Outside the Xuzhou Zhizhou Mansion, Xuzhou Zhizhou, the supreme governor of the Great Song Dynasty of Xuzhou City, was waiting here, and after seeing the general riding from a distance, Xuzhou Zhizhou bowed and saluted: "Xuzhou Zhizhou Jia Kun visited the general and dared to ask the general's surname."
"Ben General Xu He, Lord Jia is advantageous."
Xu He said with a smile.
"Don't dare, don't dare, general, please," Jia Kun said with a grovel.
After entering the lobby of the Zhizhou Mansion, Xu He said to Jia Kun: "The general came today to persuade Jia Zhizhou to surrender to the Great Xia Empire on the basis of my family's marshal, as long as Lord Jia is willing to surrender, my marshal must ask the prince for his order to add an official to the lord, if Lord Jia refuses to surrender, when my Xia army enters the city, the lives of Lord Jia and hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou may not be guaranteed."
"This, this, this" Jia Kun didn't expect Xu He to be so direct, and he was a little frightened and trembled; "General Xu is angry, can we discuss this surrender, there are hundreds of thousands of noble troops in my city, even if the city is captured, it will inevitably suffer a lot of damage, it is better for your army to leave Xuzhou, how about this official is willing to give 100,000 stone grain and grass and 1 million taels of silver."
"No, we are determined to win Xuzhou City."
Xu He said toughly.
Jia Kun gritted his teeth and said, "How about doubling it again, I really can't take it out with more officials." ” "General Ben said, we are determined to win Xuzhou City, and our army will be unscathed."
Xu He took out the persuasion letter written by Gao Xuan and gave it to Jia Kun and said: "Lord Jia, this is my family's handsome's letter of persuasion, if the lord refuses to surrender tomorrow, then my family's handsome can only follow this plan." ” After reading the letter, Jia Kun instantly stammered and said, "Your noble army actually wants to flood Xuzhou." ” "If Lord Jia refuses to surrender, we can only do this."
Xu He said very easily; "Although it is now the dry season, General Ben thinks that once the river outside the city bursts, I am afraid that Xuzhou City will" Xu He didn't finish his words, but Jia Kun can already imagine the miserable appearance after the flooding of Xuzhou, now many people in Xuzhou City are still sleeping on the street and are completely homeless, once Xuzhou is flooded, these people only have one death, and when the time comes, there is no need for the Xia army to attack the city, and the entire Xuzhou City may be broken by the flood first; Under Xu He's intimidation and coercion, Xuzhou Zhizhou finally made a difficult decision.
Jia Kun said to Xu He: "General Xu, please tell the marshal that this official is willing to surrender, and the Japanese official will lead the officials of Xuzhou City out of the city to surrender to your army." ” "That's right" Xu He patted Jia Kun on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, General Ben guarantees that you will still be the governor of Xuzhou in the future." ” "Thank you General Xu for this," Jia Kun thanked Xu He.
Early the next morning, outside the city of Xuzhou.
Jia Kun, the governor of Xuzhou, led the officials of Xuzhou to kneel outside the south gate of Xuzhou City and surrendered to Gao Xuan, Gao Xuan led 20,000 Xia troops to the south gate of Xuzhou City, and saw Jia Kun kneeling on the ground, Gao Xuan immediately dismounted and walked to Jia Kun's side, Jia Kun immediately bowed and said: "Jia Kun, the governor of Xuzhou, visited the marshal." ” Gao Xuan happily helped him up and said: "Lord Jia, please get up, this general has already asked His Royal Highness King Liang for his life and enshrined you as the assassin of Xuzhou." ” "Thank you, Sir."
Jia Kun was secretly happy in his heart; In fact, the reason why Jia Kun was reluctant to surrender was that he was afraid that he would lose his official position after surrendering, and he would not care about the life and death of the people.
