There was a loud knock on the door of the Wei family. The Wei family members who were huddled in the lobby shrank instantly. Mrs. Wei shrank nervously and looked around in panic, trying to find a place to hide herself.
Wei Chao hugged his mother hard, turned to his hesitant father and said, "Father, please leave the house and surrender. Governor Zhao is a generous person, and she will tolerate me."
Mr. Wei clenched his fists nervously, "But if she knew that our family is Shi Le's in-law family, how would she let me go?"
Wei Chao stamped his feet and said: "What kind of family are we? My sister is a concubine who was taken by force. With Zhao's eyes and mind, he will not blame us for this. Father, if we wait any longer, if the Zhao family army thinks that we are stubborn, they will attack us."
When you enter the mansion, can you defend it with just these servants?"
The young man on the side repeatedly agreed, "Brother, it only took her half a day to defeat such a big Zhencheng. Could it be that she can't defeat our small Wei residence?"
Mr. Wei stood up tremblingly and went to open the door with the housekeeper.
Wei Chao left his mother with his aunt and grandmother and followed him.
The door was wide open. Although Zhao Jiajun outside the door was quite resentful that they had taken so long to open the door and looked ugly, he did not particularly embarrass them. He only said with a stern face: "Where is your family leader? Zhao Governor has summoned him and is ready to leave with us."
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Mr. Wei's knees softened and he almost fell to his knees.
Wei Chao hurriedly stepped forward, saluted and asked, "I wonder why the governor summoned you?"
Zhao Hanzhang was not angry, only worried, "Instruct all the ministries to send people to see me. This time we will fight together and strive to win with one blow."
When the news about Dunqiu and Zhencheng spread, Zhao Hanzhang's reputation among the Han people in the north rose and reached a new height. Dingtao County and Linqiu were able to win without a fight precisely because her words in Dunqiu spread.
Wei Chao's eyes were firm and full of seriousness. He bowed deeply to Zhao Hanzhang and said: "I know, I am willing to protect this city and the people in this city with my life."
Zhao Hanzhang replied with a letter of commendation and a document appointing Shi Wen as the magistrate of Linqiu County, which contained Zhao Hanzhang's private seal and the official seal of the governor of Yuzhou.
As soon as Zhao Hanzhang entered the city, he greatly praised Yin Hua, the magistrate of Dingtao County. Not only did he absolve Shi Le of the crime of surrendering to the city before, but he also promoted him to Sima of Jiyin County, which was a great success.
Zhao Hanzhang left Wei Chao alone to talk, and the two of them walked up to the tower of Zhencheng in the morning light.
Behind Xiayi County are not only the people of the city, but also Chen County. Once Shi Le captures Xiayi, Chen County will be in danger. Zhao Hanzhang and others have worked hard there for three years, so Zhao Ju vowed to defend it to the death and had no choice but to order his release.
Arrows, shot without distinction.
The reason why it was so difficult to recruit the gentry and village elders in Zhencheng was because Shi Le had been stationed here for a period of time.
At that time, it was either to survive or to be optimistic about Shi Le. Anyway, many people took refuge in Shi Le. This kind of refuge did not mean just giving money (looting) and things like Dunqiu did, but they also hired people.
"How do we know this? Just go as you are told. There is so much nonsense. Hurry up, we have to call the next one."
To be honest, Mr. Wei is a little jealous.
The knocking was very rough, with a loud banging sound, as if the door was being knocked down.
The city tower is mottled, the city wall and the ground are stained with blood, and there are knife marks everywhere.
Song Xin reported the matter to Zhao Hanzhang.
They didn't think much of the pale Mr. Zhao. If the governor wanted to discuss matters with them, he would naturally have to find someone who was effective and courageous.
Everyone bowed their heads in agreement. Seeing that Zhao Hanzhang really had no intention of pursuing the matter, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Shi Le became ruthless and wiped out all the Wubao and villages outside Xiayi County. He captured the Han people and drove them to serve as front shields to attack the city.
Zhao Hanzhang smiled at them and said: "That's good. If you wholeheartedly want to follow Shi Le, I can only ask you to leave Zhencheng. After all, a city can only accommodate one master."
Zhao Jiajun waved his hand casually: "Let's go."
Zhao Hanzhang couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth and looked at him with appreciation, "Okay! I just hope you will do what you say. Remember, you are standing here, and behind you are the people of a city."
At this time, many families had children serving in Shile's army, so they were afraid of Zhao Hanzhang's liquidation.
"However, since you have chosen Zhao, you must be loyal to Zhao and to the State of Jin," Zhao Hanzhang said with a serious face: "I can allow you to compromise with the enemy in order to save your lives, but you must not lose your principles and bottom line."
Fu Tinghan followed Zhao Hanzhang, while Fan Ying worked as Song Xin's logistics.
After leaving Zhencheng, Zhao Hanzhang divided his troops into two groups. One was led by general Song Xin to attack from the east road to the south, while she led an army to advance from the west road.
Before Shi Le could react, Zhao Hanzhang was going unstoppable. In just eight days, he visited five cities and approached Meng County.
Wei Chao, the son of the Wei family, is only seventeen years old. She is particularly young among the gentry and village elders, so no one can understand why she chose Wei Chao, not even Mr. Wei.
Wei Chao lifted up his robe and knelt down, kowtowed deeply and said, "No!"
Shi Le was killing people outside Xiayi County. His generals followed suit and also killed people in Meng County and Ningling. Everyone in the city was in danger. Although they saw the Zhao army approaching, they did not dare to take any action.
