It was much easier for Baishui County to be taken over by the Zhao army than it thought, and the Zhao army pretended to be the military order of the new general of the Shu army in Zhenbei, and secretly wiped out the civil and military officials and defenders of Baishui County in the military camp and the county government in the name of the Shu army. Many of these defenders had been released by the Zhao army, so it was not unacceptable for them to become prisoners of the Zhao army again.

The Zhao army, who took over Baishui County, did not directly 'reveal' his identity, even if he took over the city defense and the four 'gates', it was carried out in the name of the Shu army. Therefore, the people in the city do not know that the owner of this Baishui County has changed.

In addition, there is also good news for Qin You, who took over Baishui County, that is, the civil and military commanders of Baishui County have expressed their willingness to surrender to the Zhao army. The reason for this is also somewhat related to the fact that Feng Yanzhang was given a crime by Situ Che, the king of Shu. In this way, it is even more beneficial for Zhao Jun. At the very least, on the surface, there is nothing unusual in Whitewater County.

Of course, if it is the Shu army in Hanzhong City or Nanzheng County after careful investigation, it will naturally find the problem, after all, after dusk, thousands of troops enter and leave the city 'gate', and it is impossible to escape everyone's ears and eyes. Fortunately, they are playing the banner of the Shu army, and the county orders and guards of Baishui County can cover up the past.

"The general's intention is to let us attack the squire clan in the city in the name of the new general of Zhenbei?" Hearing Qin You's military order, Feng Qiu was stunned for a while. As far as the Shu army is concerned, they have never acted against the local squires and heroes in the name of the government. Of course, something happened to these people is another matter. That's it, the government wants to target two families, not the entire class as Qin You said.

For the local squire clan and Haoqiang, Han Derong, who was born in Feng Qiu, was born in an ordinary place, and he had no good impression of them, especially in the Shu army for many years, and he was also angry with these squire clans and Haoqiang. Therefore, they naturally have no problem with Qin You's military order. However, it is not a simple matter to attack the squire clan of a place. What made Feng Qiu hesitate was that this Qin You, as a leading general, should not be able to make such a decision.

As if he understood what the other party was worried about, Qin You told Zhao Jun's policy to the west again, and also detailed the disgraceful behavior of Zhao Jun in other parts of Hanzhong. In addition, Qin You also elaborated on the secret orders issued above. Of course, Qin You naturally wouldn't say that this secret order was issued by King Zhao himself.

Since Feng Qiu and the others surrendered to Zhao, they didn't say much, and they naturally began to implement Qin You's military orders. Of course, the action was naturally under Qin You's command, but this required Feng Qiu's official military orders. In this way, these things can also push them on the Shu army. Of course, this is not to say that Zhao Jun is worried that these situations will be known by others, but he does not want to completely 'expose' the situation that Zhao Jun occupies here at this moment.

In addition to the county seat, Baishui County has more than a dozen towns and villages under its jurisdiction, and at this moment, in these areas, those big gentry who have a bad reputation on weekdays have now all been taken by the government in the name of the new general of Zhenbei. Of course, the current Zhao Jun attacks these big gentry by generally investigating their culpability, convicting them, and confiscating their family property beyond the limit, unless these people are notorious and have murders on their bodies, they will not be killed under normal circumstances.

At the same time that Qin You occupied Baishui County, the situation in Nanzheng County was also comparable to here, the Zhao army was under the banner of the Shu army, and the military order of the new general Zhenbei was taken, and the troops were stronger than the other party, and it was a surprise attack, so the Shu army in Nanzheng County also failed to report the city, and the result was naturally needless to say, this Nanzheng County was occupied by the first town of the Zhao army's forbidden army.

Unlike Baishui County, Zhao Kang's attack here was not carried out quietly, but after the Zhao army entered the city, he took an offensive. That is to say, in Nanzheng County, after using the banner of the Shu army to open the 'gate' of the city, Zhao Kang directly attacked by force. Therefore, Nanzheng County has been lost, and the news that it has fallen into the hands of Zhao Jun will definitely come out. Of course, this is also what Yang Wangqing requested.

After Nanzheng County was broken, the situation here was the same as that of Baishui County, the difference was that the Zhao army here was taken over under the banner of Ming, so the Shu soldiers were either killed in battle or surrendered, and the big gentry above the place were also swept away by the Zhao army. Like these big families, which one can be really clean? Therefore, Zhao Jun wants to do something to them, which is justified and well-founded.

