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Six hours was neither too long nor too short. Very quickly, the sky turned from dark to bright. The sun gradually revealed its forehead. After a night of fighting, Jiangling city seemed to have returned to its usual calmness.
"My Lord, the sun has risen!" Dong Zhi did not stay in the governor's residence. That night, he brought his family to stay in the Jiangling garrison's camp. Only the garrison's camp could make Dong Zhi feel safe. Now that Dong Zhi had a good night's sleep, he finally woke up.
"Has Han Wei returned?" Dong Zhi asked the aide beside him.
"My Lord, he has not. However, there are sounds of fighting coming from the city!"
"It's good that he did not return. It's good that he did not return!" Dong Zhi's face revealed a smile. If Han Dang did not return, it meant that Han Dang had died in the city. Since Han Dang was dead, then all the blame could be placed on Han Wei.
A dead man would not defend himself. As for the credit, it would be Dong Zhi's, Dong Zhi's, credit.
"What time is it now?" Dong Zhi stood up and asked the aide beside him.
The aide did not directly say what time it was. Instead, he replied, "My Lord, it is time for us to take action!"
"Good!" Dong Zhi nodded. Very quickly, he dressed up and put on his official robe and armor. He then sat on a tall horse and picked up a long sword.
"Shua!" Dong Zhi pulled out the sword in his hand. It was a good sword, shining with cold light. The crisp sound of the sword being pulled out told the people around that the steel of this sword was definitely a masterpiece. Unfortunately, this long sword would never be able to draw blood, because its owner never went to the battlefield to kill enemies.
"Generals, I believe that you all have heard the commotion in Jiangling city last night. There are enemy troops. The Yangzhou Navy has arrived at Jiangling city!" "Dong Zhi is sitting on a tall horse. As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. Although Dong Zhi is a fat man, he can be considered as a person riding on a tall horse.
"Yangzhou Navy?" When the people below heard Dong Zhi's words, they began to discuss. They naturally knew about the Yangzhou Navy. Wasn't that the enemy of the Jing Province Navy? How could they appear in Jiangling City? Jiangling City could be considered as the most solid city in Jing Province. In front of it was the Yangtze River and behind it was the natural barrier of Huarong Road. Moreover, they appeared at the east gate. Could it be that the Yangzhou Navy flew over Huarong Road?
"This group of enemies is the East Gate Commandant, Han Wei. He was negligent in his duty and neglected his duty, allowing this group of traitors to sneak into our Jiangling City. This led to our East Gate being breached. Hesitantly, this group of traitors launched a surprise attack at night, and fighting at night is not recommended by the art of war. Therefore, we deliberately waited for six hours. Now that the sun has risen, it is time for our army to exterminate the bandits. Generals, it is time for you to make contributions. Dong Zhi can be said to have a lot of lofty sentiments and lofty aspirations. It made people's blood boil. Dong Zhi's subordinates were not fools. It was not easy to fight at night. That was a lie. Last night, the East Gate was on fire. It was basically as bright as day. Moreover, at this time, you still did not send out your troops. What were you thinking? Even if the losses were heavy, you still had to beat back the enemy.
The only explanation for Dong Zhi not sending out his troops was that he wanted to kill with a borrowed knife. Now that the sounds of fighting had died down, it should mean that Han Wei's troops had been exterminated. The enemy should have been exhausted after a night of hard fighting. This was a lot of merit in front of them. Each of Dong Zhi's subordinates' eyes lit up.
"Brothers, follow me and send out the troops!" Just when Dong Zhi was about to send out his troops, a person shouted loudly.
"No need!" A loud voice rang out, interrupting Dong Zhi's lofty sentiments.
Dong Zhi was instantly enraged. He wanted to know who was the one who dared to interrupt his speech. Dong Zhi turned around and saw a familiar figure.
"Han, Han Wei?" Dong Zhi was naturally familiar with this figure. Wasn't that the East Gate Captain Han Wei who had neglected his duty and made a mistake in his duty? Behind Han Wei was a group of East Gate Guards who were covered in blood.
There were also dozens of enemies who were tied up.
"Han Wei, why did you come back?" Dong Zhi asked subconsciously.
"Why? Sir Dong, can't I, Han Wei, come back? " Han Wei sneered. He had taken Dong Zhi's words to heart.
"No, no!" Although Dong Zhi was shocked that Han Wei could come back, he quickly controlled his emotions.
"Governor Dong, there is no need to send out your troops. The enemy has already been eliminated by my East Gate Guards!" Han Wei said to Dong Zhi who was above.
"Eliminated by the East Gate Guards?" Dong Zhi was stunned. Last night, Han Wei was still sending people to ask for help. The East Gate Guards had already been breached. Now, Han Wei was telling him that he had already driven the enemy out. Dong Zhi did not believe it.
