Chen Cui sent someone to ask about the whereabouts of the fortress keys, and the old man replied: "All the keys of the fortress here are under the jurisdiction of Shitizhi." Shitizhi, Oh, is probably Shi Xingfang, who is responsible for building the Daming Mansion defense line.

"Where is Shitixia now?"

"It's in the city."

Chen Cui looked at the Daming City Wall a mile away, and then looked at the soldiers who had not slept for two days and a night, and sighed: "Breaking open the gate of the fortress and rest in the fortress."

The soldiers cheered, forced their eyes to open the door lock with iron hammers, and rushed in.

Chen Cui also entered the fortress, and his eyes were pitch black without a trace of light. "It seems that I am too sleepy." Chen Cui thought, and fell asleep as soon as he fell down.

I don't know how long it took, but Chen Cui suddenly woke up. A ray of light came in from the door of the fortress. A voice was heard from the door. Chen Cui was shocked, and he rushed out with his weapon.

As soon as he went out, he found that it was already dusk. He saw the person at the door wearing the civil servant's uniform. When he looked closely, he found that it was Du Chong, the comforting envoy.

Chen Cui hurriedly bowed.

Du Chong rebuked him sternly and said, "You have fallen asleep in the trench and there is no one guard post. If the Jin thieves attack, wouldn't they be wiped out?"

Chen Cui was ashamed and repeatedly accused him of crimes.

Du Chong waved his hand generously: "Well, you have worked so hard. When the men have rested, let's arrange a post. Today's affairs will not be the case."

Chen Cui was grateful to Du Chong for his generosity and returned to his fortress first. There was darkness in front of him, and there was not even a trace of light. Chen Cui couldn't stop thinking about it and shouted: "I've had enough sleep, so I'll get up and go out for the whole team for me to go out."

The soldiers woke up in panic. You stepped on my hand and I kicked your ass. After a clamor for a while, more than 10,000 people finally came outside the fortress.

Chen Cui was just a military chief in the past, but Yang Weizhong died in battle, and senior officers died and some were missing. Since Chen Cui led everyone back alive, let's listen to Chen Cui.

Chen Cui shouted: "Everyone finds a familiar commander and assigns commanders from Lecheng. Each commander claims a fortress and surrounding trenches." Chen Cui turned his head and looked at Du Chong not far away, and plucked up the courage and said: "Du Fu will replenish the weapons and food for everyone. In a while, food will be delivered. Whoever arranges it first will eat first."

After he finished all these things, Du Chong nodded at him with praise.

At this time, a personal soldier of Chen Cui walked up to him and whispered: "There is nothing wrong with the general, there is no perforation in the fortress."

What? Chen Cui was shocked. There was no perforation hole in the fortress, so wouldn’t it be possible to be blocked inside and killed. He quickly set up a torch and went to his fortress to observe, but he really couldn’t find the perforation hole. Chen Cui didn’t give up and came outside the fortress to observe the outer wall. He found the perforation hole in the outer wall and used a knife to look inward.

About one foot deep, the knife was blocked, which was a fake perforation. Chen Cui was panicked, and he tried several other perforations in a hurry, and found that they were all blocked.

"Maybe this fortress has not been completed." Chen Cui held a glimmer of hope and ordered the military man to observe the perforations of all the fortresses.

The result is frustrating, all the perforations on all the forts are fake. All the perforations around the forts around Daming are fake and have not been dug through.

"Not that, Shi family, the founding nobles. What's the use of digging some fake perforations for a whole year?" Chen Cui had been in the army for a long time. After careful observation, he found the answer.

These fortresses are all earthen trunks, and do not use stone and iron. At most, there are a few wooden pillars to support them. If there are too many shooting holes dug on the earth wall, the hanging blocks of soil are likely to collapse.

Chen Cui immediately thought of something even more terrifying. The fortress made of purely soil is hollow inside. If the golden thief uses seven-pin cannons or crashes with a rushing car, a pile of hollow sand and soil... wouldn't he bury all the people in the fortress alive?

Chen Cui was angry and anxious and quickly reported to Du Chong: "Why did Shi Xingfang hold the key in his hands? It was just that the soldiers who were afraid that the inspection would find clues. Comfort, where is Shi Xingfang? He will confront him."

"Shitixia has returned to Bianliang. I will wait for me to write to the court and punish me severely." Du Chong replied, but he was complaining about Chen Cui's troublesomeness in his heart. You didn't find the key, and it would be a mess in a mess. Then the responsibility will naturally fall on the old soldiers who received you.

You insisted on opening the door and going to sleep, and found the tricks about Tulei. Isn’t this embarrassing the founding noble Shi family?

Du Chong changed his face at this time, and his voice and expression were stern: "Chen Cui, you have not obtained the military order and smashed the door and destroyed the fortifications without authorization. What's your intention? Come on, take it down with me and take it to the pacification envoy to discuss the crime."

Chen Cui was still waiting to be argued and had been tied up by many people. Du Chong's personal soldiers carried Chen Cui and followed Du Chong back to the city. No one cared about their food and drink, and no one arranged strategies and tactics for them, so they were left outside the city.

Du Chong returned to the yamen of the pacification envoy and ordered his followers to pack up his luggage. He wanted to escape from Daming overnight and return to Bianliang to file a complaint: "I, Du Chong, was ordered to stay in Daming. I have already died and repay the emperor's kindness. Unexpectedly, Chen Cui, the chaos army, actually smashed the defense line of the Daming Mansion that was built with national treasury. Even if I die, it is meaningless, so I have left a useful body and returned to Bianliang to protect the emperor."

