On March 12, Shao Shude arrived outside Zhenzhou City.

He first listened to the reports of the generals of the camp, and then observed the city from afar under the escort of Shaluchi.

Wuwei, Tielin, and Guanhe army besieged Zhenzhou, but this siege was actually very rich, at least Nancheng could not be surrounded.

There is the Hutuo River one mile south of Zhenzhou, which winds four miles eastward, and there is the Zhongdu Bridge. When the north and south major post road - the third year of Kaiyun, the Khitan went south and reached the Hutuo River. Du Chongwei secretly discussed surrendering, which is here.

The one stationed near Zhongdu Bridge is the Daozhou Army in Hubei.

Shao Shude visited the camp for a while. He had never seen the original appearance of this army, but now it looks pretty good.

The camp was neat and well-arranged. The soldiers patrol meticulously, with extremely strict rules and good execution.

It’s OK for local troops to have this level.

Lu Huaizhong said that the Chu soldiers were not like this when they first came, they were loose and sluggish, making people unable to bear it. This made Shao Shude further strengthen his opinion, and the troops should still practice more.

The main force of the Wuwei Army was stationed on the south bank of the Hutuo River. A small number of elite soldiers crossed the river north, guarding several small villages on the other side of the river to protect the floating bridges built on the river surface.

When siege the city, the army passed the floating bridge in turn, arrived at the north shore and then attacked again.

Overall, it is still very troublesome, so Nancheng has never been the focus of the offensive.

After seeing the south city, he went to the east of the city again, which was the base of the Tielin Army.

"The boys have changed a lot. Fu Qing is capable." Looking at the soldiers who had just retreated, Shao Shude sighed.

The emperor is here, and he always has to show that the Tielin Army had just summoned more than 3,000 people and launched a fierce offensive from the east of the city with thousands of Huaihai Daozhou soldiers.

"I still have my blessings from Your Majesty." Fu Cunshen replied.

"What's the solution?" Shao Shude asked.

"I have eliminated the accumulated corruption in the Tielin Army, boldly employed people, and strictly imposed military discipline. If you don't have your Majesty's restraint, you will not be able to continue." Fu Cunshen said sincerely.

For the 25,000 Tielin Army members, Fu Cunshen is an outsider.

Zuoxiang's qualifications are very old, and it can be traced back to the Tielindu era. Although there were not many people at that time, it did not prevent the soldiers from boasting about military history to the outside world, and naturally developed a disrespectful attitude.

The people in the right wing thought they were recruited by the saints from Shen, Guang and Shou, and fought with the saints Zhu Yanshou's tribe. Although there were not many people in the first ten thousand people, the more than ten thousand soldiers in the right wing were indeed quite proud.

In short, the Tielin Army regarded itself as the emperor's personal army, although the emperor now likes to run towards the Tianxiong Army.

Such an army was indeed not easy to carry out work by airborne troops. Therefore, Fu Cunshen said that, without Shao Shude's strong support, he would not have done so many things.

Of course, then again, the Tielin Army had existed for more than twenty years at this time, and it had not yet reached the stage of being strong in the pro-party. What's more, when the Daxia Imperial Army supplemented new recruits, they did not directly recruit from the children of the Imperial Army, which means that there were not many phenomena of sons inheriting their father's business.

The four main courtyards of the new recruits, if the Shanzhou Court is filled with the children of the imperial guards, Lingzhou Court, Yunzhou Court, and Weizhou Court are not. Especially the latter, Weizhou is a small place. How can it maintain a training system of 20,000 to 30,000 people? To put it bluntly, they recruited a large number of Tubo, Qiang, and Dangxiang to train. After training, they sent five or six thousand qualified recruits to Luoyang every year and divided them into various departments as supplementary troops.

If it is not an army where the son inherits his father's business, the problem of bonding with pro-party members is not that serious.

Shao Shude once read a report in later generations. The author praised the Northern Song Dynasty imperial guards and said that they had a very "superior" system, that is, the imperial guards' military positions were not hereditary in appearance, but were recruited, but in fact they were hereditary because most of the recruits were children of imperial guards. They had an iron job, a guarantee, and a sense of security...

