Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 579 The End
After hearing what Ma Zhen said, Tan Xinrong did not hesitate and turned to Zhao Zhen and said, "General, I am also willing to help. I wonder what you want to do?"

Zhao Zhen said: "It's simple. You two go to Dong'e County to ask for help."

Ma Zhen asked, "Sir, do you want us to lure Gao Pi out of the city?"

"Not bad." Zhao Zhen nodded.

Tan Xinrong said: "Sir, if we go to ask for help, General Gao Pi may not come."

Zhao Zhen said: "You don't need to worry about this. Just say that Zhen Baocha attacked Huangtun Township, looted it, and left. Please ask General Gao Pi to lead the troops to take revenge."

As he spoke, Zhao Zhen had someone bring up Zhen Baozhou's head, and then continued, "In case Gao Pi refuses to send troops, you two should present Zhen Baozhou's head to Gao Pi, and tell him that you fought bravely, shot Zhen Baozhou to death, and injured Zhen Baoche. Zhen Baoche set fire to Huangtun Township to vent his anger, and now he has returned to Aishan to station. If Gao Pi still refuses to send troops, you two should just come back."

After hearing this, Tan Xinrong asked, "General, if General Gao Pi sends troops, what should we do?"

Zhao Zhen said, "Five miles away from Huangtun Township, between Dong'e County and the city, there is a hillside with a large forest on it. You two should hide there in advance. I will lead the cavalry to ambush them. If we can defeat this group of soldiers, that would be the best. We can then seize Dong'e County. This way, we won't have to suffer oppression again in the future."

After hearing this, Tan Xinrong's eyes lit up and he said, "We two did it."

After the two men left, Liu Hui Niang asked Zhao Zhen, "Sir, is it possible to believe these two men?"

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. It will take until tomorrow for Dong'e County to send out troops. Hui Niang, you should first determine the main road under the hillside and set up the Flying Heaven Divine Thunder. When the soldiers in the city come, no matter they are prepared or not, let them be hit by a wave of thunder first. When the cavalry rushes out, they will not be able to resist."

After hearing this, Liu Hui Niang nodded and took people to the hillside to survey the area, calculate the terrain, and compare the route.

At the time of the guard, Li Kui and his men escorted the captives to the hastily built camp in Huangtun Township. Zhao Zhen sent people to pick out the direct descendants of the Zhen family and the backbone of the bandits and sent them to Huangtun Township.

The young and strong archers on duty in Huangtun Township cheered after hearing this.

They lit torches, rang gongs, called the villagers out of their houses, and killed them all. Yu Cheng, one of the three elders in the village, raised money from all sources and gathered six fat pigs, which he drove into Zhao Zhen's camp as a reward.

When Zhao Zhen saw this, he ordered Liu Hui Niang to take out 200 dan of grain from the captured grain and give it to the people in the city.

After Yu Cheng returned, he distributed the food to his neighbors on the spot, which again caused the people to cheer.

On the second day, Zhao Zhen led his troops to ambush in the forest on the hillside, waiting for Dong'e County to send out troops. From the morning till the evening, they waited until the morning. Only then did they see a faint cloud of dust. Liu Hui Niang stood on a high place, took a look and said to Zhao Zhen: "Sir, this army has no less than 3,000 people."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen asked everyone to cheer up and prepare for fighting.

On the hillside, twenty flying divine thunders had already been set up. When this group of soldiers came forward in a swagger, Liu Hui Niang directed the flying divine thunders to be fired continuously.

Li Kui's troops, who had been waiting for a long time, heard the sound of artillery fire, shouted, and ran down the slope.

Thunder roared everywhere, and the soldiers were so frightened that they thought it was the wrath of the gods, and they flew around like headless flies.

Li Kui and others shouted and charged, and the officers and soldiers were already frightened out of their wits. They threw away their weapons and armor and ran back at full speed.

A group of cavalry appeared from the bottom of the hill. They were Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, Huo Wancheng and Wang Liang. They led two thousand cavalry and charged over together.

This battle was even more exciting than the attack on Aishan yesterday. Of the 3,000 cavalry and infantry soldiers in Dong'e County, less than 500 returned to the city alive. When Zhao Zhen and his men arrived at the city, the government troops were so frightened that they closed their doors and refused to come out.

Liu Hui Niang once again set up the Flying Heaven Divine Thunder and blasted it towards the top of the city. For a moment, there were screams all over the top of the city.

Li Kui and his men led the infantry, carrying hastily made wooden ladders, and charged forward. Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the flying thunderbolt, Li Kui climbed up the city wall and killed the government troops on the city wall, causing them to scatter and flee in panic.

