Xu Huang's march was very smooth.

On the other side, Taishici's advance was also quite smooth.

Taishici led his naval fleet to head west in one breath. He encountered no obstacles on the way and successfully arrived at the eastern coastal area of ​​Jiaozhi County.

Afterwards, the army went ashore to prepare a logistics base, and then discussed the march, aiming directly at the Longbian County, the capital of Jiaozhi County.

At this time, Taishici and Shixie didn't know what happened in Nanhai County, and Xu Huang's march. After hearing the news that the imperial army had landed in the eastern coastal areas, Shixie sighed.

Then he ordered the whole county to not resist, and faced with the imperial army, but had to accept it obediently and obey the orders of the imperial army, and also to eat pots of sautum to welcome the royal army, sing and dance, and show the greatest kindness of the people of Jiaozhou, so that the imperial army can see it.

In this way, if the generals of the imperial army are a little rational, they will not do anything conscientious to Jiaozhi County and even the entire Jiaozhou.

Resistance cannot be resisted. Even if you are lucky enough to resist for a while, it cannot last long. The strength of the court is too strong. If you insist on defeating yourself at all costs, you will definitely be completely defeated and the scholar's family will be ruined.

Therefore, the best way to take the initiative to surrender is to eat a pot of slurry to welcome the king's army, so that the king's army can't find any excuses.

As long as I drop quickly and resolutely, I can't do anything about it.

This is how Shi Xie considered it.

Taishici took Zang Ba as the vanguard and Su Fei as the rear army. He led the central army himself and dispatched together, moving along the river to the northwest. When he was still some distance away from Longbi County, Taishici met Shi Xie in white.

"Sinners, please welcome the king's army!"

Shi Xie led the soldiers and civilians of Longbian County to greet each other in person, forming a ten-mile long queue, and the people cheered for the Wei army.

They held various wines and specialty food in Jiaozhou to reward the Wei army, and welcomed them with joy on their faces. They could not see even a little panic.

All the troops under Shi Xie took off their armor and put down their weapons. They followed Shi Xie in thin military uniforms to show that the army had no idea of ​​resisting.

Such operations made Taishi Ci, Zang Ba, Su Fei and others stunned, feeling very surprised. They never expected that Shi Xie would use this method to welcome the arrival of Wei Jun.

Seeing these common people happily welcome the Wei army as if they were welcomed back by their relatives, even if Taishici wanted to make military achievements, he would not be able to say such words as [attack].

That's too unhuman.

Is this our home court?

How do you feel like you are back home?

So Taishici went to meet Shi Xie surrounded by his personal soldiers.

Shi Xie was wearing white clothes and holding a seal representing the prefect of Jiaozhi County in both hands, waiting for Taishi Ci to come and accept surrender.

Taishici's subordinates held the banner of [General Dinghai Taishi] and surrounded Taishici, and then Taishici sternly asked Shi Xie.

"Shi Xie, you were appointed as the prefect of Jiaozhi County by the imperial court and served as the emperor, so why did you rebel?"

"The criminals have always remembered that they are the county magistrates appointed by the emperor. They should serve the country with all their loyalty and work for the emperor. Since taking office, they have never been slacking off for a day and never rebel."

"Have you never rebel?"

Taishici asked coldly: "Zhang Jin, the governor of Jiaozhou, has a conflict with you. You two fight for private injustice, causing chaos in Jiaozhou and a connection between wars. You dare to do this without the order of the emperor. Isn't this a rebellion?"

"Your Majesty clearly understands, and the general clearly understands that the criminal ministers have never acted to rebel. Zhang Jin, the governor of Jiaozhou, used troops to attack the criminal ministers' family and clan members, which made the people of Jiaozhou angry and could not tolerate Zhang Jin's wrong practices. In order to protect themselves, they raised an army to fight against him.

The criminal minister always maintained restraint and did not use a soldier or a soldier. Instead, he went to Wanghai County to talk to Zhang Envoy, trying to resolve the dispute through conversation. However, Zhang Envoy actually forced the criminal minister to support his son as the next governor of Jiaozhou.

The criminal minister thought that this was a matter of the court and could not be changed by Zhang Envoy alone. Zhang Envoy asked for such a thing to be usurped and a real rebellion, so the criminal minister could not accept it and the talk was fruitless. Zhang Envoy ordered the criminal minister to be under house arrest.

