Although Shen De only had 1,000 soldiers and horses and 2,000 people, he defeated the red-clothed heavy cavalry of the imperial court in the first battle, and this kind of combat power directly destroyed the military spirit of the Huaiyang defenders, plus the Taishou was captured alive, and when Shen De broke into Huaiyang, there were no defenders in the city for a long time. The red-clothed soldiers who escaped did not dare to enter the city at all, and went directly to the dock to take a boat to Jinling. The Huaiyang defenders did not dare to return to the city and dispersed in a hurry.

After Shen De entered the city, he made a windfall, and all the silver and silver coins and most of the grain and grass looted by the red-clothed army in Huaiyang fell into the hands of Chen Jiajun. But Shen De was extremely frightened in his heart, because after all, he directly slashed and killed dozens of red-clothed heavy armored cavalry directly under the emperor, and also tied up Huaiyang Taishou Xie Qian. At this time, Shen De took Xie Qian to Huaiyang Mansion to loosen his ties, and asked him to go to the court to explain everything that happened, Xie Qian thought that he would be killed, and now Chen Jiajun actually didn't kill him, and he was already out of his soul, so he wrote a table to play the court according to Shen De's meaning.

The flag-waving man who was tied into the city at the same time confessed under the interrogation of the chief, this trick did not matter, but it scared Shen De and everyone a lot, Shen De listened to the confession of the flag-waving man, and even scolded: "You lied, framed the Son of Heaven, you really dare to say anything in order to survive, give me a beating", the flag-waving man kowtowed like pounding garlic and fainted. Shen De looked at everyone, remembered Xie Qian who was still in the lobby of the mansion, and couldn't take care of it, so he ordered someone to tie Xie Qian over again. After Xie Qian fainted a few times, he finally learned the truth about selling grain - it turned out that it was really the emperor in Jinling City who ordered the red-clothed army to resell military rations and loot money. Shen De sat on the ground and didn't speak for a long time, Xie Qian said tremblingly: "Now, you have caused a big disaster, the emperor was worried that the Chen Jiajun and other Qinwang rebels, but now you have confirmed this crime." Pity me, the Xie family is full of people, and this time they also suffered. ”

Faced with such a situation, Shen De didn't know how to deal with it, so he had to order his soldiers and horses to join Chen Hongyi with grain, grass and money. was about to leave the city, but reported that a court messenger came from outside the south gate. Shen De had no choice but to take Xie Qian to the south gate to meet the messenger, Xie Qian saw the messenger shouting that it was not good, but the messenger saw Xie Qian but hurriedly ran over and fainted crying. While everyone saved the messenger, Xie Qian hugged the messenger and shouted: "Rui'er, wake up." It turned out that the messenger was Xie Qian's eldest son, Xie Rui. Everyone carried Xie Rui back to the mansion, and several eunuchs who followed Xie Rui also followed step by step with their burdens.

Xie Rui woke up and told everyone that half a month ago, Danyang Taishou Su Shouzhong rebelled, led the troops into Jinling City, first imprisoned the emperor and forced the emperor to abdicate, the emperor was strangled to death by Su Shouzhong if he did not obey, and the eunuch of the inner court desperately sent someone to bring out the jade seal rune and hand it to Xie Rui, so that Xie Rui and his father Xie Qian could contact Chen Hongyi and other righteous army kings. At this time, Xie Qian breathed a long sigh of relief, finally no one pursued the previous matter, and now he has obtained the Jade Seal Rune, and the merit of supporting the new monarch is in the hands of his Xie family. Shen De also breathed a sigh of relief, in this way, he got the money, food and the city in vain, and no one was held accountable for killing the red-clothed army without permission. When Xie Qian and Shen De were stunned, Xie Rui coughed a few times: "Father, General Shen, hurry up and send someone to bring in rescuers, the rebels are going up the river, there are currently 50,000 horses, and it is only five days away to Huaiyang, can we hold Huaiyang?" ”

Xie Qian hurriedly woke up from the dream, what is from the dragon's skill, this time to save his life is the most important, his idea is to flee to Jiangling first. Shen De also came back to his senses: "Gongzi Xie, with our combat strength and grain and grass, we will expand the army in Huaiyang and hold on, and then send people to bring General Chen and Wang Xian, the governor of Jingzhou upstream, to the rescue, but Huaiyang will not be lost." Xie Rui looked at Shen De and said slowly: "What General Shen said, for the immediate plan and the long-term plan, we must move the rescue troops to defend the city on the one hand, and find the children of the clan to support the new monarch on the other hand, only by supporting the new monarch first, can we put up the banner of King Qin." Shen De is an expert in fighting and killing people, but when it comes to major affairs in the court, it is beyond his ability, so he has to say for a while: "Gongzi Xie has a high opinion, so please ask Gongzi Xie to take an idea." Xie Rui was waiting for this sentence, so he sped up his speech: "When we sneaked out of the city, we saw that the king of Xiping and the king of Qinghe each led their generals to kill, and there is no news in the past few days, we can send someone to find it, and we will make him the new king if the prince is found first", Shen De was stunned, because Shen De didn't know these princes, and the biggest official he knew was Chen Hongyi. Xie Rui knew Shen De's thoughts, so he continued: "The four envoys of the inner court who escaped with me all know the two princes, General Shen can send your people to follow them along the road and along the river to meet the two princes, the one who arrives first in Huaiyang City is the emperor, and the one who arrives later depends on how the new monarch rewards him." In an instant, Xie Rui seemed to have become the Taishou of Huaiyang and even the prime minister of Liang State, although Xie Qian was dissatisfied, he was helpless, the army was in the hands of Shen De, and Shen De obeyed Xie Rui's words.

Shen Dejiang asked the four internal supervisors to each lead a hundred sergeants to search along the official road mountain road riverside, Li Xiaofei and Shi Chang who taught him to kill people were also among them, Shi Chang said with a smile: "I heard that whoever finds the fleeing prince first this time is from the dragon hero, and he will not worry about the glory and wealth in this life", Li Xiaofei looked at him and asked: "Brother Zhao, two princes, what if we find the prince who is left behind?" Zhao Shichang smiled again: "Silly boy, don't care if he comes first and last, as long as it is the prince, it is a treasure", the inner eunuch who was riding a horse in front turned his head and glared at them: "Don't talk nonsense, how can you little pawns talk about the establishment of a new king?" If you are in Jinling, you will be punished by the nine clans if you say this", Zhao Shichang laughed: "If you don't say it, don't say it, I'm the only one left in my nine clans, I can't be punished, I can't be punished."