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Linzhou.

This year, the Zhe family has suffered heavy losses.

They were routed by the more than 10,000 troops led by Yin Shuke.

Volcano Army, Baode Army, Fengzhou and Fuzhou,

More than ten stockades in two armies and two prefectures.

Everything fell into the hands of the Jurchens.

The Zhe family lost even their ancestral home, Fuzhou.

He led his remaining soldiers and clan to flee to Linzhou.

Even Lian Gu County and Zhen Chuan Fort in Linzhou,

They were also successively defeated by the Silver Arts.

The Zhe family could only lead their troops to defend the city to the death.

Thanks to the heavy snowfall,

Silver Arts could be forced to withdraw its troops.

This gave them a chance to catch their breath.

Most of the territory has been lost.

What kind of warlord are you?

There's no need to worry about insufficient military rations anymore.

Because the Zhe family only had a little over four thousand remaining soldiers.

A group of people,

I came through knee-deep snow.

"Who is coming?"

The soldiers defending the city were on high alert.

The leader shouted, "I am Li Ruoshui, the Prefect of Lin Prefecture appointed by the Imperial Court."

"Zhe Keqiu, hurry out of the city to greet him!"

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I felt a sense of relief.

He suffered repeated defeats and retreats this year.

They repeatedly sought aid from the imperial court.

However, the imperial court ignored it.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty's military strength was formidable.

He still dared not surrender to the Jin dynasty as he had done in history.

The only option is to hold the city and drag out the time.

Chapter 3009 The Wealth of the Zhe Family

Summon Zhe Kecun and the other generals.

Zhe Keqiu rushed to the city gate: "Greetings, Prefect Li!"

"Let's go into town, it's quite cold outside," Li Ruoshui said.

Zhe Keqiu hurriedly invited Li Ruoshui into the city and asked impatiently:

"May I ask, Prefect, what are the imperial court's plans?"

Li Ruoshui said, "Fengzhou, Fuzhou, Linzhou, Lanzhou, Huoshan Army, Baode Army, Kelan Army, Jinning Army,"

"These state armies will henceforth be merged into Lin Prefecture."

"I am the first prefect of Linfu Prefecture."

"Do you have any objections?"

"Don't dare!"

The Zhe family members quickly replied.

Zhe Ke pleaded, "The Jin army here is powerful."

"They have already occupied two states and two military territories,"

"When will the imperial court send reinforcements?"

Li Ruoshui said, "Reinforcements will arrive next year."

"However, you have lost cities and territory,"

"Then you should no longer command troops."

"Let's hand the troops over to Zhe Kecun,"

"I took my wife and children to Hunan to work as an inspector."

"Yes...this sinful general obeys!"

Zhe Keqiu was extremely unwilling.

But the situation forced them to obey.

At least the imperial court continued to allow the younger brother to command troops.

Li Ruoshui asked, "Are you aware of the great victory of the royal army?"

Zhe Keqiu nodded and said, "I've heard about it. Lord Zhang defeated the Jin army in Pingding."

Li Ruoshui smiled and said, "It wasn't just the great victory in Shanxi."

"His Majesty has also achieved a great victory in Hebei,"

"The entire territory of Hebei has been recovered."

"You, Zhe Yanzhi, a member of the Zhe family, will fight alongside Han Shizhong,"

"He led the Shandong New Army and captured more than ten cities of the puppet regime."

"Really?"

Zhe Keqiu was taken aback upon hearing this.

Amazed by the great victory in Hebei,

He was also pleased with Zhe Yanzhi's meritorious service.

Actually, I didn't achieve anything particularly great.

Deng Chun, Han Shizhong, Li Cheng, Zhe Yanzhi, and others

All they encountered were puppet troops of the imperial court.

They often surrendered when the enemy was at the gates.

Even surrendering at the mere sight of the wind,

I don't even know how to write a battle report.

Li Ruoshui said, "Zhe Yanzhi will take over Han Shizhong's troops next year."

"Promoted from deputy general to general."

"As for Han Shizhong, he will be transferred to the Lin family residence."

"He was appointed as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Shanxi, with full authority over military affairs in Linfu."

Han Shizhong came not only to fight,

They're also here for training.

The troops here all need to be reorganized.

I heard that Zhe Yanzhi has been promoted for his meritorious service.

But he still stayed in Shandong.

Instead, Han Shizhong was sent to command the troops.

How could Zhe Keqiu not understand the court's intentions?

This is the Ming Dynasty court taking over the military power of the Linfu.

The Zhe family's two-hundred-year reign as warlords has come to an end.

Fortunately, the woman from the Zhe family had already become His Majesty's concubine.

There were also sons of the Zhe family who made meritorious contributions in the new dynasty.

They will continue to enjoy wealth and prosperity in the future.

The Linzhou prefectural government office, once demolished, can be vacated.

That afternoon, they invited Li Ruoshui to stay there.

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The Western Xia rulers and their ministers learned of the news.

It was already the first month of the third year of the Hongwu reign.

Last year, Richard led 8,000 elite troops

They secretly plotted to seize the territory of the Eight Halls of the Jin Kingdom.

However, it was discovered that Yin Shu could repeatedly defeat the Zhe family army.

More than 10,000 Jin soldiers were not far from the Eight Halls.

Richard dared not act rashly.

Their only option was to withdraw their troops.

"Your Majesty, the Jin army has been defeated."

"Tens of thousands of soldiers lost!"

Li Renzhong rushed to the palace to report the news.

Li Qianshun was utterly shocked: "So they really lost?"

"The Ming army is invincible!"

The news received by Western Xia

I don't know how many times it changed hands.

The rumors have become extremely outrageous.

Chapter 310 Goryeo's Choice

Li Renzhong recounted the intelligence he had gathered through his men:

"Wanyan Zongwang is in Hebei,"

"There are 80,000 Jin soldiers,"

"There are more than 100,000 pseudo-Song soldiers."

"His Majesty of Liangshan personally led 300,000 troops,"

"More than 30,000 Jin soldiers were killed or captured."

"Defeated more than 100,000 puppet Song soldiers,"

"We have already recovered the two routes in Hebei from the Song Dynasty!"