Shao Shude disagreed with it.

He also felt that the Hu people were servile, had strict hierarchy, and had a strong sense of superiority and inferiority, so they were more suitable for joining the army.

But nothing can go to extremes. There will be problems with too many foreign soldiers, and the bondage of pro-party is also a problem. Maintaining appropriate liquidity and adopting compromise strategies is the best.

After turning south and east, Shao Shude went west and looked around the north. More than 100,000 people from all kinds of people surrounded Zhenzhou and attacked repeatedly.

I tried the water attack, but the effect was not very good due to the terrain problem.

The tunnel is still being dug, and one has been sealed by the defenders, and the other two have not been discovered yet.

Various siege equipment took turns to go, and almost all the woods outside Zhenzhou were cut down. As the equipment continued to be damaged, we have now looked for woods further away.

After returning to the south city, Shao Shude met with the generals and soldiers of the Wuwei Army, and comforted him a few words, showing off his presence, and then seriously discussed the current situation with Lu Huaizhong.

"Your Majesty, the thief actually offered the conditions, but it was too ridiculous and I rejected it." Lu Huaizhong said.

"Let me tell you." It's just such a city. Shao Shude was a little anxious. He didn't mind listening to the other party's conditions.

Lu Huaizhong glanced at Shao Shude. Some conditions were definitely not allowed by the saints before, but now they are anxious?

"In the first month of the year, Wang Rong sent the judge Zhou Shi to discuss, please keep Chengdezhen." Lu Huaizhong said: "I refused, and broke his army at Zhongdu Bridge and rushed to the city. With the arrival of the troops, the Wansheng Huangtou Army also participated in the attack. The Zhao people were very afraid and dared not leave the city to fight. For more than a month of siege, the bandits sent people out of the city to discuss, saying that there were still '30,000 soldiers' in the city, and they would unite as one and not surrender. Unless the court organized them into an imperial guard, led by General Chengde, and stationed in Zhenzhou."

"Thirty thousand soldiers?" Shao Shude smiled and said, "I really have 30,000 martial artists. I am not worried anymore. There are so many people in the city. Even if the Zhao people are good at guarding and have enough food and grass, they will not be able to eat for long."

"Yes. I also think it's impossible. It would be good if half of the defenders could be. The rest may be Ding Zhuang who was temporarily recruited. When the offensive is very urgent, a group will be recruited, and when there is no hurry, they will go back to their own houses." Lu Huaizhong said.

"Compared with the first lunar month, the conditions for Zhao people's opening have also been reduced a lot." Shao Shude said again: "Then he had to keep the vassal states. At this time, he just had to be an imperial guard. People still have to be beaten and hurt before they know they were afraid. If they don't hurt, they won't give up."

"Your Majesty, I think I cannot agree to the Zhao people's conditions. If I respond to him, will the Pinglu army, Hengye army, Youguo army, Weisheng army and even the border town army clamor?" Lu Huaizhong said: "If they also imitate the Zhao people, raise troops to occupy the city and make trouble, there will be no peace."

"Your worries are right." Shao Shude sighed: "There are still tens of thousands of people watching from Hedong. At this time, he feels soft and will cause endless harm."

If the Hengye Army returns to Yingzhou and the Pinglu Army takes over Xuzhou and rebels, what should you do? Recruit the court, the court is embarrassed, and the atmosphere is ruined. Send troops to conquer, and others plunder the wilderness, and the infant city will defend itself. If you go less, it will not work. If you go too much, it will cost more. If you go too long, it will last longer and cost more.

Many of the troops in the border towns were formed by surrendered soldiers. Will they make trouble with each other? The possibility is quite high.

The Daxia imperial guards are powerful, but when they suppress rebellions everywhere and are exhausted, their morale will also decrease. What's more, there are quite a hidden dangers, that is, the imperial guards rebelled.

Sometimes when you take a step back, you will retreat step by step, and you will retreat to the bottom line.

