Five days later, the official army only surrounded Hancheng but did not attack, which made the soldiers very puzzled. Several impatient generals even asked for battle in front of Tang Feng several times, hoping to take Hancheng down while their new victory was in full swing. Tang Feng did not approve all such requests. He only issued a military order to let the soldiers who did not have to siege the city there cut down various trees in their spare time, and then manufacture various siege equipment under the city.

If Tang Feng had changed to two or three years ago, he would not have hesitated in the face of such a great opportunity to win. Now he was afraid that they had already taken down Hancheng. But now he was thinking more. It was not difficult to attack this small Hancheng, but he also had to pay a certain price. Those who were all soldiers from the Ming Dynasty, and they were also living people, and it was always good to reduce casualties. Moreover, their enemies are not the Jin people who had to kill, but the people of the Ming Dynasty. They were also desperate and rebelled only when their livelihoods were cut off. He did not want to commit more murder. Moreover, although the anti-army was all new recruits who had not been trained, it was still very difficult to reach the critical moment of life and death. But as long as they were given some hope of life, these people would remain weak, and this might be able to defeat others without fighting.

So after some thought, Tang Feng did not order the attack on Hancheng at that time, but instead changed the attack to siege to crush the anti-army psychologically. His move has indeed had a great effect in the past few days. When the anti-army guarding the city was watching him being trapped in the lonely city, the official army outside was even more eyeing him to build various siege equipment, the fear in his heart was accumulating little by little, and this fear was spread to everyone's heart.

Before, when they were about to win, they were defeated by Tang Feng's army, which made the rebels' courage just now disappear because of fear. They now have no fighting spirit and only hope that the official army will not attack themselves so quickly, and they can be beaten for one day.

Gao Yingxiang could also clearly feel this atmosphere, which made him both angry and helpless. Although he still had the confidence to fight, he saw that the soldiers below were silent and he knew that it was a luxury to go out of the city to fight again. The best thing now is the government army attacking the entire line, forcing those people to fight for survival. But the current government army did not do this. In this way, every day, the morale of the anti-army in the city will be weakened, and he doesn't know how long everyone can support it.

Gao Yingxiang, who had been troubled by the situation before his eyes for several days, could no longer bear it. On the night of the fifth day of the siege of the city, he recruited all his confidant generals, wanting to hear what they could do. Although these people didn't know much, the status of their soldiers was still visible to them. So when they heard Gao Yingxiang's question, they all said in unison that they should go out of the city to fight.

At this time, Li Zicheng expressed a different view: "King of Chuang, now we are afraid we will not be able to win when we go out of the city to fight the government army. Now we can rely on the high walls of Hancheng and the advantage in military strength. If those who have already broken their courage go out of the city to fight, they may run away without meeting the government army, and then we will have a dead end."

Gao Yingxiang also thought of his concerns, but he had greater concerns: "But now we have no other way to go. If this continues, in less than half a month, our people will no longer have the courage to fight with the government army. Then we will have to die if they attack the city. Now we can only take a bet, or survive in the death!"

Li Zicheng shook his head and said, "No, King of Chuang, we still have a way to live..." Looking at the gleam that flashed in his eyes, Gao Yingxiang also thought of this: "Are you saying surrender? Do you think they will allow us to surrender? Also, once we surrender, our life and death will really be in his hands. Will Tang Feng take us for his contributions..."

"I don't think they would do this. During the melee two days ago, I saw that Wang Jiayin's subordinates were also among the official army. It was obvious that they were not killed. I heard that the high officials in the court always talked about benevolence and righteousness. If they knew that Tang Feng really killed the surrendered person, they would naturally make suggestions to the emperor, and the charges Tang Feng would be held will not be clear at that time. He would not put himself in such a situation for a little credit. Therefore, if we break into the king and surrender to the government is our only way to live now." Li Zicheng added another sentence at the end.

Several other generals nodded repeatedly when they heard this. To be honest, they really brought people out of the city to fight the government army, and they had no confidence to win. They just thought of fighting because they had no other way before. Now that they had another way to save themselves, they certainly would not take this risk with their lives.

"This..." Gao Yingxiang hesitated at this time. He had read several books and knew a truth. As the leader of the anti-army, he probably wouldn't have any good results once he surrendered. Moreover, in the past few months, he went from a penniless pony dealer to a king who now holds the power of life and death of tens of thousands of people. He was really nostalgic about the current feeling. Once he surrendered to the official army, he would be better than becoming an ordinary officer. How could he compare to the glory now?

Li Zicheng quickly saw through what Gao Yingxiang was thinking. After looking at the people around him, he said, "But I also thought that surrendering to the government army was just a temporary stopgap. Now we have reached the time to surrender, so we can only surrender. But our real purpose is just to protect ourselves, not to be willing to hand over everything. King of Chuang, your position in everyone's mind is still very high. As long as the government army relaxes after accepting us, our opportunity will come..."

