For the next 10 days, the actions of all parties were carried out in an orderly manner.

In order to avoid repeating the mistake of Yuan Chonghuan who killed Mao Wenlong and caused a commotion, Fang Yuan ordered the two brocade guards to quickly whip up and go to the capital to secretly deliver letters.

In the letter, it was stated that the Eight Great Jin Merchants would be slaughtered, and the wealth of the Eight Great Jin Merchants would be confiscated, and the various crimes of Wang Chengyin, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, were stated, and the proposal of Wang Chengyin, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, was proposed to be arrested immediately.

Qin Zhan went to contact the displaced people of the grain transportation team and instigated the 20,000 displaced people to attack Gong City in Zhangjiakou.

Jing Jie and Su Hongyu went to Xiangyang Village and mobilized Li Zongze's artillery battalion to come to Zhangjiakou Gong City to participate in the military operation of attacking the city.

Governor Cai Maode sent people to Datong Military Town, and under the pretext of the imperial court's order to rescue Kaifeng, he summoned the officers of Datong Town, headed by the general soldier Jiang Pai, to Taiyuan Mansion to discuss matters.

Zhou Yuji gathered 10,000 soldiers and horses in Taiyuan Mansion, sorted out the armament, and prepared to respond to Fang Yuan's actions at any time.

Sun Chuanting's 90,000 elite army marched to Zhangjiakou Gong City in accordance with Fang Yuan's previous orders.

The eight Jin merchants of Zhangjiakou Gong City had already received the news that Sun Chuanting's army was heading north, and Fan Yongdou was an old treacherous and cunning, so he was vigilant and immediately contacted the seven Jin merchants and closed the city gate of Zhangjiakou Gong City.

The Eight Great Jin Merchants organized all the Jin merchants' nursing homes in Gong City, and once again gathered a thousand people; He also organized the young and strong people outside the city of Gong to participate in the defense of the city of Gong, and gathered another 2,000 people; They also sent distress messages to Xuanfu and Datong Military Towns respectively, asking the Second Military Town to send troops to assist in the defense.

At the same time, Jiang Pai, the general soldier of Datong, received a distress message from the eight Jin merchants, as well as a notice from Cai Maode, the governor of Shanxi, that he should go to Taiyuan Mansion, and attached the content of Emperor Chongzhen's edict.

Jiang Pai was suspicious at that time, and faintly noticed the undercurrent surging under the calm and calm this time, and then privately inquired with the officials of Taiyuan Mansion, Cai Maode only summoned the officers of Datong Military Town, but did not convene the Xuanfu Military Town.

With Jiang Pin's cunning, he understood the meaning at once, this was clearly Fang Yuan and Cai Maode forcing him Jiang Pai to stand in line immediately, whether he honestly led the officers under his command to Taiyuan Mansion to discuss matters and stay out of the matter, or stepped into the muddy water of Gong City, Zhangjiakou.

Jiang Jian convened all the officers of Datong Military Town to discuss overnight, Fang Yuan held Chongzhen's edict, that is, he came to Shanxi to carry out military affairs on behalf of the imperial court, if he resisted Fang Yuan, it was rebellion, it was treason, and this crime was not insignificant.

Moreover, in Shanxi, there are 90,000 elite divisions of Sun Chuanting, and 30,000 soldiers and horses of Zhou Yuji, the general soldier of Shanxi.

In addition, he Jiang Jian and Fang Yuan are innocent and have no grievances, smuggling arms is done in private, and he has also received some money from Fan Yongdou, but he has done it relatively hidden, and he has no handle in Fang Yuan's hands, so why bother to fight to the death of the fish for the sake of chasing the wind and catching shadows?

The name is not right, and the strength is not as good as others, the result of Jiang Pai and the officers' final discussion is to honestly pretend to be stupid and go to Taiyuan Mansion to discuss matters, which can be regarded as showing Fang Yuan and Taiyuan Mansion the attitude of Datong Military Town to stay out of it.

Wang Chengyin, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, received Fan Yongdou's distress news, and privately sent his ears and eyes in Taiyuan Mansion to inquire, and Cai Maode summoned Jiang Ping, the chief soldier of Datong, and the officers under his command to go to Taiyuan Mansion for a military meeting, but Wang Chengyin was not notified.

Wang Chengyin already knew that something was wrong, and Zhou Yuji was gathering soldiers and horses in Taiyuan Mansion, and Sun Chuanting's 90,000 elite divisions had begun to move to Xuanfu and Zhangjiakou.

Wang Chengyin's 20,000 soldiers and horses, where did he dare to support Zhangjiakou Gong City, immediately closed the gate of Xuanfu Town, and began to prepare for war.

After the twelfth, the envoy sent by Chongzhen from the capital to announce the decree arrived, and the efficiency was quite high.

The envoy sent by Chongzhen was Fang Yuan's father-in-law, Fang Zhenghua, and when Fang Yuan saw Fang Zhenghua coming, he was a big reassurance.

