In the capital city of Haizhou, the state pastor Shi Ming was busy dealing with various affairs.

After the imperial ministers fled, there was chaos everywhere. Haizhou was also affected because it was not far from Yunzhou.

Several local city generals took the opportunity to rebel and did not take Shi Ming seriously, thinking that he was a weak and bully state shepherd.

Faced with this situation, Shi Ming naturally would not tolerate it. He immediately mobilized a large number of soldiers and sent capable generals to lead them to suppress the rebels.

He doesn't care what happens to other states now, as long as he can save Haizhou first.

The matter was urgent, and subordinates kept sending express reports to him.

Just when Shi Ming was still thinking about how to end the rebellion, a confidant suddenly rushed into the room with a look of panic on his face.

"Master Shi!"

"Wang Ben, what's wrong?"

Seeing his expression, Shi Ming asked quickly.

This confidant named Wang Ben said sadly: "Master Shi, the Bei'an Army has landed from the east bank!"

"What!

!”

After hearing this, Shi Ming couldn't sit still anymore and stood up suddenly.

He rushed up to Wang Ben, grabbed the latter's shoulder and asked: "When did it happen? Where are the fortifications on the east bank? Where are the sergeants stationed there?"

"They're all gone! Sir, they're all gone!" Wang Ben cried sadly, "Thousands of soldiers were wiped out. The Bei'an army was like a devil, unstoppable. Now it has conquered six cities in a row, it is unstoppable!

"

Shi Ming felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his hands and feet were cold, and his face was extremely pale.

"How could this happen..." He murmured, as if he still couldn't accept this fact.

The Bei'an Army came so fast that he had no preparation at all. And it happened at this time! All the elites from his east coast city were transferred away, which made the Bei'an Army feel like they were in an uninhabited land...

Wang Ben said anxiously: "Sir! We have to evacuate! According to the speed of the Bei'an army, they will reach the city in less than three days. We can't hold it with this small force!"

"..."

Shi Ming took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

He asked: "How many Bei'an troops landed on the east coast?"

"According to the observation of our escaped soldiers, we estimate that there are about a thousand people."

"Only a thousand people?" Shi Ming said angrily, "A thousand people can attack several cities in such a fast time! Are the soldiers who defend the cities useless!"

He was surprisingly angry. Even if the people in the city were all old and weak soldiers, they wouldn't be crushed like this by a thousand people, right?

"Sir, you don't know something! The thousand men of the Bei'an Army all have muskets, and they also have martial arts masters! They seem to have cannons in their hands. Xiayuan City originally wanted to defend it, but the cannons directly destroyed the city wall!"

"this……"

After Shi Ming heard this, he did not dare to underestimate the Bei'an army of one thousand people.

He thought for a moment and decided: "Even so, we can't leave the city!"

"grown ups?!"

"If we abandon Fucheng and the Bei'an Army gains a foothold here, once its large forces arrive, the entire Haizhou and even Jiangnan will fall!"

Shi Ming gritted his teeth.

"I will never allow this to happen!"

He was so determined, but Wang Ben was secretly worried.

The emperor has disappeared and the court has dispersed. How can you, a state shepherd, still fight?

Bei'an Suyuan's domination of the world is almost a foregone conclusion! What's the point of any further pointless resistance?

"Immediately send someone to notify several generals who are fighting abroad and ask them to lead their troops back immediately!" Shi Ming ordered, "Since the Bei'an Army is rushing towards Fucheng, we will find a way to eliminate his vanguard here!

"

"……yes!"

Wang Ben agreed, but after turning around, a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes.

After he left the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion, he did not ask anyone to inform the surrounding areas. Instead, he returned to his own mansion and gathered his trusted servants and bodyguards.

"Everyone." He looked at everyone with eyes like daggers. "The Bei'an Army has already attacked from the east coast. Mr. Shi Ming wants us to fight to the death and be buried with his dream of being a loyal minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

"ah?!"

"This...how can we defeat the Bei'an Army!"

"The Bei'an Army is victorious in every battle! How could Mr. Zhou Mu make such a decision?!"

"I don't want to die..."

Wang Ben took in the look of fear on everyone's faces and felt very satisfied in his heart.

"No one wants to die! I don't want to die either! Then... there is only one way left!" Wang Ben used his hand as a knife and slashed hard on his neck.

"Catch or kill Shi Ming! Go and surrender to the Bei'an Army!"

…

At night, Su Yuan stood on the city wall of Caocheng, looking to the west with the starlight.

In one day, his vanguard unit captured six cities, which was an astonishing speed.

"We will continue to push forward tomorrow and we will capture Haizhou soon. Unification is just around the corner."

Su Yuan was thinking about it, Shen Lian came to the city wall at some point and reported to Su Yuan.

"Sir, most of the Haizhou soldiers would rather die than surrender, so it is difficult to subdue them."

"Well. After all, there is a grudge."

Su Yuan's Bei'an Army and the Haizhou Army had deep grudges.

When the Bei'an Army attacked the capital, the Haizhou soldiers were one of the reinforcements that rushed to the capital. At that time, Zhou Cheng led this army to fight against the Bei'an Army.

The end result was that the tens of thousands of Haeju troops were completely wiped out, and no one returned to Haeju alive.

The battlefield was so cruel that it was impossible for Su Yuan to show mercy to the enemy.

This resulted in Haizhou being full of hatred towards the Bei'an Army and Su Yuan from top to bottom.

After Zhou Cheng established the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the only ones he could command were the Yunzhou soldiers and the Haizhou soldiers. The latter were motivated by hatred and wanted to fight back to the north for revenge, so they were willing to support Zhou Cheng.

Now that Zhou Cheng is missing, the Southern Zhou Dynasty has collapsed, and the Bei'an Army is coming again, one can imagine how desperate the people of Haizhou will be.

But even so, these Haizhou soldiers are still unwilling to surrender and will fight to the end. From a personal perspective, Su Yuan respects these soldiers. But from a leader's perspective, he will not show any mercy.

"Kill all those who resist to the death." Su Yuandan said calmly.

Shen Lian cupped his hands and said, "Yes."

The order was quickly passed on, and some Haizhou soldiers who tried to attack the Bei'an Army after being controlled were all executed.

This naturally aroused the indignation of a large number of Haizhou people. Some people tried to attack the Bei'an Army, but ended up with the same fate as those Haizhou soldiers.

The Bei'an Army has warned everyone that anyone who tries to attack the Bei'an soldiers, whether they are soldiers or civilians, will be regarded as enemies. Once they are regarded as enemies, they will be killed.

At dawn, at the county government office, Shen Lian told Su Yuan a number, which was the number of rebels killed last night. Su Yuan nodded expressionlessly.

"Sir," Shen Lian said in a low voice, "My subordinates believe that there are many people in the city who are rebellious. They will definitely take action when your Excellency leads the troops away."

"Um."

A cold light flashed in Shen Lian's eyes: "My lord, why don't you nip these threats in their infancy. If your lord agrees, I will immediately take people to clean them up."

"..."

As a royal guard, Shen Lian's ruthlessness never faded away. Seeing the strong desire of the people in the city to resist, he seemed to have the idea of ​​massacring the city.

However, Su Yuan had not thought about it at all. He shook his head and said: "No. No matter how evil one is, no matter how evil a person's thoughts are, as long as he does not take action, he cannot be punished."

"Yes, sir."
Chapter completed!