As soon as Xiao An died, Chi Hongming carried Xiao An's head and led 400 soldiers and horses to the outside of the Marquis Wu Quan's Mansion. The officers and soldiers who were fighting with Sun Chengliang and others outside the Marquis' Mansion suddenly heard that the governor was dead.

With no intention of fighting, they all abandoned their swords and surrendered. On the other side, Dongwei General Banner Mu Ying also led people to successfully recruit and surrender Guan Military Academy Lieutenant Lu Qiuling and Zhaowu Deputy Lieutenant Liang Yuwu. When those people heard that Xiao An was dead, they all surrendered obediently.

Long Shiyuan, the meritorious official, was entrusted by Zhao Tieyi to temporarily take over the post of Songshan County Sheriff, while Sun Chengliang, the chief clerk, temporarily took over the post of Biejia. It turns out that Songshan County Biejia and Jiannan Road Economic and Strategy Deputy had been vacant for three or four years.

After a long time, in Songshan City, the officers and soldiers began to clean the battlefield, and the surrendered soldiers and generals were temporarily placed in the barracks. More than ten people from the Palace of Wei and Dongwei's men infiltrated into the city and took over important positions in the Yamen. The four gates in the city were strictly controlled, for fear that

The rumor got out.

At this time, Niu Mandi had sent people to Songshan to mobilize five thousand troops. Zhao Tieyi detained Niu Mandi's envoy and beheaded him. At the same time, he sent a letter to Prince Wei's Mansion explaining the situation in Songshan City. At this time, Prince Wei's Mansion also sent an envoy.

Xiao Cheng, the governor of the county, was transferred to the palace to report on his duties, and he was ready to take the opportunity to seize the power of the county governor. Zhao Tieyi met with the envoy of the palace and told the envoy everything that had happened in Songshan County in the past few days.

The envoy was overjoyed. It turned out that Prince Wei was worried that Songshan County would send troops to Anshu County, but now he had no worries, so the envoy quickly went back to report the news. Songshan County was initially settled, and the people's sentiment was not stable, so they could not spare any effort to rescue Anshu.

, Fortunately, Songshan County will no longer hold back Anshu County, which is a great achievement.

After Zhao Tieyi finished all these things, he took Long Si, Wei Qinghe, Yuan Lang, Dai Chengchao and acting governor Long Shiyuan, and acting farewell Sun Chengliang rushed to Wuquanhou Mansion to meet with Pingyuan Changping Yin Ruonan and Wuquan Hou Yin Zhishan.

.Yin Ruonan was overjoyed to see Zhao Tieyi and others, and encouraged him a lot. Zhao Tieyi was very helpful.

Chi Hongming, Long Si and others who had made great achievements in defeating the enemy were promoted to Zhaowu Colonel, Zhaowu Deputy Lieutenant and other positions respectively. They took over the troops and horses of Songshan County. Zhao Tieyi did not dare to leave Songshan for the time being. He must wait for Songshan.

Let’s talk after things have stabilized a bit. When Miao Yuting met Yin Ruonan, he was surprised and frightened. She was the eldest princess of Pingyuan, and he was just a small scholar. How could he be on an equal footing with Yin Ruonan?

Yin Ruonan had no choice but to let him kneel down. He would not let him kneel down when no one was around. Yin Ruonan was not the kind of shy girl. She told Miao Yuting directly that she liked him and wanted to marry him. Miao Yuting pondered

After a long time, he replied: "Your Highness the Princess favors you, how dare Miao Yuting refuse? But Miao wants to pass the imperial examination, and even has a chance to pass the Jinshi examination, and then marry the princess. I wonder what the princess wants?"

Li Lanqiu winked at Miao Yuting continuously. Miao Yuting pretended not to see it, but Yin Ruonan smiled and said: "Okay, since Brother Miao has such ambition, if I stop you, it will make me look like I have long hair and short knowledge! Just follow it.

You, work hard on your studies, and I will wait until you pass the exam and marry me." Miao Yuting didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He originally wanted to delay it until the princess saw a better man again, and then maybe he would change his mind.

What an idea, he really doesn't care about being a prince-in-law.

Sikong Jing cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness Princess, since we have pacified Songshan County and settled the enemy's matter, I think we don't have to stay here for a long time. How about we go to the next place?" Yin Ruonan was pleased.

Agreed, but Yin Ruonan wrote another letter to Yin Guang, explaining that Dongwei Baihu Wu De of Songshan County was seriously injured while saving himself and became disabled. He asked his brother to award Wu De as a reward, as he could not let down the meritorious people.

Outside Anshu City, Dufeng Mountain Dazhai leader One-Eye Ji Tianda led 7,000 bandits to besieged outside the west gate of Anshu City for many days. They were repulsed after several attacks and lost more than a thousand troops. He was really angry.

He Yongjiang, the leader of Laolongshan Dazhai, was more cunning. He led an army of five thousand to block the north gate of Anshu County. After failing to attack the city once, he stopped immediately and waited for news from the west gate and east gate.

Zhang Yuanyuan listened to Qiao Chongliang's words. Although he went to the city every day to wave flags and shouts, he did not attack the city and kept his troops stationary. Qi Siyuan and Xin Zhiping, who were guarding the palace in the city and stationed in Mingyi Hall, had received the messenger's reward and knew that Songshan County was under Zhao Tieyi's control.