For Gao Xuan Jia Kun is naturally cautious to serve, all the Xia soldiers in the city are enough to drink and meat, under the restraint of Gao Xuan, the Xia soldiers did not harm Xuzhou City, several new army soldiers violated military discipline and were executed on the spot, Xia Jun's practice also won the approval of the people of Xuzhou City.
Xuzhou Zhizhou Mansion, at this time has been changed to Xuzhou Thorn Mansion, in the lobby of the Assassin Mansion, Gao Xuan said to Jia Kun: "Lord Jia, from today onwards, the government affairs in the city are still under your jurisdiction, the city defense is under the control of the general, and the original city defenders will also be incorporated into the new army, I don't know what Lord Jia wants."
"Everything is subject to the arrangement of the commander."
Jia Kun said to Gao Xuan.
"Okay."
Gao Xuan said happily; "Before Ben Shuai came, the prince explained two things, the first thing is to recruit troops in Xuzhou City, and the second thing is that all the young and strong people in Xuzhou City must make a register to serve in the army, and all the grain and grass stored in Xuzhou City are transported to Mangdang Mountain; The matter of recruiting troops should be handled by the general, and the rest of the matters will be handled by Lord Jia."
Jia Kun smiled bitterly: "The subordinate officer receives the order" The reason why Gao Sui was able to take Xuzhou City so smoothly is inseparable from the prestige accumulated by the Xia army, especially Li De led the army all the way from Hanzhong to Xuzhou, and also won Tokyo Bianliang and Nanjing Yingtianfu for thousands of miles, pushing the myth of the invincibility of the Xia army to a climax again, and Li De, the king of Liang, was also become the god of war and the god of killing by the world, it was really because of these Gao Xuan that he could use a letter to make Jia Kun, the governor of Xuzhou, surrender.
Soon the city of Xuzhou was plastered with the recruitment notice of the Xia army, after the Xia army entered the city, the autumn did not commit any crime and won the hearts of some of the people of Xuzhou, but there were very few people who joined the army, most of the recruits were those who came from other places, these homeless people were originally homeless and lived by begging every day, maybe they would starve to death one day, at least they could have a full meal to join the Xia army, although there were more than 100,000 homeless people in Xuzhou City, but the appropriate soldiers were only more than 6,000 people, this result made Gao Xuan very dissatisfied, Because Gao Xuan asked for 10,000 recruits from Li De's hands, it is far from being reached.
Soon the list of conscription also came out, and the people of Xuzhou were more cooperative in serving in conscription, in the eyes of the people, it was better to serve as a soldier than to be a soldier, maybe he would die on the battlefield one day, and there would be no one to collect the corpse; After taking Xuzhou City, of course, Gao Xuan would not be idle, and returned to the division to take Xiao County, which is not far from Xuzhou and north of the Gubian Canal, Xiao County surrendered directly without any resistance, and the people in the city were still dealt with in the way of Xuzhou.
The bloodless capture of Xuzhou City and Xiao County was an unexpected surprise for Li De; After taking Xiao County on the way back to the division, Gao Xuan ordered the army to return to Xuzhou, and led thousands of elites back to the Mangdang Mountain camp, although the Mangdang Mountain camp has not yet been built, but Li De has already lived here and personally supervised the progress of the project.
Mangdang Mountain Camp, inside the Chinese army's big tent.
After Gao Sui came in, he saluted Li De and said, "The last general, Gao Sui, will visit the prince." ” "Get up," said Li De with a smile; "These two battles are good, the 25,000 troops stationed in Xuzhou will be handed over to you as commander, this king is giving you a task, you can come and see."
Li De brought Gao Sui to the map and said: "This is Xiapi, one hundred and twenty miles away from Xuzhou City, Xiapi City is surrounded by water on all sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also the garrison of the Huaiyang Army of the Song Army, this is a strategic place to attack Xuzhou, and it may also become a large camp for the Song Army to attack Mangdang Mountain in the east in the future, so this king ordered you to take Xiapi City, this time this king does not limit your time, but you must take it before the arrival of the Song Army's South Road army, understand?"
"Yes, the last general commands," Gao Xuan took the military order.
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