Zhang Ping read the letter carefully, and the anger on his face gradually dissipated, it turned out that in addition to Xie Ai's persuasion to surrender Zhang Ping, the letter also contained content about Zhang Hao's reluctance to surrender.

In the letter, Xie Ai said that as long as Zhang Ping was willing to submit, he would definitely be treated well, and he could continue to lead the soldiers under his command and be responsible for guarding Jinyang City.

In addition, Xie Ai told Zhang Ping in the letter that his step-son Zhang Hao agreed to cooperate with the Jin army in order to keep his father-in-law alive, and made it clear that he would only serve the Jin army if his father-in-law Zhang Ping returned to the Jin army.

Seeing that he missed Zhang Oyster, Zhang Ping felt a little ashamed, and patted Zhang Oyster on the shoulder, and said softly: "My son is good, my father-in-law blames you." ”

"Father-in-law, at present, the main force of our army has been dispersed, Yangqu City has also been occupied by the Jin army, the Great Jin Dynasty is orthodox in China, it is better for us to return to the Great Jin Dynasty!" Zhang Oyster said softly.

Zhang Ping was not angry because of Zhang Oy's straightforwardness, paused, and said softly: "Since Xie Ai is so sincere, why can't our army return to the Great Jin?" ”

"Father-in-law, you have promised to return to the Jin army, so the boy will go to Sue Xie Ai Shusheng, so that this sour scholar can rest assured." Zhang Hao said loudly.

Zhang Ping nodded, and said, "Okay, you go!" However, remember, in the future, you are not allowed to call Xie Shusheng, but to call the general. ”

"Got it, father-in-law, I'm going to sue General Sù Xie." Zhang Hao clenched his fists, turned around and strode away.

Watching Zhang Oyster stride away, Zhang Ping sighed helplessly, since Shi Hu's death, Zhao State has been in civil war. The sons of Shihu killed each other and were finally exterminated by Ran Min, and Bingzhou, due to its geographical remoteness, was not greatly affected, but the lives of the common people were still a lot harder.

Now, Ran Min has established the Wei State in Yecheng, and as a general of the Zhao State, he is naturally unwilling to obey Ran Min's orders, let alone the old enemies Yan and Dai, and it is already the best choice to take refuge in the Great Jin.

Subsequently. Zhang Ping summoned his generals. conveyed his decision to defect to the Jin army, and said that he was willing to follow his stay with the Jin army, and if he was unwilling, he could lead the team to leave at any time.

A general under Zhang Ping. All are professional soldiers. Except for battlefield fighting. There was no other means of making a living, so he left Zhang Ping and could only take refuge in other forces. Or they all expressed their support for this, and decided to stay and follow Zhang Ping to join the Jin army.

In the direction of Longshan Daying, Xie Ai estimated that Zhang Hao should come back, so he led his subordinates to meet him at Yuanmen.

"General Xie, Zhang Oyster has just returned not long ago, so he shouldn't have returned so soon." At the gate, a general waited for a long time before he whispered.

"Yes! General, Zhang Oyster, it's not certain if he can come back? Another general said.

Xie Ai knew that many generals under his command didn't believe Zhang Oy, so he looked at Yang An and asked softly, "General Yang, do you think Zhang Oyster will come back?" ”

Yang An hugged his fists and replied: "General Xie, the last general absolutely believes in Zhang Oyster's character, as long as there are no accidents, Zhang Oyster will definitely come back, but the last general will just wait here, General Xie has no need to wait here in person, let's go back first!" ”

Xie Ai smiled and said softly: "It's okay, Zhang Oyster will be here in a while, if Zhang Oyster doesn't come back within half an hour, the general will return to the Chinese army's big tent." ”

As soon as Xie Ai's words fell, a puff of dust rose in the distance, and it was obvious that someone was riding a horse.

"General Xie, could this dust be Zhang Oyster?" A subordinate general hurriedly said.

Xie Ai and the generals raised their eyes and looked into the distance, although they couldn't see the appearance of the person who came, but everyone was sure that the person who came was Zhang Oyster.

Among the generals, Yang An was naturally the happiest, and he said excitedly: "General Xie, what the last general said is right!" Zhang Oyster will definitely come back. ”

"Hahaha! You're right. Xie Ai said happily.

Soon, Zhang Hao ran to the front of the gate, and saw Xie Ai leading a group of generals waiting for him here, Zhang Hao hurriedly dismounted, knelt down on one knee and said: "General Xie, my father-in-law said that he is willing to lead the whole army and horses to submit to the Great Jin Dynasty." ”

"Zhang Ping has fallen, Zhang Ping has fallen." When the generals of the Jin army heard this, they were all very happy.

Xie Ai hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhang Oyster and said softly: "General Zhang Oy, I was offended a few days ago, I hope you don't take it to heart!" ”

What Xie Ai said was naturally to order his own soldiers to abuse Zhang Hao and Zhang Ping's concubine outside the camp, these words were very hurtful, if it weren't for the fact that he was trying to pacify and annex the state, Xie Ai would not have used such a trivial method.

"Don't get in the way, I've forgotten about it, hahaha!" Zhang Oyster laughed rudely, his voice was quite rough, and he couldn't tell that he was a eunuch at all.

At this moment, it was already noon, and the Longshan camp was not very far from Jinyang City, Xie Ai immediately made a decision and decided to immediately lead the main army of 40,000 to Jinyang City to accept Zhang Ping's surrender, and the remaining soldiers and horses continued to stay in the Longshan camp to garrison.

