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In normal times, Jiang Qin was training his pirates, and suddenly saw Zhou Tai coming back, with fluffy hair and disheveled clothes, and the rest of the pirates were also frightened, looking very embarrassed.

Jiang Qin walked up to Zhou Tai and asked, "Youping, what's wrong with you?" How do you look lost in one or two? ”

Zhou Tai sighed heavily, and then said: "We were attacked by the official army, fortunately I ran fast, and escaped from the county with the brothers before the official army was encircled, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable." ”

"With only 300 officers and soldiers, can there be so powerful?" Jiang Qinhu asked suspiciously.

Zhou Taidao: "There are more than 300 officers and soldiers, and there are only 300 during the day, but at night, there are more people all of a sudden." And the gates were closed, and I didn't know how they got into it, as if they had fallen from the sky. And the leader, who also flew out powerfully, I fought him on the horse for more than a dozen rounds yesterday, he used a long sword, and he was able to make my attack and defense watertight, which is really not to be underestimated. It seems that the person sent by the official army this time is a powerful person! ”

"What's the name of the person sent by the army?" Jiang Qin asked.

"I didn't know about this, I thought he was a nobody at first, so I never asked." Zhou Taidao.

"I heard that Tao Qian died of illness, and a funeral was held in Tancheng, and even the current Xuzhou Mu Zhang Yan went in person, and this time he brought troops, it is very likely that he is a fierce general under Zhang Yan's account......"

"I guess so, I don't know." Zhou Taidao.

At this moment, a pirate came to Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin with a letter, and said loudly: "The big boss and the second boss, Li Lun's henchmen came from the other side, and he also brought a letter, saying that he must hand it over to the two masters. ”

"What about the others?"

"After dropping the letterhead, the man left, and this is his letterhead for the two masters."

Zhou Tai took the letter first, opened it and read it hurriedly, but his brows were furrowed, and his eyes were full of horror.

Seeing this, Jiang Qin hurriedly snatched the letter, and after reading it in a hurry, he realized that the person who fought against Zhou Tai before was Xuzhou Mu Zhang Yan himself, and this letter was a letter of persuasion. There is no lack of praise for Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin in the letter, which highlights Zhang Yan's thirst for talent.

"I really didn't expect that the person who fought against me yesterday turned out to be Xuzhou Mu Zhang Yan himself!" Zhou Tai said in surprise, "What I didn't expect was that Zhang Yan would be so young and so strong in martial arts......

Jiang Qin took the letter and said to Zhou Tai: "This is a letter of persuasion, what should we do?" ”

Zhou Taidao: "Zhang Yan's name shocked Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Yangzhou are all spreading his deeds, not to mention that he is the overlord of the herding side, if we submit to him, not only can we have a stable life, but also go into battle to kill the enemy, and establish meritorious deeds, which is not necessarily a bad thing." ”

Jiang Qin said: "Zhang Yan has a great reputation, when you and I were river thieves in Jianghuai, I wanted to go to take refuge, but I was later defeated by Yuan Shu and ended up here. It's just that we are pirates and rebelled with Li Lun, will he accept our surrender? ”

Zhou Taidao: "Why don't we write a letter first, and then send someone to the other side of the river, and the county will see what kind of reaction Zhang Yan has?" ”

"That's all there is to it."

Immediately, Jiang Qin wrote a letter, in which he was very humble in his words, and made it clear that he meant to surrender, and asked Zhang Yan to pardon all their crimes, and in addition to this, to resettle the people they had brought, and to give them farmland, shelter, and food.

After Zhang Yan received the letter, he approved all the requests made by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin. Then, he wrote a letter to Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, asking Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to lead the crowd to the county seat of Qu County tomorrow to surrender.

The letterhead was sent to Yuzhou Mountain again, and after Zhou Tai read it, he saw Zhang Yan and wanted to agree, but was stopped by Jiang Qin.

Jiang Qin was worried that Zhang Yan was cheating, so he offered to accept the surrender at Yuzhou Mountain, and wrote a letter for Zhang Yan to forward.

After Zhang Yan received the letters from Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin again, he forwarded the letters to Mi Qiang beside him.

After Mi Qiang hurriedly browsed, he immediately hugged his fists and said: "Lord, this is a pirate's strategy, don't rush forward!" In case of any mistakes, how can I explain to the whole of Xuzhou? ”

Zhang Yan said: "I can feel it, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin are indeed interested in submitting to me. I asked them to come to Qu County to submit to Shun, and they were also worried that I would cheat. In that case, then I will personally go to Yuzhou Mountain and accept their surrender. Let them see too, my Zhang Yan's guts! ”

"But the lord, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and the lord is the whole of Xuzhou, how can he make such a dangerous move? It's better to let the little one go to Yuzhou Mountain instead of the lord! Mi Qiang explained.

