Although Hebei also has a few waterways that pass through the state and connect the localities, they are still much inferior to Henan. In particular, after the successive losses of Liyang, Fangtou and other important Jin, the already congenitally inferior waterways could not be connected into a network, and both the people's livelihood and the military were greatly troubled.

It is precisely because of this that in the midst of many difficulties in the country's declining situation, Shihu, the lord of the Qian, still has to invest a lot of money and dig ditches to connect the secondary water flows such as Qingshui and Weishui, in order to regain the convenience of water transportation.

However, now, this waterway, which consumes the little remaining foundation of the Qiang Kingdom and pins the hope of the Karma Lord Shi Hu to continue to attack and plan southward, has fallen into the control of the Jin army.

Because the Xingguo Canal itself is artificially excavated, so the port itself has been carefully repaired, the cofferdam with high boulders, and the deep-water port dug deep at the bottom of the river, the Jin army no longer needs to do anything for the port itself.

With the input of a large number of manpower and materials, the construction speed of this camp is also very fast, and many buildings with distinctive Henan characteristics have risen from the ground, and the messy and crude buildings that were temporarily built by the original state of China have been demolished one by one.

The construction of the camp was undertaken by its own military force from Henan, and the various departments of the Wang Division, with the subsequent transportation of war horses to the north, under the leadership of their own generals, relying on the Xingguo Canal and waterway, began to clean up the suburbs of southern Hebei.

Although the war in Henan was successful, the soldiers of the Wang Division did not indulge in the joy of the victory for too long, and continued to expand the results more diligently.

After Shi Xuan continued to flee north, there were no more formed forces in the realm that could fight with the Jin army. There is only one variable, that is, on the eve of the previous war, the troops led by Liu Gao, the Taishou of Leling of the Qiang Kingdom, who led his troops to leave Qinghe and go to Leling County, but this way has already crossed the plain to Leling, so the current Qinghe and Pingyuan counties are temporarily free of organized and large-scale armed forces.

In such a situation, Wang Shi attacked from all directions and was invincible. Wherever they passed, the county officials appointed by the state of Qiang also had few consciousness of loyalty to the country, and most of them opened the door and surrendered to the realm where the kings and teachers passed. The ruling structure of the state in the southern Hebei counties was also quickly swept away and collapsed.

Those county officials, Wang Shi did not need them to temporarily stay in the town to maintain the hearts of the people, once they surrendered or were captured, they all arrived in Xingguojin to wait for the trial.

In this realm of Xingguojin, there are not many idlers, but it is not nothing, and Zhang Tan is one of the few idle people. Originally, he was following Xie Yao, who joined the army, but as the military affairs gradually increased, Xie Yao, who joined the army, became more and more busy, so he had no leisure to take care of him anymore.

Zhang Tan's identity at the moment was really embarrassing, although he took a little precedent in surrendering, but no matter the governor Shen Mu or other officials and generals, they did not express their position on how to deal with him, so they were simply arranged into a prisoner of war camp again.

For Zhang Tan, the only thing that can be called fortunate is that the prisoner of war camp in Xingguojin is now very lively, and it is no longer as lonely as Licheng earlier. And Zhang Tan, as a Hebei person who surrendered to Xingtai Wang Shi first, still had a qualification to fight with the army earlier, regardless of how much he contributed for the time being, these are enough to make him the big brother in the prisoner of war camp.

More and more Hebei Shiliu were escorted to the prisoner of war camp in Xingguojin, and there was no shortage of Zhang Tan's old acquaintances. After all, his family is Qinghe Wangzong, and he himself is a high-ranking general of the Qiang Kingdom, and there are not a few people who know him. When we meet each other under such circumstances, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of sighs.

And when those people learned that Zhang Tan surrendered to the Jin army in the south, they naturally couldn't help but ask him how to fend for themselves. But Zhang Tan's current misfortune is still unpredictable, and where is there any magic method to teach others, he can only smile bitterly.

The war ended in a surprising way, and Zhang Tan's state of mind was also turbulent, and after being taught rudely and directly by the facts, he no longer dared to speculate on how the future would develop.

After all, no matter how wise a person is, even if he has any judgment, it is based on rich experience and old things, but it is obvious that the strength of Henan's Wang Shi has far exceeded his cognition and common sense, even if there is any speculation, it must be full of fallacies.

But after all, there are a few people who think like Zhang Tan, and most people instinctively want to let themselves seek advantages and avoid disadvantages and improve the dangerous situation. And at present, the people of Wang Shi are still sweeping and purging outside, and they don't have much energy to monitor them, so in this prisoner of war camp, there is no shortage of people who gather together every day to discuss countermeasures.

The Hebei Shiliu who can be imprisoned in the camp here is mainly the local township and the strong, as for some of the courtiers of the state of Hu Lu, they were killed by the sword as early as the royal division during the sweep.

