The army in the outer city besieged the inner city for a whole day, and very much obeyed the agreement, and did not carry out any attacks, but kept people piling up bags of sand and dirt outside the inner city.

In the evening, before anyone could decide, the gate of the inner city suddenly opened, and a person claiming to be an envoy of the Ji army suddenly came out of the city, asking to see Wang Rong.

Wang Rong personally summoned this person, the messenger was a middle-aged scribe, he looked at Wang Rong who was surrounded by all the generals so young, he couldn't help but lose his mind, what was he doing when Wang Rong was so old? It will definitely not be Wang Rong's crusade to the east and west.

After relieving his nerves, the middle-aged scribe bowed his hand and said to Wang Rong, "Julu Lou Wen has seen Tang Hou."

Lou Wen reported his home, attracting the attention of Li Sujie and Zhang Gengxiao, and Wang Wei said slowly, "Song Mingbu sent you here, what is the so-called matter?"

Although Lou Wen was a scribe, he didn't beat around the bush, and said directly, "General Song sent a certain person here to ask Tang Hou to surrender."

When Wang Rong heard the words "please surrender", he raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "Please surrender? Song Ming lived in the inner city for a day, I am afraid that if the inner city is properly arranged, he will wait for Benhou's army to attack, right? Moreover, the defenders of this inner city were able to fight alone, and after Zhao Gang was broken, they already had a will to die, why did they change after a day?".

Of course, Lou Wen knew that when he said surrender, Wang Rong must have doubts in his heart, and he slowly explained: "Tang Hou Rongyu, when Zhao Gang, the general of the Ji State, left the city of Gauntlet, he asked General Song to defend the city for twelve hours, so as to hold off Tang Hou and your army, and then choose the opportunity to break through.

General Song had been guarding for twelve hours and had completed Zhao Gang's order, but with the current situation, it was impossible to break through.

General Song defended the city of Gall for Zhao Gang, and for the sake of the whole army, he had already repaid Zhao Gang's kindness for reuse, for his own sake, for the sake of the lives of more than 10,000 soldiers in this inner city, he chose to surrender."

Wang Rong was still a little skeptical at this time, but he did not refuse, but said to Lou Wen: "Since you want to surrender, you must be sincere, open the four gates, General Song will go out of the city gate for a hundred steps, the soldiers in the city put down their weapons, and go out of the city with their bare hands, and our army will surrender."

Lou Wen listened to Wang Rong's request, and did not bargain, waiting until the sun rose and the sky was abundant. The inner city gate suddenly opened, and Song Mingbu walked out of the city gate naked, with the bare inner city defenders behind him.

Song Mingbu did not stop more than 100 steps outside the city gate, but came directly to Wang Rong's residence in the outer city, kneeling on the ground and asking to see him.

It was only at this time that Wang Rong was completely convinced that Song Mingbu's surrender was true. He strode out of the thatched hut where he lived, wearing a big hat, and when he saw Song Mingbu kneeling there shirtless, he quickly sped up a few steps, stepped forward, and ripped off the big hat behind him and covered Song Mingbu's body.

"General Song, the weather is cold, and the general has many old wounds on his body, hurry up and put it on, come on, let's go into the house and talk."

Wang Rong picked up Song Mingbu and walked into the house, and at the same time instructed Wang Ming: "Go and prepare ginger soup to ward off the cold for General Song."

The two entered the house, and Li Sujie, Zhang Gengxiao, and Zhang Yunshu accompanied Lou Wen to enter together.

Lou Wen's identity, Li Sujie and Zhang Gengxiao had already explained to Wang Rong last night. Julu Lou is a famous family in Julu County, with a family heirloom for nearly 200 years, originating from the royal family of Ji State.

Wang Rong looked at Song Mingbu and said with a smile: "General Song was able to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and the inner city of the gall Tao City surrendered without a fight, saving Benhou a lot of trouble."

From the first time they met, Wang Rong admired Song Mingbu very much, he can uphold loyalty, can also understand current affairs, and is a talent.

Song Mingbu was stunned until he entered the house, he thought that he would be humiliated by this surrender, but he never expected that he would be treated so politely by Wang Rong.

Wang Rong smiled and said to Song Mingbu: "General Song, please rest assured, you surrender to me and annex the state, I dare not guarantee anything else, but since Benhou joined the army, he has never left any troops."

Hearing Wang Rong's words, Song Mingbu's eyes immediately turned red.

Wang Rong then said to Song Mingbu: "General Song, now the more than 10,000 Ji soldiers who surrendered are all under your command, and the ninth division of the Bingzhou Army will be formed, with the general as the commander of the ninth division of the Bingzhou army."

Song Mingbu

Hearing Wang Rong's appointment, he quickly got up, knelt in front of Wang Rong, and said loudly: "The last general will be loyal to the annexation of the state, bow to the best, and die."

Wang Rong laughed and said, "General Song, please get up, just do your best, and then you don't need to die."

The state army repaired in the city of gall for two days, Wang Rong was preparing to continue to attack to the east, at this time the envoy of the state of Ji held a scepter and came to the city of gall.

At this time, Lou Wen had been hired by Wang Rong as the county guard of Julu, Wang Rong looked at Lou Wen who was standing on the side, and said, "Lou Jun Shou, this envoy from the Ji country has come, how should this marquis be treated?"

Lou Wen touched his beard and said, "Tang Hou, just be careful, the Emperor of Ji sent troops here at the beginning, thinking that he could defeat the Bingzhou army.

He also heard that the Emperor of Ji followed the advice of the Minister of State and sent an envoy to the Japanese army, hoping to exchange some goods for peace.

