Chu Bai ran faster than a rabbit, and Ning Ze led his troops to chase after him, but the other party left early and couldn't catch up at all.

So he gave up the pursuit and retreated to Qingshan County.

With the assistance of Geng Zhi's eight people, Ning Zejun successfully controlled the defenders in the city, captured hundreds of civilian and military generals, and captured 50,000 Qingshan soldiers.

Qingshan County fell into the hands of Ning Ze, which meant that the entire territory of Xizhou was conquered.

At noon the next day, Ning Ze entered the Assassin's Mansion and escorted all the arrested civil officials and military generals in front of him.

After a night of fighting, all the resistance forces were taken.

Geng Zhi and his seven companions stepped forward and saluted respectfully: "Master Hou, Qingshan County has been fully controlled!"

"Very good!" Ning Ze nodded, "Although it is a little regrettable that Chu Bai escaped, he can only go to Longshou County, and it is impossible to escape! Lone can take Qingshan County, General Geng is indispensable! Lone will write to the imperial court and seal the general as the assassin of Xizhou!"

Geng Zhi hurriedly knelt down and responded in surprise: "Master Hou knows the grace of the encounter, and he will swear to die in return!"

"The general abandons the darkness and turns to the light, Lone is very happy!" Ning Ze said, "This time I assisted our army to take the city and made a great contribution! I will reward you with a thousand taels of gold, a hundred good fields, and a precious sword, I hope the general will manage Xizhou well, don't let Lone down!"

"The last general Xie Hou Ye's grace!!" Geng Zhi's loyalty rose rapidly, originally because his loyalty to Chu Bai was extremely low, he had more than seventy points of foundation when he switched to Ning Ze, but now he is an official, and he is rewarded with gold, good land, and treasure swords, and his loyalty has directly hit more than ninety, and he is absolutely loyal.

"Zhang Shuicao!"

"In!" Zhang Yang hurriedly stepped forward.

"Zhang Shuicao has made a contribution in this battle, and Lone is very pleased!" Ning Ze said, "Lone will hand over Qingshan County to you, and make you the Taishou of Qingshan County, with a bounty of eight hundred taels, and a hundred good fields!"

"Thank you for your grace!" Zhang Yang was grateful, and his loyalty also skyrocketed.

"Rich master book?"

"In!"

"I heard that the master book has persuaded Chu Bai to surrender many times?"

"Xia Guan just thinks that Chu Envoy Jun is not the opponent of Hou Ye, and instead of resisting in vain, it is better to surrender as soon as possible!" Fu Kun told the truth.

"That's a good point!" Ning Ze nodded, "If everyone knows the current affairs like the rich master, they can avoid countless fights." Lonely seal you to be the Taishou of Liao County, the bounty is eight hundred, and the good land is one hundred!"

"Xiaguan bows and thanks the Hou Ye for his grace!" Fu Kun saluted respectfully.

Ning Ze Fengdong Guo Huan was the Taishou of Eagle Peak, Shang Bolao was transferred to Jiangzhou as the Taishou of Langshan County, You Wanjun was transferred to Huairou County as the Taishou of Huairou County, Guan Shuwen and Xin Kuo were transferred to Liangzhou, and they were appointed as Jiuhua County and Changping Taishou respectively.

The eight who assisted in the capture of the city were all reused, and they were rewarded heavily. To their incomparable gratitude, their loyalty has all increased to eighty or ninety points.

After rewarding these eight officials, Ning Ze persuaded the captured civilian generals under Chu Bai's command one by one.

The general trend has gone, and at least 50 officials and generals are willing to surrender and be assigned to important positions in various states, which correspondingly reduces the pressure on Ningze's lack of talents.

The remaining dozens of those who were unwilling to surrender were all sent to Huajun and disposed of after the war.

This side broke through Qingshan County, and Ning Ze deliberately spread the news to Yuan County.

When Nie Wei learned about it, he felt even more pressured.

Dewey and Ding Mu really led their troops to the north, forming a joint encirclement with Wang Wei, plus the troops from Miao County and Bashui County, they were determined to win Yuan County.

Ning Ze led a large army to Longshou County and continued to attack Chu Bai.

