There was a dead silence in Hengyang City.

The Second Corps under Tu Lichun commanded nearly 60,000 troops, and nearly 20,000 Jing'an troops mobilized from various places to participate in the war, surrounded Hengyang and was blocked.

Ma Xiang turned against him and Zheng Zhe quickly destroyed him. Rong Hong and Qian Wenxi were vulnerable. Everything made Xiang Zhen, who gathered the main force in Hengyang, even though he had no time to retreat, he was blocked in Hengyang.

At this time, the news of the failure of the southern advancing finally came back. This was the real reason why Ma Xiang decided to defect to Chang'an.

All the family's assets no longer exist, and all the family members have fallen into the hands of the enemy.

This time the failure was extremely thorough.

It was completely impossible for everyone to take any luck.

Just waiting passively for the arrival of the last moment.

Xiang Zhen has been ignoring any military affairs for seven or eight days. The military generals below came to ask for instructions to report to Hengyang's defense, logistics and supplies and other official duties, and they could not see any of his people.

Without any help, these people could only handle these matters according to their own understanding. It has to be said that this group of soldiers and generals brought out from the Lianhuashan Camp was indeed a loyal and powerful force. At this point, although their morale was low, they had not mutiny and had no trouble.

The stability of these elite troops also suppressed other troops.

The whole Hengyang fell into an extremely strange silence.

Another difficult night, after a rooster crowed, the darkness faded away. The sun rose from the east. The generals waiting outside finally heard the sound from the yard.

Everyone rushed in, but what they saw was Xiang Zhen's hair disheveled, holding a horizontal knife in his hand, and actually dancing and singing in the yard. Everyone looked at each other, and was at a loss for a moment, not knowing what to do.

After a long roar, Xiang Zhen finally threw his knife to the ground, stood firm, and turned to look at everyone.

His eyes were bright and full of energy. No matter how he looked, he didn't look like a person who locked himself in the house for seven or eight days, nor was he like a leader on the verge of failure. Instead, he looked confident and everything was in control.

"Master, Rong Ju entered the city last night and was arrested by General Mo. Should the Grandmaster see him? If not, General Mo will chop him up!" A general with a bearded face came out and bowed.

"Rong Ju? Is he here to persuade the surrender on behalf of the Tang people?" Xiang Zhen asked with a smile.

"Yes!" the bearded general nodded.

"What are you going to kill him?" Xiang Zhen shook his head.

"Then I'll drive him out of the city now."

Xiang Zhen shook his sleeves and said, "Please go to the front hall, beat the drums, gather officers above the lieutenant and officials from various affairs. I have important matters to assign."

"As for order!" Everyone answered with a loud bang.

No matter what it is, it is better than doing nothing now.

Even if it is wrong, it is better than not to make a decision. The generals present know very well that if this continues, I am afraid that the most confidant troops will be troubled by this situation. Once there is a problem with the core troops, everything will be over.

"Everyone, let's go first, but I'll go take a shower and dress up!" Xiang Zhen waved with a smile.

Although Xiang Zhen showed something unexpected to everyone, everyone didn't think it was different. Under such circumstances, if everything was still the same as usual, it would be really abnormal!

After half a stick of incense, drums roared in Hengyang City. Tens of thousands of generals were excited when they heard the sound of war drums, and they all started to be energetic. They also caused the Tang army whistle cavalry who were spying outside the city to go back and head straight to the Tang army camp in the distance.

With a slight decline, more Tang army cavalry left the camp and approached Hengyang City.

In the city, in the huge convention hall, the military generals on the left and civil servants on the right stood solemnly.

Whether it is life or death, they are no longer allowed to do so.

When the two armies go to war, everything depends on destiny.

The lobby was so quiet that it seemed that even a needle fell to the ground could be heard clearly.

A moment later, the crisp sound of the collision of armor leaves came from the back hall. Xiang Zhen appeared in front of everyone in a high spirit in military uniform.

"I've met the Grand Marshal!" Everyone bowed together to serve as a tribute.

Xiang Zhen's eyes slowly passed through everyone, and after a while, he said, "You don't have to be too polite."

Everyone stood up straight, and the bearded general who had been earlier walked out again: "Master, now we are in a dead land, please make up your mind early, not too late. As long as the morale is low, we must break through. As long as the general gives an order, the last general is willing to be the pioneer, and even if he is crushed to pieces, he will fight for everyone a path."

Xiang Zhen looked at the other party and nodded, "General Luo Zhang is intent."

After leaving the big case, Xiang Zhen walked to the middle of the meeting hall, patted Luo Zhang on the shoulder, and said, "Where is Rong Ju, have you entered the city? Call him in too!"

Everyone was stunned, but someone immediately walked out and brought Rong Ju in.

In the battle of Ganzhou, Qian Wenxi died in battle, Rong Hong committed suicide, and Rong Ju was captured. At this moment, he was sent to Hengyang City as an envoy to surrender. He entered the hall and felt the atmosphere in the hall. Rong Ju looked pale.

