At first, the people of Xiangyang City didn't believe it, but after a day, the soldiers of the Zhou family army had been carrying the corpses, and none of the soldiers had ever entered the people's homes.

There were some brave people who tried to go out of the house to help carry the corpses, and the soldiers saw that the people came to help, and they chatted with the people enthusiastically, just like the guys next door, not like soldiers at all.

Then more and more people went out of their homes and participated in the cleanup of Xiangyang City.

Daniel Zhang and all the officers gathered in the main hall of the Xiangwang Mansion, and Daniel Zhang said with a smile: "In this battle, everyone performed very well, and we took Xiangyang City without losing a single soldier." ”

"It's all the commander's strategy." Xiang Shaoyun also said with a smile.

"The most important thing is our weapon advantage, we have such powerful weapons, if we can't defeat these peasant armies with knives and guns, then we won't have to fight, just go home and farm." Daniel Zhang laughed.

Everyone also laughed when they heard this.

"Commander, this time we attacked suddenly, Li Zicheng still had a lot of grain, grass, gold and silver that he didn't have time to take away, and he harvested a total of 100,000 taels of grain, 210,000 taels of gold and 35 million taels of silver." Xiang Shaoyun reported excitedly.

"I didn't expect this Li Zicheng to have so much gold and silver, and if he transports this gold and silver back to Xingjing, the chairman will definitely be very happy." Daniel Zhang said with a smile.

Sun Chuanting stood on the tower of Nanyang City, looking at the dense 100,000-odd peasant army outside the city, and he was very worried, not knowing how many days he could hold on.

Today is the third day, the offensive of the peasant army is becoming more and more fierce, and the morale of his side is very low.

Now I only hope that the Zhou army can break through Xiangyang City as soon as possible, but think that with the 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Zhou army, it is impossible to break through Xiangyang City in any case, and if it is not good, it will be wiped out by the peasant army.

While Sun Chuanting was thinking wildly, suddenly a soldier came to Sun Chuanting and knelt down in front of him and reported: "Report to the governor, the peasant army has retreated. ”

Sun Chuanting was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly looked in the direction of the peasant army, and sure enough, the peasant army was retreating one after another.

Sun Chuanting was a little puzzled by the sudden retreat of the peasant army, and suddenly he thought of a possibility, the Zhou army had begun to attack the city, and these peasant troops were going back to support Xiangyang City.

Sun Chuanting hurriedly gathered all the generals, and after everyone came, Sun Chuanting told the news of the withdrawal of the peasant army and his own speculation.

In the end, he said: "Should we go after the peasant army, contain them back to Xiangyang City, and buy time for the Zhou army." ”

"Lord Governor, by all means, this may be the enemy's trick to lure us out of Nanyang City." Meng Shuang hurriedly said.

"Yes, Lord Governor, how can the 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Zhou family army be worth the 300,000 troops of the peasant army, this must be a trick to lure the enemy." Zhao You also spoke.

"I see that these peasant armies retreated in a hurry, not like a trick to lure the enemy." Sun Chuanting hesitated.

"This may have been done deliberately by the peasant army to make us let our guard down." Meng Shuang said convincingly.

At this time, the generals also said that this was a conspiracy of the peasant army and refused to go out of the city to pursue.

Sun Chuanting sighed and had no choice but to give up.

Three days later, Sun Chuanting, who was in Nanyang City, was shocked when he received Daniel Zhang's letter, in which Daniel Zhang said that he had captured Xiangyang City and asked Sun Chuanting to lead his troops to Xiangyang City.

Sun Chuanting asked the soldier who delivered the letter, "Did your Zhou family army really capture Xiangyang City?" ”

"Back to the Governor, we have indeed occupied Xiangyang City." The soldier replied.

"Okay, good, your Zhou family army is really a divine soldier." Sun Chuanting was overjoyed.

Sun Chuanting immediately gathered all the generals and told everyone the good news.

As soon as the generals heard the news that Xiangyang City was captured by the Zhou army, they expressed their disbelief.

"Your Excellency the Governor, with the 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Zhou Family Military Region, how can you capture Xiangyang City, could it be that the Zhou Army surrendered to the thieves and deliberately led us over to annihilate them together." Meng Shuang said suspiciously.

When the generals heard Meng Shuang's words, they all said that they were reasonable.

Sun Chuanting was also a little skeptical that the Zhou family army had surrendered to Li Zicheng, this capture of Xiangyang City was too fast, and in his mind, it would take at least four or five days to take Xiangyang City.

