Zhuozhou is one of the sixteen states of Yanyun that is relatively close to the Song State, and in the current situation that the Song State has occupied Danzhou, Youzhou and Shunzhou, the strategic significance of Zhuozhou is very obvious.

After possessing Zhuozhou, it was able to form a straight line with the other three states, and at the same time the territory of the Song Kingdom. If the Song army entered the territory of Jin to fight like last time, there would be no need to worry about whether the supplies would be intercepted by the Liao.

Therefore, when Chong Jianzhong was sent by Tang Ning to take Zhuozhou, he was very worried. He is now a general, and he has been a general for many years, and fighting a war is a common thing for him.

But because of this, the cultivation of Jianzhong felt uneasy. Because he knows very well that there is a difference between victory and defeat in war, and if one side wins, one side will lose.

I came here this time to occupy Zhuozhou. According to Tang Ning's order, if necessary, he could even take extreme measures to take Zhuozhou.

Since he himself did not really want to use force, and Zhuozhou was of great strategic importance to the Song army, Chong Jianzhong must have been full of apprehension and uneasiness in his heart.

Speaking of which, there are only more than 20,000 people under his command. Although gunpowder, crossbow arrows, and grain and grass were abundant, the siege of the city was still a thorny problem for the current planting.

As the capital of Zhuozhou near the Song State, there were naturally many garrisons, and the Liao State deployed a full 60,000 troops in Zhuozhou to defend the Song State.

Previously, when the two countries were still maintaining the Yuanyuan Alliance, the Liao State only deployed 30,000 troops here. But later, with the dissolution of the alliance between the Yuan and Yuan, the Song State could attack the Liao State at any time.

In addition, at that time, the Jin State had not yet risen, and Wanyan Aguda was just a disease of ringworm in Yelu Yanxi's eyes, so Yelu Yanxi added another 30,000 troops here to guard against possible attacks by the Song State.

With more than 20,000 troops against the enemy's 60,000 soldiers and horses, Chong Jianzhong was worried along the way.

But after he arrived in Zhuozhou, he found that the Zhuozhou guards directly opened the city gate to welcome Chong Jianzhong into the city, and his worries along the way were completely superfluous.

"What's going on, this is ......" Wang Sunchen didn't understand the situation, and asked blankly: "Why did the Khitans greet us directly?" ”

Chong Jianzhong couldn't figure it out for a while, so the two had to go to the Zhuozhou Marshal's Mansion to ask the Zhuozhou guard.

It turned out that this person heard about the treatment of the Danzhou guards, and was not optimistic about the war between the Liao State and the Jin State, and felt that the Liao State would definitely lose in this war.

As soon as he heard the news that the Shunzhou garrison refused to surrender to the Song army and died violently in the Shuai's mansion that night, he made up his mind and took refuge in the Song people.

Zhuozhou fell into the hands so easily, which was unimaginable to everyone. Although the words of the Zhuozhou guard are a little dramatic, they are quite reliable and can make sense.

So Chong Jianzhong had to write two letters, one to the imperial court and the other to Tang Ning, to clarify the matter.

Tang Ning received the letter and was overjoyed. The occupation of Zhuozhou without blood is undoubtedly the best news in the past few days. So he immediately turned around, commanded the army to advance in the direction of Jizhou, and at the same time ordered Chong Jianzhong to go to Jizhou immediately after completing the handover.

This is the farthest state capital in the east of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and it is also the only state capital east of Youzhou that does not belong to the Song State.

If Jizhou is in hand, then in the entire eastern part of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, only Mozhou and Xuanzhou, two state capitals in the southeast of Zhuozhou, which are extremely close to the Great Song Dynasty.

Give me some more time. Downing thought so. Give Zhao Xu some more time, and he will be able to see the return of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Han Land with his own eyes.

In this case, you can die without regrets. Although the symptoms of advanced tuberculosis are not clear, as long as it is a disease, it must be a very painful thing for the patient.

Zhao Xu dragged this sick body for five years, and Tang Ning could guess some of the pain he had endured.

From January to March, the footsteps of the Zhenguo Army in the land of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures never stopped. Successively arrived in Jizhou, and the Jizhou defenders wisely chose to surrender.

Later, he arrived in Mozhou, and after Tang Ning secretly visited the Mozhou defender and promised him heavy benefits, the Mozhou defender also chose to surrender.

