At this time, Haizhou in the north had been occupied by Jiang Quanyi, and Shen Zhiyuan's army was equivalent to falling into the three-sided encirclement of Haizhou, Shuyang, and Taizhou's Northern Expeditionary Army. It's really fast, once the encirclement is tightened, it will be difficult for its troops to break through to the north and enter Yanzhou.

However, this is not the only reason for Shen Zhiyuan to leave Yancheng quickly, in fact, Shen Zhiyuan has already had a strategy to deal with Jiang Quanyi in Haizhou - that is Zhou Dahu.

Zhou Dahu didn't die, he was just captured.

It is said that with Zhou Dahu's temperament, it is impossible to be captured.

His capture was more precise, a compromise, in order to preserve Tongzhou there were still thousands of defenders at that time, of course, this is not the key, the key is still on the yellow camel.

Tongzhou is a small city, and the city wall is less than one and a half people high, which is very clear in his heart for Zhou Dahu, who is five times stronger than the enemy, and he can't hold it.

But when Zhou Dahu met with Shen Zhiyuan, he categorically rejected Shen Zhiyuan, and originally thought that he would fight to defend Tongzhou even if he had a soldier.

But in fact, Beicheng only lasted for an hour before it was broken by Shen Zhiyuan.

The battle situation was not as Zhou Dahu thought, and he didn't even have time to put his troops into the city wall in batches, and the city wall was lost in a blink of an eye.

This made Shen Zhiyuan's spear cavalry battalion quickly surround the main force under Zhou Dahu's command with lightning speed.

Either annihilate them all or surrender, Zhou Dahu has no third way to go.

At this time, the yellow camel entered the encirclement alone and talked with Zhou Dahu once, and then, Zhou Dahu descended.

……。

At this time, in Yancheng, the yellow camel and Zhou Dahu sat face to face.

"I'm also leaving, to catch up with Lord Shen...... Lord Shen left a message, if General Zhou is willing to follow, he will walk with me, and if he wants to return, he will never stop ....... ”

Zhou Dahu hesitated: "Do you really believe in Shen Zhiyuan so much? ”

The yellow camel sighed, "It's not a matter of believing it or not, it's an order from the prince." ”

"But I haven't seen it for nearly three years, and the prince knows what has changed Shen Zhiyuan...... For example, the attack on Tongzhou resulted in nearly 1,000 casualties. ”

"General Zhou!" The yellow camel whispered, "It's not something you or I can do with my beak!" Huang is humble and doesn't know too much, Huang only has one thought in his heart, that is, to obey the orders of the prince and stay by Lord Shen's side, no matter what Lord Shen does...... Unless, the prince has a new order. ”

Zhou Dahu frowned and said, "You...... You're just a dumbfounder! ”

The yellow camel laughed and said, "I'm just a dumbfounder." General Zhou, Huang really wants to walk with you in his heart...... Lord Shen is actually right, there is no shortage of people around the prince, instead of doing nothing by the prince's side, it is better to come out and do a big job. ”

Zhou Dahu said angrily: "It doesn't matter if the blade is towards your own people?" ”

"What are your own people?" The yellow camel snorted.

Zhou Dahu was stunned for a moment, and said angrily, "The prince and the Northern Expeditionary Army are their own people." ”

The yellow camel rolled his eyes and said, "Today is still an enemy, but in a blink of an eye, he has become his own person?" The prince has the ambition of the Northern Expedition, and he will inevitably accept countless Jiangbei surrendered troops, and when the time comes, will General Zhou still be able to tell who is his own person? ”

"What do you mean?"

The yellow camel obviously couldn't say much truth, but said leisurely, "War will always kill people, and exchanging the death of a few people for the life of the majority is already a great good." ”

Zhou Dahu was furious, "Most of the soldiers in Tongzhou are newly recruited recruits, and they are all from the Liangjiazi ...... Yangzhou Prefecture. ”

Huang Huozi retorted disapprovingly: "Before the Northern Expedition of the prince, they were the same as the people of Yangzhou Mansion under the rule of the Qing court, and the family of Liangzi...... General Zhou can tell who is his own person? ”

"But Shen Zhiyuan killed them!"

"If one day, Lord Shen leads his troops back to King Wu, will General Zhou be able to tell who is his own person?"

Zhou Dahu was born as a ruffian after all, his brain was obviously crippled by the yellow camel, and he couldn't answer for a while, but said in a muffled voice: "I want to go back!" ”

Huang Huozi's face suddenly sank, "But I hope General Zhou can walk with me ......." ”

Zhou Dahu stood up, "Look, the picture is poor, right?" You really had an affair with Shen Zhiyuan...... Zhou regretted that he was bewitched by you at the beginning, but he didn't die in Tongzhou City, so he had a good reputation! ”

The yellow camel smiled bitterly, "Can you wait for me to finish speaking?" ”

"What else is there to say...... Come on, hurry up. Zhou Dahu tilted his head, his neck stalked, and closed his eyes.

Huang Huozi said helplessly: "Huang thinks so, the prince asked me to be by Lord Shen's side, no matter what he does...... But these days, I also have a drum in my heart, and I don't know if I am right or wrong. So, I hope General Zhou will come with me...... If one day, Lord Shen is really ...... You and I have a ...... Reference. ”

Zhou Dahu opened his eyes and looked down at the yellow camel, "You mean...... Do you also doubt Shen Zhiyuan? ”

The yellow camel's eyes became confused, "I don't know, there was originally a rich adult, and there was always someone to discuss, but now, ...... It is precisely because I don't know that I want General Zhou to go with me. ”

Zhou Dahu thought for a while, suddenly grabbed the yellow camel, and said in an eager tone: "Why don't you go back with me...... Now the First Army is not far from Yancheng...... Since you don't know if you're right or wrong, you should ask the prince for clarification...... How is it? ”

The yellow camel was in good spirits and quite excited.

However, it was only for a moment, and he shook his head and said, "No." In this way, won't my yellow camel become a deserter? If Lord Shen doesn't have two hearts, I will be tantamount to abandoning him and living up to the prince's entrustment. If Lord Shen really has different intentions, then wouldn't I be even more disappointed by the prince's entrustment? ”

Zhou Dahu slowly let go of his hand, frowned, and said, "That's right...... But let me spend time with a murderer of my subordinates, and I must obey him...... I can't. ”

"But if General Zhou can join, Lord Shen will have an extra arm by his side, and with the thousands of men and horses under General Zhou's command, it will be even more powerful...... Do you think, if we can take advantage of the opportunity to launch it within the Qing court, what kind of feats will it be? ”

Zhou Dahu was silent, and after a while, he suddenly asked, "But I and my men and horses can't win the trust of the Qing court after all." ”

The yellow camel was stunned, heard Zhou Dahu's words, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid General Zhou doesn't know, after today, Lord Shen should not return to Shuntian Mansion." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"According to Lord Shen, eighty percent of Dolgon is dead at this time, and even if he is not dead, it is estimated that time is running out...... According to Dolgon's intentions, Lord Shen's army will be stationed in Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Jinan, and Qingzhou...... In other words, it was nominally under the banner of the Qing court, but in fact, it was an independent feudal domain. ”

Zhou Dahu was surprised: "How is this possible...... How could the Qing court allow the emergence of a state within a state? ”