The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

"how so?"

Li Chenglin's face was filled with shock. Although Gu Xincheng also had ill intentions towards Changhe, at least both of you would suffer losses.

Now they are withdrawing their troops directly?

Once Gu Xincheng retreated, the Anxi Army and the Longyou Army would inevitably withdraw as well, putting him in a dead end immediately.

"Heaven wants to kill me."

Li Chenglin howled to the sky, full of despair.

Li Chenglin was desperate, and Liu Wenjie, who had been stationed at the border, was also desperate.

When Liu Wenjie heard the news that Gu Xincheng had withdrawn his troops, he knew that Beiting was finished.

"Send a message to Changhe, telling Protector General Li that I, Anxi, am unable to save him, so let him surrender."

Liu Wenjie said angrily.

"As ordered."

The subordinate took the order and left.

Ning Quan was also disappointed. He had originally thought that he could take the opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the Hexi army.

Who would have thought that while Huo Qubing was still on the way, Gu Xincheng actually withdrew his troops ahead of time.

This made Ning Quan very depressed.

But he had no choice but to order Huo Qubing to assist Xiang Yu in capturing Changhe City.

Ning Quan didn't plan to wait any longer and wanted to take Changhe City and end the matter as soon as possible.

In the following three days, Xiang Yu led his army to launch a fierce attack on Changhe City.

After three days of fierce fighting, although Changhe had not yet been captured, it was obvious that Changhe City was in danger.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, Xiang Zhengyu was preparing to take Changhe City in one fell swoop.

Liu Wenjie suddenly sent a messenger, expressing his willingness to enter the city to persuade Li Chenglin to surrender.

But the condition was that Li Chenglin was allowed to leave with his family, personal soldiers, and all his belongings.

Xiang Yu didn't want to agree at first, but was stopped by Man Chong who had just arrived at the camp.

After some conversation, Xiang Yu agreed to release the envoy on condition of release.

But he only gave the messenger half a day to persuade him, and if it exceeded half a day, he would immediately attack the city.

Half a day later, under the persuasion of the messenger, Li Chenglin agreed to surrender and opened the city to surrender.

Immediately, Xiang Yu's army entered Changhe City.

Li Chenglin left with his personal soldiers, family members and belongings.

"Master Man, will His Highness be angry if we do this?"

After Li Chenglin left, Xiang Yu asked in a low voice.

"Don't worry, even if His Highness blames me, I will bear the responsibility alone."

"Just calm the people down and help me recruit migrant workers."

Man Chong smiled and patted Xiang Yu on the shoulder.

Man Chong persuaded Xiang Yu to let Li Chenglin go, not for any other reason, but because he had already selected the location of the reservoir and was waiting for a large number of workers to start construction.

If you delay any longer, it will be too late.

As for letting Li Chenglin go?

He also had to be able to escape, and Man Chong had already arranged for Lu Bu to wait for him on the road.

Li Chenglin has been running Beiting for decades, and one can imagine how much wealth he has accumulated.

Man Chong would not take his life, but all his property must be left behind.

"Ah."

Hearing Man Chong say this, Xiang Yu nodded.

as predicted.

Two days later, Li Chenglin was attacked by bandits on the road before he arrived in Anxi.

Although Li Chenglin escaped under the protection of his personal guards, all his property was looted.

After this blow, Li Chenglin fled to Anxi and became depressed and died shortly after.

A hero in his lifetime, he ended up with a miserable end.

Ning Quan didn't know about this until he saw the letter from Man Chong, only then he realized that it was Man Chong who made the decision privately.

Ning Quan certainly would not blame Man Chong.

Li Chenglin didn't care, the money had to be left behind.

Ning Quan is now in urgent need of a large amount of silver and money to purchase grain merchants.

Moreover, Man Chong did this intentionally to take the blame himself and did not want to involve Ning Quan.

.......

Once Changhe City is captured, the entire Beiting will be recovered.

