"General Huo, the Lan family's family is still in detention. The youngest son of Lan County Magistrate is seriously ill. Now..."

The county magistrate weighed the pros and cons and took the initiative to find Huo Bao.

Huo Bao knew the truth that "the misfortune is not as good as his wife and children", but he also understood what "the hatred of killing his father is irreconcilable."

He did not kill the Yixing County Magistrate, but the Yixing County Magistrate died because he led his troops to siege the city.

For the children of Yixing County Magistrate, he is like a "killing his father's enemy".

If you are cruel and ruthless, you will immediately deal with the wife and children of Yixing County Magistrate and get rid of the root cause.

But that does more harm than good.

When is "benevolence and righteousness" a fig leaf? If you pull this fig leaf, it will easily be criticized and criticized.

The Chuzhou army conquered the world, and casualties were inevitable. If the policy of "cutting off the roots" was really implemented, how many more people would they kill?

It would be unreasonable if the family members of the magistrate of Yixing were favored.

That would set a bad precedent.

When the Chuzhou army attacks the city again, the main force will be able to fight. Those who cannot fight will die happily. The Chuzhou army will be inclusive of their families.

Huo Bao was in a dilemma, but it was just right for the county magistrate to jump out.

When a county magistrate came forward, whether he was really thinking about his past relationship or was willing to show his character to the Chuzhou Army, Huo Bao was willing to help him.

"The Lan family will be left to your care. If you look back, you will be able to leave it or leave it..."

Huo Bao said happily.

The county magistrate was stunned.

Is this what he can decide?

If there is anything wrong with the Lan family, is it better to release him?

"General Huo, this is not what the subordinate is saying..." the county magistrate hurriedly explained.

Huo Bao glanced at the county magistrate: "I don't have to worry about Lord Bai's work, let's do it!" After that, he waved his hand and sent him down.

County Magistrate Bai was cunning and thought too much, so he knew how to deal with the Lan family.

You can't let go, otherwise it will be his little tail.

Not only do we have to stay, but we also have to persuade the Lan family to resolve the hatred of Chuzhou Army. Otherwise, if something goes wrong in the future, the Bai family will be affected.

Huo Bao picked on the corner of his mouth.

He has always been happy to deal with smart people, so worry-free.

The next morning, Huo Bao left two thousand people for Li Yuan and led his troops to Changzhou Prefecture.

When Huo Bao and his party arrived at the capital city, the good news in Wuxi also arrived.

General Jin Cuo killed 300 soldiers in Wuxi County, captured 3,400 prisoners, and captured Wuxi City.

The reason for such a record is due to the Taihu Water Bandits.

The Taihu Lake bandits came ashore and sent a letter to An Yong's command, and arranged people to be in Wuxi City for the Chuzhou Army to serve as internal supporters.

Why did he join Shu An Yong's command instead of Deng Jian, the head coach of the "East East"?

That is naturally because the An and the other families were born in Chaohu water bandits, and they also have some incense to each other with the Taihu water bandits.

However, Yu, the two families of An were willing to be at peace and accepted the court's pleading early; the Taihu River bandits were dependent on the geographical advantage of Taihu Lake, which was difficult to encircle and suppress, and they were always at large.

As today's chaos is coming, the white-shirted soldiers from all over the country are coming in full swing, and they should know it.

The land of Taihu Lake can never be defended.

It's too late to establish one.

Now there is the Taizhou Army to the north, Taizhou to the south, and Chuzhou Army to the west. Even if the Taihu bandits formed an army, there would be no place to move.

They had a wait-and-see attitude before, and it was time to make a decision.

Pirates?

Salt bandits?

Bandits?

Now it sounds nice to call Baishanjun, but in fact, who doesn’t know who?

If they were really allowed to choose themselves, they would rather choose Taizhou Army.

Among the white shirts in Taizhou, white shirts in Taizhou, and white shirts in Chuzhou, the latter two have naval troops, while the former has no naval troops.

Taihu brought ships and men to his hands, which was the main force of the navy.

But when the Chuzhou army occupied Changzhou, there was no room for them to choose.

The Chuzhou Army brought the navy.

