Zhang Shumo said his ambition impassionedly, and everyone present was enthusiastic. Shang Lei knelt down on one knee excitedly after hearing this: "I am willing to follow Gongzi and swear allegiance to the death!" ”

Seeing this, the others also knelt down on one knee: "I am willing to follow Gongzi and swear allegiance to the death!" ”

Zhang Shumo also hurriedly knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists to everyone: "Thank you for your love, I will live up to my mission!" ”

Everyone got up, and Zhang Shumo looked at the captives of the Northern Route Army: "I know what you are afraid of, don't worry, I am not a murderous person." Now I give you a chance, as long as you are willing to submit to me, then from now on we are our own people. ”

Seeing that Zhang Shumo was so ruthless, these captives thought that they would not survive, but now they were relieved to hear Zhang Shumo's words. A lieutenant general took the lead and arched his hand to Zhang Shumo: "We are also willing to follow Gongzi!" ”

"Follow Childe!" The people of the Northern Route Army hurriedly chimed in.

Zhang Shumo nodded: "What's your name?" ”

"The last general, Lin Xiu!"

"Good! From now on, you will be my military leader, responsible for training soldiers! After Zhang Shumo finished speaking, he beckoned to Shang Lei: "Break up the people of the Northern Route Army and organize them into various teams." ”

Subsequently, Zhang Shumo arranged for the soldiers to start cleaning up the battlefield, burying the village soldiers who died in the battle, and transporting the corpses of the Northern Route Army to the suburbs to be burned. By clearing the battlefield, the casualties of this battle were also counted. Of the 2,000 North Route troops who came to attack, nearly 1,600 were killed and more than 400 were captured. And the township soldiers also suffered nearly a thousand casualties, barely more than 1,500 after replenishing more than 400 prisoners.

The bodies of the Lou family were listed in the Lou family compound, and Zhang Shumo found that there was no Lou Guang's body, which means that Lou Guang should still be alive. So Zhang Shumo hurriedly told Lou Zaiying the news, and when Lou Zaiying heard it, he quickly ran into the house and opened the box used to hide.

At this moment, Lou Guang was sitting in the wooden box, and when he saw Lou Zaiying, Lou Guang couldn't help crying anymore: "Sister, it's all my uselessness, I can't save Qiuqiu, blame me for being useless!" ”

Lou Zaiying hugged Lou Guang into his arms, and also shed tears: "Lou Guang don't cry, if you are a man, you will avenge Qiu Qiu and the 53 lives of the Lou family!" ”

Zhang Shumo sighed on the side, the Lou family seemed to have a bad fate, but in fact, they were all implicated by the Zhang family, and no matter what the future holds, he couldn't live up to the two sisters and brothers.

appeased Lou Zaiying's sister and brother, and Zhang Shumo hurriedly went to the county government to preside over the work. Since Zhang Jian and Yang Hua were killed, he still has a lot of things to deal with. Although Zhang Shumo said his ambition in front of everyone, he knew how big the gap was, and what he could do at the moment was to make trouble for Liu Ye, so that Liu Ye could not threaten his father's big things.

So, Zhang Shumo sent people to Baishan to bring Mrs. Su and Su Yi and others into the city, and now the banner of the Su family is still the loudest in the northwest land, and he can only rely on the Su family first and then make another plan.

The Su family was overjoyed to learn that Qinghua City had completely annihilated the North Road under the leadership of Zhang Shumo, but what followed was how to deal with Liu Ye's revenge, so everyone discussed related matters in the yamen overnight.

"I think we should take our men and go to my eldest brother. Qinghua City is located between Xu Liang and the next city, once Liu Ye desperately launches a retaliation, then Qinghua City is bound to be attacked by the enemy, and the city is only more than 2,000 people including the men and horses we brought from Xu Liang, how can it be defended? So while Liu Ye hasn't launched an attack yet, let's take the initiative to evacuate first! Su Yi took the lead in saying.

Zhang Shumo knew that Su Yi had a descendant arranged in the Western Route Army, so he always wanted to go to the Western Route Army just to join his subordinates. Although Zhang Shumo didn't think that Su Yi would have trouble with Su Chang at this time, but now the Western Route Army is the main force to contain Liu Ye, and there must be no mistakes.

So Zhang Shumo objected: "The second prince owes it to consideration, if he gives up Qinghua City like this, won't it make the people in the city feel cold?" Although the Western Route Army is still able to compete with Liu Ye at present, don't forget that the imperial court has fallen. Without the imperial court to allocate money and food, the Western Route Army also has to rely on the support of the people, Qinghua City is not far from the Western Route Army, if you can get the support of the people of Qinghua, there will be no harm in it! ”

Liang Jia nodded: "Yes, the current situation of the Western Route Army will not be much better, Liu Ye's first move is too ruthless." The second son looked at the map, the last city where the Western Route Army was located was in a desperate situation in the west, and if he wanted to survive, he had to go east to a certain way out. However, if you want to go east, you have to pass through the territory of Xu Liang or Thanh Hoa. From the perspective of distance, the distance between the last city and Xu Liang and Qinghua is about the same, but Qinghua City is closer to Liu Ye's next city, so Liu Ye passes through Qinghua and takes Xu Liang directly, so that if the Western Route Army wants to advance eastward, it will either compete with Liu Ye in Xu Liang, or take Qinghua City. ”

"That's right." Zhang Shumo echoed: "Liu Ye has already occupied Xuliang, if there is a decisive battle in Xuliang City, the Northern Route Army will have the advantage of city defense, and the Western Route Army may suffer a loss; But if the Western Route Army captures Thanh Hoa, it will be the same as our current situation, and we will suffer from the enemy on our backs. Liu Ye's purpose is to besiege the western junction in a desperate situation in the west, in order to break himself! ”

After being reminded by the two, Su Yi realized the strategic significance of Xu Liang and Qinghua, and at the same time understood the current embarrassment of the Western Route Army. He sighed: "Alas! I don't know how the battle is progressing on Xu Liang's side now. If the eldest brother can defeat Liu Ye, we won't have such a headache. ”

Zhang Shumo laughed dryly: "If General Su is defeated, Qinghua City will be even more dangerous. The special location of Qinghua City not only can contain the Western Route Army, but also the gateway of the Northern Route Army to the south. Now that Liu Ye is sitting on Xu Liang, Qinghua is in his pocket, so he is naturally not in a hurry to attack. If Liu Ye loses Xu Liang, he will definitely do everything he can to take Qinghua City!

"What else can we do if you say so? It's not going to go, it's not going to stay, can you only wait for death? Su Yi couldn't help but be a little angry, Zhang Shumo was just a councillor of the Su family before, since he rescued everyone from Xu Liangcheng last time, he has become more and more unpopular, although he does have some skills, but he is too presumptuous.

Liang Jia was silent on the side, the current situation is indeed very complicated, and it is difficult to find a way out of such a complicated situation.

Zhang Shumo also thought about it for a long time before he said tentatively: "Judging from the current situation, we still have the most benefits of defending Qinghua City, but it is too difficult to defend the city." Even if General Su Chang restrained Xu Liang's Northern Route Army, there were still 30,000 Northern Route Army stationed in the next city, although they wanted to resist Jingguo, but they did not rule out the possibility of sending military horses to attack us again. So what we need most now is support, and we need to pull allies! ”