He was escorting Chen Cui to leave, but the fortune-teller Guo Yong rushed to stop him after hearing the news.

"If the Jin people invade, they should be in charge of Daming, gather all the troops and horses to repel the Jin thieves. How can they abandon this? If the comfort goes, people will be shocked and dispersed. Wouldn't they abandon the Jin thieves? If the western road is lost, the Hebei East Road cannot be guaranteed. In this way, the overall situation will be in danger and unimaginable. Let's beg the garrison here, and work hard to relieve the national crisis."

In front of Guo Yong, Du Chong could not tell Chen Cui's crime for the time being, so he had to perfunctorily: "The situation of the Jin army invaded and changed. I should take into account the overall situation. I should go to the palace to report the major plan for the defense of the court. I will return to Tokyo early the day after that. I will hand over the matter here with you Guo Zhuanyun. I heard that the two of you were blocked. You are responsible for the guards. You must not be careless. After I arrived in Beijing, I sent out all the troops and horses to support me on the same day, and there was no worry."

Guo Yong knew he was talking nonsense, and saw Chen Cui tied to the side at first sight: "This is not under Taiwei Yang, how can he be tied here?"

Chen Cui shouted: "Caosi save me. I will be wronged. The defense line of Daming Mansion built by Shi Xingfang is unavailable." Chen Cui's life was at stake and he spoke incoherently, but Guo Yong had already understood.

"What's the matter if the Daming Mansion defense line is not available?"

Du Chong thought to himself, just come and do something that offends the powerful, so he said about the fortress: "More than 40 fortresses are made of soil, and the stone cannon collapses with one blow."

Guo Yong was shocked and asked Chen Cuisong himself, but Du Chong was impatient and wanted to leave the city by himself.

Guo Yong had already asked the whole story, and it was not an urgent task to pursue Shi Xingfang at the moment. He said to Du Chong: "Since the defense line is useless, Chen Cui's troops are useless outside the city. It would be better for Chen Cui to take them to Weizhou. Weizhou is Yang Weizhong's residence and there is still some food and grass. Chen Cui rests in Weizhou and comes to join the war again."

Chen Cui received the order.

Guo Yong said to Du Chong again: "Chen Cui is not worthy of prestige, please comfort him and fight with him. In addition, there are too many Jin soldiers in Hebei, and Wenda's troops are no longer enough. Please comfort Wang Yanyuefei from Hedong, and come back."

Du Chong ran back to Bianliang rashly. If Guo Yong handed over a bullet stamp, it is still unknown how Zhang Shuye left his post. So Du Chong accepted Guo Yongde's suggestion and took Chen Cui to Weizhou for rest, and recalled Wang Yanyuefei back to Hebei.

When Chen Cui came outside the city, the Song army under his command was already in chaos. Chen Cui transferred a supper to temporarily stabilize the morale of the army.

The next day, Du Chong set off and he told Guo Yong: "Siye, Daming Defense, I will leave it to you."

Guo Yong said calmly: "We should live and die with the city."

Du Chong left, Guo Yongquan stayed behind and managed Daming in an orderly manner. Forty fortresses outside the city were no longer available, and Guo Yong asked Wenda to make good use of the trenches outside the city.

On September 11, the Jin soldiers captured Wei County, and on September 12, the Jin soldiers arrived at the city of Daming.

The Jin soldiers' besiege against Daming began with a series of small-scale encounters. Suo Chao led his cavalry to command and retreat. After the Jin soldiers established their camp, they continued to harass them. It took three days before the Jin soldiers stood up.

The Jin soldiers took advantage of their military strength to set up joint camps and surrounded Daming.

It is not entirely true that it is said that it is besieged. Daming Prefecture is on the north bank of the Yellow River. The Yellow River flows from the west. To the north of Daming Pass, about one-third of the city walls of Daming Prefecture are surrounded by the Yellow River. Therefore, Daming's waterways have always been unobstructed to the outside world.

Daming is the hub of Hebei. If Daming is chosen, the West Road of Hebei will fall into the control of the Jin soldiers. From Daming, you can take Jingdong east, go south to Bianliang, and enter Taihang west. The entire fertile land in North China falls into the attack range of the Jin soldiers.

In Cangzhou, Hu Yangeng was sleeping soundly, and suddenly someone knocked on the door. Hu Yangeng woke up and looked at Zhang Chan who was sleeping soundly beside him. He tiptoed out of bed, gently opened the door, and came out of the crack of the door sideways: "What's the matter?"

"Taiwei Yang died for his country, and Daming was surrounded."

Oh. Hu Yangeng was not surprised that Daming was besieged, but he did not expect that Yang Weizhong had already died in his country. He remembered another sentence in history books in time and space: Yang Weizhong was 66 years old and was given to Yue Fei with his army.

Hu Yangeng was not familiar with Yang Weizhong, but Yang Weizhong's remaining troops were Yue Fei's starting troops. "Who is leading Yang's troops now?"

"I don't know."

"Okay, you've done a good job. Thank you for your hard work. Go and have a rest. There will be rewards tomorrow."

The next day, Hu Yangeng went to visit Zhe Yuelan: "I will go to save Daming. If you have something to do, please help from the third lady."

"Please say, General."

"My actual administration in Henghai is all the women responsible for it. But shortly after the trial of Luan Pavilion, my son was pregnant, so I asked the third lady to worry and help Hu Yangeng watch over Henghai's foundation." Luan Pavilion was replaced by a title that the All-China Women's Federation could accept.

"General just go, don't worry about Cangzhou."
Chapter completed!