The daily siege in Runzhou continued. The Wu and Yue soldiers besieged the city from all sides and strengthened their offensives. They sieged the city at least twice every three days, held a rotation rest, and continued fierce battles to drag down the Tang army in the city.

However, under Su Chen's leadership, the city guard was still as solid as a god and failed. Although the defenders were a little tired, they still stood at their posts.

In order to arouse the enthusiasm of the defenders, Su Chen found many scholars in the city, and regularly told them in the military camps and told some martial arts stories. "The greatest hero is to serve the country and the people" instill these ideas into the army, everyone

I have a martial arts dream in my heart and a heroic complex. With this belief, I support the soldiers to stick to the city.

It was three days after King Deng entered the city. Through interviews with some generals, he found that half of the Yuhou in the city were promoted by Su Chen and were loyal to Su Chen.

Half of them were General Lu Jiang's old subordinates, but because General Lu was injured, Su Chen repeatedly rescued him, which was equivalent to saving General Lu's life. Therefore, General Lu's subordinates were also grateful and supportive to Su Chen and respected him.

This made King Deng Li Congyi unable to find a way to divide for a while. In addition, he was only three or four years older than Su Chen, and his various thinking and experience were not enough. Therefore, King Deng planned to visit Lu Jiang first, if he could convince Lu Jiang.

Standing on his side, surveillance of Su Chen, then once something happens, it is better to find that Su Chen is really colluding with the enemy and treason, so there is also a corresponding help and counterattack time.

King Deng Li Congyi believed that Lu Jiang was a 70-year-old general who was loyal to the court, so Lu Jiang would definitely stand on the side of the court.

Once Su Chen is rebellious, Lu Jiang will never sit idly by and use this kind of righteousness and national destiny to persuade Lu Jiang. After all, the grace of saving lives is personal feelings. At the critical moment, we should still take national justice and the safety of the court.

Lord, this is the choice that loyal ministers and good generals should have.

Therefore, when Deng Wang Li Congyi considered this point, he visited Lu Jiang and showed a very caring and respectful attitude: "General Lu Jiang, how has your injuries recovered?"

Lu Jiang can already sit on the bed, and after two months of rest, he has recovered a lot. If he returns to the battlefield, it will take at least half a year to rest. He can't stand for a long time, and he has no energy to lift his sword.

"Thanks to Wang Deng for his concern, the job has recovered by 30%. At present, there is no need to lie in bed every day and walk down the ground for a while. But now I can't raise my energy now and I'm not sleepy enough. I'm afraid it will take a few more months to recover.

, back to the battlefield."

Li Congyi said: "General Lu doesn't have to worry. Just rest for a long time. When I come here, I will take the imperial order and temporarily take the position of military supervisor. I will cooperate with General Su Chen to guard Runzhou. In the future, we may be partners."

General Lu Jiang said: "It's time for King Deng to be the first to defend the city as a soldier. But the old ministers were incompetent, which made the court worried. He sent the prince to fight on the front line. He really felt ashamed of the court!"

Li Congyi said politely: "Elder General, don't say that. You have tried your best. You have made contributions to defending the city these days. It is not erasable. Many of your old subordinates still support and love you very much, which means you are old.

The general's prestige remains, and he can continue to serve the court."

"Thanks to King Deng for his over-reputation. It's a pity that Bei Zhi is negligent and almost caught by the thief of Wu Yue. Fortunately, General Su Chen used a special poisonous smoke method to repel Wu Yue's soldiers. Moreover, Bei Zhi was treated by his medical skills, so I can have it

The opportunity to survive and continue to return to the battlefield.”

Li Congyi felt a little unhappy when he heard Lu Jiang praise Su Chen like this, but he tried his best to provoke him. After all, he came with a mission and wanted to investigate Su Chen, so he lowered his voice and said, "General Lu, there may be something wrong."

, You don’t know very well, Su Chen probably hasn’t told you yet.”

Lu Jiang was a little curious and looked at Deng Wang and asked, "General Su Chen didn't tell me what happened. Is it related to military defense?"

