Xue Wei strode into the Zhizhou Yamen in Xuzhou. At the back of the Zhizhou Yamen, he saw Shen Yi who was talking to Su Dinglingsu about something. With a smile on his face, he stepped forward and half-knelt on the ground, clasping his fists and saying: "General Xue Wei, please pay homage to Shen Yi."
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Shen Yi looked up at the sky and said with a smile: "You entered the city so late. It seems that you did meet the remnant soldiers who escaped from Xuzhou."
"yes."
Xue Wei was quite happy and said with a smile: "Yesterday afternoon, our army's scouts discovered them. Those people ran in a hurry and didn't even have a scout to explore the road. They were about twenty feet away from us before they discovered us."
Xue Wei said with a smile: "But there are a lot of them. It took almost a whole night to prepare them."
Shen Yi nodded, smiled, and said, "Thank you."
"Now, some empty houses have been found in the city, and some houses of wealthy households have been requisitioned. General Su will go down in a while and arrange for the brothers of the Eastern Route Army to rest."
Su Ding stood up and said respectfully: "The general will go now."
Mr. Shen looked at the three people and said with a smile: "Since the Huai'an Army was formed, it has been divided into two armies. Now, it should be the first time that the two armies have joined together. The three of them must cooperate sincerely and be restrained at the same time.
Subordinates, please don’t cause trouble, let alone fight.”
All three of them clasped their fists and lowered their heads: "I will obey my orders."
Mr. Shen glanced at the three people and chuckled: "While the Qi people have not yet laid siege to the city and letters can still be sent out, I am going to give the imperial court a formal report of merit. It just so happens that the three of you are here, so you all have something to say."
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Shen Yi looked calm: "How should I write this document and how should I repay the credit?"
Su Ding thought for a while and then said: "Mr. Shen, it was General Ling's West Route Army who led the way into the city the night before yesterday. It was General Ling who led the troops to occupy the entire Xuzhou. The last general thought that General Ling should be credited with the first achievement."
Ling Su looked serious, shook his head and said: "Mr. Shen, although Zhang Meng arrived in time the night before yesterday, the ones who opened the city gate were the Di Baosi and the five hundred men from the east road. If they hadn't opened the city gate, Zhang Meng wouldn't have been able to do anything.
No matter what, we can’t enter Xuzhou.”
"Yesterday, Zhang Meng told the general that the first step in defeating Xuzhou must be given to the five hundred men. Even if the general agrees, Zhang Meng will never agree."
Among the three, Xue Wei did not participate much in the siege of Xuzhou, so he did not speak.
Shen Yi looked at the two people and smiled: "It's rare to be so humble this time."
He looked calm and said calmly: "Then let's take three points of the credit. How about the two armies of the East and West Routes and the Di Bao Division each get one?"
Ling Su and Su Ding looked at each other, lowered their heads and said, "Mr. Shen, the Di newspaper department deserves more credit."
Mr. Shen nodded and said, "Since you don't want any credit, then it's up to me to decide how to write this memorial. But in the future, you can't blame me for this."
The two generals bowed their heads, indicating that they had no objections.
Shen Yi nodded and said: "Okay, then I will write a memorial to the court, and you will each do what you should do."
Having said this, Shen Yi thought for a while and added: "There are two things that I have to leave to you."
The two of them lowered their heads and said, "Gong Shen's orders."
Shen Yi looked calm and said: "The first thing is to hurry up and make a few big flags and hang them on the four doors. The name of my country, Chen, will be embroidered on them."
Both of them bowed their heads in agreement.
Shen Yi paused for a moment, then continued: "Moreover, I will give you three days. Within three days, find all the Zhu Lizhen families in Xuzhou City, and note down those who are related to or intermarryed with Zhu Lizhen.
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The two of them bowed their heads.
"yes!"
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One hundred miles east of Xuzhou City, there is the camp of the Southern Army.
General Zhou Shizhong, who finally escaped Shen Yi's ambush, temporarily stationed here.
At this time, he had mobilized all the troops from Haizhou and Suqian and rushed to Xuzhou, preparing to surround the Southern Dynasty army under Xuzhou City so that he could vent his bad breath!
After all, he suffered too much this time!
He was surrounded by Shen Yi to the west of the Shu River. If he was not careful, he was almost left there forever by the Southern Dynasty army. The general with a hundred thousand soldiers almost died there inexplicably!