Finally arrived in Canzhou, where the guards gave Tang Ning a headache.

He is the character of Liu Change, but not as crisp as Liu Change. He didn't wipe his neck, he didn't surrender, and Downing's request for a meeting was also flatly rejected by him.

In a word, there is no willingness to surrender in any word.

The people in the city hope to surrender, and the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are originally Han land, and the people who live here are also Han people.

At that time, in order to protect himself, Shi Jingjiao ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Liao State to ask for assistance, and the people of the sixteen states of Yanyun were extremely indignant.

They staged many uprisings here, but they were all suppressed by the Khitans.

After that, Zhao Guangyi led the army to the Northern Expedition, and in order to cooperate with Zhao Guangyi's Northern Expedition feat, the people of Yanyun revolted again.

But Wang Shi was really not powerful, Zhao Guangyi was beaten and fled in embarrassment, and finally saved his life by sitting in a donkey cart.

This defeat wiped out the elite accumulated by Zhao Kuangyin in the southern and northern wars when he founded the country, and the historical Song State has also fallen into a passive beating situation since then.

The rebellious Han people were cut stubble after stubble, and the remaining Han people no longer dared to resist and did not dare to have any hope for Wang Shi.

So when Tang Ning stepped into the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun for the first time, the people of Yanyun did not have much reaction.

But by now, Tang Ning, who represents the Song State, has already shown the strength and attitude of the Song State - even if I have formed an alliance with you, I will take the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in my hands at all costs and means.

The people of Yanyun suddenly remembered that they were Han

, so the response was enthusiastic and excited. Everywhere Song Jun went, he was warmly welcomed by the local people.

Their enthusiasm is enough to melt the ice of the cold winter and make the soldiers of the Zhenguo Army feel like they are home.

Therefore, the whole Zhenguo army did not have any dissatisfaction with Tangning's high-intensity march, almost every week, one of the left and right compartments was responsible for garrisoning and waiting for the transfer of power, and the other compartment was directly heading towards the next destination.

The defenders refused to surrender, and the people in the city were very dissatisfied. Just as Tang Ning gritted his teeth and was about to give the order to attack the city, a people's uprising suddenly broke out in the city.

The garrison of Canzhou was busy suppressing the riots in the city, but some of the people took advantage of the chaos to run to the city wall and open the city gates.

Seeing the black smoke billowing in the city, Tang Ning was not idle at all. He had planned to take advantage of the chaos to attack the city, and had already ordered the soldiers to prepare, and the city gate suddenly opened wide.

Tang Ning immediately understood that this was the action of the people in the city.

He didn't know how much the people had to sacrifice to open the gates, but he knew that the Zhenguo Army would live up to their expectations.

"Brethren! Our compatriots are now fighting the Khitans in the city of Canzhou, and unlike us, they are soldiers who have been trained all year round.

Some of them were farmers, some were merchants, some were shopkeepers, and some were shopkeepers.

Some of them have no power to restrain chickens, and some are also capable of carrying Jiuding. But no matter who they are and whether they can fight or not, they are all Han Chinese like us!

We have the blood of the same ancestors in our blood, and now they are being brutally murdered by armed Khitans inside.

Tell me, will you allow this to happen?! ”

Downing was born in sales, and fooling people is his forte, but he hasn't done it for a long time.

Today, he was moved to tears by the actions of the people of Canzhou, and he couldn't help but have the idea of doing a pre-war mobilization.

God knows how strong his hatred for the Khitans is now, and he wishes that none of the Khitans would die.

If it was an alliance with the Jin State at the beginning, how could there be so many things.

Although the Jin State was barbaric, Wanyan Agu fought a generation of male lords, and he would definitely not turn his head to deal with the Song State that was helpful to him after destroying the Liao State.

What's more, the interests of the two sides are the same, one wants to occupy the land from the Liao State, and the other is even more simply, he wants to destroy the Liao State, so why not form an alliance with the Jin State, I really don't know what the princes of the court are thinking.

Just thinking of this, I heard the soldiers of the Zhenguo Army gritting their teeth and roaring: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”

Tang Ning nodded with satisfaction, pulled out the long sword used to decorate his waist and pointed at the city of Xuanzhou obliquely: "Brothers, kill me!" ”

"Rush! Kill! ”