Chu Bai had no way to retreat, so he could only do his best to defend the city, hoping to at least drag Ning Ze to Lu Cong's free hand.

On the side of Yuanjun, although Nie Wei was extremely capable of defending the city and had the full help of the soldiers and civilians in the city, the army was heavily surrounded, and many generals such as Dewey, Ding Mu, Wang Wei, Xiang Rong, and Xiang Yan stormed the four city gates day and night, making him unskilled.

Holding on to the city for more than ten days, the army and civilians were tired, the north gate was the first to be broken, and Dewey rushed into the city first.

Subsequently, the south gate, the east gate, and the west gate were lost one after another, and Ding Mu, Wang Wei, Xiang Rong, and Xiang Yan led the troops into the city.

Nie Weiqin led a large army to resist desperately in the city, but was helpless, and finally ran out of strength and was captured by Dewey.

Xiang Yan felt that Nie Wei was a rare general, so he tried his best to persuade him to surrender.

After capturing Yuan County, the army rushed to Longshou County non-stop.

Longshou County originally belonged to Mizhou, and it was fought down by Chu Bai.

It's just that now it has become Chu Bai's only remaining city, and it is also the last hope.

Chu Bai fled to the city, immediately closed the city gates, and mobilized a large army to hold on.

Ning Ze led the army to arrive, set up camp for the time being, and thought about a strategy to break the city.

During this period, Ma Jian's military advisor Feng Qiao led an army to attack Zheng Qing.

Zheng Qing couldn't resist, Wubao County was taken away, and retreated to the Minjiang River.

Ma Jianjun sent troops from Wubao, Jinping, and Zeshan, and the army besieged Zheng Qing.

The two sides fought fiercely for a long time, Zheng Qing was defeated, and the city was finally broken.

Zheng Qing's forces were wiped out, so he committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, and all his men surrendered.

Ma Jian won Gunzhou and Wuzhou, followed the advice of the military advisor Feng Qiao, and imitated the policy of benefiting the people implemented by Ning Ze to attract the people and resume production.

Sima Fa always paid attention to the news from Ning Ze's side, although the information transmission was not as fast as the flying pigeon, because the distance was not too far, the news that Chu Bai lost Xizhou and Yuanzhou and was forced to retreat to Longshou County in Mizhou still reached his ears one after another.

This made him a little disappointed, if Chu Bai held the city and waited to break through Zhou Nan, he would be able to rush to help. Now in the current situation, I am afraid that Chu Bai will be completely defeated by Ning Ze in the near future.

So Sima Fa accelerated his attack on Aishan County, and even implemented strategies to successfully break the city.

Zhou Nan retreated to Xigu County, the capital of Yanzhou.

Sima Fa led the main army into the valley, and divided his troops to attack the two counties of Shishan and Xingtai in Yanzhou.

Worried that after Ning Ze cleaned up Chu Bai, he would take advantage of the situation to attack Yanzhou and reap the benefits of the fisherman. Sima Fa decided to make some trouble for him, so he sent an envoy to Jiangzhou, openly enveloping Cheng Wan, but actually hiding an assassin and accompanying the mission.

Because Cheng Wan and Ning Ze are negotiating, hoping to exchange Louqu for Wolf Mountain and Huairou County.

Sima Fa knew that Ning Ze would not negotiate with Cheng Wan sincerely, but only delayed time. So they plotted to assassinate Lou Qu and let the negotiations between the two break down.

Cheng Wan lost Lou Qu as a hostage, and he had no bargaining chips to negotiate with Ning Ze, so he had to find a way to deal with the crisis.

Ning Ze doesn't care whether he pays attention to Lou Qu or not, the "righteous son" died in the hands of Cheng Wan, if he swallows his anger and ignores it, he will be laughed at by the world.

As long as Lou Qu is killed, Cheng Wan and Ning Ze will not be able to talk, and the two sides will inevitably go to war.

At that time, even if Ning Ze takes Chu Bai, Cheng Wan will hold him back, so that Ning Ze can't interfere in Yanzhou.

No matter how incompetent Cheng Wan is, it is not a matter of a few days for Ning Ze to take Chu Bai here, and if he drags his feet, it is impossible to be distracted before the beginning of spring.