"Haha, Governor Dong, look. Who are these people?" Han Wei pointed at the dozens of people who were tied up behind him. They were panting in Yangzhou's navy uniform.
"Behave yourself!"
"Oh right, I forgot to introduce this young general to you, Governor Dong. He's a big shot! If I tell you, you might be shocked! "Han Wei walked to the side of a young man and said to Dong Zhi.
"Oh? Who could give me such a fright?" Dong Zhi asked.
"This person's surname is Lu Xun. His real name is Lu Yi. His courtesy name is Boyan. He is from Wu County!" Han Dang pointed at the young general and explained to Dong Zhi.
"Oh, so it's Lu Xun. What? "Dong Zhi reacted." You said he is Lu Xun? "
"Yes!" Han Wei nodded. He did not laugh at Dong Zhi's shock and disbelief. This was because Han Wei had the same expression when Lu Xun came looking for him.
"What can you prove?" Dong Zhi suppressed the joy in his heart and asked.
"Is this okay?" Han Wei threw a seal to Dong Zhi. Dong Zhi took it and saw the words "Yangzhou Navy Commander" written on it. This person was really Lu Xun, Lu Boyan.
"You destroyed the Yangzhou Navy?" Dong Zhi asked again.
"Of course. Otherwise, where did Lu Xun and Lu Boyan come from?" Han Wei said to Dong Zhi.
"Good, good, good!" Dong Zhi said three words to Han Wei. On the surface, he was praising Han Wei, but in reality, only Dong Zhi knew what he was thinking. However, one thing was for sure, Dong Zhi had deepened his vigilance against Han Wei. Originally, he thought that Han Wei was just an ordinary man. Although he had some martial arts, he was just an ordinary man. It would be easy to kill him. However, he did not expect that this ordinary man was so powerful. Even a general like Wen Pin could not defeat him. Now, Han Wei had captured him. It seemed that Han Wei could not be underestimated.
"Come, Han Wei. Escort Lu Xun and his group to me. I will send them to Xiangyang to report to the lord!" Dong Zhi suppressed the joy in his heart. If this person was really Lu Xun, then Dong Zhi's contribution would be too great.
"Governor Dong, I am the one who captured this person. Let me personally take care of him!" Han Wei said to Dong Zhi with a smile.
"General Han, you have been through a hard battle for a night. You should rest well! Leave the rest to us! "Dong Zhi said to Han Wei.
"Then what about this contribution?" Han Wei continued to ask Dong Zhi.
"Of course, this contribution will not be left out!" Dong Zhi comforted Han Wei on the other side.
"That's good. That's good!" Han Wei patted his chest as if a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders. "Men, bring these bandits to Governor Dong Zhi."
"Yes!" Very quickly, the Han Family Army handed over the remaining Yangzhou Navy members to Dong Zhi's men. Dong Zhi's men brought them to stand behind Dong Zhi.
"Governor Dong, I will go back to rest!" Han Wei said to Dong Zhi as he cupped his fist and was about to leave.
However, Dong Zhi did not want Han Wei to leave. He immediately opened his mouth. "Wait!" “
"What? Does Governor Dong have something important to tell Han Wei? " Han Wei asked Dong Zhi, who was above him.
"There is nothing important, but you cannot leave!" Dong Zhi said to Han Wei with a smile.
"Why?" Han Wei was still puzzled.
"Because you are guilty of neglecting your duty! You will be interrogated! "Dong Zhi said to Han Wei with a smile.
"Neglecting my duty? Why do you say that? "Han Wei asked in astonishment.
"If you did not neglect your duty, then why was the Jiangling East Gate breached by the Yangzhou Army?" Dong Zhi asked.
"That's because they took me by surprise when it was dark."
"No matter what, if you were more careful, would such a situation have happened?"
"But I have already eliminated the enemy. I even took down the leader of the bandits! Logically speaking, I should have made up for my mistake! "Han Wei defended himself.
"Merit is merit. Mistakes are mistakes. How can you compare them?" If everyone is like a general who only cares about making a mistake and making a contribution, how can we raise the morale of the troops? "Dong Zhi said righteously. He had already revealed his true intentions.
"Does that mean Governor Dong is determined to capture me?"
"Military law does not tolerate friendship!" Dong Zhi said to Han Wei.
"What if I do not want to be captured?" Han Wei said as he stared at Dong Zhi.
"Then I am sorry, general!" Men, take Han Wei down! " Dong Zhi suddenly roared. Dong Zhi's personal guards quickly walked out and closed in on Han Wei.
"Let's see who dares to touch our general!" Han Lei and the others immediately protected Han Wei in the middle and drew their swords.
"Kill anyone who resists!" Dong Zhi sneered. He looked at Han Wei with killing intent.
