Chen Gang, when Chen Ze heard that they were about to break their arms, he was frightened. Chen Gang begged: "Sir, don't cut our hands. If we don't have hands, we will not be able to live in the future."

"Sir, please spare us. Without hands, we are useless people and cannot survive. Please be kind and forgive us. Please, please." Chen Ze also said.

Hua Ju didn't really want to cut their arms. The purpose was to shock them so that they could be obedient. After all, for those who had been in the world and had been generals in Fang La's army. , it is not enough to have kindness alone, and you must have power. Together with kindness and power, they can be completely honest.

Hua Ju pretended to be embarrassed and said, "I don't want to cut your arms either, but you have committed such a serious crime. If you don't even have any punishment, your Majesty will think I will be merciless and fraudulent to cover you up. Then I will I will be punished and even have the danger of losing my head. Unless you make contributions to the court, you can avoid the punishment of breaking your arm."

"Make meritorious service, make merit..."

Chen Ze's eyes moved quickly, and thought of something, and hurriedly said, "Sir, I have an important news to tell you."

"What important news?" Hua Ju asked.

Chen Ze said: "Chi Shishi from Dingpu Village outside Yangzhou City has already surrendered to Fang La privately. Not only did he secretly fund Fang La money and grain, but he was also preparing to cooperate with Fang La's army to seize Yangzhou."

Hua Jue originally planned to scare Chen Gang. After Chen Ze, she asked them to lead the way to attack Dantu County, so that they could completely cut off their retreat and let them serve the escort army wholeheartedly. Then Cheng Yao unexpectedly got this. Important news.

"Are you saying true?" Hua Ju asked.

Chen Ze said: "Even if a villain has great courage, he will not dare to deceive the adults."

Chen Gang hurriedly said, "Sir, what Chen Ze said is true. The soldiers Chen sent someone to Suzhou some time ago to see the three kings Fangmao. Fangmao promised him that as long as he could help conquer Yangzhou City, Let him be the prefect of Yangzhou and his two sons become the commander.”

"Yes, yes, Fang Meng promised him this way. When the people he sent back from Suzhou, Lu Shinang asked him for 50,000 shi of grain as military rations. Three days ago, General Chen sent someone across the river to tell Lu Shinang that he had 50,000 shi of grain. The bag, 50,000 stones of grain, was prepared, and was originally scheduled to be sent across the river the next day, but now that the imperial army in Runzhou City has taken it, he should not send it again."

Hua Ju said, "I'll ask you one more thing, what you said is true?"

Chen Gang said: "If the villain has a lie, the adult can immediately push the villain out of the mansion and execute him."

Chen Ze said: "Sir Chen and Master Lu have many letters to each other. You can send someone to search where Master Lu lives, and you should still be able to collect it."

Seeing that they dared to use their lives as a guarantee, Hua Jue knew that there should be no falsehood, she said, "I will send someone to verify this matter, but before I send someone to verify it, you still have to do something, as long as You are done, not only will I not cut off your arms, but I will also reuse you."

Chen Ze, Zegang said: "My lord, please give us instructions. We must do our best, even if we go through fire and water."

Hua Ju said to Liu Bo: "I'll ask General Guan, General Sun will come here."

"yes."

Liu Bo immediately went out and asked the two soldiers to separate and notify Guan Sheng and Sun An.

Soon Guan Sheng and Sun An came. After the two saluted Juju, Hua Ju pointed to the map and said, "Dantu County is not far from Runzhou City. Last night, Lu Shinang escaped, and must have escaped into Dantu County. Dantu County is also a place where we need to conquer, so you will immediately lead your troops to capture Dantu County and open up the channel for us to continue our march."

"Harewell

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"Life." Guan Sheng, Sun An said.

Hua Ju looked at Chen Gang, Chen Ze, and said, "You two are familiar with the terrain, so let General Guan and General Sun lead the way."

