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Chapter 1315 Strange bedfellows

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    Since the defeat of Jishan, Liu Yuanjin, who fled to Qiantang, almost lost his courage.

    On this trip to the north, more than 100,000 troops were lost. Seeing that the Sui army was about to approach the city, all the imperial hegemony and the country and the country were in vain.  During that time, Liu Yuanjin was afraid in his dreams that the Sui army would suddenly come in and chop off his head.

    Fortunately, Yang Guang helped Liu Yuanjin.

    From the time Tu Wanxu was dealt with to Ou Yan taking over his army, there was a long delay.  Seeing that the Sui army had not yet arrived, Liu Yuanjin and others finally had time to rectify the remaining defeated soldiers.

    However, Liu Yuanjin was really powerless about how to hold on to the last piece of territory in Yuhang.

    This kind of thing is too professional. Neither Liu Yuanjin, who was a bandit, nor Zhuge Yin, who was a Taoist priest, had that ability, so he had to leave it to the professional Zhu Xie.

    Because Zhu Xie¡¯s army was almost completely wiped out, and his general Hou Wenshi was later transferred by Liu Yuanjin, it was no longer possible for him to pose a threat to Liu Yuanjin¡¯s rule, so Liu Yuanjin relaxed his guard against Zhu Xie a lot.  Although Liu Yuanjin was still wary of Zhu Xie, he had to use it.  He knew that Zhu Xie had real abilities and was the only person he could use at present, so he delegated power to Zhu Xie, at least in name.

    Zhu Xie also fell into the lowest point in his life at this time. He lost his foundation, lost his good friend Lu Kai, and almost all his soldiers.  But now no matter how sad I am, I have no choice but to endure the pain.  He had to use the last strength in his hands to arrange the defense of Yuhang County in an attempt to turn the tide.

    Liu Yuanjin had been defeated in many battles before, and his army was in disarray. Now many people have fled back to Yuhang.  Moreover, Liu Yuanjin's younger brother Liu Yuanan continued to recruit strong men to join the army after Liu Yuanjin's Northern Expedition. Therefore, even though the small Yuhang County was defeated several times, it could still produce 90,000 troops.  Of course, the combat effectiveness of these 90,000 troops is much lower.  After Jishan's defeat, all the elites of the two families were lost, and there was no way they could recover in the short term.

    While Zhu Xie ordered people to strengthen the city wall and recruit civilians, he set up multiple strongholds around Qiantang County to echo each other.  In addition to Wang Minzhi's troops who guarded Wukang, they also appointed Li Junfan to guard Yuhang County and Liu Yuanan to guard Shizeng Mountain (now Baoshi Mountain on the north bank of West Lake in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province). The two of them jointly guarded the west gate of Qiantang; as for Liu Heilong and Zhu Dang, two former navy divisions  The commander-in-chief will guard Feng Gongdi.

    Ninety thousand people looked quite a lot, but they were not concentrated.  Wang Minzhi had 20,000 men; Hou Wenshi had 4,000 men; Li Junfan had 13,000 men; Liu Yuanan had 15,000 men; Liu Heilong had 9,000 men In fact, Zhu Xie was used to defend Qiantang City.  The army has a total of thirty-two thousand people.

    Zhu Xie still felt that these troops were somewhat stretched.

    ¡°And Zhu Xie doesn¡¯t think that using Wang Minzhi to guard Wukang County is a good choice. Wang Minzhi is not a tolerant person. If he partners with Hou Wenshi, there will definitely be trouble.  Hou Wenshi is a cautious person, and it is definitely better to use him to defend the city than the reckless Wang Minzhi.

    But he was a polished commander who was not close to each other. Every time he mentioned Wang Minzhi, Liu Yuanjin would bypass him.  Liu Yuanjin thought Zhu Xie wanted to transfer Master Hou Wen over.

    While Zhu Xie was working day and night to defend Qiantang City, Wukang City fell and the bad news of Wang Minzhi's death came, which dealt a heavy blow to everyone.  Just before everyone had finished the bad news, another news came that Hou Wenshi, the guard of Fengxi Mountain, surrendered to the Sui Dynasty with his entire army.

