After Wang Jiayin walked up to the city, Li Yan gave Li Zicheng a wink, who was walking together. The two of them came to the other side of the city wall in tacit understanding. They seemed to be worried about defending the city, but in fact they were discussing their own retreat. Li Zicheng said with a smile: "I really didn't expect that the government army came so quickly that our actions had been trapped in a small town like Shangqiu before we even started. Do you have any ideas, Mr. Li?"

Li Yan looked at the Henan army constantly attacking under the city, and his face was also very serious: "Did you see that the official troops siege the city are not their elite at all, so I dare say that as long as the official troops really want to break the city, we can't defend it for a day or two."

"I also noticed this. When fighting with us, the combat power of the official army was obviously stronger. What should I do? Should I really break through again as I said before?" Li Zixing said in a difficult situation.

Li Yan shook his head: "Even if we want to break through now, the government army may not give us a chance. Don't forget that we had more than 100,000 troops in Shaanxi that day, and the final number of people was only more than 30,000. Now we only have this number of troops left, and the government army is even more powerful. Is there any possibility of breaking out?"

Li Zicheng nodded admittingly: "What you said is, then what should we do? It is impossible to be sudden, and it is even more impossible to defend. Can you just wait for death?"

"Of course not. We actually have a way to go." Li Yan took a look around him and found that no one could hear the conversation between them. He said, "Why have you forgotten what happened before the New Year? Their situation was only better than us, but didn't Gao Yingxiang make that decision?"

"What do you mean to surrender to the government?" Li Zicheng said in surprise, then shook his head and said, "This is probably not going to work. Don't forget that we just surrendered not long ago, but it turned out to be reversed soon. Will they believe us again? And even if they really believe us, we may not have good results when we repeat this. Moreover, I think Wang Jiayin will never agree to this method. He will only find a way to break through. With your current power, it is impossible for everyone to obey the orders."

"Although your concerns make some sense, it is not a problem to think about it carefully. Let's talk about the attitude of the government towards us first. Although there are repetitions in the previous episode, judging from the government's failure to do its best to attack Shangqiu this time, they do not want to kill us. After all, we are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty. Is Tang Feng not afraid of being accused of eternal infamy?" Li Yan's words made Li Zicheng nodded repeatedly, which made Li Yan's next words more convincing: "As for you worry that Wang Jiayin will obstruct, it is even more unnecessary. He is not yet able to control all Gao Yingxiang's men, and we can all know the situation of the great power of the government army. Is it still possible to break through? How many people will be willing to die with him?"

Li Zicheng nodded again: "What you said is right. It seems that the safest way is to surrender to the government army."

"Yes, but it also needs to be trusted by them, so I thought we had to do something before that."

"What's the matter?" Li Zicheng said, looking at Wang Jiayin from afar, who was paying attention to the situation on the battlefield. He had vaguely guessed what Li Yan said.

"We had surrendered to the court when we were desperate, but we quickly rebelled. It would be unrealistic to say that the government was not wary of us. Now we have to show sincerity. Gao Yingxiang was the best confession, but he was dead. So we had to use him as a confession." As he said that, Li Yan also looked at Wang Jiayin.

"I'm afraid it's not that easy. Since Gao Yingxiang's death, Wang Jiayin has achieved the ultimate defense of himself. I have no confidence in dealing with him. Once the action fails, I will be done." Li Zicheng said worriedly.

"Now there is no time for us to calculate everything before taking action. In order to survive, we have to take one risk. However, with his trust in me, I am still 70% sure to subdue him. At that time, as long as we hand him over to the government troops outside the city and then put all the responsibility on him and Gao Yingxiang, we should be able to gain their trust."

After a while of silence, Li Zicheng said again: "What about after surrender? Should we just let it go?" After this period of rebellion, he was full of interest in this promising profession, but he did not want to be the bound official army.

"Of course not. In fact, as long as they are willing to let us go temporarily, we can revolt again when we have the opportunity. And by then, we can recruit more people."

"How do you say this?" Li Zicheng said inexplicably. He knew very well that the most important thing in rebellion was to have a solid mass base. Gao Yingxiang and the others could create such a big momentum at once because the local people in Shaanxi could not survive. But now the court has changed its policies, and the natural disaster has passed, how could it be possible to win more responses from more people?

"I will tell you this point in detail when I have time. Now we should advise Wang Jiayin not to break through, otherwise our ideas will not be possible at all." Li Yan said, and gave Li Zicheng a wink, and the two walked towards Wang Jiayin. It turned out that he had already taken back his eyes from the city and was looking at the two of them.

"Why are you two still in the mood to talk and laugh at this time?" Wang Jiayin said in a serious tone.

