"After all, haven't waited to stop it..."

When the news of the city wall being broken reached the city and reached Mr. Gongyang's ears, the gentleman sighed sadly.

The two guards responsible for serving him quickly began to pack up their things and were about to take the gentleman to evacuate. However, after seeing the gentleman sighing for a while, he covered his mouth and coughed, and ordered: "Cough cough, Ding Li, take my wooden box."

Hearing this, Ding Li and another guard looked at each other.

As guards serving Mr. Gongyang, they certainly knew what was in the wooden box in Mr. Gongyang's mouth, which was a bottle of poison that the gentleman planned to kill his life.

He hurriedly approached the bed and whispered: "Sir, it's not that far, Coach Qu will definitely arrange for Mr. to evacuate..."

"I know."

Mr. Ram nodded with a smile.

On that day, he explained to Zhao Zhang what happened after he broke the city. Zhao Zhang forced a smile and nodded, but did not agree. At that time, he guessed that Zhao Zhang would never leave him and be captured by the Jin army.

He knew his physical condition and shook his head and said, "Brother Zhao Qushuai, both of them are people who value friendship. However, my body is afraid that I can no longer afford to break through and evacuate for a long distance. Cough cough cough cough, let alone affect others... Instead of evacuating the troops and breaking through the siege, cough cough cough cough, and finally died on the way, I would rather take medicine and wait for fate, which is a relief at least..."

At the end, he couldn't stop coughing.

Ding Li and another guard were speechless, and both were at a loss.

Because they also knew that this gentleman's physical condition was absolutely impossible to withstand the bumps when breaking through.

You can commit suicide by taking medicine...

"Ding Li, cough, please." Mr. Yang begged while coughing.

Under the horrified gaze of another guard, Ding Li gritted his teeth, took the small wooden box ordered by Mr. Yang, and handed it solemnly to Mr. Yang.

"Thank you."

Mr. Gongyang thanked him, then stroked the wooden box and said to Ding Li and the others: "Can you two do the next favor and hand over these things to my disciples..."

After looking at the thick stack of papers on the low table on the couch, Ding Li nodded sadly and said solemnly: "Don't worry, even if we are torn to pieces, we will hand over these hands to Mr. Bohu."

"Please..."

Mr. Yang nodded, then stroked the wooden box inexplicably, and said softly: "I am a little tired, please rest for a while."

“…”

Ding Li nodded silently, picked up the thick stack of paper, packed it with cloth and carried it on his shoulders, and immediately, he solemnly said goodbye to Mr. Gongyang: "It is really a lifelong honor for us to be honored to serve Mr. Gongyang during this period.... Take care, sir."

Mr. Gongyang smiled and nodded: "Ding Li, Zhang Qing, take care of you and the two of you."

“…”

Ding Li nodded heavily, turned around and walked out of the room that was roasted by charcoal fire as warm as spring and summer.

"Ding Li? You..."

Another guard named Zhang Qing looked incredible and looked at Ding Li with horror. His eyes seemed to be asking: Let's just leave like this?

He is not a fool, how could he not know what will happen after they leave?

However, Ding Li shook his head at him and took the lead in walking out of the house.

“…”

Seeing this, Zhang Qing opened his mouth and looked at Mr. Gongyang lying on the bed, with a little unbearable feeling in his eyes.

You should know that while serving this gentleman's daily life, this gentleman also taught them a lot, whether they were reading texts or leading troops to fight. Although this gentleman never accepted them as his disciple, they really benefited a lot.

Because of this, Zhang Qing is increasingly unable to accept what is about to happen.

However, Mr. Yang, who was lying on the couch, said goodbye to him with a smile: "Take care, Zhang Qing."

The man in his thirties suddenly turned red. After hesitating for a while, he clasped his fists solemnly like Ding Li just now: "Take care... sir."

After saying that, he also gritted his teeth and walked out of the house.

Seeing this, Mr. Yang sighed slightly, looked down at the small wooden box holding it in his hand, and then opened the wooden box and took out a small porcelain bottle from it.

"After all, I underestimated the world..."

