As Tan Hong's master, Qin Xiucai didn't have any actual command rights - if anything, maybe he would really have the manpower to guard the camp. But Master Qin knew everyone after all, and Tan Hong's subordinates were also quite familiar with his voice. When Master Qin announced that tens of thousands of Ming troops had appeared on the battlefield, the rest of Tan Hong, who was barely holding on, completely lost all hope. Before, Tan Hong also tried his best to publicize to the soldiers that the enemy army on the opposite side was just a group of stragglers, more tired and difficult to last longer than his own side, and the soldiers who were skeptical about this temporarily chose to believe in order to comfort themselves, but now they heard that the other party was not a rout but a part of the Ming army, as for how these armies bypassed their blockade line? The soldiers didn't know how Tan Hong deployed the blockade, and they didn't have the energy to think about it.

At the beginning, Zhou Kaihuang learned of Qin Xiucai's identity soon after receiving a notice from the rear, saying that Tan Hong was still resisting stubbornly and wanted Zhou Kaihuang to reinforce according to the situation, he took Qin Xiucai hostage with a quick move, and used this person to break the fighting spirit in Tan Hong's army - in most of the armies at that time, the master was definitely high in the eyes of the soldiers, and the literati who read and wrote stood out among the generally illiterate soldiers, and most people who saw the master had to kowtow. In order to strengthen the deterrent effect, Zhou Kaihuang also directed a rocket Qi shè before Qin Xiucai's speech.

Not everyone believed Qin Xiucai's words, and Tan Hong just didn't believe it at all. After reacting from the initial shock, Tan Hong immediately realized that Qin Xiucai was lying.

First of all, he had already received a report that Wen Anzhi's army had returned to Fengjie, and it was difficult to conceal such a huge troop movement, Tan Hong didn't believe that tens of thousands of Ming troops could unknowingly touch under his nose without a large number of ships, and they even had big doubts about whether they could move so quickly. And if Wen Anzhi really arrived, although his subordinates were mainly Lu Shi, it would not just send a few small boats like this to demonstrate to him. Looking at the still pitch-black Jiangshang - after the rocket, Zhou Kaihuang extinguished all the torches used to ignite the fire, Tan Hong knew that if the other party really had the strength, it would not be such a sneaky appearance, and it would be a cannon just now, not a dozen bluffing rockets. As for the boats on the river, Tan Hong felt as if they were those in his camp - if Wen Anzhi really came, would he still use his Tan Hong's boat?

However, Tan Hong's ability to see through these does not mean that he is not in despair, Qin Xiucai's capture means that the camp has been breached, and the fact that the camp has been breached means that Tan Hong is now a lost dog, he has no way to escape, and no one will come to reinforce and rescue him, and the Ming army has obtained the materials they urgently need - if the camp is not burned but completely captured by the Ming army.

Thinking of this, Tan Hong looked into the distance, didn't see any fire, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he couldn't expect the remaining soldiers of the camp to burn down the camp before the Ming army arrived, and not let the Ming army capture the baggage. Because if the soldiers left behind had such courage and a calm attitude, they would have been able to defend the camp from being occupied by a group of routed soldiers.

At the same time, Zhao Tianba also understood, and he immediately said to Deng Mingjian: "Your Highness, take this opportunity to quickly persuade the soldiers to surrender, and don't give Tan Thief a chance to win people's hearts." ”

Of course, Deng Ming agreed with Zhao Tianba's construction, but he didn't know how to persuade him to surrender, fortunately, he didn't need to give an order, except for Deng Ming, the Ming army knew the common slogan of persuasion, and what Zhao Tianba wanted was Deng Ming's nod. Seeing Deng Ming's order, Li Xinghan immediately asked his subordinates to start persuading him to surrender, and the shouts of the Ming soldiers immediately sounded:

"Early fall, early drop!"

"Those who descend will not die!"

"Fellow! Don't fight, it's all fellows who won't harm your life! ”

After hearing Li Xinghan's persuasion, the neighboring Ming troops also began to persuade them to surrender, seeing that victory was in sight, the Ming soldiers did not want to pay senseless sacrifices.