Xiang Zhen didn't say the first word to him, but just signaled him to stand aside.

Everyone's eyes fell on Xiang Zhen.

He slowly clasped his fists and saluted the civilians around him, very serious and solemn. He was so panicked that everyone in the hall returned the salute.

"Thank you to me. At this moment, I have not abandoned Xiang yet, and I am willing to follow Xiang, even though I know that there is a dead end in front of me." He stood up and sighed: "It is said that husband and wife are birds in the same forest, and they fly away when the disaster comes. You are more in love with me than husband and wife, and Xiang is very grateful."

No one jumped out to express his opinion, but he was just silent, and this silence was a stronger persistence.

"At this point, Xiang is incompetent." Xiang Zhen sighed, but said again: "No, it's not Xiang's incompetent, but Xiang's life was not at the right time and met Li Ze. He used to read books and listen to operas, and even laughed at Sheng Yu, He Shengliang was just a relief from failure. Today, I know Duke Zhou's helplessness."

Luo Zhang said: "Master, we still have a try. As long as we can fight back to Lingnan, we will have a chance to make a comeback!"

Xiang Zhen smiled bitterly: "What's the face to go back to meet the elders of Lingnan? I originally wanted to escape south from Annan. For this reason, I plundered almost all the wealth in Lingnan, but I had no plans to go back. Now I'm in vain. Even if I can break through the siege and return to Lingnan, I will only become the object of despised by the elders. I would rather die at the hands of the enemy than by the spit of my fellow villagers."

When everyone heard this, they suddenly felt an ominous feeling.

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"You can be with me at this time, Xiang is already very grateful." After Xiang Zhen turned around and returned to the big case, he settled down and said, "You treat me with affection, how can I treat you unjustly? Since there is no room for anything to turn around, why should I drag you into a place of irreparable consequences?"

"Master General!" The civil servants looked at each other, but most of the military generals took a step forward and were about to speak.

Xiang Zhen raised his hands and pressed down hard, stopping the chaos in the hall: "Everyone, Xiang is not testing you. In fact, everyone's performance these days has proved everything, but the more this happens, Xiang will be worthy of everyone."

After a moment of silence in the hall, Rong Ju finally spoke: "Xiang Shuai, since you already have this intention, why not lead everyone to surrender? Tu Lichun said that as long as Xiang Shuai is willing to surrender, he will guarantee that Xiang Shuai will be safe and sound."

Xiang Zhen smiled: "Everyone can surrender, but I cannot surrender. Rong Ju, this is my last bit of pride, you don't have to say more. Luo Zhang and Guo Song."

One literary and one military, one step out from the left and right columns.

"You two are the leaders of civil and military affairs. You will leave the city with Rong Ju in the future. Please surrender to Xiang Tu Lichun!" Xiang Zhen said.

Guo Song lowered his head, but Luo Zhang looked at Xiang Zhen, his chest was undulating and his fists were clenched.

"This is my last military order. Are you not going to abide by it?" Xiang Zhen asked lightly.

"I will obey the order!" Luo Zhang's eyes suddenly turned red, and he covered his face and directly exited the hall.

"The rest of the people are in their own affairs. The generals are in charge of their troops and horses. They will not be born. The civil servants have sorted out all the documents and prepared to hand over the Tang army." Xiang Zhen looked at the people: "You all go, there are still many things to do, so there is no need to stay here."

Many officials stepped forward one by one to salute Xiang Zhen and bid farewell.

After a while, only Xiang Zhen and Rong Ju were left in the hall.

"Tu Lichun wants me to surrender, but he just wants to use me to carry out the final recruitment of the Lingnan areas." Xiang Zhen took out a large stack of documents from the case: "This is a letter I wrote to the officials of the counties and counties in Lingnan now, so that they can surrender directly to the Tang army. With this, Tu Lichun would not care about my life and death."

"Xiang Shuai, why do you have to do this?" Rong Ju said with emotion.

"You are not me." Xiang Zhen said: "Take these things, go ahead, Luo Zhang and Guo Song are waiting for you. I hope that the contribution of persuading Hengyang will make your life easier in the future. In this way, I am worthy of Rong Shiwang who is in the Nine Springs."

Hearing this, Rong Ju's face turned red, took the step forward, put the letters in his hand, covered his face with his sleeves, and walked out quickly.

At noon, a large flag landed on Hengyang City and the city gate opened. Under the gaze of the Tang army, Rong Ju was led by Luo Zhang, Guo Song and others came out one after another and came straight towards the Tang army's main formation.

Behind them, teams of Lingnan troops lined up with bare hands.

Nearly 30,000 Lingnan troops in Hengyang surrendered to the Tang army.

Soon after, Tu Lichun, Chen Changping, Jose and other Tang generals entered the city.

In front of the former meeting hall, more than a dozen guards lay down on the ground, all of them committed suicide.
Chapter completed!