It is said that the old emperor is becoming more and more stupid and selfish, and that is true.

General Long stretched out his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet.

The soldiers quieted down and wanted to see what he said.

"Everyone, if we fight with King Nanlong, do you think we can win?"

"No!"

Isn't it obvious?

Dingyuan City is right in front of them. They are very clear about the strength, equipment, and garrison equipment of Dingyuan City.

And the artillery with terrible power and range will make them unable to escape.

Just relying on it, it can kill 200,000 enemies in a quarter of an hour.

If it were them, wouldn't they be wiped out in a quarter of an hour?

"What do you think of the treatment of King Nanlong's army?" General Long asked again.

When the soldiers heard this, they were all envious and drooling.

In terms of weapons and equipment, which one is not easily crushing them?

In terms of welfare treatment, they have two meals a day, while they have three meals a day, and occasionally they have training in the evening, and they also have an extra meal, which is called a midnight snack.

In terms of strength, all soldiers who join the army can not only practice martial arts, but also practice formations.

Moreover, they have accompanying military doctors, military nurses, etc., and everyone has healing pills on their bodies. As long as you don't die, you have more chances to survive than the enemy.

"General, tell me, what do you want to do?"

The soldiers also heard something.

They felt that General Long's propaganda of King Nanlong's army did not seem to be for dealing with King Nanlong.

So, they also wanted to know what he wanted to do?

"Come here!"

General Long did not say it directly.

He called a confidant.

The confidant came to the stage with Zhao Xu's head.

After seeing it, everyone began to discuss it.

Many people didn't know what it was.

However, some soldiers recognized it.

"Hey, isn't this Zhao Jianjun?"

"It really is Zhao Jianjun."

"He is dead."

Then, General Long said the order brought by Zhao Xu.

This made them even more angry.

"Now, the empire is increasingly disappointing us, and we are just pawns in their hands."

"You also know that if we really fight, we will definitely die."

"So, I killed Zhao Xu, and I plan to surrender to King Nanlong."

"If you are willing to follow me, go with me. If you don't want to, I won't force you."

After General Long finished speaking, almost all the soldiers wanted to follow him.

And the remaining people were hesitant.

General Long didn't make it difficult for them. Among the 200,000 troops, more than 180,000 people were willing to follow him and surrender to King Nanlong.

"Let's go."

Then, General Long led the more than 180,000 troops to Dingyuan City.

The remaining less than 20,000 people, some because of family reasons, some because they had families in the imperial capital, or were sent here for gilding.

When these people left, it was easier for General Long to manage.

They went to Dingyuan City.

At the same time, in order to avoid misunderstandings, General Long also sent someone to explain the situation to Zhuo Zilin.

Soon, the messenger arrived at the foot of Dingyuan City.

At this time, Dingyuan City had already been blocked.

Because of the sovereignty declaration of King Nanlong and Zhang He's surrender, he realized that war might be coming.

So, he began to be on guard early.

"Stop."

On the city wall, the guard saw the messenger riding a horse and ordered the archers to aim at the messenger.

The messenger did not dare to act rashly. He raised his hands and said, "General, I am here to deliver important information to you on the order of General Long."

"Send important information?"

The guard was a little confused. Is this an enemy?

They are about to fight, what information can be sent to them?

However, the guard looked at the messenger and looked into the distance.

He did not find any unusual problems, so he said, "Do you have any credentials or letters?"

"Yes."

"Take it out!" After saying that, the guard waved his hand, and a hanging basket was lowered by the soldiers.

As the hanging basket came down, the messenger also got off the horse and walked over.

"Put the letter or voucher in."

"Okay,"

The messenger took out the letter and put it in the hanging basket.

Soon, the hanging basket was pulled back.

"Wait." The garrison commander said, and turned to leave.

Soon after, the garrison commander took the letter to see Zhuo Zilin.

In the city lord's mansion.

Zhuo Zilin took the letter from the garrison commander.

"What's going on?"

"General, it was sent by General Long, saying it was important information."

"Oh."

Zhuo Zilin opened the letter and looked at the content.

"Huh?"

Zhuo Zilin couldn't believe it.

Because what the letter said was that General Long decided to surrender with 180,000 troops, hoping that they would accept it.

"Come here."

"General!"

"Go and notify the senior generals to prepare for a meeting."

"Yes."

Zhuo Zilin was a little surprised that General Long was going to surrender.

However, he had met General Long before.

He still had the ability, but he didn't believe that General Long would surrender.

