Chapter 2297: Defeat is inevitable
A general learned of this and went to report it to Su Huai.
The original intention was to let Su Huai know that he was totally wrong in this matter and that he shouldn't have done this, which led to such chaos now.
Unexpectedly, Su Huai had never thought of this level, so naturally he did not feel ashamed or regretful, but instead became furious.
He ordered strict checks on those entering and leaving the city, and ordered the pursuit of fugitives. Once found, all of them would be captured and punished in public with sticks, and their silver would be confiscated, and their families would be required to pay the silver to redeem them.
Su Huai's disturbance made the already chaotic situation even worse! People's hearts were even more confused.
The generals could not help but stand up and persuade him, but Su Huai insisted on his own way and refused to listen. If anyone continued to talk nonsense, he would question whether they were deliberately trying to shake the morale of the army and they would be demoted and punished.
The generals were angry but dared not speak out. Some were angry, disappointed and disheartened, while others were loyal to the court and heartbroken. At this point, no one was optimistic about Su Huai, and no one was willing to follow him.
Not long after, when Zheng Sangge and Qin Wuyou launched a general attack and outflanked Su Huai on three sides together with the team that successfully made a detour at sea, the generals under Su Huai had no intention of fighting seriously at all. Some even went against Su Huai's wishes and secretly released all the people that Su Huai had prepared to use as meat shields!
There's no need to fight this battle, we've already completely lost!
Many people simply surrendered!
Su Huai and his confidants fought desperately, but what was the use?
Defeat is inevitable.
Su Huai was unwilling to give up. He screamed and spat out a mouthful of blood. He was chased away by his son and loyal subordinates, and fled into Taihu Lake in a panic.
Later he died in the reed forest on a small island in Taihu Lake.
At that time, there were less than twenty people left around him.
More than half of these twenty people suffered injuries of varying degrees.
Later, some of these people died, and some secretly slipped away. Su Huai's son, seeing that the situation was hopeless, did not dare to return to Jiangning, let alone show up, for fear of being caught. He lived his whole life in anonymity like a rat in a gutter.
As a matter of course, Huzhou City was also taken over by Zheng Sangge and Qin Wuyou.
At that time, the Second Prince and the Sun family, who had been fighting with the Fourth Prince for nearly half a year and had lost a lot of territory, were filled with rage. So they took advantage of the situation and led their army towards Jiangning with murderous intent.
If you can’t get rid of the Fourth Prince, can’t you get rid of the brainless Third Prince?
The Second Prince and the Sun family came with great force, and they were determined to take over Jiangning.
Zheng Sangge, Qin Wuyou and others made a plan and sent someone to write a letter to Shao Yunduan overnight to suggest: Grab the territory!
They said that the Third Prince's manpower had been almost exhausted. At this time, the Third Prince was just a figurehead and could not hold out for long.
We can't let the Second Prince get away with it for nothing! We might as well take this opportunity to grab some territory.
Zhang Wenshu had the same idea. He had already made preparations. Hangzhou City and the surrounding areas were completely under his control. It would be no problem even if he took over a few more cities!
Thanks to Su Huai's chaos, the court of the Third Prince had already lost the support of the people, and the people had also lost confidence in the Qin Dynasty. With the stability and tranquility of Huaixi as a comparison, it would become very easy to pacify the captured cities.
Shao Yunduan agreed to the plan of Zheng Sangge and others.
Therefore, Zheng Sangge, Qin Wuyou, logistics transit officer Zhang Wenshu and others immediately launched an attack on other cities in the south of the Yangtze River.
(End of this chapter)
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