    This news immediately put Zhu Xie into an embarrassing situation.

    No one knew exactly how Wukang City fell, but when they contacted Feng Yushan who surrendered, everyone believed that it was Hou Wenshi who betrayed "Dayue" and defected to the Sui army, and that was why Wang Minzhi was tricked to death.  Everyone was cursing Master Hou Wenshi endlessly, and as Hou Wenshi's old boss, Zhu Xie immediately received everyone's suspicious eyes.

    In the eyes of everyone, Hou Wenshi surrendered, and what role did Zhu Xie, his master, play in it.

    As the commander-in-chief of the city defense, Zhu Xie was originally an airborne trooper. Most of the troops in the city were Liu Yuanjin's subordinates, and they acted in both positive and negative ways towards Zhu Xie.  At this time, another suspicion was added, and everyone wanted to tie Zhu Xie and Hou Wenshi together. Every time they looked at Zhu Xie's face, they were full of distrust and hatred, and almost pointed at Zhu Xie's nose and called him a traitor.

    Although Liu Yuanjin did not explicitly say that the matter was related to Zhu Xie, he could not doubt it.  In his opinion, people like Zhu Xie who came from a wealthy family were naturally on the same side as the Sui people, and he was not sincere towards them.  Zhu Xie's fight against the Sui people was nothing more than a dog-eat-dog battle. Now, what's the impossibility of surrendering to the Sui people?

    It¡¯s just that there are still Zhu Xie¡¯s old troops in the city, and Liu Yuanjin is still at the stage of being dubious about Zhu Xie, and it is difficult to deal with Zhu Xie directly.

    "But if Liu Yuanjin doesn't move, others won't.  Contradiction follows?It cannot be quelled by suppression alone. In many cases, it does not break out immediately because a larger conflict is brewing.

    This afternoon, Zhu Xie had just arrived at the door of his home. Before he entered, he heard that the right guard general Wang Jiezhi asked for an audience.  Wang Jiezhi is Wang Minzhi's younger brother, and he has no history with Zhu Xie.

    However, a third-rank general asked to see him, and Zhu Xie couldn't refuse, so he dismounted and went to see Wang Jiezhi himself.

    Zhu Xie was also aware of the tense atmosphere that had pervaded the army in the past few days and the hostility of the Yuhang Army's old troops towards him. Therefore, he became more and more arrogant in his treatment of everyone, hoping to eliminate the disputes between the two sides and speak unanimously to the outside world.

    Zhu Xie came to Wang Jiezhi and was about to salute. Unexpectedly, Wang Jiezhi suddenly became angry and took out his sword to stab Zhu Xie.  Zhu Xie was startled. The knife pierced Zhu Xie's waist and almost hit him.

    Zhu Xie also had some abilities. When Wang Jiezhi missed, Zhu Xie stepped forward and held down Wang Jiezhi's wrist and snatched the knife away.  At this time, Zhu Xie's personal guards also stepped forward and captured Wang Jiezhi.

    Zhu Xie was so angry about this sudden murder that he wanted to kill Wang Jiezhi directly.

    But now everyone is doubting him. If he kills Wang Jiezhi, the hostility of Yu Hang Army towards him will become even more serious. He and Yu Hang Army are not allowed to fight immediately.  For the sake of the overall situation, Zhu Xie had to let Wang Jiezhi go. He hoped to use Wang Jiezhi to show his sincerity to Yu Hang's army.

    Wang Jiezhi, however, did not accept Zhu Xie's kindness and left cursing, full of resentment for the failed assassination.  In his heart, his brother was killed by Zhu Xie.

    At the same time, news spread throughout the city that Zhu Xie had been assassinated by the generals of the Yuhang Army. All kinds of rumors were rampant, and the situation in Qiantang City became more complicated and heavy.

    What makes Zhu Xie even more chilling is that Liu Yuanjin only verbally reprimanded Wang Jiezhi for his behavior, but did not deal with it.  Although Liu Yuanjin later invited Zhu Xie to comfort him, he could no longer warm Zhu Xie's cold heart.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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