From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 348

After four days of traveling, Zhang Bailong finally reached Chaya Mountain.

At this moment, the battle in Chaya Mountain had already entered a fierce stage. Zhao Yunhu gathered here with a large army of 130,000 and organized more than six group attacks.

But the Fifth Army Camp had the advantage of terrain, with endless rolling stones, and was in a high position, repelling the peasant soldiers again and again.

In the end, Li He even got too excited and led a 2,000-man assault team to launch a counterattack down the mountain. They marched down like a broken bamboo and defeated Zhao Yunhu's army.

After learning all this, Zhang Bailong's face was very bad, and he said in a deep voice: "If it weren't for the suppression of numbers and the loss of the opponent's core figure, we might not win this battle."

"If we continue like this, the autumn harvest will be delayed. Zhao Yunhu, immediately hand over the letter and prepare to surrender."

Zhao Yunhu whispered: "Your Majesty, the Fifth Army Camp has already put forward the conditions. If you want to negotiate, go to the foot of the mountain and raise the white flag."

"They ask Your Majesty to negotiate in person."

Zhang Bailong was silent for a moment, then he clasped his fists to the Holy Mother of No Life and said: "Holy Mother, please accompany me for the last time to the foot of Chaya Mountain for peace talks."

The Holy Mother of No Life said lightly: "She will leave with me before dark, you'd better hurry up."

"No problem."

Zhang Bailong responded, and took Cai Ni to the foot of Chaya Mountain.

The white flag fluttered, and Xiang Yong walked down the mountain slowly with several guards.

The two armies were behind, and the leaders of both sides were in front, and they finally met.

Zhang Bailong said in a deep voice: "I am the Emperor of Kaidai. What is the name of the general in front?"

Xiang Yong said loudly: "I am Xiang Yong, the deputy governor of the Fifth Army Camp. I am currently in charge of all affairs of the Fifth Army Camp."

Zhang Bailong said: "General Xiang, the deputy governor is only a third-rank military officer, with only 10,000 people under his command. With the talent of the general, it should not be just this luck."

"Zhou Yuan is dead, the Fifth Army Camp is struggling to death, and the lives of tens of thousands of brothers are in your hands. Why do you have to die with us?"

"If you are willing to lead the remaining 30,000 soldiers of the Fifth Army Camp to follow me, I am willing to grant the general the post of the second-rank Kaifeng Prefecture Jiedushi, and give the soldiers of the Fifth Army Camp an annual salary of ten taels!"

"Let's do great things together, get promoted together Isn't it more satisfying to have money than to be buried in the green mountains?"

Xiang Yong smiled coldly and grinned: "Emperor Zhang is really good at talking, but it's not so easy to persuade my five military camps!"

"We have our conditions. If you can do it, we brothers are willing to pursue a good future. If you can't do it, we brothers don't mind being loyal to the green mountains!"

Zhang Bailong said: "Please tell me, General!"

Xiang Yong said: "First of all, our brothers cannot be separated, otherwise they will be bullied by the locals and have nowhere to complain."

"Secondly, my brothers only obey me, but not other generals, so they must still be under my control."

Hearing this, Zhang Bailong frowned immediately.

"Third, each of our brothers wants ten acres of land and an annual salary of twenty taels of silver!"

"Fourth, hand over the murderer who killed the general and let us deal with him."

The last two points actually made Zhang Bailong feel relieved. The demand for land and revenge meant that the chance of false surrender was low.

Zhang Bailong was silent for a moment before saying, "General Xiang's request is very reasonable. I can afford 20 taels of salary per year and 10 mu of land per person!"

"But if I don't disband the Five Army Camps, to be honest, I'm worried."

"Otherwise, if you give an order, the Five Army Camps will rebel against me again. How should I deal with it?"

Xiang Yong said in a deep voice, "No! The brothers of our Five Army Camps must be together! We are not native to Zhongyuan. If we are incorporated into other peasant soldiers, we will not only fail to exert our combat effectiveness, but also fall into the calculations of human relationships and grudges. How can we do great things? How can we fight?"

