On the fourth day of the eighth month of the first year of Jingkang, the Song army set out from Puyang and headed straight to the city of Cizhou. Zong Ze divided the troops into four routes and surrounded the city of Cizhou. The commander's camp was stationed five miles east of the city.

Early this morning, Liu Yixuan and the generals of the "Yong" character camp came to the tent early to discuss with Zong Ze the many military affairs to besiege Puyang. Due to the conflicts at the last banquet, this time, Zong Zete stationed the imperial guards and local troops separately. Runan Jiedushi Ma Menglong stationed at the south gate, Xiangzhou Liu Hao guarded the west gate, Hu Yanqing stationed at the north gate with his men and horses from the "Yong" character camp, and Zong Ze personally led the imperial guards from the "Yong" character camp to encircle the east gate.

Zong Ze said: "This time the soldiers surrounded Cizhou, it was the time when our Song Dynasty imperial guards showed their skills. Today, we summoned all generals to discuss the siege. As far as I know, there are more than 30,000 defenders in Cizhou, of which there are as many as 20,000 surrendered troops in the State of Song under Han Ji's tent, and the remaining more than 10,000 are all soldiers of the Jin Dynasty. These scums under Han Ji's tent were once soldiers of our Song Dynasty. I know our army's siege tactics, and I'm afraid that if we want to take Cizhou, it will definitely be a fierce battle."

"Yang" camp's military commander Song Zhen made a list of words: "The old general doesn't have to worry too much. Although Han Ji's rebels are familiar with our army's tactics, this group of rebels are all greedy and afraid of death. As long as our army is attacked by four gates in turn, this Cizhou will be taken down sooner or later!"

After hearing what Song Tixia said, Liu Yixuan felt that what he said was correct, but it was not the best way to make the Song army soldiers fight to the death, so he said, "Although what Song Tixia said is reasonable, it is not the best way to let the brothers climb the city wall against the rolling stone."

After hearing this, Song Tixia turned around and looked at Liu Yixuan, knowing that he had something in his words, and said again: "I think I have a good idea to defeat the enemy when I hear this tone?"

Liu Yixuan smiled and said, "This is a good strategy to defeat the enemy, but it hasn't..."

"Will it be over?" When Song Tiehe heard that he had no good plan to win, what's the use of saying nonsense?

"Song Tiehe, are you going to listen to me first? Although I don't have a strategy to win, I still have some ideas, which may help the army and chew off the bones of Cizhou."

"Oh? What is Nephew Liu Xian's idea? Let me and all the generals listen!" After hearing Liu Yixuan's words, Zong Ze felt that it was better for young people to have ideas than not, so he quickly asked him to talk to everyone.

Liu Yixuan said: "Dear generals, our army has now surrounded Cizhou and is invisible. This Cizhou City seems to be a thing in its pocket, but it is not easy to take it down smoothly. As the saying goes, first be courtesy and then the soldiers. This Cizhou is originally my Song Dynasty city, and most of the people in Cizhou City are my Song Dynasty people. Although Han Ji was a traitor to the Song Dynasty, the soldiers under him may not have no desire to miss his homeland. Since our army is a benevolent and righteous army, why not go to the city to surrender first. If Han Ji can convince him to open the door and surrender, wouldn't our army save the pain of fighting?"

"Tell me to surrender?" After hearing this, Zong Ze shook his head secretly, feeling that there was little chance of success. "Then Han Ji was originally an old general of the Yanshan garrison Guo Yaoshi, and he was a relative of Guo Yaoshi. How could he open the door to surrender? I see, there is probably not much chance to say that surrender!" Zong Ze said this and turned around and put it on the tiger-skin chair, continuing to listen to the discussions of the generals.

Song Tixia also sneered beside him and said, "Young Master Liu, you see it, there is no need to say anything. Our old generals think that your idea is unsuccessful!"

When Liu Yixuan heard this, he was not willing to accept it and said, "It has to be tried or not before he knows. How can he know if he doesn't try? Besides, even if he can't surrender, I have a second plan!"

"The second set of plans? What's the plan?" Song Tixia asked hurriedly.

"What plan? I won't tell you, I'm going to tell the old general!" Liu Yixuan deliberately kept the secret, walked to Zong Ze, bent down, and whispered in Zong Ze's ear, this, this, this, this.

After hearing his plan, Zong Ze locked his two gray eyebrows in the middle, looked up and asked, "Is this what you said feasible?" Zong Ze was a little confused.

"If it's OK, let me try it. Anyway, there's no other good way now!" Liu Yixuan encouraged in his ear.