"You mean, this surrender is actually a fraudulent surrender?" Gao Yingxiang asked and answered with some insight: "But the government army will not be prepared? I heard that several rebels have used this method to deceive the government army."

"Of course, the government army will be wary of it, but as long as we can seize the opportunity, it will still play the role we deserve." Li Zicheng said confidently: "Ten thousand people surrender to them, they naturally have to behave. The King of Chuang should not be punished before everyone has completely stabilized. So there will be no change in the first or second month after surrender. But what about a month or two? Most of the government army was transferred from several nearby provinces. When the war ends, they will naturally have to go back to their base, and then our opportunity will come!"

"Well!" Gao Yingxiang nodded deeply. Indeed, the government troops in Shaanxi are no longer threatened due to natural disasters. As long as these government troops transferred from other provinces leave, they can still cause trouble again. With this experience, the next uprising will be even smoother. "Okay, then as you said, we will open the city to surrender tomorrow. But before that, we must get the promise of the government troops, otherwise they will also cheat. But I don't know who should send to talk to them?" Although it was a question, Gao Yingxiang's eyes fell on Li Zicheng. The ability he showed during this period made Gao Yingxiang pay great attention to it. Since he proposed the plan for fraud, he naturally should talk to the government troops.

Li Zicheng smiled and shook his head and said, "Have you forgotten the King of Chuang? There is actually someone in my Hancheng who is most suitable to meet Tang Feng. As long as he lets him go, they can know that we are indeed sincere."

"You mean..." Gao Yingxiang said with a little confusion. He really couldn't remember that there was such a person under his command.

"He is the most suitable candidate for Hong Chengchou, who was imprisoned by the King of Breaking the World." Li Zicheng said: "He was originally Tang Feng's subordinate. As long as he was put back, it would be enough to indicate that the King of Breaking the World had no intention of becoming enemies with them."

"It's him!" Gao Yingxiang then remembered that there was such a person in the city. On that day, he thought about killing Hong Chengchou after winning, but because he was defeated later, he forgot his existence. In the past few days, he forgot about this person because he was worried about the situation in front of him. Now he was also a little grateful for his forgetfulness. If he had killed Hong Chengchou early, there would be no way out this time. So Gao Yingxiang did not hesitate at all and immediately ordered someone to invite Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou has been locked in a dungeon in Hancheng for the past two days. After several days, he realized that his thoughts were still wrong. He wanted to take advantage of the moment when the enemy was suppressed, so as to open the Hancheng gate and help the official army with help. But now it seems that he is too self-esteem. The anti-army ignored him at all. Except for two meals a veteran who brought food to him, he has never seen anyone else.

"Hey, I was thinking about helping Lord Tang to combat the thief, but I didn't expect that I would come to save me in the end. I was useless and was a scholar. This is the best portrayal of me." While I was laughing at myself in prison, Hong Chengchou saw that the prison door that had been closed was opened. Calculate that time was not the time to eat, how could anyone come?

Soon, Hong Chengchou knew that he was not useless and he still had a useful purpose. Gao Yingxiang seemed very polite when facing Hong Chengchou this time. He apologized first and said that he should not treat Lord Hong like this, and then he expressed his intention to invite him to come: "After several battles, we and the government army have lost a lot of people, and the soldiers are unwilling to see the fight again, so we want to surrender to Lord Tang. In order to express our sincerity, we specially sent Lord Hong out of the city. Please convey our meaning in front of Lord Tang!"

Of course, Hong Chengchou had no excuse to refuse this, so he agreed. At dawn the next day, he used a rope to hang him out of the city.

"Sir, Lord Hong is back!" Tang Feng, who had just stood up, was stunned when he heard the news, and then hurriedly went out of the account. To be honest, what he worried about the most in the past two days was not the anti-army in Hancheng. They were no longer threatening, but Hong Chengchou, who fell into the opponent, made him worry about him all the time, for fear that he would be harmed by Gao Yingxiang who was angry. Now that he suddenly came back, it really made Tang Feng feel relieved.

Hong Chengchou came to Tang Feng and bowed and said, "The lower-ranking official Hong Chengchou came to apologize to Governor Tang. The lower-ranking official was incompetent and failed to help the army in attacking Hancheng. Please punish him!"

Seeing this, Tang Feng hurriedly stepped forward and supported him and said, "Why did Lord Hong say this? You have made great contributions to me. If you hadn't taken the risk of disguising yourself to meet Gao Yingxiang, how could Gao be suspicious of Wang Wang and thus allow us to calmly eliminate the threat from Wang Jiayin's army? Now that you can return safely, it is great news for me." As he said that, he looked at Hong Chengchou carefully and found that he had no trace of torture, and felt even more relaxed, and asked again: "By the way, how did you escape from the thief's city?"