Mr. Ram showed a hint of self-deprecating smile on his face.

He originally thought that with his knowledge, he would definitely help Zhao Zhang and the Zhao Yu brothers overthrow Jin State and revenge the hatred of the Hou family in Luyang Township back then. However, he still underestimated Jin State after all.

Even in today's Jin State, there are still a group of peerless commanders such as Grandmaster Chen, Zou Zan, Xue Ao, and Zhang Jing.

"Sorry, Bo Hu, I, a teacher who is incompetent, can only do this. The next path depends on you, and the second young master will continue by himself... Sorry, Bo Hu."

Recalling the content of the suicide note he left to his disciple Zhao Yin, as well as his advice and suggestions to the latter, Mr. Gongyang, who thought he had nothing left behind, sighed again, and then raised his head and poured the powder from the porcelain bottle into his mouth.

"Qinghou..."

He slowly closed his eyes.

A moment later, when Zhao Zhang rushed into the room in a hurry, Mr. Yang had already closed his eyes calmly in this warm room like spring.

"Damn it!"

The furious Zhao Zhang shook his hand and slapped Ding Li in the face, then grabbed the latter's clothes, stared at him and cursed with anger: "How dare you...How dare you harm sir?"

Ding Li's left face suddenly turned red and swollen, but his expression was neither arrogant nor humble, and he said in a deep voice with Zhao Zhang's eyes: "The villain will never dare to harm Mr. Wang. If possible, I am willing to exchange my life for it, but... Mr. Wang's physical condition cannot withstand the bumps at all. Since this is the case, why should I let Mr. Wang withstand that suffering? If Mr. Gu wants to kill me for this, I will never say anything. But before leaving, the teacher entrusted me to hand over his letter to Mr. Bo Hu, and waited for me to complete the teacher's order and let Mr. Qu deal with it!"

“…”

Staring at Ding Li's eyes, the murderous intent in Zhao Zhang's eyes slowly faded.

In fact, he also understood that Mr. Gongyang's physical condition was indeed no longer enough, but he was a little difficult to accept... After all, the rise and growth of the Jiangdong Yishi in the past two years were all planned by the gentleman, including the political and military orders issued by his righteous teacher. It is no exaggeration to say that without this gentleman, there would be no Jiangdong Yishi.

Thinking about this, this gentleman has indeed done a lot for them with a sick body, but without this gentleman, where should he go to Jiangdong Yishi? How should he continue to take revenge on Jin?

Depend on this gentleman's disciple, his nephew Zhao In?

For a moment, Zhao Zhang's thoughts changed, and finally, he calmed down and ordered in a deep voice: "Take people and take away your sir... body to avoid insults from the Jin army... hurry up, let's withdraw."

"yes!"

Compared to taking away a gentleman who was inconvenient and had to arrange for heating, it would naturally be much easier to take away a corpse. Zhao Zhang quickly prepared to break through. At the moment when the Jin army invaded the city in large numbers, he led his army to protect the carriage carrying Mr. Yang's body and fought hard to break out of the city.

And the Jin army recovered Linzi.

The Jin army's regaining Linzi means that the entire Shandong will be re-owned by the State of Jin, and also means that the Jin army has won the final victory in the Shandong Battle, but this does not mean that the confrontation between the Jin army and the Jiangdong Yishi has come to an end.

When he learned that Zhao Zhang and the Zhao Yu brothers led the remnants of the Yishi Division to break out south, Grandma Chen immediately issued an order: "The whole army pursues! Be sure to capture and kill the 'Two Zhao' and the think tank of the Jiangdong rebels, the gentleman called Gongyang."

In view of this old teacher, the rebellions in Jiyin, Dongping, Jibei and other counties were not as threatened by the "Two Zhaos". After all, Zhao Zhang and Zhao Yu brothers were "Shen Hu" who disrupted Jin State in the prophecy.

Under the order of Grandmaster Chen, the Jin army launched a pursuit in the snow, chasing all the way to the Changle area.

As the sky was dark and heavy snow fell, the Jin army slowed down its pursuit, and the Zhao Zhang and Zhao Yu brothers who broke out were able to take a breath.