"Humble guess, it is impossible for Inspector Wen to arrive so coincidentally," many of the surrounding soldiers also believed the propaganda on the ship, Zhao Tianba lowered his voice and said to Deng Ming: "However, Zhou Qian probably broke the camp of the Tan thief, and most of the people who shouted on his ship were also important people under the Tan thief, so he was brought to let him shout to the Tan thief." ”

"Hmm." Deng Ming also nodded slightly, although his reaction was a little slower, but like Tan Hong, he guessed that Zhou Kaihuang was suspected of bluffing. As long as the Ming army takes Tan Hong's camp and captures Tan Hong's ships, it doesn't matter if Wen Anzhi doesn't come, it is only a matter of price to eliminate Tan Hong, not whether he can do it.

After the sound of persuasion to surrender sounded all around, Tan Hong had not yet come up with a way to get out of the predicament. He knew that the first task was to stabilize the morale of the army, otherwise there would be no way. The surrounding henchmen and soldiers were also panicked at this time, in this pessimistic and desperate atmosphere, not everyone could quickly realize the suspiciousness of Zhou Kaihuang like Tan Hong.

"This is not Master Qin!" Seeing that the officers and soldiers around him all looked lost and depressed, Tan Hong roared loudly: "This is all fake!" The thieves can't take our big camp, so they want to shake our morale, and our reinforcements will arrive at any time! ”

Even if Tan Hong didn't want others to be deceived and exposed that Wen Anzhi's army had not arrived, it didn't make much sense to shout a few times "Wen Anzhi didn't arrive at all", because he couldn't come up with any way out of the current predicament. First of all, the soldier may not believe in himself, and secondly, he said to the soldier that the left-behind soldiers of the battalion will come to save everyone, so as to maintain the last bit of hope, but there is no trace of the rescuer until now, but he waited for Qin Xiucai's shout, Tan Hong couldn't think of any other idea in an emergency, but tried to deny the true identity of Qin Xiucai.

Tan Hong's own soldiers shouted his meaning to people near and far, and the soldiers hesitated and didn't know what to do. After Zhou Kaihuang on the boat heard Tan Hong's propaganda, he immediately asked Qin Xiucai to report the number of Tan Hong's army and the names of the commanders of each battalion and team to confirm the true identity of his master.

Hearing this, Tan Hong let out a long sigh, he knew very well that it was Qin Xiucai himself who was captured, and he just wanted to make a final effort to see if he could find a way out of danger. He repeatedly pondered whether there was any way to break through if the whole army abandoned the river bank and launched a surprise attack on the mountains. However, whether it is to gain time or lead the army to break through, it is necessary to maintain the unity of the remaining troops, and confronting Qin Xiucai can only completely destroy the last bit of military morale.

In fact, the morale was gone, and in the overwhelming persuasion to surrender, those soldiers who were on the edge of the position secretly laid down their weapons and touched Li Xinghan's army in the dark - in the face of the desperate situation of mortality, these soldiers had no other way but wishful thinking that Tan Wen's old army, which was also the garrison of Wanxian, would not harm them.

Tan Hong, who had just thought that he was about to escape, withdrew them quietly to his side in order to save the officers, which led to the surrender of the first few soldiers not being stopped immediately, and soon the imitation stopped resisting and surrendered to the Ming army. As more and more soldiers left the queue and surrendered to the opposite side, Tan Hong's officers had nothing to stop them, they were all in a state of confusion and lost their normal mobility due to despair.

"Those who descend will not die, hehe." Listening to the loud calls of the Ming army around him, Tan Hong let out a series of miserable laughs, just like the officers under his command, because there was no way to face the inevitable defeat, in the final collapse of the army, Tan Hong also lost the ability and willingness to control zhì, just let out a few meaningless complaints and prison sounds. As if he was saying to his soldiers, and as if answering the persuasion of the Ming army to surrender, Tan Hong's face was full of misery: "I have been in the army for so many years, I don't know how many times I have heard this kind of words, and I don't know how many times I have shouted it, but how many times is it true?" Surrender to avoid death, has there ever been? Put down your weapon, and you won't even have a chance to pull a cushion. ”

Unconsciously dispersed in a hurry, most of the people around Tan Hong ran away, and there were only more than fifty left, Qing Yi was his personal soldiers, family members and officers, and the remaining territory was only a few feet around Tan Hong. These people all retreated to Tan Hong's side, clutching the weapons in their hands, ready for the final battle in front of their benefactor. Around these dozens of Qing soldiers, the Ming army had approached from three sides to within ten meters of them.

