender...Don't say they can't hold on any longer. I'm powerless. Only by surrendering can we have a way out."

Xu Peng looked at He Zong in disbelief.

He never expected that Hezong would make such a decision.

He immediately knelt on the ground with an extremely resolute attitude and looked forward to death.

"Sir, we are soldiers. We can only die in battle and never surrender. The people can surrender, but as generals, how can we admit defeat so easily?"

"If we lower our heads this time, we will never be able to raise our heads. Sir, we must not surrender, even if we die."

Xu Peng knelt down, and several other lieutenants also knelt down. Most of them were born with passion and loyalty to serve the country. From the time they were born, they were taught that they would rather die than surrender. .

Most of the other soldiers also knelt down.

There was only a small and sparse group of people, standing there conspicuously, somewhat at a loss.

He Zong narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly and looked at the scene in front of him. Originally, he didn't take this Xu Peng seriously, but when he saw that almost most of the soldiers were willing to die rather than surrender, he felt that this Xu Peng was an eyesore. of.

It seems that the imagined task of persuading surrender was not completed so smoothly.

But even if it doesn't go well, he still has to complete this task.

It was only after he was rescued by King Duan that he hugged one of his legs and had the opportunity to lead the troops in the war. The prince's orders were his heavenly decree, and he obeyed them without hesitation.

Not to mention that the prince asked him to surrender, even if the prince asked him to die now, he would not blink an eye.

This time, the prince asked him to lead the entire Fengcheng to surrender to the Liang Kingdom. This was to show his loyalty to Princess Nihuang and to demonstrate the value and ability of Prince Duan to the Liang Emperor. Therefore, this matter must not be done. smash.

Once King Duan gets the support of the Emperor of Liang, it will be equivalent to having the power to command Liang's military strength. It will not be certain who will have the final say as the Southern Governor.

Once the prince takes control of the entire southern prince, Hezong will have the power to follow the dragon. From then on, his life will be completely overturned and he will become a great general king that everyone respects.

When he climbs to the top, he will push all the enemies who have bullied him into hell, making their lives worse than death.
Chapter completed!