Zhou Zheng woke up, Youtun had a backbone, and many things were able to advance quickly.

Zhou Zheng took a shower, changed his clothes, and listened to everyone's reports while eating.

Meng Hezhou stood in front of Zhou Zheng, handed over a few letters, and said, "My lord, there are a few secret letters from the supervisor's side, and his subordinates have already translated them. ”

Zhou Zheng took it, looked at it carefully for a while, and said: "Reply to the superintendent, just say that we can hold on, and in addition, talk to him about Zu Dashou." ”

Meng Hezhou looked a little hesitant and said, "My lord, should we keep holding on to General Soldier Zu like this?" ”

The seizure of a deputy chief soldier in battle, if the court investigates it, it will definitely be a catastrophe!

Zhou Zheng didn't explain, and said, "Buckle." What else? ”

Meng Hezhou did not mention Zu's birthday again, and said: "My lord, there is also a lot of news from Jianyu, the total strength of Jianyu is now about 80,000, and the grain and grass may last for more than three months. ”

Zhou Zheng drank the porridge, nodded slightly, and said, "Well, it's about the same as I expected." Even if they had enough food and grass, in November they had to retreat. ”

November is winter, and the winter in the Northeast is even colder, and it is impossible to continue the war.

Shangguan Qing peeled an egg for Zhou Zheng, and then added some hot porridge to him.

Meng Hezhou listened and continued: "The Jianyu people did not continue to attack the city, but continued to persuade them to surrender, and they promised that if the adults were willing to surrender, they would give the soldiers and lead the original army, and they would never suspect it. ”

"Has the messenger been killed?" Zhou Zheng tore the steamed buns, accompanied by side dishes, and said casually.

Meng Hezhou was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "They are shooting arrows, and they didn't send anyone." ”

Zhou Zheng sighed.

Meng Hezhou looked at Zhou Zheng and continued: "The superintendent has arranged an army of 100,000 troops south of the Xiaoling River, as if he is going to fight a decisive battle with Jianyu. ”

Zhou Zheng paused for a moment and said, "If you stick to the city, how long can you hold on?" ”

Meng Hezhou glanced at the people present, and saw that they were all Zhou Zheng's confidants, so he said: "My lord, we have brought all the grain from Songshan, which is enough to last for half a year." ”

Zhou Zheng wrapped the cotton clothes wrapped around his body and said, "Prepare things for the soldiers to keep out the cold." In addition, the monitoring of the construction of prisoners should be strengthened, and strict monitoring should be carried out in the city. ”

Meng Hezhou understood what Zhou Zheng meant, and said, "Yes." Chu Jin kept staring. ”

Zhou Zheng ate very slowly, and at the same time thought about a lot of things in his heart, and finally looked up and asked, "Is there any movement in the court?" ”

Meng Hezhou's expression was somewhat obscure, but he still said: "My lord, some people in the court say that it was the construction of the right tun that caused the military disaster and trapped Liaodong in danger, and he is constantly writing to impeach him." ”

Zhou Zheng shook his head secretly, and said in a calm tone: "The imperial court will not be confused to ask the superintendent at this time, don't worry, we will guard the right tun." ”

Cao Bianjiao looked at Zhou Zheng and asked cautiously tentatively: "My lord, you have slept for two days, have you judged that Jianyu will not attack the city in the next few days, so you can sleep with confidence?" ”

Zhou Zheng was almost finished, wiped his mouth, and said, "Hmm." First, Jianyu didn't really want to break through Youtun, otherwise he wouldn't just stare at one door. Second, they were waiting for reinforcements from Jinzhou, and it would only be bad for them to break through Youtun. As soon as they're gone, we can continue to build again. Next, Jianyu may not be able to withstand the siege of the city, put pressure on the overseer, don't mess up, just stabilize it......"

"Yes, my lord." Cao Bianjiao replied in a deep voice.

Zhou Zheng looked at a group of people, knowing that they were worried, and said with a smile: "With our current strength and firearms, if Jianyu wants to break the city, let alone pay another 20,000 dead and wounded, they can't afford to pay the price." You can recall that there was a time when the Jianyu attacked the city at any cost, and what they wanted was for us to go out of the city and fight in the field. ”

Listening to Zhou Zheng's words, the worry in everyone's hearts was reduced by half, and they raised their hands one after another: "It's my lord!" ”

Zhou Zheng reassured a few more words, and then got up and went out of the house to inspect.

The defense of Youtun has been quite mature, and the soldiers have no previous apprehension, their confidence has increased, and they salute one after another when they see Zhou Zheng and his party.

"I've seen my lord!"

"See your lord!"

"Meet your lord!"

Zhou Zheng smiled and nodded, occasionally talking to some people.

After inspecting it, Zhou Zheng saw that there was no problem, so he came to the Arrow Pavilion and looked in the direction of the Jianyu camp.

Meng Hezhou followed his gaze and said, "My lord, there has been no movement in Jianyu in the past few days, except for walking around the city from time to time, there is no siege. ”

Zhou Zheng looked in the direction of the camp of Jianyu, where there was more smoke than a few days ago, and a large number of reinforcements had obviously arrived.

Zhou Zheng looked at it for a while, turned around and went downstairs, and went straight to the mansion.

Zu Dashou and others have been detained by Zhou Zheng for several days, but they are not strictly controlled, they are just not allowed to leave the house, and the internal and external news is still clear.

Zhou Zheng sat opposite Zu Dashou, looking at his honest edges and corners, and there was a deep groan in his eyes.

Zu Dashou was full of anger towards Zhou Zheng, staring at Zhou Zheng without saying a word.

But He Kegang was very worried, and looked at Zhou Zhengdao: "Lord Zhou, now we should all work together to defend the city, we must not fight among ourselves, and ask Lord Zhou to release our general army, what is the matter, it is not too late to wait for Jianyu to retire." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at Zu Dashou, and some of the things he had thought about in his heart suddenly pressed down again, got up and left.

When Zu Dashou saw Zhou Zheng leave like this, he immediately snorted coldly and said, "General Man has mistaken you, and you are just a villain fighting for power and profit!" ”

Zhou Zheng ignored it and turned around and entered the room.

……

Jianyu still did not attack the city, and kept walking around the city, making enough momentum, but never attacked again.

Time flew and was tormenting, and until the end of August, the Jianyu did not attack the city.

The strange thing is that the camp has not moved, and the army of 70,000 or 80,000 has been silent.

The 100,000 Ming troops on the other side of the Xiaoling River lined up for a month, but they never stepped forward, and they did not rescue Youtun, as if they were just making a show.

But on the one hand, there is Huang Taiji, the great Khan of Jianyu who has been in battle for a long time, and on the other hand, Sun Chengzong, the commander who has been running Liaodong for many years, no one will think that they are just in vain.

It was as if it was a pre-dawn silence, brewing an incomparably terrible storm.

The very center of this storm is Youtun!

Youtun, who was originally stable and full of confidence, gradually became uneasy as the Jianyu people quieted.

Zhou Zheng patrols the city every day, boosting morale, and at the same time comforting the people around him, trying his best to stabilize the hearts of the floating people.

At night, in Zu Dashou's room, the deputy generals He Kegang and Zhang Cunren were there, and the three of them gathered together to discuss secretly.

Zhang Cunren said: "My lord, I originally thought that the grain and grass in Youtun could only last for half a month, but now it has been almost a month, and there is still no sign of running out of grain." Before Lord Zhou came to Youtun, he must have made sufficient preparations. ”

He Kegang looked at Zu Dashou's somewhat obscure face under the light, and said: "In the past so long, 20,000 people, I'm afraid it will be difficult to continue." ”