1078. Flying Dragon Returns to the City

"Enter the city!"

Liu Zhuwen bowed to Mei Bingbing and ordered the army to enter the city.

The army followed Mei Bingbing and others and slowly walked towards Huazhu City.

Huazhu City is not very luxurious. The houses next to the street are mainly single-story earthen houses. Two-story wooden buildings are rare.

This is of course much worse than Changsha City, and it looks similar to those more prosperous counties on Guangnan West Road of the Song Dynasty.

There are only a few defenders at the city gate.

The people entered the city and left the city, but no one interrogated them.

It is obvious that Mei Bingbing has not planned to face the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty since the beginning.

The arrival of the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty attracted many people in the city to stop and watch. There were shopkeepers or servants in the shops next to the streets to look out.

Some people have a faint hostility in their eyes.

But when he saw Mei Bingbing in front of and behind the army, the hostility quietly dissipated and he knelt on the ground to salute Mei Bingbing.

Some of them are still called "Young City Lord".

Obviously, it has not been long since Mei Bingbing became the lord of Huazhu City.

Mei Bingbing did not take the initiative, and repeatedly bowed to the people next to the street.

This made Liu Zhuwen and others have a very good impression of him.

The heads of the Dali tribes passed on their bloodlines. Mei Bingbing's son inherited his father's business. He used to be the biggest rich child in Huazhu City, but he could not see the unruly and playful aura.

His kind attitude towards the people is quite consistent with Zhao Dongting's proposition of benevolent government and loving the people.

The people also seemed to be quite convinced by the young city lord.

After entering the city, Mei Bingbing led the army straight to the military camp in the west of the city.

There were fences around the military camp, and the houses were still more than a hundred meters away. The gate of the military camp was only a few soldiers wearing cloth armor and holding spears, which were quite empty.

Mei Bingbing walked slowly beside Liu Zhuwen, and without waiting for Liu Zhuwen to speak, he sighed softly: "Since the Dali royal family established the imperial guards, our Huazhu tribe warriors were transferred 50%, and the Western Army Camp was empty. Commander Liu, let the soldiers rest here first. If they don't stay there, there will be vacant houses in the Eastern Army Camp."

Liu Zhuwen bowed to Mei Bingbing again, "I'll thank you City Lord Mei."

He knew that there were not many soldiers in Huazhu City now.

Originally, 50% of the soldiers were transferred to form the Dali Imperial Army, and then many were transferred to Wang Ziqian to attack the Song Dynasty.

A harsh government is more powerful than a tiger.

Duan Qilin gathered all the strength of the whole country to attack the Song Dynasty, which could be said to have emptied the family foundations of these tribes in Dali.

I think Mei Bingbing and others also have great resentment about this. Otherwise, they would not have led the army to surrender so actively.

It is hard to say whether Duan Qilin won the hearts of the people, but he must not be supported by these Dali clan leaders.

Perhaps he wanted to follow Zhao Dongting's policy of eliminating aristocrats in the Song Dynasty, but he did not expect that the national conditions of Dali were completely different from those of the Song Dynasty.

His and Zhao Dongting's vision were too different, and this was not something he could make up for by reading a lot of books. After all, Zhao Dongting's thoughts and vision were too many beyond this era.

Liu Zhuwen asked the army to enter the camp.

Mei Bingbing looked around and said apologetically: "Chief Liu Jun, the granary in the city is empty. I am sorry that I can't entertain you all the soldiers."

Liu Zhuwen showed a look of surprise on his face, "Has Huazhu tribe reached such a situation?"

Even in Shicheng County, Xinding tribe, and Luowu tribe, there is more or less surplus grain. It does not seem as ammunition and food as the Huazhu tribe is exhausted.

Mei Bingbing sighed when he heard this, glanced at Wang Zigan, who was not far away from Liu Zhuwen, and said, "When Marshal Wang led the army to fight, Huazhu City was still the father in charge. He not only drew half of the troops from the city, but also took all the food and grass in the city by the army."

Liu Zhuwen was even more confused, "How come Duan of Dali exploits you so much, why does Ling Zun still support Duan's military and militant behavior so much?"

Mei Bingbing said: "In my father's generation, my uncle and his father fought for power. It was Dali's Duan's help that allowed my father to retain his position as patriarch. My father bears the kindness of Duan's family."

"I see."

Liu Zhuwen nodded slightly and asked again: "Why do you choose to surrender to our Song Dynasty now?"

Mei Bingbing said: "After my father learned that the army was defeated on the front line, he died in depression. Our Mei family repays the love that Duan family has to pay back. In the lower class, we have to find a way out for the uncles and brothers in the tribe."

