The sudden appearance of the two support armies completely disrupted Zhang Xiu's layout, and the reinforcements that came to Yangzhai City one after another, not only these two soldiers and horses, the counties under the rule of Yingchuan County heard that Yang Zhai was being attacked by the enemy, and the county orders rushed to Yangzhai City to support with the only hundreds of militia teams in the county.

In addition, the hot-blooded young people in various counties organized themselves spontaneously, carrying kitchen knives, shovels, wooden sticks, sledgehammers, sickles, etc., all iron blades or blunt weapons, and things that could hurt people, all of which were picked up, and flocked from all counties to Yangzhai, the county town, to rescue Yang Xiu, the good Taishou in their minds.

Zhang Xiu's army, like a huge stone, is bound to set off a ripple the moment it falls into Yingchuan County, and this ripple is enough to swallow Zhang Xiu.

Yang Xiu has been the guard of Yingchuan for several years, and during his tenure, Yingchuan County has been governed in an orderly manner, the people do not leave no stone unturned, do not close their doors at night, and there are no thieves haunting, and Yang Xiu has a clear distinction between public and private, and law enforcement does not avoid relatives and nobles, even if relatives break the law, they are treated equally, and there is no fluke at all, which can be described as a model among local officials.

It is precisely because of Yang Xiu's achievements that Yang Xiu has become a good official in the hearts of the people of Yingchuan County, and he is also a minister in the court who repeatedly wanted to be transferred, but did not succeed.

One side of the water and soil raises one side of the people, when Yang Xiu was the Taishou, he was still a young and vigorous young man, but in a blink of an eye, a few years have passed, Yang Xiu not only married a wife in Yingchuan, but also gave birth to a child. His wife is the Zhong clan of Yingchuan Wang, and she is also the niece of Zhong Xuan, the assassin of Yongzhou. The marriage between the Yang family and the Zhong family has further increased Yang Xiu's personal prestige to a certain extent. Moreover, Yang Xiu also overtook his father Yang Biao in the post of Yingchuan Taishou, and became the most popular Taishou in the past hundred years.

And all this, Yang Xiu has to thank one person, that person is Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, if it wasn't for Zhang Yan to let Yang Xiu be the Taishou of Yingchuan, he would not have such proud achievements. will not marry the current good wife. Yang Xiu was very satisfied with all this.

After Liu Chong and Wei Xu's reinforcements arrived, they immediately launched an attack from behind Zhang Xiu's army, and Zhang Xiu fell into a situation of being attacked by the enemy on his back for a while. And the people in Yangzhai City. They all fought desperately. Street battles were waged with Zhang Xiu's army, and basically wherever Zhang Xiu's army went, it would be attacked. Even a three-year-old child had to pick up stones from the ground and throw Zhang Xiu's army.

The news of Zhang Xiu's order to slaughter the city also ran among the people in Yangzhai City to tell each other, but it angered the people in the city even more.

At the same time, reinforcements from all over Yingchuan also joined the battle at the first time, and the situation of the war was reversed in an instant.

Reinforcements arrived one after another, as high as fifty or sixty thousand, and some reinforcements were on the way to come, but they surrounded Zhang Xiu's army.

Zhang Xiu never dreamed that his actions this time would be so nested, and he was like stabbing a hornet's nest, provoking countless wasps, hovering above his head, if he wanted to sting him, he would definitely be stung to death.

Yang Xiu stood on the wall of the urn city, and was overjoyed to see such a scene, so he cooperated with the reinforcements and launched a front and rear attack on Zhang Xiu.

Even if Zhang Xiu's army is strong in combat, in the face of such a strong momentum, they are a little frightened, they can't move forward, they can't retreat, they are completely surrounded, they can't break through, they can only spend time with the enemy here.

The battle lasted from noon to evening, both sides suffered heavy casualties, although Yang Xiu's side had a large number of people, but the combat effectiveness was not as good as Zhang Xiu's army, although Zhang Xiu's army was strong in combat effectiveness, but after a day of fierce fighting with the enemy, it was already exhausted, and the two sides were stalemate here.

In the evening, the wind and clouds in the sky changed color, the clouds were dense over Yangzhai City again, the whistling north wind was even more cold, and after a while, a large area of snowflakes went down in the sky, and after a while, the snowflakes covered a thin layer on the ground, covering the sea of corpses and blood near the walls of Yangzhai City.

Zhang Xiu dragged his tired body and looked around at the soldiers around him, there are now less than 20,000 of the 30,000 army, and there are many wounded soldiers. It was getting dark, the army had not eaten for almost a day, the soldiers were tired enough, the cold and hunger were eating at them, if they could not break through the encirclement, even if they were not killed by the enemy, in the second half of the night, they would be frozen to death by the cold winter.

Just when Zhang Xiu was full of worry, a huge shout suddenly came from the tower of the urn city: "Zhang Taishou, I am Yingchuan Taishou Yang Xiu, I want to meet you, I don't know if you are willing?" ”

Zhang Xiu's name has long been heard of, after all, Nanyang borders Yingchuan, Yang Xiu's reputation Zhang Xiu has heard of it for a long time, and he has also sent people to Yangzhai City to inquire about Yang Xiu. When Zhang Xiu knew that Yang Xiu was just a scholar, he had no power to restrain the chicken, and he didn't know how to use soldiers, so he didn't take Yang Xiu seriously.

