Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

"Li Jinzhong, how dare you rebel against the Tang Dynasty! Aren't you afraid of annihilation of your clan?" Zhao Wenhui took a step back and said sternly.

"Exterminate the clan?" Li Jinzhong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed, his laughter full of hatred.

"Zhao Wenhui, Zhao Wenhui, do you think that under your rule we can survive until the day when we are exterminated by the Tang Dynasty?"

"Stop talking nonsense, the entire Songmo army will be destroyed. Will you surrender or not?"

To Li Jinzhong's surprise, Zhao Wenhui knelt on the ground without even thinking, showing a flattering smile.

"Li Khan sincerely advises me. Is there any reason not to surrender? As long as you don't kill me, you can take Yingzhou."

Seeing how spineless this guy was, Li Jinzhong waved his hand contemptuously, signaling the soldiers to let go of him.

"Since you chose to surrender, well, Ben Khan will appoint you as the vanguard general on the right side of the Tang Dynasty, and you will accompany Ben Khan to capture Yingzhou!"

"As ordered!"

Zhao Wenhui cupped his fists, got on his horse and followed the Khitan army towards Yingzhou.

On the way, Sun Wanrong asked doubtfully: "To be loyal, Zhao Wenhui's hands are stained with the blood of the Khitan people, why don't you kill him?"

Li Jinzhong looked at Zhao Wenhui in front and said meaningfully.

"Brother, you don't understand the Han people. If we Khitans attack Yingzhou City, they will have a feeling of hatred and will definitely fight us to the end."

"But Zhao Wenhui is different. First of all, he is the governor of Yingzhou. If he came forward to persuade him to surrender, it would undoubtedly break the will of the Tang army and weaken the people's resistance to the foreign invasion.

"Secondly, the Han people like to use barbarians to rule barbarians. If they take Yingzhou, there will inevitably be resistance from the people.

At this time, we need to use Zhao Wenhui to divert the people's hatred towards us Khitans.

"So let's save his life for the time being. It won't be too late to kill him when he loses his value."

Sun Wanrong stroked his beard with deep approval and raised his head to look at Yingzhou City ahead.

"The biggest threat to Yingzhou has been eliminated. Now only the new governor named Fan Xin is left. I don't know if he is still alive."

"If Fan Xin knew that it was us Khitans who saved his life, he might bow down and bow down, hahaha..."

Sun Wanrong's words immediately caused laughter from the Khitan generals.

After laughing, Li Jinzhong looked solemn and said coldly.

"Okay, let's give the order to the army to speed up. After dark, the Khan will have dinner in Yingzhou City!"

"Yes!"

The generals shouted loudly, whipped the horse's butt hard with the riding whip in their hands, and headed towards Yingzhou with billowing smoke.

The momentum was so great that even the Yingzhou defenders who were dozens of miles apart were alarmed.

Guard Wang Hua quickly put on his helmet and went to the entrance of the wall to look into the distance. He was so frightened that he fell to the ground at just one glance, his face pale.

"Quick! Close the city gate quickly and inform General Fang that the Khitans are attacking the city!"

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Inside the city, at the gate of the Governor's Mansion.

A rugged general was riding on a horse, staring at the Qianniu Guards on the wall with a sullen face, with anger in his eyes.

After two days and two nights of attacking, his men lost more than 300 people, but they didn't even break through the gate of the house. This made the always arrogant Fang soldiers full of unwillingness.

"Lieutenant General Zuo, go and tell the brothers to get ready. We will launch an attack as soon as noon arrives!"

Lieutenant Zuo glanced at Qian Niuwei who was hiding behind the wall and said in confusion.

"General Fang, I don't think these people are dressed like fakes. Could it be that Governor Zhao made a mistake?"

"If it's really an imperial guard, our grand attack on the Governor's Mansion would be tantamount to rebellion."

At that time, the troops were dispatched just in time for it to be dark and they didn't see it clearly. Now, no matter how the guards in the mansion look at it, it doesn't look like it was fake.

"Stop talking nonsense. Governor Zhao can't lie to us. He said Fan Xin is a fake governor, so he can't be wrong."

Although Fang Bing said this, he also murmured in his heart. The Qianniu Guards who fought fiercely with them were far superior to the garrison in terms of combat power and will. How could such guards protect a fake governor.

"Could it be that Governor Zhao made a mistake?" Fang Bing thought secretly.

At this time, a panicked voice came from afar.

"General Fang is in serious trouble. Khitan leader Li Jinzhong led tens of thousands of cavalry to attack Yingzhou City!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue, causing Fang Bing to sway and almost fall off his horse. He stared at the person with his eyes and swallowed his saliva.

"You mean the Khitans attacked the city?"

The visitor knelt on one knee and nodded desperately.

"The entire Songmo camp has been wiped out. Governor Zhao has defected to the Khitans and is currently at the foot of Yingzhou City urging us to open the door and surrender."

"General Wang Shou cannot make up his mind, so let me ask the villain for your opinion."

When he suddenly heard such bad news, even though Fang Bing was calm and calm, his face turned pale and his whole body was shaken.

The main force of the Tang army was 18,000 men, and even they were wiped out. Can the 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city stop the Khitan's iron hoof?

Several of the generals looked at each other, and the left deputy general stood up and said.

"General Fang, we only have 3,000 people and are no match for the Khitans. If we continue to hold on, we will only lose the lives of our brothers in vain. General Yimo might as well surrender."

"Yes, even Zhao Wenhui, the governor of Yingzhou, has surrendered, so why are we insisting on doing anything?"

"Anyway, if the imperial court blames Zhao Wenhui and the governor of Yingzhou, there is no need for us to stick to Yingzhou."

Facing the expectant looks of the generals, Fang Bing hesitated. He was right. There was no hope for three thousand people to stop tens of thousands of Khitan cavalry.

It is better to open the city gate and surrender than to lose your life in vain.

As for the thousands of people in the city, who can care about them when they are almost dead themselves.

After thinking this, Fang Bing took a deep breath and was about to agree to surrender to the Khitans, when a disdainful laugh rang out.

"Raising an army for a thousand days, using it for a short time, and then surrendering when in danger. Are you worthy of being called a soldier of the Tang Dynasty?"

As soon as the words fell, the originally closed door of the Governor's Mansion suddenly opened, and a young man wearing a full-level official uniform strode out.

Seeing Fan Xin walking out of the Governor's Mansion, Fang Bing motioned to his subordinates to surround him and sneered.

"There is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, so our choice to surrender is a helpless move."

"Could it be that Governor Fan wants to take these more than a hundred thousand cattle guards to fight against the Khitan people?"

Hearing these words, the sergeant present couldn't help laughing, and looked at Fan Xin with mocking eyes.

In their opinion, they had seen too many talkative civil servants like Fan Xin, and in the end they did not surrender obediently like them.

However, before their smiles could fully spread, they froze on their faces.

I saw Fan Xin pull out the golden dragon sword and wrap it in his hand with a strip of cloth.

Then he walked resolutely towards the city gate.

Behind him, one hundred and twenty Qianniu Guards with filial piety tied around their waists carried a pitch black coffin and strode behind.

The coffin was engraved with eight characters: Fan Xin, the governor of Datang Yingzhou!