Li Chongjin glared at Zhan Jing, who was covered in dust, and shouted loudly: "Where is the ten thousand army I have given you?"

Zhan Jing just kowtowed repeatedly and did not dare to speak. Zhang Chonggu sighed and whispered: "Master, it's good that he can escape back. The most important thing at the moment is not to hold him responsible for his defeat, but to quickly arrange soldiers to defend the city!"

Li Chongjin laughed furiously, "Arranging soldiers to defend the city? There are only less than 10,000 people left in Yangzhou City, most of whom do not obey orders. Pointing to them to defend the city walls and resist the imperial army is simply a daydream!..."

Li Chongjin cursed for half an hour before he stopped, looked at the generals tiredly, waved his hand and asked them to leave like a fly. Everyone kowtowed to him and walked out of the lobby with their heads hanging down. Everyone looked depressed and full of despair.

Zhan Jing bowed to Zhang Chonggu and said gratefully: "Fortunately, a gentleman pleaded for me this time, otherwise the general would have to punish me severely! In this way, I went to my camp for dinner at noon, and my subordinates robbed me of beautiful girls a few days ago. Before I could touch them, I gave them all to the gentleman this time!"

Zhang Chonggu smiled and said, "Then I'm not polite. These days, you guys with soldiers are so happy. I, Zhang Chonggu, have a bare pole, and I am a little lonely at night! But I will be spared for lunch, and I am so beautiful and delicious!"

Everyone laughed loudly, and Zhan Jing immediately ordered someone to send the beauties he stolen to Zhang Chonggu's mansion. Everyone separated in front of the mansion. Li Chongjin's brother Li Chongxing, younger brother Li Chongzan and others smiled and hugged Zhan Jing to drink and have fun to celebrate his escape. Zhang Chonggu and several other important officials walked to the other side with a bitter smile.

Zhai Shouxun asked in a low voice to Zhang Chonggu, "Mr. Zhang, has Song Yanwo really blocked the Yangtze River completely? How about we smuggling at night?"

Zhang Chonggu smiled bitterly, "Who told our lord to only value the army, not the navy? Now the river is full of Song Yanwo's world. If we cross the river, we will be looking for death! A few days ago, Song Yanwo sneaked into our army's water camp and set fire to all the small sampans there. Now we don't even have a ship, so how could we smuggle at night?!"

Zhai Shouxun sighed and asked unwillingly: "Mr. Zhang, you said not long ago that General Lin Renzhao of Tang had the intention to accept us. Can he send some supporters?"

Zhang Chonggu also sighed and shook his head: "Lin Renzhao wants to respond not to us. It's our Huainan Army! But judging from the appearance of the commander, he would never agree to lead the army to evacuate. If Lin Renzhao is no good, he will naturally not fight against Song Yanwo. If we want to cross the river, Lin Renzhao probably won't see it either!"

Zhai Shouxun sighed repeatedly: "I can't run away, I can't defend, I can't defend, why are we staying in this city? Could it be that we can't die in vain?"

Zhang Chonggu shook his head, and the two of them walked towards the secluded place while talking in a low voice, now looking around. {http:

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Friends uploaded updates} There was no outsider. Zhang Chonggu took a step forward and tried his best to lower his voice and said, "In fact, we still have a way out..."

"Speak quickly, talk quickly!" Zhai Shouxun excitedly grabbed Zhang Chonggu's hand and urged him repeatedly.

Zhang Chonggu whispered: "Surrender to the Zhou army!" He spoke very slowly, very slowly, and his voice was very low, but it gave people a great sense of oppression.

Zhai Shouxun shook his head repeatedly, "Mr. Zhang. We are familiar with each other, but why can you say such a ruthless word?!" He looked at Zhang Chonggu with a look of regret, and whispered: "The Grand Marshal respects you so much, and he has never lacked this share of gold, silver and treasures. Even the beauty he snatched a few days ago will be given three! How can you say it?"

Zhai Shouxun gasped quickly, as if suppressing the anger in his heart. When he saw that there were absolutely no outsiders nearby, he then took a step forward and whispered: "Do you still have connections with Zhou Jun? If you really have such a good relationship, you can't leave me!"

Seeing Zhang Chonggu's face full of surprise, Zhai Shouxun smiled embarrassedly, and then whispered: "Although the Grand Marshal is good to us, the water flows to the lower part. We have served under his command for many years and devoted our efforts. Now we should have a plan for ourselves. Seeing that Yangzhou City is about to be unable to be protected, we have to follow the trend. Do you think? But is your relationship reliable?"

Zhang Chonggu was speechless. Unexpectedly, he didn't expect that not only did he, the first counselor, wanted to be a traitor, but even a guy like Zhai Shouxun, who had a big eyebrows and big eyes, wanted to rebel against Li Chongjin! Seeing Zhai Shouxun staring at him eagerly, Zhang Chonggu no longer concealed it and whispered: "It's true that when I learned that Zhan Jing, I sent a messenger outside the city. Now he might have just contacted Shi Shouxun, who led the army, and others. I guess it would take a lot of effort to quell the Li Yun rebellion. If we take the initiative to open the city gate and abandon our weapons and surrender, they will be happy!"

"Open the city gate?" Zhai Shouxun repeated in surprise, asking in surprise: "Does it have to be like this? Although I think staying by Li Chongjin's side is just a death, I don't want to betray him. After all, he is really good to us!"