There was no persuasion in the Ming army at this time, and it had been a long time since the Qing soldiers continued to surrender, and the Ming army knew that the rest were Tan Hong's sworn friends - among the people who surrendered, there were not no Tan Hong's relatives, and there were also one or two officers he single-handed. In front of these last dozens of enemies, the Ming army had openly lit their torches, and they were no longer worried about the counterattack of the Qing army, but worried that there would be fish that would slip through the net.

The bright firelight illuminated Tan Hong's last place of refuge, he looked at the dense human heads and countless knives and guns on the opposite side, as well as those bows and arrows that were ready to fire, sighed again, and shouted loudly: "I am Tan Hong, if I surrender, can my men avoid death?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the two guards standing beside Tan Hong shouted in unison: "My lord, I have always promised well, how can I really keep my promise?" Even if you want to die, you have to kill hard. ”

Looking around at the familiar and loyal faces around him, Tan Hong whispered to the left and right: "If you take my head at this moment, you should be able to avoid death......"

"Why do you say that?" Before Tan Hong finished speaking, someone shouted: "As long as there is still a breath of humiliation, no one can hurt a single cold hair of the adult." ”

"I am a ...... of wealth and prosperity with you" Tan Hong suddenly laughed miserably when he heard this, but he also made up his mind, no longer explaining to the left and right, but shouted loudly to the Ming army on the opposite side: "Dare to ask His Royal Highness Han Shizi to come out and answer." ”

Deng Ming, who was standing not far behind the line, heard this shout over and over again, and the voice became more and more poignant in the back, like the sound of a night owl.

"Although he is a shameless traitor, there will always be a few innocent people under him, right? Aren't they all Han Chinese? Deng Ming's heart finally softened, shook his head and stepped forward.

"Your Highness, no." Zhao Tianba quickly stretched out his hand and grabbed Deng Ming: "When our army is ready, we will chop all these mongrels into meat sauce with an order, why should Your Highness bother with this dying old dog?" ”

"Of course we can kill them all, but we still have to kill our brothers after all." Zhao Tianba and the Ming officers and soldiers around him all stopped Deng Ming and disagreed with him stepping forward, so Deng Ming explained: "If he lays down his arms, our own brothers will be able to reduce casualties, and it would be good to have one less wounded." ”

After finishing speaking, Deng Ming put aside the sergeant in front of him, walked to the dividing line between the two armies, and stood still and looked at Tan Hong on the opposite side: "Xinjin Hou, what are you looking for me?" ”

Tan Hong also stared at Deng Ming carefully, in his eyes, the other party's gestures were indeed different from ordinary people, with a temperament that Tan Hong had never seen, Deng Ming was not a certain type of person he had seen before. As a modern person, he has not received a feudal education of respect and inferiority, Deng Ming has a concept of equality for most people, and Tan Hong is not used to this. Whether it was when Deng Ming went to Tan Hong's camp to buy a road before, or when he was holding the victory ticket now, his attitude didn't seem to change much, as if their status was not reversed.

"I know that my sins are unforgivable, but if I am arrested, my subordinates will ......" Tan Hong's voice became more and more desolate: "Whatever Your Highness disposes of, just leave them a life." ”

Tan Hong's words caused a buzz among the henchmen around him. Deng Ming still didn't know how cruel the victors would be to the captives in this era, similar to breaking the pipa bones and cutting off the hands and feet are common things, Tan Hong means that even if Deng Ming tortures these people, as long as they are given a way to live.

Deng Ming replied without thinking: "I can't be the master of the fate of Xinjin Hou, I will hand you over to Inspector Wen to deal with." As for your men, didn't we just say that as long as you surrender, you will not die. ”

Deng Ming felt that his handling was very reasonable, after all, he was not really the commander of the clan or the first army, and when this crisis was over, Deng Ming planned to confess to Li Xinghan and others about pretending to be the clan and ask for forgiveness from the other party. Tan Hong is a prominent rebel general, Deng Ming of course wants to hand him over to Wen Anzhi of Fengjie. Deng Ming felt that Tan Hong's subordinates were not something he could ask about, but it was a matter of course for him not to kill them. Besides, isn't that Li Xinghan also the Sichuan army of Wanxian? There is always a friendship between their fellow villagers, and maybe there are many familiar friends.