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said: "Zhou Tai has fought with me and knows my appearance, if I don't go, it will be too insincere." What's more, if I don't enter the tiger's den to get the tiger, if I really get the trust of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin on this trip, so that they can let down their guard and be sincere, it will be far better than swords and soldiers. ”

Mi Qiang saw that he couldn't dissuade Zhang Yan, so he could only let him go, but he continued: "Since the lord must go, he must take all protective measures. Yuzhou Mountain is on the island, originally the land of the Mi family, and later transferred out, I am more familiar with it, but I can first lead a group of people to land on the island in the middle of the night, and then ambush to prevent accidents. ”

Zhang Yan saw that Mi Qiang was scheming and thoughtful, so he agreed to this suggestion.

Therefore, Mi Qiang specially pointed out a place for Zhang Yan to be surrendered, which is not only the weak area of Yuzhou Mountain occupied by the pirates, but also the village where Mi Qiang and others are hiding, and it is far away from the pirates' village, which is the most suitable place.

Zhang Yan then wrote in his reply that he was willing to land on the island to accept the surrender of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, but the location must be in the northern bay of the island.

At the same time that the letterhead was sent out, Mi Qiang had already gathered five hundred warriors, secretly crossed the sea by boat, and went to the northern bay to ambush first, just in case.

The letterhead was once again delivered to Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, and after reading the letter, both of them were surprised, but they didn't expect that Zhang Yan really agreed to their conditions, not only willing to accept their submission, but also personally landed on the island to surrender.

Although the northern bay is some distance from their village, in their opinion, Zhang Yan's courage is something they do not have, and at the same time, they are also impressed by Zhang Yan's courage.

The time soon came to noon the next day, and Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were ready early, and led some relatives to set off from the village to the northern bay.

Zhang Yan, on the other hand, took a ferry and sailed to the bay in the north.

At noon, Zhang Yan arrived at the bay, jumped off the boat, and saw where Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and others were waiting, but there was no fear on his face.

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin saw Zhang Yan landing on the coast alone, and the two looked at each other for a while, and admired Zhang Yan's courage even more.

When Zhang Yan walked to the agreed place, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin knelt on the ground in unison, hugged their fists towards Zhang Yan and said, "I'll see Zhang Yuanjun later!" ”

Zhang Yan saw that Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin only brought a dozen people, and everything around them was normal, so he personally helped Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin up, and then said happily: "I can get two strong men to come to meet each other today, I, Zhang Yan, am really lucky to have three lives!" ”

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin immediately presented their lists, and the surrender with him, a total of 2,300 pirates, and 7,642 civilians, together with the island where Yuzhou Mountain was located, were all surrendered to Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan accepted the surrender of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, and immediately appointed Zhou Tai as the captain of Hengye, and Jiang Qin as the captain of Hengjiang.

At the same time, Mi Qiang and others also appeared, making Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin nervous.

Zhang Yan explained a little, and Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin got up at this time.

So, the group returned to the village together, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin invited Zhang Yan and Mi Qiang to a banquet, but Mi Qiang didn't drink, just stood beside Zhang Yan, standing with a sword, motionless, like a sculpture!

That night, Zhang Yan got drunk with Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, and the next day, Zhang Yan issued an order to organize Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and other pirates into a naval army, and let them continue to garrison in this area, responsible for protecting the merchant ships passing and maintaining law and order.

In addition, Zhang Yan also asked the salt merchants in Xuzhou to go to the counties and counties to apply for business licenses, and only those who have handled such business licenses can sell salt, while unlicensed operators, once discovered, not only have to seize all the goods, but also impose fines, and in serious cases, they can even go to prison.

Zhang Yan specially appointed Mi Qiang as the county magistrate of Qu County, and asked Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to assist Mi Qiang in completing this matter. In addition, Qu County is also a place where iron is produced, Zhang Yan asked Mi Qiang to mine iron while building smelters, creating weapons and armor, and setting up a recruitment office, with Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin responsible for recruiting soldiers and training them into an army.

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were very moved by Zhang Yan's importance and immediately threw themselves into their enthusiastic work.

The rebellion of the salt merchants in Qu County was also put down, and there were only three days from beginning to end.

After the rebellion in Qu County was put down, salt merchants from all over the country were also strict with themselves, and did not dare to do anything wrong, so they went to the county to apply for business licenses.

However, the mining of iron ore and the construction of smelters to make iron tools have always been controlled by the government, and no private person is allowed to touch this industry.

Zhang Yan stayed in Qu County for a few more days, personally handling some government affairs, and only after everything was arranged, he planned to leave.

Before leaving, Zhang Yan called Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, and Mi Qiang together, and specially instructed them a few words, and then rode on the dark cloud snow horse and officially left Qu County.