The camp at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain was originally a village with more than 100 households, and the defenders did not have the intention of stubbornly resisting and fighting to the death with the Tangyi soldiers in the corner of the village, so the houses in the village were largely preserved.

There was also arson when the defenders withdrew, but it had snowed heavily the night before, and there was still snow in the corners of the eaves and courtyards, so the fire did not burn.

The short main street is paved with stones, and more than a dozen houses along the street are deep and wide, with white walls and tiles, and it can be seen that it is still a very rich market port located on the south side of the official road of Tingzishan, which was not destroyed by the war, which is really quite fortunate - of course, the rows of houses are covered with green tiles, and there is not too much firewood and grass in the stockade, which is also a major reason why the fire did not burn when the defenders retreated in a hurry.

Feng Yi and Yin Peng walked into the compound that served as a temporary tooth tent, and there was no trace of Han Qian for the time being, but they unexpectedly saw Li Xiu, Li Zhen, Wei Zhen and others all talking to Feng Xuan and Guo Rong in the hall.

The Wujian Mountains were still under the blockade of the Shouzhou Army a few days ago, but the southern foot of the Wujian Mountains was only thirty or forty miles away from the north bank of the Chuhe River, and from the Chuhe River to the south to the bank of the Yangtze River, it was only thirty or forty miles.

Therefore, when Yin Peng was in Yangzhou, he also knew about the remnants of the Youshenwu army and the sailors who fled to Wujian Mountain, and the imperial court also clearly ordered this part of the soldiers and horses to return to Tangyi to be controlled.

Before the battle at the mouth of the Puyang River, Han Qian ordered Wei Zhen to lead the soldiers and civilians of Chuzhou City to withdraw into Wujian Mountain, and Yin Peng also knew a little, but he didn't expect them to be here at this time in the next few days.

"What about Master Hou and the others?" Feng Yi saw that Han Donghu and Xi Fa'er were in the hall and asked.

"As soon as I entered the village, I found a side courtyard to make up for sleep, and told us to wake him up in another half an hour." Han Donghu said.

Feng Yi nodded, there were too many things to deal with at this time, and it could be said that people were too busy to get busy, even Han Qian could only find a little time to take a nap and recuperate.

Feng Yi glanced at Li Xiu, Li Zhen, and Wei Zhen, and did not speak, so he directly asked Feng Xuan to learn about the specific battle situation last night.

There is no need to hide these things from Yin Peng, listening to Feng Xuan's simple words, he also knows why Li Xiu, Li Zhen, Wei Zhen and others appeared here at this time.

During the fierce battle at Tingzi Mountain yesterday, the enemy army was guarded by some soldiers and horses except for Yuping Mountain on the south side of the Wujian Mountain Range, and the other cavalry of the Shouzhou Army scattered in the field were attracted to the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain.

Li Xiu and the others did not stay in Wujian Mountain to stick to the intention of fighting guerrillas, and in the early morning they waited for the opportunity to lead the cavalry out of Wujian Mountain, taking advantage of the opportunity for the enemy to retreat to Chuzhou City, and found a gap to retreat to Tingzi Mountain.

At this time, more than 2,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in the mountain col northwest of the camp to rest, and several of them brought their entourage into the village to meet Han Qian.

When the siege was fought from Zhongli City, there were more than 1,400 cavalry left under Li Xiu and Li Zhen, and there were more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in the first batch of more than 2,000 soldiers and horses, who were the Chuzhou defenders and officials led by Wei Zhen.

As the predecessor of the Right Shenwu Guard, the Youguang German Army, in addition to the children of the Wangfu of Zhedong County in the early stage, was mainly the children of the Lishui family and the soldiers.

During the entire Jinling Incident, Li Xiu, Li Mo, and other Li nephews who followed Li Pu had a very close relationship with Wei Zhen and others.

