Completely opposite to Yang Changshi, Deputy Director Tao, who was anxious to pacify the three northern states, was secretly happy when he saw that Yuan Tanjun had not moved all night, and did not play any tricks such as trying to hide the truth or escape from the golden cicada.

We have seen the light of day, and there is some hope of successfully recruiting and surrendering Yuan Tan's remaining troops.

We can't blame Deputy Director Tao for being impatient, it's mainly due to the situation. If the Xuzhou Army can successfully surrender the remnants of Yuan Tan's Army, then even if Deputy Director Tao cannot successfully unite Jiyou and the three states, the Xuzhou Army will unify the north.

The time required will also be greatly shortened. The soldiers will suffer less from the war, and the people will have been spared from the ravages of war. The ambitious Deputy Director Tao can also immediately free up his hands to deal with the evil-minded third brother-in-law Yuan Shang, and then take one-third of the world.

With two efforts, they can kill the remaining princes in one go! The benefits are so huge that Deputy Director Tao is naturally happy to see Yuan Tan sincerely surrender and the war in Yecheng end as soon as possible.

What made Deputy Director Tao happy was yet to come. Before he arrived, the scouts returned to the camp and reported to Deputy Director Tao that Yuan Tan's army had begun to gradually withdraw from the city, abandoned the city wall position and retreated into the city. They were still at the four gates.

The white flag was raised, and preparations were gradually made to surrender Kaicheng. Deputy Director Tao was overjoyed when he heard the news, and hurriedly ordered his scouts to board the viewing platform provided by Yuan Tanjun, and supervise Yuan Tanjun's evacuation of the city wall fortifications from a high position. Then he summoned the entire army and decided to

He personally led the army to the south gate of Yecheng to accept the surrender.

At the same time, for the sake of caution, Deputy Director Tao, who was always suspicious, ordered the army to be on strict alert and arranged for six elite soldiers to wait for orders around the three gates of Yecheng. If they found something wrong, they would immediately attack from both sides and kill the defenders back into the city.

To give Yuan Tan's army the slightest chance to launch a surprise attack, Deputy Director Tao personally led 15,000 troops to the south gate city to accept the surrender. Xu Chu and Ma Zhong led their troops to protect them.

Regarding Deputy Director Tao's careful arrangements, treacherous people such as Jia Laohu and Liu Ye all thought it was very appropriate. None of the military officers in Xuzhou had any objections. They all said that even if Yuan Tan was deceitful, this would ensure prevention. Only our

The heartthrob Yang Changshi had a sad face and repeatedly reminded Deputy Director Tao not to trust Yuan Tan's surrender. He also volunteered: "My lord, it is very dangerous to accept the surrender at the city. My lord must not go lightly. Hongjiu accepts your lord's kindness. I am willing to come in person on my lord's behalf."

The city accepts surrender. If Yuan Tan really surrenders, Hong will lead him to the lord. If Yuan Tan is deceitful, Hong will be responsible for it. This is to repay the lord for his great kindness."

Not to mention, Yang Changshi's proposal really won the support of some people. Zhao Yun, who had a good relationship with Yang Changshi and was relatively cautious, strongly agreed with the proposal and expressed his willingness to lead his army to escort Yang Changshi to the gates of Yecheng to surrender.

Deputy Director Tao was asked to stay in the camp and wait for news to avoid danger. Officials such as Jiang Qian and Xu Si also agreed. They objected to Deputy Director Tao taking the risk of going to the city to accept surrender, and persuaded Deputy Director Tao to act with caution and send someone else to the city to accept surrender.

If Jia Laoduwu or Liu Ye and others had put forward this suggestion, Deputy Director Tao might have accepted it. But unfortunately, this suggestion was first put forward by Yang Changshi. Deputy Director Tao, who knew Yang Changshi's personality and hobbies well, used

After thinking with his toes, he could also guess that Yang Changshi wanted to take the opportunity to disturb Huang's surrender. So Deputy Director Tao rejected Yang Changshi's proposal on the spot and insisted on fulfilling his promise. He went to Yecheng to accept the surrender in person, and Yang Changshi repeatedly advised him.

