bookrebus Chapter 291 Integrity
Chapter 291 Integrity
At this moment, Jiang Zuo was standing on the city wall with Chen Xiu, overlooking the tens of thousands of prisoners in the city.
As Chen Xiu expected, not many captives were willing to join the Yan army. Most of them took the travel expenses and left Guangning City.
Leaving these prisoners in Guangning City would mean adding 20,000 mouths to feed, so it would be better to let them go as soon as possible.
Looking at these captives, Chen Xiu suddenly turned around and instructed the generals of the Huainan Army: "Continue to attack in the direction of Changzhou City to tie up the forces of the Chen Army."
Now that the Yan army has just gained a foothold in Guangning City, the next goal is to continue attacking more cities of the Chen State.
"It seems that the Chen army has no intention of retaking Guangning City. So, should we continue to attack southwards, or march westwards to besiege the main force of the Chen army in Changzhou City?"
Chen Xiu said.
"To the south, we need to continue to rest in Guangning City. The next target of our attack is Zhu City."
Jiang Zuo told his plan.
Now the entire battle situation is favorable to the Yan army. They don't need to take any risks at all. As long as they advance steadily, recovering the three states in the east of the lake will be a piece of cake.
Chen's army was stretched thin as it had to defend Changzhou City while also dealing with various domestic rebel forces.
If the area around Changzhou City was breached, the Chen army would have no defenses, and the Yan army would likely march straight in and attack Huanglong.
Therefore, for Chen Jun, Changzhou City must not be lost.
Jiang Zuo’s target was not Changzhou City.
He planned to lead a large army, bypass the main force of the Chen army, and directly threaten the capital of the Chen State!
"I have already dispatched 30,000 Huainan troops to cross the river. In just ten days, the supplies from the rear will arrive again."
Chen Xiu said.
Now he was actually a little anxious in his heart, as he wanted to win a quick victory against the State of Chen.
But as for Jiangzuo, there is no rush.
He has ordered people to place some cannons on the city walls to be prepared for Chen Jun's counterattack at any time. It will not be too late to launch an attack after thoroughly figuring out Chen Jun's movements.
After leaving the city tower, Jiang Zuo came to the military camp and began to prepare for the next battle.
Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice.
Following the sound, a familiar figure appeared among the army.
"Qin Yu?"
Jiang Zuo frowned.
At this moment, Qin Yu actually came to Guangning City with the soldiers.
Their Yan army had just captured Guangning City less than a day ago, and Qin Yu arrived so quickly?
Jiang Zuo was puzzled, so he walked forward and asked, "Why are you here?"
Qin Yu was originally chatting happily with the soldiers of the Anding Army, but when he saw Jiang Zuo coming, he immediately put away his smile and said, "Yes, I'm here."
Although Jiang Zuo did not agree to let her join the Anding Army, Qin Yu has now obviously become friends with all the soldiers of the Anding Army.
The soldiers of the Anding Army were extremely polite to Qin Yu, the third daughter of the Qin family of the State of Chen. They even helped her keep it a secret from Jiang Zuo and took her across the Ling River to Guangning City.
"Didn't I tell you before that I would let you go south after the war situation is stabilized..."
There was a hint of helplessness in Jiang Zuo's words.
Qin Yu said, "Didn't you agree before that I would be your guide?"
Jiang Zuo said: "We don't really need you right now. You should return to Jiangzhou first. When we contact your brother, we will bring someone to take you back to the Qin family."
There is chaos in the territory of Chen State now. There is no guarantee that the Chen army will counterattack Guangning City. It is too risky for Qin Yu to come here this time.
"Don't worry about me. I have my own plans."
Qin Yu refused to go back to Jiangzhou.
Jiang Zuo had no choice but to let her stay in Guangning City.
"You guys, you have to keep an eye on her, okay?"
Jiang Zuo had no choice but to put pressure on his Anding Army soldiers.
The group of soldiers nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, sir, we will definitely take good care of Miss Qin."
This sentence sounded a bit strange to Jiang Zuo.
At this time, a soldier walked up to Jiang Zuo and reported: "Sir Jiang, we have captured the prefect of Guangning City. What should we do with him?"
"Guangning prefect? Pan Hou? He is an old friend of mine. Take me to meet him."
Jiang Zuo said, and then followed the soldier to meet Pan Hou.
Jiang Zuo still has many impressions of Pan Hou.
When Pan Hou came to Guangning City as an envoy, he caused a lot of trouble for Jiang Zuo as soon as they met. Although Pan Hou was respectful to Jiang Zuo on weekdays, he had been doing bad things behind his back.
In fact, Jiang Zuo was not very polite to Pan Hou. When he came to Guangning City, he even caused a lot of trouble for Pan Hou.
After all, they have different positions, so they will naturally target each other.
At this moment, Pan Hou was tied up and kneeling on the ground.
When Jiang Zuo appeared in front of him, Pan Hou's eyes showed obvious disgust.
"Prefect Pan, long time no see."
Jiang Zuo walked forward with a smile on his face.
Before, Pan Hou always greeted people with a smile, but now the roles have been reversed.
Pan Hou had a stern face and ignored Jiang Zuo.
Jiang Zuo's lips were still curled up, and he said calmly: "I didn't expect that Magistrate Pan didn't escape. He is really the parent official of Guangning City. I admire him!"
"Don't talk nonsense! I have nothing to say now that I am in your hands. You can kill me or chop me up as you please!"
Pan Hou gritted his teeth, feeling extremely unwilling to accept the result.
Two days ago, he was the prefect of Guangning in the State of Chen, but in just one day, he became a prisoner of the Yan army.
Seeing Pan Houning's unyielding look, Jiang Zuo smiled faintly and stepped forward and said, "Why are you tying up Magistrate Pan? Come on, I'll untie you for you."
The soldier next to Jiang Zuo said, "Sir, be careful. This guy just refused to surrender and kept resisting. Don't untie him for now."
"What are you afraid of? There are so many of us here. Magistrate Pan will not do anything to me."
Jiang Zuo looked indifferent.
"If you dare to untie me, I will kill you!"
Pan Hou continued to speak stubbornly, making a final struggle.
He had never thought of escaping. He still had a little bit of courage in his heart and was determined to live and die with Guangning City.
"shut up!"
The soldier at the side shouted and raised his hand to hit Pan Hou in the mouth.
"Don't be impatient."
But Jiang Zuo stretched out his hand at this time, stopped the impatient soldier, and really walked forward to untie Pan Hou.
Pan Hou couldn't figure out Jiang Zuo's purpose. Seeing the rope on his body falling to the ground, he just stood there in a daze.
What about killing Jiang Zuo? Looking around at the ferocious Yan soldiers, Pan Hou naturally did not have the courage or the ability to do so.
Those words just now were just a dying rhetoric.
At this time, Jiang Zuo said calmly: "Prefect Pan, you also treated me well when I came to Guangning City before. I will not repay kindness with hatred."
Pan Houding stood there, not knowing how to respond.
He raised his head and stared at Jiang Zuo closely, his heart filled with only resentment and unwillingness...