Fang Yuan greeted Fang Zhenghua outside the barracks, and said, "Father-in-law, we haven't seen each other for a long time. ”

Fang Zhenghua glared at him with a displeased expression and said, "Fang Yuan, you have made a lot of noise these days, but you don't know that you will pass your father-in-law, and I am still your father-in-law?" ”

Fang Yuan knew that he hadn't spoken to Fang Zhenghua these days, and the relationship was a little rusty, even inferior to Wang Chengen, so he hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "What I've been doing these days is all about lifting my head and playing with my life, how dare I bother my father-in-law?" Fang Yuan kept the grace of his father-in-law's promotion in mind, and at that time, he confiscated the Tian family, didn't he also prepare a big gift for his father-in-law? ”

Fang Zhenghua's face was a little gentle, and he pointed at him and said angrily, "I have heard the prince say that you are simply bold and reckless, and the prince has been scolded by His Majesty several times. ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "I heard that my father-in-law has recently won the trust of His Majesty, and the Standing Committee of the Standing Committee has the position of supervising the army, and he is the most favored in the celebrant supervisor, except for the prince and the father-in-law, you." ”

Fang Zhenghua smiled with satisfaction, "Fang Yuan, you are already the most popular person in front of Your Majesty right now, and thanks to you, Your Majesty also looks down on me." ”

As soon as Fang Yuan saw Fang Zhenghua's happy smile, he knew the good news brought this time, and hurriedly entered the military tent with him and read the holy decree.

Fang Zhenghua read out Chongzhen's edict in public, the content of which was unchanged from the edict handed over to Fang Yuan before, and the meaning inside was very clear, Fang Yuan had the right to arbitrarily decide on the spot, including the disposal of the Xuanfu military town.

Fang Yuan asked Chongzhen's edict to Sun Chuanting, which was regarded as calming Sun Chuanting's heart.

Fang Yuan secretly told Fang Zhenghua again, asking him to go to Taiyuan Mansion with a handwritten message, and also give Cai Maode and Zhou Yuji a reassurance.

After Fang Zhenghua went to Taiyuan Mansion, Qin Zhan, who was responsible for inciting and convening the displaced people, also returned to the barracks, and said with a happy face, "It is easier to incite the displaced people than imagined, Fan Jiaqiang buys and sells, bullies men and women, and bullies them ruthlessly, not to mention that the boss also declares that there is a silver reward, and at least eighty percent of the 20,000 people are willing to attack Zhangjiakou Gong City." As long as I have weapons, I can organize 15,000 people at once. ”

Fang Yuan stared at him and said slowly, "Fourth, armed with so many homeless people, once the situation gets out of control, you and I will be guilty." ”

Qin Zhan was stunned and asked, "Boss means that there is no need to arm such a homeless person?" ”

Fang Yuan still had great scruples about the behavior of the armed refugees, and secretly calculated that the reinforcements from Datong and Xuanfu had not arrived, and there were no more than 3,000 guards in Zhangjiakou Gong City. And you have medium artillery, musketeers, and drone teams, if you don't want to hide your strength, you don't need to be displaced to fight the vanguard to capture this tribute city.

Therefore, there can not be too many armed displaced people, the upper limit is three thousand, and it is not easy to control any more.

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice, "This time only 3,000 homeless people will be armed, and you must strictly order that the homeless people must not burn, kill and loot when they enter the city, and after annihilating the guards, they will immediately withdraw from the city and wait for the distribution of war profits, and the Jinyi guard and cavalry battalion will enter the city to do things." ”

Qin Zhan responded, and while the two were talking, Jing Jie and Li Zongze also returned together.

Jing Jie reported, "Boss, all 20 guns from the artillery battalion have arrived. ”

Fang Yuan turned his head sideways and asked Li Zongze, "How many hours can you take the city gate and city wall of Zhangjiakou Gong City?" ”

Li Zongze finally waited for the opportunity to earn money for meritorious service, and hurriedly said, "Lord Fang, the defense of a military fort like Zhangjiakou Gong City, as long as you give me an hour, you can blast open the gate and drive straight in." ”

Fang Yuan applauded loudly, ordering him to prepare immediately.

In the afternoon, Chigutai, who went to listen to the news of Gong City, also returned, sat in the military tent with a big smile, took out the goat's milk wine he carried with him, drank a few sips, wiped the corners of his mouth with his hands, and then said, "Shaman Divine Envoy, I have been around Gong City for two hundred miles, Xuanfu and Datong have indeed not sent a single soldier to support, this time we are closing the door and beating dogs, give an order quickly!" ”

Fang Yuan saw that the preparations of all parties were quite sufficient, and all the reinforcements in Zhangjiakou Gong City would not come again, and this time the eight Jin merchants were in a catastrophe, so he got up and ordered, "Jing Jie, you send someone to Gong City to surrender first, and the siege day will be at noon the day after tomorrow." In Gong City, in addition to Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Guest, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, Huang Yunfa, the clansmen of the eight Jin merchants are not forgiven, the rest of the families in the house, maids, other Jin merchants in Gong City, and the common people, can surrender. Whether it descends or not, as soon as the hour comes, immediately attack the city. ”

Jing Jie arched his hand and said, "Yes!" ”

Fang Yuan shouted and said, "Qin Zhan, Chigutai, Li Zongze!" ”

The three of them hurriedly stood up and shouted in unison, "Here!" ”

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice, "All the combat troops will march outside Gong City tomorrow and prepare to attack the city!" ”