marquis of jingan

Chapter 981 Good news and bad news

the next morning.

"Mr. Shen!"

Xue Wei strode into the Zhizhou Yamen in Xuzhou. At the back of the Zhizhou Yamen, he saw Shen Yi who was talking to Su Ding and Ling Su. With a smile on his face, he stepped forward and half knelt on the ground, cupping his fists and said, "The last general Xue Wei, pay homage to Shen Gong!"

Shen Yi looked up at the sky, and said with a smile: "You entered the city so late, it seems that you have indeed encountered remnants of soldiers who escaped from Xuzhou."

"Yes."

Xue Wei was quite happy, and said with a smile: "Yesterday afternoon, our army's scouts found them. Those people ran in a panic and didn't even have a scout to find the way. We only found us when we got close to about twenty feet."

Xue Wei said with a smile: "However, there are quite a few of them. It took about a whole night to take care of them."

Shen Yi nodded, also smiled, and said, "It's hard work."

"Now in the city, some empty houses have been found, and the houses of some wealthy households have been requisitioned. After a while, General Su will go down and arrange for the brothers of the Eastern Route Army to rest."

Su Ding stood up and said respectfully: "The last general will go now."

Master Shen looked at the three people and said with a smile: "Since the formation of the Huai'an Army, it has always been divided into two armies. Now, it should be the first time that the two armies have joined together. The three must cooperate sincerely, and at the same time restrain their subordinates so as not to make trouble, let alone fight."

All three of them clasped their fists and bowed their heads: "The last general waits for orders."

Master Shen glanced at the three people, and said with a soft smile: "Now that the people of Qi have not besieged the city, and the letters can still be sent out, I am going to give the official report to the imperial court. It just so happens that you three are here, so let's talk about it."

Shen Yi's face was calm: "How should this document be written, and how should the credit be reported."

Su Ding thought for a while, and then said: "Mr. Shen, General Ling's West Route Army took the lead to enter the city the night before yesterday, and it was also General Ling who led the troops to occupy the entire Xuzhou. The last general thought that General Ling should be credited for the first time."

Ling Su looked serious, shook his head and said, "Mr. Shen, although Zhang Meng arrived in time the night before yesterday, it was the Dibaosi who opened the city gate, and the five hundred warriors from the East Road. If they hadn't opened the city gate, Zhang Meng would not have been able to enter Xuzhou anyway."

"Yesterday, Zhang Meng told the general that the first achievement in breaking Xuzhou must be given to those five hundred warriors. Even if the general agrees, Zhang Meng will never agree."

Among the three, Xue Wei didn't take part in the siege of Xuzhou, so he didn't speak.

Shen Yi looked at the two people, smiled and said: "It's rare to be so modest this time."

With a calm face, he said lightly: "Then the credit is three points, how about the East and West Route Army and the Dibao Division each getting one?"

Ling Su and Su Ding looked at each other, then both lowered their heads and said, "Mr. Shen, the Mansion Reporter's contribution is more important."

Master Shen nodded, and said: "Since you are not striving for merit, then I will decide how to write this memorial, but in the future, you can't blame me for this."

The two chief generals bowed their heads one after another, expressing that they had no objections.

Shen Yi nodded and said: "Okay, then I will write a memorial to the imperial court, and you each do what you should do."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi thought for a while, and added: "There are two things that I will leave to you to handle."

The two bowed their heads and said, "Duke Shen orders."

With a calm face, Shen Yi said, "The first thing is to hurry up and make a few big flags, hang them on the four doors, and embroider my Dachen country name on them."

Both of them bowed their heads.

Shen Yi paused for a moment, then continued: "Furthermore, I will give you three days. Within three days, find out all Zhu Lizhen's families in Xuzhou City, and record those who are related to or intermarried with Zhu Lizhen."

The two bowed their heads one after another.

"Yes!"

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One hundred miles east of Xuzhou City, the camp of the Southern Army was conquered.

General Zhou Shizhong, who had managed to escape from Shen Yi's ambush, was temporarily stationed here.

At this time, he had dispatched all the troops from Haizhou and Suqian to Xuzhou, preparing to encircle the Southern Dynasty army under the city of Xuzhou, so as to vent his anger!
After all, this time, he suffered too much!

He was besieged by Shen Yi to the west of the Shu River. If he was not careful, he would almost be left there forever by the Southern Dynasty army. The general who held a hundred thousand soldiers almost died there inexplicably!

