Chapter 346

On the other side, Wang Lun also encountered a similar situation.

However, he dealt with it more easily, because the number of people Wei Pao sent over was not as many as on Zeng Hai's side, only sending dozens of people.

Probably because the place they were stationed was some distance from the front line.

After killing the dozens of subordinates sent by Wei Pao, Wang Lun immediately sent his deputy general with a team of troops to Zeng Hai's defensive area.

Both sides confirmed that the other party's actions were without doubt, and the two large armies left the mountain together.

Their nearly one hundred thousand troops moved, immediately alarming the nearby troops.

And the great generals of other troops were not stupid; they immediately guessed that Wang Lun and Zeng Hai had gone to surrender.

Plus Wei Pao's move to seize power everywhere forced several great generals to rebel.

The remaining people also fled one after another when they saw the situation was not right.

Some great generals were captured, and their official seals were taken by Wei Pao's people, but the soldiers under the great generals did not intend to obey the orders and led their troops away one after another.

Others directly led troops to confront Wei Pao's people, forcibly snatching their generals back.

Hundreds of thousands of troops were either surrendering or fighting among themselves, and they scattered immediately.

Only less than twenty thousand troops remained loyal to Wei Pao.

On the other side, the tens of thousands of troops on Meng Tian's side were relatively stable, and there was no situation of anyone surrendering for the time being.

Late at night, a scout ran toward Meng Tian's main tent hurriedly.

One of his shoes had fallen off, his clothes were scratched by tree branches, and there were several wounds on his face.

But he didn't stop, instead running desperately toward the main tent.

"Stop!" The guard immediately appeared to stop him.

"Report to General Meng quickly, something big has happened!" The scout shouted loudly.

"The General is sleeping; I can only report to you if it's an emergency military situation." The guard said.

"It is an emergency military situation!" The scout was anxious: "I must see General Meng immediately!"

"Wait here!" After the guard said this, he entered the main tent hurriedly.

And at this time, Meng Tian had already woken up.

He hadn't been sleeping well during this period, and would be startled awake by any movement.

"What's the matter?" Meng Tian asked before the guard could speak.

"General, a scout reported that there is an emergency military situation." The guard said.

"Quick, bring him in!" Meng Tian said immediately.

Soon the scout was brought in by the guard.

"Grand General, the army on Lord Wei's side has scattered!" The scout shouted loudly.

"What? Scattered? What exactly happened?" Meng Tian asked immediately.

"Grand General, seven or eight out of ten of the troops under Lord Wei have scattered, mostly going to surrender, and only tens of thousands are still following Lord Wei." The scout said.

"Is this true?" Meng Tian asked with a frown.

"I eavesdropped from Lord Wei's trusted aides. Judging from the degree of panic on their side, this matter should be true!" The scout said.

Meng Tian took a deep breath.

He had long had a premonition that something would happen, but he didn't expect it to come so fast, and the scale of the surrender would be so large.

Meng Tian let the scout go to rest first, and then ordered people to invite Feng Feng Qiji over, while also sending more people to inquire about the news on Wei Pao's side.

Before long, Feng Feng Qiji rushed over.

When Meng Tian saw Feng Feng Qiji, he immediately told him the intelligence obtained from the scout.

"Lord Feng, have you already received this news?"

After Meng Tian finished speaking, he saw that there was no shock on Feng Feng Qiji's face, so he asked.

"The news I received is that tens of thousands of people left Wei Pao's side, and I didn't know that hundreds of thousands of people surrendered. However, I am not surprised; I think this is something that was bound to happen."

"The army on Lord Wei's side was temporarily recruited, and Lord Wei himself has never led troops; his restraint on his subordinates is not as strong as yours, General."

"When the generals on their side felt there was no way out, it was easy for them to think of surrendering."

Feng Feng Qiji analyzed.

"Yes, it's hard for us to oppose Ying Su's army, and there isn't much food and grass left." Meng Tian sighed.

"General, Lord Wei's side has already collapsed, now only we are left; what should we do next?" Feng Feng Qiji asked.

Meng Tian did not answer Feng Feng Qiji's question; he stood up and paced back and forth in the main tent.

After a while, Meng Tian stopped his footsteps.

"What do you think?" Meng Tian handed the difficult problem back to Feng Feng Qiji.

