On August 19, Liu Jian and Zhong Zhiming converged and led 10,800 men and horses to Fashou County.

In the past few days, when I was resting, there were already spies who came to report the siege of Jinling City and the battle of several other people. Wang Guanshui's army was blocked by the stone bridge on the Qinhuai River and attacked by rebels, suffering heavy losses and had to retreat to Huaiyang. Liu Xian, the king of Xiping, attacked Xuancheng all the way, encountered an ambush, and the Jingzhou army abandoned the commander and fled, and Liu Xian died in battle. Liu Jie, the king of Qi, attacked Hefei all the way, and the soldiers mutinied and dispersed, Liu Jie had to return to Huaiyang alone, but was killed by robbers halfway. Only Wang Xian and Chen Hongyi were left to attack at the north gate of the west gate of Jinling, Wang Xian dug the tunnel and was poured into the water by the rebels, and the ladder was burned again, besieging the city for half a month, the rebels left dozens of pigs and sheep to say that the grain and grass in the city were abundant, and Wang Xian was in a dilemma. Chen Hongyi attacked the north gate, and finally was beaten out because of the lack of soldiers after several breakthroughs. The battle to regain Jinling reached a stalemate.

Liu Jian moved to assist Chen Hongyi in attacking Jinling, but was persuaded by Zhong Zhiming: "Everyone else can go to Jinling to this troubled water, but the prince can't, although Jinling failed to capture for a while, but after all, it can't be held, when the time comes, all the armies enter the city, once the young emperor is killed, if the prince leads the army in the city, he will naturally not be able to escape." Besides, Jinling has fallen twice in the past few decades, and it can no longer be the capital, please think twice", Liu Jian looked at the commander of the Xiao family's army: "General Zhong's words, this king has benefited a lot, Xie Rui also told me that I need to lead the troops outside to be safe, and now the two of you coincide, God really helps me", Zhong Zhiming smiled: "I just don't want the troops I trained to die in vain, I took the means to let the prince see me today."

After that, Zhong Zhiming ordered a thousand cavalry to go to Shou County. Li Xiaofei saw Zhong Zhiming go away, and grabbed Liu Jian's horse's head: "Lord Wang, I really can't figure it out, why this Xiao clan wants to hand over the soldiers and horses to you easily, I'm worried that there is a conspiracy in it, even I have been calculated", Liu Jian smiled: "In troubled times, you and I can't help ourselves, this is the power of the family, I have the strength but support others to fight the world, no matter whether they succeed or fail, they can preserve and grow." If they succeed, they will be the founding fathers of the new dynasty, and the benefits they will get are most of the world. If he fails, he can tell the winner that he has the strength to cause trouble in the world, and second, he can take the opportunity to get rid of the dangerous elements in the family who are ready to fight the world by himself. Even betraying relatives to become the dignitaries of the new dynasty in another way. Li Xiaofei smiled bitterly: "It seems that not only are we untouchables who can't play the big family, but the emperor is not their opponent", the prince sighed: "It has been like this for hundreds of years, unless a group of people who don't follow the rules come out and smash them all, this kind of game can be ended"

When the master and servant rode horses and led the army to Shou County, Zhong Zhiming's subordinates came back to report that they had taken Shou County, Liu Jian patted Li Xiaofei on the shoulder: "It seems that you have to learn more from this General Zhong to learn how to march and fight, he is better than me", Li Xiaofei nodded: "I think I will be like him, because I am only fifteen years old."

