After the 60,000 army of Duke Meng Hai, led an army of 60,000, wiped out the last Jiangnan army led by Chen Lun, and began to rush towards Jiangning at full speed. At this time, it was already an update. Duke Meng Hai's main army was still thirty miles away from Jiangning County.

This time, Meng Hai Gong was ruthless. He must kill all the members of the Jiangnan Association. He knew very well that the Jiangnan gentry would not support him. These gentry were the representatives of the Jiangnan power. Only by eradicating them all can he gain a foothold in Jiangnan, eradicating the gentry who opposed him, and instead cultivating local geniuses that supported him, such as his generals, etc.

"Brother!"

My relative Meng Dangui chased after her and told Meng Hai justice: "There is no news from Wang Shun so far, so I suggest you be more careful."

Meng Haigong also felt a little strange. He had told Wang Shun before that no matter whether he captured the city or not, he would report Jiang Ning's situation to him immediately. Logically, Wang Shun's quick message should have arrived long ago, why is there no news yet?

Gong Meng Hai immediately ordered: "Slow down the marching speed!"

Several messengers rode their horses to pass the order, "The king has an order, slow down the marching speed!"

The army's marching speed finally slowed down. At this moment, several cavalry spies brought back three soldiers, "King, something happened to General Wang."

Meng Haigong was stunned and immediately asked the three soldiers: "What happened?"

The three soldiers knelt down and cried, "We were surrounded by the Sui army, all of our brothers were killed, and General Wang was also killed in battle!"

Meng Haigong was shocked. It was actually the Sui army. He ordered urgently: "Stop moving forward!"

The team stopped, and he grabbed a soldier's clothes and said angrily: "What the hell is going on? Tell me clearly!"

"We rushed to Jiangning County first, but Jiangning was already an empty city. General Wang heard that Jiangning County people had fled to the wharf, so he led his brothers to chase the wharf. He was ambushed by the Sui army halfway. Except for us who ran quickly to escape, no other brothers could escape."

"How many Sui army are there?"

"I don't know how many, but there are at least two groups, one of which is a cavalry, with at least a few thousand people. Bei Zhi saw with his own eyes that General Wang was stabbed to death by the leader general with a spear."

Meng Haigong seemed to realize something, and he asked again: "Can you be sure that the other general is using a horse spear?"

"It must be a horse lance, exactly the same as the young master's horse lance. He took action too quickly. He picked General Wang down the horse in one encounter."

Meng Haigong probably guessed that the person who killed Wang Shun should be Pei Xingyan. Only Pei Xingyan, the general of the Sui army, used a horse spear, and was also a cavalry general. Wang Shun had good martial arts skills. If he could stab him to death with one face, he must be an extremely powerful person. There would be no one except Pei Xingyan.

"Brother, is it Pei Xingyan?" Meng Dangui asked nervously.

Meng Haigong nodded, "It must be him!"

Meng Dangui took a breath of air, and Pei Xingyan appeared. Could it be that the main force of the Sui army was coming? He felt timid in his heart and whispered to Meng Haigong: "Brother, let's retreat back to Qu! Don't be robbed of our retreat by the Sui army."

Although this was Meng Dangui's excuse of being timid, this sentence reminded Meng Haigong that the Sui army was strong and they were likely to kill from Jingkou along the Jiangnan Canal, which would indeed cut off their own retreat. They retreated to Qu'a County and just strangled the Jiangnan Canal.

Although Meng Haigong wanted to kill Jiangnanhui, the appearance of the Sui army made him alert. He had to be cautious, let those bastards go first, and then deal with them.

Gong Meng Hai immediately shouted: "I ordered the entire army to retreat and retreat to Qu'a County!"

As the sky gradually became brighter, more than 100,000 people on the Jiangning Wharf had all retreated to the north bank of the Yangtze River. Not far away was the Liuhe Mountain, which stretched for hundreds of miles. The Sui army had already prepared. They built thousands of tents at the foot of the mountain for tens of thousands of people to temporarily live in, and cooked thousands of pots of hot porridge. Five thousand soldiers were responsible for maintaining order and trying their best to help these civilians who escaped the Yangtze River.

After crossing the Yangtze River, more than 100,000 people were shocked. The Sui army's life-saving grace and careful care for them made every Jiangning citizen feel grateful to the Sui army. But at the same time, they were also worried about their homes. Will the Menghai Guild burn Jiangning County in a fire? If that is the case, what will they do in the future?

In the afternoon, the Sui army on the other side brought news that the vanguard of Meng Haigong was ambushed by the Sui army and the entire army was destroyed. Meng Haigong's army had retreated south in a hurry, and Jiangning County was safe and sound.

This news made more than 100,000 people in Jiangning cheered, and their homes were preserved.

