Chapter 52 General Pingdong
Jiang Ruoxu sent a letter to Nanjing. The letter repeatedly comforted Han Tingzhi and explained his interests, which made Han Tingzhi let go of his plan to keep these Yan troops.

After Han Tingzhi read the letter, he summoned Lu Xiaoxian: "Xiaoxian, these Yan troops cannot be killed yet, we are not yet ready to go to war with Yan."

Lu Xiaoxian cupped his hands, and asked with some doubts: "Just let them go like this?"

Han Tingzhi showed a big smile and said, "Of course not. You continue to surround them. I believe that Pei Ju will have a good discussion with the envoy of Yan State and let Yan State bleed!"

After hearing this, Lu Xiao also smiled slightly.

……

Gangneung
"Messenger, I can't release the encircling Yan army." Pei Ju said calmly, staring into the eyes of Yan envoy.

The envoy was still a little scared when he was stared at like this, but then he said anxiously: "Why, our two countries are still allies."

Pei Ju said calmly: "Those Yan soldiers burned, killed and looted the city before, and committed many crimes, so we cannot let them go."

The envoy was stunned for a moment, he didn't know whether it was true or not, burning, killing and looting was indeed a tradition of the Yan army, after all, the Yan army mostly dealt with grassland people before.

But people must be saved, so the messenger said, "Is there a way to make up for it?"

Pei Ju smiled and said, "It can be solved. Yan Jun needs to pay some financial compensation to comfort the suffering dead."

The envoy was overjoyed that it could be resolved, so he said, "I don't know how much compensation is required?"

Pei Ju looked at the envoy and said, "All you need is for the Yan army in the city to leave behind their weapons, armor, and horses!"

The envoy was surprised: "This is too much!"

There are 15 Yan troops in the city, most of them are cavalry, and there are [-] horses alone. Adding others, it is really an astonishing number.

Pei Ju looked at the envoy with a cold light in his eyes, and said threateningly: "But if we keep these Yan troops, they will be ours too."

The envoy didn't dare to say any more, and hurriedly wrote back to inform his majesty.

……

Youzhou City, in the imperial palace.

Hong Zaixing looked at the letter in front of him, which contained the conversation between Pei Ju and the envoy at that time.

Especially after seeing Pei Ju's threat, Hong Zaixing was also a little silent, and finally said: "Give it to him!"

It wasn't until the 15 army in the city left behind their weapons, armor and horses that they were released from the encirclement. The group returned to Dayan only after being escorted by the army sent after Dayan.

Da Ming was very happy, he got more than [-] war horses for nothing, and other things.

……

Dingcheng, Zuo Houde army tent.

Zuo Houde also got the latest military situation and knew what happened.

Especially knowing the fate of the army that went to attack the Liang Kingdom, Zuo Houde couldn't help but feel a little lucky. He didn't want to be surrounded in a circle, and he had to leave weapons, armor, horses, etc. in order to escape back.

Of course, in Zuo Houde's view, it can be said that Dayan did not take advantage of this battle. It originally took down Mobei City and Hao City, but Hao City was taken back by Lu Xiaoxian's troops, and Mobei City was taken back when the alliance was formed. He was given up by Hong Zaixing.

On the contrary, it was Daming, who not only got the armament of 15 people from Dayan, but also swallowed Liang Guo in one gulp, and now it can be regarded as a unified south.

Now the situation in the world is more obvious, Dayan and Daming, one north and one south.Who can rule the world, but Zuo Houde doesn't know.

Since ancient times, the world has never been unified from the south, so it seems that Dayan has a greater advantage, but Zuo Houde is also very hesitant, because judging from this war, Hong Zaixing seems to have no idea about Zuo Houde. He is so good, but Han Tingzhi is even better than Zuo Houde imagined.

Zuo Houde, who grew up in Youzhou since he was a child, has never doubted whether Dayan can rule the world, especially Hong Taibao, who shocked Beidi, King Yan, who recovered Yanyun, and the champion of the three armies.

The accumulation of the three generations is too deep, especially after Zuo Houde easily conquered Qingzhou, and later unified the Northland, Zuo Houde was full of confidence in Dayan's unification of the world.

But now Zuo Houde has some doubts about who can rule the world?
Of course, maybe this battle was just an accident, Zuo Houde thought too much.

However, Zuo Houde doesn't intend to hand over the future to others. If Daming wins in the future, even if Lu Xiaoxian can save his own life, wouldn't his years of hard work be in vain?

Zuo Houde intends to do one thing - to centralize power.right!Zuo Houde wanted to centralize military power,

Zuo Houde never thought of holding power tightly in his own hands before. Considering his age and achievements, Zuo Houde has always avoided making high achievements, and even let go of all power in Zhuo County. go down.

But now Zuo Houde has doubts about whether Dayan can unify the world. Zuo Houde decides to take control of his own life. There is room for maneuver.

……

In the end, the war between the north and the south ended with Ming's unification of the south, Daliang's surrender, the country's subjugation, and Dayan's withdrawal to the north.

Zuo Houde did not return to Youzhou, because the appointment was made. As the only Zuo Houde who made meritorious service in this war, Zuo Houde's reward came down.

"General Yangwei accepts the order!" A eunuch delivering the order came to Dingcheng.

"I accept the order!" Zuo Houde saluted.

The eunuch began to proclaim the decree: "General Zuo Houde, General Wei, first break Haocheng, then Mobei City, fighting general Lu Xiaoxian boosts the morale of our army! Entitled General Pingdong, guarding Dingcheng, bestowing Mingguang Armor, ten thousand taels of silver, and three thousand pieces of land hectare."

Zuo Houde smiled, thank you.

"Thank you, father-in-law." Zuo Houde gave the old eunuch an ingot of gold as he spoke.

The old eunuch was overjoyed: "Thank you General Pingdong, Miscellaneous."

After seeing off the eunuch, Zuo Houde's expression darkened.

Now Zuo Houde's impression of Hong Zaixing is a bit worse. Zuo Houde broke Haocheng, Mobei City, and fought against Lu Xiaoxian. The sum of these achievements is more than enough for the second rank, but he is only a third rank Pingdong general now. It was obvious that Hong Zaixing wanted to suppress himself.

Of course, if this battle had not gone through, Dayan's domination of the world would be in sight, and Zuo Houde could only endure it.

But after this battle, facing Dayan, who is uncertain about the future, and Hong Zaixing, who does not distinguish between rewards and punishments, Zuo Houde intends to firmly grasp the power in his hands in order to control his own future.

Of course, the seizure of power starts from Dingcheng, which is also the best place. Previously, Zuo Houde broke through Haocheng overnight, set Mobei with two arrows, fought Lu Xiaoxian three times, and other deeds were spread in Dingcheng.

Zuo Houde's prestige can be said no matter where he is, it is no greater than in front of Dingcheng soldiers who watched Zuo Houde's three battles against Lu Xiaoxian with his own eyes. In the hearts of Dingcheng soldiers, Zuo Houde is the number one in the world.

(End of this chapter)

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