However, I also heard that the envoy of the Ji State did not succeed, but lost his life, his head was cut off, and his heart and lungs were cut off by the Japanese general. Its brutality is evident,"

Wang Rong understood, and he continued Lou Wen's words and said, "And the war in Julu County has been reported back to Xindu. As soon as Julu County was lost, the two counties of Zhao and Wei were divided, and there were only three counties in Jiguo, Hejian, Anping and Qinghe, and two-thirds of the land of Jizhou had been lost, and the danger of destroying the country was imminent."

Lou Wen nodded, this is exactly what Wang Rong said. Wang Rong is smarter than the Emperor of Ji and has a long-term perspective, and he is a good lord worthy of assistance, but Wang Rong also has shortcomings, but he is a newly attached person, so it is not easy to say much.

When the envoy of the Ji State came to the city of Gauntao, Wang Rong did not go out of the city to greet him, because there was no need, and the two armies were now mortal enemies.

When the envoy of the Ji State was led to Wang Rong, the whole person was a little stunned, he really didn't expect the famous Tang Hou to be so young. Then he glanced at the people in the room, and when he saw the temperature of the building, his face became ugly.

Lou Wen's angry eyes at the envoy of the Ji State were completely inappropriate, he was straight, and he regarded himself as a strategist of the Bingzhou army.

Wang Rong said, "Your envoy came today, did the Emperor of Ji ask for peace?"

When the envoy of the Ji Kingdom heard Wang Rong's question, he shook his head and said, "This envoy has come today for the sake of peace between the two sides. It is really unkind for your army to repeatedly invade the territory of our Hebei country, and our emperor is willing to give a little courtesy and ask your army to leave the land of our Hebei country."

Wang Rong looked at the envoy of the Ji State with cold eyes, and said, "Since the establishment of our Hezhou army, we will conquer and win the battle. Every inch of territory was bought with real swords and guns, in exchange for the blood of soldiers. Not an inch of the land under the rule of the state army is superfluous. If you want to rely on some resources, you want Benhou to withdraw his troops and retreat to the land? Is the Emperor of Ji old and deaf?"

The lord humiliated his ministers to death, Wang Rong humiliated his monarch so much, of course the envoy of the Ji State was unwilling, he continued: "Tang Hou, my Emperor of Ji is the emperor after all, how can you be humiliated by a mere marquis, if Tang Hou still wants to continue fighting, my Ji army still has a million, even if they are all killed in battle, it is better than not letting the state army."

Wang Rong looked at the annoyed envoy of the Ji State and sneered, "The Ji army still has a million? Ha ha! You dare to say this in front of me, do you really think that Ben Hou is a country boy who doesn't understand anything? There are only three counties left in the country of Hebei, namely Anping, Hejian and Qinghe, with a population of less than three million, and an army of one million? Do you include women, children, and children?"

"Hahaha!"

Li Sujie and others laughed at the envoy of the Ji State.

The envoy of the Ji State couldn't see that Wang Rong could say anything, so he could only play tricks and say: "Tang Hou, as long as you and I stop fighting, and as long as the state army returns the territory of our Ji State, the emperor of our Ji State promises to give your army a large amount of money, which is definitely much more expensive than your army's expedition."

Wang Rong looked at the envoy of the Ji State and refused: "No need, the Ji State is destroyed, and the wealth of the Ji State is still mine." The reason why I don't attack now is simply to see how your country responds. Please go back and tell the Emperor of Ji that you can stop fighting, but the two counties of Zhao and Wei must be ceded to me, and I will not return the three counties of Changshan, Zhongshan, and Julu that I occupy now, let him die of this heart."

The envoy of the state of Ji received a reply, although he was dissatisfied, but he was only the executor,

The decision-makers are in Sindu. He could only go back in disgrace.

At this time, Wang Rong was preparing for this other thing.

Zhang Yunshu was next to the sand table at this time, holding a wooden pole in his hand, and told Wang Rong, Li Sujie, Zhang Gengxiao, Song Mingbu and Song Wenbai who were standing next to the sand table about the battle situation at this time.

"Marshal, this Japanese army has set out from Xiuxian and advanced west towards Dongwu City, and at the same time, a Japanese army has set out from Nanpi to attack Zhilecheng, Hejian County, and has defeated several Ji army teams along the way."

Zhang Yunshu then pointed the wooden pole to another position, and said, "What we can't understand is this Japanese army, they are in Zhangwu City in the north of Bohai County, and they also entered Hejian County in the west, but they did not occupy the important county town of Xiangting, but went all the way to the west and went straight to Gaoyang County."

Wang Rong looked at the sand table, glanced at Li Sujie, and then said, "There's nothing I can't understand, this Japanese army is not going for Jiguo, but for us."

Song Wenbai couldn't help but wonder, "Marshal, this war between the Japanese army and the Ji State has not yet been decided, so they are ready to go to war with us?"

Wang Rong snorted coldly: "The news that we have occupied Zhongshan County, the Japanese army may not know, in their opinion, using strange troops to penetrate deep and attack the flank of the Ji army is a very effective method, which can make the Ji army tired, and also make the strength of Hejian County even more empty, and the chances of victory in Hejian County are even greater."

Li Sujie still couldn't believe it, and asked, "This Japanese army is coming to us, Zhongshan County now only has a few thousand soldiers, and its combat effectiveness is poor, so it can't resist the severe offensive of the Japanese army at all. What should we do?"

Wang Rong looked at Boling County on the map and said, "It's time for us to leave, except for the Ninth Division staying in Julu County, the Guards Division and the Seventh Division all return north, and we are waiting for this group of Japanese slaves in Boling!"