Under the dark night and in the cold wind, the two brothers sat by a bonfire and discussed the next countermeasures.

In fact, Mr. Gongyang has already considered the general evacuation strategy in advance. Brothers Zhao Zhang and Zhao Yu just need to do it.

Zhao Zhang said with a gloomy expression: "Second brother, when tomorrow is dawn, you will take your husband's body to Langya first and evacuate to Pengcheng. I will stay and join Gongsun Yan, Cheng Yu and others to delay the Jin army..."

Zhao Yu frowned and said, "Brother, you are the commander of the canal in the army. How can you take risks? Why don't I stay..."

But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Zhang: "I have no intention, you don't have to persuade him anymore."

The next day, at dawn, Zhao Yu immediately set off to retreat south, and Zhao Zhang personally left behind to cut off the rear.

He joined forces with Gongsun Yan, Lu Liao and other generals of the Jiangdong Yishi Division, and fought and retreated, but he could not get rid of the pursuers of the Jin army, especially the thousands of Taiyuan cavalry led by Xue Ao, who bit the Jiangdong Yishi Division tightly.

At this time, Zhao Zhang's previous concerns became a reality. He and the generals still had more than 100,000 troops, which was still far more than the number of Jin troops. However, at this moment, these more than 100,000 troops could hardly stop the pursuit of the Jin army.

During the Jin army's pursuit, countless soldiers of the Yi army in Jiangdong, especially those former counties and counties, surrendered. The army of more than 100,000 shrank to only 30,000 or 40,000 in just a few days.

What's worse, with Xue Ao's army interspersed, Zhao Zhang's contact with Gongsun Yan, Lu Liao and other generals was isolated. Gongsun Yan and Lu Liao, who were unable to protect themselves, had to lead the remaining troops to flee. One fled east to Laoshan and the other fled west to Jiwushan, while Zhao Zhang himself led the remaining troops to retreat to Jucheng.

Unfortunately, at this time, another adopted son of Taishi Chen, Zou Zan, the general of the Huben Central Army, had led another 30,000 Taishi troops to break through Lu County and directly penetrated into the hinterland of Langya County, and trapped Zhao Zhang, who had left behind the rear, in Jucheng.

When Master Chen learned about this, he immediately ordered: "Around Jucheng and trap the big tiger."

On the fifth day of November, several Jin troops under the command of Grandmaster Chen gathered in Jucheng, set up camps and prepared for the siege.

Seeing that the Jin army was in a mess around Jucheng and its troops were far more powerful than his side, Zhao Zhang simply stopped thinking about breaking through, calmly consolidated his defense, and prepared to fight to trap beasts.

He said to his subordinates: "Even if I die in Jucheng, I will still seriously damage Chen Zhong's minions!"

The minions he mentioned refer to the army of the Taishi under the command of Taishi Chen.

In the next two months, Grandmaster Chen tried to attack Jucheng many times, but because the cold weather was not conducive to combat, the Jin army tried to attack several times, and then quickly retreated and waited for the spring of the following year.

During this period, Zou Zan, on behalf of Grand Master Chen, called out to Jucheng many times, and advised the Jiangdong Yishi in the city to surrender.

Some people in the Jiangdong Yishishi might be weak and try to betray Zhao Zhang in despair and surrender to the city. However, Zhao Zhang had expected it and killed the rebel soldiers in time, causing Zou Zan to return in vain.

After the Chinese New Year, it was the 28th year of the king.

On the 22nd day of the first lunar month, Grand Master Chen ordered an attack on Jucheng. Tens of thousands of Jin troops adopted the strategy of siegeing three or one to surround Jucheng. With a fierce attack, Zhao Zhang led the remaining soldiers in the city to fight to the death, and finally barely repelled the Jin army.

However, at this time, Zhao Zhang also understood that Jucheng could no longer be defended.

Without seeing the way of life, Zhao Zhang decided to lead 200 warriors to attack the Jin army's camp at night that night.

Unfortunately, his intention was predicted by Master Chen.
To be continued...