Chapter 389: Hopeless

When the outside responded, he heard a sound of footsteps away. It was obvious that the soldiers who were circulating were leaving. Zhao Yingong was walking back and forth in the tent. Although it was already the cold winter month, the brazier in the tent had already been extinguished, just like an ice cave, but a layer of fine cold sweat oozed out from Zhao Yingong's forehead. He knew in his heart that more than 10,000 troops outside had reached the brink of collapse. The series of attacks on the outbreak of food and epidemics had already filled the soldiers with panic and resentment. All of this could only be saved by the arrival of the supply fleet led by Zhao Quan. But is the messenger good news? What should I do if it was bad news? Zhao Yingong's heart was full of confusion and helplessness for the first time.

"General! The man is here." The report from outside the tent woke Zhao Yingong up. He calmed down his emotions, returned to his seat, and said in a deep voice: "Come in!"

As the curtain opened, the soldier on the verge of the night walked in with a man. It was the messenger who had gone to Mingzhou before. He saw his dark face covered with small holes that were cracked by the biting sea breeze. He just took two steps into the tent and knelt on the ground and hissed, "General!" There was a crying voice in his voice.

"Let's go!" Zhao Yingong signaled the messenger not to speak for now, and said to the Yabing who led him in: "You go out and get some soup and porridge, and also plaster to treat the sores. Also, send me my orders, guard the sentry outside the tent carefully. No one is allowed to be killed within ten steps outside the tent, and those who violate the order will be killed."

The personal soldiers took the order out of the tent, and then Zhao Yingong stepped forward to help the messenger up, asked him to sit down on Hu's bed beside him, and ordered him to speak in a low voice.

The messenger was also a delicate person. Seeing Zhao Yingong running away his personal soldiers, he was so careful that he lowered his voice to report that after Lu Fang fought against Shichengshan, his general Liu Manfu led his light troops to advance and headed straight to the city of Yuezhou. The guards' closed gates of the future were rushing straight into Yuezhou. Lu Fang swept away the middle and high-level officers involved in the rebellion in Wuyongdu, killing them all, hanging their heads on the trees on both sides of the official road. His wife was invaded into the government as slaves, and threatened that if anyone dared to be stubborn and resist the king's army, these people were their role models. For a moment, the two Zhejiangs were shocked. Then Lu Fang left Luo Renqiong to guard Yuezhou,

He led his army down the Cixi River, advancing along the water and land. The powerful men of Mingzhou all descended in the wind. Chen Zhang, who killed Zhao Quan on Wengshan Island and collected Mingzhou soldiers, released all the civilian ships, rewarded the soldiers and soldiers with the accumulated military resources and property, and won the hearts of them. Then he led the surrendered troops across the sea, first took Zhenhai Town, and then headed straight to the Mingzhou Prefecture. Mingzhou suddenly felt unowned and panicked. Before Lu Fang's troops came to the city, the powerful men in the city killed all the remaining Zhao Yingong generals and opened the city to welcome Lu Fang into the city. Although the messenger lowered his voice at first, he could no longer suppress his feelings and cried bitterly after saying that.

Zhao Yingong sat on Hu's bed with a pale face. If his chest had not slight ups and downs, he would have been like a dead person. At this time, his mind was already in a mess. Although he thought at first that the situation might be bad, the news brought by the credential was much worse. He could not count on the supply fleet sent by Mingzhou, and Lu Fang's pursuers would soon chase him up. Even if Lu Fang's actions were not so fast, the tyrants in Taizhou would resist him even more resolutely even in order to clear away the charge of collusion with the rebels. The current situation would only become worse. As for the consequences of the wife and small tribe who remained in Yuezhou, he did not dare to consider it. He still understood the truth that there would be no end to the collapse of the nest.

The messenger beside him cried for a while, and when he saw the Lord General's appearance, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. He learned this news, but he didn't escape alone, but rushed back from the sea to report the news to the Lord General. His loyalty to Zhao Yingong was naturally unquestionable. At this time, his fate was inevitable from Zhao Yingong. Seeing the Lord General's appearance, he was crazy. He wanted to reach out and push the other party, but he was afraid that his actions would drive Zhao Yingong crazy. While he was hesitating, he heard footsteps outside. When he looked back, he was the captain who was going to make porridge and medicinal ointment.

The sound of footsteps outside woke Zhao Yingong up from his meditation. He forced himself to suppress his chaos. He winked at the messenger beside him and signaled him not to speak later. Then he tried his best to pretend to be confident and ordered the captain: "Go out and send orders, let the army release food, and let the brothers eat enough."

The captain was stunned when he heard this. While he was hesitating, he saw Zhao Yingong laughing and said, "The supply fleet of Zhao Quan is coming soon. It will be here tomorrow. These days have been miserable. Also, let Queyue be ready to stop working after he is full. I want to give the rich people in Taizhou at both ends of the rat a little color!"

