Chapter 193

"Oh, feel free to ask!"

"I would like to know, why did you have my lord mobilize Zang Ba of the Taishan Army before, Mr. Hanyu?"

Especially Mi Zhu scrutinized Chen Gui!

This old fellow, just like himself, was a member of the local Xuzhou faction!

But after all, this concerned the master of Xuzhou!

He had to be cautious!

Whether the other party was on the same path as him was related to the future direction of events!

"Rest assured, Baggage train. It shouldn't be long before you understand my agreement!"

Looking at the young man before him, Chen Gui smiled faintly but did not explain!

"Baggage train only needs to know that you and I are grasshoppers on the same rope!"

He had even sent his own son, Chen Deng, to Guanglingcheng!

Naturally, he was standing on the side of Lin Yang, Lin Ziyuan!

As for why he mobilized Zang Ba of the Taishan Army, he had his own plans!

Especially Mi Zhu could provide Lin Yang with material assistance!

And he, Chen Gui, was not without his own contributions!

With Chen Gui not saying anything, Especially Mi Zhu truly could not guess!

Just as there was turmoil in Xuzhoucheng, in the military camp outside Huaiyincheng on the other side

"Brother Li, defecting to the lord with you was absolutely my most correct choice!"

At this moment, Li Hu's subordinates and the others, eating the chicken leg rice and marinated eggs in their hands, were all filled with satisfaction!

"That is only natural. Remember, after you finish eating, go to the prisoner-of-war camp and spread the word more. Don't let your brothers and relatives foolishly die for Tao Qian!" Li Hu instructed.

The group of people before him were not his subordinates!

Ever since he opened the city gates and defected to Lin Yang!

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The great army entered the city, and he was promoted directly from a squad leader to a separate commandant!

He could command three thousand troops!

Lin Yang had let him go among the surrendered soldiers to select men, so this scene came to be!

"Commander Li, how many people have you recruited to surrender now!"

The leader of the prisoner-of-war camp on the side, watching Li Hu like this, had his mouth twitch!

Every time he pulled out a batch of people, fed them well, and then sent them back to spread the word!

In this original camp of surrendered soldiers, there were over ten thousand men!

Now only a few thousand remained!

"Hehe, I'm not doing this just for the lord's sake!"

They were all soldiers under Tao Qian, and they all knew each other to some extent!

Rather than watching these surrendered soldiers suffer, Li Hu preferred to help them more!

This helping hand led to the current situation!

His three thousand soldiers were already full!

But he could not bear to see his former comrades suffer!

And just as Li Hu was recruiting surrendered soldiers, in Huaiyincheng on the other side

"My lord, this battle resulted in the surrender of six thousand men. The Huaiyin commander Zhao Yu died in battle, and the city's commoners have been properly settled and have returned to normal!"

At this moment in the County Magistrate's office, Lin Yang listened to the information summarized by Cheng Yu and nodded!

The great battle had ended several days ago!

Aside from Tao Qian's core elite, the remaining soldiers under Zhao Yu did not offer much resistance and surrendered entirely!

After all!

The lieutenant Ren Hao had taken the Danyang elite and his own troops and fled; those who remained had no need to sacrifice their lives for righteousness!

"Send someone to give Zhao Yu a proper burial!"

Being able to lead his personal guard to cover the retreat when the city was breached, Lin Yang still quite recognized Zhao Yu's loyalty to Tao Qian!

Such a loyal and righteous person still deserved some courtesy!

"Yes, my lord!"

The subordinate soldier acknowledged and went out to give the orders!

"My lord, our army has currently gathered sixteen thousand surrendered soldiers. Should we rest here for a while?"

Cheng Yu asked a key question!

In Huaiyincheng, they had recruited six thousand surrendered soldiers!

In the previous battle outside Huaiyincheng, they had likewise recruited nearly ten thousand surrendered soldiers!

The proportion of surrendered soldiers had already exceeded half of the army's numbers!

Originally, Lin Yang had only led forty thousand soldiers on the expedition!

In the battle outside Huaiyincheng, of the forty thousand soldiers, only thirty thousand remained!

As a result!

Now that a batch of surrendered soldiers had been recruited, the number of soldiers in the army directly exceeded forty thousand!

This was very dangerous!

Furthermore!

The number of surrendered soldiers they were holding, as well as those gathered from around Huaiyincheng, was still increasing!

If they did not rest, the army's combat effectiveness would be a major problem!

"Uh!"

Listening to Cheng Yu's report, Lin Yang was a bit bewildered!

How were the troops increasing the more they fought!

The surrender rate of these soldiers was a bit too high!

Lin Yang knew that in ancient warfare, fewer people died directly!

But the surrender rate of ancient soldiers was not as high as his side's!

This was almost a one hundred percent surrender rate!

Was his army really that attractive?