In the valley, more than 100,000 rebels were surrounded by Heluo lord Zhang Hua with 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang attacked the valley entrance six times in a row, losing thousands of people, and were unable to break through the siege.

It was winter, and it was snowing heavily. More than 100,000 rebels were hungry and cold, and the flags broke, and the people and horses were frozen to death looked at each other.

Later, the rebel army was exhausted, the food and grass were exhausted, the horses were exhausted, the swords and guns were frozen, and the swords and guns were frozen, so they were no longer able to fight again.

"Although Chen Sheng and Wu Guang have courage, his ability to use troops can only be said to be average."

Zhang Hua used cavalry to defeat the rebel army, and ordered Deng Ai to lead troops to cut off the rebel army's retreat and drove the rebel army to the valley.

The moment he entered the valley to avoid the cavalry, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's tens of thousands of peasant uprising troops were destined.

The rebel army, lacking food and supplies, entered the valley where there was nowhere to escape, and the valley became a Jedi.

Zhang Hua and several generals climbed to the top of the nearby mountain and looked down at the peasant uprising army gathered in the valley. Thousands of people were frozen due to the cold winter.

Zhang Hua sympathized with Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising army, but it did not mean that Chen Sheng, Wu Guang could bring peace.

Chen Gong said: "Wang Feng, who we planted in the peasant uprising army, can let him force the palace."

Zhang Hua said to Mulan sideways, "Mulan, use the spirit eagle to signal to Wang Feng."

In the valley, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were discussing how to get out of trouble. However, under Wang Feng's instigation, a group of peasant generals, led by Wang Feng, surrounded Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's camp and forced the palace!

Wang Feng also secretly lobbies Wu Yuanji, Wang Chengzong and Li Shidao, who surrendered to the rebel army, and asks them to join the ranks of forcing the palace.

"King, our army's food and grass are gone, and the soldiers are unable to fight again. If you continue, more than 100,000 peasant soldiers will starve to death in the valley. Please lead the people to surrender!"

"I have my wife and children waiting for us to bring back the food. We can't just die here like this!"

"Please surrender to the king!"

Wang Feng and dozens of military generals drew their swords and forced the palace to Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.

Chen Sheng was furious: "I still have hundreds of good generals and more than 100,000 troops, but I can achieve great things. Why should I surrender!"

Wu Guang scolded: "Wang Feng, I trust you and the king, so I gave you the General Seal. At this time, I dared to let our trust down!"

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang also had a group of confidant generals. They were tense and confronted Wang Feng, Wu Yuanji and others.

"You want to die, but I, Wu Yuanji, don't want to die yet!"

Wu Yuanji slashed Chen Sheng with a knife!

"Save the Lord! The King was hacked and killed by them!"

"Kill them!"

There was an internal strife among the senior officials of the rebel army, and a group of generals of the rebel army fought.

More than 100,000 peasant soldiers followed their chief generals and attacked each other, and the valley was in chaos.

Zhang Hua, with his elite troops, stared at him outside, and waited until the internal strife of the peasant army ended, that Zhang Hua ordered the attack on the valley.

At this time, the remaining peasant army raised a white flag and surrendered to Zhang Hua.

Wang Feng, Wu Yuanji and other generals who betrayed the rebel army, escorted the seriously injured Chen Sheng, Wu Guang and others, commanded more than 100,000 peasant troops and surrendered to Zhang Hua.

"I am guilty and I am willing to surrender."

Wu Yuanji, the governor from the Tang Dynasty, knelt humbly to the Lord of Heluo, Zhang Hua, and prostrated himself.

Zhang Hua defeated more than 10,000 peasant army with tens of thousands of cavalry, making Wu Yuanji, the governor of Huaixi, very afraid that Zhang Hua would order the killing.

"The last one will live up to the mission."

Wang Feng was originally an undercover agent sent by Zhang Hua to provide information for Zhang Hua. At this time, he was considered to have completed his mission and returned to Zhang Hua's power, so he was neither humble nor arrogant.

"Wang Feng, this time, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising, you will be the first to be promoted to General of the Central Army."

Zhang Hua appeased Wang Feng, who made contributions.

Wang Feng fought bravely among Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising troops, so he was able to become a general and dismantle the uprising troops from within. He was indeed the first to be the best in his contribution.

"you……!"

The generals of the rebel army looked at Wang Feng in amazement.

Wang Feng was actually a detailed work sent by Zhang Hua!

Even the name Zhang Feng used by Wang Feng in the uprising army was a pseudonym!

The seriously injured Chen Sheng and Wu Guang even gritted their teeth. Wang Feng, who was appreciated by them, actually made a meticulous work!

Wang Feng joined the peasant uprising army halfway through and was promoted from sergeant commander to general. Who would have thought that Wang Feng was actually an undercover agent who Zhang Hua had placed in the peasant army in advance?

At this time, the peasant generals who followed Wang Feng to force the palace knew that they had been fooled, but they had surrendered to Zhang Hua and had no way to retreat.