"Governor Dong, are you going to kill me?" Han Wei did not give up and asked Dong Zhi.
"So what if I am?" Dong Zhi had already revealed his true intentions. He wanted to take credit for Lu Xun, and also wanted to kill Han Wei and eradicate the Han Clan. This way, no one in the entire Jiangling City would dare to go against him. With Jiangling City as his backing, and Dong Zhi already belonging to the second young master Liu Pan's faction, once Liu Pan ascends to the throne, his Dong Clan would sooner or later become the next aristocratic clan.
Right now, Han Wei was already in Dong Zhi's grasp. This was because not only did Han Wei have very few soldiers, but they were also covered in blood. How much fighting strength could they have? Haha, as long as Dong Zhi captured Han Wei and killed him on the spot, he would also be blamed for the destruction of the eastern gate. Dong Zhi would not only not be at fault, he would also be rewarded.
"Haha, so it is like this!" Han Wei smiled bitterly. He was still thinking about how to ease the relationship with Dong Zhi. He did not expect that he was already on Dong Zhi's kill list.
"Dong Zhi, you still recognize me!" Another voice was heard. This voice was incomparably clear and melodious. A woman ran over and pointed at Dong Zhi's nose as she shouted.
"Who are you?" Dong Zhi looked at the woman in confusion. He could not remember where he had seen her before. But when the woman wiped the dust off her face, Dong Zhi was shocked.
"You are, you are Wu Fan's daughter?" Only then did Dong Zhi remember who this woman was. Wasn't she Wu Mi, the daughter of Wu Fan, the head of the Wu Family that had been exterminated?
"What are you doing here?"
"I am here to take your life!" Wu Mi looked at Dong Zhi. She could not wait to kill Dong Zhi, eat his flesh, skin him, and pull out his tendons. Only then would she be able to relieve the hatred in her heart.
"Haha, haha! You want my life? Haha, what a joke, what a joke, with just you? You came at the right time, saving me the trouble of looking for you! Wu family, Han family? Haha, today is the death anniversary of your two families. " Dong Zhi looked at Wu Mi and then at Han Wei. How could he not know that the reason why he could not find Wu Mi was because Han Wei had deliberately hidden her. You still want to rely on me, Dong Zhi? A remnant is a remnant.
"If she can't do it alone, what about us?"
"Who is it! Quickly protect the Prefecture Chief! " The Prefecture Chief's aide suddenly screamed. He found that the Prefecture Chief was surrounded by several enemies wearing Yangzhou navy uniforms.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
"How did they appear?" Dong Zhi's neck was suddenly pressed against a cold blade. He was stunned for a moment. Those ropes? Dong Zhi realized that the ropes that tied the Yangzhou navy soldiers were not tight at all. This allowed the captives to escape and kill the two guards on the side. They quickly rushed to the front of Prefecture Chief Dong Zhi.
"Don't mess around!" On the other side, Dong Zhi's aide panicked. He was Dong Zhi's aide. Only when Dong Zhi was around would he have a sense of existence. If Dong Zhi was done for, he would also be done for. He and Dong Zhi were bound together for good or ill.
"Tell your men to back off!" Lu Xun said to Dong Zhi's aide.
"All of you back off, back off!"
"Dong Zhi, I will kill you!" On the other side, Miss Wu Mi also rushed over. She pulled out the dagger in her hand and was about to stab seventeen or eighteen holes in Dong Zhi's body. Fortunately, Han Wei stopped Wu Mi in time because Dong Zhi was still useful.
"My Lord Dong, do you still want to kill me now?" Han Wei walked in front of Dong Zhi and said with a smile.
"You are not Lu Xun?" Dong Zhi saw that the person holding the blade against his neck was Lu Xun, Lu Boyan, who Han Wei had introduced to him before.
"I am Lu Xun!" Lu Xun said to Dong Zhi.
"Good, Han Wei, you have been with the Yangzhou navy for a long time!" Dong Zhi said fiercely. "I should have known that the Wu Clan was a traitor. Your Han Clan isn't any better. I should have asked the Second Young Master to send out troops to wipe out your Han Clan!" Dong Zhi shouted at Han Wei.
"Shut up!" Han Wei directly punched him. "Dong Zhi, let me tell you, if you didn't force me again and again, why would I rebel? Just like the Wu family, if you didn't kill hundreds of Mi 'er's family, why would Mi' er take Huarong Road's map to Shiyang to find the Yangzhou navy? So let me tell you, this is all your fault, Dong Zhi. You forced us to do this, "Han Wei said viciously to Dong Zhi. "Today, I will let you have a taste of being a prisoner!"
"Haha, haha, Han Wei, don't be happy too early. Why don't you look at how many men you have? Just a few dozen? Look at how many men I have. If you know what's good for you, you'd better let me go. Maybe I'll give you a way out! "Dong Zhi didn't give up even at this point. He shouted loudly at Han Wei.
