Late Tang

Zhang Guiba hid himself in the city, but he fell right into Li Jing's arms.

On that day, according to Liu Xun's plan, he ordered the whole army to dig soil and pack it into bags, and put it into the Bianshui Canal at the same time. Jing Xiang and Gai Yu were responsible for the construction of cofferdams and dams. to prevent Zhang Guiba from leaving the city and destroying the dam.He also sent generals Liu Xun, Wang Yanzhang, and Li Cunxiao to patrol the surrounding suburbs and intercept the Qi army who might come to help at any time.

Since Zhang Guiba had been hiding in the city, and the morale of the Qin army was high, the interception and embankment work was extremely efficient. It took only four days to complete the project of filling the river and building the cofferdam.Just two days later, the city of Suzhou suddenly turned into an artificial lake, and the water in the city was as deep as a foot, below the knees.

For a while, the houses in the city of Suzhou were flooded, and the people in the city had to flee to the top of the tail.

In the city of Suzhou, Zhang Yun, the former Governor of Suzhou of the Probation Army, is now just an idler, deprived of his military power, and only serves as the governor of Suzhou.The city was flooded, and Zhang's mansion was also flooded. The water was knee-deep. Fortunately, the Zhang family was very rich. Although the house was flooded, he still had a few big boats. At this time, the whole family moved into the boats to live.

The sky was bright and sunny, but the house was shimmering. Zhang Yun stroked the railing of the boat with an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"Da Lang, what are you thinking?" A steady voice sounded from behind, and Zhang Yun's father, Zhang Chuangu, walked over.

Zhang Yun greeted quickly: "Father!"

Zhang Chuangu is the patriarch of the Zhang family in Haizhou. Although he has not been an official, he runs the business of the Zhang family. He is very business-minded. The Zhang family has been prosperous in recent years, with tens of millions of wealth. It can be said that they are all old men credit.Therefore, although Zhang Yun has achieved the position of governor of Suzhou when he was young, there are certainly reasons for his bravery and talent, but it is more due to Zhang's prestige, status and wealth in Ganhua Town, coupled with the influence of the past few years. The army was in turmoil one after another, and he, who was originally a confidant of Shi Pu's subordinates, was able to become the governor of Suzhou.

Zhang Chuangu is dressed in silk, a long robe with long sleeves, a jade belt on his head, and five long beards, which looks like a Confucian businessman.Although he is over fifty, his whole face is full of red, and he looks only about forty.

Looking at his son's frown, Zhang Chuangu said, "Are you thinking about the current situation?"

Zhang Yun nodded.

Zhang Chuangu said again: "Indeed, it's time to think about it. At the time when Pu surrendered to Qi, we had no second choice. But now it's different. We don't know when the Huang Chao ship will sink, but Zhang Guiba's ship will sink." But the ship is going to sink. Before it sinks, we have to change the ship as soon as possible. Now there is a big ship next to it, and we can't miss the opportunity to board the ship."

Zhang Yun's expression changed, and he looked at his father in surprise.

"Come with me, my father will introduce you to a friend." After Zhang Chuangu finished speaking, he walked forward directly.Zhang Yun followed, and soon Zhang's father took him to his father's boat. When he got to the cabin, he saw that there was already a person sitting there.

"My Fifth Concubine, I am temporarily the doctor of the Military Intelligence Bureau of the Daxingtai Supervisory Office on the Northeast Road of the Tang Dynasty. I hope you will forgive me for disturbing you this time. Here is a letter, which is written by my Highness. General Zhang." The man sitting upright stood up and saluted, then took out a letter and handed it to him.

Zhang Yun was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that this person was Li Jing's intelligence leader, and he dared to take the risk and go deep into Suzhou City to meet him.And judging from the other party's intentions, it seems that he has decided that he will belong to Li Jing.From the corner of his eyes, he saw his father's expression on the side as usual, and Zhang Yun suddenly realized that it seemed that Li Jing's people had contacted his father first, and the conversation was almost done, and they came to see him last.

He suddenly remembered that his father had been doing business with Dengzhou for the past few years.Thinking of what my father said again, I am afraid that my father has been in contact with them a long time ago.

For a while, Zhang Yun completely understood.In any case, there was nothing wrong with what my father did.

Thinking about saving Zhang Guiba with all his might last time, what did he get in return?In exchange, the military power was seized and he was demoted to a idle position like Chang Shi.In the current situation, reinforcements are slow to arrive, but Suzhou is about to lose its guard. Looking at the heroes of all parties, Li Jing, as the marshal of the Tang Dynasty, is better than Huang Chao, who proclaims himself emperor, when the emperor of Chang'an has been lucky to the west. powerful.