Xiang Chong and Li Gun then climbed the city walls, and the three of them worked together to clear a section of the city walls. The soldiers followed closely behind and climbed the city walls. They killed their way down the city walls, cut the iron chains, lowered the drawbridge, and let the cavalry enter the city. In the city, Gao Pi heard that the city had been broken, and without having time to collect his property, he led the defeated officers and soldiers, opened the west gate, and ran out of the city.

When Lu Fang and others saw this, they urged their horses to chase after them.

He drove Gao Pi and his men into the fog before he stopped.

Zhao Zhen entered the city and posted a notice to reassure the people. He then sent a message to Zhang Chi, Ba Zeng, Ji Guang, and Lu Duo, who were left behind to guard the prisoners' baggage, asking them to lead the soldiers, escort the prisoners' carriages, and rush to the county town to join him.

Zhao Zhen sent someone to call Tan Xinrong and Ma Zhen, and said to them, "This area will soon be submerged in fog, and I will evacuate the day after tomorrow. You two should inform the villagers that if anyone is willing to go with us, they should come to the county town at noon the day after tomorrow and evacuate with us. If anyone is unwilling to leave, we will not force them to leave."

After hearing this, Tan Xinrong asked, "General, what would happen if this place was submerged in fog?"

Zhao Zhen asked: "Without the sun and rain, can crops still grow in the land?"

"This..." Tan Xinrong hesitated.

"Without food, how can people survive?" Zhao Zhen said again.

Seeing that the two were still silent, Zhao Zhen also told them about the risk of dementia they would face after leaving, and finally said: "Okay, I have said everything I need to say. Whether you believe it or not, it is up to you to decide."

After saying this, he sent someone to escort the two men out of the city.

Liu Hui Niang led the soldiers and moved all the money, grain, and cloth from the treasury and granary out and loaded them onto the carts.

Including the captured officers and soldiers, Zhao Zhen actually had more than ten thousand young and strong men in this foggy world.

He sent people to post a notice to inform the people that this area would be swallowed by fog and no one would die. He also asked everyone to pack up their belongings and follow him out of this world the next day.

For a time, people in the city were in panic.

Zhao Zhen did not urge them, but simply took the former camp of the government troops in the city to stay in. He then ordered Zhang Chi and four others to lead the troops to search all the ownerless houses in the city.

On the appointed day, Zhao Zhen ordered people to beat gongs early in the morning and shout along the streets, urging everyone to gather at the barracks at noon, and no one after the time would be waited for.

In Huangtun Township, Tan Xinrong and Ma Zhen returned and informed all the villagers of the news of the relocation. As they did not know whether it was true or not, they were unwilling to persuade them, and after a quick explanation, they were going home.

The third elder Yu Cheng pulled the two of them together and told them about the relatives and backbones of the army sent by Zhao Zhen to Zhen Baoche. Tan Xinrong said, "The general is trying to gain our trust. So it seems that what the general said is probably true. I will ask my family to pack up their belongings today and go to the county town tomorrow."

After saying this, Tan Xinrong left in a hurry.

Ma Zhen and Yu Cheng were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

Ma Zhen stamped his feet and said to Yu Cheng, "Uncle Yu, you should also go back and pack your belongings. Come with us to the county town tomorrow."

After hearing this, Yu Cheng pondered and said, "How can we, the three of us, be trusted by the general if we go alone? We should persuade the village chief and the villagers to go together."

When Ma Zhen heard this, he thought it made sense, so he and Yu Cheng hurried to Tan Xinrong's house. The three of them discussed it secretly for a while, then struck the gong again, told the story again, and used threats and inducements to get the villagers to pack up their valuables.

Although the villagers were skeptical, when they saw several village managers cleaning up the things, they followed suit.

Before leaving, Ma Zhen set fire to Huangtun Township.

More than 2,000 people, carrying the elderly and children, rushed to the county town, with thick smoke billowing behind them.

When the time came, Zhao Zhen took all the people, money, food and other things and left the foggy world. The people in the sky looked back and saw that the earth had cracked and the city was broken. The people who had not followed him were all annihilated in this disaster. Then the fog surged and covered this world.

All the people who listened to the advice and followed Zhao Zhen to leave were secretly glad.

After returning to the main world, the huge number of people, food, and supplies filled the drying yard. Zhao Zhen did not stop or say hello, and took the soldiers, captured soldiers, the common people who came with them, food, food, cloth, etc., and went to the fantasy world again.

Amidst the continuous reminders, Zhao Zhen called Pei Xuan, Jiang Jing, Liangshan County Magistrate Wang Gongren, Chief Clerk Tang Ting and others to settle the people they brought.

As for the captives, they asked Wang Tianba and Tang Bin to send them to the South Camp for temporary custody.

(End of this chapter)