Chapter 351
There are loyal people among the Tianli followers, and there are also those who are more selfish.
The Tianli leader's behavior of taking back the contact object was also due to selfishness, which disappointed the followers and made them all feel insecure.
However, the old shopkeeper's reputation was far from that of the Tianli leader. The city lords believed that he was arrested and wanted to show his value by persuading him to surrender.
"Old shopkeeper, this is a bit too much. All kinds of fights have winners and losers. The leader has never abandoned the followers because of the setbacks in the war.
If you are arrested, just ask for help. How can you insult the leader and confuse us?"
"That's right, the old shopkeeper should not be too selfish.
We are colleagues and fellow believers, and we have some friendship. How can you talk nonsense and disturb our army's morale just to save yourself?"
The city lords obviously trust the Tianli leader more than the old shopkeeper, the person in charge of Wuyoudi.
Hearing this, he couldn't help but get angry and didn't want to care about those ignorant city lords anymore, but in order to use them to show his value, he suppressed his dissatisfaction and sent a message again.
"Fools, what's the benefit of me deceiving you? You can tell the truth by testing it. Why bother arguing?
You can select one or two people to teleport back to the Underworld. If he can return, you can fight to the death. If he has no way to retreat, you might as well listen to me."
"If it weren't for the friendship between you and me in the past, I would just sit and watch your souls return to heaven and earth. Why would I bother to find a way out for you?"
After the old shopkeeper tied his own interests to the brotherhood, the city lords believed it more or less.
They exchanged a few words and secretly selected two city lords near Wuyou City to try to teleport.
In this way, even if they were deceived by the old shopkeeper, the anti-rebel army could not break through the cities in an instant and approach Wuyou City.
The test results came out soon. The old shopkeeper did not deceive them. The contact object did lose its teleportation function.
They knew that this meant that someone had taken the contact object. They no longer had a fishing line to connect them and became fish and insects drifting with the tide.
This made them very panic. How powerful was the anti-rebel army that caused the leader to cut off the transmission channel?
Why didn't the leader call them back? Was he worried that they would bring outsiders back to the Underground Realm?
If so, the anti-rebel army would be stronger than the Underground Realm, and their resistance would be meaningless.
"Thank you for your support, old shopkeeper, otherwise we would have a hard time surviving.
But we don't know the nature of the anti-rebel army yet. It's better to surrender to the governor of Wuyou County first, in exchange for the protection of Wuyou Land, and then talk about other things.
Compared with wise people, we still trust the unwise more."
Tianli Sect has a mature method of surrender.
Generally, after occupying enough cities, the city lords will transfer their positions to the Tianli Sect Leader, and then let him bring all the cities to the secret realm forces.
This method has the most profit, which can avoid the dispersion of rewards and not get enough returns, and the city lords can also get the leader's gift.
Several city lords said this method because they wanted to retain their identities while surrendering, so that their safety will be the responsibility of the governor of Wuyou County and General Guangwei Guangwu.
The old shopkeeper certainly knew that this method was the safest, but he did not have the position of city lord, so he naturally did not want the city lords to benefit while he himself gained nothing.
"The method of the brothers is quite safe, but please think twice before acting.
Since the Qingyuan Dao Sect has the ability to suppress the leader, how can it not occupy the Wuyou County City? They are all human beings and will not cause the Six Phases of Guangming Temple to counterattack.
You can temporarily protect Wuyou City by joining Wuyou City, but there will be endless troubles in the future. It is better to take the city and join Qingyuan Dao now in exchange for more merits and recognition."
After losing the support of Tianli Sect, the old shopkeeper could no longer command the city lords, and his strength was not enough to attack the city alone.
Therefore, he could only try his best to persuade the city lords, hoping to lead the city lords to surrender and prove his value of surrender.
Some of the city lords agreed with his suggestion and believed that they should join the more powerful Qingyuan Dao Sect and take the opportunity to obtain the status of Qingyuan disciples.