At noon on the second day after the Zhao army took the two places, the two counties received military orders from Hanzhong City. Of course, Nanzheng County was attacked by the Zhao army, so it is needless to say. As for Baishui County, in the name of Feng Qiu and Han Derong, several people were sent to Hanzhong City to act according to the order.

The news that Nanzheng County was breached by the Zhao army soon spread to Hanzhong City, which made the generals and officials in Hanzhong City all stunned. Nanzheng County is located in the south of Hanzhong City, it can be said that Nanzheng County was broken by the Zhao army, then the current Hanzhong City is surrounded by the Zhao army on three sides, the west city is solid, it has already been in the hands of the Zhao army, and a large area in the north is also the jurisdiction of the Zhao army. Now Nanzheng County, south of Hanzhong City, has also been conquered by the Zhao army, which means that in addition to being connected with Baishui County in the east, the rest of the cities have completely nothing to do with them, but have become a dead place to stop them.

Getting the news of the loss of Nanzheng County, Jiang Poyun, the general of the Shu Army Zhenbei, was surprised again, but he also felt normal. After he learned that the Zhao army had more than 25,000 mobile troops at its disposal in southern Hanzhong, Jiang Poyun knew that the situation of going south to attack Baishui County and Nanzheng County a few days ago was not fake, and the Zhao army would definitely choose one place to take action. It was also because of this that he gave an order to the officials of the two counties, asking them to immediately send people to Hanzhong City to meet him and discuss the defense of southern Hanzhong. It's just that he didn't expect that Nanzheng County has now been lost.

The loss of Nanzheng County made the civil and military officials in Hanzhong City extremely frightened. Since then, the Zhao army has attacked Hanzhong, and the swiftness of action has far exceeded their expectations. Now they have taken Nanzheng County to the south of Hanzhong City overnight, which makes them feel that Hanzhong City is not so safe.

"What about Whitewater? Has Baishui County been attacked by Zhao Jun this time? After pausing to stabilize his mind a little, Jiang Poyun asked the officials in charge of the surrounding intelligence again. After receiving that Baishui County had not been conquered by the Zhao army, and that the Baishui County guard had sent personnel to listen to the order, he relaxed a little.

For Jiang Poyun, the breach of Nanzheng County has now become a foregone conclusion, and it has an important impact on the entire Shu army in southern Hanzhong. However, the most critical place is far from the status of Baishui County in its heart and the importance of Baishui County to the Shu army.

As long as Baishui County is still in the hands of the Shu army, and the support of the Shu army from Yizhou will continue to arrive, the land of Hanzhong will be linked to the land of Shu, and they will not become a lonely city. On the contrary, if Baishui County falls, then, for the entire Shu army, the land of Hanzhong has nothing to do with them. Because their way to the north was cut off, all the places where they settled in Hanzhong were cut off.

For the defenders of Hanzhong City, the fall of Baishui County completely cut off their ties with Yizhou, they could not get reinforcements, they could not get food, grass and armor to replenish them, and more importantly, they became a lonely city from then on.

"General, what should we do now, Nanzheng County, a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, will be broken by a surprise attack by the Zhao army, and now, we are enemies on three sides here, and the situation is very bad. Relying on the defenders in the city alone, I am only afraid of ......" Xiao Yuanlin, the Taishou of Hanzhong, said with a pale face.

"Panic what!" Jiang Poyun said sharply, "Why was Nanzheng County breached? For you have taken in those who have served as soldiers, and have not restricted them, and have allowed them to be scattered among the armies, and have affected the morale of the defenders. It is also because of the carelessness of the general of the garrison army of Nanzheng County and the county order that General Ben knows that you are dissatisfied with the king's disposal of the former general Zhenbei, but your non-cooperation with General Ben has made the situation in the entire southern part of Hanzhong extremely dangerous. If the guards and county orders of Nanzheng County can be vigilant, why not? ”

He glanced coldly at the generals and officials in the hall, and said in a deep voice: "From now on, all the people here must obey General Ben's military orders. Whoever dares to ignore General Ben's military orders, General Ben doesn't mind sending him on his way. In addition, your family members will also be implicated because of this, because if you do not obey the military order, you will betray the Shu army and the king. Such a big crime, raiding the family and exterminating the family! Do you all understand? Because of the loss of Nanzheng County, Jiang Poyun has lost his patience to slowly accept these generals.

