The war horse was a little restless, Zhao Junsheng reached out and stroked the mane of its neck, "Mr. Dongfang, do you think An Cong will surrender?" ”

Dongfang Chen touched his long beard and said: "Almost all the soldiers and horses in Dingzhou are here, even if Du Gui's soldiers and horses from Xiangzhou come to reinforce it, An Cong is now poor in donkey skills, if he doesn't surrender, it can only be a dead end, even if he doesn't want to surrender, his subordinates will definitely force him to surrender if they don't want to die!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "I hope it is as Mr. Dongfang said!" ”

Half an hour later, Zhao Junsheng's brows furrowed, he clenched his battle knife, and said to Dongfang Chen: "Mr. Dongfang, it seems that you are wrong this time!" Someone, give orders, and prepare to attack the village! ”

At this moment, the banner on the opposite camp was lowered, the camp gate was opened, and a group of An Cong soldiers came out, discarded their weapons aside, and squatted aside with their heads in their hands, waiting to be captured.

A general walked over to Zhao Junsheng with more than a dozen generals, "Dingzhou Governor Shi Geng Baozhong led the whole army to surrender to His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

Zhao Junsheng raised his eyebrows: "Long Shi Geng Baozhong? What about An Cong? ”

"Back to the prince's words, An Cong left the soldiers and secretly crossed the river and fled, and the crime general saw that the time had come, so he led the army out of the camp and surrendered!"

Zhao Junsheng was annoyed when he heard this, okay, you An Cong, you run, right? Look where you can run!

He took a deep breath and said to Geng Baozhong: "Geng Changshi, as the so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, you can surrender with the generals in time after An Cong left the generals and fled alone, this king is very pleased!" In this way, you and the surrendered Dingzhou army will rest for two days, and in the next siege battle, this king may need you to serve, and then all these Dingzhou troops will be under your command! ”

Geng Baozhong hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed down to agree: "The prince trusts, the last general dares not to die?" ”

"Excellent! Come on, look for shallow water and prepare to cross the river! ”

In ancient times, there were generally four ways to cross the river on the march: first, it was the most time-saving and labor-saving to find a shallow water area and wade through the river on foot; Second, collect boats to build pontoons, if the water is very fast, but also to drive piles to fix the boats on the river surface to prevent the boats from being washed away, sometimes the river is too deep, can not be piled at all, can only stare dryly, so the construction of pontoon bridges can only be carried out under the condition of calm water; Third, walking on the ice, that is, waiting until the river freezes in winter and stepping on the ice to cross the river; Fourth, intercepting the river is generally less used, because it is too time-consuming and labor-intensive, and even if there is, it will not be simply for crossing the river, and there must be other purposes.

The matter of finding the shallow water area is very simple, Geng Baozhong knows the hydrological situation here, knows where the shallow water area is, Zhao Junsheng and his army of soldiers and horses arrived on the opposite bank before dark and camped for the night.

The next afternoon, the army arrived at the foot of the city of Lunu.

At this time, Lunu City was the seat of Zhongshan County and Dingzhou, and the three levels of state, county and county were in the same city.

When the army arrived at the foot of Lunu City, Zhao Junsheng found that the city gates were wide open, and the city walls and towers were empty.

"What's the matter, An Cong is planning to play the empty city plan?" Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but ask.

Geng Baozhong said beside him: "Lord Wang, if the last general is not bad, An Cong must have fled south with his family and under the escort of his own soldiers!" The prince only needs to send a small team of people into the city to investigate! ”

"Well, that makes sense! Chang Kun, send a building of infantry into the city to investigate! Zhao Junsheng gave the order.

Chang Kun immediately sent a column of flying bear troops into the city.

After half an hour, a soldier ran back to report: "Lord Qiqi, the subordinates have searched roughly, and no hidden ambush soldiers have been found in the city, and the subordinates have inquired about the people in the city, and the officials of the Assassin Mansion, the Taishou Mansion, and the county government have all fled south with An Cong!" ”

Zhao Junsheng ordered the generals behind him: "The whole army is camped outside the city!" Chang Kun, take 2,000 men and horses into the city to search carefully, but they are not allowed to take a stitch from the people! ”

"Command!"

Early the next morning, Zhao Junsheng found Chang Kun and ordered: "You quickly lead the Whirlwind Army to the south to pursue An Cong, but you must pay attention to more reconnaissance, don't step into the enemy's trap!" ”

"Yes, Lord Wang!"

Soon after Chang Kun took away the 2,000 light cavalry of the Whirlwind Army, Zhao Junsheng left the officials to govern Dingzhou and continued southward with the army.

Two days later, Chang Kun sent someone to report that he had led troops to trap An Cong and his party in Gaoyi, which belongs to Changshan County, which is already the southernmost point of Dingzhou, and further south is the territory of Jizhou.

Zhao Junsheng had just sent away the messenger sent by Chang Kun, and Guo Yi came over to report again: "Lord Wang, I just received the news that An Cong agreed to Du Gui's conditions, and Du Gui's army went north to reinforce Dingzhou, but the army was blocked south of Xindu, and it was Jizhou Assassin Shi Gaoyun who personally led troops to intercept it!" ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled when he heard this: "It seems that this Gao Yun is still very knowledgeable about current affairs!" The order went down, and the whole army accelerated its march and rushed to Gaoyi! ”

Gaoyi is just a small county seat, neither a state nor a county, the city wall is not high, not strong enough, two days later Zhao Junsheng rushed to the city of Gaoyi with a large army.

