At the end of the first day of August, the Prime Minister of Xia was dressed as a Confucian scholar, and two personal soldiers dressed as Changsu, and the light cavalry came outside the west gate of Xiangyang City.

There was no trace of tension before the war outside the west gate. The people were still queuing slowly to enter the city, and more than a dozen soldiers with braids were not in a hurry to check the passing pedestrians.

Looking further up the city tower, there were neither flags nor fighting spirit, bare, and no sign of a soldier.

"What's going on with Yang Xiren? Why are you so lazy?" Xia Guoxiang saw this scene and was very dissatisfied with Yang Xiren's vigilance: "If the Ming army sent someone undercover, wouldn't it be easy to enter the city?"

Prime Minister Xia endured his anger and entered the city, found the garrison yamen, and after reporting his name, Yang Xiren quickly came out.

"I don't know that General Xia is here, and the last general has not come far away to welcome him. I wish you forgive me for your crimes!" Yang Xiren smiled and saw that the Prime Minister of Xia was dressed as a Confucian scholar, and did not salute him, but bowed.

As soon as Yang Xiren spoke, a smell of bad breath and alcohol rushed over, almost causing Xia Guoxiang to frown. Looking at Yang Xiren's flushed face, Xia Guoxiang frowned and felt unhappy again, and said to himself: "It seems that this person is also a wine bag!"

"General Yang, the Ming army is about to approach the city, why are you still drinking?" asked Prime Minister Xia.

"Oh, it's hard to say. General Xia, please go to the yamen to use tea. Rong Mo will report your feelings." Yang Xiren's smile did not diminish. He reached out to ask for help. The Xia State minister came in with great enthusiasm.

Entering the living room, there were a pair of bowls and chopsticks on the Eight Immortals table in the Xia Guoxiang Hall, four other dishes and a pot of wine, and two pretty maids stood behind to serve.

Yang Xiren walked in and waved his hand to the two maids and said, "Remove the wine and food and serve tea!"

The two maids quickly removed the cups and plates and made two cups of tea to come.

Xia Guozhang sat in the guest seat, and Yang Xiren sat in the main seat.

"General Yang, the Ming army is about to invade the north. Don't you know General Yang knows this?" After running for a morning, Prime Minister Xia was also thirsty. He picked up the teacup and took a few sips, and then asked Yang Xiren.

"General Xia, General Xia knows this." Yang Xiren replied with his eyelids drooping.

Just as the Prime Minister of Xia was about to ask why he was not prepared, Yang Xiren raised his head and said, "So what if you know? Since the defeat of Sanshun King last year, important cities in Hunan and Hubei have been lost one after another. The court ordered officials and defenders to flee or surrender, and the Li Dingguo army was as if they had entered a deserted state. Our Xiangyang defenders are only 3,000. Can we resist his 100,000 army? Not to mention that they also have large killing weapons such as grenades and landmines."

"So you broke the jar and gave up? You didn't have any fighting spirit and drunk all day long?" said Xia Guoxiang.

"Then... what else can it be? Could it be that all three thousand of us were killed in battle? To be honest, General Xia, we, Mr. Yang, were originally surrendered, and Prince Kong's soldiers arrived, we surrendered. We don't have much ability and don't want to die for anyone. To be polite, we are fencemen, and the wind will fall. Don't laugh at us, we are a little man, we must save our lives first." Yang Xiren revealed his thoughts without any concealment.

Hey! It's really rare for people like this!

When Xia Guo Prime Minister heard what Yang Xiren said, he looked at him with admiration. At least he did not tell lies. Little people have no ambitions and no moral integrity. Wherever the wind comes, the wind will fall. There are too many such people.

Such people are the most affordable and will not play with vain.

Such people are much more adorable than benevolent and moral, but full of thieves and prostitutes.

"So, are you going to wait for the Ming army to come and surrender the whole city?"

"Yes, I thought so. At least the lives of three thousand soldiers were saved, and the lives of the people in the city were also saved. Nowadays, being able to save lives is good luck, and being able to save more people's lives is great merit."

When he heard this, Xia Guozhang fell silent.

Yang Xiren was able to surrender with the people of the whole city in front of him. It was not that he was stupid or how open and honest he was, but that he had his reason.

This principle is simple, but it is difficult to refute.

"General Yang, although I do not agree with your surrender without fighting, I still admire you very much when you think of the lives of the soldiers and the people. You are quick to speak, and I don't hide it anymore. I just ask you a question. If the court's 100,000 troops come to support, will you surrender?"

"A hundred thousand army? Where did the 100 thousand army come from? Could it be that King Pingxi came from Hanzhong? He didn't have a 100 thousand army?" Yang Xiren asked in surprise.

"Don't worry about this, I'll ask if you still have to reduce it?"

"General Xia, although we, Mr. Yang, are rough people, are not incompetent people, and we are not willing to change our masters at will. If it weren't for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, who would have surrendered and left a bad reputation? If it weren't for the 100,000 troops of Li Dingguo, and the power of the two sides was too disparate, how could we have the idea of ​​surrender? Not to mention anything else, just give me 10,000 troops and enough food, and we can't hold it for a year or two."

After hearing the words of Prime Minister Xia, the confusion in Yang Xiren's eyes disappeared completely, and the light of hope was shining.

"Okay! If you say this, I'll be relieved." Xia Guo Prime Minister saw the change in Yang Xiren's expression and said to himself: "Okay, as long as you don't surrender. Don't you hug someone's thighs if you have thick thighs? Don't you call anyone who has breasts? It's easy to deal with if you have weaknesses! Xia will whisper to you, if you don't believe you have the intention to surrender to the Ming army."

"General Yang, let me tell you the truth. This time, not only did King Pingxi come to rescue Xiangyang, but Prince Xi also arrived later. King Pingxi was the vanguard and led the Guanning army to Xing'anzhou for 50,000 troops. Prince Xi personally led the main force of the Eight Banners to be the central army, and then followed up. Our Qing Dynasty was going to fight with the Ming army under the city of Jingzhou." Xia Guoxiang said excitedly.

He tried to make his tone more exciting so that it sounded very inspiring.

"Wow, that's great!" Yang Xiren slapped his thighs, stood up, and turned around excitedly. Suddenly, he thought of a question. He returned to the chair and sat down, and asked, "No, General Xia, King Pingxi and Prince Xi, two old men, aren't they going to attack Guizhou and Yunnan? Why are the whole army coming from the east?"

When Prime Minister Xia heard this, he realized that Yang Xiren was not a simple person.

The court's strategic intentions were not something that local subordinate officers like him could know. If he could guess the strategic intentions of King Pingxi and Prince Xi, he would definitely not be mediocre people, nor were they a person who could make money.

Don’t talk nonsense to those who understand.

"General Yang, great!" Prime Minister Xia gave a thumbs up first, praised, and then explained in detail how Prince Zheng mastered the military intelligence of the Southern Ming Dynasty and the strategic arrangements after the change.

"General Xia, I fully understand your intention to come. Don't worry, I will definitely give the King of Pingxi a big meeting gift!" Sure enough, after Prime Minister Xia said, Yang Xiren changed his original decadent expression and said with a bright look.
Chapter completed!