Zizhang looked at the dense army outside the city and the endless stream of ships on Surabaya, and his heart was full of uneasiness!

From the report of his subordinates, he knew what had happened in this day to have such a sudden change!

Jinyi and Fang He had already defected to Taoqiu a few days ago. Without anyone knowing, the Taoqiu gentleman transferred a large army from Taoqiu and Chuqiu, and secretly transferred them to Fengyi City. Then, last night, they launched a surprise attack and captured Liuyi in one fell swoop!

In this way, from Taoqiu to Liuyi, several cities along Surabaya have all been in the hands of Taoqiu! With its powerful fleet, Taoqiu can transport supplies to Liuyi and even to Pengcheng! Today's Pengcheng is completely at the forefront of Taoqiu's soldiers!

Tao Qiu used all his strength, which in itself had already made Zizhang full of unease. And the land of the East China Sea, which is located behind Pengcheng, also used his strength to come to Pengcheng City to help Taoqiu fight, but he couldn't understand it!

In his mind, the nobles of the East China Sea, even if they had received the favor of Tao Qiujun before, also had some trade contacts with them, but after all, the two places were far away, how deep could the relationship between them be? When it comes to trade, Pengcheng, where he is located, also has dealings with the nobles of the East China Sea, and he himself has sent envoys to win over, why would they choose to follow Taoqiu instead of him?

In fact, this is the incomparably close connection between Taoqiu and the East China Sea!

Taoqiu's special relationship with the land of the East China Sea is unimaginable and incomprehensible to the people of this era. The land of the East China Sea, the largest source of economy, relies on the wealth obtained from the sea. Whether it is stealing gold and silver from the Japanese slave kingdom, or whaling from the sea, or drying salt on the coast, they cannot escape their relationship with Taoqiu!

Without the help of the pottery mound, the gold and silver they had seized were no different from useless stones to them! Without Tao Qiu's help, the ambergris and whale oil obtained from the whale could not be sold! And the sea salt by the sea is only with the assistance of Taoqiu merchants, so that it can be obtained and sold to all countries in the world!

The nobles of the East China Sea have not thought of breaking away from Taoqiu's control, but such a road is as difficult as climbing to the sky for them.

First of all, the merchants of Taoqiu and the people of Taoqiu were also involved in the business of the land of the East China Sea. The lord of the Japanese slave country, Ku Tongjia, is a figure who started from Taoqiu. In the whaling industry, there is a giant whale trading house that controls the unified purchase and sale of whale oil and its accessories, and with the existence of such a powerful monopoly organization, it is completely impossible for the nobles of the East China Sea to grab the huge profits of whale oil!

Secondly, such a barren land in the East China Sea needed the trade of Taoqiu to bring prosperity. If you want to trade, you have to have a large number of ships. Nowadays, the most developed position in the shipbuilding industry is Taoqiu. If Tao Qiu wants to target the land of the East China Sea, there is no need to do anything else at all, just stop the exchange of ships, or stop supplying ships, the navigation industry of the entire East China Sea will immediately weaken, and the land of the East China Sea will become a dead land!

It can be said that with such close economic ties, Taoqiu completely dominates the entire East China Sea economically! Even though the nobles of the East China Sea have the complete power of the lord in their own territory, such as the complete power of governance and judicial power, but economically, they are the colonies of Taoqiu!

Dai Yan asked the nobles of the East China Sea to go east, and they would never dare to go west! Dai Yan is also very aware of the close relationship between Taoqiu and the land of the East China Sea, so he is sure that the land of the East China Sea will act completely according to his will! If it was to attack Suiyang, he might not have drawn his strength from such a distance to carry out a long-distance attack because of distance and power loss; But attacking Pengcheng, he has no scruples, this is Pengcheng's back, and it is closer to Pengcheng than Taoqiudu, with its help, he can make Pengcheng suffer from both sides!

However, even with the help of the nobles of the East China Sea, Dai Yan still had some confidence in attacking a big city like Pengcheng in a short period of time.

Pengcheng, since the establishment of the Great Peng Clan by Peng Zu, it has always been an important town in the southeast. The city is bordered by Surabaya to the east and protected by Danshui to the north, leaving only the south and west sides accessible by land. Since Pengcheng belonged to the Song Kingdom, it has been operated as one of the most important cities in the Song Kingdom. When the situation is getting more and more fierce today, and the wars in the Central Plains are becoming more and more frequent, the high-level officials of the Song State have even repeatedly moved the capital to Pengcheng and used it as the last base of the Song State!

Taiqiu Society collapsed, and the Song Kingdom even chose to move the treasure of the town to Pengcheng, Xuzhou Ding, so that this treasure fell into the nearby Surabaya. It can be said that this is the city that entrusts the future of the Song Kingdom, which shows its position in the hearts of the Song State leaders. And this place can become one of the three capitals of the Song Kingdom, and the city is high and deep, and it is no less than Taoqiu and Suiyang!

Capturing this city is definitely not something that can be done as simply as attacking Chuqiu or even sneaking up on Liuyi! Dai Yan was not anxious about this, after he arrived in Pengcheng, he first let his soldiers show off their might, and then began his general siege plan, which was codenamed - Siege of Surabaya!

Dai Yan referred to the experience of the Qing army in later generations fighting against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, conquering Tianjing, and setting up camps in Jiangnan and Jiangbei respectively, and also made preparations, and established the Sidong and Sixi camps near Pengcheng and on both sides of Surabaya respectively.