Shi Le learned that the Han people in various cities had unstable thoughts, and he felt that he could not do better than Zhao Hanzhang. Moreover, he was from the Jie tribe and Zhao Hanzhang was from the Huaxia tribe, so they were naturally allies.
Xun Xiu was in Sui County and Mi Ce was in Yangxia. Zhao Ming ordered Wang Zhen to guard Wuping and barely resisted Shi Le's two armies. Zhao Ju led the Zhao army to guard Xiayi County, and Wang Xuan who came from Jingzhou to assist him
, but Shile's offensive was too fierce, and Xiayi County fell several times, but they took it back with difficulty.
When they arrived at the third family, the Yan family, the two sides almost came to blows, but the Zhao family army did not kill anyone. They just beat their servants to the ground and then dragged their head Yan Qing away.
But they were very lucky. They didn't use gunpowder in the next three cities. As soon as they arrived, the people in the city rebelled. When the army pressed on, the magistrate of Dingtao County took the city's government officials, gang members and various people with him.
The gentry and village elders together killed the generals and captains stationed in Dingtao County, and then opened the city gate to welcome Zhao Hanzhang into the city.
Shi Wen did not question her identity as the governor of Yuzhou but came to appoint the local magistrate of Yanzhou. It is now known to the world that Gou Xi surrendered to Shi Le and died in battle, and the emperor was snatched away by Liu Cong. Now the country is divided into two, one half obeys Zhao Hanzhang's orders,
On the other hand, he obeyed King Langya of Jiangdong.
Zhao Hanzhang stretched out his hand and patted the city wall, "This city is heavy. You have to think clearly. Once you pick it up, you can't put it down easily."
Zhao Hanzhang helped him up, turned around and went downstairs.
Wei Chao agreed.
At the same time, in Linqiu County, the righteous men led by Shi Wen rushed into the county government office, killed the new county magistrate, and led the people in the city to occupy the city tower. When Song Xin led the army, Shi Wen took the lead in opening the gate.
He opened the city gate to welcome Zhao's army into the city.
Zhao Hanzhang still ordered Qiu Wu to have the weapons workshop prepare more gunpowder, but it would take a long way to transport it from Chen County, so she might as well send someone to collect the materials and hand them over to Fu Tinghan and the others for production.
They want to call the three families, but they have been delayed for too long here at the Wei family.
This resulted in the fact that there were counties in Yanzhou that killed the enemy and surrendered to Zhao Hanzhang, but Mengxian and Ningling, which she had single-handedly supported, closed their gates to her and were waiting for her.
Otherwise, Shile's counterattack will inevitably cause serious losses to Meng County and Ningling.
Their team led the father and son to knock on the next door.
After Zhao Hanzhang took a look, he divided half of it and gave it to Wei Chao in front of everyone, and said: "Enter the warehouse, the people need to be comforted. After we leave, you can guard Zhen City. If there is an accident, you can ask Dunqiu for help. I hope you will
Let’s help each other and move forward together.”
It's just to save your life and make life less difficult.
But the people inside didn't open the door for a long time, and they didn't insult him or attack him.
The gentry and village elders in Zhencheng prepared gifts for Zhao Hanzhang and sent them to the army with anxious expressions.
Zhao Hanzhang picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, and said to them: "As for the children in the family who serve in Shile, I don't care about that. Not to mention father and son, there are many people with different political views between husband and wife. Just follow your inner choice.
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Anyway, one night passed, and Zhao Hanzhang elected a new county magistrate for Zhencheng the next morning.
However, Zhao Hanzhang just listened and then asked them if they would firmly follow Shi Le?
In just half a month, Zhao Ju's hair turned white on his temples, and he was extremely stressed. As soon as he received Zhao Hanzhang's letter, he immediately called Wang Xuan and asked him to find a way to meet Zhao Hanzhang outside Meng County via Sui County.
Naturally, everyone shook their heads. If Shi Le hadn't come in, how could they, who were relatively wealthy compared to ordinary people, think of taking refuge with him?
Therefore, it was impossible to subdue people with kindness, so he killed people on a large scale, forcing them to fear and dare not rebel again.
Thinking of his eldest sister who was snatched away, Wei Chao's eyes flashed with pain and he said: "Don't let them be massacred or robbed again!"
Wei Chao saw that his father was really scared, so he asked, "I am the son of the master of the family. I wonder if I can go with him?"
Zhao Hanzhang met these gentry and villagers alone, and also met all the nephews and nephews who came with them. No one knew what she talked to them alone.
Everyone quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but their backs were still tense, waiting for Zhao Hanzhang's next words.
So Fu Tinghan is also very busy. He not only has to manage her logistics along the way, but also leads the craftsmen to make gunpowder and distribute some to Song Xin.
Yanzhou was in the midst of a war and was close to Yuzhou. The northern region basically obeyed Zhao Hanzhang, but many places in the Jiangnan and Huainan areas recognized King Langya as their leader.
The world is vast and Yuzhou is huge. Even if Shi Le captured Ningling and Meng County, it would be impossible for him to completely block the road traffic, so even Zhao Ming sent people to the camp to meet Zhao Hanzhang.
Zhao Hanzhang laid siege to the city, forcing Shi Le to send reinforcements, while waiting for people from various ministries to arrive. Everyone discussed a set of battle plans, which were written in secret languages. She also sent post soldiers one after another to deliver those who were not yet coming to various ministries.
A set of three secret letters, as long as one can be delivered to the place, they can launch a counterattack on time.
Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan sighed, "Communications all rely on people. It would be great if there was wireless telegraphy at this time."
Three thousand words... It took a long time. I was forced to be self-disciplined and happy.