Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 533: Surrender
Speaking of this attribute of wealth and nobility, Zhao Zhen did not understand it at first, but later he discovered that the gold and silver utensils, tortoise shell, agate, ivory and bone utensils used in daily life, although they looked rich, were not noble.

These things that only have the attribute of wealth and honor may seem useless, but they can accumulate luck. Especially for ordinary people, I don't know whether it is out of the mentality of clinging, once they see such treasures with the attribute of wealth and honor, they will unconsciously develop admiration and become attached to the owner. The people's morale will unconsciously improve. The premise is to display it for people to see.

For example, in the hall of Baishi Manor, Zhao Zhen handled official documents and summoned people from various places.

During this period, several things happened. On the way to Linqu, Zhao Zhen received news from Guan Sheng that Li Jun, the naval commander of Qingzhou, had finally surrendered.

Li Jun knew that Linzi had fallen. He thought that he had no chance of winning with his navy alone. Just as he was feeling upset, he heard a soldier patrolling the river come to report that a small sea eel boat in the river was flying the Liangshan flag, claiming to be from Jieyang and wanted to see the leader.

After hearing this, Li Jun ordered his soldiers to take the boats and bring the people to the camp.

It turned out that it was Zhang Shun who was ordered to come and persuade Li Jun to surrender.

In addition to this small sea eel boat, there was also a sinking snail boat. Zhang Shun secretly drove the sinking snail boat outside Li Jun's water stronghold for many days, secretly watching Li Jun's water stronghold's training.

On this day, he learned that Linzi City had been broken, and then he showed up.

After greeting, Zhang Shun was the first to say, "Brother, how are you?"

Li Jun said, "You are an official, I am a thief, what are you doing in my camp?"

Zhang Shun said: "I came here to save my brother's life."

Li Jun frowned and said nothing. Zhang Shun continued, "Brother, can't you see the situation clearly? Song Gongming is doomed to fail. Brother, you have been here for less than half a year. Why do you want to be buried with him?"

Li Jun said: "I have more than 300 warships of various sizes and 6,000 naval forces under my command. The money and food in the camp are enough for three to five months. I am no match for them on the shore, but I have the final say in the Zibo River."

"The Zibo River is naturally your world, but isn't this camp on the shore? Even if you drive the boat away from the camp, you can't not go ashore, right?"

Li Jun said: "On both sides of the Zibo River, there is no place where we can't go ashore? Without food and grass, where can we not plunder? Can the government troops defend everywhere?"

"Brother, why do you have to say such angry words? When we were hanging out in Jieyang Town, we also made some money. We had enough meat every day, ducked in the water and played with sticks. We were so happy. Brother, I really don't know why you didn't join the prime minister when he sent people to Jieyang Town to recruit him, but joined Song Gongming instead?"

Li Jun sighed and said, "Alas, I was blinded by greed at the beginning. We have all heard of the names of the Minister of Recruitment and Brother Gongming, but when the Minister of Recruitment sent someone to tell us, we had already promised Brother Song Gongming. How can we go back on our word? If you hadn't been in Jiangzhou and promised the Minister, Brother Zhang Heng would have followed us to join Brother Gongming."

Zhang Shun said, "I've heard from my brother. At the beginning, the government troops went crazy and went to the countryside to catch bandits from time to time, which made everyone uneasy. But since you can be an official, why don't you refuse?"

Li Jun looked at Zhang Shun and finally sighed: "Brother, you don't know, when I was young, a fortune teller told me that I had the potential to be king, but my future was far away. Although I never mentioned this to anyone, I always kept it in my mind."

"Brother, you know that there are no kings of other surnames in the court. I had already let it go and thought that the fortune teller was talking nonsense. I didn't expect Brother Gongming to come and recruit us, and actually wanted to cross the sea to the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Sailing on the water is exactly where I can use my skills. If there are other places, who can control them and claim to be kings, it is exactly what the fortune teller said. So I persuaded everyone to follow me to join Brother Gongming. However, now it seems that we have failed to seize the sea ships, and most of us have been defeated by the recruiting minister. Brother Gongming is trapped in an isolated city. The fortune teller's words are mostly lies."

Zhang Shun said, "How can you trust the words of a quack?"

