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The more the An clan listened, the more stunned they were. "But this way, if we don't remove the roots, we might become a disaster in the future."

After hearing this, Xu Yun ordered the surrounding people to withdraw before smiling slightly and said, "General An, this marshal will ask you a question."

An Jiajia replied, "Please speak, marshal."

Xu Yun asked respectfully, "What is our first mission as soldiers?"

The An clan continued, "To serve Your Majesty! To protect our family and protect our country! "

Xu Yun said respectfully, "That's right, we're loyal to Your Majesty to protect and protect the country. Chief Commander An is asking you, why are we protecting our country?"

The more An clan members listened, the more surprised they were. They immediately replied, "Of course, it's for the peace of the people, the country's peace and safety."

After Xu Yun respectfully heard this, he laughed, "Wrong, especially wrong!"

The more the An clan listened, the more they were unable to react, only Xu Yun said respectfully, "We are protecting our families and protecting our country, only because we have something to eat. As soldiers, no matter how high your position is, in the end you are still just a soldier, since you are a soldier, you can't be like those scholars who want to build your own career, as long as you use your mouth in the imperial court, you can't become rich. If we want to build your own career, we have to build your own business."

The more the An clan listened to his words, the more they hesitated for a while before asking, "So, the marshal, do you mean that we should give up on this?"

Xu Yun said respectfully, "Of course not. We have more important things to do."

The An clan asked, "What does the marshal mean?"

Xu Yun said with a smile, "Of course it's to take back Zhejiang. This is a miraculous feat, not to mention that right now, all one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers of Murong Chengyu have been annihilated by our army. Yuan Chengzong's life force in Zhejiang is at the end of the mountain, which is equivalent to a huge credit to us brothers. If we don't take this, wouldn't we be letting down the heavens?"

The more the An family listened to him, the more they asked, "In the opinion of the marshal, we should just pull out our troops and move into Hangzhou right now?"

Xu Yun said respectfully, "That's exactly the case. Our army has just eliminated one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers of the Murong Family. Our morale is at its highest point in history, but if we don't send out our troops, how long will it take? "This marshal has already made up his mind. General An, immediately send an order to the entire army and prepare our troops. Our army's fastest speed is enough to destroy Yuan Chenzong's rebel army in one fell swoop!"

An Jiajia replied loudly, "Yes! This lowly general obeys your orders! " With that, the An clan withdrew and prepared to march.

For the past few days, Yuan Chengzong had been anxiously waiting in Hangzhou for news of Murong Chengyu. At first, it was only good news that he had stolen the army rations or killed Long Weiyuan; this was definitely good news for him. But later on, he heard that the night assault camp had lost twenty thousand soldiers and horses, and couldn't help but be greatly angered. When Yuan Chengzong heard that Jiang Zhen wanted to see him, he must have something important to do, so he quickly sent Jiang Zhen to meet him.

Upon entering, Jiang Zhen knelt down and said loudly, "Your Majesty, something bad has happened!"

Yuan Chengzong said, "Don't panic, tell me what happened in detail!"

Jiang Zhen said, "Your majesty, Commander Mu Rong's army of one hundred and fifty thousand has been completely annihilated. Right now, the An clan is leading nearly two hundred thousand soldiers straight towards Hangzhou City. Hangzhou City has less than ten thousand soldiers. Your majesty should quickly escape to Jinhua City to hide for a while!"

Yuan Chenzong almost jumped up when he heard that. He quickly stood up from the dragon throne, dashed to the front of Jiang Zhen and bellowed: "What did you say?!" "Say it again for me!"

Jiang Zhen looked at Murong Guiyu helplessly and said, "Your Majesty, the army of the General Mu Rong has indeed lost. The army of one hundred and fifty thousand has been completely wiped out, General Xue and General Liao have died on the battlefield, Ouyang Chang and Liu Ying Ying have surrendered to the enemy. The whereabouts of the General Mu Rong and Deputy Marshal Tu are unknown now.

After Yuan Chenzong heard this, his hands weakly loosened his grip on Jiang Zhen's collar. He turned around, closed his eyes and sighed, "How many soldiers and horses can there be in this whole Zhejiang Province? How many generals can Zhen take out to fight?" "In such a situation, even if I managed to get to Jinhua City today, what can I do?"

Jiang Zhen said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to be discouraged. The number of people from Zhejiang Province that we can mobilize is at least fifty to sixty thousand. And even if this official is not a good general, at least Your Majesty still has the Grand Guard."

When he said this, Yuan Chengzong's eyes immediately flashed with a trace of light as he laughed loudly, "That's right, the Grand Guard is the trump card that we have kept in our hands for a long time. We should use it now!" After Yuan Chenzong finished speaking, he immediately turned around and said, "Jiang Zhen, listen up!"

Jiang Zhen said, "This general listens!"

Yuan Chengzong said, "Jiang Zhen, I order you to lead all the civilians and soldiers in Hangzhou to guard Hangzhou for seven days. Unless you die, you must not leave Hangzhou even half a step.

Jiang Zhen staggered and said, "Your majesty must be joking with this lowly general. There are almost two hundred thousand members of the An clan and the entire population of Hangzhou may not even number two hundred thousand. How can this lowly general hold onto Hangzhou for seven days?" [Even if I die, I won't be able to defend it!]

Yuan Chengzong patted his shoulder and said with a long sigh, "Now that our army has been defeated, it is necessary to find a way to survive. The Grand Guard will need some time to come, and according to my thinking, it won't last seven days. As long as you can defend Hangzhou City, we will agree to whatever you want."

Jiang Zhen quickly added, "But, Your Majesty." Before Jiang Zhen could finish his words, Yuan Chengzong waved his hand and said, "This is the last resort, if you obey now then you must follow, if you don't, then you must follow too. Moreover, I am also telling you, all of your family members are in Jinhua City, if you want to rebel, I will definitely exterminate your entire family!"

After hearing that, Jiang Zhen stood there in a daze for a while before sighing, "Take care, Your Majesty. I'm leaving!" With that, Jiang Zhen turned around and left. Yuan Chenyuan glanced at him once and without further hesitation, he ordered his men to clean up the gold and silver taels and ran towards Jinhua City through the east gate.