Wang Ren was undoubtedly very cunning, his own soldiers were also cavalry, and they were also wearing Mingguang armor like the Sui cavalry, the main difference was that the Zheng cavalry had helmets and tassels, and in addition, his personal soldiers had capes. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the chaos, Wang Ren ordered his own soldiers to take off their cloaks and pull out their helmets, and he himself threw away the golden helmet and replaced it with an ordinary helmet, and at the same time raised a Sui army battle flag, slaughtering his own soldiers like other Sui cavalry, and under the cover of night, they successfully blended into the Sui cavalry, took advantage of the chaos to run into the pine forest, and escaped the killing of the Sui cavalry.

Wang Ren was frightened like a lost dog, with a hundred soldiers along the Han River all the way to the west, at dawn, they had left Xiangyang City about sixty miles, into the territory of Changping County, at this time there appeared in front of the city wall of Changping County, everyone was tired and hungry, the war horses were also tired, and they could no longer run.

Wang Ren pointed to Changping County in front of him with a horsewhip, and said to several personal soldiers: "You go to the county seat to inquire and see if there is any garrison stationed, and by the way, get some food to come back!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden drum beat in the woods in front of him, and an army of thousands of people came out of the woods, blocking Wang Renze's way, Wang Renze was so frightened that he pulled the reins and retreated a few steps, at this time, he suddenly recognized the general opposite, who turned out to be his deputy general Tian Zhan, and two thousand soldiers were also his former subordinates.

Wang Ren was overjoyed and hurriedly shouted, "General Tian come and save me!" ”

Tian Zan smiled coldly, "Wang Renze, when he set his troops to kill the civilians of Jingzhou, did he ever think that there would be today?" ”

Wang Ren was stunned for a moment, and was immediately frightened, and shouted timidly: "Tian Zhan, what do you want to do?" ”

Tian Zan snorted, "Can't you see it yet?" I want your head to be my vote! ”

Wang Ren shouted, turned around and fled, his own soldiers also turned their horses' heads, Tian Zan waved his hand, "Shoot arrows!" ”

Two thousand soldiers were shot like arrows, Wang Ren and more than 100 of his own soldiers were shot like hedgehogs, fell off their horses and died, so far, tens of thousands of Zheng troops in the southern expedition were wiped out, including the main general Wang Ren Ze also died under the arrows.

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Three days later, Zhang Xuan personally led tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of warships along the Han River to Xiangyang City.

Zhang Xuan led an army of 50,000 troops outside the northern city, and at this time, Huang Junhan, who had arrived in Xiangyang first, came with a group of officials from Xiangyang to welcome the arrival of Zhang Xuan, the king of Qi.

Huang Junhan served as the chief general of the government army in Xiangyang for ten years, and he was very well-connected in Xiangyang, he himself was born in Jiangxia Huang's famous family, and had friendships with all major families in Jingzhou, and his reputation among the people was also very good, Zhang Xuan decided to let him be the governor of Jingbei, in charge of 10,000 Xiangyang garrisons and the soldiers of the six counties of Jingbei.

Although this kind of appointment of natives to local high-level military positions is easy to produce local warlords, but everything has disadvantages and advantages, the positive side is that at the beginning of the chaos, this kind of appointment is very conducive to local stability, but also conducive to the imperial court's control of the locality, as long as the world is stable and then slowly replaced, it can avoid its disadvantages in time, so Zhang Xuan is not worried that Huang Junhan will sit big.

Huang Junhan saluted Zhang Xuan, and introduced the officials around him to Zhang Xuan, he pointed to a civil official and said with a smile: "This is Yang Juncheng, who has a very high prestige in Xiangyang. ”

Yang Shilin originally had a grudge because the Northern Sui assigned Xiangyang to Wang Shichong, and this emotion has been controlling him, so that he decided to abandon the official and go to Chang'an directly after defeating Wang Renze's army, but the heroic performance of the Sui army in resisting Wang Renze's siege gradually eliminated his resentment towards the Northern Sui, and he had more gratitude to the Sui army in his heart, and more importantly, Yang Shilin also knew that the strength of the Northern Sui was far stronger than that of the Tang Dynasty.

This subtle change in mentality eventually led him not to leave after the end of the war, but to stay, and Zhang Xuan's order of Huang Junhan to lead an army to Xiangyang also made him feel at ease, and he finally decided to switch allegiance to the Northern Sui.

Yang Shilin stepped forward and bowed, "Weichen Yang Shilin sees His Royal Highness King Qi!" ”

Zhang Xuan said to him meaningfully: "Yang Juncheng is exempt from courtesy, this time Yang Juncheng can convene the militia to defend his homeland, which is really admirable, I hope that Yang Juncheng can treat the people more kindly after taking charge of Xiangyang County in the future, and continue to work hard for the prosperity and prosperity of Xiangyang." ”

Yang Shilin was stunned in his heart, he suddenly understood the deep meaning of King Qi's 'ruling Xiangyang', that is, to let himself take the post of Taishou, he was moved in his heart, and bowed down again, "Weichen will definitely do his best to govern Xiangyang well, and never let His Highness down!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and nodded, Yang Shilin introduced other officials to Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan comforted everyone one by one, and clearly expressed his attitude of not adjusting Xiangyang officialdom, which made everyone happy.

