On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 610 Promise of Promise
Xiao Mian and Dong Jingzhen, one was just the Cheng of Jiangling County and the other was just a mere Lieutenant of Baling, but they boasted boldly and claimed that they would dedicate Jiangling City to Cui Che.

Cui Che raised his eyebrows and asked:

"There are still Zhang Heng and Murong Sanzang in charge of the overall situation in the city. How can you two dedicate Jiangling to me?"

Xiao Mian took the lead and said:
"Our ancestors have lived in Jiangling for generations, and our ministers have many connections in the city. Now His Majesty threatens us with a water attack, and all the nobles in the city are frightened.

"We are willing to contact the Jiangling nobles for Your Majesty and wait for an opportunity to act righteously."

Cui Che nodded slightly, and then looked at Baling Captain Dong Jingzhen.

Dong Jingzhen cupped her hands and said:

"The Baling Mansion has its own army. The last general has great prestige among the soldiers. He is willing to persuade everyone to submit to His Majesty. When Zhang Heng and Murong Sanzang were unprepared, he secretly opened the city gate and led the king's troops into the city."

Cui Che laughed when he heard this and said:
"If I can capture Jiangling, it's all because of you. I will be rewarded heavily afterwards, and I will never be reciprocal."

Xiao Xian and Dong Jingzhen were overjoyed.

Cui Che then made a detailed plan with the two of them on how to proceed.

When the two resigned, Cui Che might have made Zhang Heng suspicious, so he did not leave the camp to see them off, but smiled and said:

"I am waiting for good news from the two governors in the camp."

When Xiao Mian and Dong Jingzhen heard Cui Che's promise, they were so excited that they kowtowed and swore allegiance to Emperor Dayan.

After the two left, the generals persuaded them one after another, thinking that the two were not trustworthy, especially since Xiao Mian was deeply favored by Yang Guang, and he might have come to pretend to surrender.

But Cui Che had his own judgment. He knew that neither Xiao Mian nor Dong Jingzhen were foolish and loyal people, and Dong Jingzhen did have great prestige among the soldiers of Baling Mansion.

During the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the soldiers of Baling Mansion rebelled, and everyone wanted to elect Dong Jingzhen as their leader. Dong Jingzhen thought that his family status was not obvious, so he led the Baling soldiers to welcome Xiao Mian.

If only one of Xiao Mian or Dong Jingzhen came to serve, Cui Che might still be confused.

Now that the two came together to surrender, Dong Jingzhen also claimed that he could instigate a rebellion against the soldiers of Baling County. The possibility that it was under the instruction of Zhang Heng and Murong Sanzang was extremely slim.

It is also impossible for them to accurately select two candidates who can win Cui Che's trust and pretend to surrender without knowing it.

In the end, Cui Che overcame all opinions and chose to believe in the sincerity of Xiao Mian and Dong Jingzhen.

After the generals retired, Cui Che reopened Jiangling's city defense layout map and saw that Baling County soldiers were guarding one gate alone, just as Dong Jingzhen said.

The old city north of Gangneung has six gates, including a water gate.

In addition to one gate on each of the east, south and west sides, the remaining two gates are located on the north side.

The one in the west is called the Great North Gate, while the one in the north and east where Baling soldiers are stationed is the Small North Gate.

Cui Che breathed a sigh of relief, which also confirmed that Dong Jingzhen was not talking nonsense.

After all, Dong Jingzhen and others did not know that they had already mastered the military layout of the city.

Besides, Xiao Mian and Dong Jingzhen returned to Jiangling to meet Zhang Heng. Murong Sanzang had already gone to Nancheng to take charge.

Xiao Mian couldn't hide the sadness between her brows and said worriedly:
"Cui Che is now eager to take over Jiangling and fully agrees to the harsh conditions proposed by the two adults. However, he does not have much patience and urges me to hand over the city to him tomorrow."

Zhang Heng waved his hands and said:

"It doesn't matter. You can go to the Yan Army camp tomorrow and lie that Murong Mansion and I are in trouble. We are worried about our families and ask Cui Che to find ways to rescue our family members who were born in Jiankang."