Zhang Xuan usually rarely inspects refugee camps, and he leaves these things to civil servants and ministers to carry out, but this time he pays extraordinary attention to Jiangning refugee camps. He spent the whole morning inspecting the temporary refugee camps, chatting with the people of Jiangning to understand their thoughts and sufferings.

Also accompanying Zhang Xuan to inspect the refugee camp was Bing Yuanzhen. The number one strategist in Wagang Village failed in the internal power struggle. Finally, he surrendered to Zhang Xuan with Shan Xiongxin. Shan Xiongxin became the prefect of Dongjun, and Bing Yuanzhen became Zhang Xuan's aide. After spending a period of time, Zhang Xuan found that his strategy and ability were no less than Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

Zhang Xuan completely left him to do the resettlement of the refugee camp, from the tent to the grain supply, etc., he considered it very carefully and arranged it in an orderly manner. From some details, Zhang Xuan could see his ability.

For example, the toilet is convenient, which is a detail that many refugee camps do not pay much attention to, but Bing Yuanzhen thought of it. He built thirty large tents for toilets, including twenty women and ten men. What is particularly amazing is that the woman's toilet tent is surrounded by the camp bar, and there are soldiers who specialize in guarding it, which greatly facilitates women's toilet.

Not only that, Bing Yuanzhen also set up a mother and baby tent for mothers and young children. It was these careful and appropriate considerations that won unanimous praise from the people of Jiangning, and of course, it made Zhang Xuan even more satisfied. It was obvious that Bing Yuanzhen understood his thoughts very well, and winning the hearts of the people of Jiangnan was the top priority of this rescue mission.

"How could sir, how could he think of setting up a toilet for women?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile at the row of large tents surrounded by camp bars in the distance.

Bing Yuanzhen smiled and said, "I have a deep understanding of the situation. In the New Year of Daye, a riot broke out in Wagang Village. Mr. Zhai asked me to deal with this matter. I found that the soldiers who participated in the riot had their families in Wagang Village. After further investigation, I found that it was because Mr. Zhai rewarded Zhai Hong with 500 pieces of silk, and Zhai Hong distributed it to his veterans and generals. The wife and daughter of another general did not instigate behind the scenes because they received silk, which led to the riots and found the source of the problem. I suggested that Mr. Zhai give all his family a piece of silk as a New Year gift, and the riots immediately subsided.

I have a deep understanding that many times the pillow wind will be more effective. If Your Highness wants to win the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, I think it will be more effective to do things on women. For example, the toilet problem and the mother-child problem may seem small, but if you think carefully, it will not cost much. Women in Jiangnan will support Your Highness. This is called doing big things in the details."

Zhang Xuan nodded repeatedly, "I said it very well, 'Doing big things in the details' made me deeply inspired."

Bing Yuanzhen smiled again and said, "I have another suggestion, I hope your highness can consider it."

"you say!"

"I have considered the problem of integration between the north and the south. The fundamental reason for the South is the degree of recognition of the north and the south. After hundreds of years of division, the north and the south are the Hu people, and the south is the Han people, which leads to the Hu and Han people's mutual disapproval. Although the Sui Dynasty unified the south, the powerful and noble officials of the Sui Dynasty were still dominated by the Xianbei people. Therefore, the South did not recognize it, resulting in constant uprisings in the south. However, after nearly 30 years of running-in, especially the Emperor of Ming (Note: Yang Guang's posthumous title) supported the Han and suppressed the Hu people. The contradiction between the north and the south has actually changed from a dispute between the Hu and the Han people to a dispute between interests."

"Speak!" Zhang Xuan was quite interested.

Bing Yuanzhen was encouraged and continued: "I studied in Wujun for five years and was more familiar with the situation in Jiangnan. Due to the high price of rice, the Guanlong nobles occupied a large amount of fertile land in the two lakes and Jiangnan areas, forming countless manors. Your Highness can completely take these manors into the government. In the future, when the government grants fields, it will be conducive to the population flowing to the south of the Yangtze River and will have a great promotion effect on the development of Jiangnan."

"Is this beneficial to the Jiangnan gentry?" Zhang Xuan asked for a pondering.

Bing Yuanzhen smiled and said, "Your Highness, the Guanlong nobles will expand their manors through mergers and purchases. Many of the declined young gentry or small landlords will be occupied by them by their power. The Jiangnan gentry is often at a disadvantage. The battle for land is the most fundamental dispute over interests. In fact, the business in Jiangdu is the same, and it is also a dispute between the Jiangnan gentry and the Guanlong nobles."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a long time and said, "This matter is of great importance, let me think about it!"

Bing Yuanzhen stopped saying anything. At this time, a personal soldier stepped forward and whispered to Zhang Xuan. Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "This is interesting. Where is he now?"

"The man has been brought to His Highness's boat to wait."
Chapter completed!