"Yes." Chen Gang, Chen Ze nodded quickly.

Hua Ju asked someone to untie the rope on their bodies, and then said to Yu Baosi, Jiao Ting: "Take them down and eat something."

The two of them have not yet entered the water and rice since last night and have consumed too much physical strength. This state is not conducive to marching and fighting, so Hua Jue has to let them fill their stomachs first.

"yes."

Jiao Ting turned around and looked at Chen Gang, and Chen Ze said, "You two come with us."

Chen Gang and Chen Ze saluted Hua Ju, followed Yu Baosi and Jiao Ting.

Hua Jue said to Guan Sheng, Sun An: "When you arrive in Dantu County, you ask them to call for surrender. When attacking the city, you also ask them to bring the included surrender army to see if they are sincerely surrendered. When they find something abnormal, they will be killed immediately."

"I understand the humble position." Guan Sheng and Sun An responded.

"Also, after conquering Dantu County, don't be busy marching, wait until I go," said Hua Ju.

"yes."

"Go down and prepare." Hua Ju said.

"yes."

Guan Sheng and Sun An left. Hua Ju immediately asked Liu Sheng and the others to go to the place where Lu Shinang lived and searched carefully. Sure enough, they found more than a dozen letters written by General Chen to Lu Shinang. The most recent one was three. Just written a few days ago.

With evidence, it was easy to deal with. Hua Ju immediately called Qin Donghao, Xue Yuanhui, Zhang Qing, Meng Qinghe, Ding Desun, Gong Liang and said, "Old Qin, Lao Xue, General Ding, General Gong, you four." I guard Runzhou City, General Zhang and Qinghe, you accompany me to Yangzhou."

"As for the order." Qin Donghao, Xue Yuanhui, Zhang Qing, Meng Qinghe, Ding Desun, and Gong Liang all responded.

"Old Qin, the prisoners I captured were handled according to my method yesterday, and I promised them a heavy reward. Then, a battalion of 500 people will be organized, and when they attack Fang La's army, they will charge for us." Hua Jue Said.

Although he brought 125,000 people this time, if he died one or two thousand in every battle, he would have to kill at least tens of thousands of people by destroying Fang La, and the casualties would be quite serious.

Therefore, these prisoners can help charge, but the speed of extermination of Fang La can be accelerated, and the excessive casualties of the guards can be avoided. After all, every guard soldier is a highly trained elite soldier, and one more guard will be killed. It's all a loss.

"Sir, please rest assured, I will definitely do my job well," said Qin Donghao.

After a while, Jiao Ting and Yu Baosi came back and told Hua Ju that Chen Gang and Chen Ze had already had enough food and followed Guan Sheng, Sun An and the others.

Hua Ju then brought 24 guards including Meng Qinghe, Zhang Qingliang, Jiao Ting, Yu Baosi and Liu Shun to the riverside and asked Liu Menglong to send a large ship to take them to the other side of the river.

After crossing the river, Hua Ju ordered the big boat to wait by the river, and then the group rode to Yangzhou City on horseback.

When he arrived in Yangzhou City, Hua Jue went straight to the Yangzhou Prefect's Office. After telling her identity, the yamen runners quickly entered the prefectural office to report. After a while, the Yangzhou Prefect hurried out to greet him and said, "Yangzhou Prefect Wang Huailin greets Lord Hua."

Wang Huailin is forty-five, six years old, with a pretty and gentle appearance, giving people a particularly elegant feeling.

"The prefect Wang doesn't need to be too polite." Hua Ju said with his hand.

"Sir Xie."

Then Wang Huailin invited Hua Jue into the government office and asked him to tea. Then he asked, "I wonder what instructions do you have when you come to see the officials?"

Hua Ju asked him to call everyone around him back first, and then he took out the imperial edict given to him by Huizong.

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"I heard before that His Majesty sent the imperial guards to wipe out Fang La, but I didn't expect that the person who sent it was an adult." Wang Huailin said in surprise.