The next step is to win over the hearts of the people and appease the common people.

Of course, the most important thing is to develop water conservancy projects to ensure that we can survive the drought.

Not only Beiting, but also Donghu and Huyan tribes must be prepared.

For this reason, Ning Quan sent Huo Qubing to the Donghu and Huyan tribes again.

Huo Qubing was like a god in the two tribes, and no one dared to disobey him.

Huo Qubing did not go alone, but brought with him five thousand cavalrymen.

These five thousand cavalrymen were all the original Beiting cavalry.

The Donghu cavalry and Huyan cavalry were left in Beiting and commanded by Lu Bu and Guan Yu.

Including the newly surrendered Huyan cavalry, Ning Quan now has nearly 60,000 cavalry under his command.

In addition, Ning Quan appointed Man Chong as the prefect of Changhe City, with full responsibility for all government affairs.

Xiang Yu was in charge of military affairs.

Everything was arranged ten days later.

At the same time, it was the day of the lucky draw.

This time, Ning Quan still didn't draw a heavy machine gun, but instead drew ten grenades.

"Hey, my luck is so bad, why can't I draw a heavy machine gun?"

Ning Quan was extremely depressed.

Fortunately, I got a grenade, which is also good.

Shaking his head, Ning Quan continued to draw generals.

The generals are drawn once every March, and today is the day.

"The host successfully drew the lottery and won the famous historical official: Zhang Juzheng."

"Haha, it's Zhang Juzheng. What luck!"

Ning Quan said in surprise.

Zhang Juzheng was a famous person, the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty.

The most famous of his policies was the implementation of the "One Whip Law", which greatly increased the treasury revenue of the Ming Dynasty.

He also appointed Qi Jiguang to quell the Japanese invasion, and was a famous minister who governed the country well.

Ning Quan was of course happy to be able to recruit him.

"Are you recruiting?"

The system sound came again.

"recruit."

Ning Quan said quickly.

Before he finished speaking, with a flash of golden light, Zhang Juzheng appeared in front of Ning Quan.

"Your Highness, I, Zhang Juzheng, pay my respects to you."

Zhang Juzheng knelt down respectfully.

"Excuse me, Lord Zhang, please stand up."

Ning Quan hurriedly helped Zhang Juzheng up.

"Zhang Aiqing, come here, let me introduce you."

"This is Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, this is Military Advisor Liu Bowen, and this is..."

Then, Ning Quan introduced Zhuge Liang and others to Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng bowed to each of them in greeting.

Zhuge Liang and others also bowed politely to Zhang Juzheng.

"Well, now that Mr. Zhang has joined my army, let's all work together from today on."

"Yes, I obey your order!" Zhang Juzheng bowed.

"Prime Minister, Military Advisor, please tell Lord Zhang about our situation and let him familiarize himself with everything as soon as possible." Ning Quan said.

"As you wish." Zhuge Liang clasped his fists and said.

Immediately, Zhuge Liang, Liu Bowen and others introduced the current situation of Hulun to Zhang Juzheng.

Ning Quan turned around and went back to the backyard to cool off in the summer.

The weather in Huluan in September is scorching hot and unbearable.

If it weren’t for air conditioning, Ning Quan really didn’t know how he would have gotten through it.

"Your Highness, please have some tea to quench your thirst first."

At this time, Xia He came over with a tea tray.

Xia He is also one of Wanyue's personal maids. She is petite, charming and attractive, and is quite liked by Ning Quan.

Ning Quan drank a cup of tea handed to him by Xia He and felt much better.

The ancients said that when people are well fed and warm, they will think about sex. This statement is absolutely correct.

Looking at the charming Xia He in front of him, Ning Quan felt hot all over.

Gudong!

Ning Quan swallowed his saliva, stood up suddenly, and pulled Xia He towards the room.

"Ah! Your Highness, you..." Xia He's pretty face suddenly turned red with shame.

Of course she knew what Ning Quan was going to do to her.