After thinking it over, Zhang Yun smiled at Fifth Concubine, opened the letter and read it.The letter was written by Li Jing himself, and the content was nothing more than Li Jing's solicitation, so let him wait anyway.Attached to the letter was Li Jing's award and appointment. He was awarded General Zuo Xiaowei, General Zhenjun, Mizhou Defense Envoy, and the New First Army of the Probation Army of Yuansu Prefecture. "

Zhang Yun also has some understanding of the military system of the Qin army, which is roughly equivalent to that of the imperial court.One of the first two generals has a false title and the other has a loose rank, indicating that his rank is a third rank.The real job is Mizhou Defense Envoy, who is in charge of the military and civilians of the Qin army, and the Defense Envoy is the military commander of a state, but his authority is much lower than that of the imperial court's Defense Envoy.However, the leader of the Shenwu Army is a real and important position in the Qin Army. The Shenwu Army has a military number, not a local regiment and a village soldier without a military number. This is the formation of soldiers.In charge of an army of 5000 horses, he can be regarded as a general of the Qin army.

Zhang Yun was very surprised by this award.

The fifth concubine has been observing Zhang Yun's reaction, looking at his face and expression, and has already seen that Zhang Yun's mind has moved.He smiled immediately and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin admires General Zhang very much. He has publicly praised General Zhang several times for being young but brave and resourceful, with extraordinary bearing and the air of a general."

Zhang Yun's age is a few years younger than Li Jing's, so he is indeed young.Moreover, during the day and night battle, Zhang Yun's bravery and performance in breaking out of the encirclement also made the generals of the Qin army very admired.

At this point in the matter, there is no need to lie again, Zhang Yun readily agreed to return to the Qi army.

"Please tell the fifth general to tell His Highness King Qin, and give the last general three more days to dedicate Suzhou to King Qin."

The fifth concubine took Zhang Yun's letter to Li Jing and left satisfied.Successfully instigating Zhang Yun's rebellion can be said to be a great achievement of their Military Intelligence Bureau.

After the people left, Zhang Yun thought for a long time, and said to his father: "Please also ask my father to secretly contact the big households and wealthy businessmen in the city for me."

Zhang Chuangu knew what his son meant, and now all the former generals have been deprived of their military power. If they want to seize the city, they have to find another way.In fact, the big merchants in the city have been extremely worried about the current situation, and they are eager to end the war as soon as possible.To contact them, it is natural to use the servants in the hands of these big households to handle affairs.

Next, Zhang Chuangu began to secretly contact the major households and merchants, and Zhang Yun also secretly contacted the original former military officers very cautiously.Due to the flooding of the city, Zhang Guiba had already deprived the probation general of his military authority, so he was so busy that he ignored these people.

Three days have passed in a blink of an eye, and the water in Suzhou City has reached the waist and abdomen. If this continues, Suzhou City will be finished in less than two months.

That night, Zhang Yun secretly contacted the former military officer under his command, while Zhang Chuangu contacted the big and wealthy businessmen in the city, and they both started to attack together.Zhang Chuangu led the family members to open the city gate and lead the Qin army into the city.But Zhang Yun and others sneaked into the original probation camp, launched a mutiny, killed the officers sent by Zhang Guiba, and regained control of the probation army.Then he led his troops straight to the Xicheng highland camp where Zhang Guiba's soldiers and horses were located.

When Zhang Guiba was awakened by his subordinates, he was still a little drowsy, but he couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard the shouts of killing everywhere.

"Zhang Jun, the big thing is not good. Zhang Yun and his son turned against the dogs. They opened the city gate with the servants of various big families, and then entered the probation barracks to instigate the soldiers to mutiny. Now the whole city is in chaos. The Qin army has already entered the city !"

Hearing that the Qin army had entered the city, Zhang Guiba's heart immediately turned cold.

Zhang Guimou broke in wearing armor, "Brother, Suzhou can't be defended anymore, get out of here quickly, or you won't be able to leave if it's too late."

Zhang Guiba came to his senses, and no longer expected to take back the city.The grass army has fought all over the world over the years. They are not the strongest in battle, and they are not the best in defending the city, but they are unmatched in terms of starting line.The two brothers gathered their own soldiers, took advantage of the darkness and chaos, and headed west to kill the generals.

By daybreak, the chaos in Suzhou finally came to an end.

