Zhong Shiheng's purpose is to show his prestige and momentum at once, and to show the thunderous and clearing posture that a big country should have when facing a small country.

Then, he did it.

Conquering three cities in Dali in one day indeed showed great authority and momentum.

It also created some sense of trance.

The Tianwu Army had been reorganized and equipped with firearms, and its combat effectiveness was somewhat beyond his expectations.

While spending the night at the border between Dali and the Song Dynasty, Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng discussed taking ten days to capture the three cities of Dali, and then wait for the officials sent by Dali to negotiate to arrive, and then capture them in front of them.

The fourth city is the area under the jurisdiction of the Fengpa tribe.

But in fact, it only took them one day to conquer the three cities of Dali.

On the second day, the three parties gathered their troops under the city of Fengpa tribe.

Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng led an army of 30,000 people. As soon as they arrived at the city of Fengpa tribe, the leader of Fengpa tribe led 10,000 soldiers and horses of his tribe out of the city holding a white flag.

"It's down?!"

Zhu Neng sat astride the horse, scratched his head, and asked Zhong Shiheng next to him with some uncertainty.

Zhong Shiheng was filled with emotion, but there was no strange clarity on his face. He glanced at Zhu Neng and said calmly: "Maybe he knows about our battle to defeat Adu, Shama, and Shuanglin.

, knowing that our troops were sharp and they could not stop us, so we took the initiative to surrender."

Zhu Neng said with some regret: "This battle is over before we have even fought it. I am really...unwilling..."

In the past, wars would not last for ten days and a half.

It's good now, the battle plan that was originally planned for nearly half a month was completed in two days.

It was clear that the four cities had been conquered, but Zhu Neng felt as if he had not fought at all.

Zhong Shiheng glanced at Zhu Neng and said, "Isn't it good to win a city without a single blow?"

Zhu Neng sighed: "It's good... but it's just not good."

"If you don't feel good, just hold it in. Our goal is the entire Dali. We have only captured four cities at the moment. There are countless cities behind us that we need to conquer. There are many wars for you to fight."

Zhong Shiheng scolded Zhu Neng angrily.

Zhu Neng pursed his lips and did not speak.

He knew that Zhong Shiheng was telling the truth.

Many people in the Song Dynasty thought that Dali was small and pitiful because it was located just a short distance away, but this was not the case.

Even though Dali's territory is larger than that of Xixia, it doesn't make too many concessions.

In addition to the capital of Dali, Yangjume City, there are eight prefectures, four counties, four towns, and thirty-seven tribes. Thirty-seven tribes are located in eight prefectures, four counties, and four towns respectively.

Among the thirty-seven departments, most of them are autonomous and only obey the orders of King Dali.

At present, Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng have captured the Adu tribe, the Shama tribe, the Shuanglin tribe, and the Fengpa tribe, which are not included in the thirty-seven tribes.

The city where the four tribes of Adu live is just a city under the jurisdiction of Jianchang Prefecture, one of the eight prefectures.

The four tribes of Adu are also under the control of Jianchang Prefecture.

Therefore, Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng's attack on the four cities of Dali could not damage Dali's muscles and bones. At most, they only cut out a piece of flesh.

Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng's goal is the whole of Dali, so there is still room for further gains.

Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng used blunt knives to cut the flesh, so they had to cut the flesh from Dali's body one by one.

The Fourth Division of Abdu was their first attack on Dali.

Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng sat on horseback, waiting quietly for the leader of the Fengpa tribe to come closer. After completely expressing their surrender, they sent people to collect the weapons of the Fengpa tribe's soldiers and horses, and then led their troops into the Fengpa tribe.

In the city governed by Pabu.

Entered the city.

Zhong Shiheng sent Zhu Neng to lead his troops to set up defenses. He followed the leader of the Fengpa tribe into the city's steward's yamen and counted and confiscated all the money in the yamen.

After everything is tidied up.

The city belonging to the Fengpa tribe officially belonged to the Song Dynasty.

After nightfall.

Zhong Shiheng refused the banquet from the leader of the Fengpa tribe and the beautiful woman sent by the leader of the Fengpa tribe, and returned to the Chinese army's tent.

As soon as he entered the Chinese army's tent, he saw Zhu Neng drinking wine and eating meat in the tent.