If this bad breath doesn't come out, Zhou Shizhong will be depressed!
Unfortunately, it would take at least two days to transfer the troops from Haizhou to Xuzhou, so General Zhou had to wait here for a day or two for the arrival of his main force.
At this time, General Zhou was in a very bad mood. In just one day, he had lost his temper several times. As a result, for a long time, no one of his generals dared to approach his tent.
However, on the second day of the "fall" of Xuzhou, a thousand households in the scout camp, after receiving the news from Xuzhou, no matter how scared they were, they could only bite the bullet and enter Zhou Shizhong's big tent.
He knelt on his knees and kept shaking his hands.
My whole body was shaking.
"Great...general!"
This Qianhu's voice was shaking so much that he could hardly speak in full.
Zhou Shizhong was originally in a bad mood. Hearing this, he looked up at him and frowned: "What's the matter?"
The thousand households touched their heads to the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Scout reports, scouts report..."
He said several "scout reports" in succession, but he did not dare to say the following words.
After hearing this, Zhou Shizhong felt an unknown fire in his heart, and cursed: "What are you doing stumbling? If you can't speak, get out and let someone in who can speak!"
This Qianhu was so frightened by this sentence that he almost fell to the ground. He lowered his head and was about to cry: "General, the scout is reporting..."
"Xuzhou City...has fallen!"
When Zhou Shizhong heard this, he froze on the spot.
He felt a thunder explode in his mind, numbing him from the back of his head to his tailbone. Then, a chill hit him, causing all the hairs on his body to explode in an instant!
He wanted to stand up, but there was no strength left in his body.
General Zhou slumped in his chair and did not move for a long time.
After an unknown amount of time, he stood up shakily, his hands still shaking a little.
"You...what did you say?"
The thousand households became even more frightened. They touched their foreheads to the ground and said, "Scouts reported that Xuzhou has fallen..."
"The scouts also met several Xuzhou defenders who had escaped from Xuzhou, and confirmed with them that the Southern Dynasty army had indeed occupied Xuzhou City..."
He swallowed and whispered: "The scouts also used telescopes to take a look at Xuzhou City from a distance. Xuzhou City..."
"The Nanchen flag has been hoisted on the city tower...!"
Hearing these words, General Zhou felt his eyes darken, and he could no longer stand, and fell straight to the ground, falling hard.
Qianhu quickly stepped forward to help him up and put him back on the bed.
General Zhou was lying on the bed, his eyes wide open.
"Xuzhou City has six thousand defenders, the city walls are tall, and all kinds of defensive equipment are available..."
He shouted: "How could it be lost in just two days!"
There was a moment of silence in the camp.
No one could answer him.
Zhou Shizhong lay on the bed and rested for a long time before he recovered. After he took a deep breath, he sat up straight again and shouted: "Pass my general's order, pass my general's order!"
"All available troops of the Southern Conquest Army will be transferred to Xuzhou!"
He gritted his teeth and said: "Send a message to Yuan Long and ask him to take the imperial reinforcements and rush to Xuzhou City immediately. There must be no mistake!"
Although General Zhou was a little crazy at the moment, he had accumulated great power in the Southern Conquest Army, so his military orders were quickly passed on by the ordering soldiers.
General Zhou coughed violently several times and said in a hoarse voice: "Get your horses ready immediately. I want to go outside Xuzhou City to take a look in person."
"yes!"
Soon someone prepared horses for General Zhou. Zhou Shizhong got on his horse and went straight to Xuzhou.
On horseback, he tried to calm down.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, his hands were still trembling and he couldn't stop them.
Because...General Zhou knew it very well.
What if the news that Xuzhou City was lost reaches Yandu!
Then, the Zhou family will not just lose their position as the head coach of the Southern Army!
When the time comes, their family will definitely bear the wrath of Emperor Yongping, and even the wrath of the ruling and opposition parties!
Before things get too big, he must get Xuzhou back as quickly as possible at all costs!
Thinking of this, General Zhou's hand holding the reins trembled even more.
Because he also knows it in his heart.
If Shen Yi from the Southern Dynasties has really entered Xuzhou and wants to take it back, I'm afraid...
Thousands of difficulties!
Thinking of this, General Zhou on horseback gave himself a big slap with his right hand, causing blood to flow from the corner of his mouth.
"How can I put Shen Qi under Xuzhou City!"
He gritted his teeth and cursed himself angrily.
"In Haizhou, we should fight to the death with him!"