It was useless, and he didn't have the courage to imitate a true loyal minister and die to persuade him, so he had to retreat with a mournful face, followed Deputy Director Tao and led the army out of the camp, and rushed to the gates of Yecheng to accept the surrender.

After making all kinds of detailed arrangements, around 2:00 p.m., Deputy Director Tao personally led 15,000 troops out of the camp, first crossed the siege ditch, and then walked through knee-deep muddy water all the way to the outside of the south gate of Ye City.

They lined up one mile away, waiting for Yuan Tan's army to open the city and surrender at noon. At the same time, Yuan Tan's army had fulfilled his promise and evacuated all the garrison on the city, opened the doors and windows of the city tower, and left the viewing platform

The Xuzhou scouts on the tower inspected the situation inside the building, so the Xuzhou army's formation had not yet been determined, and the scouts on the observation platform had already come to report that there were no more defenders in the city.

"Very good, continue to monitor and call the police immediately if there is any abnormality!"

Before Deputy Director Tao finished his satisfactory instructions, Yang Changshi could not wait to hand over his hand to Deputy Director Tao and said: "My lord, for the sake of caution, please go up to the viewing platform and personally inspect the situation in the city for my lord."

Looking at Yang Changshi with a eager and anxious expression on his face, Deputy Director Tao smiled and nodded. Yang Changshi was overjoyed and quickly led his two confidants, Li Lang and Wang Wu, to the city viewing platform ahead.

For the first time, he went a hundred steps away from the enemy in front of the two armies to observe the enemy's situation. Deputy Director Tao smiled bitterly and said to Jia Lao Duhu and Liu Ye on the left and right: "If this guy can use half of his money-grubbing energy and shrewdness on official business,

I'm afraid my achievements are not inferior to yours." Jia Laodu and Liu Ye nodded together, agreeing with these words from the bottom of their hearts.

Not to mention that Deputy Director Tao was gossiping behind people's backs, but that after Yang Changshi climbed onto the city observation platform with the help of Li Lang and Wang Wu, he couldn't wait to raise his telescope to take a closer look inside Yecheng, but he was very disappointed to find that

Sure enough, the city walls of Yecheng were empty without a single defender, and the city tower with its doors and windows wide open was also empty. Yang Changshi refused to give up, and looked carefully at the windows of the city tower to see if there were any Yuan Jun soldiers hiding in the city.

There were clues under the window, but after looking for a long time, Yang Changshi still found nothing. He didn't know whether it was Yuan Tanjun hiding under the window and not moving, or whether there was really no guard in the tower.

At this time, Li Lang climbed up to the city viewing platform again and asked: "Sir, have you found anything suspicious?"

Yang Changshi shook his head dejectedly, and suddenly his heart moved, and he hurriedly asked Li Lang: "Li Lang, you are a veteran. Based on your experience, will the enemy hide under the windows of the tower and deceive our lord to come close?

And then suddenly shoot an arrow to kill the lord?"

"It's unlikely. Even if the enemy really arranges it like this, the chance of success is very small." Li Lang replied: "It's possible if it's hidden behind the arrow stack, but it's impossible to hide in the tower, because it's too far away to shoot in the tower.

No, you can't shoot if you're too close. You can only snipe the lord by suddenly rushing out of the tower, rushing to the railing or the arrow stack, aiming at the city and shooting arrows."

After explaining, Li Lang added another sentence and said: "Also, sir, I can be sure that there are no enemies hidden in this tower."

"How do you know?" Yang Changshi asked quickly.

"Sir, look at those birds." Li Lang pointed to the tower and said, "There are some birds flying in and out of the tower, but there are no signs of being frightened. Based on this, the villain can be sure that there are no enemies hidden in the tower.

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Yang Changshi quickly raised his telescope and took a closer look. He saw that there were indeed some magpies, sparrows and other birds flying in and out of the windows of the tower, showing no signs of being frightened. There were also a few sparrows that simply stopped on the window lintel to peck at the food, indirectly

After checking for himself whether there were any hidden soldiers under the window, Yang Changshi's wretched old face suddenly stretched longer than a donkey, and lamented: "Could it be that Yuan Tanpifu really intends to surrender?"