But today, he finally understood Yang Xiu's strength, Yang Xiu's strength is not how he can command the army, his strength lies in his personal charm, this alone is enough to order tens of thousands of people to die for him, with a plate of loose sand, actually resisted Zhang Xiu's elite division.

I have to say that Zhang Xiu has a new understanding of Yang Xiu.

After Zhang Xiu heard Yang Xiu's shout, he responded: "If you have anything to say, just say it here!" I can hear you. ”

Yang Xiu said: "Since this is the case, then I will be blunt." If it is late today, Zhang Taishou's army has been fighting fiercely with our army for a day, and in the course of a day, not a drop of water has entered, I am afraid that it is already hungry and unbearable, and it is already exhausted. Moreover, Zhang Taishou, you are still surrounded by our army, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to break through. Now, I give Zhang Taishou two ways to go, one is to immediately lead the subordinates to abandon the weapons and surrender, I can guarantee Zhang Taishou, as long as you surrender, no one will die, and you will get the preferential treatment you deserve. to provide you with shelter from the cold, and food for you......"

Zhang Xiuzhi said, this is Yang Xiu persuading him to surrender, he snorted coldly, and asked, "What about the second way?" ”

Yang Xiu said with a smile: "The second way doesn't need me much, if we stalemate overnight, tomorrow morning, many of you will definitely be frozen to death, and we won't need to do it at all." If you continue like this, you will be wiped out. And. My reinforcements have only just partially arrived. The vast majority of them have yet to arrive, and by the time all our reinforcements arrive, you'll be left to die. ”

Zhang Xiu and his subordinates listened carefully, and the soldiers under him also looked at Zhang Xiu with expectant eyes. None of them wanted to die like that. They are all concerned about their wives and children. Imagine being able to go home and be with your family. Even Zhang Xiu herself thinks so, who wants to die without something to do?

However, Zhang Xiu did not answer. If he surrenders on this one, then he will be too faceless, he actually lost to the hands of a scholar, and the word will spread in the future, where will he put his embroidered face?

But Zhang Xiu thought about it again, the about 20,000 people around him were all looking at him, waiting for his reply, as long as he said a word, he could save all these people, as long as he said a word, these people would also die because of him.

Heaven on the left, hell on the right, Zhang Xiu's heart is surging, what should he do?

"Zhang Taishou, the so-called ants are still greedy for life, not to mention that you are all upright people? The life and death of these people all depend on Zhang Taishou's words, and life and death are also between Zhang Taishou's thoughts, I hope Zhang Taishou can consider it carefully. Please also ask Zhang Taishou to understand a truth, those who win are not necessarily heroes, and those who lose are not necessarily cowards. Yang Xiu saw Zhang Xiu's thoughtful look, so he continued to persuade him.

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Xiu had not finished speaking, a group of henchmen around Zhang Xiu came over, knelt on the ground one after another, and said to Zhang Xiu: "Lord, my wife and children are all in Nanyang, and the whole family is counting on me to wait for one person, if I wait for death, they will definitely not survive, I hope that the lord can think about it carefully, if we surrender, at least we can start again, in case of death, there will be nothing." ”

The rest of the people also hurriedly echoed the voice, most of them had one opinion, that is, surrender!

Zhang Xiu frowned, glanced at his henchman Hu Che'er, and asked, "What do you think I should do?" ”

Hu Che'er said: "If the lord's words can save tens of thousands of lives, even if it will damage his reputation, then what? Please ask yourself, many of these brothers are people who follow the lord to the north and south, when have they been greedy for life and afraid of death, and now our army is forced by the situation, and the lord does not have to be too entangled in the crime of war. ”

Zhang Xiu pondered for a while, then took two steps forward, and said loudly to Yang Xiu: "Yang Taishou, I promise your conditions, I, Zhang Xiu, am willing to choose to surrender for the sake of the lives of nearly 20,000 people, please Yang Taishou speak, don't lose your words, otherwise I, Zhang Xiu, will not let you go even if I am a ghost!" ”

After Yang Xiu heard Zhang Xiu's answer, he was immediately happy, and immediately said: "Zhang Taishou, don't worry, I will definitely fulfill every word I say." ”

The battle, which lasted for a day, finally ended at nightfall, and Zhang Xiu led Hu Che'er and 18,600 other soldiers to surrender.

Yang Xiu was very happy, so he ordered people to bury pots and cook for these soldiers according to his instructions, and specially vacated a place in the city as a place for these soldiers to live, so that they could spend a cold night.

In addition, Yang Xiu even sent a large army to monitor and supervise the every move of these surrendered troops, after all, these people were forced to surrender, and they were all well-trained regular troops, in case of a violent attack, even if they were bare-handed, it would make Yang Xiu and them unbearable.

After negotiation, Yang Xiu asked Liu Chong and Wei Xu's subordinates to take care of this batch of surrendered troops, and then sent people to bring Liu Chong, Wei Xu, Zhang Xiu, Hu Che'er, as well as the county commanders who came to rescue him, as well as the large and small leaders who spontaneously organized, gathered in the palace hall and had a banquet.

Regarding Zhang Xiu, Yang Xiu wrote a letter and sent it to Pengcheng overnight, asking Zhang Yan for his life to see how to deal with Zhang Xiu. (To be continued......)