Zhao Junsheng sent people to the city to shout for An Cong to surrender, An Cong also had illusions about Du Gui's reinforcements, and kept dragging it out and not surrendering, but the officials and generals under him couldn't wait, lest the Yan army attack the city, once the city was broken, it would be too late for them to surrender.

That night, the Dingzhou army in Gaoyi City launched a mutiny under the leadership of several generals, An Cong and his family were cut down by the rebels, and the defenders in the city opened the door and surrendered under the leadership of the generals.

Zhao Junsheng was not surprised after listening to the report, sooner or later, a person like An Cong would not end well, and it was reasonable to be betrayed by his generals.

At this moment, a civilian official accompanying the army came to report: "Lord Wang, good news, good news!" General Bai of the Eastern Route Army sent someone to report that he had captured Hejian City two days ago, captured Yingzhou Assassin Shi Baba Shouxing, more than 100 civil and military officials and more than 5,000 soldiers, and was sending troops to collect and surrender other cities of Gaoyang and Zhangwu armies! ”

Zhao Junsheng immediately laughed when he heard the news: "Hahaha······ It is indeed good news, it is good news, and now that the war in Dingzhou has ended, it can be regarded as double happiness. Come, write a good news and send it back to the General's Mansion to report the victory to the generals and school officials and military and civilian people who stayed behind! ”

"Yes, Lord Wang!"

Zhao Junsheng got up and walked out, "Let's go, let's go to Gaoyi City to surrender!" ”

For the betrayal, Zhao Junsheng has always looked down on him, not to mention his talent, there is a problem with his character, and such a person is not at ease, for Zhao Junsheng, his subordinates can have mediocre abilities and can slap horses, but they just can't have problems with character loyalty.

However, Zhao Junsheng not only did not wait to see the Dingzhou generals who killed An Cong, but also praised them, gave them very high treatment, promoted each of them to the next level, and rewarded them with a lot of money, but these people will not be promoted in the future, and they will be gradually eliminated by the officialdom one by one, because they have entered the blacklist in Zhao Junsheng's heart.

The army was stationed outside the city, and Zhao Junsheng entered Gaoyi City with his personal guards and accompanying officials.

In the lobby of the county office, Zhao Junsheng said to everyone: "This place is not far from Xindu, everyone, do you think this king is going to visit Jizhou Assassin Shi Gaoyun?" ”

Gao Yun was born in the Bohai Gao family, belonged to the early stage of the Great Instrument, entered the imperial court as an official with a doctor of Zhongshu, and later moved to the general of Shizhong and Weida.

Now that Gao Yun is in his forties, he is in the prime of life, and he is also proud to be one of the princes of a state.

Dongfang Chen stood up and arched his hand to Zhao Junsheng and said: "Lord Wang, although Gao Yun is a state assassin and a prince, he doesn't have a title after all, even if he has a reputation?" Why did the prince surrender himself to visit him? Besides, the son of a daughter can't sit down, although the prince is equipped with world-class martial arts, he can't help himself when he arrives at other people's territory, and then he will be a swordsman and I will be a fish and meat! ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head: "Mr. doesn't understand my mind!" ”

Dongfang Chen said with a smile: "The prince's intentions, the minister understands very well, Jizhou is a rich land, a large population, and a rich land, and that Gao Yun can only dance and ink, and has no heart to compete for hegemony, isn't the prince just looking at Jizhou's fat and greedy?" The minister is willing to send an envoy to Jizhou, and with his incorruptible tongue, he persuaded Gao Yun to offer Jizhou's hands! ”

Zhao Junsheng didn't feel embarrassed at all, and said happily: "So Mr. Lao Dongfang!" Come on, go and call Chang Kun! ”

After a while, Chang Kun came to the lobby to greet him.

Zhao Junsheng instructed: "Chang Kun, Mr. Dongfang wants to send an envoy to Jizhou, this king ordered you to bring someone to escort you, you must ensure the safety of Mr., and you must not make the slightest mistake, otherwise this king is the only one who asks!" ”

"The last general obeys!" Chang Kun agreed.

Early the next morning, Dongfang Chen went south to Jizhou under the escort of Chang Kun.

At this time, Jizhou has long ceased to be as vast as the Han Dynasty and Cao Wei, and the area under its jurisdiction has shrunk by half.

Gao Yun didn't dare to slack off when he got the news, after all, Dongfang Chen was Zhao Junsheng's envoy, and he personally led the officials to greet him outside the mansion.

"After the end of the school, I entered Dongfang Chen and saw the high envoy!"

Gao Yun greeted him with a spring breeze on his face, took Dongfang Chen's hand and said with a smile: "Mr. has come from afar, Yun and the officials of Jizhou have been looking forward to it for a long time, please enter the government to speak!" ”

Gao Yun, in terms of fame, his reputation in literature is much better than his reputation as an official, he likes to make friends with people in Shilin, reciting poems, drinking and talking happily is what he likes to do, he is very prestigious among scholars, has many friends, and often sponsors shy readers.

Dongfang Chen is an important strategist under Zhao Junsheng, Gao Yun knows it, but he prefers to talk about literature and poetry with Dongfang Chen, and automatically puts Dongfang Chen's identity aside.

"It's too polite to make you, Chen is afraid, so please ask you first!"