Yu Yunwen was ordered to go on an envoy, and Han Xiaowei went to the Jin Kingdom. In addition to the severe winter just after, the spring cold was still forcing people. Except for Yue Fei and his family continued to face Zhong Xiang and Yang Mo, the rest of the wars were calm.

And two more letters were signed by the Privy Council and the government and the opposition were ordered to go on missions. For a moment, the court and the opposition were in dispute. Everyone said: "I am afraid that the Jindo will be afraid of it. I want to negotiate peace with our Song Dynasty. God has the virtue of living a life, but I am afraid that the emperor will also intend to agree to this matter, so everyone will stop the army."

Although the civilian and uninformed officials held a meeting, the senior officials of the two governments and the imperial guards, and even the chief officials of the logistics troops of the wing army, who had completely transformed, knew clearly that the emperor and the two governments had no idea of ​​peace. A large number of guns, spears, bows, and arrows, food, medicine, armor and military uniforms, and ships were filled with cars, or ships on dry roads or waterways, and they were transported on a steady stream every day, heading towards Hedong Road.

Originally, Zhang Jun, the commander of the Third Army, had been transferred from his military position. He was not effective in rescuing Chang'an in the previous period, and he was incompetent in the dispute with his general Yao Duan, which was already a great loss of hope. Zhao Huanyuan was dissatisfied with this general with great ambitions and talent. Among the four generals of Zhongxing, Zhang Jun had extremely poor martial arts and poor character, which was just slightly above Liu Guangshi. Liu Guangshi is dead now, and it would be fine if Zhang Jun was cautious. Since this person was as incompetent and useless as he had lived, he naturally could not hold a front-line military position. When the war in Hedong was over, he ordered the Pudong Court to order Zhang Jun to be removed from the position of commanding the first army and be transferred to the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, which was also a step forward for this person and had a little face.

Zhang Jun was anxious, but he could not imagine it. He had to follow the imperial edict to settle the matter. After he was transferred, he knew that it was Yao Duan who took over his military position, so he was even more angry.

He was originally going to be ordered to return to Chang'an, but when he arrived at Hezhong Prefecture, he received an imperial edict asking him to stay in the river and stand by. After a few days, the Ministry of Revenue and War of the Shuyuan Court came together, but asked him to lead a group of officials to build a city in Longkou.

He was resentful and did not dare to take it out on his face. It was early spring, and the roads were muddy, so he had to wear cloth robes and straw sandals every day, and with more than 100,000 people trekking in the mud. In late February, peace talks between the court and the country were rampant. The city was built and the emperor wrote a letter to the emperor. After a few days, the imperial edict was ordered: "Let Zhang Jun and Guo Hao, the chief marching officer of Hedong Road, go to Taiyuan together to participate in the military service."

After waiting for Guo Hao in Longkou for a few days, he saw countless food, supplies and siege equipment transported to Taiyuan with his own eyes. Zhang Jun then realized that the so-called "welcome to the peace talks between the emperors and the emperors is a waste. At that moment, he had to hold back his mind and look forward to it every day. Finally, in the late February of the sixth year of Jingkang, Guo Hao was welcomed.

In terms of qualifications, Guo Hao is still above Zhang Jun. His father Guo Cheng is also a famous general in the court. Guo Hao was young and joined the third rank because of his father's position. Later, he took up the position of the fifth general of Huanqing Road. He made many military achievements against Western Xia and promoted him to the chief supervisor. He has many stories circulated. Once, in the battle with the Xia army for water sources, Guo Hao was caught in an arrow in the ribs and was furious and refused to pull out. He led hundreds of cavalry into the enemy's formation. The enemy was frightened and suffered a great defeat.

At that time, Zhang Jun was just a small Western Army school.

Later, in the second year of Jingkang, Zhang Jun was respected by Zhao Gouxin and gradually felt ashamed of his position and power. Although Guo Hao made many achievements, he was just a half-way strategy. Until today, Zhang Jun has fallen out of favor and became a deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor who handled miscellaneous matters and lost his military power. However, Guo Hao was the general manager of the marching camp, commanding nearly 70,000 troops of the original Imperial Camp Third Army and the Fengsheng Army to attack Taiyuan.

He was not thinking about it, but Guo Hao ignored it. After meeting Zhang Jun with dozens of staff officers and personal soldiers, he didn't say much, and immediately set off and rushed to the city of Taiyuan.

Since surrounding Taiyuan at the end of last winter, Yao Duan first led his front army and then ordered Zhang Jun's troops. He was originally the most respected general, and he was not convinced by the entire army and everything went smoothly. When Zhang Xian led the Fengsheng Army to arrive in the spring, the two worked together and got along well. After meeting, they were completely unhappy. They worked together and rushed to the iron tube surrounding Taiyuan City. When the imperial edict came, they heard that Guo Hao came to take charge of the overall situation. They were not as experienced as Zou Hao, so it would be fine. However, the imperial edict also mentioned that Zhang Jun came together. Everyone knew that this person's temper was, but they were secretly complaining.

At this time, three months passed. Although the northern part of Jin was bohan, Tianqi gradually became warmer. After several months of besieging the city, due to the abundant supplies and the cost, the Song army camp, which was more than ten miles away, was majestic in the large camp of the Song army, which was more than ten miles away from the city. The soldiers in the camp were warm and full, and the practice method became stricter. Everyone knew that the city would be attacked in the spring. After several months of idleness, the morale gradually increased, and the desire to fight became more and more urgent. The court would regain military merits and reward titles, even related to the entire civil servants. The awarding system was not yet finalized. However, the news came out, and the increase in morale was no longer an ordinary reward of silver and money.

