Sun Pojun stroked his beard under his chin, looking calm and composed, but in fact he started to curse in his heart.
He is an expert in fighting.
He is a layman when it comes to making suggestions.
After all, Zhao Rui is the King of Chu, the overlord who controls one side, and he has advisers to make suggestions. Why do you ask him what he thinks about everything?
He looks at a hammer!
Sun Pojun was angry, but he did not dare to quarrel with Zhao Rui. He suppressed it and did not burst out. He quickly said: "King Chu, Nanyang County can't hold it anymore. Let's withdraw to Xiangyang first and then consider further fighting. At least there is Xiangyang. Such a strong city cannot be broken by Zhao Shan."
"Yeah!"
Zhao Rui said hurriedly: "Defend first, then consider counterattack."
After all, Zhao Rui is the overlord of the party. He knows how to control people. He rolled his eyes and said quickly: "General Sun, although your army was defeated miserably, I still have an army in Xiangyang and can continue to recruit troops. When you return to Xiangyang, I will help you recruit troops and give you armor and weapons."
Sun Pojun's anger dissipated and he said happily: "The King of Chu is benevolent and righteous. Sun is grateful."
Zhao Rui waved his hand, looking obligated, and said with certainty: "Everything is to stop Zhao Shan and take revenge. We want to avenge our shame and counterattack Luoyang."
"Yes, counterattack Luoyang."
Sun Pojun nodded hastily.
Having ruined his army, Sun Pojun was completely humiliated. He must defeat Zhao Shan in order to wash away the shame of defeat and clear his name.
Sun Pojun changed the topic and asked: "King Chu, you escaped. Where are the other civil servants and generals? Why didn't anyone follow?"
Zhao Rui's face froze.
He was able to escape only by relying on a substitute, so he had no time to care about Su Wei and others. Besides, if Su Wei and others stayed in Xinye County, they could delay Li Buyi a little and buy him time to evacuate, which would be worthwhile.
It would be best if Su Wei and others reacted quickly and could escape back to Xiangyang by themselves.
Zhao Rui did not speak truthfully and sighed: "When we retreated, we were attacked by Zhao Shan's army and we all ran away."
Sun Pojun said: "I hope I can come back."
"I hope so!"
Zhao Rui quickly changed the topic, and after encouraging each other with Sun Pojun, he took a brief rest and continued southward with the remaining people.
When Zhao Rui continued to go south, he was in Xinye County.
In the palace of the King of Chu.
It was already evening, and the house was brightly lit.
Zhao Shan now lives in the palace.
He dismissed the singers in the palace and arranged for his own soldiers to guard the palace to ensure his own safety. When Zhao Shan was looking through the many materials left by Zhao Rui, he saw the letters between Zhao Rui and Zhao Xuan's father and son. Zhao Rui asked Zhao Xuan to guard Xiangyang.
In addition, there is also information on Zhao Rui's many government affairs.
With the help of this information, Zhao Shan also had a better understanding of Zhao Rui's general situation and a clearer understanding of the situation in Jingzhou.
While Zhao Shan was busy, Wei Fengqing, Li Buyi and Zhou Huhou entered the study together.
As the person in charge of the army, Wei Fengqing was the first to report: "Your Majesty, in this battle in Xinye, we killed more than 8,600 soldiers."
"Among them, more than 2,800 people were killed in the city after the last general and General Li Buyi joined together. The remaining 5,800 people were killed by His Majesty's Xuan Jia Army in a battle with Sun Po's army. ."
"After this battle, there were more than 30,000 prisoners. Among them were Zhao Rui's troops and Sun Pojun's troops."
"After Zhao Rui and Sun Pojun's army collapsed, the deserters have scattered in all directions and cannot be caught for the time being."
"We conquered Xinye County and found that there was a lot of food and grass in the city, as much as 150,000 shi, tens of thousands of sets of armor and equipment, and countless bows and arrows. With these food and equipment, we don't need to worry about food, grass and equipment when we go south."
Wei Fengqing looked very happy.
Although Zhao Rui ran away, it was overall very good to capture Xinye County, annihilate Zhao Rui's effective forces, and capture the supplies Zhao Rui had hoarded in Xinye.
Zhou Huhou said solemnly: "Your Majesty, although we won this battle, the troops of Xuanjia Army and Sun Po Army charged and killed us, and the losses were very heavy, as many as more than 800 people."
The Xuanjia Army is the elite among the elite.