Zhou Shizhong was so depressed that he couldn't get out of this bad breath!

It is a pity that it will take at least two days for Haizhou's troops to be transferred to Xuzhou, so General Zhou needs to wait here for a day or two for the arrival of his main force.

At this time, General Zhou was in a very bad mood. In just one day, he had already fired several times. As a result, none of his generals dared to approach his tent for a long time.

But on the second day of Xuzhou's "fall", a thousand households in the scout camp, after receiving the news from Xuzhou, no matter how frightened they were, could only bite the bullet and entered Zhou Shizhong's big tent.

Trembling all over.

"Great... Great General!"

Qianhu's voice trembled so badly that he could hardly finish his sentence.

Zhou Shizhong was in a bad mood at first, he raised his head and glanced at him when he heard this, frowned and said, "What's the matter?"

The thousand households touched the ground with their heads, tremblingly: "The scouts report, the scouts report..."

He said several "scout reports" in a row, but he dared not say the following words.

When Zhou Shizhong heard this, his heart burst into an unknown fire, and he cursed: "What are you doing bumbling? Get out if you can't speak, and come in with someone who can speak!"

The thousand households were so frightened by this sentence that they almost fell to the ground. He lowered his head and was about to cry: "General, the scouts report..."

"Xuzhou City... has fallen!"

Zhou Shizhong froze in place when he heard the words.

He felt that a thunderbolt exploded in his mind, causing him to go numb from the back of his head to his tailbone, and then, a chill came over him, causing all the hairs on his body to explode in an instant!

He wanted to stand up, but he didn't have any strength in his body.

General Zhou sat slumped on his chair and didn't move for a while.

After an unknown amount of time, he stood up tremblingly, his hands still trembling.

"You... what did you say?"

The thousand households became even more frightened, touched their foreheads to the ground, and said, "Report from the scouts, Xuzhou has fallen..."

"The scouts also encountered a few Xuzhou defenders who escaped from Xuzhou, and confirmed with them that the Southern Dynasty army has indeed occupied Xuzhou City..."

He swallowed, and said in a low voice: "The scouts even used binoculars to take a long look at Xuzhou City, Xuzhou City..."

"On the city tower, the banner of Nanchen has been hoisted...!"

Hearing these words, General Zhou felt his eyes go dark, and he couldn't stand anymore, he fell straight to the ground, and fell hard.

This Qianhu hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and put him back on the bed.

General Zhou was lying on the bed, his eyes widened.

"Xuzhou City has [-] defenders, the walls are tall, and all kinds of defense equipment are readily available..."

He shouted: "How could it fall in just two days!"

In the camp, there was a moment of silence.

No one can answer him.

Zhou Shizhong lay on the bed for a long time before recovering. After he had recovered his breath, he sat up straight again and shouted: "Send me the general order, pass me the general order!"

"All active troops of the Southern Conscript Army will be transferred to Xuzhou!"

He gritted his teeth: "Send a letter to Yuen Long, asking him to bring reinforcements from the imperial court to Xuzhou City immediately, there must be no mistakes!"

Although General Zhou was a little crazy at the moment, he had a lot of prestige in the southern army, so his military order was quickly passed on by the orderly.

General Zhou coughed violently a few times, his voice hoarse: "Prepare the horse immediately, I want to go outside Xuzhou City to have a look in person."

"Yes!"

Soon someone prepared a horse for General Zhou, Zhou Shizhong got on the horse and went straight to Xuzhou.

On horseback, he tried to calm himself down.

It's a pity that no matter how hard he tried, his hands were still shaking and he couldn't stop it.

Because... General Zhou knew it very well.

If news of the loss of Xuzhou City reaches Yandu!

Then, their Zhou family is not just as simple as losing the position of the head coach of the Southern Army!

At that time, their family will definitely bear the wrath of Emperor Yongping, and even the wrath of the government and the public!

Before things get serious, he must take Xuzhou back as quickly as possible at all costs!
Thinking of this, General Zhou's hand holding the rein trembled even more.

Because he knew it in his heart.

If Shen Yi from the Southern Dynasty had really entered Xuzhou, and he wanted to get it back, I'm afraid...

Thousands of difficulties!

Thinking of this, General Zhou, who was on horseback, gave himself a big mouth with his right hand, and blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.

"How can I put Shen Qi under Xuzhou City!"

He gritted his teeth and scolded himself angrily.

"In Haizhou, you should fight him to the death!"

(End of this chapter)