At this time, Zhang Xuan looked up and saw a head hanging on the gate of Xiangyang City, so he pointed with a horsewhip and asked, "Is that Wang Renze's head?" ”

Huang Junhan hurriedly replied: "Exactly! ”

"Wang Ren is guilty of great crimes, especially to the people of Jingling County, so he can send his head to Jingling County to comfort those innocent beings."

"Obey the order, send someone to send it today."

Zhang Xuan glanced back at Luo Shixin and asked, "Is General Tian here?" ”

Luo Shixin hurriedly pulled Tian Zan forward, and Tian Zan knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See His Royal Highness King Qi!" ”

He didn't dare to call Zhang Xuan a marshal, although Luo Shixin accepted his surrender, but Zhang Xuan had to nod and seal him before he could truly become a member of the Northern Sui Army.

Zhang Xuan asked lightly: "General Tian is also from Xiangyang?" ”

Tian Zan said with shame on his face: "The lowly position is the Xiangyang Longzhong clan, following General Zhang Zhenzhou, after General Zhang Zhenzhou was killed by Wang Shichong, the lowly position failed to adhere to the principles and was co-opted by Wang Shichong. ”

"But you still broke with Wang Shichong at a critical time, didn't you?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, his humble mother is from Jingling County, how can she tolerate Wang Renze killing the villagers, but because of the situation, he can't stop his atrocities, so he can only break with him, and then find a way to avenge the villagers."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I'll explain important things to the general later, let's go to the city!" ”

Everyone surrounded Zhang Xuan and walked towards Xiangyang City, at this time the people in Xiangyang City have basically evacuated to their hometowns, and the city has also restored the order of the past, today because of the arrival of His Royal Highness King Qi, the people of Xiangyang specially cleaned the street, every household opened the door, put incense cases at the door and bowed, sincerely welcome the arrival of the Northern Sui monarch.

At this time, more than 100 elders came to meet him, knelt down to Zhang Xuan on the street, and shouted together: "Thank you Your Highness for sending troops to fight against the army of tigers and wolves and keep Xiangyang City." ”

Zhang Xuan hurriedly ordered his soldiers to help these old men up, and said to them sincerely with his fists: "Although Xiangyang is a strategic place for soldiers to fight, I believe that there will be no more wars in Xiangyang in the future, and I also promise you elders that I will do my best to defend the peace and tranquility of Xiangyang!" ”

"Long live Your Highness! Banzai! The elders cheered excitedly.

Countless people in the distance also chanted long live, and in a cheer, Zhang Xuan walked into the county office.

After walking around Xiangyang, Zhang Xuan returned to the camp outside the city, and sat down in the camp, Zhang Xuan asked Tian Zhan to come, Zhang Xuan invited him to sit down and said with a smile: "General Tian took the post of general with Wang Shichong, but General Tian should also know that the Northern Sui does not have the post of general for the time being, which is not the same as Zheng Jun, so in terms of military position, I can't give you the post of general." ”

Tian Zan hurriedly said: "There is no merit and no virtue in my humble position, and I never dare to think about the position of a general." ”

Tian Zan knew very well, how could he have the luxury of being a general, Zhang Xuan just said this, he was originally only a general in the Sui Dynasty, Wang Shichong named him a general in order to entrap him, and Wang Shichong was crowned a general by more than 20 people, and there are countless generals, but the army is only 100,000 people, and the gold content of his general is too low, and even the general of Hu Benlang is unlikely, he can be satisfied with the general of Huyalang.

However, what gave Tian Zhan a glimmer of hope in his heart was that it stands to reason that Zhang Xuan's official position does not need to be specially received at all, only important officials will be received, does he really have any hope of being promoted?

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment: "I temporarily appointed the general as the general of the Huya Lang, in addition, I have a task to give to the general, if the general can be completed, I think it is not impossible to be promoted to the general of the Hubenlang." ”

Tian Zan immediately understood what Zhang Xuan meant, and he said without hesitation: "I will not give up my humble position to go to the soup and fight the fire!" ”

Having said that, he was still a little apprehensive in his heart, he knew that the promotion from Huya Lang General to Tiger Ben Lang General was not a little promotion, but the difference between being promoted from a deputy general to a main general, this is because the Sui Army has a clear rule that the main general of any battle must be at least a Hu Ben Lang general, and Hu Yalang can only be a deputy general at the highest.

This shows that what Zhang Xuan wants to do by himself will never be easy, and it must be difficult.

At this time, Zhang Xuan asked: "I heard that General Tian and Guo Shiheng have a very good personal relationship, I wonder if this person is loyal to Wang Shichong?" ”

Tian Zhan's mind turned, and he immediately understood what Zhang Xuan meant. (To be continued.) )