Chen Dang's heart was cold. Even if the deputy general did not report, he had already seen the situation clearly.

The five thousand soldiers and horses left behind in Jiujiang were not temporary pieces of cards, but veterans who had been following him for many years. These five thousand soldiers were old subordinates who were the ones he had when King Chenfa of Wu started his family. After several years of expansion, he finally had these five thousand soldiers. Now he is directly under the direct line of His Royal Highness Princess Regent. He never expected that the five thousand elite old subordinates would have suffered most of the casualties in less than two hours.

At this moment, he couldn't believe his eyes. Three thousand Yue Armies could swallow Wu, and his five thousand soldiers were elite Yue Armies. But at this time, under the offensive of the Northern Chen Army of 3,000, he was actually himself who retreated step by step. Didn't the princess say that the original Chen army in Jiujiang were just some miscellaneous brands of the rural militia? But why did their offensives so fierce? These were not miscellaneous brands of the rural militia, and he even felt that these were the elite soldiers and militias in Beichen.

He gritted his teeth and said that he would never have the determination to fight to the death.

"Retreat. Retreat to Yuzhang County. If you just hold on for a long time, the princess' reinforcements will arrive. It will not be too late to take revenge at that time."

Although he knew that the princess had more than 300,000 troops in Jiangxia, he did not dare to retreat to Jiangxia. If he lost Jiujiang, he could still grab it back, but if even Yuzhang and other counties were lost by then, then this would not be a matter of face.

When Chen Dang led his subordinates to retreat from Jiujiang, there were less than two thousand people left in his troops. In this battle, nearly a thousand people died in battle, and nearly two thousand subordinates had no time to retreat due to injuries and other reasons. They were locked in the city.

As soon as he left Jiujiang, Chen Dang immediately dispatched a number of troops to Jiangxia, Yuzhang, Linchuan and other counties to report the news.

As soon as Chen Dang fled, Jiujiang fell completely into Hu Hai's hands.

It lasted for another time, and the battle had completely stopped. Although there were more than a thousand Wu troops in the city, they had already thrown down their weapons and surrendered. Jiujiang City changed hands several times over the years. Northern Chen occupied three times, and Southern Chen occupied three times. Whether it was the people or soldiers in the city, they all knew that Jiujiang was stuck in this position. As long as it was not a real decisive battle, no matter which side was occupied, it might not be able to defend for a long time. Therefore, everyone was smart in the reaction and listened to whoever took it. There was no one who was loyal to the side to resist.

After breaking up the surrendered prisoners and imprisoning them to the Beiying, Hu Hai immediately distributed all the food and grass from the confiscated Chen Jun baggage camp to all the people. They could not take these food and grass anyway, so they kept them cheaper. It would be a pity to burn them. It would definitely fall into their stomachs immediately and even hide them. Anyway, it would be impossible to return to the hands of the Wu army.

The granaries were opened one by one, and a large number of grains and grass that were originally transported to Jiangxia were distributed to the people. When the people saw the white rice, they all came with jars and bags. Many people held the rice and ate it directly. The war was frequent, and the most painful one was the people.

The distribution of grain to the people was to solve a batch of food and grass from the Wu army, and bribed many people from Jiujiang, borrowed flowers to offer Buddha. Xu Shiji first proposed such a good thing of killing two birds with one stone. Su Dingfang was not willing to be outdone and immediately proposed to use a batch of gold, silver and jewelry from the Wu army in Jiujiang City as a reward for this battle to distribute it to the soldiers. Xu Shiji also objected, thinking that privately sharing the spoils of war was not in line with the rules of the court, and it was a bit of a peasant and righteous army style. However, Hu Hai didn't care. The soldiers were holding their heads and trying hard, and it was also necessary to give some rewards. He just had to give the emperor a memorial, and he would not embezzle the war money anyway.

After distributing gold and silver to the soldiers, and recording them one by one in the military merit book according to their military merits, Hu Hai asked someone to kill pigs and sheep immediately and cook for the entire army, which attracted a burst of cheers and cheers from the soldiers. Hu Hai, accompanied by Xu Shiji and two deputy generals of Su Dingfang, returned to the Jiujiang Governor's Office, which had been in charge for nearly half a year, once again.

When entering the Governor's Office, Xu Shiji said: "Governor, Chen Dang has escaped from Jiujiang City and rushed to Yuzhang. He will inevitably send a letter to Jiangxia's Shen Luoyan immediately. At most half a day, the Shenluoyan will have troops to kill. Should we make plans early and prepare to retreat at any time?"

Originally, they received the emperor's will to retreat to Anhui Province in Jiangbei to avoid the enemy's edge, and also increase the defense of Huainan. Hu Hai relied on his old qualifications and was unwilling to retreat like this. After discussing with Xu Shiji and the others, he first retreated the soldiers, officers and students from Jiangxi to Jiangbei, but secretly selected three thousand elite soldiers and secretly returned to the vicinity of Jiujiang to hide. Today, he finally caught Chen Dang off guard and took Jiujiang back.

It was indeed as expected by the three of them that Jiujiang was so easy to take down. The original plan was to attack Jiujiang for at least half a day, and immediately return to Jiangbei after the victory.

However, at this time, Hu Hai was obviously reluctant to go back.

Su Dingfang on the other side was almost the same. Although he was valued by the emperor and appointed him to command a higher position, he did not have much real achievements in the Chen Dynasty. He was accused by many heroes of the position of commander and commander. Now he finally encountered such a good opportunity, how could he be willing to miss it? What's more, he knew his superior Hu Hai's idea and was even more unwilling to be contrary to his superiors at the moment.

