Chapter 36 Siege (Part 2)
Huang Su was indeed asleep. He was so old that he couldn't stand the battle last night and his sleepless night.
When Li Xun saw Huang Su's quite tired expression, he felt a little reluctant to wake him up.
"General Huang Qiu... General Huang Qiu."
The ugly man was immediately excited when he saw Huang Sui and shouted loudly.
Huang Su opened his eyes and subconsciously looked at the ugly man. He just woke up and his eyes were still a little turbid. When the turbidity in his eyes slowly dissipated and returned to the clear light, Huang Su's face was a little surprised and stood up: "Zheng Chun? Why are you here?"
In the 13th year of Guangyuan, Huang Qiu led his army to Lingnan to fight. Zheng Ze sent his army to support him. The leader of the army was Zheng Chun, and the two of them knew each other.
"General, he is a member of the enemy. When he comes to us, he must be investigating the news. He was caught by us. General Zhao Feidu ordered him to be killed."
The officer clasped his fists and told the reason for the matter.
Li Xun frowned. The officer had Zhao Feidu on the left and Zhao Feidu on the right. Where was there yellow swear in his eyes?
Huang Su glanced at the officer, said nothing, looked at Zheng Chun, nodded and said, "Since you are an old friend, I should treat him with courtesy and loosen his ties."
this.....
The officer hesitated and did not move at all. Li Xun rolled his eyes, pulled out his sword, stepped forward and cut the rope and helped him up. Zheng Chun glanced at Li Xun gratefully.
"You will go back and report to General Zhao Feidu truthfully. I have a conclusion on how this person is dealing with."
Since Huang Su had already spoken, the officer did not dare to disobey the order, so he had to leave with his fists helplessly.
"Zheng Chun, you and I are enemies, not friends, why are you here?"
Zheng Chun clasped his fists and said, "I came here alone to see you and discuss major events together."
See me and discuss major events together?
Huang Sui looked at Zheng Chun without saying anything.
Zheng Chun continued, "General, you must be puzzled. Why did Zheng Ze, Liu Xiang, and Huang Baichuan 50,000 coalition forces encircle you without attacking you? In fact, they..."
Before Zheng Chun finished speaking, Huang Su suddenly asked, "Who is guarding the city of Yingzhou now?"
Zheng Chun's eyes were filled with praise: "The general is indeed extremely talented, and I think he already has the answer in his heart."
"Yang Liecheng?"
“That’s right!”
Zheng Chun nodded and said, "Zheng Ze, Liu Xiang, and Huang Baichuan are in a row to plan for Jiangnan. In order to gain Yang Liecheng's support and trust, Zheng Ze gave up Yingzhou City. Now there are 13,000 defenders in Yingzhou City, of which 3,000 soldiers are commanded by me, and the other 10,000 are led by Yang Liecheng's confidant general Wang Lei. They have reached an agreement to surround you here and force you to ask for help from Hong and Jiangjie Zhuan. Once Zhao Baian leads the army, the land of Hong and Jiang prefectures will inevitably be empty. At that time, Yang Liecheng leads the army to raid, capture Hong and Jiang prefectures, cut off your retreat, form a siege, and eliminate you all, and then the four of them divide the Jiangnan together."
After hearing Zheng Chun's words, Huang Su's face was heavy, but he was not too shocked. It was obvious that he had already thought of this possibility.
"A few days ago, we were garrisoned by 3,000 soldiers in Pinghu County. The leader of the army was Zheng Ze's confidant. I was the deputy general. Your vanguard cavalry arrived. I lured the leader of the general and said that your army had all arrived. He was panicked and led the army to abandon the city and fled. He was caught by your cavalry. I took advantage of the chaos to kill this person in order to seize military power."
Zheng Chun's attitude was very sincere and told everything without reservation.
"Zheng Ze treats you well, why do you want to rebel against him?"
After saying so much, if Huang Suo still doesn't understand Zheng Chun's intentions, then he will be a fool.
Zheng Chun clenched his fists, his eyes were red, his face full of hatred, and his whole body trembled slightly due to the intense emotions. He said gritting his teeth: "Zhao Jian, the governor of Yingzhou, loves the people as his son, is honest and upright. My parents died early since childhood. He was taken in by him to study and practice martial arts. He did not think that I looked ugly, and treated him with his son, and even married his only daughter to me. Two months ago, Zheng Ze intercepted taxes, and Zhao Jian wrote several letters to impeach Zheng Ze, and even resisted strongly. He led the soldiers of the yamen to block the city gate and did not allow taxes to flow out of the city. Zheng Ze was furious and killed all nine of his family."
"You are so close to Zhao Jian, why didn't Zheng Ze make things difficult for you and let you continue to lead the army?"
Li Xun said from the side that he was very puzzled. Why was Zheng Chun, who was killed by Zhao Jian's family? As his son-in-law, safe and sound and continued to be valued by Zheng Ze?
"After my father-in-law died, Zheng Ze originally wanted to harm me. My wife... She chose to commit suicide and asked me to take her head to Zheng Ze. We have been married for many years. How could I not understand her thoughts? She wanted me to save my life temporarily and take revenge in another day. I wanted to die and leave her, but I died like this. I was really unwilling to accept it. Finally, I took my wife's head and came to Zheng Ze, lying that it was my own kill. In addition, I had such a little distant relationship with Zheng Ze, and I was very sincere to him on weekdays. Zheng Ze did not doubt that he was with him. I was very happy to let me continue to lead the army."
Zheng Chun bit his lips and said the most painful thing in his heart. It was said that men would not shed tears easily. At this moment, he could no longer help but shed tears and started crying loudly.
Huang Su said: "Zheng Chun, what do you want to do, you might as well say it."
"I am willing to act as an internal supporter and open the city gate. The general can lead his troops in, and a great thing can be accomplished!"
Huang Su was silent. He had already believed Zheng Chun by 80% of his belief in this matter, but this matter was very important and he had to think twice. Once he fell into the trap of the other party, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Seeing that Huang Su was still hesitating there, Zheng Chun knelt down suddenly and said sobbingly: "General, I don't have many relatives in my family. After my wife died, there are only two sons and one daughter left. I have taken to Mo Village twenty miles away. General can take people to take them back to the army as hostages."
After saying this, Zheng Chun kowtowed repeatedly: "I, Zheng Chun, are not afraid of death, but I will not take revenge. Zheng Ze is not dead. If I die, what will I look like to see my wife and father in the nine springs?"
Huang Su was shocked all over, helped Zheng Ze up, looked at him deeply, and finally nodded heavily, saying in a deep voice: "Zheng Ze rebelled against the court and let your family be destroyed. It is a crime that deserves death. You and I should work together to eliminate this thief."
Zheng Chun was overjoyed and said in a trembling voice: "The general finally believes me?"
"If you take your children as your own, and risk your life to help you, if I still hesitate, wouldn't I be the biggest fool in the world?"
"In a few days, the rainy season will come. If the general wants to take action, he can send someone to inform him and I will be ready."
After saying that, Zheng Chun took out a piece of paper and gave it to Huang Su, which was painted with the layout and internal structure of the entire Yingzhou City. There were three visible red dots on it, one was his own residence, the other was the residence of the leading general sent by Yang Liecheng to Yingzhou, and the other was the location of the troops stationed.
Zheng Chun nodded heavily, turned around and walked to the door of the tent. Zheng Chun stopped and said silently: "If I die in battle, please take good care of my miserable children."
Huang Su said very seriously: "If you die, I will raise your children personally and let them become successful."
Zheng Chun turned around, bowed deeply, and then walked away with great strides.
Chapter completed!