Sun Zhihua's attachment is not an exception, after Xiao Yudong entered the customs, he began to recruit talents, and scholars from the north and even cultivation masters came to vote one after another.

After Sun Zhihua surrendered, with his great prestige in the green forests of Qizhou, Wei Ban quickly completed the integration of Xiangma in Qizhou, and then marched into Laizhou Mansion, Jeju Prefecture, Qingzhou Mansion and other places.

With Sun Zhihua, the No. 1 leading party in Tianzi, the Wei forbidden army can be described as invincible, and in just half a month, the two important towns of Liankeqingzhou and Laizhou have been under the capital of Jeju.

Jeju is the capital of Qizhou, and the defenders in the city are about 15,000, all of which are standard battalions of the governor, which are not controlled by the governor of Qizhou, and are in the hands of the governor himself. Zhang Huadi, the governor of Qizhou, swore to defend the city to the death, and took out all the silver in the treasury to sacrifice the army, and after the 15,000 defenders were fed with silver, they did not retreat, so that the Northwest Army attacked the city several times in vain. Wei Ban didn't want to cause too many casualties, so he besieged but did not attack, just waiting for the grain and grass in the city to run out.

Zhang Huadi, the governor of Qizhou, was the most traditional scholar and literati not long after taking office, quite enterprising, and also the group of people who looked down on Xiao Yu the most, regarded Xiao Yu as a chaotic minister and thief, and wanted to break his bones and scatter ashes. Therefore, seeing that the Wei ban was difficult to control, and the hearts of the people in the whole state were fluctuating, he still held the idea of serving the country with loyalty, and swore not to surrender.

Zhang Huadi is not the kind of nerd who does not understand popular affairs, but belongs to the "capable minister" who is slightly familiar with military affairs, before the Wei forbidden army arrived outside the Jeju Mansion, he began to fortify the wall and clear the wilderness, and moved all the food and materials outside the city and the people into the city, after the Wei forbidden army besieged the Jeju Mansion, he asked for help from the Eastern Capital and Zhili, and at the same time rewarded the silver to stabilize the army's heart, and at the same time recruited young people to completely seal the four gates with huge stones, demolished many houses for the purpose of defending the city, and then gathered all the food in the city in one place, and distributed it according to the quota per person. Zhang Huadi himself personally went to the city to supervise the battle, so that the whole city of Jeju worked together, and the benefits of the city made the siege of Wei Ban blocked.

The moat of Jeju is very wide, and the suspension bridge on the river has long been burned down by Zhang Hua's order, so it can be said that there is no way to retreat, and the first attack of the Northwest Army is to leave thousands of corpses of people to barely fill in this moat, and the dark red mud and corpses are filled in this moat together, which is extremely bloody.

The governor knows that he is in a dangerous city and is in a dead place, and it is difficult to break through, and now Zhili Prefecture is too busy to take care of himself, and he wants to wait for reinforcements is also hopeless, he has long had the will to die, but the people in the city will not live and die with the city, even those gentlemen who have received the grace of the country, and the officers and soldiers who defend the city are even more desperate to defend the city because he does not hesitate to throw silver, so he can only continue to ask for help externally, and declare that the reinforcements will come soon, and trumpet the brutality of the Northwest Army, the widowhood of the king of the Northwest, and threaten that if the Northwest Army enters the city, it will be slaughtered all over the city, and the end of the chicken and dog will not be left, so that the people and the gentry have to work together with him to defend the city。

In this regard, Wei Ban sent people to shoot arrows and pass a message to the city, claiming that if he surrendered, Qiu would not commit any crime, and if he resisted to the end, he would be beheaded all over the house in the future, and advised the villagers in the city to quickly capture Zhang Huadi and surrender.

There is no shortage of quick-witted gentry in the city, they were not fooled by Zhang Huadi's previous rhetoric, but felt that Zhang Huadi was using their silver and net worth to fulfill the name of their loyal ministers, and the gentry who felt that they had lost a lot of money were unwilling to play the trick of loyal ministers with Zhang Huadi, so they began to float their minds and have an ambiguous attitude.

Zhang Huadi was also aware of this, but the gentry would not let him grasp any tricks easily, and the gentry in the city were united and powerful, Zhang Huadi did not dare to act rashly, so he could only send his own soldiers to increase the intensity of patrolling the city day and night, in order to prevent the gentry in the city from reporting to the northwest army or even cooperating with the outside.

Zhang Huadi exhausted all his organs, seized the opportunity to kill a gentleman who intended to report to the Northwest Army, and finally temporarily stabilized the hearts of the people in the city.

At this time, Sun Zhihua took the initiative to ask Ying, willing to enter the city and persuade many gentry and soldiers in the city.

