Chai Yong smiled faintly, "Some things can be put down, but some things are like a needle always stuck in my heart, I have no intention of doing anything, I just want to see how the Xu Zhihe family, who changed their name and surname, got out of Yangzhou in embarrassment." ”

Mei Guo also knows that everyone has their own insistence, now Yang Wu has long been wiped out, and Li Wu is also on the verge of despair, the king of the county agreed in the letter to return the Eastern Navy that surrendered in Yangzhou and part of the town navy that surrendered in Shanyang to Li Yu, naturally there are reasons, and Mei Guo himself also agrees.

Now Li Wu is no longer able to challenge Xuzhou at all, what they need to face is the aggressive offensive of Yue Guo Qian Yuanqian and ant thieves, which is not something that Xuzhou needs to care about.

"Okay, Gorou will enter the city with a certain way, Ziqing and they are already waiting. Mei Jing smiled gently, "Wu Ningjun can be exempted, and Gorou can take your personal guards into the city." ”

Chai Yong also knew that if the Wuning army also wanted to enter the city, it would be a bit too much, and it stands to reason that he was already a little beyond the military order when he went south, but it can also be explained on the grounds that the overall situation in Yangzhou was undecided at that time, but now the navy in the east of the city has abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and all that remains is to reap the fruits of victory.

About Yangzhou's wealth, Mei has long known, he has been to Yangzhou many times when he was in Shouzhou, and he is also envious of Yangzhou's prosperity, although Shouzhou is also a famous city in Huainan, but it is much inferior to Yangzhou, even if Shouzhou is changing with each passing day, but if you really want to talk about the rich heritage, it still can't be compared with Yangzhou.

Although they have experienced many days of fighting, after all, the two sides have reached an agreement before the city is broken.

The reason why Xuzhou agreed to surrender and return the army when the city was about to be broken was mainly due to the reluctance to evolve into an uncontrollable battle of slaughter in the final battle, which would be too great a loss for Xuzhou, Jiang Feng wanted a complete Yangzhou, not a ruined Yangzhou, and the war itself has many unpredictable, especially in the final stage, a little spark can make the entire Yangzhou city chaos.

Not far from the city, Mei Guo and Chai Yong and his entourage have already met Xu Ziqing and Zhang Ting who have already greeted them at the archway outside the Water Gate, although they have been in the city for three days, but the atmosphere in the city is still relatively tense.

Whether it is the gentry in the city, or the surrendered army who has laid down their arms, they are still nervously watching whether the Huaiyou army will break its promise after entering the city.

The three infantry corps of the Huaiyou Army were stationed in the Daxiao Field of Yangzhou City, and a cavalry army was stationed at the West Gate to ensure that they could follow the gallop of the city wall in the shortest possible time to reach the four gates of the city, and the rest of the armies were stationed in various places.

In addition, the first army of the navy entered the city and deployed along the section of the canal, and the other army and the other two infantry armies were stationed in Yangzi County to guard the intersection of the river and the canal.

Soldiers in armor can still be seen guarding some important sections of the road on the streets, but order has been restored throughout the city, and you can already see open merchants and walking merchants on the streets, which means that the situation is gradually easing.

"General Chai!"

"Chai Yong has seen General Xu and General Zhang, and he came uninvited, and he confessed in advance, and he had already pleaded guilty to the privy councillor before, and he really had no intention of anything else, but he just wanted to revisit the old place and vomit his inner depression. ”

Chai Yong clenched his fists again and again to confess, Xu Ziqing and Zhang Ting were also understanding people, and they knew the meaning of the other party's words as soon as they heard it, and waved their hands again and again to signal that the other party was too worried.

"Xiao Yan is here again?" Back to Yangzhou Thorn Mansion, as soon as Mei Guo sat down, he asked directly.

Wu Wangfu, Shizifu and other palaces were seized and temporarily closed, including Li Yu's family and children were temporarily detained, but the princes, including Li Jing, and Xu Jue and other civil and military generals have shown good cooperation and restraint, after all, in the face of the absolute superiority of the Huaiyou Army, making a mistake can only invite a catastrophe.

"Well, it's still Xiao Yan. Xu Ziqing said with a smile: "This can be regarded as Li Yu's mastermind, every time he is involved in foreign affairs, he is basically Xiao Yan's decision." ”

In the letter, the king of the county did not make any clear demands except for agreeing to return the Eastern Navy and the remnants of the navy in Shanyang, which may require us to discuss, but the king of the county clearly requested that food, money, silver, and other materials from the city would never be allowed to be transported out. "Mei is concise and to the point.

"That's natural, this hard trip, but also sacrificed thousands of sons, how can you easily let it go? What's more, the king of the county also said that Chuyang Erzhou will also be under the rule of our Xuzhou Governor's Mansion in the future, and Huaizuo Town is afraid that it will be set up here, how can it be handed over to Li Yu?" Xu Ziqing said in a straight voice: "Except for the soldiers, everything else is not allowed to cross the river." ”

"But what about the families of the Eastern Navy and the Zhen Navy in the south, and the families of Li Yu's family and the generals under his command?" Zhang Ting frowned and said, "This number is quite a lot, and it is not counted." ”

"If it is the direct relatives of Li Yu and his military generals, I'm afraid it's not easy to detain them here, right?" Xu Ziqing hesitated for a moment before he said: "As for the relatives of ordinary soldiers, are they willing to cross the river to the south? I'm afraid not, it's nothing more than being a soldier to eat food, since Li Yu is willing to lose his sincerity to the king of the county and serve him with his brother, it is okay for the families of these soldiers to stay in Jiangbei." ”

"Serving his brother? Xu Zhihe is serving his father to King Wu, but in the end, it is still a combination of swords and soldiers, Xu Zhihe's words are not credible!" Chai Yong couldn't help but interject.

