In Chen Xun's opinion, Zong Ze is very strong in personal abilities, but it is not necessary for the Chen family army. But he has one thing that is somewhat similar to Li Gang, that is fame.

Zong Ze was able to help the Chen family army solve the siege of Kaifeng, and Zong Ze had similar uses.

With Zong Ze's reputation, if he surrendered to the Chen family army, most of the rebels and a small number of Song troops in Hebei could be directly attracted, saving the pain of swords and swords.

"I've heard of this." Zong Ze continued to coping chat.

"Mr. Zong doesn't know our Chen family army yet, so I can wait for you to make a decision. However, before the war between our Chen family army and Song State ends, I cannot let you go home, so I have to ask you to take more responsibility during this period. I will follow us. During this period, except for not being able to leave, the Chen family army will not impose any other restrictions on you." Seeing that he was not in trouble, Chen Xun simply stopped persuading: "If you are bored, you can write letters to your family, friends, and colleagues, and we can send someone to help you deliver the letters back and forth."

According to Song Ting's previous style of conduct, Zong Ze was captured and his result in being in Song Ting would be very embarrassing. If others didn't believe it, Chen Xun planned to let him personally feel what the ruthlessness of the royal family was, so that he would completely cut off the last thought in his heart.

"Thank you." Zong Ze finally felt Chen Xun's kindness.

"No need to thank you for now. I will send someone to send a letter to Zhao Gou, asking him to exchange ten ministers including Wang Boyan for you. If he wants, I will send you back immediately." Chen Xun directly expressed his plan to disgust Zhao Gou: "It's not too late for you to thank me again."

After saying that, he left Zong Ze, who was a little stunned, and Chen Xun walked directly towards Chu Qiucheng.

Chen Xun would definitely implement this strategy. Among the ten ministers he received, except for Wang Boyan, a charming minister, the other nine were considered to be the pillars of the Song State.

For example, Wu Jie, Han Shizhong, Liu Qi and others, these nine people were all generals who were more capable of collecting the Southern Song Dynasty by intelligence agencies over the years, but have not been valued.

In Zhao Gou's eyes, the other nine people may not be as important as Wang Boyan, but in Chen Xun's eyes, the ten Wang Boyans are not as good as any of them.

If Zhao Gou is really willing to change, Chen Xun will also keep his promise and send Zong Ze back.

Because of this exchange, Chen Xun can directly avoid the process of defeating these nine people first and then recruiting surrenders. He can get nine coaches at one time, which is very cost-effective.

Moreover, without these pillars, even if Zong Ze goes back, he will be unable to make a cook without rice and will be unable to make a comeback.

...

At night, at Daming Mansion, Liu Zhengyan, the general of Wang Yuan, was reading a letter in his tent, and surrounded him with a circle of confidants.

"General, what General Miao said is too...absurd..., we cannot agree." A close friend persuaded.

"How ridiculous?" Liu Zhengyan asked.

"The three thousand elite soldiers under our command were all assigned by General Wang Yuan. If we follow General Wang closely and still be able to command, otherwise there will be a big trouble." The confidant explained.

"Well, you're right." Liu Zhengyan replied, but he didn't mean to listen to it in his tone.

"General, Sun Fu wants to accomplish this with just a mouth, it's too difficult." Another close friend advised.

"Sun Fu is not just a mouth, he also has the crown prince Zhao Chen." Liu Zhengyan retorted.

"General, please think three times. Zhao Chen is just the prince who was the first dynasty. Now he is just a prince under house arrest." The confidant clearly felt that Liu Zhengyan had made up his mind and could only make the final effort.

"Once the emperor and the minister, what is my Liu Zhengyan here?" Liu Zhengyan thought about it the more he felt that this opportunity was the best time to turn over: "As soon as Yingtian Mansion was lost, the road to the south of the official family was bumpy. Maybe one day he would be caught by Chen Zhe. We have to make plans early."

The ship sank, and the other people who drowned were those who were foolish and loyal, who were those who stood in the wrong line.

Liu Zhengyan didn't want to sink with Zhao Gou's broken ship.

"I'll reply to Sun Fu and ask him to find two or three more troops to cooperate."

"All right."

...

For the next period of time, the Xuzhou Army's offensive went very smoothly.

With the reputation of defeating the Jin people and Zong Ze, and the downstream of the Yellow River (Huaihe River, Sishui) was severely affected and had not yet recovered. Every time the Chen family army approached the city, the defenders almost surrendered easily after a little resistance.

The counties of Xuzhou, the Huaiyang army downstream of the Si River, the Lianshui army and Chuzhou after the Yellow River entered the Huai River, and the four prefectures were all captured by the Chen family army within half a month.

It has officially opened up the waterways between Kaifeng and the East China Sea, and no longer has to send a large number of warships to escort every time the cargo ship passes.

On June 15, a piece of information came from Daming Prefecture.

Wang Yuan's subordinate Liu Zhengyan and three other generals led their subordinates to rebel and rob Zhao Chen, who was under house arrest by Zhao Gou, and some officials who followed Zhao Chen were taken away.

Due to too many people, this wave of rebels did not escape the tracking of the intelligence department. According to the intelligence department, these people robbed Zhao Chen and went westward, using the Zhang River to cross the junction between Xiangzhou and Cizhou.

Lai Qingyun's main force in the Hebei Army was at Zhending Mansion, the northernmost part of Hebei West Road, which made him take advantage of a loophole.

After that, Wang Yuanjun, who was chasing over, was blocked directly by the returnee Lai Qingyun at Cheng'an (the junction of Daming Prefecture, Cizhou and Xiangzhou). After a small defeat, he decisively returned to Daming Prefecture.

This directly exposed the military operations of the Hebei Army Group to Zhao Gou's sight, letting him know that the road to detour from the west side was also broken.

At the same time, Yue Fei went north and finally broke through Hebei West Road, reached the northernmost point of Zhending Prefecture, saw the Great Wall, and officially bordered the Jin Kingdom.

"Zhao Gou has confirmed his departure?" Chen Xun asked Jia Tao.

"Confirm that after setting off from Daming Prefecture on June 17, entering Pingyin eastward, he continued to march downstream along the Beiqing River. The destination was probably Qingzhou." Jia Tao replied.

"Is the information accurate? Confirm that Zhao Gou is in the evacuation team?" Chen Xun couldn't believe it. It was so simple that the opportunity was in front of him.

"Confirm, we have bribed some eunuchs and palace maids." Jia Tao replied.

Zhao Gou's court was in turmoil, and most of the people inside were inevitably thinking about each other. The intelligence channel that was difficult to open up in the past has now become very simple.

Not only the inner court, but some officials from the outer court were able to provide Jia Tao with various kinds of information just to obtain Jia Tao’s promise.

Jia Tao even contacted some generals in the army. If Zhao Gou continued to stay in Daming Mansion, it would probably be impossible for Chen Xun to send people, and Jia Tao could overthrow Zhao Gou's court.
Chapter completed!