"You really think I only have a few dozen people?" Han Wei simply wanted to laugh. "Brothers, come out. Let our Governor Dong see how many people we have."
"Brothers, all of you come out!" Han Lei obeyed the order. With one order, a group of soldiers came out. There were at least a thousand of them.
"You guys come out too!" Lu Xun also gave the order. Behind the Han family army, another group of soldiers came out. There were also more than a thousand people. In total, there were more than three thousand people.
"You guys?" Dong Zhi's eyes widened. Last night, the sounds of fighting in the city never stopped. How could this be?
"In the first half of the night, they were in charge of shouting. In the second half of the night, our Yangzhou navy was in charge of shouting. This was the entire night!" Lu Xun answered Dong Zhi's question.
"So it's like this, so it's like this!" Dong Zhi finally understood. He originally wanted to scheme against Han Wei. He wanted to use the Yangzhou navy to kill Han Wei. Who knew that they didn't even fight. Instead, they checkmated him.
"What do you want?" Dong Zhi asked Han Wei and Lu Xun.
"I want your Jiangling city!" Lu Xun said to Dong Zhi.
"Impossible!" Dong Zhi rejected without thinking. If he lost Jiangling city, he wouldn't be far from death. If he lost Jiangling city, would Liu Biao let him off? Even his master, Second Young Master Liu Pan, would not let him off.
"Die? Hehe, if you don't make your subordinates surrender to us and hand over Jiangling City, then you will die right now. Furthermore, we will slaughter your Dong Family from top to bottom, just like we did to the Wu Family. Not even a blade of grass will survive! Don't worry, we won't let any of your family members go. We will kill them one by one according to the name list. You won't even have a single person to take revenge on! "Lu Xun said to Dong Zhi with a smile.
"You can't do this to my wife and children!" Dong Zhi struggled with all his might.
"You can't do this to my wife and children? Then why did you kill all 184 members of the Wu Clan? "Han Wei asked from the side.
"I didn't do it!" Dong Zhi said stubbornly.
"If it wasn't you, then who?"
"It was Second Young Master's Deputy General. Second Young Master asked him to do this to warn the Huang Family." Dong Zhi repeated Liu Pan's words to Han Wei and the others.
"Liu Pan!" Wu Mi gnashed her teeth.
"I don't care if Liu Pan did it or not. I only know that if I don't get Jiangling city, then your Dong Family won't be able to live." Lu Xun continued.
"You!" Dong Zhi glared at Lu Xun.
"But if you let your men put down their weapons and surrender, then I will allow you to leave with your wealth and your family. I will arrange a boat for you. You can take the boat and leave Jiangling, go to Jiangdong, go to Yangzhou, or even go to the Central Plains!" Lu Xun slapped Dong Zhi and gave him a peach. If Dong Zhi was forced, then it would be a life and death struggle.
But if you gave Dong Zhi hope to live, then Dong Zhi's will would not be so firm. Dong Zhi thought for a long time. "Is your promise really useful? You won't make a move on me after you get Jiangling, right? "Dong Zhi asked cautiously.
"Of course not!" Lu Xun said to Dong Zhi.
"Swear!" Dong Zhi asked. He did not believe Lu Xun and the others' casual words.
"Fine, I, Lu Xun, swear that if Governor Dong Zhi asks his subordinates to lay down their weapons and surrender, I will not have any improper thoughts about Governor Dong. If I kill Governor Dong, I, Lu Xun, Lu Clan, will not have a good death for generations to come!" Lu Xun made a vicious oath in order to make Dong Zhi feel at ease. Dong Zhi was still worried, so he asked Han Wei to make one as well.
"I, Han Wei, swear that if I, Han Wei, still make things difficult for Governor Dong after he surrenders, then I will not have a good death."
"And your men!" Dong Zhi was indeed someone who was once a governor. He was very astute. He was afraid that the two of them would play tricks on him. Therefore, Han Wei and Lu Xun could only bring their men along.
Only then did Dong Zhi feel at ease. The ancients were very respectful of oaths. They always felt that oaths were freely defined by the unseen world. Moreover, it was an oath from their family, so they would abide by it.
"Chenming, ask them to put down their weapons and accept their surrender!" Dong Zhi said to the aide.
"Master?" The aide was stunned. If they surrendered, then there was no turning back. Would the second young master spare them?
"What? Are my words useless now? Or do you want me to die? Ask them to put down their weapons and surrender. Prepare to be reorganized. "Dong Zhi shouted at the aide.
"Yes, yes!" The aide saw that his master was determined to surrender and had no choice but to accept the order.
"The governor has ordered them to put down their weapons. Everyone put down their weapons and prepare to be reorganized!"
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