Jiang Poyun's words suddenly made the face in the hall tense for more than ten days, and he didn't dare to have any extra words. They all know that Jiang Poyun has this ability. If they were defeated in Hanzhong, without Jiang Poyun's action, the King of Shu in Chengdu Mansion would make their family members prisoners. The example of the seal is not far away.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Jiang Poyun said lightly: "This is very good, General Ben said, you only need to obey the order, and you don't need to know or worry about the rest." ”

"That's right, Nanzheng County is lost, which puts us in a very dangerous situation here, but Zhao Jun in Nanzheng County is also in the middle of us and Baishui County. In addition, our reinforcements have already moved north from Yizhou and will soon arrive in Baishui County until they arrive here. Moreover, 30,000 reinforcements will continue to arrive here, and we are not too far behind the Zhao army. So, at this moment, you just need to put your heart in your stomach and guard the city. ”

In fact, at this moment, Jiang Poyun really wanted the Chu army and Baishui County to attack Nanzheng County together, and the two places would attack and recover Nanzheng County, after all, it would be extremely unfavorable to his own side if it fell into the hands of the Zhao army, and the more time passed, the greater the influence of the Zhao army here, and the greater the threat to the Shu army.

However, the disadvantage of the troops in his hands, the current morale of these soldiers, and the unfamiliarity of these soldiers with him made Jiang Poyun dare not move easily. Especially in the north of Hanzhong City, there are 6,000 soldiers under his subordinates, so Jiang Poyun does not dare to leave the city easily. Because the Zhao army has cavalry, and in addition, the strength of the Zhao army that appears here has made it somewhat impossible to 'figure out'. The existence of the cavalry of the Zhao army made it impossible for the scouts of the Shu army to act normally at all, so their control of the situation of the Zhao army was gradually inferior to before. Therefore, now Jiang Poyun can only defend the city, wait for reinforcements to arrive, and let himself have enough troops in his hands to make corresponding countermeasures.

"Can you know how many Zhao troops occupy Nanzheng County?" Jiang Poyun asked the soldiers of the defending army who had escaped from Nanzheng County.

"General Hui, because the Zhao army is operating at night, and has entered and exited the city 'gate' several times before and after, so it ...... In addition, the city 'gate' has been taken over by the Zhao army since the Zhao army entered the city, so we don't know how many Zhao troops there are in Nanzheng County. ”

"General, according to the situation that we sent to the general of the garrison of Nanzheng County and the heralds of the county order, it can be seen that now the Zhao army has blockaded Nanzheng County and has begun to clean up the township warriors and the gentry who are inclined to us in the townships and towns in the entire Nanzheng County. In the city, Zhao Jun also opened and closed the whole city, and the 'gate' in and out of the city required strict inspection. Therefore, the number of Zhao troops in Nanzheng County is still unclear. However, it is certain that the Zhao army in Nanzheng County is no less than 5,000. ”

"Damn!" Hearing these ambiguous answers, and they were answers from many aspects, Jiang Poyun suddenly became irritable. The two armies are 'engaged' and do not understand the situation of the enemy, which means that their own side is already on the verge of defeat.

Now, Jiang Poyun already somewhat understands why Feng Yanzhang was defeated so quickly after the Zhao army went south. The 'fine' strength of the Shu army was consumed in the battle with the Han army. And the Zhao army is full of 'fine' strength and goes straight forward, which is not at all something that the Shu army, which has been fighting hard for months, can resist.

As a last resort, Jiang Poyun could only call the officers who had just arrived from Baishui County and asked them to give orders to the generals and county commanders of the defenders of Baishui County, asking them to beware of the Zhao army's attack, stay in the place and wait for reinforcements to arrive, and immediately assist Hanzhong City.

For the current Jiang Poyun, he can only pin his hopes on reinforcements. Because of the persuasion of the Zhao army to surrender, and because the Hanzhong city changed hands back and forth in the hands of the Han army and the Shu army, the battle lasted for more than several months. Therefore, the defenders here and the people in the city did not have much morale for the battle to defend the city. Even, some people in the city have begun to gather, and they have the intention of discussing the surrender of Zhao. The emergence of these circumstances made Jiang Poyun suddenly understand that the situation in Hanzhong City was much more difficult than he expected.

"The loss of Nanzheng County, General Ben doesn't want anyone except you to know, if there is a leak, let General Ben find out who did it, General Ben doesn't mind using his head to order the whole army. The situation is very dangerous, but this does not mean that we have no chance, or it will not be long before we can counterattack in a big way as soon as reinforcements arrive. Therefore, General Ben does not want any accidents to occur during this period of time. ”