Wei Zhen's son Wei Huang also served as a senior general at the level of Duyu Hou in the Right Shenwu Guard, but unfortunately, except for a few generals such as Li Mo, Li Xiu and Xu Jing who fled back to Jinling in the south, most of the middle and senior generals such as Chen Mingsheng, Wei Huang, and Li Chong, who broke through from Zhongli City at that time, were nowhere to be found at this time, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

At this time, the enemy army had not openly besieged Zhongli, and the battlefield was chaotic when breaking through from Zhongli City, Li Mo, Li Xiu, and Kong Xirong, who had led his troops to kill the remnants of the water division at Yashan, did not know if there were still some soldiers who were lucky not to be killed at this time hiding in the reeds of the sand bank of Hongzepu.

At this time, Tangyi also had no time to take care of receiving and reinforcing the small number of remnants trapped in the north of Shiliang County.

Wei Zhen had a close relationship with Li Xiu and Li Mo, and it was normal for him to take more than a thousand Chuzhou officials and defenders to meet Li Xiu and Li Mo, and then break through to Tingzi Mountain together - after all, before the situation reversed, a large number of clan lords rushed to the vicinity of Chuzhou City to occupy the fields and plunder the slaves and maids, and it was normal for them to make up thousands of war horses.

And since Wei Zhen only led more than 1,000 Chuzhou defenders and officials to Tingzi Mountain with Li Xiu and Li Qi, it means that the more than 20,000 people of Chuzhou City who fled into Wujian Mountain before were all lost to Kong Xirong by them.

Don't say that Han Donghu and Su Lie were in the hall, don't say that they already knew what Wei Zhen did in the assassination case, even if there were no these, the contradictions and disagreements between the left and right Guangde Army during the Jinling Incident were not the slightest.

Hearing Feng Xuan's words, Li Xiu, Li Zhen, and Wei Zhen led their troops over, so they directly asked to see Han Qian, and wanted to borrow a boat to go to Shuzhou to meet Li Pu and Li Zhihe at the southeast foot of Qianshan Mountain.

Half an hour later, without waiting for Han Donghu to go to the side courtyard to shout, Han Qian put on a robe, grabbed a scallion pancake in his hand, and walked in with Xi Yi while gobbling it up.

When Han Qian went to the side courtyard to make up for sleep, Li Xiu and the others had not yet entered the village, so Han Qian was also stunned when he saw them, and after sitting down in the central long case, he summoned Wei Zhen, Li Xiu, and Li Zhen to the front of the case to ask what was going on, and said: "Xinjin Hou also sent a letter yesterday, hoping that after you break through from Wujian Mountain, you can go to Shuzhou to meet them-since you also have this intention, then I won't stop you......"

Li Qian is Li Pu's youngest son, Li Xiunai is Li Pu's own nephew, the son of Li Yu, the king of Zhedong County, and his brother Li Changfeng was still serving as a military attendant in the court at this time, Han Qian never expected them to really lead their troops to stay and listen to his moderation.

The Right Shenwu Army was destroyed, and only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses escaped, but this was not because the generals were ineffective in combat, and the responsibility could not be held accountable for the generals who led their troops to kill the enemy bravely, and Han Qian did not have an excuse to make it difficult for them.

As for Wei Zhen, Han Qian's face sank, stared at his face gloomily, and asked in a deep voice: "Lord Wei, the warrant given to you by Ben Hou clearly states that you want to lead the soldiers and civilians of Chuzhou to retreat to Wujian Mountain first, and before you receive the new warrant from Ben Hou, obey Kong Xirong's moderation in everything." You led the Chuzhou military officials to withdraw to Tingzi Mountain, do you have Kong Xirong's permission? If so, please show the warrant issued by Kong Xirong to Ben Hou......"

At this time, Han Qian also had to maintain good cooperation with Li Zhihe, Lu Qingxia and Yao Xishui, hoping that Li Zhihe could lead the Huaixi Forbidden Army and actively contain the more than 50,000 Shouzhou soldiers and horses stationed in Chaozhou from the west wing, so that Li Xiu and Li Qian would not be left in trouble, and they would arrange a boat to send them to Shuzhou.

