Han Xiaozhou, the governor of the Zhaoyi Army of the Great Song Dynasty, was caught with Wu Song, the most brave general under his command.

To be honest, they are really worthy of the kindness of the Song Dynasty court.

Although when Wu Yi was brave enough to Feihukou, they falsely claimed a military merit and fooled the court. However, when they later fought against the Hedong Legion, Taihang Legion and Hebei West Road Legion, they performed quite well.

If we want to talk about military achievements, we may be second only to Du Chong, who dug the Yellow River dam...

Of course Du Chong made a contribution! Although he did not fight any serious battle, the Yellow River breaking was more difficult than the 500,000 Song army.

If the Yellow River had not broken, Wu Yiyong would have probably reached Tongguan now.

But now, he is still in Kaifeng Prefecture, busy dealing with the trash of hungry people going north to eat!

Moreover, Zhao Kai (Wu Meiniang) was also disrupted, and he didn't bother to support Zhao Ji and restore the throne for the time being. He was also in a hurry and had to control the Huai River when he turned around.

In short, the New Zhou and Eastern Song dynasties could not have the energy to attack Zhao Huan’s Western Song Dynasty without ten or eight years.

For Zhao Huan, these ten or eight years are a very rare window of time!

From this perspective, Du Chong was the number one hero of the revival of the Western Song Dynasty.

Han Xiaozhou and Zong Ze, who is currently trapped in Handan, are two other heroes of the Revival of the Western Song Dynasty.

Because the Great Zhou Republic Army put a lot of effort into them!

The territory guarded by the Zhaoyi Army was relatively dangerous and was a vassal state, so they would naturally arrange it with all their heart. Therefore, the castles, cities, and walls within the Zhaoyi Army were all stronger than elsewhere.

In addition, the Zhaoyi army's control over the people was much stronger than that of the Song Dynasty.

Although the Zhaoyi army did not implement the military citizen system like the Zhou State. However, under the huge defensive pressure, the Han regime had to adopt the land military service system - the Han regime had no money to recruit soldiers. If the military service was not suppressed on the land, the Han Zhaoyi Town could not be maintained at all.

The land military service system in Zhaoyi Town is integrated with the regiment training system.

That is, first, you can clear the land population, find out how many lands there are and how many people they belong to and the ownership of the land. Then, based on the clan, the land, the population is not calculated by households, but by clans, the military service is shared according to the amount of land, and the "Military Service Account" is formulated.

All clans, including the Han family in Xiangzhou, are obliged to provide strong men based on the records of the "Military Service Account".

During the service of the tyrants, the clan has the obligation to support their families. If the tyrants die, they must support their children until they become adults.

At the same time, the official positions in Zhaoyi's army will be arranged according to the situation of military service in the "Military Service Account". Any clan that undertakes more military service will receive more officials, and vice versa.

Of course, Zhaoyi Town will also leave a certain number of posts for foreign generals to take office - external talents are still needed! Otherwise, a group of Hebei landlords would not be able to fight.

In short, after Han Xiaozhou's struggle, Zhaoyi Town finally became a military group with a strong clan as its core.

Although this kind of warlord group with clan as the core cannot be compared with the civilians of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is particularly tenacious when guarding the family - these people are insects when they leave Zhaoyi Town, and they are big tigers when they stay from house to house!

Therefore, the battle to attack Zhaoyi Army became the battle that lasted the longest, invested the most troops, and suffered the biggest losses in the Zhou and Song dynasties.

By early July of the 10th year of the Republic, the last fortress of the Zhaoyi army, Handan, was still stubbornly resisting.

In order to besiege the Handan City defended by Zongze, the Taihang Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty concentrated 10 divisions, more than 130,000 troops, and more than 200 cannons!

In the previous attack and defense battle of Fuyang, the Great Zhou Republic Army also concentrated the same number of troops.

The invincible Zhou army that could concentrate more than 100,000 troops to attack a city fully demonstrated that Han Xiaozhou's military governors over the years have not been in vain!

"It's like a husband, it's really a pain for you! Come on, please come in, please come in."

The captured Han Xiaozhou was dressed in a blanket, with a gray beard and a dark face. He came out of the carriage with a dejected look. He saw a middle-aged man with a medium figure, beard, energetic and smiling face quickly stepped forward and clasped his fists at him with a smile.

"salute!"

He shouted, escort, oh, the Republican generals who escorted Han Xiaozhou over all raised their hands to the middle-aged man.

This is obviously a remarkable figure.

Han Xiaozhou looked at the man with a familiar look, but he didn't think about it for a moment. After thinking harder, a well-known name appeared in his mind - Wu Haogu!

This person is Wu Haogu! The former head of the Great Zhou Republic!

"So it's Head of Wu!" Han Xiaozhou also bowed and smiled bitterly, "I am now a prisoner under the ranks, so I can handle it!"

"How can you be a prisoner? You are the guest!" Wu Haogu stepped forward and grabbed Han Xiaozhou's hand, and the two of them stepped into the Wu family mansion on the north bank of the Jiehe River.

In the middle hall of the Wu family mansion, the banquet for guests was already set up. Bai Feifei also arranged a beauties who were accompanying him. When he saw Han Xiaozhou coming in, the two beauties, one on the left and one on the right, went up to support him.