Hearing the good news that the supply fleet was about to arrive, the captain was surprised and happy. He just bowed slightly and rushed out of the tent. The captain had just left the tent, and the messenger saw that the smile on Zhao Yingong's face had disappeared, and the only thing left was Resolution.

Mingzhou City, in the small square in front of the governor's mansion, there were dark people kneeling on the ground. These people were all the leading figures in Mingzhou, and they were more or less closely related to Zhao Yingong. After Lu Fang entered the city, he immediately ordered martial law in the city and sent soldiers to guard the city gates strictly, but he plunged into the governor's mansion. No one saw. After a few days, he only saw a group of soldiers patrolling Zhenhai in the city and the actions of confiscating the Zhao clan. These people couldn't figure out what Lu Fang had in his belly.

They planned to hide at home and became more and more timid, so they connected together to apologize to the governor's mansion. They made up their minds that no matter how much blood was, they could save their lives. But they came from morning and knelt down until noon, but Lu Fang just ignored it. Although it was winter now, it was not as hard as the scorching sun in summer, but it was not as good as kneeling on the cold and hard bluestone floor. They saw that the people in the field were shaking one by one and were about to pounce on the ground.

Just as everyone was about to hold on, they heard a sound of horse hooves coming from afar. They saw a group of people coming here, six or seven meters away, and everyone jumped off the horse and walked over with the horses. Those who were kneeling on the ground knew that the person coming should be the general of Zhenhai Army, so they quickly stood up and made way out. The lieutenant guarding the gate obviously recognized the person coming, and came up from afar and smiled and said, "It turns out it is General Chen. Give me the mount quickly. My husband has an order, so I will tell you to spread it as soon as I see you." As he said that, he was about to reach out to hold the person's mount.

The person who came with the horse held the reins gave him a hand and smiled and said, "How can you afford it? I'm just a ward in the Jiedu Mansion."

The gatekeeper insisted on reaching out to grab the reins of the horses and smiled and whispered: "What did you say? In this attack on the Zhao bandits in Mingzhou, you will lead a hundred people to attack the enemy's hearts, kill the enemy generals, and seize their savings. The generals in the palace will be the most rewarding. No one in the army admires them very much. They are going to be sent out of the prefectures and counties. At that time, the young man wanted to go to the army to lead you horses, but I'm afraid it will depend on whether you will give the villain a chance." These officers guarding the gate for Lu Fang were either the Lu clan or the relatives of the children on Huai, and the news was the most informative. Chen Zhang made great achievements this time and expected that the future would be great. Come and make a good relationship first.

Seeing that he was like this, Chen Zhang couldn't hold on any longer and smiled and said, "Since that's the case, I'll just work hard. The horse has run a little more these days, so I'll feed more good materials later."

"That's natural, then!" The captain smiled and turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Take these horses to the stable behind, drink some water first, and then feed the ingredients, mix more wheat and bean cakes." After that, he wanted to go forward and invite Chen Zhang into the door.

Chen Zhang listened to the commander's orders and was about to follow him into the mansion, but his right leg tightened. When he looked down, a young man in blue hugged his thighs, held a silk book in his right hand, shouting without any hesitation: "General Chen help!"

The gatekeeper reacted and couldn't help but become furious and shouted loudly. Without saying a word, he ordered his soldiers to come forward and beat the young man hard. The man was a little ruthless. He neither reached out to protect his head nor started to scream pain. He just hugged Chen Zhang's thigh with one hand and raised the silk book with the other hand. Seeing this, the gatekeeper was even more angry. He pulled out his waist knife with his back, and slashed the back of the young man's head with a knife, knocking him to the ground. However, the man still hugged Chen Zhang's thigh with one arm and held the silk book with the other hand.

It turned out that the young man in green was one of the people who had been begging in front of the door before. Seeing that kneeling down like this was not a solution, the gatekeeper complimented Chen Zhang so much, he thought that he must be a popular man next to Lu Fang. He gritted his teeth and rushed to Chen Zhang, hoping to take this opportunity to send the silk book in his hand to Lu Fang, but he didn't expect to be beaten.

The gatekeeper was about to order his subordinates to drag the man aside, but he heard Chen Zhang say, "Forget it, this young man has some courage, don't make things difficult for him." The lieutenant naturally would not disobey Chen Zhang's intention for this person, so he quickly bowed to take the order. Chen Zhang took the silk book and put it in his arms, untied the fainted young man's arm, looked into his nose, and found that there was no life danger. He was knocked unconscious, so he stood up and said to the uneasy people watching: "Who are the relatives of this young man? Help him back and rest for a long time. I will bring this silk book to his lord for him."

Chen Zhang shouted twice, and the onlookers walked out and rushed forward timidly to help the young man back. Chen Zhang was about to ask the young man's name, but then he thought that they would not tell the truth under such circumstances, so he was too lazy to speak and went to the mansion to go.
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