The battle gradually ended after an hour. The Sui army killed more than 6,000 enemies and captured nearly 20,000 alive. However, the loss of only a few hundred people was made, and achieved an extremely beautiful interception victory. However, Meng Hai and his son escaped in the melee, which became the biggest regret of this battle.☆→☆→,

The prisoner-of-war camp had been set up on the east bank of Sishui. Teams of prisoners were escorted to the camp. When they were about to leave, Zhang Xuan stood on a small mound on horseback, watching the soldiers clean the battlefield coldly. After the battle, he had to return to Donghai County. He needed to lay a fast passage between Jiangdu and Qingzhou.

At this time, a team of soldiers took a middle-aged man wearing a soldier uniform and disheveled hair to Zhang Xuan, "General, he captured the thief army military advisor Han Zhishui!"

Han Zhishui was quite embarrassed. He changed into a soldier's uniform and smeared his face with the bottom of the pot. He completely changed his appearance. He thought he could be mixed with the prisoners of war and sent home, but unexpectedly he was reported by other prisoners of war.

Zhang Xuan looked at him coldly, with murderous intent bursting out in his eyes. In the letter from Jiangdu's personal soldiers, it was Han Zhishui who planned the assassination of his family. If he succeeded, not only would his wife's life be unsuccessful, but his unborn child would be gone.

"Han Zhishui, I didn't expect you would fall into my hands!"

Han Zhishui snorted heavily and turned his head to the side, "If you want to kill, kill me, I won't beg for surrender!"

Zhang Xuan said coldly: "I could have spared you, but you dare to assassinate my family. You are so despicable and shameless, then you can't survive."

"This is also considered despicable and shameless? Are there few despicable and shameless people in the court? Since they are enemies, then your family is also enemies. It is natural to kill them!"

"It's so beautiful, but unfortunately you touched my reverse scale, okay! I respect you as a man, keep your entire body."

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, "Drag it down and execute it, and reward him with a coffin!"

Han Zhishui said nothing and was taken down by the soldiers. Zhang Xuan snorted heavily and urged the horse to go to the camp. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the camp, he met Li Qingming, with a civil servant in the thief army behind him. Li Qingming bowed and smiled and said, "General, Bei Zhi found the person who traded war horses with Silla."

Without Li Qingming, Zhang Xuan almost forgot about this. Meng Haigong bought thousands of Khitan war horses from Silla, and actually transported them from the sea. It really made Zhang Xuan deeply interested. He glanced at the person behind Li Qingming, "Is it him?"

This is a man in his thirties. He looks like a scholar and is gentle and gentle. He stepped forward and bowed, "The villain Wu Yingqin, unfortunately, he is a thief. Thank you for the rescue!"

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Let's talk about it after returning the account!"

Zhang Xuan returned to the tent. After a while, Li Qingming brought Wu Yingqin up. Zhang Xuan looked at him and asked, "Where are you from? Why do you follow Meng Haigong?"

"Report to General, the villain was originally the Army of Cangcao, Donghai County, and from Donghai County. Meng Haigong was the prefect of Donghai at that time. The villain was his subordinate. When he raised an army, he threatened the villain. If he did not follow him, he would kill the villain's family. Helplessly, the villain had to commit himself as a thief."

"Then you should know what I want to ask you?"

"Li Zhanjun told me just now that this matter was indeed handled by villains, probably from March to May this year. We bought three ships of Khitan war horses from Silla, totaling 1,083."

"What kind of ship is used to transport it across the sea?"

"Reporting to the general, he used the Hengyang boat, not the Five-Tooth Warship, but the Hengyang boat that crossed the sea to transport it. The Sui Dynasty built a total of twenty ships. The load capacity could reach 20,000 stones. When he first attacked Goguryeo, he used twelve such Hengyang boats to transport food. Unfortunately, the first attack on Goguryeo was defeated. Nine Hengyang boats were burned down, and the other three were seized by Goguryeo and later sold to Silla. Silla used these three Hengyang boats to transport war horses."

Zhang Xuan walked a few steps behind his hands and asked again: "You said a total of twenty ships were built. I want to know where there are eight ships? Also, where are these kind of strait boats built?"

"Reporting to the general, Meng Haigong was also very interested in this kind of big ship, and specially ordered a villain to investigate. There are indeed eight such straits, two in Luoyang, two in Jiangdu, and four in Beiping County, built in Luoyang and Jiangning respectively."

Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment. There were two more ships in Jiangdu. Why didn’t he know that there were four in Beiping County. Isn’t it just the mouth of Ruhekou? He didn’t see such a kind of strait boat at all.

At this time, Zhang Xuan had a bad feeling. Half of the warships at the mouth of Ruhekou were dismantled, and the four Hengyang boats were probably also dismantled. The parts were all in the warehouse in Beihai County and he bought them all. He remembered that there were indeed several particularly large keels, and everyone had discussed them.

