When Zhou Zheng woke up, Youtun had the backbone, and many things moved forward quickly.
Zhou Zheng took a bath, changed his clothes, and listened to everyone's reports while eating.
Standing in front of Zhou Zheng, Meng Hezhou handed over several letters, saying: "My lord, there are several confidential letters from the supervisor, which have been translated by the subordinates."
Zhou Zheng took it and looked at it carefully for a while, and said, "Reply to the supervisor, saying that we can hold on. Besides, about Zu Dashou, let him talk about it."
Meng Hezhou looked a little hesitant, and said, "My lord, have we been holding on like this?"
Detaining a deputy commander in battle, if the court pursues it, it will definitely be a catastrophe!
Zhou Zheng didn't explain, and said, "buckle. What else is there?"
Meng Hezhou did not mention the ancestor's birthday again, saying: "My lord, there has also been a lot of news from Jianluo. The total force of Jianluo is now about 80,000, and the grain and grass may last for more than three months."
Zhou Zheng drank the porridge, nodded lightly, and said, "Well, it's almost as I expected. Even if they have enough food and grass, they will have to retire in November."
November is winter, and the winter in the Northeast is even colder, and the fighting cannot continue.
Shangguanqing peeled an egg to Zhou Zheng and then added some hot porridge to him.
Meng Hezhou listened and continued: "The Jianhu people did not continue to attack the city, but continued to persuade them to surrender. They promised that if the adults are willing to surrender, they will give the soldiers of the Ministry of War and lead the army without suspicion."
"Has the messenger killed?" Zhou Zheng said casually, tearing the buns with some side dishes.
Meng Hezhou was taken aback, and quickly said: "They are arrows shot, and no one was sent."
Zhou Zheng said.
Meng Hezhou looked at Zhou Zheng, and then said: "The superintendent has arranged an army of 100,000 to the south of the Linghe River, as if to fight the Jianluo decisively."
Zhou Zheng paused for a moment and said, "If the city sticks to it, how long can it last?"
Meng Hezhou glanced at the people present and saw Zhou Zheng's confidants, and said: "My lord, we have brought all the food from Songshan, enough to last for half a year."
Zhou Zheng wrapped the cotton-padded clothes wrapped around his body and said: "You must prepare the cold items for the soldiers. In addition, strengthen the monitoring of the prisoners, and strictly monitor the city."
Meng Hezhou understood what Zhou Zheng meant, and said, "Yes. Chu Jin has been staring."
Zhou Zheng ate very slowly while thinking about a lot of things in his heart. Finally he raised his head and asked, "Is there any movement in the court?"
Meng Hezhou looked somewhat obscure, and still said: "My lord, some people in the court said that it was the superintendent who built Youtun to incur military disasters and put Liaodong in danger, and they are constantly writing to impeach him."
Zhou Zheng shook his head secretly, and said in a calm tone: "The imperial court will not be confused to question the supervisor at this time. There is no need to worry. We will guard the right camp for the sake of it."
Cao Bianjiao looked at Zhou Zheng and cautiously asked, "My lord, you have slept for two days. Have you judged that Jianlu won't attack the city for a few days, so he can sleep with ease?"
Zhou Zheng had almost eaten, wiped his mouth, and said, "Well. For one thing, Jianlu didn't really want to break through Youtun, otherwise he wouldn't just stare at one door. Second, they were waiting for reinforcements from Jinzhou. It’s only bad for them to break the Youtun. Once they leave, we can continue to build. Then the prisoners may be unable to withstand the siege, putting pressure on the supervisor, don’t mess up, just stay steady..."
"It's an adult," Cao Bianjiao replied in a deep voice.
Zhou Zheng looked at a group of people, knew they were worried, and smiled and said: "With our current strength and firearms, Jianlu wants to break the city, let alone pay another 20,000 casualties. They can't afford it. You can remember. Now, has Jianlu ever attacked a city at any cost. What they want is for us to go out of the city to fight."
After listening to Zhou Zheng's words, everyone's worries were reduced by half, and they raised their hands and said, "It's adults!"
Zhou Zheng calmed down a few more words, then got up and went out for inspection.
The defense of Youtun was quite mature. The soldiers did not have the anxiety they had before, and their confidence increased. When they saw Zhou Zheng and his party, they saluted one after another.
"I have seen you!"
"See your lord!"
"Meet your lord!"
Zhou Zheng smiled and nodded, occasionally chatting with some people.
After a round of inspections, Zhou Zheng saw that there was no problem, so he came to Arrow Pavilion and looked at the direction of Jianlu Daying.
Meng Hezhou followed his gaze and said: "My lord, Jianlu hasn't moved much in the past few days. Apart from walking around the city from time to time, there has been no siege."
Zhou Zheng looked at the direction of the Jianlu camp, where there was more smoke than the previous few days, and there was obviously a lot of reinforcements.
Zhou Zheng watched for a while, turned and went downstairs, and went straight to the palace courtyard.
Zu Dashou and others have been detained by Zhou Zheng for several days, but there is no strict control, but the inside and outside news is still clear without leaving the house.
Zhou Zheng sat across from Zu Dashou, looking at his simple and simple appearance, his eyes were always pensive.
Zu Dashou was full of anger at Zhou Zheng and stared at Zhou Zheng without saying a word.
But He Kegang was very nervous. He looked at Zhou Zhengdao: "Master Zhou, now we should be united and defend the city together. We must not fight inwardly. We also ask Master Zhou to release our commander. If you have anything to do, wait until Jianlu retreats. It's not too late."
Looking at Zu Dashou, Zhou Zheng suddenly suppressed some things that he had planned in his heart, got up and left.
When Zu Dashou saw that Zhou Zheng had just left, he suddenly snorted and said: "Man Zongbing misunderstood you, you are just a villain fighting for power!"
Zhou Zheng turned a deaf ear to the room.
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Jianlu still didn't attack the city, and kept walking around the city. After doing enough, he never attacked again.
Time flew fast and tormented, until the end of August, Jianlu did not attack the city.
The strange thing is that there has been no movement in the Jianlu camp, with an army of seven to eighty thousand, silent.
The 100,000 Ming troops on the opposite bank of the Linghe River lined up for a month. They never stepped forward or rescued Youtun, as if they were just doing it.
But on the one hand, there is Huang Taiji, a long-time warrior of Jianlu, and the other is Sun Chengzong, who has been in Liaodong for many years. No one would think that they are just mere appearances.
This seems to be the tranquility before dawn, with a terrifying storm brewing.
The center of this storm is Youtun!
Youtun, who was still stable and confident, gradually became uneasy as the Jianlu people became quiet.
Zhou Zheng was patrolling the city every day, boosting morale, and at the same time calming the people around him, trying his best to stabilize the hearts of the floating people in Youtun.
At night, in the room of Zu Dashou, the deputy generals He Kegang and Zhang Cunren were there, and the three gathered together for a secret discussion.
Zhang Cunren said: "My lord, I originally thought that the food and grass in Youtun could only last for half a month. Now it has been almost a month, and there is still no sign of the food being exhausted. Before Lord Zhou came to Youtun, he must have made enough preparations."
He Kegang looked at the somewhat obscure face under the light of Zu Dashou, and said: "It has been so long, 20,000 people, I am afraid it is, it should be unsustainable." (End of this chapter)