After some brief preparations, Xie Ai led the main force of 40,000 soldiers and horses, and under the guidance of Zhang Oyster, they marched towards Jinyang City.

Two hours later, Xie Ai and his 40,000 main forces arrived outside the south gate of Jinyang City and slowly stopped.

Seeing Xie Ai leading the main force of the Jin army to arrive outside the south gate, Zhang Ping immediately ordered the city gate to be opened, and led the main generals under his command to walk out.

In front of Xie Ai, General Zhang Ping expressed his determination to submit to the Great Jin Dynasty and vowed never to betray.

Seeing that General Zhang Ping had returned to Shun, Xie Ai was very happy in his heart, he looked at Zhang Ping's surrender to the general, and said softly: "General Zhang and the generals, you can continue to defend Jinyang City, but General Zhang Hao and his men and horses must follow the general and continue to march north." ”

The reason why Xie Ai made such a decision was to appease Zhang Ping and make them feel that their rights and interests had not been lost, besides, as long as the fierce general Zhang Hao was left by his side, most of Zhang Ping's strength would be gone, and with Zhang Ping and the mediocre generals under his command, even if they rebelled, there would not be much threat to the Jin army.

"What General Xie said is that my son is brave and good at fighting, and he should make contributions to the country." Zhang Ping hurriedly agreed.

"General Xie, whoever the last general is willing to chase you, in the future, where you point, the last general will hit." Zhang Hao also loudly expressed his loyalty.

Xie Ai was very happy, and said, "Okay, the army will rest for three days, and then continue to march towards the quilt." ”

At this time, to the north of Jinyang City, there were Xinxing County and Yanmen County, of which Xinxing County was occupied by a group of stragglers, and Yanmen County was occupied by the powerful Daiguo.

For Xie Ai, it is not difficult to defeat the stragglers of Xinxing County and recover Xinxing County, but Yanmen County, north of Xinxing County, is under the rule of a powerful country, and it is not so easy to recover.

The leader of the country, Tuoba Shi Yijian, is the hero of the desert region, and the surrounding nomadic tribes have been conquered by him, and are willing to obey their command, for the time being, Tuoba Shi Yijian has more than 100,000 elite desert iron horses under his command, which is a powerful force that cannot be underestimated, and if the surrendered tribal soldiers are mobilized, the force will be even stronger.

In the northern region of the Great Jin Dynasty, Murong Jun of Yan and Tuoba Shiyi of Dai Guo can be called the northern twin heroes, Yan and Zhao in order to fight against Zhao in the Central Plains region, once privately allied, and carried out intermarriage between royal families, Murong Hao's own sister married into the Tuoba family.

In the days of guarding Tongguan, Xie Ai sent more than ten henchmen to infiltrate the direction of Daiguo, and conducted a comprehensive investigation and understanding of Daiguo, so he knew some of the real situation of Daiguo.

It is precisely because he has a full understanding of Daiguo that Xie Ai has never made up his mind on the issue of recovering Yanmen County, after all, Daiguo's strength is extremely strong, and he can not be defeated lightly if he leads tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

On the battlefield, the impact of more than 100,000 elite cavalry is extremely terrifying, the cavalry group charges, can crush a qiē force, moreover, the cavalry's mobility is very high, on the battlefield can lightly pursue and encircle the enemy, even if defeated, will not suffer too much loss, after regrouping, there can be into battle.

And Xie Ai is well aware of the lack of his strength, under his command, there are only Yang An's 20,000 main cavalry, Zhao Wu's 20,000 main infantry, and the rest are not strong reserve corps, mostly infantry, and the new fierce general Zhang Oyster can add a lot of strength to this team, but compared with the more than 100,000 desert iron cavalry of Daiguo, it still seems much weaker.

Nowadays, the three counties of Xihe, Shangdang, and Taiyuan in Bingzhou have just been recovered, and the shape is very unstable, especially Shangdang County, which is very close to Wei, in order not to stimulate Wei, Xie Ai did not leave any troops there, but only let the surrendered Haoqiang continue to be stationed there, and most of the cities in Taiyuan County were garrisoned by soldiers under Zhang Ping's command.

The rear is unstable and the strength is insufficient, Xie Ai feels that at this moment, he will not be able to take any advantage of turning against the powerful Daiguo in the north, so he decided to recover Xinxing County for the time being, and stationed troops in Dingxiang and Jiuyuan two cities, and after accumulating enough strength, he will launch an attack on Yanmen County.

Xie Ai drew a picture of his strategic intentions and sent his henchmen to Hua'an's camp, where he wanted to hear Hua'an's opinion and had the idea of begging for reinforcements.

After three consecutive days of rest, Xie Ai led the main army under his command to leave Jinyang City and marched towards Xinxing County.

Along the way, he first passed through Yangqu City, and after joining up with the strange troops sent earlier, Xie Ai left 10,000 reserve troops in Yangqu City, and used Yangqu City as a logistics base for the main army.

A large amount of grain and grass transported from the direction of Tongguan was all piled up in Yangqu City and gradually transported to the front line.

Xie Ai's army, all the way to the north, successively recovered the cities of Langmeng, Yuxian, Guangmu and other cities, and approached the two cities of Jiuyuan and Dingxiang. (To be continued......)