Since it was only the enemy's "vanguard" troops who came, Xiao Buda's heart was not as uneasy as when he first received the report. On the one hand, he went straight to the southern city wall where the enemy's "vanguard" troops were found, and on the other hand, he sent people to invite Sun Pansun, the chief civil affairs officer in the city and the judge of the Nanjing Left-behind Prefecture, to come and prepare to discuss with the other party the matter of organizing the young men in the city to assist in defending the city.

Speaking of which, this Lord Sun Pansun is just a judge of the Left-behind Mansion, and it was originally not his turn to be in charge of the civil affairs of Youzhou City. The reason why he was able to sit in this position so easily was also because he was forcibly pushed to this position after the civil affairs chiefs at all levels of the left-behind government fled one after another and passed the buck step by step. However, compared with Xiao Buda's restlessness and anxiety all day after taking over, his grandson Pansun is much more down-to-earth. First, Sun Pan is a Han Chinese, so naturally he does not have Xiao Buda's fear of being "settled after the autumn" by the Han army outside the city. Second, Sun Pan was one of the first Youzhou officials who knew about the existence of the "Anti-Liao Alliance" and joined it under Zhong Youpeng's lobbying. He had already received relevant promises from Zhong Youpeng, not only was he not worried about the arrival of the army outside the city, but he had some expectations. However, as Sun Pan, who had been an official for many years in a big city like Youzhou City, which was in the center of the Khitan people's rule in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, his city government and style of doing things were far more calm than that of Ren Wufu, the commander of Gu'an County, who was almost cut off by Cao Jiyun. After joining the "Anti-Liao Alliance", especially after the Zhou army began the Northern Expedition, Sun Pan never showed any difference from before, and still went to the Yamen office every day, got together with friends, and went home to accompany his wife and children as usual. It wasn't until the main force of the Youyun Liao army was completely annihilated in Baoxingzhuang, and the entire Youzhou City fell into chaos, and his boss hurriedly gave him the power to manage the civil affairs of Youzhou, and he ran away with his family and family, that he began to actively plan, preparing to cooperate with Zhou Jun or the local shili represented by Zhong Youpeng at the right opportunity to hand over Youzhou City to the other party completely. This not only preserved the people in the city, but also showed his role and merit in this dark cloud war.

Although victory is in sight, Sun Pan, who is safe and has a deep city government, still behaved very well when he received Xiao Buda's invitation. He pretended to be stunned at first, and then handed over the official business in his hand to others with a little nervousness, and hurriedly left the yamen of the left-behind mansion with the messenger, and came to the southern city wall where Xiao Buda was located.

When he arrived at the city wall, without waiting for Sun Pan to make the etiquette of meeting between his colleagues, Xiao Buda pulled him to the battlement of the city wall, pointed to the so-called enemy "vanguard" unit that had been encamped two miles away, and introduced to him the various information about the enemy army that he currently had, and then asked Sun Pan to organize the young and strong people in the city, on the one hand, to provide all kinds of logistical support for the defenders of the city, and on the other hand, to be prepared to rush to the head of the city when the defenders of the city were not strong. Directly assist the defenders of the city in battle. Moreover, in order to enhance Sun Pan's confidence and determination to defend the city, Xiao Buda also repeatedly expressed to him that he would stick to the end and swear to live and die with Youzhou City. Sun Pan naturally wouldn't believe Xiao Buda's so-called "determination", but at this time, there was no need for him to say anything about it. After a few perfunctory words with Xiao Buda above the city, he left the city under the pretext of organizing the youth and preparing war materials.

When he returned to his yamen, Sun Pan immediately ordered his deputy to be found by Han Deyi, the governor of the left-behind mansion, and on the one hand instructed him to "cooperate" with Xiao Buda to prepare for the "defense of the city", and on the other hand, he revealed to him the news that the "Northern Route Army" had arrived outside the city and was about to start attacking the city. However, as Sun Pan expected, Han Deyi listened carefully to the work assigned to him, but he didn't care about the news about the "Northern Route Army", but just said with a flat expression that he knew. Although as a subordinate, Han Deyi's performance was a bit rude, but Sun Pan did not blame him. On the one hand, the two have been friends for many years, and they are not so strict with each other in private. On the other hand, Han Deyi has been indifferent and indifferent to the news about the "Qingyuan" brothers for some days, and the reason for this is that he Sun Pan also understands it and thinks it is excusable.

As Han Deyi's best friend and boss, Sun Pan knows the situation of Han Deyi's family very well, and he is also very clear about the relationship between Han Deyi and Wang Kunjun. Because of this, when he finally understood the real reason why his friend Zhong Youpeng came to visit last year, and figured out that the extremely strong place behind it was Han Deyi's son-in-law Wang Kunjun and his brothers, the first thought that flashed in his mind was not whether he should join the so-called "anti-Liao Alliance" that Zhong Youpeng said, but that Wang Kunjun, as the leader of the "Qingyuan" brothers, did not invite his father-in-law to come forward as this "lobbyist". Instead, let his cousin Wang Feng's father-in-law Zhong Youpeng do it. After all, his father-in-law is far closer than his cousin's father-in-law, and he will consider whether it is in the interests of Wang Kunjun to act and do things. As for the public, Han Deyi is in the court and Zhong Youpeng is in the opposition, and this kind of persuasion of incumbent officials and generals Han Deyi must be more convenient than Zhong Youpeng. Of course, it is also possible that Wang Kunjun felt that this kind of rebellion was more risky, and he was unwilling to let his father-in-law get into danger, so he found Zhong Youpeng, who was closest to him besides Han Deyi, to do this - judging from the actual situation later, this speculation is almost untenable. …,

His son-in-law handed over such an important and private matter to others, instead of his father-in-law, Lao Taishan, this kind of obvious "disbelief" of himself and did not take himself into account, which made Han Deyi, who finally knew the truth, quite dissatisfied. Even if the person in charge of the matter was his brother-in-law, and even if Wang Kunjun wrote a personal letter to him afterwards to explain that he did this for his safety, Han Deyi still did not fully forgive his son-in-law. Although he was concerned about his daughter's status in the Wang family and the strong strength in the hands of the "Qingyuan" brothers, he did not report the rebellion and the "anti-Liao Alliance" to the government, but his attitude towards Wang Kunjun made a 180-degree turn. From the previous care, protection, and consideration of it everywhere, to the current indifference and ignorance, as if the two people have no relationship. Although Sun Pan, as Han Deyi's boss and friend, does not want to see the relationship between the two Weng and son-in-law so stiff, but as the so-called "it is difficult for a clean official to decide family affairs", this kind of problem involving the Wang family, he, an "outsider" who is likely to rely on this family in the future, is naturally better to ignore it. Therefore, looking at the background of Han Deyi, who was already disheartened, was gradually moving away, Sun Pan couldn't help except sigh.

Contrary to Han Deyi's heart and passionlessness to do the work assigned to him by Sun Pan, Xin Feiyu, who led nearly 5,000 troops of the "Northern Route Army" disguised as a "villager" and guarded the west gate of Youzhou City, was extremely excited and excited at this time. After sending the secret signal to the main force of the "Northern Route Army", he gathered his subordinates and above the commanders of the company together, explained to them the situation of their friendly forces outside the city, and ordered them to make all preparations. Dispatch part of the troops to the north to the front line of the Great Wall as quickly as possible to cooperate with the 'Southern Route Army'". The beginning of the realization of this series of tactical ideas came from the rumbling cannons in the south of Youzhou City.