Lu Jiang thought this way, if it was just Su Chen's private affairs, then there was no need to tell himself. Since King Deng said this, with General Lu at the age of 70 and understanding strategy, he would naturally think that King Deng said this, it must be

What is implying should be related to military defense, otherwise this would not be explained.

Li Congyi nodded and said, "General Lu knows that when you were unconscious, the emperor of Song State Zhao Kuangyin personally wrote to Su Chen. The two had already passed several letters, and the Song State supervisor Ding Deyu outside the city was said to have also given to Su Chen.

I have written several letters, all of which are persuading him to surrender. Among them, the letter from the State of Song was obtained by our army and sent to Jinling City. At present, the ministers in the court have almost quarreled over this matter and have been impeached continuously."

"It is difficult to judge whether Su Chen has the intention to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and surrender to the Song Dynasty. I came here to serve as a military supervisor in the name, but in fact he had the intention of supervising the matter. Since Su Chen was in charge of Runzhou's defense, he had 30,000 yuan.

There are many people, and it would be fine if he had no intention of defecting and insisting on Runzhou. Once he had a rebellion, Runzhou would be completely out of security."

Lu Jiang was a little shocked when he heard this news. He never expected that Su Chen would have a letter exchange with the Emperor of Song. However, he still felt that with Su Chen's talent and character, he would not have done anything treason.

So Lu Jiang said, "King Deng, although I don't know whether this matter is true or false, even if there are letters, it cannot be said that Su Chen has the idea of ​​defecting and surrendering to the enemy. This matter should be handled with caution, otherwise, Han

After Su Chen's heart, the entire Runzhou defense will be in a state of chaos and will accelerate the demise of Runzhou.

Deng Wang Li Congyi nodded and said, "As the general said, I know the severity of this matter, and I can only do it secretly. If I interrogate it directly, it may cause him to feel resentful. Next time Su Chen comes to visit you,

You might as well pose indirectly, look at his words and expressions, see if his true thoughts are honest and open."

Lu Jiang was in conflict when he heard this. After all, Su Chen was very grateful to him, and after getting along, he also valued Su Chen very much. Now that King Deng asked him to test Su Chen, he had a consideration and was very likely to stand up.

To the opposite side, this is something Lu Jiang doesn't want to see.

King Deng also saw that Lu Jiang was hesitant, so he took the opportunity to persuade him: "General Lu, you are from Jiangnan, you have lived in Jiangnan for generations and have been an official for many years. You have been a lord for the king's salary and share your worries. We are in trouble with Tang Dynasty.

Whether to defend it depends on the unity of all ministers and soldiers. I hope you can focus on this. You cannot ignore the safety of the country and the court just because of your good personal relationship, because our Tang Dynasty has millions of people, all of them are on the defense of these generals.

, you cannot let this matter be ignored, which will lead to a great disaster, and the people of our Tang Kingdom will suffer."

King Deng Li Congyi tied up the commanding heights of justice and morality, trying to convince Lu Jiang to stand on the side of the court and cooperate with him to investigate Su Chen, whether he has the tendency to judge the enemy, and jointly find evidence.

Lu Jiang hesitated for a long time, and was in conflict with his heart. Yu Wen, he had a close relationship with Su Chen and had a life-saving grace. Yu Gong, he went to the battlefield at the age of 70, to defend his country, and he would never see the people around him.

He could not accept that his soldiers under his command had treason and surrendered to the enemy.

So, he has to choose one for personal friendship or righteousness.

This iron-strong veteran general naturally cared more about justice, so he nodded slowly and said, "I can test him and ask him clearly. If he had a clear conscience, he would naturally say he would listen to me. If Su Chen had no rival, he would not have a good relationship with him.

Zhixin also hopes that King Deng can report to the court truthfully and not make more speculation about Su Chen in case of falling into the treacherous plan of Song State.”

Li Congyi was secretly happy and nodded, "That's natural. If Su Chen was innocent, the court would continue to use it. If he had any problems, we should prepare early to gradually weaken his military power in case Su Chen turned against him.

Abandoning Runzhou to live and die without regard for life and death.”
Chapter completed!