"Peng Biao's department has more than 3,000 people, and the food is poor, and he has abandoned the north. The old families of Huaixia have changed their banners, welcome the king, and respect the military orders of Shen and Ma. As soon as the order is reached, the first part will be completed, and the south will meet the division and annihilate the slaves and thieves in the wilderness! ”

Several Huainan local dock wall owners were introduced into the Yuzhou military camp tent, and the military appearance and equipment seen along the way were prosperous, which can be described as terrifying. After really seeing the military appearance of the Yuzhou army, they realized that Peng Biao's command was obviously thousands of elite cavalry, but he was a field hero, but he did not snipe and destroy the opponent in the field, but connived at the Yuzhou army commander to drive here.

At the same time, there is no lack of apprehension in their hearts, the main general of the Yuzhou Army, the young man is a little excessive, and he is forcing Peng Biao to retreat, conquering Shouchun, and winning a series of victories. But they only came to vote when the general trend was about to be set, even if the other party didn't care about their previous deeds as thieves, it was already a big holiday to simply face the contemptuous attitude when they faced the solicitation earlier.

So after expressing their sincerity, they couldn't help but remind: "Although Peng Biao's department is short of food, it still gathers thousands of people, and the knights are armored, and their combat power should not be underestimated. Moreover, there are still many barriers between Huaisi, Shouchun is heavy, Huaisi is exhausted, if it is a counterattack, the war may be reversed. Wang Shi came from afar or was tired, so please lead the horse to return to Shouchun as soon as possible, and refuse to defend the city. As for the foreign enemy, we and other villagers will fight with all our might, and we will not allow the thieves to cross Huai and wreak havoc on the countryside again! ”

At this time, Shen Zhezi had already waded into Luo Du, who had confronted Peng Biao's troops earlier, leaving a thousand people to defend that critical passage, and he only led the Shengwu army to continue to advance north.

The news that Shouchun City was broken and recovered has now spread in this Huainan land, as long as Peng Biao's part of the Qianhu army is wiped out, this winter battle to recover Huainan can be said to be a successful end. As the king's major event is about to be decided, those who come to take refuge are also endless. Shen Zhezi's current meeting with these people is already the second wave of today.

Previously, although Peng Biao broke through many dock walls in this Huainan place and drove the people to flee south, it did not mean that all the villagers were swept away.

In fact, Huainan, where the important town of Shouchun is located, is bordered by Xu Yan in the east and Yusi in the west, which is one of the important settlements for displaced people to flee south. Therefore, this realm is also lined with dock walls, and there are many pleasures and foods. Don't say that Shi Zhao has only mastered Shouchun for less than two years at the moment, even if there are many wars in the future, when the Southern Dynasty Qi Liang is in power, this is an extremely important place for the Jiangdong Imperial Court to recruit and eat.

Although Peng Biao drove away the villagers in a big way, but the strong enemy in the south came steadily south, he only dared to pick some soft persimmons to pinch, and the really powerful dock wall did not dare to touch, so as not to wear too much.

Therefore, although Wang Shi has arrived in this realm, these dock wall masters who are guarding from the ground are forced to come to see Shen Zhezi due to the general trend, and they are still quite strategic, rather than pandering to the bottomline.

The so-called invitation to Shen Zhezi to go to Shouchun as soon as possible is nothing more than the fear that he will be like Peng Biao, relying on his military authority to gallop in the countryside and attack them as villagers. Taking the initiative to undertake the war is nothing more than deceiving him when he is young and ignorant, and does not know the situation in Huainan, taking advantage of the fact that this situation is about to be determined, he has grasped several geographical advantages and key points, and whether he is self-protecting or making other plans in the future, he can rely on it.

Born in troubled times, Huainan is a place of frequent wars for a long time, these people have their own plans, what to do to make a living, this has nothing to do with loyalty and morality, just human nature.

To a certain extent, these dock wall masters, who each support the crowd to protect themselves, are actually even more bastards than those high-ranking families in Jiangdong. Although Jiangdong has more than one infighting, at least it revolves around a common imperial court and has a concept of the overall situation of defending Jiangdong.

But these people, talking to them about the overall situation, about loyalty, righteousness, and integrity, are all nonsense. Even if the current situation in the war in Huainan is very good, if Shen Zhezi can't properly handle their demands, these people will dare to lure the Huaibei slaves south again in a minute, drive the Yuzhou army out of Huainan, and let all the results of this battle be in vain.

This is not alarmist, Zuyo was destroyed in this way. Even if his people are unbearable, the Zu clan has been in this realm for a year or two, and his popularity is always much higher than that of Shen Zhezi, a newcomer, where is the result now? It is true that Zu Yue is a typical example of his own death, but Shen Zhezi has just arrived, if he doesn't make concessions and doesn't win them over, why isn't he dying?

Each of them has a large number of people, so that they have a foundation for their lives, and the situation of confrontation between the north and the south provides them with opportunities to meet the source left and right. As long as neither side of the North and the South can achieve a completely overwhelming advantage, and there is still a need to win over the dissociating forces in the middle, they will have room to survive here.

In such a troubled world, any consideration is cruel to put it bluntly. Shen Zhezi came south slowly, leaving Peng Biao plenty of time to wreak havoc in Huainan, in addition to luring the enemy, there was no need to use Peng Biao's hand to clean up the land of Huainan. His overall situation is not the overall situation that others agree with, and if it doesn't make sense, then teach them with iron and blood.

