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Quan Cong would then choose to surrender.
It dragged on until the "January deadline".
Wang Yuan began shouting outside the Deer Horn Fortress:
"General Zhou, a true man keeps his word."
Are you going to break your promise?
Inside the village, Lei Dejin said to Zhou Lun:
"Just lie to him for a month,"
"We can't really surrender."
Zhou Lun shook his head: "The Great Chu is doomed to defeat."
Why increase casualties unnecessarily?
"The soldiers in the village also have parents, wives, and children,"
"We can't lead them to their deaths."
"Gather all the soldiers."
Lei Dejin remained silent.
He refused to betray his lord and defect to the enemy.
But he also wanted to save his life.
Zhou Lun is the commander-in-chief.
If Zhou Lun surrenders, then he will surrender.
Zhou Lun will defend it, and so will he.
The soldiers in the twin castles
They were all summoned by Zhou Lun to the eastern outskirts between the two cities.
Wang Yuan did not take the opportunity to lead his troops to attack.
Zhou Lun shouted to his generals:
“You have already done more than enough for His Majesty,”
"The Great Chu cannot win."
"I have already reached an agreement with the enemy general,"
“As long as you lay down your weapons, you can go back to being potters to support your families.”
"I am the disloyal and unjust one,"
"When I die, do not seek revenge for me,"
"Work hard and live a good life..."
Lei Dejin was shocked: "They're all going to surrender!"
"What's the point of talking about revenge?"
Zhou Lun turned and headed towards Changsha.
He suddenly drew his sword and held it to his neck.
He closed his eyes and was about to commit suicide.
Redjin was standing next to him.
He pounced immediately when Zhou Lun drew his sword.
The two fell to the ground.
Lei Dejin quickly pulled the knife away.
But then they saw that blood was already gushing from Zhou Lun's neck.
"Doctor! Doctor, come quick!"
Red Jin reached out and pressed his hand against the wound, shouting.
The military doctor was receiving instructions down below.
While running towards Zhou Lun,
He yelled at his apprentice:
"Go get my first-aid kit!"
That afternoon, Wang Yuan led his troops to take over Lujiaozhai.
Looking at the unconscious Zhou Lun, I was quite moved:
"How is General Zhou?"
The medic sighed and replied, "Alas, too much blood has been lost."
"At first, I just couldn't stop it."
"Can you wake up?"
"It all depends on his own fate."
Wang Yuan shook his head.
He left the room in silence.
.....
Hengyang, Quanxi Town.
The miners' uprising army from Guiyang prison,
They have already traveled hundreds of miles.
They fought their way here, conquering cities and seizing territories.
The soldiers were no longer just simple miners.
There are also ordinary Han Chinese and Yao people from the mountains.
They have three leaders.
They were respectively named Tang Danian, Fang Zhong, and Pan Shaojie.
Eighty years ago, during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song,
Their ancestors had also rebelled together.
First, the Han people could not bear the heavy taxes.
Forced to flee into Yao territory,
Farming together with the Yao people.
Subsequently, the government began to control the salt consumed by the Yao people.
They pressured the Yao people to pay exorbitant salt taxes.
They also arbitrarily killed Yao people during inspections of smuggled salt.
Huang Zhuogui, a salt smuggler from Jiangxi
When selling salt to the Yao people
A conflict occurred with officers and soldiers.
This provoked a joint uprising by the Han and Yao peoples.
The government transformed the contradictions of governance into ethnic contradictions.
To sow discord between the Han and Yao rebel armies.
After recruiting Huang to capture the ghost, he killed him.
They also forced the Han people living at the foot of the mountain to move away.
You are not allowed to associate with the Yao people in the mountains.
Designate a 20-mile-long no-farming zone.
Destroy farmers' crops and houses.
Such a brutal rule,
This immediately sparked an even greater wave of resistance.
This uprising lasted for six years.
It even spread from Jingnan to Guangxi.
Ultimately, the three leaders, Tang, Fang, and Pan, led their remaining troops to surrender.
Eighty years have passed.
The ties between the Han and Yao ethnic groups have become even closer.
Especially in river valleys and along the edges of mountains,
The two groups have long intermarried and lived together.
It's become very difficult to distinguish them.
Many "mixed-race" descendants,
Speaking in Mandarin
However, they claimed to be Yao people.
This is because the Yao people do not have to pay land taxes.
But the government isn't stupid.
Two or three decades after the Han-Yao Uprising
Gradually, taxes were levied on the Yao people living at the foot of the mountain.
Moreover, the taxes are getting heavier and heavier!
When Zhong Xianggang called,
Han and Yao commoners
They all support Chancellor Chung.
They helped Zhong Xiang kill officials and landlords.
In just two or three years,
The hero becomes the dragon.
Guiyang prison was soon seized by speculators who usurped rural control.
They colluded with the confidants sent by Zhong Xiang.
"Da da da da..."
A swift horse galloped up.
The knight said to the Guiyang rebels who were still encamped:
"Who is your leader?"
"General Cao, please proceed to the meeting!"
Chapter 1910 Making Empty Promises
Fang Zhong remained there to oversee the setting up of the camp.
Tang Danian and Pan Shaojie were invited to Cao Cheng's camp.
Hengyang is now surrounded on three sides.
Li Gong's camp was located to the west of the city.