Cheng Yanjin, as Chen's left-behind general, it is not so difficult to secretly transport Wang Bodang out of the city, as long as he sends him back on time.

That night, Cheng Yanjin personally drove the carriage, opened the West City Gate, and dragged Wang Bodang straight to Shan Xiongxin's cemetery in the suburbs.

When I arrived at the cemetery, I could only hear the chirping of crickets all around, and sometimes the night breeze blowing, which could also calm my heart.

Wang Bodang came to Shan Xiongxin's tomb with the support of Cheng Yanjin, because he was shackled and handcuffed for days, so his movement was a little inconvenient.

Shan Xiongxin's cemetery is very simple, even a little sloppy, and it can be said that it was built in a hurry.

Cheng Yanjin explained: "Second Brother Shan is a general of Wei after all, and I was able to settle Second Brother Shan here thanks to the help of Second Brother Qin." ”

Wang Bodang nodded and sighed: "Now that he is dead, it is a blessing to have a burial place, so what is there to complain about?" ”

Wang Bodang said, sat down, put a plate of pig's trotters in front of Shan Xiongxin's monument, poured a bowl of wine, drank it, and talked to himself, as if chatting with Shan Xiongxin again, Cheng Yanjin was far away, and he couldn't hear what Wang Bodang was saying.

It didn't take long for Wang Bodang to pour the wine in the bowl in front of the tombstone, straighten up, glance at the bright moon in the sky, and get into the carriage with the support of Cheng Yanjin, who rushed over.

Before the carriage started, Wang Bodang said, "Bite Jin, Second Brother Shan's family still needs you to take care of it!" ”

Cheng Biting Jin waved his horsewhip, he didn't think much about it, and said bluntly: "That's for sure, brother of the Wang family, rest assured, with my old Cheng here, no one dares to bully the family of the second brother Shan." ”

I went overnight, went back overnight, and when Cheng Biting Jin sent Wang Bodang back to the prison, I went back to the mansion, I didn't sleep for long, and I was woken up by the guards in a daze, "General, it's not good!! ”

"What's the matter?"

Could it be that the remnants of the Wei army have come over?

Cheng Yanjin got up and picked up the two big axes that were placed in the house.

"No, Uncle Wang's eldest brother committed suicide in prison!"

The guards are also the old men of Shan Jiazhuang, so they call Wang Bodang the eldest brother.

"What!"

Cheng Yanjin was stunned for a while, "Be a long one!" Two large axes slowly fell from his hands.

Cheng Yanjin suddenly pushed open the door of the house, wearing only a pair of underwear, took the war horse from the guard's hand, and galloped towards Chen Liucheng's prison.

"Get out of the way!"

Cheng Yanjin pushed all the jailers who were blocking the front to the side, broke into the cell where Wang Bodang was, and saw Wang Bodang's body lying on the ground at first sight.

"Brother Wang!"

Cheng Biting Jin usually giggles, but he is not a serious rough man, but he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and threw himself in front of Wang Bodang, crying loudly.

"I should have thought of it, I should have thought of it!"

Cheng bit Jin and smashed the ground angrily, he finally remembered what Wang Bodang meant by the last sentence he said to himself, Wang Bodang's biggest regret is probably that he didn't see Shan Xiongxin for the last time!

Now Wang Bodang worshiped Shan Xiongxin's cemetery, which can be regarded as the fulfillment of his wish, in order not to affect Cheng Yanjin, Wang Bodang did not choose to commit suicide in Shan Xiongxin's cemetery, but returned to prison.

Zong Ze and Liao Hua also came to the prison, they have no friendship with Wang Bodang, and Wang Bodang's death has little impact on Chen Liucheng, but Cheng Yanjin is a general in the city after all, and Wang Bodang's death will definitely affect Cheng Yanjin, so the two must come and take a look.

Cheng Yanjin wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "Mr. Lao Zong and General Liao come here." ”

"Please also ask General Cheng to mourn!"

Liao Hua comforted.

Cheng Yanjin shook his head: "This is Brother Wang's fate, it's a pity that Brother Wang didn't show his skills, so he died for righteousness, Second Brother Shan is not worthy of Brother Wang, not worth it!" ”

Then Cheng Yanjin bowed his hand to Zong Ze and said: "Military advisor, now that Wang Bodang is dead, please ask the military advisor for permission to bury Wang Bodang." ”

Zong Ze nodded and said, "Yes." ”

......

Huo Qubing received a military report from Beiping, quickly summoned the generals, and said: "Your Highness has defeated Li Yun, and the Wei State has been completely destroyed!" ”

"Great!"

