Zhao Junsheng saw that Zhang Xing was not seated, and he made his words clear, so he had to say: "It seems that General Zhang is a straightforward person, and he will not beat around the bush in the future, now that the old general has been defeated, there must not be many defenders left in the White Wolf City, if our army wants to attack, it should not be difficult to break the city!" What do you say, old general? ”

Zhang Xing snorted angrily: "What do you think about this little offspring?" ”

Zhao Junsheng sighed: "The war together, it must be devastated, the general is a veteran, experienced in military affairs, presumably he should know that the longer the siege war takes, the more irritable the temper of the besieging generals will be, once the city is broken, I am afraid that I, the main general, will not be able to restrain them from doing anything!" ”

"I know that the general is loyal and upright, and he must be unwilling to surrender, and he is not reluctant, and he does not want to insult the general's personality, which is disrespectful to the general, but Feng Hong, the king of Yan today, is cruel and unkind, and treats the ministers and the people like pigs and dogs, if the general is to fulfill his loyalty and disregard the lives of all the soldiers and civilians in the White Wolf City, this seems to be contrary to the general's character, so I don't ask the general to surrender, I only hope that the general will think about the lives of the people in the city. Another day, I went to the city with me to persuade the city guards to surrender, I don't know what the general wants? ”

Zhao Junsheng said sincerely and sincerely, Zhang Xing wanted to reprimand him angrily, but found that he couldn't open his mouth, after all, Zhao Junsheng was full of sincerity, acted and spoke politely, and stood on the commanding heights of morality.

Zhang Xing's heart is contradictory, he is a stubborn person, conservative in thinking, no matter how unbearable and brutal the king Feng Hong is, it is also a king, he can't betray him as a courtier no matter what, otherwise he will be disloyal.

But Zhao Junsheng's words are not unreasonable, if he gives up the lives of all the people in White Wolf City in order to be loyal to the Heavenly King Feng Hong, this is not something he can do.

The contradiction in Zhang Xing's heart is to be loyal to the Heavenly King Feng Hong, or to be loyal to the people of White Wolf City?

Zhao Junsheng saw Zhang Xing close his eyes and knew that he was difficult to make a choice for a while, so he said: "The general can think about it slowly, don't worry, but at most he will order the siege of the city within two days at most, and I hope the general will make a decision as soon as possible!" Come on, please General Zhang go down to rest, and bring the wine and meat with you, the general wants to eat when he is hungry! ”

"Yes, General!" The tooth owner who escorted Zhang Xing agreed, and said to Zhang Xing: "General Zhang, please!" ”

After Zhang Xing was taken away, Zhu Xiuzhi sighed and said: "Another old stubborn!" What's the trouble with this, guarding a dying court, Zhang Xing is going to be buried with Feng Hong! ”

There was a general of King Changshan next to him who sneered: "I admire General Zhu's integrity very much!" ”

Zhu Xiuzhi's face turned red when he was said, but he was powerless to refute it.

In order to avoid internal contradictions, Zhao Junsheng hurriedly interjected: "Okay, Zhang Xing's matter will be put aside first!" Let's talk about the command of our Northern Route Army now, King Changshan was killed in battle, Hedoro was also killed in battle, my Northern Route Army lost the main general and deputy general, but we can't be scattered, and it is impossible for the emperor to appoint a new general for the time being, so we must temporarily elect a main general to be responsible for leading the whole army. ”

One of the generals of King Changshan stood up and hugged his fists and said: "What Zhao Envoy Jun said is very true, and the last general agrees!" ”

"The last general agrees too!" One of Hodora's subordinates rose up to echo, and then a succession of people agreed.

Zhao Junsheng looked at Zhu Xiuzhi and Hua Mulan: "What do the two generals think?" ”

Zhu Xiuzhi said with a smile: "General Zhao's suggestion is very good, I will support it!" ”

Mulan said, "I agree! ”

Zhao Junsheng saw that the most critical two people agreed, so he said: "Well, according to the rules, there are two ways to elect a person in charge when the dragons are leaderless: first, judge the level by title; Second, judge the level by official position and military rank! ”

Bai Jinguang stood up and said: "The last general thinks that the army should be judged by military rank and official position, first of all, military rank, if there is no military rank, then the official position!" My general is the general of Pingbei and the assassin of Youzhou, whether it is a military rank or an official position, it is the highest here, so the position of the temporary chief general of the North Route Army should be held by my general! ”

But all generals must have military ranks, at least at the level of generals, Zhu Xiuzhi is General Fenwei, Hua Mulan is General Huwei, but they are all miscellaneous generals, and Zhao Junsheng's Pingbei General is a permanent general of the imperial court, and his weight is much heavier than that of miscellaneous generals.

The generals under the command of Mulan were not happy, Hu Ying stood up and said: "I don't agree, I think it should be judged by the title, my general Hua is the Marquis of Wuchuan, and he is the highest rank here, and I am not convinced that others should be the lords!" ”

Mulan's subordinates naturally supported her, and they all stood up in solidarity.

He Duoluo and Tuoba Su's subordinate generals are not easy to support anyone, whether they support Hua Mulan or Zhao Junsheng, they will offend people.

But seeing Zhu Xiuzhi's smile, he said: "I thought that I should judge the level by military rank, and recommend General Zhao as the chief general!" ”

Zhu Xiuzhi's words still have a lot of weight, after all, he is a general in commanding the army, and the people who spoke just now are all small fish and shrimp.

