Besides, after Liang Zhongshu received Yeludezhong's letter, he repaired a letter and sent two powerful henchmen to pretend to be ordinary people to the south.

The two men were also afraid of running into the Liao soldiers in the south, so they shot them without waiting to speak, so they first went east to Shandong, and then went southeast from Shandong.

The girder is lenient to the people, and there are no thieves in the territory, and the road is very peaceful.

On the contrary, it was out of the beam, and after entering the Song realm, the road was not very smooth.

Fortunately, the two did not have to send a letter to Jiangning Mansion in person, but when they arrived in Suzhou on Huainan Road, they met with the governor of Suzhou, and the governor of Suzhou sent someone to take the post road to the royal front, and they only had to wait in Suzhou.

Zhao Ji read Liang Zhongshu and Yelu Dezhong's letters, and immediately recruited Tong Guan, Su Yuanjing, Wang Hao, and Cai You.

After exterminating the main force of Manichaeism in Bangyuandong, Tong Guan escorted Fang La and other prisoners to Jiangning Mansion, first, Fang La's remnants were no longer to be feared, and second, he also had to go to the emperor to argue, so as not to be pitted by Wang Hao, Cai You and others.

After going down to the south of the Yangtze River, Zhao Ji still changed, demoted the official positions of Wang Hao, Cai You and others who concealed their mistakes, reused Su Yuanjing, and a group of officials such as Zong Ze who had been demoted in the past also got the opportunity to re-emerge.

However, Wang Hao, Cai You and others were not released, so they were naturally unwilling to lose their grace, and they hollowed out their hearts to flatter.

It's just that Zhao Ji has just been kicked out of Tokyo, and he doesn't have much to do.

The four of them listened to Zhao Ji talk about Yelude's heavy matter.

After hearing this, Wang Hao immediately rushed to say: "If you reject the Liao, the Liao State will inevitably make a rebellion with Liangshan Caokou, and I am afraid that Hebei and Hedong will be difficult to protect, and the situation will not be easy to clean up." ”

Wang Hao has a bad reputation in officialdom. But not stupid people who immediately grasp the crux of the matter.

Cai You echoed: "Shi Jin's anti-thief was surrounded in Junzhou, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Just kill Shi Jin's thief. The Liangshan bandits will inevitably be in chaos, and then the imperial court will be able to send troops to recapture Tokyo and Shandong. The Liao Kingdom is already at sunset, what about giving him some coins today, sooner or later the emperor can get it back with the interest and the sixteen states of Yanyun. ”

Although Su Yuanjing disdained to be in the company of Wang Hao and Cai You, he had to admit that what they said was right, and said: "Now that we are in shape, we can't refuse the request of the Liao State. ”

Only Tong Guan frowned and said, "The Liao State must also be short of troops. Otherwise, they will not take the opportunity to encroach on Hebei. I'm afraid that the imperial court has agreed to their conditions, and they may not really send troops to attack Junzhou. ”

Cai You said: "The Liao State has already made it clear that they are not good at attacking cities. As long as the Hebei Forbidden Army broke a city gate, they would help the Forbidden Army to kill the Liangshan bandits. And as long as the thieves go out of the city, they will also kill them. In other words, the Hebei Forbidden Army did not have to worry about the Liangshan thieves going out of the city to attack them, as long as they opened a city gate. Miss today. It's hard to find that kind of opportunity again. ”

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "Since you can't refuse them." Needless to say. There are also more than 100,000 forbidden troops in Hebei, and the imperial court spends a lot of money and food to support them every year. ”

Wang Huang said sycophantly: "The emperor is wise. ”

Su Yuanjing said: "Even if you cooperate with the Liao people, you must prevent them from rebelling and attacking Hebei after consuming the Hebei Forbidden Army." ”

Tong Guan said: "You can let the state capitals send half of the forbidden army to encircle and suppress the Liangshan bandits in Junzhou, and then order the state capitals to summon Ding Zhuang to strengthen their defense." ”

There were not many officials who fled to Jiangnan with Zhao Ji. The various ministries of the imperial court have not yet been fully restored.

Zhao Ji discussed with the four of them for a while, and then wrote the holy decree. Ordered Beijing to stay in Liang Zhongshu as the pacification envoy of Hebei, command the Hebei forbidden army, and work with the Liao soldiers and horses to exterminate the Liangshan bandits.