These people got together to discuss day and night, but they were not brewing any big conspiracy against Wang Shi, they were a group of people who were guarded against and suppressed in the country itself, and naturally they did not have the courage to sacrifice their lives for the country. But to be able to survive under the rule of such a tyrannical lord as Shi Hu, it is inevitable that he will have more thoughts, and there is no lack of sensitivity to judge the situation.

They also invited Zhang Tan several times, but after Zhang Tan was educated, he felt that this kind of self-conspiracy was just a waste of time and energy, and even if he was present out of old feelings, he rarely expressed his opinion. After a few times, these people also felt that Zhang Tan cherished himself, and they were unhappy in their hearts, so they began to vaguely exclude him.

Zhang Tan was happy to be idle, watching these people sigh and think about it every day, and then thinking that most of them were in vain, he couldn't help but feel a little bad pleasure in his heart.

Previously, he was even willing to gamble on his family's lives and sacrifice a strange plan to attack Linqing, and his sincerity was far greater than that of these people. But facts have proved that these Hebei people are no longer qualified to calculate bargaining chips and raise conditions with Xingtai. Such intentions may not lead to death, but they are also doomed to be fruitless.

Of course, Zhang Tan is not blindly self-defeating, because the experience of surrendering first still made him gain something, and he understood that when facing Wang Shi, only deference and respect are the most infallible practices.

So he grinded hard several times, and finally asked Xie Yao to help him communicate with the outside world. And the only content of Zhang Tan's external correspondence is to contact the family of Dongwu City, don't think about the few people who are still in the Zhang Kingdom as officials, and don't worry about whether Wang Shi's soldiers will be in southern Hebei for a long time or a short attack, and take advantage of the fact that Wang Shi's soldiers have not yet stepped before Linqing City, and use the fastest speed to rectify the family business, and it is best to dedicate Dongwu City to Wang Shi.

In this letter, Zhang Tan used a categorical and unquestionable tone, but as for the reason, he did not say much. After all, as a prisoner of war, even if he was fortunate enough to have communication with the outside world, otherwise it would be impossible for the supervising Wang Shi to tolerate him revealing too much information to the outside world.

As for whether he can move his family, Zhang Tan is actually not very confident, because several members of his family hold high positions in Xiangguo, and they are too deeply entangled with Xiangguo, and it takes great courage to give up with a painful decision. But there are not many people in the current clan who have this courage, and even Zhang Tan himself finally deeply felt the irresistible strength of Wang Shi after experiencing it himself.

But in any case, after sending this letter home, he finally felt at ease. Even if the whole family will suffer in the future, it is not because he is implicated in the enemy. If the family must hold the building that will fall, and then break their bones, it is also to blame.

Although Zhang Tan had a little bit of the intention of obeying the destiny of heaven, this letter still brought a small turn for the better in his own situation, that is, Shen Mu, the governor of the Jin army who went north to Xingguojin, took time out to meet him again.

At this meeting, Shen Mu often dressed up, although he was a little less powerful than the one he had dressed earlier, but he also had a sense of not being angry and powerful when he sat in the seat.

"Zhang Tan? You're still a nice guy, at least not stupid. ”

Seeing Zhang Tan enter the tent, Shen Mu waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and then picked up Zhang Tan's original letter and raised it to him.

Hearing this evaluation of himself, Zhang Tan laughed at himself, and then arched his hand and said: "The governor's words really make Tan feel guilty. ”

Shen Mu laughed when he heard this: "It's not enough to say that you are a fool, it's just that you still underestimated Wang Shi's strong attacking ability after all." If you don't know how much power you have, I may not listen to your strategy. ”

After Zhang Tan heard this, he was embarrassed again, and then heard Shen Mu say: "That's why I said that you are not stupid, because you have learned to hide clumsy." Wang Shi went against the trend, from small to large, how could he not have one or two talents? You Hebei Shiliu, you have too many thoughts, you are eager to reveal, you underestimate the world, look down on yourself, a group of nonsense and leftover food, and how many people are the real talents of the world? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Tan sweated even more, knowing that those things in the prisoner of war camp really couldn't be hidden from the governor, and he was secretly glad that he didn't get involved with those villagers, otherwise he was afraid that there would not be another meeting.

"You are a talented man and you know the times. I have a business to hand over to you, I wonder if you are willing to take it on? ”

Shen Mu looked at him again and asked with a smile.

Where would Zhang Tan hesitate, he immediately turned over and got up, knocking on the ground with his head: "If you can be tolerated by the governor, Tan will be smeared with his liver and brains and serve with death!" ”

"It doesn't need to be so miserable, later my lion cub will lead the force to continue to whip north, you follow his army, and be a guide for the time being."

Shen Mu said again, although he has always been contemptuous in front of Shen Yun, but in front of outsiders, he did not hesitate to praise: "My lion cub is a rare heroic choice in the north and south, if you can come under his command, as long as you can keep your duty and fulfill your duties, it will be okay to enter Luo Kuagong." ”