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Pei Jin's face was ashen.

When he was a general, Xiao Zheng was still a young eunuch in Wei Wang's mansion, how could he not understand things that Xiao Zheng could understand.

However, in his heart... he was so unconvinced!

Seeing that Hanzhou City was about to be captured, something appeared out of nowhere and exploded among the crowd, causing his army to be defeated directly.

If he hadn't made a decisive decision, the number of casualties under his command would have doubled!

Pei Jin felt aggrieved.

He practiced martial arts since he was a child, and studied military books hard. During the Chengde Dynasty, the Imperial Guards in Gyeonggi were lazy and messy. Most of them were young soldiers from noble families in the capital. , not only the young soldiers in the army are almost extinct, but also the combat power of the forbidden army is catching up with the frontier army, even surpassing it!

He led the troops and was also a top figure in the Jin Dynasty, not losing to veterans like Ye Ming and Zhong Xuantong.

This is also the reason why Emperor Taikang reactivated him.

Although Pei Jin has heard that the Marquis of Jing'an is powerful more than once in the capital over the years, he is very confident in himself. He thinks that even if the old Duke Ye Cheng is in Hanzhou City, he will be sure to conquer Hanzhou, let alone Mention Ye Cheng's apprentice.

However, the ruthless reality lies ahead!

Now, not only did the soldiers under his command suffer heavy casualties, but their morale plummeted, making it almost impossible to carry out another siege.

Even if they attacked the city again, they would be slaughtered by the Hanzhou army again.

What's more terrible is that in their state at this time, not to mention the siege of the city, even the siege of the city may be broken one by one by the Hanzhou army.

Rationally speaking, unless the imperial court mobilizes the forbidden army to the southwest, this operation against Hanzhou has now been declared a failure.

It's just that Pei Jin was not convinced, and he gritted his teeth and didn't admit defeat.

The great general walked up to Xiao Zheng, bowed his head and cupped his fists at Xiao Zheng.

"Grand Duke, will the Grand Duke truthfully report to His Majesty the matter of Hanzhou?"

"nature."

Xiao Zheng said solemnly: "As servants of the Tian family, we will never deceive His Majesty."

Pei Jin's voice was low.

"The Grand Duke thinks, where is Lord Jing'an now?"

Xiao Zheng looked around, and after confirming that there was no one around, he took a deep breath: "Where is Lord Li, we still don't know, we only know that he is not in Beijiang now."

Pei Jin pointed at Hanzhou City not far away, and gritted his teeth: "The Marquis of Jing'an is probably in Hanzhou City right now!"

Xiao Zheng took a deep breath.

“How come you see?”

"We have attacked the city several times before, and these Hanzhou troops suffered heavy casualties. They have not used the... things like yesterday, but the Grand Duke said that a few days ago, the Marquis of Jing'an disappeared from northern Xinjiang. How can he come to the southwest!"

"Calculating the time, it happens to be the time when he arrives in the southwest, that is to say, this kind of thing is very likely...made by the Marquis of Jing'an!"

"As soon as he came to the southwest, these Hanzhou troops had this thing!"

"Last night, I didn't sleep all night, thinking about this matter seriously..."

General Pei's eyes were bloodshot and his voice was hoarse.

"When I was waiting to besiege the city, the Hanzhou Army sent cavalry out of the city twice, and then went back after a circle. At that time, I didn't understand what they were trying to do. Now I realized that they were probably Go out of the city to pick up the Marquis of Jing'an and enter the city."

"Five years ago, when the imperial court conquered the west, the Marquis of Jing'an led his troops over the Motian Ridge, and went down to Jiangyou Pass, Fu County, and Mianzhu within a few days, and hit the gate of Jincheng in one fell swoop!"

"I once read Zhengxi's military newspaper, which said that Lord Jing'an used the power of thunder from Chunyang to blow up the gate of Mianzhu City..."

Pei Jin's voice was hoarse.

"Grandpa, you also saw what happened yesterday. Do you think the things thrown down from the city of Hanzhou are enough to blow open the gates of a city?"

Hearing what Pei Jin said, Xiao Zheng felt his scalp tingling, but he was still quite calm on the surface. After taking a deep breath, he asked, "What does the general mean?"

"The Marquis of Jing'an possessed this unknown weapon five years ago!"

"However, he used the so-called real person Chunyang to conceal this matter. First, he did not hand it over to the court, but to His Majesty. Second, he did not use it to expand the territory of the Jin Dynasty. Instead, he helped the rebels and used it on his own people. !"

Pei Jin looked directly at Xiao Zheng, and said sentence by sentence.

"His heart can be punished!"

Eunuch Xiao frowned slightly, and then said: "General, you are all based on conjecture, without evidence."

"Suffice it to guess."

Pei Jin bowed his head, and said slowly: "The Grand Duke just needs to tell His Majesty what I just said, and see if His Majesty believes or not this speculation."

His Majesty will naturally believe it.

Xiao Zheng secretly sighed in his heart.

He has been with the emperor for 20 years, and he knows the current emperor better than anyone else. When he was the king of Wei, he was a little suspicious, and this character became more and more powerful after he became the emperor.

As long as you tell the emperor what Pei Jin said, even if there is no evidence, he will fully believe it.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zheng cupped his hands at Pei Jin.

"Our family will report the general's words to His Majesty verbatim."

Saying that, both he and Xiao Huai boarded the carriage arranged in advance, and before parting, Xiao Zheng glanced at Pei Jin.

"Is the general really not going back to Beijing with us?"

Pei Jin took a deep breath.

"Grandpa, even if Hanzhou stops fighting, there are still many things to do on the battlefield here, cleaning the battlefield, and counting casualties. A general is needed here, and I can't leave right now."

Xiao Zheng nodded slightly: "The general won't fight Hanzhou anymore?"

"Do not……"

Pei Jin gritted his teeth: "No more fights."

"If the fight continues, it will still be a disastrous defeat. I would like to trouble the Grand Duke to tell His Majesty that Pei Jin will return to Beijing to accept the crime after he has settled the military affairs in the Southwest..."

Eunuch Xiao nodded.

"So, take care, General, and see you in the capital tomorrow."