Zhang Xuan thought about it and asked again: "Have you ever seen such a strait boat?"

"The villain once studied it carefully on the large ship of Silla, and was very familiar with it."

Zhang Xuan immediately said, "From now on, I will not blame you for your commitment to the thief. I will appoint you as the military officer of the Beihai County Cangcai. You rush to Beihai County to report to Wei Changshi. I will write a letter to tell him in detail."

Wu Yingqin was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed and said, "The villain is willing to serve the general!"

Zhang Xuan immediately wrote a letter and sent three personal soldiers to escort Wu Yingqin to Beihai County. At this time, Zhang Xuan wanted to rush back to Jiangdu immediately to find two other straits of the ocean. However, the matter of Donghai County was not over yet, so he could only suppress his inner expectations.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan received a handwritten letter written by Yang Yichen. Yang Yichen received support from the Liu family in Pengcheng County and had already captured Pengcheng County. Meng Dangui led more than a thousand remaining troops out of the Xicheng Gate and fled in a hurry towards Qiao County.

Zhang Xuan was not worried that Meng Hai Guild would escape to Qingzhou because his cousin Meng Dangui had 20,000 troops in Pengcheng County. After Meng Hai Gong and his son escaped, they would definitely return to Pengcheng. If they were not good, they would flee back to their old nest Donghai County.

Zhang Xuan stopped pursuing north, and then led a large army to attack and join Yang Yichen in Pengcheng County.

As the saying goes, there are three caves of cunning rabbits, and Meng Haigong is no exception. Donghai County’s old nest is his first cave, and Pengcheng County is his second cave. Both caves are open secrets, but Meng Haigong also has a secret nest, guarded by his son-in-law Gu Zhiyuan. Those who know this secret nest are only Meng Haigong and his son and his cousin Meng Dangui, and even the military advisor Han Zhishui did not know.

This secret nest is located in Jishan, Yongcheng County, Qiao County, which was the place where Zhang Xuan broke the Miao Sea Tide. It has high mountains and dense forests, crisscrossing gullies, and convenient transportation around it, making it easy to hide supplies and army.

Five days later, Meng Hai Gong and his son led hundreds of personal soldiers to flee to Jishan, and his son-in-law Gu Zhiyuan personally went down the mountain to welcome his father-in-law back.

The worried escape life made Meng Haigong lose a lot of weight. After two days of rest, he immediately brought everyone to discuss their future destinations.

"We still have about 5,000 people now, and we should be able to make a comeback. However, I don't want to develop in the Central Plains. Jishan is only a temporary settlement. We have to find another way."

Meng Haigong said it very tactfully. In fact, he was extremely afraid of Zhang Xuan and never wanted to meet Zhang Xuan again. He must avoid Zhang Xuan. However, he was embarrassed to say it directly. He glanced at his cousin Meng Dangui, "Second brother, tell me what you think!"

Meng Dangui thought for a while and said, "Did you consider going back to Donghai County? We have a familiar connection there and have a certain foundation?"

Before Meng Dangui finished speaking, Meng Yi, who knew his father's thoughts very well, opposed: "Donghai County has no population. Unless he conquered the counties of Xuzhou again, there will be no future, but we cannot repeat the same mistakes."

In fact, Meng Haigong also wanted to go back to Donghai County. After all, it was his old nest, but Donghai County was too close to Zhang Xuan. When he developed there, he would definitely not escape Zhang Xuan's conquest. He had to sigh, "Donghai County doesn't need to consider it."

At this time, the son-in-law Gu Zhiyuan said carefully: "The son-in-law has an idea, and the father-in-law can refer to it."

"You just say it, I'll listen."

"When my son-in-law first arrived in Qiao County, Jiangnanhui Shen Jian visited me and hoped that I could introduce my father-in-law to him."

Meng Haigong had some interest in his heart. His son-in-law Gu Zhiyuan is from Wujun and is also from a big family. When he mentioned Jiangnan, Meng Haigong immediately became a little interested. He asked with a smile: "Can you still contact this Shen Jian?"

Gu Zhiyuan nodded, "He gave me an address. I can find him in Jiangdu County."

Meng Yi next to him understood a little. I was afraid that his father wanted to go to Jiangnan to develop. He interrupted: "Father, even if we go to Jiangnan, we have more than 5,000 people and so many supplies, how can we go?"

Gu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Do you don't have to worry about this. Du Fuwei is now huddling in Huainan County, and Zhang Xuan's army is deployed in Jiangdu County and Licheng County. We can go to Zhongli County to Lujiang County. The Jiangnan Association will arrange a ship to pick us up in Lujiang County."

Meng Haigong glanced at his son-in-law, and he realized that he had even arranged the route. I was afraid that his son-in-law would have communicated with Jiangnan long ago.
Chapter completed!