Li Jing's soldiers and horses have successfully controlled Suzhou City. Zhang Yun and his son led the probation army officers and soldiers who had defected in the city, as well as the wealthy businessmen in the city to come to greet them, and Li Jing received them one by one.He also issued an order in public to award awards to Zhang Yun and other generals, and to commend Zhang Chuangu and other rich and powerful merchants in the original city one by one, and bestowed knight titles, honorary titles and other titles respectively.

For the about [-] probation troops in the city, Li Jing organized them all into the new Shenwu Army, and recruited [-] veterans from each army to supplement them, making up [-] troops, with Zhang Yun as the army leader.

In addition, Li Jing also rewarded all the soldiers in the army with [-] yuan each, and an additional [-] yuan for the Shenwu Army.

All of a sudden, the city of Suzhou cheered.

Qin Jun dug up the dam that day, and Suzhou City, which had been soaked in water for several days, restored its old appearance.The soldiers were inspected, the probation army in Suzhou was completely surrendered, Zhang Guiba's troops were basically wiped out, and about [-] people escaped.Li Jing didn't care too much, Li Jing didn't order to surround him on all sides that day, and he didn't want Zhang Gui to dominate the battle of trapped beasts and cause too many casualties to the Qin army.Li Jing's goal was to capture Suzhou, not to eliminate Zhang Guiba.

Although Suzhou is small, its location is very important. There are four important waterways running through the north and south of central Henan and connecting the two rivers of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River.Especially the Bianshui Canal, which is the most important canal, occupying Suzhou, plus Chuzhou, as long as Li Jing captures Xuzhou, then he will completely control the Huanghuai Plain.

Li Jing also admired Zhang Yun, who was only 25 years old, and talked with him a few times. This person is indeed worthy of the title of the probation duo. Although he is young, he is truly courageous and resourceful.Overjoyed, Li Jing made a special request to the imperial court and asked Zhang Yun to be named Marquis of Changsha.

At this time, Li Jing, Fu Lu, and Chen Qi, the general of Huainan who had just replaced Gao Jie in Shouzhou, were even more dissatisfied because Gao Pian favored warlocks such as Lu Yongzhi and Zhang Shouyi, and killed the Huai army general Feng Shou at will.As soon as Chen Qi took over Shouzhou, Zhang Shouyi asked him for a bribe, but Chen Qi refused, so Zhang Shouyi made up charges, arrested Chen Qi's son, and even killed him in prison.When Chen Qi heard the news, she was very angry. Hearing that Gao Pian had been unable to attack Chuzhou for a long time, and that Li Jing had broken through to the north of Suzhou, she gritted her teeth and sent her confidants to ask Li Jing to surrender.

Shouzhou and Suzhou are connected from north to south, only separated by the Huaihe River.Shouzhou and Haozhou are even more connected from east to west.Now that Suzhou and Haozhou are under the control of Li Jing, Chen Qi simply demoted Li Jing.Li Jing was naturally overjoyed when he heard the news, and quickly sent Lin Wei to take over Shouzhou in person, and occupied Shouchun, an important town in Huaixi.

Li Jing reorganized Chen Qi's troops into the Xiongwu Army, with Chen Qi as the leader of the Xiongwu Army. For Chen Qi, he asked the general of the town army, the general of Zuo Weiwei, the defense envoy of Haizhou, the leader of the Xiongwu Army, Shouchunhou, and general He and his department were transferred to Haizhou for reorganization training.Shouzhou was garrisoned by Lin Wei.

Gao Pian was in the city of Chuzhou, when he heard the news, he jumped up and cursed, and ordered someone to go to Yangzhou to kill Chen Qi's family.But Chen Qi had already made arrangements, and her family had long been missing.Gao Pian became even more angry, and in a fit of rage, he ordered a large-scale attack on Chuzhou. As a result, he attacked twelve times a day, leaving thousands of corpses in vain under the city of Chuzhou.At this time, he could not attack for a long time, but lost Shouchun again.In a few days, another urgent report came that Yang Xingmi, a native of Luzhou, killed the assassin and appointed himself as the envoy of the eight capitals. Each of the eight capitals under his command had a thousand soldiers each.

Gao Pian was besieged on all sides for a while, and the generals persuaded them to retreat.Gao Pian had no choice but to withdraw his troops with hatred. As soon as he returned to Yangzhou, Yang Xingmi sent people to send a lot of money and food, saying that the governor of Luzhou had many crimes, and killing him was just to plead for the people, and he also said that he was willing to serve the county king.Gao Pian was so busy trying to figure out a way to deal with the overbearing Li Jing that he didn't care about Yang Xingmi, seeing his attitude, he simply ordered Yang Xingmi to be the governor of Luzhou in Huainan, and he recruited him under his command. (To be continued.)