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The villagers in each village were grieving, and fear continued to grow in their hearts. In less than three days, military rations were forcibly collected twice, and no one knew when the next collection would be.

But after the autumn tax, there were two military rations, and not many people had food in their homes. They didn't even know how to survive the lean months of February and March, let alone being taxed again.

Moreover, every household has lost a strong labor force.

Just as they were feeling extremely sad, the sound of wheels rolling by came again at the entrance of the village. The villagers couldn't help but have angry expressions on their faces. When they were about to go back to the kitchen to pick up knives, they heard the cheers of children outside the door.

A child of seven or eight years old broke in and shouted happily: "Grandpa, my father is back, my father is back -"

The old man who was about to pick up the knife was startled and hurried out the door. He saw the children who had been forcibly taken away were returning with an oxcart filled with food, and they were greeting the people in the village with smiles on their faces.

The old man's first reaction was that the children finally couldn't help but rebel and killed the food collection team.

Many people had the same reaction as the old man. They quickly stopped people and asked about the situation. If they killed someone, their whole village would have to hide in the mountains now, right?

The strong men were not afraid at all and told everyone: "We did not run away on our own, we were rescued by the Zhao Jiajun. All those grain collection teams were captured by the Zhao Jiajun."

The villagers were amazed and felt relieved.

Although Wang Dun forcibly requisitioned military food, he was still reasonable. The food requisition team was robbed by the Zhao army on the way and let the young men go. He would not blame the young men, and naturally he would not implicate the villagers.

Everyone took their food home with confidence, planning to find another place to hide it, and divide it into several portions to hide separately. If a food collection team came to visit again, maybe there would be some left to hide.

The villagers also discussed letting the young people at home hide in the forest.

"I don't believe that only the old and the weak are left in the family. They even detained an old man like me, who is forty or fifty years old."

"Well, it's very cold in the forest now, and the water vapor is strong. I don't know when the Zhao army will be able to defeat Jiangnan soon."

"I also want General Zhao to take charge of Jiangnan. I heard that General Zhao is very generous. Not only does he like to reduce taxes for others, but he also sends cattle and farm tools to the village every year."

"Envy." Another day of envy for the people in Jiangbei.

Watching the strong men pulling the bullock cart away, Zhao Shi's eyes fell on the prisoners.

The food requisition team immediately begged for mercy. They would be sent out to collect food and soldiers, which showed that their combat power was not very good. Their elite soldiers had long been transferred or fighting at the front.

So when it's time to give in, you give in. Even elite soldiers can't defeat Zhao's army, let alone them?

Zhao Shi did not embarrass them. He asked them about the movements of Wang Dun's army and released them.

The soldiers in the food collection team were a little disappointed. A young soldier with a tender face couldn't help but ask, "General, won't you recruit us?"

Zhao Shi glanced at them and said, "Our team is all cavalry. Do you have any horses?"

The food collection team was discouraged: No.

If they had horses, would they still be sent to collect food?

He had already followed the elite soldiers southward.

Zhao Shi said to them: "Wang Dun is going against the grain and it won't last long. Why do you bother the people? They have all come out anyway. Why not go all the way to Danyang County, which is now under the jurisdiction of Zhao Jiajun. If you go and surrender directly, Zhao Jiajun will make arrangements for you properly." ."

Everyone was moved when they heard this, but quickly shook their heads.

The army dared to let them out to collect grain and recruit troops without fearing that they would run away with people and food and turn into bandits. This was because they had recruits, and many of them had family members behind the army.

They can die in battle, or they can be captured, and they can passively surrender, but they must not take the initiative to escape and surrender, otherwise, their family members and even their close comrades will be implicated.

Forget it, let's go back. The general seems to be going south, and they are left behind. They may be captured by the Zhao army in a few days.

The morale of the soldiers who stayed behind was not high, but the vanguards sent to Yuzhang were full of fighting spirit. When they arrived in Yuzhang, they captured a city with lightning speed and rushed straight to the checkpoint. As long as they win one more checkpoint, the army can march straight from Yuzhang to Guangzhou.

This level is in Dai Yuan's hands.

Dai Yuan was not in Yuzhang. He had received a secret letter from King Langya and arranged for someone to pretend to be him and stay in Yuzhang to confront Wang Xuan on the opposite side.

And he quietly led 50,000 soldiers and horses around the city and went straight to Jiankang.

No one knows his route, not even King Langya who secretly recruited him to join Jiankang.

Therefore, King Langya thought that he was still in Yuzhang and had not left. In addition, there were too many things going on during this period. First, Wang Dun openly conspired to rebel, and then he chose to join Zhao Hanzhang. He had not yet done a good job in psychological construction. Zu Ti led the Jiangbei army After crossing the river, the two parties finally met to discuss various matters such as returning to Luoyang and handing over local power. King Langya completely forgot about the secret letter he had written not long ago.

Until Dai Yuan met Chen Yan who was hiding in the wild.

Chen Fan ambushed outside Jiankang City, originally intending to kill King Langya by surprise, but King Langya suddenly sent his army from Jiangbei across the river. Wang Dun decided to capture Guangzhou on the spur of the moment, and he was embarrassed here.

Chen Fan had already quietly retreated with his army, but Zhao's army moved quickly and fiercely, and had a keen sense of smell. He only took a section of the official road and attracted many scouts. After that, he no longer dared to take the official road and always took the wild road.

We changed direction, gave up returning to Lujiang, and headed east to Wu County, passing through Kuaiji, Linhai, and Jian'an before entering Guangzhou.

This area is basically controlled by the local Jiangdong families. The influence of Zu Ti who wants to take over King Langya cannot reach here. Jiangdong families are very xenophobic, especially the Zhou family who is in charge of the army. As long as they avoid the main cities, they can avoid Zhou. The main force of the family.

Coincidentally, Dai Yuan thought so too.

He went north from Yuzhang to King Jiankang Qin, because he knew that west and south of Danyang were Wang Dun's sphere of influence, so he went east, from Xin'an County to Xuancheng County. In order not to be discovered by Wang Dun, he also went around to the east of Taihu Lake. After passing Wujun, we headed west to Jiankang.

He deliberately took the wild road, and then, he and Chen Fan met head-on.

Dai Yuan was shocked. Chen Fan was Wang Dun's favorite general. With him here, could it be that Jiankang had been lost?

In order to keep the marching route secret, Dai Yuan not only did not deliver the message to others, nor did he receive it, but he also avoided the crowd. Therefore, he did not know about King Langya's surrender to Zhao Hanzhang.

Fortunately, the two armies once belonged to the same side, so although he was surprised, Dai Yuan did not take action immediately. Instead, he sent someone over to ask, "Why is General Chen here?"

Chen Ban thought for a moment and decided to fool him, "I'm here to serve the Zhao family army. In today's world, the only one who can determine the outcome is Zhao Hanzhang."

He felt that his reason could convince Dai Yuan.

But Dai Yuan's news was lagging behind at this time, and he didn't know anything yet. He just thought that Chen Yan was crazy. He told him in the Jiangnan area that he wanted to join Jiangbei?

So why are you hesitating? Just fight!

This place is not far from Jiankang City, so we are not afraid of a fight. This is a battle achievement!

Chen Yan, who was attacked, didn't know where he was exposed, but the opponent actually attacked directly.