"Time has passed, and Xuzhou is not the former Wu. Mei looked solemn and glanced at Chai Yong, Chai Yong realized that he was a little out of shape, calmed down a little, and stopped interjecting.

"Let's talk about it first, the soldiers can be returned, and the weapons can also be handed over to them, otherwise how can they fight with the ant thieves and the Yue army?" Mei Guo smiled indifferently, "Everyone should understand what the county king means, let Li Yu and them continue to fight with Qian Yuanqian and the ant thieves in Runchang Erzhou, we will leave them alone for the time being, and when they will naturally be cleaned up in the future, a bunch of miscellaneous fish with little eyes are not worth mentioning." ”

"What about the private army of the gentry in Yangzhou City?" Xu Ziqing groaned slightly and asked a tricky question.

There were many soldiers of the gentry in Yangzhou City, and they were also working extremely hard in the battle against the Huaiyou Army.

"Hmph, put it all together and distribute Haizhou salt and Xuzhou mining! They are not sergeants of the Eastern Navy and the Zhenhai Navy, and they are not among the handed over. Mei Guo said categorically: "If anyone has any objections, Ziqing might as well deal with it with an iron fist, if this Yangzhou city is so calm without seeing blood, I think I am afraid it is not in line with the will of the county king, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for the soldiers to calm down." ”

After all, so many sons and daughters were killed in the battle, if they took Yangzhou City so quietly, but sent the surrendered army back to Li Yu, it was indeed a bit demoralizing, which was also the most difficult place for Xu Ziqing and Zhang Ting.

But you can't kill or loot in Yangzhou City, this is where Huaizuo Town is located in the future, maybe the next order is to let you Xu Ziqing and Zhang Ting be reappointed as the governor of Huaizuo Town, how to get along with the local gentry in the future?

Xu Ziqing and Zhang Ting exchanged surprised looks, and immediately understood, Zhang Ting rubbed his hands, "Privy, what are the restrictions?"

"What are the restrictions? Those big salt merchants must have sent the most private soldiers, and if they want to confiscate their private soldiers, they must have complaints, and even have radical words and deeds, so are the swords and guns of your Huaiyou Army vegetarian?"

Mei Guo sighed secretly in his heart, this is what Cui Shang explained in his letter, now Xuzhou's finances are tight, if you want to fight the north, the money and silver have to be spent like flowing water, and if you take Chuyang Erzhou, you have to have a little income, otherwise you can't even make up the soldiers' pensions, and I am afraid that the political hall will really jump to oppose such a battle in the future.

Someone always has to do dirty things, but Xu Ziqing and Zhang Ting seem to be happy to do this kind of thing.

Mei Guo asserted a few tricky things lightly, and then there were some procedural negotiations.

"Privy, I just listened to you, the children and relatives of the Li Yu clan want to let them go?" Chai Yong accompanied Mei Guo to stroll in the Slender West Lake.

"Well, what's wrong with that?" Mei was a little surprised, could it be that Chai Yong still had some enemies in it, and he wanted to do something?

"Well, it's not appropriate for one person to let go. Chai Yong nodded.

"Oh, who?" asked Mei Kuang casually.

"Li Jing, Li Jingtong's concubine Zhou Wei. Chai Yong said lightly.

"Zhou Wei?!" Mei was stunned for a moment, reacted quickly, and thoughtfully, "After the Great Zhou?"

"Hehe, the privy also knows the name of the big and small Zhou Hou?" Chai Yong also laughed, "Xiao Zhou Hou gave birth to a son for the county king, Chen Shenzheng and Cui Shouzuo are both greatly relieved, the county king is far from enough to have a son,......"

Mei Guo frowned, "This is not appropriate, right?"

"The privy misunderstood, there was no such meaning, but the story of the second queen of a door was widely spread in Jianghuai, Shuzhou Zhou's daughter and Jiangning Zhou's daughter have long been famous in Jiangzuo, this 'after' word, extraordinary, I am afraid that if Zhou Wei leaves Yangzhou to go to Jiangnan, some people will make a fuss about it. Chai Yong said calmly: "The king of the county is now in the sky, the position of the prince is just around the corner, and the unification of the Central Plains in the future is also expected, Xiao Zhou Hou gave birth to the eldest son for the county king, and he is worthy of Xiao Zhou Hou, what about the big Zhou Hou? Zhou Wei now has no heirs with Li Jing, this is going to Jiangnan, I am afraid that I don't know how many people make up their minds, maybe some people think that who can give birth to the Great Zhou Hou, maybe he is also the true dragon son of heaven? I'm afraid it will add a lot of turmoil." ”

Mei is frightened, thinking about it very scary, this kind of rumor seems ridiculous, but if it is used by someone with a heart, it is really hard to say whether it will set off a storm.

"What do you think about it? and how does Li Yu explain it?" Mei Guo frowned and asked.

"Since it is a second queen, it can only be owned by the king of the county. Chai Yong said coldly: "As for Li Yu and Li Jing's side, the county king wants his woman, that is to look up to him, doesn't Li Yu want to serve the county king with his brother? Do they still dare to compete with the county king for women? If the Great Zhou Hou is really the 'queen' life, their Li family can afford it? Then it is really his heart to be punished." As for what they think, Li Wu is already a candle in the wind, so why bother?"