I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

Chapter 325 Turnaround

Five days later.

The Yan army camp on the front line.

During these days, the Yan army has stopped attacking Jiankang City. Instead, the Chen army on the periphery has been harassing the Yan army.

However, the two sides did not engage in large-scale fighting, and seemed to be testing each other.

But for the Yan army led by Jiang Zuo, they could not delay any longer.

The strategy of the Chen army was to constantly harass the Yan army and consume its supplies.

After all, the Yan army has not completely besieged Jiankang City, and the supply of materials in Jiankang City is still very simple. What's more, there are so many civilians in Jiankang City, so it is not difficult to replenish the troops.

The Yan army's chances of winning seem to be getting slimmer and slimmer.

Jiang Zuo has been very worried these days.

Xinyuan City has been fighting for so many days, but there is still no movement. Qin Yu has also responded. I wonder if there has been any accident...

Not yet.

The weather is sweltering.

"My lord, good news!"

A soldier ran into Jiang Zuo's tent panting.

Jiang Zuo stood up quickly and said, "Hurry up and tell me."

The soldier said, "The rebels conquered Xinyuan City two days ago. Now Chen's army has retreated more than 20 miles."

Because the Chen army's attention had always been attracted by the Yan army, most of its troops were stationed in the west city.

Therefore, when tens of thousands of rebels attacked Xinyuan City, they took advantage of their military strength and broke into Xinyuan City from another undefended city gate in less than two days.

And now the rebel army in Xinyuan City has more troops than Chen Army and Yan Army.

"Okay!" Jiang Zuo stood up suddenly, his tense expression finally relaxed, and said, "Has Xinyuan City fallen into the hands of the Qin family army?"

The fact that the rebels were willing to help the Yan army really surprised Jiang Zuo.

After all, the purpose of providing supplies to the rebels was to use them to tie up the Chen army's manpower, and now that the rebels chose to attack Xinyuan City, it was a great help to the Yan army.

"Could it be Qin Yu's credit?" Jiang Zuo was quite grateful to Qin Yu.

The soldier said, "Our army has sent people to negotiate with them, and they have promised that as long as Xinyuan City is in their hands, they will not disturb our logistics supply lines."

Jiang Zuo nodded slightly: "Sure, it's okay to let them have Xinyuan City, as long as the logistics line can continue to transport supplies to the front line."

As long as the Yan army's logistics line is safe enough, they can continue to besiege Jiankang City and continue to fight with the Chen army in the city.

"The baggage stranded in the rear will be able to cross the river and reach the frontline camp in three days."

The subordinate said again.

"Order the rear to hold on to the supply line and not let it fall into the hands of Chen's army. Negotiate with the rebels and don't get into any conflict with them."

Jiang Zuo gave another order.

As long as the rear is stabilized, Jiangzuo will be able to capture Jiankang City.

"Sir, there is one more thing. The rebel army sent someone to ask you to fulfill your promise and deliver 5,000 pieces of armor to the rebel army as a reward for conquering Xinyuan City."

The soldier said.

"Return?" Jiang Zuo was stunned for a moment, and asked doubtfully: "Did I promise this before?"

The fighting was fierce and the affairs were numerous these days. Jiang Zuo simply couldn't remember so many things, and he didn't even care about the rebel army.

The soldier said, “That’s what they said.”

"I didn't expect these Chen people to be so greedy. I previously helped them with so much equipment, but now they are asking me for it."

Jiang Zuo felt helpless.

But on second thought, now that Chen Jun has lost the extremely important Xinyuan City, these 5,000 sets of armor are worth the money.

"Ask the rear to see if there are any extra worn-out armors and send them to the rebels."

Jiang Zuo ordered.

Now the whole battle situation has taken a turn for the better.

After waiting for the subsequent ammunition to be fully replenished and the troops from the rear to arrive at the front line, Jiangzuo will launch a new round of fierce attack on Jiankang City.

……

Jiankang City.

In the dim street, several men in gray clothes walked cautiously in the deep alley, looking left and right from time to time, and their behavior was quite strange.

After a while, they found a house and hid inside.

"We are safe now."

Someone whispered.

The person standing right in the middle of them at this moment was Zhou Bailin, the former Minister of War of the State of Chen.

But now, his situation is somewhat dire.

Zhou Bailin has been busy avoiding pursuit these days and has no way to contact his old subordinates in North City, let alone cooperate with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince outside the city.

Now he has finally escaped from the pursuit and is hiding in a safe place.

"Minister Zhou, we have secretly contacted General Hu. We will meet secretly at the foot of the North City Tower at three o'clock tonight."

The follower whispered.

"Okay, keep observing the surroundings. We can't let the Prime Minister's party come after us again."

After several days of escaping, Zhou Bailin is still frightened.

Fortunately, when he entered the palace to make a death-defying remonstrance, his family was moved out of the capital in advance. Otherwise, Zhou Bailin's family would have been persecuted by the Prime Minister's party.

At this moment, Zhou Bailin couldn't help but worry about his family, and he was more worried about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince outside the city.

"I wonder if Your Highness has already discussed this with the people of Yan?"

Zhou Bailin said secretly in his heart.

The situation in the capital is turbulent at the moment and everything is unknown.

More importantly, Zhou Bailin did not know whether his old subordinates, the soldiers guarding the North City, would follow his advice and rise up against the Prime Minister's party.

It's getting late.

Only when the streets were completely dark did Zhou Bailin and his party dare to go out and head towards the north city.

This time Zhou Bailin went to the city wall to instigate the defending general Hu Mingwei to rebel.

When this man first joined the Imperial Guards, he was a subordinate of Zhou Bolin, and the two had a very close relationship, but their friendship was not known to the public. Otherwise, the Prime Minister's party would have already liquidated Hu Mingwei.

The moonlight is bright, shining on the streets of Jiankang City.

Zhou Bailin was extremely cautious and slowly walked to the bottom of the city wall.

"Whoosh...whoosh..."

The attendant blew the signal whistle.

Zhou Bailin and others hid in the dark, waiting for Hu Mingwei to appear.

After a while, footsteps were heard.

"call out!"

The other party also began to respond in code.

Then, several figures appeared in front of Zhou Bailin.

The leader was a serious-looking young man, and he was none other than Hu Mingwei, the defender of North City.

Zhou Bailin observed secretly before daring to walk out slowly.

"Master Zhou?"