The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 286 Let's Drop
Yue Wenxuan watched Lu Bu's raid on the city from the perspective of the Bingzhou Wolf Riders, and couldn't help but laugh. It's a pity that this part was outside Gong Erniangzi's field of vision and wasn't recorded. What a shame.

By this time, the defending soldiers had lost their will to fight and scattered in all directions.

Lü Bu laughed loudly, "Xiapi has fallen into my hands. Once again, I have the capital to contend for the world! Hahahaha, hahahahaha!"

After laughing, I felt awkward.

Yue Wenxuan thought to himself: Huh? Why aren't you moving? Go and persuade the enemy soldiers to surrender and take control of the city.

However, Lü Bu did not react and remained frozen in place.

Yue Wenxuan was stunned for 0.32 seconds, then suddenly realized that the plastic man's character setting ended there, and there was no more to it!
It's Lu Bu from the Dynasty Warriors game; he can't do anything except fight.

There are absolutely no settings for domestic affairs, and he can't even handle the most basic military matters. He just mindlessly shoots and doesn't know how to manage the cities he occupies.

Yue Wenxuan covered his face: "Damn it!"

Never mind, I'll do it.

Yue Wenxuan's consciousness was transferred into Lü Bu's body.

Looking around, all that could be seen were enemy soldiers fleeing in the distance, while the people of the city had all hidden in their homes, too afraid to come out...

Yue Wenxuan spurred his horse and charged forward, quickly blocking the path of a fleeing enemy force. This force numbered about one or two hundred, all Han soldiers. They had already been terrified by Lü Bu, and now, seeing him chasing after them and blocking their way, they all burst into tears, knelt down with thuds, and banged their foreheads on the ground, shouting, "General, spare our lives! Spare our lives!"

Yue Wenxuan: "Why are you running away? Can't you just surrender? You can surrender to the Jin, why can't you surrender to me?"

Upon hearing this, the Han soldiers quickly replied, "We are willing to surrender, we are willing to surrender."

Yue Wenxuan: "It's good that you're willing to surrender. Don't run around. Go back to the city wall and defend the city again. From now on, you are my soldiers, and Xiapi City is my city."

The Han soldiers were still dizzy, and one of the bolder ones couldn't help but ask weakly, "May I ask, General... what force do you belong to?"

Yue Wenxuan: "I am a general of the Song Dynasty. Hey, not the Song Dynasty of Zhao Gou in the south, but the Song Dynasty of Zhao Shi in the north. If you surrender to me, you will be soldiers of the Northern Song Dynasty from now on. Do you understand?"

The Han soldiers then realized that the general was from the Northern Song Dynasty.

Okay, whatever which Song dynasty it is, just obey orders.

In this turbulent era, the flags of war changed hands constantly. The Huaiyang army was sometimes with the Song, sometimes with the Jin, sometimes with the Qi, and now it was with the Northern Song... The soldiers had gotten used to surrendering and surrendering, and they didn't care which faction it was. Whoever had the bigger fist, they would listen to you first.

If you can't defeat the Jin Kingdom, we can surrender to Yahebojin when he returns.

These Han soldiers had long been tormented by fate and resigned themselves to their fate. They actually picked up their weapons and went back up the city walls, once again taking on the promising profession of city guards.

Yue Wenxuan immediately spurred his horse and chased after another group of deserters. His horse was fast, and he arrived first despite starting later. Before long, he stopped another one or two hundred deserters outside the city. After a few words of persuasion, these soldiers surrendered and returned to the city to defend it again.

Those soldiers who had already surrendered were still shouting in unison from the city walls, calling on the scattered and fleeing soldiers to come back.

An hour later, five hundred guards were able to regroup.

With more soldiers, these men began to use their brains. One centurion even offered a suggestion: "General, since you have already taken Xiapi, why not take Suqian and Suining counties next door as well? There are hardly any garrison troops in those two counties. You won't need to exert much effort, General. I can lead the way and open the city gates for you."

Yue Wenxuan: "Alright, lead the way!" The centurion was overjoyed, feeling that his chance to make a great contribution to the new force had come. He rode a poor horse and led the way.

Yue Wenxuan ignored Xiapi City and led the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry out of the city with the centurion, leaving the soldiers who had just surrendered to guard the city. If they wanted to rebel, so be it. This city came inexplicably, and if it was lost inexplicably, he wouldn't care.

They followed the centurion and ran wildly!
In less than half a day, we could see Suqian County ahead.

Yue Wenxuan felt he'd heard the name Suqian somewhere before. After thinking about it carefully, he finally remembered: the headquarters of JD.com, the e-commerce platform of later generations, seemed to be in Suqian. He'd always thought the name JD.com sounded strange, but now it dawned on him that Suqian belonged to Huaiyang Army during the Song Dynasty, and Huaiyang Army was under the jurisdiction of Jingdong East Circuit. No wonder the company was named JD.com.

The group arrived outside the city gate.

The centurion leading the way stepped forward and shouted towards the city wall, "Hey! Old Zheng, open the city gate and surrender!"

A head popped up on the city wall: "Huh? What's wrong with you?"

The centurion pointed to Yue Wenxuan beside him: "This is a general of the Northern Song Dynasty. Xiapi City has been captured by the Northern Song Dynasty. I have already surrendered. You should surrender too."

The man on the city wall froze, and after several seconds, he couldn't help but ask, "Where's that bastard Yahebojin?"

Yue Wenxuan interjected, "Yahebojin led a thousand gold cavalry to Yizhou. Yizhou has already been captured by us. He went to put out the fire, but it's useless. He'll just be throwing his life away."

The man on the city wall froze for three seconds, then turned to the soldiers beside him and said, "Open the city gates and surrender!"
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Yizhou City.

Gong Erniangzi is currently in charge of the prefectural government office. She has just taken over this large city and is organizing the administration.

The pseudo-Qi prefect of Yizhou City has been eliminated, but all his subordinate officials have surrendered.

These minor officials cannot all be replaced at once. If a complete overhaul were to be carried out immediately, it would only cause a temporary paralysis of the city's internal affairs.

Gong Er Niangzi needs to use them temporarily, and at the same time, she asks Ji Menghan, the Minister of Personnel, to arrange for officials to come over as soon as possible.

The territory has expanded too quickly recently. We just took over Weizhou and Mizhou, which consist of eight counties, and now we've taken over Yizhou. We need far too many officials.

Ji Menghan's current staff is probably not enough, so it seems she'll have to hold another imperial examination to select new talent.

As she was considering this matter, a messenger rushed in and said in a rapid-fire voice, "The True Gold Thieves' cavalry is here."

Previously, when Gong Erniangzi heard of the True Gold Thieves, she would feel somewhat fearful. But now, upon hearing it, she remained completely calm, not even raising an eyebrow: "Where did they come from? How many of them are there?"

The messenger said, "All we know is that they came from the southwest, a thousand cavalry."

"Oh? Only a thousand riders?"

Gong Erniangzi laughed: "Let Zhang Yong deal with them."

The messenger responded and quickly ran out again.

Outside the prefectural government office, a large number of local gentry were still gathered, their faces showing great fear...

(End of this chapter)