There were also a few who disagreed with his proposal and believed that they should be safe first, join Wuyou County Governor first and then wait and see the situation to seek a way out.
But these words did not affect the Lord of Lai'an City. Facing the rebel soldiers who broke into the city, he decisively chose to support the Qingyuan Dao Sect.
"Don't fight me. I am willing to surrender. I want to see the head of the sect. As long as I am safe and sound, other city lords will not resist stubbornly."
The sudden surrender of the Lord of Lai'an City made the Shenwu General Chu Yu and the generals quite angry.
If he surrendered earlier, they would have no reason not to accept it, but now the city has been broken, and surrendering again would be a dilution of their merits.
"It's too late. The head of the sect has returned to the city to protect the temple. We only received the order to break the city and fight the rebels, and we have no right to accept the surrender."
What the Shenwu General Chu Yu said made some sense, but not much.
With his status, he could naturally accept the surrender, but Zhou Yuan did not say anything about surrender, so what he said was not wrong.
Fortunately, Li Si was also at the scene and ordered the Lord of Lai'an City to surrender quickly, otherwise the government office would be attacked by soldiers once it was broken.
The Lord of Lai'an City had no choice but to pick up the Lai'an County Seal beside him and said that he was willing to surrender to the anti-rebel army and ask for justice.
The next moment, Zhou Yuan, who was far away in Douzhai Qixing Palace, suddenly received a system prompt.
[Ding, the Lord of Lai'an City has initiated a surrender. Do you accept it? ]
Although Zhou Yuan did not know the situation on the battlefield, he roughly guessed what happened.
It was just that the Lord of the City cherished his life and was afraid to surrender to save his life when he saw the city was broken.
If there was only one enemy city, he would not easily accept the surrender.
But the Tianli Sect controlled twelve cities, and attacking them one by one would surely hurt many Yulin soldiers.
And if he forced them too much, the Lords of the cities in various places would most likely surrender to the Governor of Wuyou County, which would greatly reduce his achievements in suppressing rebellion.
For this reason, he still accepted the surrender and used the Xuanmen teleportation technique to go to the Taoist temple branch to check the battlefield situation.
[Ding, Lai'an City has been recovered. The number of our cities has increased to three, and the number of cities of the Tianli Yijun Army has decreased to eleven. ]
[Ding, you have obtained the position of Lai'an County Magistrate. You can adjust the positions of county personnel and issue a wanted order to order the constables to arrest the lawbreakers in the county. ]
As Zhou Yuan accepted the surrender, the guards of Lai'an City collectively refreshed and reset, and returned to the city wall to resume patrolling.
The white Tianli Army flag in the city was automatically lowered, and a red flag with gold patterns on the anti-rebellion army was raised.
The Lord of Lai'an City held the county seal in his hand and worshiped in the county government. The soldiers of the anti-rebellion army were very uncomfortable with the sudden reset, but they also understood that the war was over.
"You are lucky. Hand over all the items you carry, change into ordinary cloth clothes and wait for the governor to summon you."
"Thank you, General, for your mercy. I will cooperate with you."
The successful surrender of the Lord of Lai'an City made the other eleven city lords no longer wait and see, and they all surrendered to the anti-rebellion army and the Wuyou County Magistrate one after another.
At this time, Zhou Yuan had returned to the Taoist temple and saw the old shopkeeper of the Tianli Sect who was unharmed.
"The True Man Qingyuan and the two Suanni guardians did not take you away. I will call them to send you off."
"Master, please forgive me. I have made great contributions. I have persuaded the city lords of various places to surrender to the anti-rebel army. The Lord of Lai'an has accepted my proposal."
"So that's why you attacked my Taoist temple first and then defected halfway."
"Master, you wronged me. I never attacked the Taoist temple, otherwise the True Man would never let me go when he performed his magic.
It's not that I defected, but that the leader defected and let us down. For this reason, I followed the principles of heaven and joined the anti-rebel army."
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