"Song Gongming's plan was discovered long ago by the Minister of Recruiting. He had his men seize the Daoyuzhai ship long ago. If Song Qing had not been asked to clean up the corrupt officials in the court, his troops would not have been able to leave Laizhou and Yexian, let alone Dengzhou."

"In this situation, the commander-in-chief, considering the friendship between fellow townsmen, spared Song Jiang and asked him to go to the court to seek amnesty. According to the commander-in-chief, Song Jiang has now surrendered to Gao Qiu. Brother, do you want to work for Gao Qiu?"

Li Jun blushed when he heard this and said, "How can I recognize a thief as my father?"

"Then what are you hesitating about?" "The commander-in-chief obeys orders but not announcements, and he has always ignored official documents from the court. We brothers in Liangshan don't need to pay attention to these dogs and flies. Every day we just train soldiers and teach them how to fight in the water. On weekdays, we are constantly rewarded, and we have official positions, and our children don't have to struggle for a living like us. The people, horses and ships in your hands are our capital. With these, you can join the commander-in-chief and you will not lose a battalion of militia commanders."

Li Jun sighed and said, "It's a pity for Brother Li Li who came here with me."

"Brother, I intend to join the Zhaotao Xianggong, but Brother Gongming has never treated me badly, and now I am betraying him, I cannot bear it."

"Most of the soldiers in the camp were recruited by me. I will give you instructions and let you lead the navy. I have to go back to Jieyang Town first. When I come back, Qingzhou should be settled. Then, I will go to see the recruiting lord."

Zhang Shun heard this and said, "Brother..."

"Brother, don't say any more. Otherwise, I would rather die." Li Jun interrupted.

Seeing Li Jun's serious words, Zhang Shun said, "If that's the case, brother, go and come back sooner rather than later. Qingzhou will be fine in less than a month."

At that moment, Li Jun summoned all the officers in the camp and explained the pros and cons. After hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone was no longer afraid of the Shangguan army, except for Liangshan, where people were all feeling frightened.

The fall of Linzi City made everyone feel uneasy. The soldiers in the army were uneasy. These days, people were escaping every day. Especially those water soldiers of the government army who surrendered.

Now that they have joined Liangshan, there is no need to fight, and everyone is naturally happy.

At that moment, Li Jun handed over the water stronghold to Zhang Shun, and took more than 20 confidants with him, driving three fast boats, and sailed along the river.

In the water fort, before Zhang Shun could sort things out, he saw Guan Sheng leading 5,000 soldiers and horses from Linzi City, charging towards them in a mighty force.

After the battle array was completed, Guan Sheng sent people into the camp to persuade them to surrender. After seeing Guan Sheng's letter, Zhang Heng pacified everyone and then ordered people to open the water gate of the stronghold and go out of the camp to see Guan Sheng.

After greeting, Guan Sheng asked in surprise, "General Zhang, why are you here?"

"General Guan, I'm here on the orders of the Prime Minister to persuade Li Jun to surrender. Now that Li Jun has surrendered, all the soldiers, horses, and ships in the camp have been returned to the Prime Minister." Zhang Shun replied.

Guan Sheng laughed and said, "That's great! Tomorrow I will gather my troops and go to Yidu to help you capture Yidu and wipe out Song Jiang."

Zhang Shun said, "General Guan, although Li Jun surrendered, he could not bear to betray Song Jiang, so he resigned and left. I only brought 500 soldiers with me to the camp, and I am training the surrendered soldiers. General Guan, please send someone to report to the prime minister, and leave a battalion of soldiers to deter him."

After hearing this, Guan Sheng nodded repeatedly. He left Harlan Sheng to lead 2,000 soldiers into the water stronghold, while Guan Sheng led the troops back to Yidu.

Early the next morning, without waiting for Guan Sheng to send out troops, Li Zongtang, Lai Yonger and others who returned overnight brought Zhao Zhen's military order.

Guan Sheng and others were naturally happy to hear this.

Lai Yong'er heard that the water stronghold surrendered yesterday and Li Jun resigned, and he could only sigh.

After meeting Ma Yuan, Lai Yong'er set off for Bian Jing.

(End of this chapter)