"Sir, forget it." Li Lang consoled him: "If Yuan Tan surrenders, the war in Yecheng will end immediately. We can also enter the city, which is a hundred times better than living in tents outside the city."

"Your Excellency, I would rather live in a tent for a few more months than have so much gold and silver treasure slip away in vain." Yang Changshi wailed: "If Yuan Tanpifu really surrenders, all the military officers in Ye City will also

If they surrender, the lord will definitely give orders to protect their property. Your Excellency will have no chance to ransack their homes and make a fortune."

Li Lang, who could make some profit by following Yang Changshi's house raids, also sighed, but at this point, Li Lang had no choice but to comfort Yang Changshi with kind words and persuaded Yang Changshi to step down and leave. Yang Changshi, who was also helpless, also

He had no choice but to follow Li Lang down the stage dejectedly. When he turned around, Yang Changshi raised the telescope in his hand again and looked at the streets where Jizhou officials' mansions were concentrated. His expression was so aggrieved that he almost wanted to cry.

, "So much gold and silver, are they going to leave me?"

When Yang Changshi returned to the flag formation, Deputy Director Tao wanted to ask him if he had noticed any doubts. But seeing Yang Changshi's depressed and painful expression, Deputy Director Tao immediately got the answer. So Deputy Director Tao stopped talking.

He just continued to wait for noon to come, and at the same time he was thinking in his mind, "If Yuan Tan really pretends to surrender, how does he plan to use his trick?"

Deputy Director Tao and Yang Changshi, the unscrupulous ministers, were anxiously calculating. Noon finally arrived. First, the suspension bridge at the south gate of Ye City was slowly lowered, and then the city gate was slowly opened. Master Yuan Tan imitated the Qin Emperor's son recorded in ancient books.

Ying, wearing a square scarf in his court uniform, tied his hands to his chest with a white silk ribbon, led Guo Tu, Gao Gan, Yuan Junwu and a group of guards slowly out of the city, walked across the suspension bridge and knelt down not far from the other side of the moat.

In the knee-deep muddy water, Guo Tu, Gao Gan and others also knelt down together. In an instant, people were kneeling behind and on both sides of Mr. Yuan Tan. Guo Tu also held up the seal ribbon and household registration list in his hands.

When crossing the moat, Mr. Yuan Tan brought out the city guards and senior officials, Hao Zhao, Lu Kuang and other generals. He also threw all the swords, guns and swords in their hands to both sides of the city gate to show his sincerity in surrender, and followed Yuan empty-handed.

Master Tan crossed the river, and together they knelt in the muddy water, holding their hands on the ground, waiting for Deputy Director Tao to come over and accept the surrender.

Seeing this from the original telescope, the moment Mr. Yuan Tan knelt down, Deputy Director Tao raised his throat and immediately put it in his heart, secretly saying: "It is impossible to cheat, this is true surrender."

"It's over!" This was Yang Changshi's first reaction when he saw Mr. Yuan Tan kneeling down.

"Lord, it should be okay." Jia Laodu also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "You can go over and accept the surrender."

Deputy Director Tao nodded, waved his hand and clamped his horse before walking forward, taking the lead towards Mr. Yuan Tan who was kneeling in the muddy water. He also began to think about how to comfort and reward this brother-in-law who had completely changed his past, and set an example for the third brother-in-law.

The Xuzhou generals led their troops closely behind, either on foot or on horseback, wading through the knee-deep muddy water with difficulty, towards the Yuan army's troops who were kneeling all over the ground.

Only Yang Changshi stood motionless. It wasn't until Li Lang quietly pushed Yang Changshi and whispered a reminder that Yang Changshi came to his senses. Then he followed the team with a frown on his face, thinking in his mind how to stir up trouble.