In the hands of others, I was really overjoyed, and now I was more confident in dealing with the group of thieves outside the city.

Ji Tianda set up a banquet, and sent people to invite He Yongjiang and Zhang Yuanyuan to his tent to discuss matters. He Yongjiang went happily, but Zhang Yuanyuan complained of illness, and Qiao Chongliang replaced Zhang Yuanyuan to test Ji Tianda's tone.

Ji Tianda met He Yongkuan and Qiao Chongliang, invited them to sit down, and then sighed: "Brother He, Brother Qiao, this damn Anshu City is such a hard nut to crack! I led the troops to attack it four or five times.

, we lost more than a thousand troops, but it has no effect! What do you think we should do?"

Qiao Chongliang also nodded and said: "Who the hell says otherwise? Although the city wall of Anshu County is not very tall, there are at least 7,000 defenders in the city. The defense of the city is quite good. This means that there are no famous generals in the city.

Otherwise, if we attack the camp at night, we will still suffer a loss! The bastard Niu Mandi lured us to this city, most likely because he wants us to fight with Tang Jiusheng's people so that he can take the opportunity to kill us, right?"

He Yongjiang snorted: "Niu Mandi promised me that as long as Anshu County is captured, Anshu County will be handed over to me to manage. If I know that Anshu is so difficult to chew, I won't come!"

Ji Tianda scolded: "It's not a good idea to be full of cows. He also promised to hand over Huzhou Prefecture to me after taking Anshu County, and I will be the governor of Huzhou County! But look, we are in Anshu County."

Shu lost troops and generals here, but he sat back and enjoyed the gains in Luye. He didn't spend money on food and soldiers, he only gave us a big cake. After all, have we fallen into his scheme?"

Qiao Chong secretly laughed in his heart, thinking that I would tease him, so he sighed: "Who said otherwise! He also promised to let us take over the Yujiang River, and then he would hand over the Yujiang River to our management! In the end, all of this could not be fulfilled.

I think we should go together to attack Luye City! After conquering Luye City, our families will take the swords.

After the Southern Road is divided, we can also act as strategic envoys and kings. Isn’t it better than now?"

He Yongjiang shook his head and said: "No, we have nominally surrendered to Niu Mandi. If we go to fight him again, we will be suspected of betrayal. We might be ridiculed by people in the world! Look, we

We can't defeat Anshu now, so we might as well lead our troops back to the mountains and let the Wei Palace and Niu Mandi fight first. If the Wei Palace wins, they will definitely recruit us to surrender in the future, so let's just accept the recruitment!"

Ji Tianda shouted: "Brother He, you are so cowardly! We slaughtered the cattle all over the ground, and we are the heroes of Prince Wei's palace. If we return to surrender, they must be high-ranking officials and ride horses. Why not do it?"

I heard that there is a battle between Jiangzhou's troops and Niu Mandi's people in Luye. Niu Mandi's main force is in Jianzhou, and it is too late to come back for reinforcements. Let's just go to Luye and take advantage. It's not a bad idea!

"

He Yongjiang took a sip of wine and said: "Brother Ji, on our way to Luye City, we have to pass through two or three county towns. If they don't open the door, can we still climb the wall and get there? I think the reason why Niu Mandi won't let them is

When we go to Luye, that's because he doesn't trust us. He's afraid that we are thieves and can't be trustworthy. He's afraid that we might ruin his big business, so he asked us to attack Anshu and contain Prince Wei's palace so that they have no time to take care of Luye."

Qiao Chongliang nodded and said: "What the leader of the village said is true! This old boy Niu Mandi must have this idea. We are being used by him now. We can't defeat Anshu, and we have a grudge against Prince Wei Tang Jiusheng. In the future

If Prince Wei’s Mansion wins and Jiannan is pacified, Prince Wei’s Mansion will definitely hate us! I think we’d better withdraw our troops!”

Ji Tianda was silent for a moment, and finally slapped the table, "Okay, I will listen to you. Let's withdraw our troops and stop playing with the cows. Damn it, he didn't send a single soldier, didn't waste a grain of food, he opened a

You just want me to be a cannon fodder for short-term banknotes. He is too vicious. I will quit and lead my troops home!"

That night, several thieves exchanged cups, got very drunk, and dispersed. However, they had come to the conclusion that Niu Mandi was using them, and they didn't want to be used by Niu Mandi anymore. So, they took pictures separately.

They just slapped their butts and left. The next day, the bandits outside Anshu City began to move their camps farther away. The defenders in the city watched on the city wall, not knowing whether it was the enemy's plan and did not dare to leave the city.

Unexpectedly, at night, after He Yongjiang found out about the situation in Ji Tianda's camp, he actually started to think of cheating. He was so bold that he led his men to rob Ji Tianda's camp and killed Ji Tianda.

He also recruited some of his men. Most of Ji Tianda's men were unwilling to surrender, so they all dispersed.

Poor one-eyed Ji Tianda, the famous leader of Dufeng Mountain Dazhai, died in the hands of his colleagues. Zhang Yuanyuan had long been prepared to be wary of He Yongjiang, but He Yongjiang knew that Zhang Yuanyuan was not easy to mess with, so he did not provoke him and just brought him with him.
Chapter completed!