"I..." Feng Feng Qiji sighed: "I don't know what to do either."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow, let me think about it carefully." Meng Tian sighed.

Feng Feng Qiji had no choice but to leave first.

Just after walking out of the main tent, Cheng Ze, who came with him, welcomed him.

"My lord, what did General Meng say?" Cheng Ze asked.

"The situation is even worse than we thought; we only knew that tens of thousands of people surrendered on Lord Wei's side, but in fact, the army on Lord Wei's side has already scattered!" Feng Feng Qiji said.

"What? Scattered? Did hundreds of thousands of troops all surrender?" Cheng Ze was shocked.

"Only tens of thousands are left following Lord Wei." Feng Feng Qiji sighed.

199. Meng Tian Surrenders

"Now Lord Wei is finished, now the government army will definitely focus their attack on our side!" Cheng Ze said hurriedly.

"Yes, Ying Su's army's strength was already above ours, and now more than half of the army on our side has surrendered, we are even less of a match for Ying Su." Feng Feng Qiji said.

"My lord, I have a sentence, I don't know whether I should say it!" Cheng Ze seized the opportunity and said.

"It's already at this point, what else is there to say or not say? Say it." Feng Feng Qiji said.

"My lord, you and General Meng Tian are both on the list that can be pardoned; take advantage of the fact that you still have bargaining chips and surrender quickly! If the military officers below surrender first, then it will be worthless for you to surrender!" Cheng Ze said.

When Feng Feng Qiji heard the word surrender, his face changed immediately; his instinct was to reprimand Cheng Ze.

But after hearing Cheng Ze's words, he calmed down instantly.

Yes, now there are still bargaining chips, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops here.

Surrendering with hundreds of thousands of troops and surrendering when there is no way out at the end are two different things.

Perhaps at the end, when only he was left, Ying Su might not even want to accept his surrender.

"My lord, Lord Wei's side has already collapsed; take advantage of the fact that the news has not spread in the army and make a decision quickly, otherwise, after the military officers at all levels in the army know what happened on Lord Wei's side, they will very likely leave on their own!" Cheng Ze urged.

Feng Feng Qiji's face changed when he heard this; he and Cheng Ze thought of the same thing.

Such a big thing happened on Wei Pao's side; it couldn't be hidden.

Maybe some troops had already heard the wind!

Thinking of this, Feng Feng Qiji immediately said to Cheng Ze: "You come with me to see General Meng!"

The two entered the main tent together; Feng Feng Qiji didn't wait for Meng Tian to speak and said first: "General Meng, Lord Wei's side has already collapsed; this matter will inevitably spread throughout the army tomorrow morning. By then, I'm afraid the General won't be able to restrain them even if he wants to!"

"Do you mean they will decide to surrender on their own?" Meng Tian asked.

"General, we originally raised an army to oppose Ying Su at the invitation of Wei Pao and the others; now Wei Pao himself has collapsed, we have no reason to persist."

"Besides, the First Emperor is still on the opposite side; if the other party uses the First Emperor to persuade our generals and soldiers to surrender, I believe they are extremely likely to betray the General!"

Feng Feng Qiji spoke relatively tactfully, moving the First Emperor out, and also saying that the raising of the army was at the invitation of Wei Pao.

In fact, this was giving Meng Tian a step down.

With Meng Tian's strength, how could he have raised an army because of Wei Pao.

"Lord Feng, do you have any good ideas?" Meng Tian asked.

"General, this is my nephew Cheng Ze, whom I mentioned to you last time; we were the ones who sent him to negotiate with Zhuge Liang before."

"Although he didn't negotiate any results with Zhuge Liang, he heard some news from Zhuge Liang... Cheng Ze, tell General Meng what you told me last time."

Feng Feng Qiji looked at Cheng Ze.

"General, when I went to Zhuge Liang last time, he intentionally leaked a piece of news to me, saying that the new Emperor does not want to kill everyone."

"Now they are using the kite method to publicly issue a letter of recruitment to surrender; I think this is the opportunity for the General and Lord Feng to surrender to the First Emperor."

Cheng Ze said.

He, like Feng Feng Qiji, moved the First Emperor out, also to give Meng Tian face.

No matter what, they had not publicly expressed that they wanted to betray the First Emperor.