Zhao Junsheng naturally didn't want to compete with Hua Mulan for the position of the main general, so he said: "I think it's more appropriate for General Hua to be the main general, and I am willing to be the deputy!" ”

The subordinates are messing around, of course Mulan is embarrassed to follow them to mess around, although she is a woman, she is also a general of the first army, she can't be narrow-minded and looked down upon, and said to everyone: "I support Zhao Junsheng as the main general, and General Zhu as the deputy general!" ”

Hua Mulan said so, and her subordinates couldn't go against him, so they could only stop talking.

Seeing this, Zhao Junsheng said: "Since you all can trust me to find someone, I will do it!" Next, let's talk about the siege, you can always wait for the defenders in the White Wolf City to surrender by themselves, whether the siege is still to attack the city, General Zhu, most of your subordinates are foot soldiers, and your troops will attack the city tomorrow, how about it? ”

Zhao Junsheng is now the main general, although he asked in a consquiring tone, Zhu Xiuzhi couldn't refuse, Zhao Junsheng asked politely in a solicited tone, if he refused, he didn't know how to lift, and he had already angered a lot by surrendering to the Yan army in the previous formation, and the emperor didn't know how to explain it!

Zhu Xiuzhi could only agree, "This is as it should be, leave the task of attacking White Wolf City to me!" However, the siege needs to prepare siege equipment, and please give me a day to prepare! ”

Zhao Junsheng agreed: "Yes! ”

One day later, just after dawn on this day, the soldiers and horses of all armies had breakfast, and Zhu Xiuzhi's Yunzhong army began to prepare to attack the city.

Zhao Junsheng left more than 1,000 people to guard the camp, and took Mulan's right wing army and his Youzhou army, as well as the leader and the more than 1,000 people left by King Changshan to go to the city to cheer for Zhu Xiuzhi.

After Zhu Xiuzhi's siege equipment was carried over and prepared, and was about to give the order to attack the city, Zhao Junsheng ran over to the county on a fast horse and reported: "General Qiyu, Zhang Xing said that he wants to see you!" ”

When Zhao Junsheng heard this, he knew that Zhang Xing might have figured it out, no matter what, the siege should be slowed down, and he said to Zhu Xiuzhi: "Brother Zhu, suspend the siege, let's meet Zhang Xing first and see if he changes his mind!" ”

For Zhu Xiuzhi, it is of course the best not to attack the city, and his generals will not have to lose, how can there be any reason not to agree, "Okay, let's see what Zhang Xing says first!" ”

Soon, Zhang Xing was brought over.

Zhao Junsheng respected him as an old man, and when he was old, he first hugged his fists and saluted: "I was about to attack the city, and suddenly I heard that General Zhang was going to see him, I don't know how the general thought about it?" ”

Zhang Xing seemed to be ten years old, and sighed: "Liao Kui, the guard general in the city, is a close confidant of the old man, and the old man is willing to persuade him to surrender the city, but the general must ensure that he restrains the soldiers and cannot harm anyone in the city!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "What I promised will naturally be done, and there is no lie!" ”

"Send the old man over!" Zhang Xing nodded.

"Come on, untie General Zhang and send the general over!"

Zhang Xing was sent to the city gate to communicate with the guard Liao Kui, Zhao Junsheng didn't know what they said, only noticed that after a cup of tea, the wife flags on the city were taken down, and then the city gate was opened, and a group of defenders came out in line and threw their weapons outside the city gate and piled up two hills.

Zhao Junsheng led the soldiers and generals to fight horses and walked forward to hug Zhang Xing's fists and said: "The old general's merits are immeasurable, and the people of White Wolf City have been able to survive because of the general, and they must be grateful to the general for his righteousness!" ”

Only Zhang Xing knows the bitterness in his heart.

After entering the city, Zhao Junsheng sent people to take over the city defense and sat in the Taishou Mansion to handle military and government affairs.

During dinner that night, Mulan asked, "Brother Junsheng, how long do you plan to let the army stay in White Wolf City?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a straight face: "When your monthly letter is clean, you will set off immediately!" ”

Mulan's face turned red, and she said coquettishly: "Not serious! Seriously, no kidding! ”

"What I said is true, and it's not a joke!"

Hua Mulan was about to fight, but Zhao Junsheng hurriedly raised his chopsticks and begged for mercy: "Don't fight, don't fight, get down to business!" I think so, the soldiers have been fighting several battles in a row, and they have traveled for so many days, and they are already very tired physically and mentally, I think they should be allowed to rest for a few days to recuperate! ”

"Another point, White Wolf City is not far from Dragon City, but we don't know the specific situation of Dragon City, and we don't know whether the South Road army under the command of the emperor himself has arrived in Dragon City, so we must first send spies to investigate and get the exact news before we can set off. Second, it is easy to steal the limelight of the emperor! ”

"Alright then, just rest here for a few days, and make a decision when the situation in Dragon City is clearly investigated!" Mulan nodded in agreement.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Taking advantage of the rest of these days, we walked around the city and brought some of the specialties here to my mother-in-law, I heard that there are deer antlers, chestnuts, apricots and plums and other specialties!" There are also pears, jujube kernels, and crabs, we can go and try them! ”