When they knew that Guo and Zhang were coming, Yao Duan sent a letter to invite Zhang Xian and took their respective generals to the side of the official road on the north bank of the Fen River to welcome him. However, after waiting for half an hour, he saw smoke rising from the front from afar. Yao Duan nodded slightly to Zhang Xian, and the two of them met together. After a blink of an eye, hundreds of red-robed cavalry guards holding flags, guarding Hao and Zhang Jun. Yao Rui looked at Zhang Jun first, and saw that he was wearing purple and purple, with a fish talisman hanging on his waist. Although he seemed to have something to do with his worries in his belly, he still did not lose his elegance and luxury. Although he was a military general, he was still a civilian demeanor at this time. Looking at Guo Hao again, he was famous for his bravery on the battlefield, and was outstanding in court and private. At this time, he looked at him, he was just an ordinary soldier dress and was carrying a sword in his hand. If he didn't know someone, he would still think he was an ordinary soldier.

Yao Duansu knew that Guo Hao was a man, but he had never worked with him. At this moment, he suddenly felt good when he saw him. He went forward first, bowed and bowed, and said with a smile: "I have met the Governor."

Guo Hao was in middle age and was very humble and depressed. Seeing Yao Duan and others coming up to salute one by one, he jumped off the horse, first replied to the greeting, and then smiled at Yao Duan: "You and I have known each other for a long time. I should know that I am a human being. I have nothing to do to make us lose our lives."

Yao Duan looked at Zhang Jun first, and then replied: "The courtesy should not be abolished. The general manager of the marching army is in charge of the privy minister. Let us come out to welcome him, so that the whole army can know that with the backbone, the matter below will be easier to handle."

Although Guo Hao seemed to be Mu Na, he could actually make Zhao Huanxin Chong and let him be the chief marching army to attack Taiyuan. How could he be an idiot? He smiled immediately and stopped obsessing about this matter. He turned to Zhang Xian and said, "General Zhang had been serving under the tent of General Yue for a long time and never met. When he was serving the Holy Army in Chang'an, I was in Tongguan again. When I met today, I was indeed very dignified and well-known."

Zhang Xian was not as jealous as Yao Duan and ignored Zhang Jun. At this time, he heard Guo Hao's praise and was happy and replied: "The last general is a brave man. His Majesty will not abandon him and promise to be the commander of the army. Please ask the general manager to give more advice. If there is any fault, just teach him a lesson."

"How dare you? General Zhang is too disgusted."

For a moment, everyone was finished. There were drummers in the camp, knocking and beating, and welcoming Guo Hao, Zhang Jun and others into the gate of the camp. Just as they were about to enter the tent, Guo Hao raised his hand to stop everyone's steps and said, "The Holy Order said that Taiyuan is important and should not be delayed anymore. I was late on the way, waiting for news from Xixia. I heard that Lord Guangyu and the Xia people were very comfortable, so I rushed over. Since we are here today, let's go to see the city quickly. If we can capture it one day earlier, it will save a lot of worries?"

The commander was so urgent, so it was naturally the emperor's pressure. The generals followed the sternly, and Zhang Jun had nothing to say. At that moment, Yao Duan and Zhang Xian accompanied each other, without any ceremonial guards. Only dozens of cavalry followed each other and rode their horses to the city of Taiyuan together.

The Song army camp was several miles away from the city. In fact, going further, the deep wooden blocks and horses and enemies can be seen everywhere. Guo Hao looked along the way and saw that Taiyuan City was equipped with defenses everywhere and was not exposed. This could be done by using the locking city method in the deep winter and frozen soil. It was indeed a huge amount of civil and material resources. If it were not for this, the enemy would definitely try to help, and the defenders in the city would not sit and wait for death.

Taiyuan was still a steep city in the early Song Dynasty. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been a military city with a tall and majestic city. It was built by the Linfen River and was dominated by Jinzhong. There was Taihang natural danger in the west. Taiyuan could threaten Guanzhong and cross the Yellow River and penetrate directly into the Central Plains. The father and son of the Li family in the Tang Dynasty were obtained. Jin Wanyan Zongwang surrounded Taiyuan and crossed the Yellow River until the city of Kaifeng. The importance of its strategic location can be seen.

It is precisely because Taiyuan is too important that the Liu family of the Song Dynasty took advantage of this city and the Song army arrived in the city for decades, and the Song army could not succeed. Until Emperor Taizong of Song led a large army to march in person, and the people of Taiyuan were exhausted and still resisted to the end. After the Song army broke through the city, they burned Taiyuan to vent their hatred. The military area with twenty-four miles was originally 24 miles long and twenty-four gates opened steep cities, and they no longer existed. After the burning, they fought against the Khitan in the north, and had to rebuild a new city not far from the original place. The circumference was eleven miles long and built a city with land, not a city. The four gates were opened, which were no longer the same as Taiyuan during the Five Dynasties of the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, in front of Guo Hao and the Song generals, although it was sunshine, the narrow and narrow Taiyuan City seemed to be hiding in the shadows and dark, with no vitality. The flags on the top of the city were weak, the soldiers were trapped. After being besieged for several months, it was obvious that the morale of the army was completely gone, and the city seemed to be destroyed in one attack.

After watching for a while, Zhang Jun finally realized that it was difficult to stick to this city. Thinking of the situation of Yao Duan and others just now, he couldn't get rid of his anger. He smiled and said, "In such a small city, more than 10,000 soldiers are more than 70,000 troops, and our army has used hundreds of thousands of civilians. How can we not attack it?"
Chapter completed!