Chapter 553: Preventing Peaches from Being Picked

Donghai, Danyang County, Jurong County

There is a White Tiger Village on Siping Mountain in Jurong County, which is famous for being easy to defend and difficult to attack.

After the King of Jin rebelled, he cleared out the bandits in the territory, just like Pingzhou, but some of them were stubborn and difficult to clear out. King Jin had more important things in front of him, so he was too lazy to make any effort.

This benefited Qin Sheng and others.

Zhou Da, Zhu Dazhuang, Chen Jinlong and others still remember that when they landed in Donghai with limited supplies, Liu Ye wanted to take them directly to the food and grass supply point, and the route was planned.

But when they passed Siping Mountain, they accidentally came into contact with people from the White Tiger Village.

Liu Ye thought about it and simply picked a small group of people and disguised them as a small group of bandits who escaped from Pingzhou.

They got in touch with the deputy leader of the White Tiger Village.

The bandit spirit of these people was still there, and the deputy leader had no doubt about their identity as bandits, saying that he felt like they had known each other for a long time.

Chen Jinlong and others: It's so funny. They were originally bandits. It's normal for bandits to hit it off at first sight.

Then their Sixth Master provided a piece of news, asking Chen Jinlong to tell the deputy leader of Baihu Village that they knew the current Jurong County Magistrate - Zheng Qiao. They used to be bandits in Liaodong County. Zheng Qiao was an old acquaintance and the two sides often dealt with each other.

The deputy leader of Baihu Village was amused when he heard this. He understood what Chen Jinlong and others meant.

After the two sides tried to test each other, Chen Jinlong stated that they were willing to join Baihu Village and to help Baihu Village, but they had a condition that one of them must become one of the leaders of Baihu Village.

The deputy leader was moved and went back to lobby the big boss.

Finally, the big boss agreed to their conditions, and then Qin Sheng and his group naturally broke into the interior of Baihu Village.

When they entered, Zhu Dazhuang, Chen Jinlong and others exchanged a tacit look. Since the White Tiger Village had let the wolf into the house, they would not be polite.

Finally, Qin Sheng and his party, together with the troops outside, took over the magpie's nest with peace of mind and temporarily hibernated on Siping Mountain.

Zheng Qiao was the former magistrate of Houcheng County. When Lv Desheng was transferred to become the magistrate of Houcheng County, he was handed over from him.

After Qin Sheng and others occupied the White Tiger Village, they sent people to test the other party, and the other party was very tactful.

Zheng Qiao: ... A man who knows the times is a hero, how could he not know the tact?

He thought he was lucky to escape from the dangerous place of Houcheng.

After he successfully came to Donghai to serve as an official, he had been paying attention to the news of Lv Desheng, the successor to the magistrate of Houcheng County.

It took Lv Desheng only two or three years to rise from a small county magistrate to the governor of Liaodong County and then to the governor of Pingzhou, which amazed him.

His former neighbors, Liu Heshan and Chen Ping, were also promoted by Lv Desheng, the governor of Pingzhou, and became the governor of a county.

Before, Zheng Qiao felt that he was lucky to escape from a dangerous place like Houcheng. When he learned that Liu Heshan and Chen Ping were promoted, he felt bad.

Later, Pingzhou rebelled, and he was stunned. Before he could react, the King of Jin also rebelled.

The situation developed too fast and it was dazzling.

Zheng Qiao was not happy that the King of Jin rebelled. In his opinion, the King of Jin was not as good as Pingzhou.

He lamented that he had a miserable life. He did not stay in Pingzhou and ran to Donghai. Although Pingzhou and Donghai are both places where things are going, it is obvious that Pingzhou is stronger than Donghai. And he was teased by fate and made the wrong bet twice in a row.

When Qin Sheng contacted him, he was overjoyed. What is the difference between this and reversing to pick up people in Pingzhou? He swore that he must board the big ship of Pingzhou this time!

At the same time, the large army led by Qin Zhao was stationed in Dongtai and Jiangdu of Guangling. Every one or two days, they would attack Qutao.

Qutao was also on guard from the beginning, but later they were perfunctory and lazy when the Pingzhou soldiers attacked the city.

Both sides were not serious.

Such a childish war, those who didn't know would think they were playing house.

Jiang Boya secretly sighed. The Pingzhou army led by Qin Zhao had the ability to capture Qutao, but they just didn't move.

"Don't they say that the Pingzhou soldiers are a group of tigers and wolves? You are here, why don't you take over the territory? You have consumed a lot every day, right?" Jiang Boya pointed to the city in front, "Take Qutao, and you will have supplies."

Qin Zhao raised his eyelids, "Attack the city? You Nandi will pay more?"

Others also thought: It's none of your business whether we consume more or less, we can afford it.