"General Wang misunderstood. We were also talking about the siege of the city. We were just afraid of disturbing the general, so we didn't come over." Li Yan said. Wang Jiayin still trusted this person who helped him offer many strategies. Moreover, he didn't think that Li Yan would collude with Li Zicheng, who was much less powerful than him, to deal with him. So he didn't have much doubt. He just asked casually: "Oh, do you have any opinions?"

"The general should have seen it too. The official army has always preserved its strength, just like the time when it surrounded Xi'an without attacking."

In fact, Wang Jiayin didn't care much about this, but after Li Yan said this, he suddenly thought of it. He was afraid that he had thought of breaking through before. It was obvious that the government army had retained its strength. Why did they do this? In his opinion, of course, he was guarding against himself for breaking through. If he really broke through recklessly, he would be indestructible. He looked at Li Yan gratefully, and Wang Jiayin nodded and said, "I also thought of this, so we must not break through, otherwise we will only hit the government army's thoughts. But Shangqiu is just a small city, and now there are fewer and fewer weapons to defend the city. How long can we last?"

"This is what I talked with Mr. Li." Li Zicheng said in a timely manner, reducing the other party's suspicion.

"Then have you discussed what countermeasures?"

"Not yet, I can only hold on for a while." Li Zicheng smiled bitterly, nodded to Wang Jiayin and went to check it out.

After seeing him leave, Wang Jiayin asked Li Yan again: "Do you have any other opinions on Mr. Li?"

"In my opinion, this incident is not completely unhealthy for the general." Li Yan said with a smile.

"How do you say this?"

"General, although Gao Yingxiang is dead, it is not easy for us to take his confidant for our own use. But this dilemma gives us a chance. As long as the general can lead everyone to escape this disaster, I think many people will truly support the general. Isn't this a good thing?" Li Yan said with a smile.

This sentence hit Wang Jiayin's key point. In the past few days, he has been worrying about how to bring everyone's hearts together. After he said this, Wang Jiayin really felt that misfortune and good fortune were interdependent. But soon, the joy was replaced by worry: "But now we are in danger. Even if we can really make everyone obey their duties, I'm afraid it's useless."

"General, don't be discouraged. Things are caused by humans. Although our situation seems to be very bad now, there is always a way to solve this problem before despair."

"Then I have to rely on you, Mr. Li. Only a resourceful person like you can solve the current dilemma."

"General, I will definitely not let you down."

Two days later, the offensive of the government army became more and more fierce, while the defense of the anti-army in the city became even weaker. Because the Henan soldiers outside the city had gradually mastered the way of attacking the city under the command of Wu Sangui, while the anti-army in the city was unable to stop due to the hard battles over the past few days and the impending exhaustion of the arrow stones, which made Wang Jiayin and other anti-army leaders sink to the bottom. Everyone else knew the plan of the government army, so no one proposed to break out of the city, but they saw that it was getting worse day by day.

Wang Jiayin asked Li Yan several times, but he had no good idea, which made Wang Jiayin a little desperate. But completely different from him, Li Zicheng has made great achievements in the past few days. After talking to Li Yan, he began to win over other leaders. First, Gao Yingxiang's old subordinates, who were originally close to him, have lost their backbone since Gao Yingxiang's death. Although he suspected that Wang Jiayin had no evidence and strength to avenge the king of entrepreneurship, he encountered such a thing again. After Li Zicheng said this, everyone was easily convinced. Saving life is the most important thing now, and they are the most burden-free people.

Then, Li Zicheng tried to convince those who had a good relationship with Wang Jiayin. With Li Yan's guidance, he mastered all the preferences and characteristics of these people, and it was not too difficult for Li Zicheng to convince them. In just a few days, 80% of the people in Shangqiu City had agreed to surrender.

As for the remaining 20%, they did not intend to tell them their intentions, because these people were too close to Wang Jiayin, and if they refused to follow each other, they would only alarm the enemy. So Li Yan meant to give up these people. On July 30th, everything was ready, and there was only the last blow.

On the morning of that day, after checking the defense at the city, Wang Jiayin's heart sank again. There were only less than 10,000 arrows left here, and there were only a few stones to prevent the enemy from reaching the city. He looked at the official army camp where smoke rose, and felt that the end of the world was coming. At this moment, a soldier rushed over and said, "General Wang, Mr. Li said that there is something important to report."

"Huh?" Wang Jiayin was stunned at first, but soon thought of what would happen. His face suddenly showed joy. It must be that Li Yan finally had a way to get out of the dilemma. Without saying a word, he rushed to the city. On the way, he just had a question, why didn't Li Yan come to see him in person but let someone send a message? However, compared with the problem that can solve the problem, it is not worth mentioning. Perhaps Li Yan is just to show his extraordinaryness.