Since the criminal was under house arrest, his family members were worried about the safety of the criminals. In addition, Zhang Enjun abused the power of the provincial governor, appointed people as nepotism, and disrupted the political situation of Jiaozhou. Therefore, the current changes were caused, which were not something that the criminals could not expect."

Shi Xie took himself clean after saying something.

Of course, to be fair, Shi Xie was indeed not a big mistake in this matter. If he insisted on saying anything, it was not him who was wrong, but Zhang Jin.

It was Zhang Jin who was so ill that he wanted to find a future for his son but was unable to do so, so he did such a thing. In addition, Guo himself was fueling the fire behind the scenes. Strictly speaking, Shi Xie was implicated.

Shi Xie and Zhang Jin were arranged by Guo Peng clearly, without any problem.

So Shi Xie is quite innocent.

However, the strength of the Jiaozhou Shi family demonstrated by Shi Xie is not that simple.

It is obvious that the strength demonstrated by the Jiaozhou Shijia has aroused the emperor's fear, making the emperor realize whether Jiaozhou is in chaos or not, and the scholar's family has the final say, and this is something that the emperor cannot tolerate.

So the army came.

When the army comes here, it is not simply about going through the motions, but about getting something to make the emperor feel at ease and satisfied. Only in this way can the army leave.

Otherwise, it would be really hard to say.

Jiaozhou has low productivity and weak army. If it really wants to fight, it will be nothing to say, but if it is against the Wei army and the central government, it would be too overestimated.

So Shi Xie only wanted to be a tyrant, but never thought about other things. Too many other things were also a heavy burden for him. He was well aware of the laws of survival and only wanted to be a tyrant, but not a first-hand man.

Facing such a Shi Xie, Taishi Ci really had nothing to say about the crime.

"Your words, I will pass them to Your Majesty in full, and leave them to Your Majesty for a decision. Do you have no objection?"

"All things are left to your Majesty and the General."

Shi Xie completely gave up resistance and was very respectful.

Taishi Ci sighed, nodded, and looked at the grand welcome occasion.

"The Shifu Jun has also troubled himself to create such a big battle. However, people's lives are difficult and people's livelihood is so difficult. Don't do such a thing."

Shi Xie nodded immediately.

"What the general said is that if you are not doing well, you are really guilty. If you are guilty, please let them go back to produce immediately. Then, General, please enter the city, and the emperor's army can also be stationed nearby. You have prepared enough food for rewarding the army, so that the army will be satisfied."

Shi Xie made full preparations, which made Tai Shi Ci feel a little embarrassed.

As the saying goes, people don’t hit people with smiles, their enthusiasm will warm up even Taishici’s cold butt.

So Taishi Ci nodded and agreed to Shi Xie's approach.

However, the banquet is obviously not the first priority next.

The next first priority is Zhang Jin.

Taishici is going to see Zhang Jin.

It is said that Zhang Jin was terminally ill and his life was not long. Now he only breathed a sigh of relief. If Taishi Ci came a little later, he might not have seen him.

It's not too late now. Zhang Jin is not dead yet. Taishi Ci can interrogate him.

Of course, be careful and don't be judged.

"I thought you would hate him and then kill him. He killed your family to this point, and you still keep him?"

Taishici looked at Shixie.

Shi Xie shook his head.

"Zhang Jin is still a prefectural governor, a court official. The only person who can handle him is the emperor. He is just a prefect, but he has no qualifications at all. This is a state affairs, not a family matter."

Taishici immediately glanced at Shi Xie a few times.

It is worthy of being a political person, and this enlightenment is different from the warriors who shout to fight and kill.

Taishici followed Shixie to the house where Zhang Jin was under house arrest, and felt a strong smell of medicine permeated the room.

Zhang Jin lay half-deadly on the bed, waiting for the arrival of fate.

"Envoy Zhang, General Dinghai Taishici personally led the soldiers of the emperor to come and ask for punishment. Now stand in front of you."

Shi Xie reminded Zhang Jin.

Zhang Jin looked up at Taishi Ci, who was in a military uniform, and suddenly there was a little light in his turbid old eyes.

He spoke.
Chapter completed!