Zong Ze turned around and pondered for a moment, and saw that Liu Yixuan was full of confidence, which was not easy to hit his spirit. He had to say, "Okay, as you said, I will allow you this time, but you must be careful. If the situation is not good, withdraw your troops and return to the camp immediately!"

When Liu Yixuan heard that Zong Ze had agreed to his plan, he was immediately happy and walked forward to thank him: "I thanked the old general. The old general is indeed a famous general. It is a great honor for me to be able to do things under the old general's tent!"

"Okay, okay, don't flatter me anymore. In this 'Yang' camp, you are! If someone else had said these flatteries, I would have beaten him thirty-year-old army sticks!"

Liu Yixuan laughed and said, "Thank you for your accomplishment, so please give the old general the command arrow to the younger generation!"

Zong Ze stood up, pulled out a command arrow from the quiver and handed it to Liu Yixuan, and said to the generals, "Generals, I already know Mr. Liu's plan, so you should act as he told me!"

When the generals heard the old man say this, they nodded and obeyed the order.

Liu Yixuan took the command arrow, proudly turned around and said to everyone, "Brothers, please follow me to order troops to fight!" Everyone saw him with a proud look on his face, and they didn't know what he said to the old general, so they asked the old man to give him all the command arrows to mobilize troops. However, then again, since the commander had agreed to Liu Yixuan's idea, these generals had to let him go.

The generals followed Liu Yixuan out of the tent. Song Tixia grabbed Liu Yixuan and asked, "Mr. Prince Consort, where are you going to take us?"

Liu Yixuan smiled and said, "Go to the schoolyard to order soldiers. The old general has approved my request and will bring two thousand soldiers to challenge under the city of Cizhou!"

"Go to the city to challenge? Huh, you said it earlier, I thought you were going to lead troops to attack the city! We guys are all experts in challenging this kind of job, so let's go!" When Song Tixia heard this, it turned out that Liu Yixuan had been muttering in Zongze for a long time, just wanted to go to the city to challenge the battle. So what else can you keep? It's really troublesome!

Liu Yixuan turned around and said to Teacher Yuan, "Teacher Yuan, please go to the schoolyard to order one thousand horses and infantry each, and wait for me at the gate of the village." He said to Wang Zichun, "Brother, go and bring the servants of the Jin Kingdom we caught in the Puyang Prefecture last time."

"The servants of the Jin Kingdom? They are those cooks and little maids? What do your brother want them to do?" Wang Zichun asked.

Liu Yixuan smiled and said, "Brother, don't ask for it for now, you will know it when you arrive in front of the formation."

"Okay, I'll do it now." Wang Zichun agreed and stood up and left.

After about an hour of contact, Teacher Yuan had already ordered Qi troops to wait at the gate of the village. Wang Zichun also brought the servants from the county prince's mansion over. Everyone was ready and waited for Liu Yixuan to order the camp.

Liu Yixuan went back to the camp where he lived, changed the outfit that Emperor Qinzong gave him, and rode the green-maned BMW under his seat to the schoolyard from the back village. Everyone looked from afar and saw that he was wearing military uniforms, and he was indeed extraordinary. Liu Yixuan:

Wearing a frost-covered sun helmet and a plum blossom and elm leaf armor; a red tassel on the helmet dances in the wind, and a piece of golden scales on the armor shines cold light; a golden beast-faced belt is tied around the waist, and a red silk soap robe behind him; a horse stepping on the smoke and dust, marveling from all directions, with a shot in his hand, and a majestic in all directions!

Liu Yixuan walked in front of the crowd, and everyone secretly praised him. Sure enough, after the Xiang family, he was no more than ordinary people. Wang Zichun also praised him: "Brother Liu, your outfit is so brilliant! If you don't look carefully, you will really think that the groom is coming to the door!" Everyone laughed.

Liu Yixuan was soaked in the monkey. Seeing everyone laughing at him, he also started to hehe, and said shyly: "These are things that the emperor rewards. It would be a pity if you don't wear them. If you wear them, you'll have to add more than ten pounds of weight for no reason, which is quite uncomfortable! Haha."

When everyone heard him say this, they laughed at him because these generals knew Liu Yixuan's temper. He would not care about others because of such trivial matters. When he was fine, he would even joke with the soldiers, make jokes, etc. Everyone was used to his style.

Liu Yixuan asked Teacher Yuan: "Teacher Yuan, have the army and horses been ordered together?"

Yuan Mengqi said: "When the prince consort returns, all the people are already ordered, and wait for the prince consort to be dispatched at any time!"

Liu Yixuan asked Wang Zichun again: "Brother, have the prisoners brought here?"

Prince Chun said: "Everything has been brought."
Chapter completed!