"Then send a hundred exploration horses to Xiangyang City to explore the truth first, and then make plans." Sun Chuanting thought for a while and said.

"Your Excellency the Governor is wise!"

All the generals praised one after another.

Then Nanyang City sent a hundred exploration horses to Xiangyang City quickly.

Two days later, the 100-Ming army finally arrived in Xiangyang City.

The hundred Ming army looked at the gate of Xiangyang City with a harmonious appearance, and they all showed surprise.

Immediately, twenty Ming troops came directly to the city gate, and saw that the guards at the city gate were the soldiers of the Zhou family's army.

When the soldiers of the Zhou army saw the soldiers and horses of the Ming army coming on horseback, a soldier immediately stepped forward to stop the horses and said, "Horseback riding is prohibited in the city!" ”

When the soldiers of the Ming army heard this, they immediately jumped off their horses, "Dare to ask Brother Tai, this Xiangyang City has been occupied by the Zhou army?" ”

The soldiers of the Zhou family army said: "Of course, the current Xiangyang City has been occupied by my Zhou army. ”

The soldiers of the Ming army were overjoyed and said: "Your Zhou army has really occupied Xiangyang City, it is really incredible. ”

"Of course, I don't believe you can go into the city and have a look." The soldiers of the Zhou family army said with a smile.

The soldiers of the Ming army hugged their fists at the soldiers of the Zhou family army and walked towards the city.

When I arrived in the city, I found that it was peaceful, many people were walking around the streets, and from time to time I could see groups of soldiers of the Zhou family army patrolling the streets with weapons.

The soldiers of the Ming army casually asked a few people, and the answer was the same, all of them said that Li Zicheng had led the Dashun army to escape from Xiangyang City, and the current Xiangyang City was managed by the Zhou army.

After getting the accurate news, everyone did not stay and hurriedly went out of the city to return to Nanyang City.

In Nanyang City, when Sun Chuanting got the news of Tanma, he was overjoyed, and immediately led an army of 100,000 to Xiangyang City.

When Sun Chuanting led the army to the gate of Xiangyang City, Daniel Zhang and Xiang Shaoyun had already received the news and were waiting for Sun Chuanting here.

Seeing Daniel Zhang and the others at the gate of the city, Sun Chuanting jumped off his war horse and came to Daniel Zhang and said with an incredible face: "General Zhang is really brave, I didn't expect to really capture Xiangyang City, which is really gratifying." ”

"The Governor is too modest, and it is just a fluke to be able to capture Xiangyang City." Daniel Zhang hugged his fist and said modestly.

"General Zhang doesn't have to be modest, your Zhou family army has made such a great contribution, I will definitely report to the emperor and reward your Zhou family army." Sun Chuanting said heartily.

"Then thank you, Lord Governor, let's go into the city and talk." Daniel Zhang said with a smile.

Sun Chuanting looked at Xiangyang City and nodded with some emotion.

Sun Chuanting and other generals came and brought them to the Xiangwang Mansion, Sun Chuanting sat on the top and said: "Today is really a big day, pass the order, reward the three armies, and everyone drinks and celebrates tonight." ”

The generals cheered and said in unison, "Thank you, Lord Governor!" ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, before I celebrate, I have one more matter to deal with, and I hope that Your Excellency the Governor will approve it." At this time, Daniel Zhang spoke.

When Sun Chuanting heard Daniel Zhang's words, his smile gradually disappeared, and he naturally knew what Daniel Zhang said to deal with.

So he said: "General Zhang, there was some misunderstanding before, please forgive me." ”

"Although I am a reckless man, I have always said the same thing when I say and do things, and I remember what General Meng said that day." Daniel Zhang said without giving Sun Chuanting face.

Meng Shuang didn't expect that this Daniel Zhang would not give Sun Chuanting face at all, and actually mentioned the gambling contract of the day now, he glanced at Daniel Zhang with some fear, but when he looked at Sun Chuanting, he relaxed again, expecting that Daniel Zhang would not dare to be presumptuous in front of Sun Chuanting.

So Meng Shuang opened his mouth and said: "I don't know how you occupied this Xiangyang City, I think it is possible that you surrendered to Li Chuang, and Li Chuangjiao deliberately gave Xiangyang City to you." ”

Hearing this, Daniel Zhang's face suddenly became gloomy, and he said in an unkind tone: "General Meng has wronged my Zhou family army so much, what is his intention?" ”