Within two days, the holy decree arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion in Beijing.

Liang Zhongshu received the holy decree and immediately sent an official letter to the governors of Hebei, ordering them to send half of their soldiers and horses to Junzhou to assemble, and at the same time summoned Ding Zhuang to defend the city.

Liang Zhongshu also personally brought the Heavenly King Li Cheng and 10,000 forbidden troops to Junzhou, this battle can solve the crisis of being attacked by the Great Liang and the Liao State, and if it is done well, it can also gain the trust of the emperor, which is also what he urgently needs.

In the past, he was proud of his career, all thanks to his father-in-law Cai Jing. When Tokyo was lost, Cai Jing hanged himself, and he had no backers in the court, and if he wanted to go further, or even keep his current official position, he needed to do something.

The mobilization of the forbidden army in Hebei did not hide from the Daliang Intelligence Division, Xiao Jiasui and Zhu Wu discussed, and immediately asked the Intelligence Department to spread the news in Hebei and Shandong: the Song Dynasty signed a new alliance under the city, ceded Hebei and Hedong to the Liao State, increased the annual coin, and the Liao State helped the Song Dynasty attack the Daliang.

Liang Zhongshu had just assembled 50,000 forbidden troops from the capitals of Hebei in Junzhou, and the news that the Song Dynasty was going to be the emperor and ceded Hebei and Hedong to the Liao State spread in Hebei.

For a time, there were people everywhere who occupied the mountains as kings, calling on the people who did not want to be Liao people to rise up and resist.

Liang Zhongshu could only ask the local government to declare that the imperial court would not cede an inch of land to the Liao State, but all the state capitals sent troops to Junzhou, and Zhao Ji strictly forbade the propaganda of a large increase in the annual currency to the Liao State, how could the people believe that the Liao State would help the Song Dynasty for no reason.

Liang Zhongshu's plan to quickly break through Junzhou with the help of Liao soldiers was shattered as soon as it was implemented.

After the Hebei Forbidden Army filled in the moat, the new firearms of Daliang made their debut, and the fire thunder filled with black powder made it impossible for the ladder and crash to get close to the city wall.

The powerful fire and thunder also shocked the Liao State, and they decided to use the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty to break through Junzhou and obtain this new firearm.

Junzhou is close to the Yongji Canal, and the moat is very deep, and it is impossible to dig tunnels from outside the city.

Liang Zhongshu could only transfer Hebei craftsmen to make a large number of catapults, preparing to use artillery stones to collapse the city wall of Junzhou.

The Hebei Forbidden Army also did not have a large number of gunners, but after simple training, it was not difficult to bombard the city walls, and enough artillery stones could be found outside the city.

After training a group of soldiers who could barely fire artillery, Liang Zhongshu pulled them onto the battlefield and began to bombard Junzhou.

The girders also returned fire with catapults and bed crossbows.

The gunners trained by Ling Zhen were much stronger than those outside the city who did not know how to aim, although due to the terrain, many catapults could not be placed in the city, but they still killed and injured a large number of Song Dynasty forbidden troops.

When Shi Jin led the troops to the expedition, he knew that he might be besieged for a long time, so he transported a large amount of grain, grass, arrows, and artillery stones from Tokyo.

The defenders did not need to save arrows and guns, and just like Liang Zhongshu trained gunners, the Liang soldiers and horses in the city also trained bed crossbowmen and gunners.

However, the morale of the two sides is completely different, the gunners of the Song Dynasty were originally to catch ducks on the shelves, and after being killed and wounded in large numbers, many forbidden troops were reluctant to go to the battlefield, but Liang Zhongshu was bent on making meritorious contributions, and sent henchmen to supervise the war every day to prevent the forbidden army from escaping, and the soldiers and horses of the Liao State were monitoring everywhere, and the Hebei forbidden army could only continue to sell their lives.

The soldiers and horses of the Great Liang were recruited by Shi Jin, and the reserves in the city were sufficient, and the gunners of the Song Dynasty were basically not lethal, although the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang were besieged, their morale was very high.

Liang Zhongshu didn't care about this, his goal was to collapse the city wall, and then the soldiers and horses of the Liao State would naturally kill the soldiers and horses of Liangshan.

Under the continuous bombardment of the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty, pits also appeared on the wall of Junzhou, and even cracks began to appear. (To be continued......)