This surrender,

Seeing Deputy Director Tao riding his horse and walking at the front as expected, Mr. Yuan Tan felt happy, excited, and extremely nervous. His heart was beating so fiercely that he could even hear it. Senior officials, Hao Zhaohe

The same was true for Lu Kuang and other generals, and Mr. Guo Tu was so nervous that his whole body was trembling slightly.

Time almost stood still. As Deputy Director Tao and others gradually approached, Mr. Yuan Tan became more and more nervous. Although his limbs were basically soaked in the cold and slippery mud, cold sweat was still rolling on his forehead.

, I kept praying in my heart, "Tao Thief, you must get off your horse and help me, you must get off your horse and help me!"

Finally, Deputy Director Tao reined in his horse ten steps in front of Mr. Yuan Tan, threw the reins, dismounted, and came over to help Mr. Yuan Tan, with a disgusting fake smile on his disgustingly ugly face. Seeing this,

Scene. Mr. Yuan Tan was so happy that his heart almost jumped out of his chest. He lowered his head subconsciously to show his surrender, quietly opened the buckle in his hand, and tightened the hard object in his hand...

"Wait!"

A sound like thunder suddenly came. Then, Yang Changshi pushed through the crowd and rushed to Deputy Director Tao. He jumped off his horse and grabbed Deputy Director Tao and shouted: "Master, you can't go there! If the people around Yuan Tanpifu are

Everyone is a master of swords and axes, what if they pull out knives and hack you to death?"

"What?!" Mr. Yuan Tan, Gao Gan and others quickly raised their heads and looked at Yang Changshi in disbelief.

"Yang Hong, have you had enough trouble?!" Deputy Director Tao, who was about to end the war in Yecheng, was furious and shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about? Come on, get Yang Hong!"

"My lord, I am very loyal to you!" Yang Changshi yelled: "Did you see that? Except for Guo Tu, the other officials around Yuan Tanpifu are all generals and strong warriors. Go over and help him.

Yuan Tanpifu, if they suddenly rush up and chop you with knives, how can you resist?!"

"Where are their knives?" Deputy Director Tao couldn't bear it.

"Their knives...?" Yang Changshi was stunned, and then he remembered something. Yuan Tan and others had already thrown their weapons across the moat.

"Mr. Zhongming, your loyal lord understands." Jia Laodu, who had a close friendship with Yang Changshi, was afraid that the matter would get bigger, so he rushed to excuse Yang Changshi and said: "But you also saw it. General Yuan and the others

All with bare hands, where are the weapons?"

"Their weapons?" Yang Changshi looked back at Mr. Yuan Tan, and suddenly shouted as if he wanted to find a new world, "Mr. He, look, there is a red cloth strip in front of Mr. Yuan Tan. This may be

Yuan Tanpifu prepared the code in advance. Yuan Tanpifu went out of the city and knelt here, hid the weapon in the water, and took out the weapon when the lord got close..."

"Everyone!" Yuan Tan yelled after being called out. He picked up the sharp knife hidden in the muddy water and rushed towards Deputy Director Tao who was only five or six steps away.

"Do it!" Gao Gan also yelled and jumped out with the weapon hidden in the muddy water.

"Kill the national traitors!" Hao Zhao, Lu Kuang and other three hundred Yuan Jun warriors also took out their swords and axes hidden in the muddy water and rushed towards Deputy Director Tao with a roar. Even Mr. Guo Tu threw away his household registration list and looked at the person in front of him.

A sharp knife was taken out of the mud!

"Ah?!" The sudden incident shocked everyone in the Xuzhou Army. Deputy Director Tao was also dumbfounded on the spot. He never dreamed that his brother-in-law had such a trick! Yang Changshi was even dumbfounded and blurted out: "

No way? Are there really hidden weapons?!"

"Protect my lord!" Xu Chu and Ma Zhong rushed forward at the same time, as did Deputy Director Tao's guards.

"Tao Thief! Die!" Relying on his preparation, Mr. Yuan Tan was one step ahead of Xu Chu and Ma Zhong. He rushed in front of Deputy Director Tao, with red eyes and raised a knife in both hands, facing Tao who was caught off guard.

The deputy director was stabbed in the heart and body!
To be continued...