Wei Yan was suddenly overjoyed and said, "Governor, isn't it time for us to set off next and recover the entire Jinju?" ”

"That's right! His Royal Highness's meaning is to order us to recover the entire Jinju, punish the lawlessness in the city, and sweep away the residual poison of Li Wei, do you understand? ”

Chen Tang frowned, but then stretched out, obviously thinking that this was a good opportunity to make money.

However, there are obviously still some problems, and he said: "Governor, this punishment of lawlessness and sweeping away the residual poison will make the family who originally intended to surrender desperately resist?" ”

"Chen Tang, you are a smart person, you should know what the meaning of these eight words said by His Highness."

Chen Tang hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The last general understands!" ”

"The Great Zhou is falling apart, and the local families are dominant, and the same is true of Jinzhou, when Li Yun ruled Jinzhou, he almost relied on the help of various families in Jinzhou to control the entire Jinzhou, hmph, Li Yun's orders may no longer be issued to the Taishou, and our Han will never allow such things to happen, so..."

Huo Quzhi snorted coldly: "As long as it is a deep-rooted clan in the local area, as long as there are bad things such as oppressing the people, forcibly occupying land, etc., we will not tolerate it, and for those families with acceptable reputations, you can forgive one side, and Your Highness will also send officials over to help us deal with the follow-up matters, do you understand?" ”

"In this case, will the local government affairs be paralyzed?"

Lubord said with some concern.

"We mainly punish the big families, and for small and medium-sized families, as long as they are not extremely evil, they can be relaxed, only punish one or two people, and then let these small and medium-sized families serve as local officials, His Royal Highness mainly pointed out that more small families can be appointed, or the local virtuous talents from poor families can also be promoted!"

Huo Quzhi explained to everyone, and finally waved his hand and issued a military order: "Okay, wait and prepare!" Let's go as soon as possible! ”

"Yes!"

The generals stood up and shouted.

Huo Qubing left two lieutenants behind, and some of the Wei troops who had been captured at the beginning had been surrendered by Huo Quai, and then most of them were handed over to Luanzhou for disposal.

This is what Huo Quzhi has been doing for a few months after defeating Han Wei, and of course he also sent people to control several county towns near the pass to form the first line of defense to prevent the Wei army from sneaking up.

Moreover, the army is always in combat readiness, and every day it is either training or juju, and the morale of the army is very good.

As soon as Huo Qubing gave the order, the huge army began to operate, and it was soon integrated under the leadership of the generals.

Huo Qubing led the army to Jinyang, Jinyang was the recovery of Jinzhou, and taking Jinyang was half of the success of recovering the entire Jinzhou.

Moreover, Jinju is a mountainous state, high in the west and low in the east, Jinyang guards the key points, communicates the main roads, is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also in control of all the land and households in Jinju.

Therefore, it is necessary to take Jinyang.

...

Jinyang.

Jinyang Taishou looked at the letter in his hand blankly, this is information from Danzhou, Li Yun committed suicide, and the news that Chen Liu has been captured made Jinyang Taishou [Tao Tai] already at a loss, and sat on the chair blankly, his head was blank.

Seeing that Tao Tai didn't say a word, the people in the hall looked at each other, and didn't dare to ask more, so they had to sit there and wait for Tao Tai to speak.

Tao Tai sighed, moved his somewhat uncomfortable body, and then said to everyone: "Duke Wei is dead, Chen Liu is broken, and the Wei State is finished!" ”

"What!"

"That's what happened!"

All the civil and military forces in the hall couldn't sit still at all, and as soon as Li Yun died, what should they do?

"Let's talk about it! What's next? ”

Tao Tai supported his head with his arms and leaned back in his chair, his head aching.

"Report!"

A quick cry interrupted everyone's thinking, and a soldier broke into the lobby and said to Tao Tai in front: "Ming Gong, there are at least twenty or thirty thousand people found outside the city!" ”

"Whose banner is it! Whose flag! ”

Tao Tai stood up abruptly and asked.

"Huo... Suddenly... Suddenly... It's the Huo flag! ”

The soldier was so frightened by Tao Tai that he stumbled even to speak.

Tao Tai didn't have the heart to care about the rudeness of a little soldier, but sat on the chair, a trace of horror flashed in his eyes, and he muttered: "Huo Qu's illness is here, Huo Qu's illness who defeated Han Wei is here..."

A general hurriedly said: "Ming Gong, we only have 5,000 soldiers and horses in the city, I'm afraid we can't resist it!" ”

"It's not that I'm afraid, but I can't resist it at all, I think that Han Wei's tens of thousands of horses can't beat Huo Qu's disease, how can we fight with only five thousand people?"

