Inside the Xia Army camp in Longping, Zhaozhou.

Li Bingchang was furious in the central army's tent and said, "This Zhang Miao is too cunning. He actually used this trick. This time, the Song army did not catch everyone and retreated to Julu City."

"Brother, according to reliable information, the Song army has hoarded a large amount of food, weapons and gunpowder in Julu, which is enough for hundreds of thousands of Song troops to be used for a year; and Zhao Wei also sent an additional 100,000 troops to Julu, which means that the troops under Zhang Miao's command in Julu City have reached 400,000, and Julu City is located west of mainland China and the Yellow River. Both sides are silt, which is not conducive to attack. The only ones that can attack are the north and the south. It can be said that Julu is a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. We may have to work hard to win Julu."

"Even if you are struggling, you have to take down Julu, otherwise how can we talk about our army going south to fight?" Li Bingchang said firmly.

"In fact, whether we are going south to take Julu or not will have a big impact." Zhu Xu thought for a while and said; "King Changshan had fought with Zhang Miao's army for a while before. Because of his weak force, Zhang Miao retreated into Julu City. According to the war report, Zhang Miao lost at least 50,000 elite troops, which means that the maximum number of defenders in Julu City is 350,000, while our army has nearly 500,000, including our 400,000 army and the 100,000 army under the command of Changshan King;

We have an absolute advantage in military strength. With these large armies, we don’t have to fight head-on with Zhang Miao. We just need to send an army to surround Julu City. The remaining large army divided their troops to go south, captured other places and completely cut off the Song army’s way southward, making it an isolated group of enemies, and finally turned around and dealt with him."

"What General Zhu said is a good plan." Li Bingchang nodded and said, "I will send an order to go south to meet with King Changshan tomorrow. We will discuss the specific attack on Julu."

The next day, the Xia army began to march towards Julu. Julu City was an important fulcrum of the Song army's Great Wall defense line. Therefore, the entire Julu City was built very tall, and a large amount of food and supplies were placed in the city. Zhang Miao was very confident in defending Julu City. With the defense of Julu City, Zhang Miao believed that he could block 500,000 Xia troops under Julu City. After arriving at Julu City, Zhang Miao prepared a detailed strategy for defending the city, and at the same time absorbed all the surrounding troops into Julu City, including the surrounding garrisons and the defeated soldiers who were defeated from the Great Wall defense line. The troops collected reached 70,000 to 80,000.

"General, after this period of preparation, our army has recovered to more than 400,000 troops." The deputy general reported to Zhang Miao.

"Where are the people in the city?" Zhang Miao asked.

"Everyone who is willing to leave has left, and the rest are those who are unwilling to leave." said the deputy general; "In addition to the people in the city, there are as many as 450,000 people in Julu City."

"It doesn't matter how many people there are. The food and grass in the city are enough for us to eat for a year and a half." Zhang Miao said with a smile. "I ordered the food and grass and weapons to be stored separately, and heavy troops were sent to guard it. No one was allowed to enter without the general's order. In addition, the entire Julu implemented a curfew system from today, and all the people in the city will be incorporated into the baggage barracks." Zhang Miao immediately ordered.

"Yes, the last general takes the order..."

The entire Julu City has become a large barracks. Unlike other cities, Julu City is not a square city, but a pentagonal city, and there is no inner city. The entire city is rebuilt with the construction of the Great Wall and has been completely transformed into a military fortress, with its defense far exceeding other Song cities.

The Battle of Julu had not started but reached a delayed battle. The next day, the Xia army began to divide its troops south to attack other places in Xingzhou, as well as Cizhou and Mingzhou. At the same time, a cavalry duel between Song and Xia in Dezhou was in progress.

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