Hua Ju smiled and said, "This is just a trick to the outside world, the purpose is to confuse Fang La."

Wang Huailin nodded slightly and said, "Who is here to see the lower official, but what are the instructions?"

Hua Ju said: "Last night, the escort army had already captured Runzhou City. The 50,000 troops sent by Fang La to Runzhou have been eliminated by us. In addition to the pseudo-East Hall Privy Councilor Lu Shinang and the pseudo-controller and Tong, Shen

Outside of the escape, the rest have been killed or captured.”

Wang Huailin was excited when he heard that Runzhou City had been taken back and said, "This is really great. Runzhou City has returned to the control of the court, so Yangzhou no longer has to worry about being captured by Fang La."

Yangzhou is only separated from Runzhou by a river, and it is possible to be attacked and occupied by Fang La's army at any time. Although Yangzhou also has a so-called army, its combat effectiveness has long been weak after years of distant battle formations and cannot be compared with Fang La's army.

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Therefore, since Wang Huailin took office, he has been worried every day, fearing that Fang La's army would come one day.

Hua Ju said: "Yes, fortunately we captured Runzhou City. If we were a few days later, Yangzhou might have been captured by Fang La's army."

Wang Huailin's face changed and he said, "My lord, Fang La already has a plan to attack Yangzhou?"

Hua Ju took out the letter written by General Chen to Mr. Lu and handed it to Wang Huailin, and said, "This was found at Mr. Lu and Mr. Lu's residence. The person who wrote the letter was General Chen from Dingpu Village outside Yangzhou City. He had secretly surrendered to him.

After Fang La, he not only provided silver and grain to Fang La's army, but also secretly planned to help Fang La's army seize Yangzhou."

"This is actually the case!"

Wang Huailin quickly took the letter and read it carefully. He was so angry that his whole body trembled, and said, "It's really outrageous. I will send someone to arrest him and deal with it strictly."

Hua Ju said: "From the letter, the soldiers Chen have secretly recruited thousands of private soldiers. If Lord Wang sent someone to arrest him like this, he would not only not be able to catch him, but he would even make him anxious and rebel.

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Wang Huailin thought for a while, and felt that Hua Ju's words were reasonable, and asked, "Why should this be the best according to the views of the Lord?"

Hua Ju asked: "How many soldiers are there in Yangzhou?"

"Ten thousand people. There are also five thousand imperial guards. The imperial guards are not allowed to return to Yangzhou Prefecture to be dispatched." Wang Huailin said.

Hua Jue pondered for a moment and said, "You may as well send troops to set up an ambush around Dingpu Village, and then send someone to trick Chen into the village, arrest him first, and then escort him into Baopu Village to capture his followers and others.

Private soldiers can definitely be pacified in one fell swoop."

"Sir, I'm very good at it."

Wang Huailin hesitated for a moment and said, "What reason did he just cheat him out?"

Hua Ju smiled and said, "Is this not easy to say, just say that the imperial army has recovered Runzhou City, but because of insufficient food, it cannot continue to advance, so it recruits food from Yangzhou. However, Yangzhou does not have much food, so you specially recruited it.

The rich gentry and wealthy families in Yangzhou came to the government office to discuss the purchase of grain from them."

"wonderful!"

Wang Huailin said: "I have heard that the adults are extremely intelligent and have great plans. When I see them today, they are indeed well-known."

Hua Ju smiled and said, "Sir, don't praise me anymore, let's make arrangements as soon as possible."

"Yes, the officials will deploy now."

Afterwards, Wang Huailin called three yamen runners and carefully reminded them, and then asked them to go to Dingpu Village to know about General Chen.

Then, he called Luo Tianhong, the chief military commander of Yangzhou, first introduced Hua Ju, and ordered him to lead five thousand soldiers to ambush outside Dingpu Village to capture the soldiers of Chen and the private soldiers he recruited.

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