An official got up and said: "Ming Gong, it's better to ask the Han army to surrender, Ming Gong has the merit of dedicating the city, and he is also quite prestigious in Jinyang, as long as he surrenders, the Han army will inevitably treat each other with courtesy, and Ming Gong is still needed to manage the entire Jinyang!" Isn't it the same to serve as the Jinyang Taishou under the Duke of Wei and under the Duke of Han? ”

"That's right, it's right!"

Tao Tai pointed at the official and said: "You're right, we can't beat Na Huo Quai's illness at all, not to mention that even Chen Liu has been defeated, and Duke Wei has also killed himself, what's the use of us holding on, there are no reinforcements at all, it's better to surrender!" ”

One of the strategists suddenly got up and said: "Ming Gong, you have to think clearly, the Han Gong is strict in governing the government, and there is no room for sand in his eyes, according to the opinion of his subordinates, the Han Gong will not let the Ming Gong take the position of the Jinyang Taishou, and the Han Gong will not allow Jinyang to get out of his control, so the best outcome for the Ming Gong is probably to go to Beiping to be a rich man!" ”

"This..."

Tao Tai felt that there was some truth in what the strategist said.

After hearing this, the official directly stood up and accused the strategist: "Alarmist, you are going to completely plunge Ming Gong into a crisis, I came to ask you, according to your words, can Ming Gong not surrender?" ”

The official didn't wait for the advisor to answer, and continued to ask: "If you don't surrender, there are only 5,000 men and horses in the city, and there are no reinforcements outside, how can you hold Jinyang City, if the city is broken by the Han army, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Ming Gong and everyone here to be a rich man!" ”

The strategist was speechless by the officials, but kept repeating: "I'm just thinking about Ming Gong, even if I surrender, I can't open the city gate so easily, Han Gong is a trustworthy person, we can at least get the guarantee of the Han general before we can open the city and surrender!" ”

"Yes, yes! That's right, it should be so, without the guarantee of the Han army, the city gate must not be opened easily! ”

Tao Tai's heart is contradictory, of course he is afraid of death, and he is also afraid of losing power, if Han Gong continues to let him serve as the Jinyang Taishou like Li Yun, how good it would be!

It's a pity that according to the character of Han Gong, it is impossible to be **!

Huo Qubing built a large camp outside Jinyang City, and ordered craftsmen to start building siege equipment, and when the siege equipment was built, it was the day of siege.

Zhao Ponu proposed to Huo Quai: "Governor, it is better to send an envoy to the city to order his Taishou to surrender, which can also reduce the casualties of the soldiers." ”

Huo Quzhi nodded and said, "What you said is reasonable, then you can choose a messenger to go on!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Ponu nodded in agreement.

At this time, a guard ran in and told Huo Quai: "Governor, Jinyang City has sent a messenger over, saying that he is asking to see the governor. ”

"Emissary? Let him in, and let all the generals come, and see what this messenger of the city will say. ”

Huo Quzhi said.

"Yes!"

The guards hurriedly went down to give orders.

Since there was an envoy from Jinyang City, Zhao Ponu didn't need to send another envoy over, so he accompanied Huo Qubing in the big tent and waited for the envoy from Jinyang to come over.

After a while, several generals under Huo Quai's command also arrived, and the envoys of Jinyang also came to the big tent under the guidance of the guards.

The envoy looked at the majestic generals in the big tent, his heart trembled a little, he forced himself to calm down, and arched his hand: "Liu Guyi, the envoy of Jinyang, has visited Huo Dudu!" ”

Huo Qu looked at the envoy of Jinyang in front of him after a long time, and asked, "Since you are a messenger, what is the matter?" ”

The messenger hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Duke of Han's name of benevolence and righteousness is spread all over the world, and my lord Ming Gong Jinyang Taishou Tao Gong has long admired His Royal Highness the Duke of Han, and today I am willing to sacrifice the city." ”

Huo Quzhi sneered, since he has admired him for a long time, why did he know that he had sent a messenger when he was in the city now?

It's really interesting.

Huo Quzhi immediately said: "Since it is the surrender of the city, then you should go back and urge that Tao Gong, quickly lead the officials and soldiers in the city, and bring the household documents out of the city to surrender!" ”

Liu Gu was stunned, this is different from the envisioned script!

Liu Guyi hurriedly said: "Governor, Governor, please listen to the next word!" ”

"Put!"

Liu Guyi was a well-known scribe in the city, where had he been insulted like this, but thinking about the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses outside the tent, he quickly suppressed his anger.

He arched his hand and said: "Dudu, although it is a dedication to the city, but Tao Gong has a lot of prestige in the city, and he has held important positions in Jinyang for several generations, so Tao Gong hopes to continue to serve as the Jinyang Taishou under the command of Han Gong, and sit in Jinyang for Han Gong. ”

"Is there still a condition?"

Huo Quzhi suddenly slapped the case and scolded: "It's really a lot of courage! ”

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