Zhong Shiheng walked over, grabbed a piece of meat from Zhu Neng's hand, stuffed it into his mouth, and said to Zhu Neng: "We must digest the four cities we captured as soon as possible to prepare for the subsequent capture of other places.

When we sent out troops before, we estimated that it would take half a month to capture the four tribes of Adu and open the door to Dali.

Therefore, the officials sent by the imperial court to govern Dali are still in Sichuan Mansion.

When you send someone to deliver the good news to the officials, you also send someone to Sichuan Mansion to ask the officials sent to us by the court to rush to Dali as soon as possible."

Zhu Neng stood up, handed the wine bottle to Zhong Shiheng, and then left the tent to give instructions.

Zhong Shiheng was drinking and eating meat in the tent.

After Zhu Neng finished ordering the soldiers who delivered the message, he returned to the tent.

After sitting down, we ate meat and drank wine with Zhong Shiheng.

The two of them ate until they were 70% full and stopped eating meat and drinking wine.

Zhong Shiheng said to Zhu Neng: "The Fengpa tribe surrendered without a fight. We lost the means to intimidate the Dali envoys, so we must use other methods."

Zhu Neng said in a deep voice: "The city of Jianchang Prefecture is thirty miles away to the west of Fengpa Department. If we, fifty thousand soldiers and horses, leave behind our baggage and travel in a hurry, we will arrive at Jianchang Prefecture at noon tomorrow."

Hearing this, Zhong Shiheng rolled his eyes and said, "Jianchang Mansion is a city after all, how can it be so easy to fight? There are about 30,000 soldiers and horses stationed inside, plus the barbarians nearby, the number is very large

It might be on par with us.

Now that we have conquered four cities under the jurisdiction of Jianchang Prefecture, the city of Jianchang Prefecture must have received the news and made arrangements.

If we kill him now, we will most likely play into their hands.

Therefore, it is not advisable to attack Jianchang Mansion rashly.

If my guess is correct, after dawn tomorrow, the master of Jianchang Mansion will send envoys to negotiate with us.

When the time comes, let's give them a warning and scare them.

Then let the head of Jianchang Mansion inform King Dali of the matter.

Wait until King Dali sends someone over to negotiate with us."

Zhu Neng frowned slightly.

Seeing this, Zhong Shiheng continued: "It is easy to capture Dali, but it is difficult to govern Dali. Since you have proposed a method of using Dali people to govern Dali people and the court has adopted it, you must follow the method.

There are not many officials sent to us by the imperial court, and the troops we have are limited, so we cannot take risks.

We have to wait until the officials sent by the court arrive, wait for them to set up a racket in the city of the four tribes of Adu, and select some confidants who can help them govern Dali, and then continue to attack the city and plunder the territory.

As long as they can barely keep the city of Adu's four tribes in chaos.

We don't have to worry about backyard fires.

You don’t have to worry about being cut off.”

Zhu Neng frowned and said, "But after King Dali finds out about this, he will definitely send more troops to Jianchang Mansion.

The more troops Jianchang Mansion increases, the more difficult it will be for us to attack Jianchang Mansion."

Zhong Shiheng said in a deep voice: "Our use of troops this time focuses on a strange word. When we use troops, we must surprise them and catch them by surprise. The attack on Jianchangfu City is naturally no exception.

We are the attacking side, and we have time and energy to choose where to attack.

It took more than a month for Dali to negotiate with us and the court, so we have plenty of time to plan for Jianchang City."

Speaking of this, Zhong Shiheng added, "Of course, not taking Jianchang City now is also to avoid completely breaking up with King Dali."

After Zhu Neng listened to Zhong Shiheng's words, he raised his brows slightly. He nodded solemnly and said: "Tomorrow I will send out some of the general's scouts to explore Jianchang City."

"good……"

After discussing the matter, the two of them went back to their respective military tents to sleep.

Although the leader of the Fengpa tribe prepared a comfortable bed for them.

But neither Zhong Shiheng nor Zhu Neng accepted it.

As the brains of an army, they will never put themselves in danger when fighting.

Who knows if the leader of the Fengpa tribe is pretending to surrender and is preparing to assassinate them after they relax their vigilance...

The next day.

After Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng got up, they inspected the camp, ate some food, and sat in the tent waiting for the envoys sent by Jianchang Prefecture.

Wait until noon.

The envoys sent by Jianchang Prefecture rode their fast horses to Fengpabu City.
To be continued...