Sun Zhihua is conceited that he has the realm of heaven and man, and ordinary battles can't keep him, and several masters in Qizhou have been registered in the Qizhou Daomen, and he is not afraid that there are masters hiding in the city, and his own safety is safe. In addition, now that you have just voted for a new master, you naturally have to try your best to perform in order to go further in the future.

Wei Ban only thought about it slightly, and then agreed to Sun Zhihua's request.

Sun Zhi incarnated as the governor of Qizhou, and he was also stationed in the capital Jeju Mansion on weekdays, so he was naturally very familiar with Jeju Mansion, so he sneaked into the city without much effort and came to the home of Shen Xiu, the largest gentleman in the city.

Because of his father-in-law, he once had some friendship with Shen Xiu and inherited him as a brother.

The Shen family can be described as a first-class official eunuch family in Jeju Prefecture, as early as the Shenzong period, there was a cabinet scholar, and then there were five Jinshi, thirteen people, each generation has a son, deep-rooted, even Zhang Huadi, the governor of a state, did not dare to have the slightest disrespect to the Shen family. In Shen Xiu's generation, it is difficult to have children, many sisters and sisters, but there are few brothers, and most of them are not successful, after the uncles of the previous generation passed away one after another, Shen Xiu became the only person in the Shen family, always in charge of the Shen family, in the entire Jeju Mansion and even Qizhou, it is all talkative, if Sun Zhihua can convince this person, then the other gentlemen will come naturally.

Shen Xiu can't say that he has a deep view of the current situation, but he also sees that the imperial court is afraid that it will be difficult to resist the northwest army, and there may be some variables in the eastern capital, but the current Qizhou is never surviving. Therefore, when Sun Zhihua quietly came to the Shen family's mansion, Shen Xiu was not half frightened, but quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Xiu invited Sun Zhihua to come to his secret room to talk in detail, and after the two took their seats, Shen Xiu did not do anything tentative, but went straight to the point and said: "Brother Sun Xian is here, but it is for the matter of the king of the northwest?"

Sun Zhihua said: "Yes, I think Brother Shen has heard that this governor has now returned to the prince, and now he is serving under Wen Shuai." ”

Shen Xiu smiled bitterly: "Don't dare to hide it from my virtuous brother, since Wei Wenze besieged the city, my brother has not slept a peaceful night, and I am worried all night, for fear that after the Northwest Army enters the city, it will kill indiscriminately and destroy the century-old foundation of my Shen family." ”

When Sun Zhihua heard this, he already had a bottom in his heart, and said: "My Northwest Army has always advocated that those who follow will prosper, and those who oppose will die, and there is no war yet, just because Wen Shuai is merciful and does not want to hurt the innocent, but Zhang Huadi is stubborn, and he wants to use his life in this city to cast his name through the ages, Brother Shen has been taught, read the book of sages, know how to advance and retreat, and understand the situation, the so-called way of the sage moves with the world, for the sake of the people of this city, Brother Shen should also make a decision as soon as possible." ”

Shen Xiu got up from the chair, bowed down and said, "For my brother to be stupid, I hope that my brother will teach me." ”

Sun Zhihua also got up, hugged Shen Xiu, and said: "Now in Jeju Mansion, people's hearts are floating, there are no reinforcements outside, you can't win a battle to the death, and the city is also unbreakable, this truth will be understood by anyone with a discerning eye." Brother Shen only needs to secretly contact the gentry in the city, and he will naturally respond to every call, and then at the critical moment, he can cooperate with the army outside my city. ”

Shen Xiu's face was worried, and he said: "But Zhang Huadi is very strict with precautions, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to find an opportunity for my brother." ”

Sun Zhihua shook his head and smiled: "Brother Shen doesn't have to worry, Zhang Huadi is a literati, and the person he relies on is nothing more than his governor standard camp, I have been the governor of Qizhou for a long time, and there are many old acquaintances and old departments, and I will go to the governor standard camp for a while." ”

Shen Xiu nodded, and asked again, "How sure is Brother Xian?"

There is a mixture of fish and dragons in the army, especially the local army, and the local officialdom is half a pound and eight taels, and it is corrupt, not to mention the love of the robe, as long as you don't stab the knife in the back, it is already "loyal and commendable".

Sun Zhihua said confidently: "If it was in the previous time, I wanted to say that the deputy general of the standard battalion, I am afraid that I was only thirty percent sure, but now that the army is in the city, it is only in the evening that the city will be broken, and I am eighty percent sure." ”

Shen Xiu was overjoyed, and said again: "In this way, there is Brother Lao Xian." ”