Tan Hong ignored the protests around him, and asked Deng Ming to confirm again in an accentuated tone: "Your Highness will never regret it?" ”

"No repentance." At this time, Deng Ming had already seen the people around Tan Hong clearly, and the people around Tan Hong were all brave, even in this desperate situation, the swords in most people's hands were still very stable. Although it is not difficult to kill all these people, the trapped beasts are still fighting, and the Ming army will never be able to do it without paying considerable casualties. If it could be resolved peacefully, Deng Ming certainly did not want a group of Ming soldiers to die in this meaningless last fight.

"Your Highness...... His Royal Highness ...... "Although he got Deng Ming's guarantee, Tan Hong still looked uneasy, but he didn't know how to continue to get the guarantee, Deng Ming had promised before the whole army, and Tan Hong couldn't think of anything better to ask for."

Seeing that Tan Hong was still hesitant, and although some of his subordinates around him began to be discouraged, a few of them increased their momentum instead of decreasing, showing a leaping appearance. Deng Ming thought for a while, remembered a way he had heard, and said: "If the Marquis of Xinjin is still not at ease, you can go to the front of the army, and we will high-five and swear." ”

There were voices of surprise from both armies, as Deng Ming, who had the absolute upper hand, why was he willing to high-five the desperate court traitors? For a while, even Tan Hong was in a trance, and even wondered if Deng Ming had any worries, so he was in such a hurry to quickly persuade himself to surrender, but Tan Hong immediately knew that this was unlikely.

When Tan Hong slowly walked out of the guards, Deng Ming also stepped forward. The surrounding Ming army all spontaneously wanted to stop him, Zhao Tianba, Li Xinghan and several other Ming army officers crowded over to dissuade him, and at this time, Zhou Kaihuang, who had already driven the boat to the riverside, also jumped up on the boat and shouted vigorously: "Stop Your Highness!" ”

Tan Hong left his escort and walked in front of the Ming army, although it was impossible to kidnap Deng Ming in this situation, but who dared to say that Tan Hong would not explode and hurt people? Even if there are a lot of guards around, if Tan Hong is not tied firmly, who dares to say that there is no case?

However, Deng Ming did not have these concerns of the Ming army, the other party was a general and not an assassin, Deng Ming believed that the other party wanted to find a way to live for his subordinates, since this was of course no danger to himself.

Deng Ming stepped forward and stood face to face with Tan Hong, who came over, while Zhao Tianba and Li Xinghan stood on either side of Deng Ming with nervous expressions. Both of them pulled out their swords and held them in their hands, watching intently, and if Tan Hong made the slightest movement, they would not hesitate to stab the sword into his body.

This worry did not happen, and Tan Hong honestly slapped Deng Ming. After the high-five, Deng Ming did not turn around and left, but stretched out his hand: "Xinjin Hou, give me your sword." ”

After finishing speaking, Deng Ming pressed his sword left and right with his backhand, seeing that the last blood light disappeared, he didn't want Zhao Tianba or Li Xinghan to have extraneous branches, because the god was nervous and stabbed Tan Hong to death with a sword.

And Tan Hong didn't plan to make trouble, although it sounded like a strange request, but Tan Hong could also guess what Deng Ming wanted to express, so he fell to his knees on the ground, unsheathed his sword with an unusually slow and safe movement, and raised his hands high up.

Deng Ming grabbed the sword from Tan Hong's hand, and then looked at the group of enemies behind Tan Hong who had not yet surrendered, at this time, the murderous aura of dying and struggling could no longer be seen on their faces, Deng Ming asked in a calm tone: "The Marquis of Xinjin has surrendered, what about you?" ”

One after another, Tan Hong's remnants lowered their heads in Deng Ming's gaze, threw the weapons in their hands to the ground one after another, and the Ming army stepped forward and tied up these people who were no longer resisting one by one.