Take Yanzhou as soon as possible, Tang Niu and Ma Jian have gone through the war, and they may recuperate and hoard military rations in the coming year, and the two will not sit back and watch Ning Ze expand their power, they will definitely sit back and watch their own side attack Ning Ze.

For example, there are not many princes left today, and the strongest ones are the prime minister and Ning Ze, once Chu Bai and Cheng Wan are destroyed, they will enter the situation of the top four competing for hegemony.

Although Tang Niu was known as the number one general in the world, he took advantage of his southward movement to seize many cities in the north, but Sima Fa did not take him seriously, and even if he was brave, he was not an opponent.

Ma Jian needs to be taken seriously, but his strength is very different from his own, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being.

The only thing that needs to be paid attention to is Ning Ze, the other party has occupied nearly half of Dacheng's land in a short period of time, which is quite powerful!

The coming year will be an unimaginable battle, but Sima Fa is confident, and the people who outsmart him in the world have not yet met!

Lu Cong's delegation hurried to Jiangzhou, and Cheng Wan did not dare to slack off.

If he wants to fight against Ning Ze, he must rely on the big tree of Lu Cong, otherwise there is no hope.

The mission was treated to the highest standards, and the Assassins in the ranks moved freely, secretly seeking information about Lou Qu.

In Cheng Wan's eyes, Lou Qu is an important hostage and the key to negotiating with Ning Ze, so he guards it at all levels and protects it very closely.

The Assassins managed to fail to enter the house where the hostages were held, where there were no troops to maneuver and it was impossible to lead troops into the house.

However, those who can be sent by Sima Fa are by no means ordinary people.

Although you can't sneak into it, there are many ways to kill Lou Qu.

The Assassins gathered information and managed to buy several of the hostages with the defenders and servants who were holding them.

After buying it, give them the poison that seals their throats with blood, and let them find an opportunity to assassinate the hostages.

Once successful, the Assassin promised to take them out of Jiangzhou and introduce them to the Prime Minister's mansion.

This attraction was too great, and the bribed defenders and servants took action, using their power to find an opportunity to poison Lou Qu without anyone knowing.

Cheng Wan never imagined that Lu Cong's envoy would secretly murder hostages and sabotage his negotiations with Ning Ze.

As a hostage, Lou Qu stayed on Cheng Wan's side for a long time, and the other party did his best to protect him, which also made him less vigilant.

Although there are still a large number of people who are closely protected and take care of Lou Qu at all times, after all, it is difficult to prevent thieves.

Finally, the guards were negligent, and the wine and food given to Lou Qu were highly poisoned.

Lou Qu was defenseless and ate the snacks, and his stomach hurt on the spot.

Before the doctor arrived, he had already died of poison.

Cheng Wan was shocked when he got the news. He never wanted something to happen to Lou Qu, after all, he was such an important hostage, and he saw that the negotiations were going well.

As soon as Lou Qu died, the negotiations could not continue. How could Ning Ze let himself go?

Sure enough, the Qian brothers who were in charge of the negotiation on Ning Ze's side were also shocked when they heard about this.

The order they received was to delay time, and in the name of negotiation, it dragged on until Chu Bai was annihilated.

In this halfway, Lou Qu was poisoned?

In fact, Ning Ze doesn't care about Lou Qu's life or death, but this point is not right, and something shouldn't happen now.

Obviously, Cheng Wan would not be stupid enough to kill such an important hostage, and the people on his side would not take the initiative to attack Lou Qu. Lou Qu should have no enemies here, thinking about it, only the Lu Cong delegation who suddenly rushed here is the most suspicious!

On the one hand, the Qian brothers pressured Cheng Wan to protest and asked him to find out the truth, and on the other hand, they passed on the book and informed Ning Ze of the information.

Cheng Wan was not stupid, and quickly thought of Lu Cong's mission. But he didn't dare to offend Lu Cong, especially if such an important hostage as Lou Qu was poisoned, Ning Ze would definitely not be kind to him, and he had no choice but to rely on Lu Cong. At this time, it is even more impossible to check the Lu Cong Mission!