"The emperor is ashamed. It was Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the thief, who released me, in order to show their intention to surrender to the Lord." Hong Chengchou then expressed his intention.

Tang Feng looked at him with a smile, and then said, "Let's go, we have breakfast in the camp first, and then talk about this matter in detail." As he said that, he took Hong Chengchou's hand to his big tent, but some generals around him had different expressions. Some were glad that they would not have to fight anymore, some were upset that they could not make any contributions and gain profits, and some were also disappointed.

In the tent, after using some breakfast in a candle, Hong Chengchou hurriedly said, "Sir, it seems that the surrender of the rebels this time is just a means of self-protection, and they are not really trying to surrender to the court."

"I can see this even if you don't say it. Now Hancheng is trapped by our army. Although they still have the advantage in terms of military strength, they have no way out. They are either surrender or die. How can we believe in surrender in this situation?" Tang Feng said with a smile.

"The officials will feel relieved. It turns out that the adults are not blinded by the current favorable situation. If they surrender and then rebel, the blow to us will probably be even greater. The adults should not accept their request to surrender, right?"

Unexpectedly, Tang Feng shook his head and said, "No, I will still accept their surrender. This is not their problem, but the adults in the court. This time, the thief is asking for surrender, and they will soon know that if I am not sure, they will use this as an excuse to impeach me. Therefore, in order not to give someone a handle, I must accept their surrender."

"But if these thieves have repeated, will you be impeached? And in that case, their harm will inevitably be greater. Wouldn't you be implicated?" Hong Chengchou said in a little puzzled manner.

Tang Feng sighed and said, "But now we can only do this, because we can still control it by accepting their surrender, otherwise we will inevitably be impeached by the adults in the court. As for worrying about the harm caused by their surrender and retaliation, I think since we have guessed what they mean, as long as we are more careful, we can always prevent problems before they happen."

"It seems that this is the only way. I hope we are all wrong. Those people really want to regret it."

"In fact, in addition to guarding them, one thing is more important." Tang Feng said with a straight face: "Actually, this is my real purpose in coming to Shaanxi. However, because the power of these rebels is getting bigger and bigger, I have to suppress the rebellion first and then deal with them. Yan Yan knows what I am referring to, right?"

"Does sir refer to local administration?" Hong Chengchou said after hesitating for a while.

Tang Feng nodded and said, "Yes, it's the administration of Shaanxi. In fact, it's not just Shaanxi. Which officials in the provinces of our Ming Dynasty are not ignoring national laws for their own selfish desires? It's just that the people in other places have not yet reached the point of not being able to make a living, but if this continues, it's hard to say."

Unexpectedly, Tang Feng would say this to him with a heart-to-heart talk, which made Hong Chengchou very uneasy, but he didn't know Tang Feng's intention for a moment. Tang Feng looked at him and said, "Actually, you should also be very clear about the chaos in Shaanxi. If those officials had not attacked and greedy for all the relief supplies from the court, how could Gao Yingxiang and Wang Jiayin appear? So I think that if we want to prevent the rebel army and surrender and then rebel, the best way is not to beware of them at all times, but to solve this problem from the root, that is, to let the people of Shaanxi survive. As long as we can have food and clothing, I think many people will not rebel with their lives."

"Sir, I understand! The minister will definitely help you achieve this wish and eliminate the chaos that will occur in Shaanxi. Please give me instructions." Hong Chengchou quickly understood the intention of Tang Feng saying this to him. He also wanted to make a difference. Now the opportunity is in front of me, so he will naturally not let it go.

"Okay, I will feel relieved with you. But before that, we still have to take Hancheng down first. Since they are willing to surrender, let them go out of the city to surrender." Speaking of this, Tang Feng suddenly raised his voice and sent an order: "Come, listen to my order, let the army retreat ten miles, give them a signal, we will accept their surrender."

Gao Yingxiang on the city completely let go of his worries after seeing the government army finally retreating. They really agreed to their surrender. He immediately ordered all the soldiers in the city to hold their weapons high and open the city gate to surrender. This hit the minds of the anti-army soldiers in the city who had long lost their fighting spirit. They quickly lined up and left the city with their arms in their hands. Then when they arrived in front of the government army, they threw the weapons on the ground.

Tang Feng was already greeted by a group of generals. When he saw Gao Yingxiang kneeling down to him, he just said lightly: "It is really a blessing for the court and the world to be lost. I will definitely plead for you to the court. You can wait for the news in our army with peace of mind."

"Yes, the sinner Gao Yingxiang is obeying the orders of the Lord!" Although he still had the intention to rebel, Gao Yingxiang is now very respectful. The war ended, but Tang Feng was still uneasy. He still had a lot of things to do.
Chapter completed!