Zhu Quanzhong took a step back in history, and the result was that in addition to the basic Henan province, there were a bunch of vassals and governors in Hezhong, Hebei, Jianghan, and Guanzhong.

What if he had been cruel and gritted his teeth and refused to retreat? It seemed that his lifespan was not enough.

Xuzhou fought for several years, annihilated more than 100,000 Xuzhou troops, but the number of Xuzhou troops before and after the Chaos was only 30,000...

I can only blame him for giving birth to the wrong era.

"Your Majesty!" Chu Shenping suddenly came over and reported: "Zhou Shi, the judge of the Chengde Shogunate, requested an audience."

"This is seeing me coming!" Shao Shude and Lu Huaizhong looked at each other and said, "Let him come here."

After only a moment, Zhou Shi was drawn in.

"See King Xia." Zhou Shi said.

Shao Shude didn't care about his name and just asked: "Wang Rong is not a wise man. Does he know the consequences of continuing to stay?"

Zhou Shi seemed to have expected someone to ask this question, but he sighed slightly and said, "Your Majesty King Xia knows that my lord is involuntary. The soldiers are rebellious and the crowd is in a turbulent way. If it weren't for the sake of the fifth generation of the Wang family, they would have rushed into the Jiedu Mansion."

"Then what are you doing?" Shao Shudeqi said: "Say hello in advance? Do you want me to blame him for his own desire to surrender?"

Zhou Shi was not surprised to see Shao Shude speak so directly, and continued, "Shi Shuai Wang sent me here to ask King Xia to temporarily suspend the siege for the sake of the people in Hebei. Wang Shuai always knew the great ambitions of King Xia. There were still many vassal states in Jiangnan that had not yet been pacified. He only needed to recruit Zhao Bing as the imperial guards. At that time, he would take his life and be determined to capture Huainan, Wuyue, Jiangxi, Hunan and other towns for King Xia."

"What nonsense?" Shao Shude suddenly slapped his head and said, "There is only one possibility for Zhao Bing to become an imperial guard. He will immediately open the city and surrender. I may choose some strong men to join the imperial guards. It is absolutely impossible to exist in an established system."

He believed the words of these vassal warriors and would be devilish!

How did Li Cunxu get lost? He has incorporated too many surrendered soldiers. These soldiers were still obedient at the beginning, but after a long time, they were struggling to move. Wei Bo's martial arts lie in Wei Bo, and Xingzhou soldiers lie in Xingzhou. If they are not satisfied, they will take over the city and rebel.

I believe you!

"Can Judge Zhou know about Jinyang?" Shao Shude asked again.

Zhou Shi said nothing.

He knew that Jin soldiers participated in the siege and caused an uproar in the city. Many people actually knew in their hearts that they were already the last vassal state in the north that was still resisting, and were in an isolated and helpless situation. Apart from surrender, the only ending was death.

But the warriors are too gambled and too greedy. They are still thinking about giving conditions, so he has no choice.

"I know a little bit." Zhou Shi replied helplessly.

"Then get back!" Shao Shude said angrily: "I am only forty-nine years this year. Even if I beat my beard until my beard turns white, I will pull out Zhenzhou. If Wang Rong doesn't want to die, he can follow Liang Huaijin's story. This is all the words, go back and pass on the message."

Shao Shude knew that not only became a de Wufu, but Wang Rong did not completely make up his mind in his heart.

Now there is a tug-of-war between the two sides, not only a tug-of-war on the battlefield, but more a psychological tug-of-war.

"The order was sent to dig three trenches outside Zhenzhou City, build walls, destroy Zhongdu Bridge, and ban traffic." Shao Shude ordered: "The troops and horses of all departments attacked in turn day and night."

As for extreme pressure, who can't? He has figured it out and cannot give in because of his urgency. After taking the ninety-nine steps in the previous step, his emotions fluctuated. This is not what he should have.

He has actually seen through Zhao Bing's reality. They can reduce the conditions once, and they can reduce them twice.
Chapter completed!