Xiao Mian had already expected this, and the purpose of Zhang Heng and others was just to try every means to delay time.

Waiting for the Jiankang court to receive the news and send the Jiangdong navy to rescue, it also gave them more time to think about ways to defeat the enemy.

Xiao Mian accepted the order and resigned, but Zhang Heng did not raise any suspicion throughout the process.

After all, who would have thought that Xiao Mian was an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf and that Yang Guang's promotion of him was in vain.

After Xiao Mian left, he secretly contacted the trusted Jiangling clan.Previously, although Zhang Heng and Murong Sanzang blocked the news, the aristocratic families also had their own channels to learn that Cui Che intended to flood Jiangling.

In the midst of panic, I heard that Zhang Heng and Murong Sanzang had the idea of ​​​​peace talks, and Cui Che also removed the civilian workers who were digging trenches.

When the nobles were rejoicing, Xiao Mian brought news that Zhang Heng and others were just using the pretense of peace talks to delay time.

When Cui Che's patience runs out, what awaits Jiangling's soldiers and people will inevitably be the anger of Emperor Dayan after being teased.

After experiencing the misunderstanding that they had saved themselves from danger, the wealthy families thought that after Cui Che dug up the river embankment, not only would the fertile fields outside the city be submerged, but they themselves might also be buried in the fishery.

No one can take this situation calmly.

In order to protect their family business, the wealthy families in Jiangling easily connected with each other secretly through Xiao Mian.

After Dong Jingzhen returned to the Balingfu soldiers' station, he immediately called for the school captain Lei Shimeng, the brigade commanders Zheng Wenxiu, Xu Xuanche, Wan Zan, Xu Deji, Guo Hua and others, and informed everyone that they would soon give up the troops. Fish and shrimp are used as bait.

Everyone took a breath of cold air, and Lei Shimeng said in surprise:

"Brother Dong is serious about what he said!"

Dong Jingzhen nodded and said:

"Jianling has a high city and a deep pool. If the Yan army had not attacked with water, how could Zhang Changshi and Murong Mansion have sent the former Xiaojun Cheng out of the city to negotiate peace."

Lei Shimeng said doubtfully:

"Since we are already in peace talks, why did Brother Dong scare me?"

Everyone echoed:

"Brother Dong, please don't scare people like this in the future."

"It's better to say less of such jokes in the future."

Dong Jingzhen sighed:

"It would be fine if the peace talks were sincere, but I heard from Xiao Juncheng that the two adults did not really want to sacrifice Jiangling.

"The Yan army has exhausted its troops on an expedition and cannot reach Jiangling. It will not retreat. If you talk about this peace negotiation, how can it be achieved?"

Lei Shimeng made a fist with his right hand, slammed it on the table, and said angrily:

"I don't dare to fight and I don't want to talk. Do you really want me to die without a burial place so that Zhang Heng and Murong Sanzang can feel comfortable?"

The brigade commanders were also aroused with resentment in their hearts.

They were originally from Baling and were temporarily recruited to Jiangling. How could they defend the city desperately?

Amid the outrage, Lei Shimeng suddenly said to Dong Jingzhen in a deep voice:

"Brother Dong, you have always had the most ideas, and you can follow Xiao Juncheng in and out of Yan camp. I will leave our life and death to Brother Dong!"

Everyone was shocked at first, and then realized that the only one who could save them at this time was Dong Jingzhen.

Dong Jingzhen saw that everyone was sincere, so she no longer concealed it and told them that she had secretly defected to the Yan Dynasty.

The officers in Baling County all breathed a sigh of relief. They had been suffering from lack of connections before, but they didn't expect that Dong Jingzhen had already contacted the Yan army.

Dong Jingzhen then confessed her plan to everyone and said:

"Tomorrow night, we will secretly open the small north gate, raise a fire as a signal, and lead the Yan army into the city. Afterwards, the Emperor of Yan will definitely give you a heavy reward!"

Immediately, he and everyone took a blood oath and agreed to raise the flag of righteousness together.

　Otitis media strikes again, and there is only one chapter today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)