received the generous gift of "Ding Hu's Head" from Huan Hu, whether it was Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, or Zhao Tan, the marquis of Anping, and other other noble lords of the Suwang Party, they were all frightened by this generous gift that was like a soft threat.

After all, since Huanhu's people can quietly blend into the handsome tent in the military camp and place the "head of Ding Hu" next to the couch of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, then they can naturally take away the head of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling.

So, as Huan Hu expected, after receiving the "Ding Hu's head", Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and others immediately gave up the idea of "attacking Suiyang after capturing his own clan". - They were shocked by Huanhu's methods.

On the other hand, Nangong Chen, who was in Jishi County, was also shocked and angry when he learned the news of "Ding Huzhong died in ambush".

What was surprising was that last night Ding Hu actually led his army to the nobles who attacked Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, to attack the Wei camp at night, and was ambushed halfway, resulting in defeat and death; Angry, according to Ding Hu's corporal who fled back to his clan, the enemy army who ambushed them was a very elite enemy pawn, and the enemy general who led the enemy pawn was so powerful that he killed Ding Hu with one move.

The rabble of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, really have such powerful soldiers and fierce generals? - If this is the case, how could it be so miserable to be killed by Ding Hu yesterday, and in the end, it was all those powerful war weapons that saved the defeat.

『…… Huan Hu!"

Nangong Chen immediately guessed that Huan Hu occupied Suiyang in the south.

In this vicinity, only Huan Hu and his fierce general Chen Hunt have more force than Ding Hu.

Although Nangong Chen has not yet figured out why Huan Hu wants to "help" Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, he is more or less sure: it must be Huan Hu who waited for the opportunity and took the opportunity to ambush Ding Hu.

And now, Ding Hu, a fierce general, has died meaninglessly, how will Jishi County ensure that it is not lost?

After the anger, Nangong Chen paced back and forth in the study, thinking about countermeasures.

You must know that Ding Hu not only defended his own clan, but also relied on him to counterattack Suiyang and kill Huan Hu to avenge his father and younger brother, but what he didn't expect was that Ding Hu died so meaninglessly.

In fact, there are still a few generals in Ji's County who are willing to follow Nangong Chen, but unfortunately, none of these generals are as brave and reliable as Ding Hu.

Thinking about it, Nangong Chen never came up with a way to defend his own county.

After pondering for an hour, he decided to abandon his clan and lead his army to the eastern part of Song County.

Although the eastern part of Song County belonged to the sphere of influence of the Northern Army, at the same time, there were also some of his father Nangong Yao's old subordinates, including his uncle "Nangong Xi".

On the same day, the aristocratic private army outside the city sent troops to attack Jishi County again, saying that it was a siege, but in fact, it was a copy of the way of yesterday's siege, and the twenty catapults were used to bombard the city wall indiscriminately.

But this time, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, was smarter, he ordered his private soldiers to use crossbows to break the city gate, Nangong Chen saw with his own eyes, those crossbow arrows as thick as a child's arm, even a foot thick city gate can be penetrated, and he was shocked that he quickly ordered to block the city gate with sundries, otherwise, before he ordered the withdrawal of troops, I am afraid that this Jishi county may really be broken by the noble private army outside the city.

Around evening, the aristocratic private army outside the city slowly retreated, and Nangong Chen took the opportunity to bring some gold and silver property from the warehouse in the city, and led some remnants of the Suiyang army who were willing to follow him, as well as the Jishi County garrison that originally belonged to Ding Hu, to quietly evacuate from the east of the city.

After learning of this, the local wealthy families in Jishi County panicked, and they also packed up their soft and fled the city with their families.

The large-scale escape of these wealthy clans finally alarmed Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and others.

The rest of the wealthy families of the Ji clan who were unwilling to leave their hometowns took the initiative to send people to the Wei camp of the noble private army outside the city the next day to surrender to Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling.

The Ji clan took the initiative to surrender, which made Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and other noble lords of the Suwang Party very surprised, so on the tenth day of the first month of June, the noble private army outside the city officially entered the Ji clan and took over the city defense.

After that, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, was responsible for writing a war report back to the Liang court, and it was inevitable to add water to the war report, boasting about the difficulty of attacking his own clan, and Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping, summoned the head and face of the scholar clan in the city, and prepared to knock them hard.

Because he had consulted Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, in advance, Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping, did not go too far, and after collecting about eighty or ninety percent of the wealth of the clan lords in his county, he still gave the latter certain rights and interests.

For example, Jishi County has now become a "county seat protected by the Su Dynasty", and there will be no private troops from other princes' forces to invade, and in addition, if they encounter harassment by thieves and rebels, the private army of the Su Wang Party nobles will come forward to protect the safety of the county, and so on.

What's more, for the family gentry who are willing to pay their family property, Zhao Shen, King of Chengling, Zhao Tan, Marquis of Anping, and others recommend these people to join the "Su Chamber of Commerce", so in layman's terms, the family gentry in Jishi County are like spending money to buy a ticket to join the "Su Wang line" forces, but this ticket is really expensive.

