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Chapter 481 Seizing the County
The gray sky hangs over Dongnae County.

On the coast of the East China Sea where the turbid waves beat, a ship flying the flag of Zhao stopped outside the port of Donglai County, and then put a small boat on board and sailed to the shore.

In front of the port, two military generals looked at each other left and right, and then they came to the pier to greet them.

"See envoy Zhao Guogui."

After the envoy landed, he smiled and said: "I don't dare to take it, I am Zhao Xin, the scholar of Zhao Guozhong, and I thank you two generals for coming all the way to meet me."

The two generals smiled wryly at each other, and one of them said: "The county guard's bones are not cold yet, but for the people of Donglai County, it can be regarded as a dedication. I waited for the two county guards to guard the isolated city, and there are still several people in the city. The survival of thousands of soldiers and civilians is also a heavy burden, since King Zhao is willing to take over Donglai County, the two of us are also relieved of the burden, and we are willing to take full power to assist him."

Zhao Xin nodded and said, "I'm here to help the two generals. I don't know what's going on with the thieves outside the city attacking the city?"

A general said: "It doesn't stop for a day, but now I'm just struggling. If this continues, I'm afraid I won't be able to last for a few days. I wonder how many reinforcements your envoy brought here this time?"

Zhao Xin smiled and said, "There are 2000 people on the way, and it is estimated that they will arrive in three days."

The two generals looked at each other upon hearing this. They thought Zhao would attack Wendeng in exchange for powerful reinforcements, but they didn't expect that Zhao's army would only send 2000 troops.

Another general complained in a low voice: "If I had known this before, I might as well have surrendered to Tang."

Zhao Xin glanced at the general and didn't speak, but his heart was filled with murderous intent, but this man's city is so shallow, I'm afraid he can't accomplish anything, but the other general remained calm, but he didn't know the bottom of his heart what an idea.

Zhao Xin laughed, and said: "I don't know what's the advantage of surrendering to Tang and not surrendering to Tang, but the king has already rewarded the two generals, do you want to know?"

Sure enough, both of them showed signs of excitement, Zhao Xin pulled out a document from his sleeve and handed it to the two of them.The two looked at each other, Zhao Xin knew how illiterate the generals were at this time, so without waiting for the two to read the documents, he said to himself: "The king appointed you two as Tiger Guard Generals, you can have two sons, a hundred households, and gold There are other rewards for silver cloth and silk, which are not among them."

Both of them were overjoyed after hearing this, and they knelt down together and kowtowed to the north, saying, "Thank you, King Zhao, for your kindness!"

It turned out that he was a profiteer, so it was easy to handle.Zhao Xin nodded, and immediately helped the two of them up and said: "The king is also dispatching reinforcements here from Wendeng. After the two reinforcements join together, plus the soldiers and horses inside the city, the enemy troops outside the city must retreat in spite of their difficulties. .I also hope that the two generals will defend the city well. If they perform well, they will perform meritorious deeds on the king, and there will be rewards at that time."

The two generals were elated when they heard this, and their attitude towards Zhao Xin became very attentive.

The three of them took a boat and entered the city from the gate of Shuicheng.Zhao Xin asked: "Isn't it extremely tight to defend the city? Why did the two generals come here to accompany me?"

The two looked at each other after listening, it was Xin Dao's chance to curry favor, so they were not willing to leave.

One person pleaded and said: "Nothing happened yesterday and today, if there is any military situation, I will report it."

Zhao Xin knew it in his heart, just smiled, and the three of them got off the boat and rode on horses, and they came to the Sheriff's Mansion together.

A general said: "Now that the county guard is dead, you can only invite your envoy to stay at the county guard's mansion. If you have any orders, all the civil and military officials in the county can be dispatched."

Zhao Xin nodded. He came to Donglai County to take over the entire county under Li Chongjiu's order.

He was the first to enter, and immediately entered the status of the sheriff, and asked: "Have all the treasury documents been sealed?"

"Yes. There are soldiers guarding it." One person said quickly.

Zhao Xin asked, "How much grain and grass are there in the grain depot in the city?"

One person said: "Probably enough for 1 horses to feed for a month."

Zhao Xin asked in surprise: "So little, isn't this the place where the county government is located? Why is there so little money and food?"

Another person complained, "It's really unavoidable. The army is in turmoil. I don't know how many villages outside the city have been burned. There is no place to collect food. This year, Liu thief and others ruined it. I don't know how many people will starve to death. "

Zhao Xin nodded, passing by the main hall of the sheriff's mansion, but saw a mourning hall in the main hall, which was the coffin of the former sheriff Qiao Jiao.The mourning hall was deserted, no one came to worship, only a few widows who were probably Qiao Jiao stood kneeling in the hall.