The Chaohu Navy, Yu and An, had a joint force, and it was not something that Taihu bandits could resist. Not to mention that it is no longer Chaohu Navy, but the Jinling Navy and Yangzhou Navy.

At this time, you have to wait until you lose and surrender?

Although I knew that after joining, I must be under the two families of Yu and An, everyone recognized it.

The Chuzhou Navy already has seven tower ships!

Invincible in the Yangtze River.

Even if the bandits in Taihu Lake want to fight, they have no chance to win.

There is a precedent for the two families to surrender to the Chuzhou army, and they can feel a little more at ease when they surrender.

They had inquired before that the head of Baishan, Chuzhou, Taiwei Huo, was very kind to the An family and became in-laws.

The most important thing is that the An family still led their troops independently and were not deposed or overthrew.

They don't expect to be better than these two companies, and they don't have to worry about anything else.

When Huo Bao and his party arrived in Changzhou, they were about to meet Xie Er, the leader of the Taihu Lake bandit, and asked to see Deng Jian.

Xie Er guessed that the Chuzhou army would fight Suzhou next and come to seek war.

If you don’t make a contribution at this time, when will you make a contribution?

Deng Jian did not meet Xie Er directly, but met An Yong first.

An Yong and Deng Jian talked about the general situation of the Taihu water bandits: "There are five main forces, among which the Xie family and the Wu family are evenly matched, occupying the largest lake island and the largest water boats... Last year, the officers and soldiers surrounded the Qichun army in Yuhang, and the Wu family found a way to lead people to the court. The ship and manpower were transferred to Hangzhou. The Xie family left in Taihu Lake, so they took the opportunity to annex the other three... Now they have joined our Chuzhou army, saying that there are 1,500 ships of all sizes and large, and more than 9,000 water soldiers..."

Not to mention this ship, just talking about the number of people, it seems insufficient.

An Yong made his fortune as a water bandit, so he knew that something was wrong.

The Xie family must have kept a backup plan.

Taihu Lake has vast water surface and many islands on the lake surface, so it is too easy to hide people.

Deng Jian didn't care and said, "Since you want to ask for battle, how many ships and watermen can use?"

"More than 400 large ships can walk on the Yangtze River. If the waters of the waters can eliminate the elderly and weak, 80% of them should be used." An Yong estimated.

The so-called water soldiers are the previous water bandits, and they are mainly young and strong.

More than 9,000 people, 80% of them are available, and only 7,000 people are available.

"Take them all, always let them see what Chuzhou Army is."

Deng Jiandao.

As for Xie Er's little thoughts, Deng Jian didn't care.

Now the Chuzhou army is no longer short of people.

Not to mention the people who hid the Xie family in Taihu Lake, even the nine thousand people on the surface would not be converted into soldiers. One or two of them would have to be screened.

The military rules of the Chuzhou Army are not for consideration.

Deng Jianyun asked Xie Er to fight, but he still wanted to see him.

When Huo Bao entered the prefecture, he heard that Deng Jian was meeting the Taihu bandit leader Xie Er, so he went to find Zhu Duwei.

In addition to his troops and Huo Bao, the side army under Deng Jian, there were dozens of civil and military officials, which were prepared to take over Changzhou, Suzhou and Songjiang.

It’s easy to say that the county town below is located, but the place of the city needs to be arranged properly.

Zhu Duwei is responsible for taking over Changzhou Prefecture.

"Mr. Xiaobao is here!"

When Zhu Duwei saw Huo Bao, he was very happy: "Jinling and Yixing have reported successive good news. Deng Shuai praised Xiaobao in front of everyone!"

Before, Huo Bao's army was used as a side army, and many people muttered, but with the achievements of fighting Zhenjiang before, few dared to slander them shamelessly, and were mostly watching the battle in Changzhou.

Now, no one can find anything in two county towns, one wins the siege and the other surrenders.

Huo Bao said: "Jinling is Qiu Wei and Yixing...luck..."

Zhu Duwei smiled and said, "Don't be humble. What did Qiu Zi look like before? Didn't he train him? As for luck, which marshal is not lucky to go down the road along the way?"
To be continued...