Hearing this, Jiang Boya's breath was choked. Money, money, money again! Are all these high-ranking officials in Pingzhou obsessed with money?

Prince Jin's Mansion

Prince Jin has always been concerned about the battle situation in Qutao.

The Pingzhou army led by Qin Zhao was blocked outside Qutao and failed to capture Qutao. Even the generals in charge of defending the city kept sending news about the Pingzhou soldiers at the city gate back to Prince Jin's Mansion.

Looking at the news, Prince Jin smiled contemptuously, "Is this the ally that Xie Zhan invited?"

His subordinates echoed, "It seems that these Pingzhou soldiers are just in name only."

Prince Jin's adviser said, "Your Majesty, this may be Pingzhou's strategy to lure the enemy. We can't be fooled. Now our East China Sea is empty of troops, so it is not appropriate to take the initiative to attack. Everything will be considered after General Zhao returns to help."

Prince Jin nodded, "Is the Southland going to be conquered soon?"

"The news sent back by General Zhao is fast. I guess the Southland has been conquered by now." The news is delayed.

Southland

Zhao Biao surrendered, but he refused to cooperate with Xie Zhan's plan.

"I surrender, just because I don't want to make unnecessary sacrifices. But if I am asked to lead my troops back to the East China Sea to stab King Jin in the back, I can't do it."

Xie Zhan's subordinates advised him.

"General Zhao, now you are guilty of a crime. We thank you sir for giving you the opportunity to redeem your merits. Don't be ignorant of the praise."

"unnecessary!"

"Be brave, aren't you afraid of death?"

"If you want to kill or behead, please do as you wish." The King of Jin was kind to him, but he could not repay the kindness with enmity.

"Okay." That's it. Xie Zhan didn't force it. Zhao Biao was unwilling to cooperate, so naturally there were others who were willing.

In fact, for Fang Xinkai who obeyed his instructions, Xie Zhan admired Zhao Biao more for rejecting him. At least he would reuse Zhao Biao in the future.

After taking care of the two kings, the next step is to support Bingzhou, which requires the use of some good generals. He is already scouting and observing.

Xianbei Royal Court

Tuoba Khan was leading his generals to determine the next siege plan.

Tuobalian and Fuyu tribe chief Aksi breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the plan had been made.

During this period, Tuobalian and Fuyu tribe chief Ax were the most anxious.

The Fuyu tribe was captured by Pingzhou, and all their tribesmen were arrested.

They thought about rescuing the people all the time. Khan said that only by capturing Yanmen and Daijun would it be possible to rescue the people.

So he asked the warriors of their tribe to act as forwards, hoping to capture Yanmen and Daijun as soon as possible. But Ax never expected that the Sun Army would be able to fight. Fortunately, they now saw the dawn of victory.

During this time, they sent people to inquire about the clan members.

It is difficult for Pingzhou to get other information, but it is easier to get information about the captured people of the Fuyu tribe.

But when Ax heard the news about the inquiry, his heart was broken.

Damn those Tianzhou people!

Pingzhou did not kill the prisoners, but their people fell into Pingzhou's hands and did not live a good life.

Except for children under the age of five, all the captured tribesmen had to work. If they didn't work, they would go hungry. It was really heartbreaking.

The Xianbei generals present did not pay attention to the moods of Tuobalian and Ax, but discussed other things.

"Have you heard? Pingzhou and Nandi have formed an alliance and are currently sending troops to the East China Sea."

"How many troops did Pingzhou send to attack Donghai?"

When the generals present heard the news, they were ready to attack Pingzhou. If Pingzhou sends a large number of soldiers, will it be an opportunity for Xianbei?

"This is unclear. Because Pingzhou boarded the ship from a different port terminal, and I heard that some of the people who boarded the ship were lumberjacks."

People present:…

"By the way, how many soldiers and horses are there in Pingzhou?"

This question made everyone present look at each other in confusion. They didn't know this because Pingzhou had never announced how many soldiers and horses it had.

So some people muttered, "Do they know how to fight for hegemony? They announce how many troops they have to attract talents from all over the world."

If you don't show your fists, who knows whether you are strong or not?

"Okay, let's put aside the attack on Pingzhou for now. Yanmen and Daijun can no longer hold up anymore. We must capture these two places as soon as possible." Tuoba Khan settled the matter with one word.

At this time, someone hesitated and said, "Khan, there is something strange happening in Shanggu County in Youzhou."

"What's going on?"

"It seems that there are more troops."

"The Qin family in Pingzhou knows how to fight. They probably saw that Yanmen and Daijun in Bingzhou could no longer defend themselves, so they were on guard against us."

"We also have to be careful about each other picking peaches." Now Xianbei Royal Court and other members are very afraid of Pingzhou.