Zhao Xin glanced at it, and thought that Qiao Jiao was considered a sheriff at any rate, and he was considered a feudal lord before he was alive, with all kinds of majesty, but he didn't expect it to be so deserted after death. The meeting will come to pay homage to him. The Sui Dynasty has already exhausted its power. This is a heavenly book. It is really ridiculous that this person sacrificed his life for this.

Just as Zhao Xin was about to pass by, she suddenly saw a woman kneeling in the hall who just turned her face away and stopped in her footsteps.

Zhao Xin said to the two generals: "Jun Jun Qiao is loyal to the country, so I need to pay homage to my lord."

The two generals didn't take it seriously, but they didn't dare to disobey Zhao Xin's intention.

At this moment, Zhao Xin stepped into the hall, kowtowed three times to the parked coffin and offered incense.Qiao Jiao's widow was still crying, Zhao Xin stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty Qiao was loyal to the country, and I am really sorry to pass away now. It is Zhao Xin, the scholar of Zhao Guozhong, who came here to pay homage for King Zhao."

"It turned out to be Zhao Sheren, thank you." A woman who should be Qiao Jiao's wife replied.

Zhao Xin saw the woman's face clearly and asked, "Who is this young lady?"

"It's a little girl."

Zhao Xin nodded, looked at the woman with fixed eyes, and said: "It turns out that after Zhonglie, I will definitely report to King Zhao to take care of your family."

The woman's eyes were dim, and she said, "Don't dare to bother King Zhao, we just want to support my father's coffin and return to my hometown in Chang'an, from now on I won't care about worldly affairs."

Zhao Xin didn't agree in his heart, so he excused himself and said: "It turns out that Governor Qiao is from Chang'an, but the journey to Jiangdu is difficult, I need to report to King Zhao to make a decision, and for now, I would like to ask Madam to stay in the mansion for safety. "

The other party said a few more words, but this family is all weak girls, how can they say Zhao Xin, they can only obey the arrangement.

Three days later, reinforcements from Zhao Jun's navy arrived.Xu Wu, the captain of Zhuojun, led two thousand township troops to land in Donglai County.And Zhou Zhou led a thousand soldiers from Wendeng County, pretending to be suspicious all the way, as if there was a large army behind. The bandits outside the city saw Zhao Jun's battle flag flying outside the city. Can only retreat.

After the siege of Dongnai County was lifted, the people in the city ran to celebrate.And Zhao Xin and Zhou Zhou took advantage of the situation and led the army to recover Donglai County and all the counties.

In the edict, Li Chongjiu let Zhao Xin and Xu Wu temporarily control Donglai County, and at the same time allowed the Silla people to station water troops in Wendeng County.After Jin Chunqiu heard the news, he was overjoyed, and he had returned to the country by boat to report to the King of Silla, asking for more Silla navy troops to station in Zhao.

But Zhou Zhou had another mission, to check out the naval warships outside Ye County.
After Zhou Zhou arrived in Ye County, the city changed its appearance. Xu Wu took over the internal and external defenses of the city, while the two former generals in the city had long been dismissed from military authority by Zhao Xin.The general who said he was going to descend to the Tang Dynasty was thrown into prison by Zhao Xin for a reason.

Now Donglai County is under the control of Zhao Xin and Xu Wu.

Zhou Zhou and Zhao Xin have always been at odds, and after the other party became an official, he was already a member of the Zhongshu She family of the fifth rank, and he was on an equal footing with the sheriff of a county.Zhou Zhou worked from the county department of Jiupin, and his status was very different, so he had to bow and pay homage when meeting.

Zhou Zhou didn't go to the county guard's mansion to meet Zhao Xin after entering the city now, but went directly to the navy camp outside the city.

Now the navy camp in Dongnai County, where Emperor Yang of Sui used to conquer Liaodong, the scene of thousands of ships unloading anchor is no longer seen.Since the famous Sui Dynasty navy generals, Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang died successively, the Great Sui Navy has almost disbanded.There were still many sailors in Donglai County, but they all went ashore and were organized into county soldiers by Qiao Jiao to help defend the city.

As for the condition of the ships in the port, the condition of the ships in the port is even worse. These large sea-crossing ships that conquered Goguryeo in the past have not been used for several years. Hundreds of strips.

After Zhou Zhou figured out the situation, he went looking for Xu Wu and asked him to draw out all the sailors from the army in the city and return to the mouth of the Sancha River by boat to repair the boat.

(End of this chapter)