A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

"Gentlemen, we must have an open and honest talk, or we'll all be waiting to die."

Guan Huang spoke after a period of silence.

"Even if I have to die, I want to die in China, in my hometown."

"I cannot accept that my own parents and ancestors can only consume incense offerings from foreign lands after their deaths."

Guan Huang spoke each word clearly.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

This era is one where death is viewed as life.

Sacrifices are of utmost importance!

Since it concerns the continuation of the ancestors' lineage, no one dares to speak lightly.

"Me too, I will definitely fight the Tang Dynasty to the end."

Another governor opened the passage.

The military governors all nodded in agreement, indicating that they would fight the Tang Dynasty to the very last moment.

Guan Huang glanced at the others, wondering how much of what they said was true and how much was false.

he does not know.

But he knew that every word he said came from the bottom of his heart.

Guan Huang sighed inwardly; with these two gone, the morale of the allied forces had completely collapsed.

He had no idea how many people would secretly collude with the Tang army tomorrow, or how many would pack their belongings and try to leave together.

He returned to his tent dejectedly, picked up a jug of wine, and began to gulp it down.

The other seven military governors also returned to their camps. Some contacted the Tang army, while others packed up their belongings. In short, no one had the will to resist anymore.

"Trying to leave?!"

"It's not that easy!"

Upon hearing the report from his men, Guan Huang sneered, "Go and relay the chaos in the camp to the Tang army."

"Stay with me, everyone!"

Hahahaha!

Guan Huang burst into wild laughter, tears streaming down his face.

Upon receiving this message, Gao Shi hesitated.

The intelligence came too easily; he was somewhat afraid it was a trap.

Today, several military governors actually wrote to him, and one military governor even told him about the chaos in the rebel camp and invited him to attack.

Gao Shi had never seen anything like this in all his years of military service.

He summoned many generals, and they all felt that this was a trap!

There must be something fishy going on here, we must not act rashly!

It wasn't until news came from the court's spies among the rebels that Gao Shi believed it to be true!

"I immediately wrote to those military governors, pretending to accept their surrender."

"Order the spies to spread the word that these military governors want to surrender, so as to undermine the morale of the army."

"Immediately assemble the troops, divide them into three routes, and focus on eliminating the enemy's manpower."

After confirming the authenticity of the news, Gao Shi immediately ordered the entire army to be mobilized.

Such a golden opportunity should not be missed!

Under Gao Shi's arrangement, the Tang army launched a full-scale attack on the rebel army.

The rebels were demoralized and had no will to fight because of the news that the various military governors intended to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

In the military camp, these rumors spread like wildfire, and no one came forward to clarify them, further unsettling the soldiers.

These military governors also heard about this, but they also received letters from Gao Shi, in which Gao Shi seemed to be accepting their surrender.

They were also worried that if they suppressed this trend, Gao Shi would feel deceived and refuse their surrender, so they turned a blind eye to the matter.

When Gao Shi launched his attack, they realized that he was just keeping them hanging and had no intention of accepting their surrender.

They hurriedly tried to step forward to clarify and boost morale, but it was too late.

With the army close at hand, the soldiers had no will to fight and collapsed at the first battle. When they were about to lead their personal guards to escape, they found that their escape route was blocked.

What blocked their escape route was not the Tang army, but their own people.

Guan Huang!

"What is Guan Huang trying to do?!"

"A military governor roared."

Guan Huang walked from the group to the front of the stage, saying, "Of course, I'm here to see you all off."

The military governor opposite him sneered, "What high-sounding words, such as 'absolutely unable to accept our ancestors receiving offerings from outside the Central Plains'."

"Didn't they surrender to the Tang Dynasty first?"

"This is like a prostitute trying to maintain a virtuous image!"

"Pah!"

Guan Huang smirked. "You think I'm just spouting nonsense like you guys?"

"I said I'd die right here, right here!"

"But if I die, none of you will live either!"

"You will all die with me!"

Guan Huang looked at everyone with a cold smile. Not far away, the outlines of the Tang army's pursuers could be vaguely seen.

"You're insane! Guan Huang, you're a madman!"

The crowd cursed angrily. They never expected that Guan Huang, this madman, would not only die himself but also drag them down with him.

"Everyone, let's charge in together!"

With only one last line of defense remaining between survival and freedom, they would never sit idly by and wait for their doom.

Guan Huang waved his hand, and his personal guards rushed forward, and the two sides instantly clashed.

Guan Huang alone was no match for so many military governors, but he still held on tightly and wouldn't let them leave.

Faced with Guan Huang's desperate obstruction, these military governors could not leave without killing all of Guan Huang's men.

Faced with a life-or-death crisis, these people went berserk, fighting wildly. The battlefield was like a meat grinder, with people falling every second.

The scene was so brutal that it ranked among the worst of any local battlefield in history.

When the Tang army arrived, this was the scene they saw: the rebels killing each other as if they were facing not their former comrades, but their enemies who had killed their fathers and mothers!

Those blood-red eyes and ferocious expression sent chills down the spines of even these soldiers who were used to seeing death.

"Go! Take them all!"

"Slay any who resist!"

At Gao Shi's command, a large number of Tang soldiers and generals rushed forward. These military governors only brought their most trusted personal troops, and their numbers were small. Faced with the Tang army's all-out attack that disregarded martial ethics, they were quickly defeated.

Only Guan Huang's men remained on the battlefield, still putting up a stubborn resistance.

In the end, all of Guan Huang's men died in battle, leaving only him.

Guan Huang looked at Gao Shi, who was walking towards him, and said, "You have won, but there is only Guan Huang who died in battle, not Guan Huang who surrendered."

After Guan Huang finished speaking, he drew his sword and charged towards Gao Shi.

Gao Shi dismissed the others and raised his spear to meet them.

After more than ten rounds, Guan Huang was killed.

Before his death, Guan Huang gazed in the direction of Luoyang.

"I have no regrets about my life as a Guan Huang."

Gao Shi remained silent. He knew Guan Huang's background; his parents had died because Emperor Xuanzong was incompetent and favored eunuchs.

After his parents died, Guan Huang spared no effort to climb the social ladder, currying favor with the powerful and wealthy, and extorting money from the people, all in order to one day avenge his parents.

Later, seeing no hope of revenge, he found a way to come to the Western Frontier and become a military governor. Guan Huang was an important factor in the fact that the ten military governors of the Western Frontier were able to decisively rebel.