However, if he lets go of Wei Zhen and more than 1,000 Chuzhou military officials, then his soft persimmon is too easy to pinch.

The 300 miles east of Chaohu Lake to Hangou are all the war zones under the jurisdiction of the Tangyi camp, and Chuzhou is the core economic state of the war zone under the jurisdiction of the Tangyi camp, and the officials, soldiers and civilians are all controlled by Han Qian.

Wei Zhen has also experienced countless ups and downs in his life, and in the face of Han Qian's questioning, his expression was also calm, and he said: "Your Majesty has an order for Wei to obey Han Hou's moderation, but Wei is a big official of the imperial court from the four grades, but Han Hou asked Wei to obey the orders of a general who does not even have a letter seal, is it a little too difficult for Wei?" Wei obeyed Han Hou's order, led the army and people of Chuzhou City to withdraw into Wujian Mountain and hibernated for 12 days, Han Hou did not have any new orders to come, and specially led a part of the soldiers and horses to join Li Xiu and Li Qi to kill the enemy encirclement, may I ask Han Hou, what did Wei do wrong? ”

Wei Zhen is a state assassin, even if the imperial court has ordered him to obey Han Hou's moderation, but in the Wujian Mountain Range, his rank is the highest, and it should be headed by him, Kong Xirong, Li Xiu and others will want his moderation, so he is also justified in refuting the part of Han Qian's warrant that requires him to obey Kong Xirong's moderation is chaos.

"You are cowardly and fleeing, there are so many excuses, Ben Hou doesn't argue with you, what reason do you have, go and explain to Your Majesty!" Han Qian slapped the table arrogantly and said, "Someone, tie up Wei Zhen for me, and escort him to the Privy Council to pursue his cowardice and escape!" ”

Wei Zhen has a great reputation among the clans of the Gyeonggi family, and he has no big handle to grasp in guarding Chuzhou City and evacuating, Han Qian does not want to make extraneous branches at this juncture, so he can only drive him back to Jinling first, so that he can detain more than 1,000 Chuzhou defenders and disassemble them into the departments, replenish the soldiers and horses lost by the Tangyi soldiers in yesterday's battle, and prepare to participate in the next stage of the war.

As long as Han Qian didn't kill Wei Zhen on the spot, Li Xiu and Li Mo, who had asked for help themselves, would not say anything, but just looked at Wei Zhen and Hu Zhen who were waiting outside, and were ordered to be tied up by Han Qian.

Han Qian signed a warrant and asked Feng Xuan to send someone to take over the defenders of Chuzhou, arrange for ships to send Li Xiu and Li Mo's troops to the south bank of the Chuhe River, and tell them to go around to the mouth of the Wushou River in the southwest of the Great Thorn Mountain, and then arrange a big boat to send them to Shuzhou.

After Li Xiu and the others left, Han Qian asked about the specific terms of cooperation that Feng Yi had talked about with Yin Peng last night, and called Feng Xuan, Guo Rong, and Yang Qin, Feng Yi and others, who personally escorted a batch of weapons to Tingzi Mountain, and discussed it and felt that there was nothing wrong, so he asked Feng Yi to follow Yin Peng to Yangzhou on his behalf.

"By the way, when I came here this time, my lord specially asked me to give a few books to Hou Ye," Yin Peng was about to resign and take a boat directly from Tingzi Mountain to catch up with Feng Yi when he returned to Yangzhou, remembering one thing and saying, "I left these books in the Qian'an camp, and Hou Ye remembered to accept them." ”

"Then please thank you for me, Lord Wang." Han Qian wondered in his heart what Wang Wenqian was doing if he had nothing to do with the book, did he really have such a deep friendship with Wang Wenqian? Of course, it is impossible for him to ask Yin Peng to take the book back when he returns to Yangzhou.