Liu Zhuwen sighed softly: "Lord Mei and the old city lord value love and righteousness, and Liu Zhuwen admired the heroic behavior."

His words are really not a compliment, because in his identity, there is no need to compliment Mei Bingbing at all.

But the character and behavior of Mei Bingbing and his father is indeed admirable.

The old city lord valued the kindness and spared no effort to help the Emperor Dali to repay the kindness.

Mei Bingbing was a righteous person. In order to protect the people in Huazhu tribe, he resolutely chose to surrender to the Song Dynasty. From beginning to end, he never thought about it.

Of course, this can also be said the other way around.

The old city lord does not value righteousness, and Mei Bingbing does not value grace.

But since ancient times, it is difficult to achieve both things.

As Mei Bingbing said, their Mei family has already repaid the Duan family’s kindness.

If Zhao Dongting was here, he might have said that the old city lord was too pedantic. The mere favor of Duan was really nothing in front of the entire Huazhu tribe.

Only Liu Zhuwen would not say much.

After the army entered the barracks, he and Miao Cheng, Zhang Hongwei and more than a dozen others followed Mei Bingbing to the city lord's mansion.

Jian Shisi, Hong Gui, Hong Wutian, and Mrs. Xu all went there together.

With such a powerful camp, Mei Bingbing is a fraudulent surrender, and it is unlikely that she will murder Liu Zhuwen and others.

In fact, of course he didn't do that.

Mei Bingbing sincerely surrendered.

In the city lord's mansion, after the banquet was held, the atmosphere seemed quite harmonious.

From beginning to end, Mei Bingbing not only did not say that he wanted to continue to take charge of Huazhu tribe, but also told Liu Zhuwen and others that Huazhu tribes would all be subject to the control of the Song Dynasty in the future.

He wants to automatically give up power.

This made Liu Zhuwen unable to help but ask: "Didn't City Lord Mei ever think about continuing to take charge of the Huazhu tribe?"

Mei Bingbing chuckled, "I went to the Song Dynasty for two years to study and witnessed the prosperity of the Song Dynasty with my own eyes. I asked myself that it is difficult to do better than the officials of the Song Dynasty."

He seemed quite free and easy.

Liu Zhuwen and others were all stunned, and then just smiled.

Mei Bingbing is indeed much better than those of Du Yongchang, the Xinding tribe.

At dusk, Changsha City.

Another army entered the city.

Still, many people rushed to the streets and watched and greeted the city.

Zhao Da and Zhao Hu also came back with the Feilong Army.

As the imperial guards among the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty, the Feilong Army was no longer under the Tiankui Army in the hearts of the people of Changsha.

Zhao Da and Zhao Hu, two black men, listened to the shouts of the people on the city, were proud and led the army slowly into the city.

However, Zhao Dongting did not arrive at the city wall to greet him this time.

After all, Zhao Da and Zhao Hu are just commanders, and their status is still far behind Yue Peng. He is inconvenient to greet each other.

It was not until the eunuch reported to Zhao Da that the two commanders of Zhao Hu had led the Feilong Army back to the Feilong Army, Zhao Dongting ordered someone to send Zhao Da and Zhao Hu to come.

These two rash men made considerable achievements on Kuizhou Road, which even made Zhao Dongting look at him with admiration.

These two reckless men who used to know nothing are now becoming more and more qualified military commanders.

When Zhao Da, Zhao Hu and the others arrived at the imperial study, Zhao Dongting was forced to give verbal rewards.

The two brothers were not humble. No matter how Zhao Dongting praised him, they just smiled with a smile, as if Zhao Dongting was praising him correctly.

This made Zhao Dongting feel a little amused and crying, and his voice gradually changed, and he made Zhao Da and Zhao Hu continue to study hard and not be complacent.

After only about ten minutes of talking, Zhao Dongting waved his hand and asked the two brothers to go home to accompany their wife.

The brothers were busy and retreated. I guess they were thinking too much about their wife at this time.

The Feilong Army was placed in the city.

Another day.

On the southwest Jing Road, Xiao Yulin and Liu Zijun led the Tianjie Army, and the remaining troops of the Tianxiong Army also rushed to Xiangyang City.

The scene of military armor standing on the top of Xiangyang City is reappearing.

Only the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty did not cause any harassment to the people in the city.

After the initial commotion, the people gradually calmed down.

No matter which dynasty soldiers of Xiangyang Prefecture take over, the people will do everything they have to do to make a living.

The Yuan Dynasty was not popular in the territory of the Song Dynasty, and no one thought about causing trouble for the Song Dynasty’s imperial guards. However, the Song Dynasty’s imperial guards’ actions did not disturb the people have attracted a lot of praise.
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