"Governor, Chen Dang is known as the general of Jiangnan, and his subordinates are also called elite soldiers. But today's battle is not true. Chen Dang is so unbearable. The last general thinks that Jiang Fangchao from Yuzhang is even worse. Now Chen Dang fles to Yuzhang, and I think it is a good opportunity for us to take advantage of the situation to pursue Yuzhang and break Yuzhang again. If Yuzhang goes further, we can still go south and take down Linchuan and Nankang and other counties. Even if Chen Luoyan sends troops to chase him, we can retreat to Lingnan."

If Hu Hai was not sure about attacking other places, but he was moved to attack Yuzhang. The five counties in Jiangxi changed hands several times, and several books were made by Da Chen and Nan Chen in the city. This time, Chen's army voluntarily withdrew from Jiangxi, and Hu Hai had enough time to install many inner men in the city in order to retake it in the future. Now there are only 5,000 troops in Yuzhang City, and it is still a miscellaneous brand that is worse than Chen Dang's five thousand people. Even if Chen Dang retreats into Yuzhang, it does not have much strengthening. With the inner men first, it seems that there is no need to worry about regaining Yuzhang.

Although Chen Luoyan gathered more than 300,000 troops of all miscellaneous cards and could not defend them now by capturing each city. But if the five counties can really be defeated one by one, even if they are not defended, it will be a major blow to Chen Luoyan. Moreover, Chen's army in these five counties also has 25,000 troops. If they can win with 3,000 troops, this will be a great achievement, and will be an excellent record in the future compared with other generals.

It is fake to say that Hu Hai does not want to be a marshal. Who else does not want to be a general?

However, Hu Hai was still a little worried that he originally planned to attack Jiujiang City and left after the battle. So there were only three thousand people around him, but if he wanted to fight south, the three thousand people were a little short. Jiujiang had just broken, and there were still 20,000 people in the four counties in the south. If he was blocked, he would not go south. At that time, the fallen geese and horses arrived, it would be really a matter of no response. The earth was no longer effective.

Should we stop when we see the opportunity, withdraw our troops and withdraw our troops back to Jiangbei, or should we take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle, run all the way south, and break through the cities of the five counties in Jiangnan in one fell swoop?

Which one is more important? Which one is more important? It is hard to say, it is hard to say what!

Seeing that Hu Hai and Su Dingfang were both interested in continuing to fight, Xu Shiji began to consider the practicality of this plan. He slowly turned around in the hall and saw the seal box on the table of the Governor's Office. He couldn't help but feel his mind, and he lit up and said loudly: "Governor, there will be a plan at the end, which may be a miraculous effect."

"Oh, what's the miracle?"

"Get straight to the enemy's nest, capture Jiankang, and rescue His Majesty the Supreme Emperor!" Xu Shiji said loudly.

"What!"

Hu Hai and Su Dingfang almost jumped up and turned to look at Xu Shiji's face full of incredibleness.

"Mr. Mao, aren't you kidding? Jiankang is the old nest of Nanchen. In June, we went south and we couldn't capture Jiankang. Otherwise, Your Majesty wouldn't have asked us to withdraw back to Jiujiang. The city of Jiankang is high and the walls are strong, and Chen Faxing built him like a turtle shell, which is stronger than the fortress we built. Moreover, Jiankang City has three walls. In terms of size, Jiankang City is the largest city today. We only have 3,000 troops to attack Jiankang and rescue the Supreme Emperor. This is a bit too whimsical."

Hu Hai thought it was quite reliable to attack the counties of Yuzhang. Moreover, he could attack or retreat to Lingnan when he went south, advance or attack, and retreat to Lingnan. However, he had never dared to think about attacking Jiankang. In June, the four marshals Qu Tutong, Yang Shanhui, Chen Ling and Zhang Zhongjian led the troops, attacked Jiankang on both sides of the sea and land, mobilized more than 100,000 troops. Feng Ang and Feng Hua from Lingnan sent troops to restrain some of the troops in Nanchen. That time, Hu Hai also participated in the attack. But in the end, he attacked Jiankang several times, and the Chen army temporarily gave up attacking Jiankang.

The four marshals and the 100,000 troops could only sigh at Jiankang City. Hu Hai couldn't understand why Xu Shiji dared to say that three thousand infantrymen attacked Jiankang. Although he had always admired Xu Shiji's wisdom, this time, he really couldn't keep up with his thinking.

Facing the questioning eyes of the two, Xu Shiji smiled slightly, reached out and gently stroked the long beard that had grown in recent years, and said, "Governor, Chen Luoyan's army has been experiencing the country to rescue Jianghan this time. Are the counties in Jiangdong empty? Only Jiankang Capital, Caishiji and Guazhou Dutch have a regular army stationed in Jiankang Capital, Caishiji and Guazhou Dutch, and the room is just a mess of old and weak?"

"It's true. Jiankang has an estimated 30,000 people, and Caishi Duke and Guazhou Duke each have 20,000 elite troops. This is their defense against the troops from Anhui and Jiangsu provinces going south. The rest of the places are probably empty cities. The remaining troops are also more than 20,000 troops from the five counties of Jiujiang." Hu Hai nodded.

"The governor's office is good, but we are interested in borrowing this." Xu Shiji picked up the seal on the case that Chen Dang had no time to take away.

"Putting a military talisman seal? This may work if it is used to attack Panyang and other counties, but it may not work to attack Jiankang." Hu Haidun paused.
Chapter completed!