Zhang Chonggu sneered: "Don't forget that during this period, Li Chongjin asked his subordinates to burn, kill, loot, and we also gained a lot of benefits from it. I heard that Dong Zunhui valued military discipline first, and Han Tong was even more selfless. If he fell into the hands of the Zhou army, he would not have much credit to protect himself, and even if he saved his life, he would have to spend the rest of his life in the hard labor camp. Although I, Zhang Chonggu, can endure hardships, he is unwilling to suffer in vain!"

Zhai Shouxun sighed and nodded helplessly. The two got together, and the more they talked, the more they became more and more speculative, and they were almost killing their chicken heads and calling their brothers. Zhai Shouxun volunteered to win over some generals who led the troops, and Zhang Chonggu also took over a mission, which was to kill Chen Sihui.

After all, the two of them had openly opposed Li Chong's entry into the court to obey the orders in front of Chen Sihui. If Chen Sihui made a wrong move afterwards, they would have to be in great trouble. However, although Chen Sihui had been put into prison, Li Chongjin's personal soldiers were guarding him day and night, killing him was not easy. Zhang Chonggu hugged the beauty sent by Zhan Jing, thinking about it, trying to find a perfect solution. The sky gradually darkened, and proper exercise helped to think, Zhang Chonggu rushed forward with a lewd smile...

The next morning, Shi Shouxin led an army of 20,000 to the city of Yangzhou, and set up checkpoints on several major roads connecting Yangzhou City and the outside world, cutting off traffic.

Li Chongjin put on the armor he had not worn for a long time and led a group of generals to the city tower. The recently rebuilt Yangzhou City was just a small city with simple defense, and it did not have solid fortifications like those old cities with a long history. It was really a dream to look at the short walls and thin fortifications to resist the Zhou army's brigade!

Li Chongjin also understood this. He frowned and looked at the neat queue of Zhou troops not far away, the head of the gun that shone with cold light, and the Zhou army camp that stretched for miles, and knew that there was no hope of defending the city and that he had reached the end.

Li Chongjin bowed to the generals and said, "Everyone has followed me for so long and has made many military achievements. Now the Zhou army is powerful. Even if you surrender to him, I can't blame everyone! Today, I, Li Chongjin, will die and live without life. I hope to fight with you again in the next life! Come on, set up a fire for me!"

After Li Chongjin said this, all the generals burst into tears. Zhan Jing stood up and said loudly: "Brothers, we are very happy to grab gold and play with women during this period. But we have violated the imperial military discipline. Once they come into the city, we must settle the settlement. Even if we defect to the Zhou army and keep our wealth for a while, if we settle the score in the autumn, we will become lambs to be slaughtered! If I want to say, it would be better to fight them here quickly so that Dong Zunhui, Shi Shouxin and others will know that our Huainan army is not a coward!"

After Zhan Jing said this, most generals were excited by him, and waved their arms and shouted loudly: "Our Huainan Army is not a coward!"

However, Zhan Jing's words were invalid for Zhang Chonggu and others who had made up their minds to surrender. Zhang Chonggu looked at everyone's excitement and shouted a few slogans, then said loudly: "Brothers, even if we die in battle, we must collect some interest in advance. Chen Sihui came to use a delaying plan, delaying our time of reprimanding, leaving Li Yun isolated and helpless, and forced to die in battle. Now that we fight with the Zhou army to the death, we must not let Chen Sihui watch the fun in prison!"

Everyone nodded, and someone shouted loudly: "Kill him, kill him!"

Li Chongjin sighed and shook his head and said, "This is not easy for Chen Sihui. Anyway, we are just the word "death", so let's leave him a life! Besides, what's the use of killing him?!"

The generals were speechless. Zhang Chonggu pulled Zhan Jing's armor and said a few words to him quietly. When Zhan Jing heard this, he secretly left and went to the prison to kill Chen Sihui.

When Zhan Jing was far away, Zhang Chonggu gave a wink at Zhai Shouxun and asked him to take action immediately. Zhai Shouxun saw it and quietly pulled the general who convinced him last night. The two of them secretly went down the city and soon arrived near the city gate.

Soon, Shi Shouxin launched a tentative attack on Yangzhou City. To his surprise, as soon as the commando rushed to the near the city gate, Zhai Shouxun and others opened the city gate and surrendered to them. Shi Shouxin was very happy and hurriedly led his army into the city.

Li Chongjin on the city saw all this and sighed and threw himself into the fire. When Shi Shouxin rushed to the top of the city, Li Chongjin had already turned into ashes! The generals under Li Chongjin, except for Zhan Jing's death, all the others surrendered under Zhang Chonggu and Zhai Shouxun. However, Li Chongjin's relatives were very backbone, like Li Chongjin's elder brother Li Chongxing, who committed suicide after learning the news of the city's destruction; Li Chongjin's younger brother Li Chongzan and nephew Li Yanfu all went on the battle and died in the streets.

Two days later, Dong Zunhui led his army to Yangzhou and saw the ruined Yangzhou City. After hearing the cry of the people of Yangzhou, Dong Zunhui, who was furious, said to Shi Shouxin: "Li Chongjin is a general of our dynasty. How can he die alone?! His subordinates are loyal and righteous. After the city is broken, they threw themselves into the sea of ​​fire and continued to follow Li Chongjin!"

Shi Shouxin understood what Dong Zunhui meant, and to be honest, he was also very disdainful of Zhang Chonggu and others. That night, the generals and officials who had the greatest public anger were secretly executed by the Zhou army. Of course, the Zhou army announced this way: Li Chongjin set off a big fire, and led more than a hundred loyal soldiers to the sea of ​​fire together!
Chapter completed!