With strong combat effectiveness and well-equipped equipment, every soldier can be as powerful as ten.
Now that more than 800 people have been lost, Zhao Shan is also very heartbroken and quickly said: "Huhou, you select elites from the entire army to fill the vacancies in the Xuanjia Army. The soldiers who died in battle and the soldiers who performed meritorious services must arrange pensions and awards as soon as possible. "
"The general will obey the order!"
Zhou Huhou answered with his fists clasped, turned around and went to deal with it.
Li Buyi added: "Your Majesty, Zhao Rui escaped with the help of the substitute Jin Chan. However, Zhao Rui only took a very small number of people to escape. None of the civil servants and generals he left in Xinye County escaped. How to deal with these people?"
Zhao Shan raised his eyebrows.
For a moment, Zhao Shan thought of Su Wei.
Li Buyi's identity is made clear. Everyone knows that Li Buyi has turned to work for Zhao Shan, but Su Wei's identity is hidden.
This can be exploited.
After Zhao Shan thought about it carefully, he said in a deep voice: "All the prisoners are controlled together. Have you caught Su Wei?"
"Caught!"
Li Buyi nodded in reply.
Zhao Shan ordered: "Are they held separately or together?"
"Solitary confinement!"
Li Buyi said quickly: "Your Majesty said that Su Wei is from the imperial court. In order to prevent his identity from being revealed, I did not imprison Su Wei with others."
Zhao Shan breathed a sigh of relief and praised: "Well done!"
Li Buyi lost his former arrogance and said humbly: "Your Majesty, thank you."
Zhao Shan arranged for someone to bring Su Wei back and said, "Su Qing, thank you for your hard work in this battle."
Su Wei looked respectful and replied: "Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty. Sun Pojun's army participated in this battle. Your Majesty not only blocked Sun Pojun's surprise attack, but also annihilated Sun Pojun's effective strength. This is all due to His Majesty’s invincible bravery.”
Zhao Shandao: "I originally thought I could catch Zhao Rui, but I didn't expect to catch a substitute. Zhao Rui has already returned to Xiangyang. I plan to let you go back and continue to lurk next to Zhao Rui."
"My lord, it is my duty to do so!"
Su Wei answered without hesitation.
Without Su Yunxi as a concubine by Zhao Rui's side, Su Wei, as a person from a wealthy family in Jingzhou, would not be willing to take risks. But for the Su family, for the reputation of his late father, and for his sister to have the support of her family, Su Wei was willing to pay.
He is willing to take risks.
The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish, and the same goes for everything.
A smile appeared on Zhao Shan's face, he nodded and said: "After returning to Zhao Rui, you still adapt to the situation. I don't care what you do, I only care about the final result. If you can make great contributions, I will promise you the post of governor of Yangzhou. "
Su Wei's eyes lit up.
The governor of Yangzhou was a feudal official in Daqian, and he was an absolutely important minister.
Su Wei felt hot in his heart and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will definitely be able to return to Zhao Rui and gain Zhao Rui's trust again. I will pretend to be a beggar and escape back to Xiangyang, so that Zhao Rui won't be suspicious." of."
Zhao Shan nodded and said, "I look forward to good news from you. I hope you can make great achievements when our troops approach Xiangyang."
Su Wei said: "Promise to complete the task."
Zhao Shan immediately made arrangements to send Su Wei away quietly.
After Su Wei left, Zhao Shan further rectified Xinye County and left a few soldiers to guard Xinye before starting to move south. Because both Zhao Rui and Sun Pojun were defeated, they went south without encountering any obstacles.
As they approached Deng County, Ye Yunfei and other bandits who had gone south to persuade him to surrender also came to join him, further increasing Zhao Shan's troops.
Ye Yunfei captured Deng County and made meritorious service, but was violently beaten by Sun Pojun and lost Deng County. He was worried about being punished by Zhao Shan, but after returning to the army and still leading the troops, and not being punished by Zhao Shan, Ye Yunfei gradually became more at ease.
While Zhao Shan was seizing the counties step by step and moving steadily towards Xiangyang, Zhao Rui returned to Xiangyang City first.
This is Zhao Rui's lair.
Xiangyang City is a fortified city, sturdier and taller than Xinye County, and the moat outside the city is connected to the Han River, which is deeper and more difficult to sneak into than Xinye's moat. Not only that, Xiangyang also built urns to help defend the city, making it easier to defend the city.
This is a fortified city built in all aspects, easy to defend but difficult to attack.