Because this might be the other side's opposite.

Zhuo Zilin knew very well that their current military strength was very strong.

If they really fought, General Long's army would not be their opponent at all.

However, he still had to be cautious.

"Go tell the messenger that we will discuss and decide later, and you can stay where you are. When we have a result, we will send someone to inform them."

"Yes!"

After hearing Zhuo Zilin's order, the garrison commander immediately left the city lord's mansion and went to see the messenger.

"General, what do you say?"

When the messenger saw the garrison commander appear, he asked anxiously.

"Our general already knows what you mean, but we have to discuss it again. Go back and tell General Long to stay where he is and wait for our reply."

After listening to the garrison commander's words, the messenger did not stay any longer and responded, "Okay, I'll take my leave."

Then, the messenger hurriedly rode on his horse and returned.

At this time, General Long and his people had left the city and came to the outside of the city.

They did not continue to move forward, because he knew that if they moved forward, they would definitely be discovered, and misunderstandings would be troublesome.

He asked the soldiers to set up camp and wait for the messenger's message.

In the evening, the messenger finally came back.

As soon as he came back, he was summoned to General Long's tent.

In the tent.

General Long and a group of generals who were ready to surrender looked at the messenger.

The messenger walked to the center of the tent and clasped his fists towards General Long, who was in the main seat, and said, "General, General Zhuo told us to wait here and wait for his reply."

"Have you seen him?"

"No." The messenger told General Long about the situation at that time.

After listening, General Long sighed and said, "This Zhuo Zilin is really cautious."

General Long was about to surrender, but the other party was still unmoved, which made General Long sigh.

However, those generals were a little worried.

"General, what should we do if General Zhuo refuses us?"

"Yes, General."

After all, they were all soldiers of the Zhonglong Empire, and suddenly running to surrender was somewhat problematic.

"Don't worry, although Zhuo Zilin is cautious, he may not be unable to distinguish right from wrong."

"So, we don't need to worry."

General Long felt that Zhuo Zilin would soon figure out the reason.

So, what they have to do next is to wait.

And in Dingyuan City.

Zhuo Zilin also summoned all the generals and began to discuss the matter of General Long surrendering with 180,000 troops.

"General, I remember that he had 200,000 troops, why only 180,000 surrendered, what about the rest?"

"According to him, the rest have more or less some relationship with the empire, they dare not rebel without authorization, otherwise, it will affect their future or family."

"Yeah."

"General, I think we can accept them. This General Long is not a fool. He obviously learned that the empire wanted him to attack us."

"But he is self-aware and knows that he is not an opponent, so he just rebels."

"Besides, he doesn't have many other concerns in the imperial capital. When this guy came, he brought his family with him."

Zhuo Zilin nodded.

They also investigated General Long and knew his current situation.

"Well, but we can't be careless. Let them surrender tomorrow morning. All people are not allowed to carry any weapons, equipment, and wear thin clothes."

"Yes."

Soon, Zhuo Zilin chose to believe that General Long surrendered.

But he also gave General Long some restrictions, so that even if General Long really wanted to do something, he would have no chance.

Besides, Zhuo Zilin was not stupid. He would deploy troops in the city. If the other party was abnormal, he would eliminate them.

"Go inform General Long."

"Yes!"

Soon, Dingyuan City also sent a messenger to General Long's location.

After arriving, General Long came out as soon as he got the news.

"General Long."

"Messenger, please speak."

"My general has an order, ordering you to remove your weapons and equipment tomorrow, wear thin clothes, and surrender."

"Okay, I obey."

"Okay, the message has been delivered, I'm leaving."

"Yes! Farewell, messenger!"

Then they sent the messenger away. General Long also summoned all the generals and told them how to surrender tomorrow.

One of the generals suddenly said: "General, we have taken off our weapons and equipment and are only wearing thin clothes. Will this be dangerous?"

"Why, are you still afraid of being tricked by Zhuo Zilin?"

"This..."

Some generals did have this idea.

"Don't worry! It won't happen." General Long still believed in Zhuo Zilin.

If Zhuo Zilin was from the empire, he would have to be more careful.

However, Zhuo Zilin's master was Zhao Chong. Zhuo Zilin himself was not so insidious except for being cautious.

"Go back and prepare. We will set off at dawn tomorrow."

"Aren't you going to take those weapons and equipment with you?"

"No, if we really surrender, they will give us better things."

When the generals heard this, their eyes lit up.

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