"I was reused by the king, and I controlled the king's division from coming north, and I was also trembling all the way, lest I make a mistake and let down the country's use, and I was also afraid that the king's division would be hindered halfway, so that the people of the county would hope that the king's division would become empty. Fortunately, I am finally in this situation now, and I have been praised by all the villagers, which can be said to have fulfilled my wishes. ”

In the face of these people, Shen Zhezi's demeanor was still kind, and then his voice changed and sighed: "In the early years, the land was lost, and it was not the crime of the villagers, but it was reduced to slavery and was wreaking havoc. All the ministers of my king and the emperor have hatred and shame, and they are willing to destroy the slaves and save the people. If you can survive the destruction of the slaves, how can I bear to drive the villagers to block the slaves with their flesh and blood? ”

"As you said, although Peng Biao's troops are defeated, their combat power still exists. This thief has been desperate and has committed many atrocities, and he does not know what kind of evil deeds he will do in the future! Its people roared and whipped the countryside, and they could not be stopped. At this point, the king is a thief, how can he avoid living in a big city because of a moment of peace! Therefore, although you have great intentions, I dare not send it lightly to cause another tragedy in the county, but please ask the villagers in the county to protect themselves, don't go out lightly, I will take it myself! ”

This is also what he has been accustomed to saying in the past few days, and Shen Zhezi opened his mouth to gush: "As for the Huaibei slaves or counterattacks, you don't have to worry about this at all." The Peng thief has been trapped in this area, and the way to the south has been opened, and the comrades of the king of Yuzhou will continue to rise in the future, and they will never let the slave thief pass through the armor. What's more, this northward advance is not a light move by Liang County, and Xuzhou Xigong will also rush to the aid within ten days. Huainan is stable, at this time! ”

After finishing speaking, Shen Zhezi no longer entangled with these people, and asked his own soldiers to invite people out, or give them a few pairs of armor, or give some bows and arrows, which can be regarded as a reward for their coming to surrender.

So far, the war has reached the final stage of being cautious and not making a big mistake. Because there are still the remnants of Peng Biao, Shen Zhezi has a clear attitude and does not allow these villagers to interfere in the war, and it has a different meaning in the eyes of different people.

Some weak dock walls were worried that they would be recruited by Wang Shi to participate in the encirclement and suppression, and they were relieved to learn of this attitude.

And some powerful dock walls are a little unwilling to be lonely, and want to take advantage of the turmoil in Huainan to make a difference, so on Shen Zhezi's follow-up journey to the north, there is no shortage of urgent letters for help, all of which are local families who mobilized their tribes to occupy a certain place privately, and as a result, they were attacked by the slave rangers.

For this kind of distress letter, Shen Zhezi has an attitude, he doesn't respond, and he won't save him when he dies!

Even if the battle took place several miles away from his path, he still maintained the original plan of marching, and continued to march almost rigidly. And the two strongholds of Shouchun and Luojian that have already started, the orders given to them are also to be kept carefully.

Therefore, in the Huainan area now, the most active is the remnants of Peng Biao's army, rushing left and right to open an exit, but they hit a wall everywhere. The only ones who are still active are the victorious army led by Shen Zhezi and the cavalry of Shen Mu and Han Huang who have crossed Luojian, but both of them have their own routes of activity, and they are even consciously avoiding Peng Biao's army, and there is no decisive battle for a long time.

As for Huainan, the mobilization of troops was very active. The reinforcements that Peng Biao was looking forward to, the most timely response was the various forts in Huaibei, but these forts were as few as hundreds of people, and as many as hundreds. Even if you want to rush, it is mostly a tentative attack, and you can't break through the Luojian and Matou where Cao Na is stationed.

In the direction of Shouchun, Guo Yu and Mao Bao quickly won the Jincheng, and then defended the city with Mao Bao, Guo Yu crossed the river to raid the water village in the north of the Qiannu River, scuttled and burned more than 100 boats and boats, and strictly guarded against Huaishui.

As Liang Jun's successor of 5,000 reinforcements arrived in Luodu, Shen Zhezi finally stopped being polite, and the various departments began to move closer to the central part of Huainan, gradually squeezing Peng Biao's activity space, and finally driving his people to the small city of Huainan. The lonely city cannot be defended, Peng Biao naturally understands this truth, especially the many cavalry in his department, trapped in the lonely city, undoubtedly wasted half of the combat effectiveness.

But the problem was that he had no choice, and he roamed the wilderness on horseback, consuming twice as much food and grass, and many of them fled. And the opponent has the advantage in the end, but still does not make a bold move to give him the opportunity. If it weren't for the reckless actions of some dock walls in the realm, which made him gain a little, I am afraid that he would not be able to hold on to it now.

Now that his unit is surrounded by many enemies, the only way to hope for a breakthrough in the surrounding reinforcements is to delay for a quarter of an hour, and the battle will take a turn. Therefore, staying in the small city of Huainan and waiting for the situation to change became his only way out.

Of course, there is another life, and that is surrender. Therefore, after retreating to the small city of Huainan, Peng Biao immediately sent an envoy to Shen Zhezi's camp to invite him to discuss surrender.

Although it was already known before, the enemy's main general was ruthless, and even if he was born Huang Quan, he would be beheaded immediately. But he is different from Huang Quan, now there are still more than 2,000 people in his department, and the other party still has to pay a great price if he wants to annihilate them all.

Since the start of the war between the two sides, the defeated ones are all strategies, in fact, there is no vicious battle, even if the advantage has been exhausted, the other party is still seeking stability and avoiding fighting, which shows that it is also necessary to preserve strength.

Therefore, Peng Biao believes that as long as he hands over the surrender letter, the other party will be more or less tempted. Then they negotiate the details with each other, and even if they can't reach an agreement in the end, the time required for this negotiation process may save his life.