Of these two large camps, the Sidong camp was established on the opposite bank of Pengcheng. It was mainly used as a docking place for sailors and merchant ships, and as an important production area for storing and transporting materials. With this Sidong camp, Dai Yan can not only blockade Surabaya, so that Pengcheng's ships can no longer walk in Surabaya. At the same time, with such a stronghold, Taoqiu can completely replace Pengcheng's role as a transit station here, so that the waterways between Taoqiu and the East China Sea can be kept unimpeded!

That is to say, with the Sidong Daying, the previously blocked route from Taoqiu to Xiapi and Yancheng is once again unblocked, and the route from Taoqiu to Fuli and Xiangyi is also unblocked!

Different from the goal of keeping the shipping route open in Sidong, the Sixi camp, which is located in the west of Pengcheng and borders Pengcheng by land, has existed as a strategic force to threaten Pengcheng since it was established!

When such a large camp was established, Dai Yan continued to send envoys into Pengcheng and gave Zizhang an ultimatum, ordering him to surrender immediately!

In Dai Yan's opinion, he has shown such an important strength, Zizhang and his existence as the same royal clan should agree to his persuasion. However, to Dai Yan's surprise, Zizhang categorically refused his persuasion!

If it was before Zizhang made a statement, or when Dai Yan first came here, Zizhang might have considered this matter. However, in the few days that Dai Yan had set up the camp, the whole situation had changed drastically.

Zizhang received a handwritten letter from Song Junzixi, in this letter, Zixi used the technique of secret letter to order Zizhang to stop Ziyan's actions! This kind of faith is Zixi's true will, and this kind of will immediately has a great impact on Zizhang!

As a member of the royal family, he was born to be loyal to Zixi, who was the patriarch and Song Jun. And Zixi's real hope that he would resist Ziyan's actions also made him see clearly the powerful forces that oppose Ziyan now!

The weakened Le's family, Song Junzixi's and the Huang's family, Hua Rong and even the Chinese clan across the two countries, the Huaishui Chu State Zhao clan. Under these four powers, he didn't believe that the hairy boy he had watched grow up with Ziyan could resist!

And Zizhang also has arrogance in his heart: he wants to defeat this nephew of his own with his own hands, end his series of victories in the Song Kingdom, and pull the Song Kingdom to the track it should have!

As soon as the Sixi camp was established, this nobleman of the royal clan's close branch immediately launched a challenge to Dai Yan, wanting to fight with him outside Pengcheng and have a righteous and bright battle!

The army trained by Dai Yan has always emphasized visual warfare, and since the other party has such an idea, then he will naturally not refuse! He knew that the population of Pengcheng today was less than half of that of Taoqiu, and the army that Pengcheng could dispatch was naturally less than half of Taoqiu. So Dai Yan dispatched four armies, plus his carefully trained cavalry, to stand under Pengcheng City, waiting for a head-on decisive battle with Pengcheng's army!

When the Taoqiu army led by Dai Yan finished the formation, the south gate of Pengcheng was opened, and tens of thousands of troops came out of the city, led by the first old nobleman, to the outside of the city wall!

Zizhang is the closest person in the royal family today to Zixi and Ziyan, who are now the direct line of the royal family. When he left the city, Ziyan rode up on his horse and saluted him: "Ziyan has seen uncle, uncle is fine!" ”

Zizhang saw Dai Yan riding on a horse and saluting him, and immediately became a little unhappy: "Ziyan, as a Xuanniao, a descendant of the Emperor Father, how can you directly ride on a horse and salute your elders with nonsense?" ”

Seeing that he was so kind, he was so ignored by this elder, Dai Yan was also a little dissatisfied. He himself is a traverser, if it weren't for this body, it can be said that he has nothing to do with the guy opposite, saluting him, it is just respect for others, I didn't expect this guy on the other side to still rely on the old and sell the old!

He immediately asked unceremoniously: "Uncle thinks that riding a horse is nonsense, and it is disrespectful to you to salute on a horse; Does my uncle think that I should dismount and salute you with a weekly salute, which is a sign of respect for you? ”

Zizhang replied with a look of course: "This is nature! ”

Dai Yan looked disdainful: "I think my uncle has forgotten whose descendant he is!" Are we the descendants of Xuanniao or the descendants of Houji? Under the influence of Zhou Li for 700 years, can anyone in my Song Dynasty still remember the glory of Dayi merchants? ”

Hearing Dai Yan's statement, Zizhang was a little stunned at first, and then asked angrily: "The whole world is proud of Zhou Li, how can I, the Song people, resist this monstrous momentum?" If you go against the sky, sooner or later it will bring ruin to my Song Kingdom! Especially riding a horse alone is a shameful behavior for the clan! I really don't know where all the archery and imperial techniques you learned from your childhood have gone! ”

Hearing Zizhang's tone, Dai Yan calmed down: "Since my uncle thinks that it is right to follow the Zhou etiquette, and he is also very accomplished in archery and royalty, then the kid dares to challenge his uncle's carefully trained chariot with a cavalry composed of single horses and horses, what does uncle think?" ”

Seeing Dai Yanru's arrogance, Zizhang immediately agreed: "Since you have a heart, then I'll try it with you!" ”

After the words of the two fell, the cavalry led by Dai Yan will face off against the charioteers led by Zizhang! This is not only a duel between the old and new forces of the bourgeoisie and the feudal class, but also a duel between the two old and new modes of warfare, which represent the future and the past!