The army entered Shou County and settled down, and Liu Jian curiously asked Zhong Zhiming how to take Shou County. Zhong Zhiming smiled slightly: "Most of the soldiers and horses in the imperial court are vulnerable, some eat empty salaries, some impostors, I just told them under the city that even the Xiao family's army surrendered to the prince's army, and they opened the city and surrendered", Li Xiaofei patted his head: "It turned out that General Zhong scared them and took Shou County, it's so simple, I knew that I would bring 3,000 people to scare them", Zhong Zhiming patted Li Xiaofei's head: "You kid, I only said that everyone can see and ask others to know, and you don't know, The Taishou of this Shou County and I often gambled and drank ten years ago, and the soldiers guarding the city were all trained by me for only a few days last year, and I knew my methods", Liu Jian gave Zhong Zhiming a thumbs up: "Amazing, it's just that General Zhong is so powerful, how can they still not dare to fight after being trained by your hands?" This king is a little curious, please give me advice", Zhong Zhiming smiled mysteriously: "Actually, it's very simple, I teach them just to get some money, as for whether they can have combat power, it depends on my mood." Last year, they gave a lot of money, so I let them bring umbrellas on sunny days, and let them bring umbrellas on rainy days, and they competed in the school field for a month, they were happy, Taishou was happy, and I was also happy", Li Xiaofei covered his stomach and laughed, Liu Jian pulled Li Xiaofei up: "Don't lose your temper", Zhong Zhiming sighed: "I knew that I should have gone to a few more cities to teach some martial arts a few years ago, so that we could win more cities without bloodshed." Liu Jian couldn't help laughing: "Haha, I can't imagine that it's a good thing to go through the motions in a perfunctory way." If martial arts are taught like this all over the world, then the world will be peaceful", Zhong Zhiming got up at this time and hummed: "Taiping is a general, the general is not allowed to see Taiping, it is better to have a pot of wine in Hongchen, warm your body and warm your heart." Lord, I'll go to Shou County Taishou to drink, and I'll pardon him on behalf of the prince." So saying, he went out of the gate and went to his tent.

Liu Jian looked at Zhong Zhiming's back: "It seems that this General Zhong is also a man of temperament, and it is not impossible to command millions of troops with his qualifications." He's such a genius, I'll have to learn from him."

Liu Jian spent ten days in Shou County to restore order and calm people's hearts, considering that this Shou County was a congratulatory gift he promised to Hongrui Li Xiaofei, so he asked Li Xiaofei to be the Taishou of Shou County, one is to fulfill his promise, and the other is to send a henchman to stabilize the rear for himself.

Li Xiaofei almost fainted when he heard that he had been appointed as too punctual, not to mention that he was only fifteen years old, he had only been the captain of thirty people by now, how could he govern a city of tens of thousands of people. Li Xiaofei wanted to run away, but Liu Jian broke off: "Do you want Hongrui to look down on you?" How many people want to be this official don't have a chance, you have to do it now, you can't learn, except for cases that hurt people's lives, you can decide other things by yourself", Zhong Zhiming also smiled and said: "Gan Luo became the prime minister of Qin at the age of twelve, you are now fifteen years old, there is no problem in being a taishou, maybe it is not impossible to become a general in his twenties in the future, you must do it, you have to do it, you have done it, you feel bored and don't do it."

Li Xiaofei gritted his teeth: "Just do it, the big deal is that you will be beheaded by the prince", Liu Jian couldn't cry or laugh: "I made you an official, not let you die, you have to be happy, where is the usual spirit?" Li Xiaofei knelt down and thanked Liu Jian, and Liu Jian was pinched again when he pulled him up. Liu Jian laughed evilly: "Well, it seems that I have to take Mrs. Taishou to take care of it, otherwise I'm afraid that this Lord Taishou will lie at the door of the Qinglou all day long to watch the beauties", Li Xiaofei teased Liu Jian, and his face turned red, but it was difficult to have a seizure when he was surrounded by people, so he had to get up with thanks.

Liu Jian and Zhong Zhiming continued to sweep the prefectures and counties of Huainan, and Li Xiaofei supplied grain and grass in Shou County and communicated with Chuzhou, and he was tired of coping with it all day.

On the third day of the ninth month, Hongrui was escorted by a team of cavalry to Shou County, and Li Xiaofei went to the city gate to take Hongrui to the government to live. Hongrui came up and asked him: "Lord Shou of Shou County, how many households, how many merchants, how much grain and grass, and how many guards are in Shou County", Li Xiaofei was busy dealing with the envoys from Chuzhou and the front line all day long, and he couldn't answer for a while.

Hongrui sighed: "It seems that he is a foolish guard, you can take me to see the household registration book of Shou County first."