Wu Haogu also has a girl with him, the Okuno, who is always inseparable from the outside world.

The host and guest took their seats separately, and Han Xiaozhou's old face also regained a little bit of his spirit - since he could see Wu Haogu as soon as he arrived in Tianjin, it means that he still has value in use.

It’s good to have value! I’m afraid it’s worthless, but it’s better to die than to live.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, it is almost time for guests and guests to have fun, so it is time for them to talk about some serious matters.

"Like a husband," Wu Haogu turned his wine glass gently, "Do you know that the Song Dynasty is now halfway between the east and the west?"

"I understand..." Han Xiaozhou sighed, touching his gray beard, and sighed a little, "It's all unexpected, reasonable!

In fact, since the time of Taishang reform, the root of division was planted. During the Song Dynasty, it was always weak and peaceful. If you want to rise up and become stronger, there will definitely be problems."

Han Xiaozhou sighed: "And the Song Dynasty suddenly rose and took three doses of strong medicine at the same time. One is to prove rationality; the second is to promote industry and commerce; the third is to promote martial arts new army. The proven rationality has disrupted people's hearts! The great rise of industry and commerce has led to the disintegration of the Southeast and the Central Plains. The new army of martial arts has made vulgar martial arts no longer controllable by scholars and officials.

How can the world be in chaos in this way? How can the Song Dynasty not be divided into three?"

Looking at Han Xiaozhou's heartbroken look, Wu Haogu wanted to tell him that the Song Dynasty is very good now!

What's wrong with the division into three? Even the Western Song Dynasty, who was in charge of martial arts, was not something that could be defeated by the Jurchen barbarians.

The people in power in the Western Song Dynasty were a group of "Xuanhe staff officers". Isn't fighting a barbarian like playing?

As for the Eastern Song Dynasty, it is even more powerful!

Wu Haogu just got the news that now the thirteen prefectures of Jiangning Prefecture, Runzhou, Yangzhou, Changzhou, Suzhou, Xiuzhou, Huzhou, Hangzhou, Yuezhou, Mingzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Fuzhou and other thirteen prefectures sent representatives to Jiangning Prefecture to convene a meeting of Hezhong to discuss the establishment of the Hezhong Government.

Damn the country of the thirteen states! It sounds terrible!

Not to mention having Jurchens, Genghis Khan has to kneel down!

As for the price of dividing into three parts (Han Xiaozhou also counted the Great Zhou Republic as one), it was nothing at all.

It was originally a matter of long-term separation and reunion. In history, the Song Dynasty was also turned into the Southern Song Dynasty?

"The world's third of the momentum is determined," Wu Haogu smiled, "I am temporarily unable to break it.

It’s like my husband’s brother. Du Chong dug the Yellow River dam, which really caused me a big problem! Millions of people were displaced and the Yellow River water transportation was completely interrupted. Hundreds of thousands of people in Kaifeng Prefecture were cut off, and they had to go north to get food..."

Han Xiaozhou sighed: "What Du Guangmei did has indeed caused the people of the Central Plains to suffer!"

Wu Haogu shook his head, and did not comment, and analyzed: "As for the Eastern Song Dynasty, although there were 13 states and the founding of the country, the south bank of the Huai River was broken and millions of people were homeless. The next headache is no less than ours.

And Zhao Huan's Western Song Dynasty would not be in good condition. Now that they have lost the prosperous land in the southeast, they have no conditions to recruit troops. They must equalize the fields and set up military palaces in Guanlong... I am afraid that this will not be easy to succeed, right?"

"It's really not easy." Han Xiaozhou paused and shook his head, "But they even killed Ji Yizhi City, I'm afraid there's nothing they can't do."

I'm afraid that it is not Zhao Huan who really ruled Chang'an, but a group of Xuanhe staff! How many years will the Juntian Mansion soldiers not be able to continue to implement it?

Whoever doesn’t buy it, just kill it!

The warlords in Shaanxi and the famous families in Guanzhong, who dares to get in the way, just kill a group of people.

Wu Haogu couldn't help but sigh when he heard Han Xiaozhou mention Ji Yi. Ji Yi and herself were acquainted with him. At that time, there was a Gao Qiu who had made great achievements in the officialdom together. But now, Gao Qiu and Ji Yi are no longer alive.

It's really unpredictable!

"Like a husband," Wu Haogu looked at Han Xiaozhou, "Where are you going to? Eastern Song Dynasty? Western Song Dynasty? Or stay in Tianjin?"

"Tianjin City cannot be kept," Han Xiaozhou sighed, "In the Battle of Fuyang, so many people have died... How can I surrender to Zhou State? If I hope Brother Dao is willing to let me go, I will go to Xiangyang to join the Supreme Emperor."

"Okay." Wu Haogu nodded, "The Supreme Emperor also needs people around... Zong Ze in Handan City also let him go. It's okay to lead troops away... There is nothing to fight in the Battle of Hebei, why bother to save many lives for no reason?"

"You really want to let us go?"

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "I am willing...but I am not the head of state now, and I can't do many things. If I want to let you go, I will always have an excuse."

"Excuse?"

"I'll ask you and Zong Rulin to mediate among the countries and strive to reach a peace agreement." Wu Hao Gudao, "In this way, you can concentrate on setting up the internal settlement, right?"
Chapter completed!