As he strode towards the courtyard that the soldier said, the crowds inside were engaged in the final plot. After scanning everyone's face, Li Zicheng said: "It's now the last moment. Only by capturing him, Wang Jiayin, can we push all the mistakes on him, so that the government army can fully believe us. Are there anyone among you who don't want to do this?"

Everyone smiled bitterly when they heard this. When things came to this point, they had to do it. As long as anyone dared to object, they would become everyone's enemy and naturally it would be difficult for this person to survive.

Li Yan nodded with satisfaction when he saw this: "Very good. Since everyone has the same opinion, I won't say much. He will come in soon. Everyone will act according to my eyes and be sure to subdue him and his personal guards!"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone shouted loudly: "General Wang, you are finally here!" This was a message sent by people outside, just to make them prepare everything.

Wang Jiayin did not come alone, he followed about twenty confidants. Since Gao Yingxiang's incident, he has made sufficient preparations for fear that others would use the same method to deal with him. Even when he saw a confidant like Li Yan, he had brought enough people. After entering the living room, Wang Jiayin was stunned. He found that most of the generals in the city were present. But then he felt relieved again. Obviously, Li Yan's method was to unite everyone, so he called everyone.

So after being stunned, he laughed and said, "Young Master Li, you still have to rely on you to find a way out for us in such a situation. Tell me, what is the solution."

Everyone in the hall looked at Li Yan, waiting for his answer. Li Yan also smiled and said, "Actually, this method is not very clever, it just needs someone's help."

"Oh? As long as you can save everyone's life, everyone will do their best. Let's talk about it, what kind of method is, don't keep it in your arms anymore." Wang Jiayin smiled and walked to the empty chair on the upper head and was about to sit in.

"It's very simple, that is to open the city and surrender. As long as we surrender to the government army, they will naturally not be able to kill us anymore, and the lives of us will naturally be saved!" Li Yan's understatement made Wang Jiayin, who had just sat down, stiff all over.

"What did you say? You want me to surrender to the government army. This is impossible. They may have spared others, but they will definitely not forgive the leaders like us..." Wang Jiayin shouted sternly.

"No, you were wrong." Li Yan suddenly interrupted his speech and said coldly: "It's not us, it's you! You are the leader of all of us, so naturally you won't be careless for the government, but as long as we can tie you up with them, they must be able to believe our sincerity."

"You..." After hearing what he said, Wang Jiayin's heart suddenly sank. Just as he was about to stand up, he was already pressed by several people who were signaling Li Yan to rush up. At the same time, the other people also took action and used weapons that had been prepared long ago to attack Wang Jiayin's personal guards who were caught off guard.

"Puchi..." Amid the sound, twenty personal guards were all cut down to the ground. When they saw the blood all over the ground and were tied up by someone, Wang Jiayin realized that everything was over and they were here to be true. "Li Yan, I trust you so much, but you betray me, you will not die well..." The only thing he could do was curse. But soon, this only freedom was also deprived of. At Li Yan's instructions, several people stepped forward and stuffed his mouth with rags. Now he could only make a whimper.

He looked at Wang Jiayin with a ridiculous look, and Li Yan said to everyone: "It's getting late now, and the Guan Jun will launch an attack on us again soon. For our safety, I think we will open the city and surrender now."

Naturally, no one objected to this proposal. Everyone has come to this point, just to surrender to the government army and save their lives? Everyone nodded and said yes, and then someone mentioned Wang Jiayin who fell to the ground, and everyone left the courtyard and headed straight to the city gate.

Along the way, the anti-soldiers who were still unaware of the situation all looked at their leader in surprise and escorted Wang Jiayin to the city gate. Although Wang Jiayin had many confidants, because their leader was in their hands and had no energy after a long battle, no one came forward to block it. This made Wang Jiayin's eyes even more chill. He didn't expect that he would fall into this place. He was still laughing at Gao Yingxiang before, but he didn't expect that he was even worse than him.

Outside the city gate, the official army had already set up its formation and was about to continue to attack the city. This time, the ones standing in front were not the surrendered troops and the soldiers of the garrison in Shanxi, Shaanxi or Henan, but the entire Liaodong army. They were about to launch a final attack on Shangqiu. But just when they were about to attack, the city gate that had been closed suddenly opened.

The soldiers only thought that the anti-army wanted to fight to the death, but they did not want the person who came out of it to have empty hands. At present, one of them even raised a white flag and shouted loudly: "We are willing to surrender to the court, and I also ask the soldiers to report to the higher authorities. We have captured the culprit and are willing to present it to the heavenly soldiers."
Chapter completed!