Moreover, surrendering at this time does not seem to be a bad thing, at least they don’t have to worry about starving to death or freezing to death.

"The lord is really the reincarnation of a god!"

When the three governors Wu Yuanji, Wang Chengzong and Li Shidao saw that Zhang Hua made arrangements in advance, they respected Zhang Hua as much as a god.

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, who fought with them, had no power to fight back under Zhang Hua's layout.

"Who are you?"

Zhang Hua coldly glanced at the three flattering generals, and the other party seemed to be in awe of him.

"I am Wu Yuanji, the governor of Huaixi during the reign of Emperor Xianzong of Tang."

"I am the governor of Chengde Jie, Wang Chengzong."

"I am the governor of Lu Ziqing, Li Shidao."

Good guy, three Jiedushi during the Emperor Xianzong of Tang Dynasty, actually appeared in Rushui at the same time.

Zhang Hua had never heard of these three people, but according to what Yang Ye said, these three people were powerful vassal governors of the vassal states during the reign of Emperor Xianzong of Tang, secretly colluded and betrayed the court.

These three people were once rampant so that they sent assassins to assassinate the prime minister who advocated the demolition of the vassal states, and injured the newly appointed prime minister.

Later, Li Jue, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, attacked Caizhou at night and captured and killed the rebel Wu Yuanji. This incident spread to later generations.

Unexpectedly, these three people were defeated by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's peasant uprising troops and surrendered to themselves.

"You guys can stay calm."

Zhang Hua thought about it and found that although these three people were ambitious, they had lost their power and had no troops to support their ambitions, so they did not order them to be executed.

"All the surrendered uprising troops were placed in the Heluo area for military farming. As for Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Wu Yuanji and others, they moved to Guanzhong."

Zhang Hua incorporated more than 100,000 peasant troops and grew stronger.

The hundreds of thousands of peasant soldiers in the valley are all young and strong and can be cultivated.

In the Rushui area, there were hundreds of thousands of their families, all of whom were surrendered by Zhang Hua.

Fan Zhongyan followed Zhang Hua to Rushui and recruited hundreds of thousands of people.

How to properly resettle hundreds of thousands of people is a major project.

"The Rushui area is seriously damaged, and many fertile land has become deserted fields. The only place where there are some farmland is Ruzhou Town. You can leave 100,000 people in Ruzhou to farm and set up Ruzhou County. The remaining 500,000 people will be moved to Heluo to eat."

"Although feeding these people consumes a lot of food stock, farmers can produce a lot of food in the third year and provide more resources for the army."

Fan Zhongyan has settled the accounts in advance and believes it is profitable.

Chen Sheng and Wu Yuanji fought, resulting in the abandonment of millions of fertile land in Rushui, and the remaining farmland will only feed 100,000 people in the next year.

So Fan Zhongyan only left a 100,000 people in Ruzhou to guard the city, and he could go south along the Rushui River in the future.

The remaining population migrated to Heluo.

Heluo currently has about 800,000 people, plus the 500,000 people migrated to Heluo. As a result, Heluo has a population of 1.3 million.

There are 100,000 in Ruzhou and 900,000 in Guanzhong.

The total population of Zhanghua territory reached an astonishing 2.3 million.

Zhang Hua thought about it carefully and he was also a prince of two million people.

In this way, Zhang Hua's total population exceeded that of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, and was at the same level as An Lushan.

Zhang Hua's population in Heluo exceeded that in Guanzhong, and Heluo once again became the center of Zhang Hua's power.

The surrendered peasant army was like a long dragon. It entered Heluo, was split by Fan Zhongyan, and placed in various counties to prevent these peasant army from resurgence.

As for the peasant generals, they were exiled to Guanzhong and left their old subordinates.

First, these peasant generals were unable to call on their old subordinates, and second, Zhang Hua needed a group of generals to conquer Guanzhong.

After all, famous generals such as Yang Ye, Huang Zhong and Feng Yi are the minority. Below the famous generals, there are also a group of commanders, army Sima, and hundreds of generals as the mainstays.

There was a group of military generals below the three military governors of Wu Yuanji, and Chen Sheng's peasant army also had a group of military generals, which was enough to fill the gap between the middle and lower-level officers of the Guanzhong Army.

"Muzhi, Ruzhou will be left to you for governance. Although there is only 100,000 people left in Ruzhou, there are many deserted fields here. If you recall the people who fled to the mountains and forests and reclaim the deserted fields, the population should be able to grow to 150,000."

Zhang Hua appointed Du Mu as the magistrate of Ruzhou County to restore this wasteland abandoned due to the struggle between Chen Sheng and Wu Yuanji.

"I obey the order."

Du Mu was ordered to serve as the magistrate of Ruzhou County and recruit refugees.

Villages and towns only occupy a small amount of land, and more places are deep mountains and forests. There are also a large number of refugees hiding in the mountains and forests due to war, not just these populations.
To be continued...