This sentence actually woke Zhang Bailong up. If the Five Army Camps were separated, it would be equivalent to not getting the Five Army Camps, but getting a group of peasant soldiers.

If you want the Five Army Camps to rise up with the peasant soldiers, you can't disband them. You must add some troops to them.

Zhang Bailong said: "I am not unreasonable. Within two years, the soldiers of the Five Army Camp will not be disbanded, but new soldiers will be sent to join the Five Army Camp. After two years, the soldiers of the Five Army Camp will be completely integrated, and then they will be reorganized."

"General Xiang, this is the limit of what I can do."

Xiang Yong said in a deep voice: "Hand over the murderer who killed the general!"

Zhang Bailong narrowed his eyes slightly. Chu Feifan could not be moved by his call, but it was easy to find a scapegoat.

Thinking of this, he immediately said: "Okay! I will give you an explanation on this point!"

Xiang Yong said: "Zhang Bailong, I want you to put on your dragon robe, hold your jade seal, and swear to God that after we surrender, you must fulfill your promise and will not regret killing people."

Zhang Bailong's figure was shocked, and immediately sneered: "General Xiang underestimates me too much! Since I started the uprising, I have never done anything to break my promise!"

"If I were such a villain who goes back on my word, I would not have achieved today's career!"

"I can now swear in front of more than 100,000 peasant soldiers that I will definitely fulfill my promise and will never let down the five military camps for surrendering to me!"

Xiang Yong took a deep breath, slowly knelt down, and said in a deep voice: "Xiang Yong, see your majesty!"

The guards beside him also knelt down and shouted: "We see your majesty!"

Zhang Bailong was excited. Regardless of the dissuasion of the people behind him, he strode over, helped Xiang Yong up, and solemnly said: "General Xiang, please stand up, all heroes, please stand up, I am so lucky to have your help and accomplish great things together!"

After a round of greetings, the soldiers of the five military camps walked down the mountain one after another, handed over their weapons, took off their armor, and knelt on the ground.

This was an extremely risky moment. If Zhang Bailong regretted and ordered the army to besiege, the Five Army Camp would be wiped out.

Zhou Yuan was betting that Zhang Bailong was not a villain!

At the same time, he also made a bottom-line guarantee. If Zhang Bailong regretted, Cai Ni and Li Yu'an would hold Zhang Bailong hostage and save the Five Army Camp.

But in fact, Zhou Yuan's bet was right. Zhang Bailong was able to achieve what he has today. He was indeed a man with a broad mind.

He looked at the scene in front of him, not only did he not have the intention to kill, but he was a little touched, and his eyes were a little wet.

"Heroes, please stand up!"

"I promise you that you will always remember this day. This is not the lowest day in your life, but the day you rise up!"

"I hope to conquer the country with you heroes and become the king and the army of the founding dynasty!"

The handover work was still going on. Zhang Bailong was extremely excited and finally came to Li Yu'an.

He clasped his fists and said, "Holy Mother, now that the Kaidai Dynasty has secured the overall situation in the Central Plains, should the Holy Mother fulfill her promise and cooperate with me?"

The Holy Mother of No Life said indifferently, "Does Zhang Bailong think that this Holy Mother knows nothing about the war? You haven't taken Kaifeng yet, and there are still more than 17,000 people left in the Five Military Camps in Guangzhou."

Zhang Bailong laughed and said, "That's all a matter of time."

The Holy Mother of No Life said, "I hope that when I come back from Yuehai in August or September, you will have completely secured the Central Plains."

"Holy Maiden, we should go."

The two rode away on horseback, with an extremely chic posture.

Looking at the backs of the two women, Zhang Bailong squinted his eyes and had already made plans in his mind.

After the autumn harvest in August and September, he launched a general attack on Kaifeng and occupied the entire Central Plains in one fell swoop.

At that time, the Kaidai Dynasty would be unstoppable!