Seeing that Yan Pingtao was so calm, Bai Shijie felt at ease, and arched his hand: "Half an hour is enough, the general is very gracious, and he should repay him." ”

After that, Bai Shijie said to Bai Shijun, the eldest brother who couldn't stand: "Go, big brother, go back quickly and let people clean up, this West Zhuangzi can't be saved." ”

Bai Shijun grabbed Bai Shijie, "Third brother, don't!" This is the inheritance of our ancestors! ”

Bai Shijie pointed to the outside of the city and said sharply: "If I can stop Chen Xian's cannon if I stay, how can I be willing to abandon my family and business, but staying is just a futile death, this city, this house, this land, I can't take it away, what can I do, now I can only save people first, someone can make a comeback in the future, and someone can kill back!" ”

After speaking, Bai Shijie didn't wait for the eldest brother to say anything, and said to the general who was holding him: "Quick, help the master, and go home with me." With that, he hurried down the gatehouse.

The two masters of Tang and Li, who were watching the battle, also went down the gatehouse in a panic.

Wan Yan Pingtao didn't move, his eyes almost lit up as he stared at the cannon in the distance.

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After scattering the cavalry, Chen Xian knew that this time he was in sight again, so he did not hesitate to give the order to the second battalion to move forward, and at the same time, Chen Xian sent two more personal soldiers to the east woods to give an order to the militia there to come to support.

The infantry of the Jin Kingdom were bombarded twice by the cannons that turned their muzzles, and after one round of bombardment by the musketeers of the first battalion, they simply dispersed.

Next, Chen Xian neither let the first battalion pursue, nor did the second battalion pursue, but ordered the troops to go straight to Xizhuangzi along the road.

By the time Chen Xian arrived at West Zhuangzi, the door of Zhuangzi was already wide open, and the leader came out to greet an old man with a clear appearance and a few half-grown children.

This clear-looking old man is named Li Gongliang, and he is the head of the Li family in Xizhuangzi, and as for the young man next to him, he is a member of Chen Xian's intelligence team left in Xizhuangzi.

When Li Gongliang saw Chen Xian, he hurriedly knelt down to greet him, but Chen Xian took two steps and helped the other party up.

After some inquiry, Chen Xian finally figured out the reason.

It turned out that as early as after the defeat of the Jin cavalry, the leader of the Jin army and the head of the Bai family knew that this West Zhuangzi could not be defended, so they began to pack up and evacuate from the West Gate at that time.

In addition to the Bai family, the Tang family also retreated with the Jin cavalry, but the head of the Xu family decided to stay.

Unlike the Bai family and the Tang family, the Bai family has many children who are officials outside, and the Tang family and the Tang family's family can take them in.

The Li family is a real local tyrant, with little power outside, once they leave this Zhuangzi, they become ordinary people, or even ordinary people, they become a group of fat sheep.

Therefore, Li Gongliang, the head of the Li family, discussed with several people in the family, and simply gritted his teeth and stayed.

After making this decision, the Li family retreated to their house and closed their doors.

When the Bai family saw that the Li family was not leaving, they were helpless, at this time, everyone was racing against time to pack up and prepare to escape, how could they have time to care about others.

That Bai Shijie is also a resolute person, he waited for the Bai family to withdraw, and then ordered his family to go to the house and put a few fires.

Since the Li family stayed, they naturally had to consider how to welcome Chen Xian, who was about to enter the West Zhuangzi, if the Bai family burned, it would be the property of Master Chen, if the Li family sat idly by, there would definitely be no good fruit to eat, so as soon as the Bai family left, Li Yuanwai hurriedly organized people to fight the fire.

When fighting the fire, a group of teenagers also organized a group of people to rush into the Bai family compound with buckets.

Because the Bai family who set the fire was in a hurry, the fire didn't burn, so they hurriedly ran away, so Li Gongliang and this group of teenagers quickly joined forces to extinguish the fire.

Since Chen Xian's rise, Li Gongliang has also inquired into his past in detail, knowing that Chen Xian likes to accept young disciples, so he guessed that these teenagers who organized firefighting should have something to do with Chen Xian, so he took these teenagers to greet Chen Xian.

Regarding Li Gongliang's initiative to take refuge, Chen Xian naturally couldn't ask for it, and welcomed it very much, and immediately assured the other party that not only would he not harm the Li family, but even the property of the Li family would be preserved.

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Wanyan Pingtao was not in a hurry when he left, he left more than 100 light cavalry on the road in front of the west gate of Xizhuangzi, and then took the gathered more than 500 cavalry to escort dozens of carriages of the Bai family and the Tang family, and went west along the road.

The more than 100 light cavalry left behind by Wanyan Pingtao were used on the one hand to monitor Chen Xian's movements, and on the other hand, to meet the infantry who had fled into the woods north of Zhuangzi.

Every half an hour, these light horsemen would send two horsemen to gallop to catch up with Wanyan Pingtao's large army and report to him Chen Xian's movements.

Chen Xian also knew that he could not catch up with Yan Pingtao's team, let alone Yan Pingtao's cavalry, even if it was the Bai family, the Tang family's ox and horse carriages, it would be difficult for him to catch up with the heavy artillery carriages, if he didn't bring the artillery carriages, relying on the infantry alone, even if he could defeat the Jin army, there would definitely be losses, and even if he defeated the Jin army, he couldn't catch up with the other party's cavalry, as for the gold and silver of the Bai and Tang families, in Chen Xian's eyes, it was neither as important as the lives of his soldiers, nor as important as the food and materials of the Bai and Tang families still in Xizhuangzi.

After occupying West Zhuangzi, Chen Xian let the second battalion enter Zhuangzi, and some of them dragged the two one-catty guns and two-catty guns of the artillery company onto the earthen wall to control the defense of Zhuangzi, while the other part occupied the houses and warehouses of the Bai and Tang families respectively.

Chen Xian ordered the first battalion and the remaining artillery to go to the southwest of Zhuangzi, and after camping with their backs to the Yihe River, they rushed into the warehouses of the Bai and Tang families with their own soldiers.

After the trade route was cut off, Chen Xian's own hoarding and the accumulation of the two families of Dongzhuangzi and Yang Bai were only enough to support his already large number of soldiers, apprentices and workers for two months, which was also the reason why Chen Xian knew that after the trade route was cut off, he immediately did not hesitate to attack.

Now although he has won, it is the Jin army that has been defeated, whether it is the Bai family who has someone in the official mansion, or this group of Jin army, eighty percent will not let him continue to do business in peace and stability, so even if he has won the war, it does not mean that the trade route has been opened, and the situation is even worse than before.

Regarding this point, before the war, Chen Xian, who had already known Bai Shijie's generals when he attacked the beacon pier, and had learned about Bai Shijie's details from Yang Yuanwai, had already expected it.

Therefore, Chen Xian's attack on Xizhuangzi was not actually to open up trade routes, but to store grain for the Bai family and the Tang family, including the Li family's warehouse!

As long as he can get enough food stock, Chen Xian will be able to further increase his strength and finally fight out of Yiyuan!

After an all-night count, Chen Xian found that the grain in the warehouses of the Bai family and the Yang family alone was enough for Chen Xian to support him for another four months!

Getting this number, Chen Xian couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, half a year should be enough for him to move.