But no matter what, this is already the best result for the gentry of the clan in Jishi County, after all, after Nangong Chen led the troops to withdraw, they alone were not enough to resist the private army of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and others.

As for the commoners in the city who only have one household and one residence, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and other nobles of the Suwang Party, it can be said that it is rare that they have not committed any crimes in the autumn - there is no way, first, they have already promised Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su; Second, His Royal Highness King Su has always been a person who has always said the same thing and will never compromise because of some actions within the force.

Wanting to make King Su Zhao Run pay for the illegal acts of some nobles in his own power like the former prince Zhao Hongli, this is purely a fool's dream - King Su Zhao Run is an extremely powerful highness, if he disobeys him, then not only must he be prepared to be kicked out by this highness, but he will even be liquidated by this highness.

As a result, the civilians of the own clan, who were sincerely terrified when the aristocratic private army entered the city, were surprised to find half a day later that this aristocratic private army from the Wei State was simply a conscientious nobleman, neither robbing nor killing, as if they had not seen them, how they lived in the past, and how they still live now.

The only difference, probably, is that the flags of the chaotic aristocratic gatekeepers were erected on the city walls, and that's it.

From the tenth day of June to the twelfth day of June, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and others were busy counting the property of the local nobles in Jishi County, in addition, because Nangong Chen was in a hurry, there was still a lot of money and grain in the warehouse in the county.

Song Jun is so rich!

Especially the county seat that was once controlled by the forces of Nangong Yao.

On 13 June, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and others left behind the "Nanxi Marquis Zhao Shi" with 2,000 private troops to defend his clan, while the rest of the army marched eastward—after being softly threatened by Huanhu, they had given up attacking Suiyang, and chose the "single father" county in the east as their next target.

In fact, between the "Ji clan" and the "single father", there are one or two small county towns, as well as some villages and towns—that is, villages and towns composed of one or two local wealthy families and a dozen or dozens of commoners.

But in general, there are not as many as the big counties such as "Jishi" and "Single Father" in these places.

After that, on the way to the territory of Song County, the private armies of the nobles of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, were also hindered by local forces one after another, such as some local wealthy families organized their servants and families, and even hired local villagers to protect the manor from being captured by the noble private army.

But it's a pity that the men and horses of these local wealthy families can only die two or three thousand, and their combat quality is inferior to the private army of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, how can they stop the latter's army of as many as twenty or thirty thousand people?

In the face of the resistance of these weak local forces in Song County, the private army of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and others can be said to be advancing all the way.

The only thing that is a little troublesome is that as Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and others successively penetrate deep into Song County, they gradually began to encounter the resistance of the righteous soldiers of the Northern Army.

It's not a large-scale counterattack, it's just the harassment of dozens or more than 100 people, such as attacking the grain route of the nobles' private army, taking the opportunity to kill a few private soldiers who lack vigilance, etc., the problem is not big, but it is really a little annoying.

From mid to late June, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, successively sent several good news to Daliang, and the noble private army of the rest of the prince's forces also gained more or less.

Gradually, the imperial court gradually recovered several large counties in the western part of Song County, such as "Jishi", "Chengshi", "Chengwu", "Shanfu", and "Changyi", and more than a dozen other small counties were also returned to the imperial court.

In this regard, the imperial court behaved quite calmly, even on the side of the vertical arch hall, Yongwang Hongyu, who was the superintendent of the country, only drafted the document and commended it in writing.

As for the reward, the court didn't even mention it.

Of course, I believe that the aristocratic lords of the princely forces will not mind, after all, they have already made a lot of money during the recovery of Song County, so who cares about the rewards given by the imperial court.

It is worth mentioning that when the noble private army of the Qingwang Party approached "Rencheng", the noble private army was attacked by the Northern Army.

At that time, the general of the Northern Army, "Chen Yan", led 2,000 volunteers of the Northern Army, and attacked the private army of "Pingcheng Hou Li Yang", which was still looting in "Jinxiang" at that time, resulting in the defeat of Pingcheng Hou Li Yang, and Li Yang's second son "Li Ping" and the family general "Buying" were killed by the Bei Han soldiers.

This was the "Battle of Jinxiang", which immediately ignited the fire of war between the noble private army and the Northern Army, making the two sides truly determined to be "hostile".

After that, the Bei Han army in the eastern part of Song County intensified its counterattack, launching a powerful counterattack against any private army of Wei nobles that was close to the eastern part of Song County.

At this time, the private army of the nobles of Wei State discovered that the Northern Army was not at all as they imagined, just a group of traitors in the countryside of Song County, the rebel army of the Northern Army, not only organized and disciplined, but also more complete than the soldiers of the noble private army, and even these people actually had a controlled weapon called "crossbow".

"It's definitely not just a thief army!"

A few days later, when the noble generals of the Qingwang Party met in Changyi, Li Yang, Marquis of Pingcheng, said angrily and fearfully.