Chapter 269 Shouchun
After settling the matter of the racecourse and saying goodbye to Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping, Zhao Lei immediately left Anfengjin Port with the Yangzhou Army. He crossed the fast-flowing Huaihe River in a very steady manner.At the same time, after crossing the Huaihe River, the destination Shouchun City is also in sight.

On the only way to Shouchun City, there is a place called Xunyang.After driving for half a day, Zhao Lei's Yangzhou army is resting here to let the soldiers recover their strength.

"My lord, you will arrive at Shouchun City after about fifteen miles. According to the report from the spies, there is no sign of other forces stationed in Shouchun City." At this time, Zhang Liao, who was sent to investigate, returned to the army formation and immediately In front of Zhao Lei, report.

Since there were no warlords occupying Shouchun City, Zhao Lei also smiled slightly, and let the resting army set off again, trying to enter Shouchun City before the sky darkened.

After walking for more than two hours, Zhao Lei couldn't help but smile when he saw Shouchun whose outline of the city became more and more clear.Judging from the scale of Shouchun City, although it is not as majestic as Luoyang City, this city is much larger than that of Wu County, and it is worthy of being the center of Yangzhou.Since Shouchun City is close to the north bank of the Yangtze River, it is rainy all year round, the climate is humid, and the fields are not short of water for irrigation, so it is naturally very suitable for the development of agriculture. In addition, Shouchun City is surrounded by several mountains. As long as you guard the checkpoints in the mountains, You can keep your longevity and spring worry-free, so this is also a good place to stock up on food.

Finally, when it was dark, Zhao Lei's army arrived at the city of Shouchun.Seeing that it was getting late, there were nearly 1 people under him.If you enter the city now, it will definitely disturb the rest of the people.So Zhao Lei asked Zhang Liao to take part of the soldiers of the Shijun camp into the city with Zhang Han, Jia Xu and others, while Zhao Yun stayed to lead the remaining Yangzhou soldiers and set up camp outside Shouchun City.

Although Yangzhou soldiers did not rush into Shouchun City, the local people were still frightened by the hundreds of stone soldiers brought into the city by Zhao Lei.When Zhao Lei led the way through a certain street in Shouchun, most of the people hid in their homes, observing the movement of Yangzhou soldiers on the street through the cracks in the windows.And some ordinary people who had no time to escape or who were just wandering on this street hid by the side of the road one after another, looking at the Yangzhou army slowly passing by with terrified eyes.Some people even leaned against the side of the street and curled up, and they were worrying in their hearts whether these officers and soldiers would stretch out their butcher knives at them if they were in a bad mood.

What the people were thinking at this moment, Zhao Lei naturally didn't know.However, Zhao Lei seemed very disappointed with the terrified expressions of the people towards the Yangzhou Army.However, he is not surprised by this situation. When he first entered Wu County, the common people were like this.To be honest, this is a time of troubled times, if the common people see a military horse of unknown origin suddenly entering the city, and they can still show that they are not afraid, then it will be hell.

However, if this kind of sluggish public opinion happened in other states and counties, Zhao Lei would not care, but this is already Yangzhou, so Zhao Lei has to take care of it.Although Zhao Lei in Yangzhou now only owns Wu County and the current Shouchun City, if even these two cities cannot get the support of the people, the position of the Lord of Yangzhou will not last long, let alone attacking Yangzhou There are other cities.

Just when Zhao Lei was thinking, the Yangzhou army had already arrived at the governor's mansion in Shouchun City. Since Shouchun City is the center of Yangzhou, the governor's mansion was set up in this city.However, the governor's mansion seems to have been abandoned for a long time, and it is unknown where the previous governor of Yangzhou is at this time.Seeing that most of the paint on the gate of the governor's mansion had come off, Zhao Lei touched the gate lightly, only to see that the gate did not open, but fell down in a form of overwhelming pressure, raising waves of waves. dust.

"Cough! Cough! Cough!" Zhao Lei, Zhang Han, the team leader, and several guards coughed non-stop due to the dust.

"If this place is not cleaned, it seems that there will be no way to live in it for the rest of our life. I think we should wait until tomorrow when the army enters the city, and clean up the place and the barracks in the city before moving in. Also, we need to put up a notice of Anmin, Looking at the previous situation, the people here still have some fear of our army, and if the people's hearts are not stabilized, some accidents may happen at that time." Zhang Han patted the dust on his body and said to Zhao Lei.

Zhao Lei nodded and added: "Besides, I have never seen people so afraid of being a soldier. This is our first time entering the city. It stands to reason that the people don't know us, so even if they are afraid of officers and soldiers, they shouldn't be afraid to call us like this. , This seems a bit strange." Speaking of this, Zhao Lei ordered Zhang Liao to lead several soldiers from the Shi Junying to the city to investigate information immediately, and ordered these soldiers who entered the city not to clash with the common people, and those who violated the order would be dealt with by military law.

After arranging these matters, Zhao Lei came to a restaurant in Shouchun. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a middle-aged man walking over in a hurry, looking very flustered.He walked up to Zhao Lei, and said to Zhao Lei tremblingly, "General, General, I am the owner of this hotel. What is the general doing here?"

"Speak as you speak, why are you trembling?" Zhao Lei asked strangely. He had never met this boss before, but why was the boss so scared when he saw himself in light armor?
"So that's how it is." After finding out why Zhao Lei came here, the boss heaved a sigh of relief, and then said: "Okay, general, please wait a moment, the villain will immediately go and order the servants to prepare the best room for the general." Hearing Zhao Lei When I came to stay in the store, the tone of the boss's speech returned to normal at this time.

Zhao Lei nodded and said, "I'm sorry."

After Zhao Lei finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Han with slightly puzzled eyes. At this time, Zhang Han also looked confused. He didn't know why the people of Shouchun were so strange.

(End of this chapter)

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