As soon as Zong Ze came, Murong Fu planned to directly hand over power to him to take charge of the whole army, and Rao is Zong Ze couldn't help but be frightened by Murong Fu's boldness.

He is just a newcomer, how dare the other party put the power of the whole army in his hands?

But after seeing that the other party was not joking, nor was he deliberately humble to himself, Zong Ze hurriedly said that he had no merit and did not dare to take on this heavy responsibility.

Under some pushing, Zong Ze was only willing to take over Murong Fu's position as the head of the Golden Banner, and he continued to take over the responsibility of commanding the whole army.

Murong Fu was helpless, the reason why he invited Zong Ze to come, in addition to valuing the other party's talent, also wanted to relieve himself of this heavy responsibility, but now it is better to directly tie himself to death.

However, after thinking back to what Zong Ze said, he also felt that there was some truth.

After all, the other party just came to let him lead the whole army, although he trusted him, but the leaders of the other armies may not be convinced, it is better to let Zong Ze lead the troops to make some military achievements, and then he will step down from this position after he is enough to serve the public.

When the time came to the evening, Murong Fu held a banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust for Zong Ze, and had a good ......

Early the next morning, Murong Fu came out of Master Li's room and went to the hall with everyone in high spirits. ✳

After a march and a unified strategy, everyone couldn't help but pay attention to the battle of Song Liao, after all, this battle was the key to victory or defeat.

"Now the Liao State divides its troops into three routes, from Taiyuan, Yanmen Pass, and Yijin Pass to attack the Great Song Dynasty, of which Yanmen Pass is led by the Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji, and the Taiyuan area is attacked by the North Courtyard King with 100,000 troops, and the remaining Yijin Pass is the prince Yelu Yanxi led the army to break through, in the old man's opinion, within a few months, Taiyuan and Yijin Pass will be broken."

"Although the old general is extraordinary, he is only one person after all, and in the face of the three-way Liao army, he is lacking in skills after all."

Zong Ze is also an official of one side, and he has the intention to go to the battlefield to serve the country, and he is also very clear about the news on the front line, and immediately analyzed the situation with everyone.

Shan Zheng couldn't help but ask: "If these two places are breached, won't the Liao army drive the Song Realm for a long time and slaughter our Han people?" ”

Zong Ze said: "The master of the single banner does not have to worry, since the Taizong period, in order to resist the Liao army's iron cavalry driving in, Emperor Taizong ordered the construction of a 'water Great Wall' from Xitangbo in the west to Nigu Haikou in the east, with a total length of nearly 1,000 miles, stretching seven military states. ”

"This 'water Great Wall' brings together a total of 19 rivers along the way, 30 lakes, its whole line is divided into eight sections, set up 26 fortresses, compared to Yanmen Pass, it is not much better, it is an easy to defend and difficult to attack water network barrier, especially for the Liao soldiers who are not good at water warfare, it is a huge deterrent."

"Even if the Liao army breaks through these two checkpoints, as long as the old general orders people to strictly guard the Yanmen Pass, and then retreats here, there is also a chance to repel the enemy army!"

After several months of fierce battles with the Liao army, everyone also found that although the Liao army was good at cavalry archery and running, it was only suitable for driving straight into the plains, but it was not used to water warfare.

Although the decisive battle is not on them, with the position of the righteous army, there is still a lot to be done.

According to Zong Ze's knowledge, there are many ministers in the court who intend to sponsor the rebel army, if the battle of Song Liao can be won, with the contribution made by the rebel army, the chance of being recruited is extremely high, and when that time comes, he can also seek a military position by the way, so as not to be mediocre for the rest of his life.

And this is one of the reasons why he joined the rebel army.

With the current stalemate in the battle between Song and Liao, it is just a chance to give the righteous army a chance to grow, Zong Ze directly pointed out several problems after looking at the strategic layout for a period of time in the future, saying that with the current scale of the righteous army, it can actually try to loot the state capital of Liao.

Of course, it is easy to capture the state city, but it is extremely difficult to defend it, but they are expensive and fast, so why do they need to defend it?

Just like the Liao army fighting grass valley, they can completely grab it and leave, and only take what they need.

Zong Ze knew that the rebel army did not have the support of the imperial court, and the supply of grain and grass needed to be found by himself, and it sounded like a rebel army, but in fact, it was almost no different from bandits, but as long as it was the enemy country that was robbed, there was no need to have any psychological burden.

If the two countries go to war, it is your life and death, do you still have the luxury of asking the other side to talk to you about morality?

"In the opinion of the Sect Banner Master, which state city should I choose?"

Murong Fu and Han Baizhan had already had this idea, but they just didn't want to take too much risk, and now that Zong Ze has mentioned it, they can give it a try.

Zong Ze said: "Take Chenzhou nearby, win this battle, and then cross the Bohai Sea by sea boat and take Jinzhou!" ”

"Wouldn't it be a bit risky to capture two state cities at once?"

Murong Fu frowned slightly.

"The alliance leader doesn't know that the defenders, grain and grass and other military supplies from Jinzhou to the state were all used by the prince of Liao to capture Yijin Pass, and the real remaining soldiers are actually less than 3,000."

"But in this way, even if we take the risk of taking it, we won't be able to get anything?"

At this time, You Tanzhi couldn't help but ask.

Zong Ze said: "This battle, if Chenzhou wins, then the ferry will go straight to Jinzhou, the former is only for the purpose of supplementing military supplies, the latter is to boost the morale of the army, hit the morale of the enemy army as the main purpose, the morale of the march is the most important, if it is because of the excessive transfer of troops by the prince of Liao, resulting in our two states in a row, it will inevitably hit the morale of the Liao army to a certain extent, and it can reduce the pressure on the soldiers guarding the Yijin Pass!" ”

Murong Fu and Han Baizhan roughly understood what Zong Ze meant, and he wanted to use this battle to assist the Song army, so as to attract the attention of the imperial court to the righteous army.

"It seems that he cares about Zhao Song after all, and he is not really worried about my righteous army!"

Murong Fu sighed secretly in his heart, and then agreed with Han Baizhan on his idea.

The benefits of this battle to the righteous army are not insignificant, although Zong Ze has selfish intentions, as long as it is good for the righteous army, and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, Murong Fu does not mind doing what the other party says.

So, after asking Zhang Ru for the city map of the two states, after half a day of research, the whole army was organized for a day, and the men and horses of the righteous army began to march to Chenzhou.

This time, Han Baizhan supervised the battle, Zong Ze assisted from the side, and set off with a total of 13,000 people, while Murong Fu took the remaining 7,000 people to stay in Kaizhou.

Originally, Murong Fu also planned to go, but this time the rebels would not stop long in the siege of the city, and they would eventually return to Kaizhou, so as to avoid the Liao army taking the opportunity to occupy Kaizhou and block their back road, so some people had to be left to garrison here.

In the past few days, looking at the battle reports coming from the front, Murong Fu gradually became much more relieved.

Han Baizhan and Zong Ze cooperated tacitly and divided their troops into two places to attack Chenzhou, although they could not capture the city in a short time, but the two swore that they could take it in five days at most.