What is the 300,000 army like Yun Zheng can imagine, he is not so narcissistic that he thinks that he can challenge the 300,000 army of the Liao State with 30,000 people, so his army began to come back, looking forward to Xiao Huo'er's army coming to attack Yanmen Pass, if he can use the favorable terrain to consume the living force of the Liao State, Yun Zheng will be very happy.

Shenwu City is a lonely city, and now it is still destroyed by its own army, and in front of the 300,000 army of the Liao State, there is no value in holding on, so Yun Zheng ran back to Yanmen Pass with the army, and Shenwu City had to be abandoned.

Lu Qingchen lay on the carriage and returned to Lanzhou, and it is said that his angry shouting and scolding echoed in the valley for a long time......

The war was as if it had never happened, and Xiao Huo'er also quieted down after regaining Shenwu City, confronting Yun Zheng across a wasteland.

However, this quiet did not last a few days, and there were constantly Liao scouts who discovered the traces of Chengzhi Linya Guo Ruhai, as long as this guy saw the capital army from the Han land, he would take the trouble to persuade them to surrender, and sometimes he would tearfully tell how inferior the Han people under the rule of the Liao people were.

There were also some captured Han Chinese of the Liao State who were released after Guo Ruhai's admonition, and these people unanimously told Guo Hengchuan that his son Guo Ruhai had officially surrendered to the Song State.

At the beginning, those Liao people said that Guo Ruhai had surrendered, whether it was Xiao Huo'er or Guo Hengchuan, they didn't believe it, a fierce general who had fought bloodily for the Great Liao, it was impossible to turn his back on his country and ethnic group so lightly. Guo Hengchuan even affirmed that this was Yun Zheng's divisive strategy, and this was not such a clever tactic on the battlefield.

Xiao Huo'er also beheaded some gossiping Liao people to appease Guo Hengchuan's anger. The reason why he relies on the Guo family so much starts with the military system of the Liao State.

The army of the Liao State was mainly composed of four parts: the palace army, the tribal army, the Jingzhou army, and the vassal army.

The palace tent army is also known as the leather room army. It is the forbidden army of the Liao Emperor, and it is also the guard army of the emperor, which is divided into the imperial tent army and the palace guard cavalry, the former mainly fights with the emperor, and the latter mainly guards the palace.

The crown prince and the leader of each tribe, the king, have their own territory and army, called the tribal army, the minister of the prince of Liao. The country is like home, in times of war. Often placed private armor from the royal family. More than 1,000 rides, less than hundreds of rides. That is, when there was a war, the princes and ministers of the Liao State used their personal guards to obey the command of the royal family. When the war is tense, 3,000 to 5,000 cavalry are usually dispatched. At the behest of the royal family, the rest of the troops stayed in the country to defend the roots. The Liao tribal army was divided into the north and the south, guarding the four sides and guarding the Beijing division. Among them, there are 32 in the North Province and 15 in the South Province.

The army used by the Qin king Yelu Chongyuan to rebel came from his tribal army, and now the Liao emperor Yelu Hongji is strictly controlling the number of zhì tribal armies in order to achieve the purpose of strengthening the cadres and weakening the branches.

Guo Hengchuan's subordinates are the Jingzhou Army, and the five capitals of the Liao State are each placed in the township. The Wuzhou Township Ding is called the Jingzhou Bing. It is a kind of local military armament, and its main responsibility is local security; But in times of war, they also obey the requisition. Entered the Jingshi Division. Most of the Jingzhou soldiers were Ding Zhuang, who was transferred from the Han Dynasty, and the strength was very considerable, with about more than 100 Jingzhou soldiers.

As for the army of the subject state, there is not much sense of existence in the military sequence of the Liao State, because the Liao State does not allow the subject country to have too many troops, and the army that the subject country can have. Basically, it's a tribal army owned by the respective patriarch.

Xiao Huo'er must give Guo Hengchuan this face, because Xijing Datong Mansion has jurisdiction over 7 counties, 17 armies, prefectures, prefectures, and cities. There are more than 320,000 Jingzhou soldiers, which means that about eighty percent of Xiao Huo'er's army are Guo Hengchuan's subordinates.

This is the real strong branch and weak dry branch!

Since the founding of the Liao State, except for Yang Yanzhao once out of the Yanmen Pass, the Yanmen Pass has always been the main battlefield of the Liao State, as long as the Yanmen Pass defenders maintain a strong oppression is enough, for the Liao State, Hebei is the key to life and death, so it has created the strange military equipment of Xijing Datong Mansion.

When another round of Liao people saw Guo Ruhai slaughter the Liao people, in the face of the Liao tribes in tears, Xiao Huoer had to seriously consider the possibility of Guo Ruhai's rebellion.

Seeing Xiao Huo'er looking at him, Guo Hengchuan shook his head with difficulty and said: "It is impossible for the dog to rebel, he would rather die than rebel, regardless of the way of the monarch and the minister, the Great Liao Kingdom still has his father, brother, wife and children, even if it is for them, the dog will not defect." ”

The city lord of the Yaoyuan Nine Tent Clan, who escaped and returned, sneered: "Your son will not defect? Just look at the fate of the old man, if it weren't for the old man to leave when he saw the opportunity, the old man's head would have been used as a wine vessel by Yun Zheng at this time. ”

Guo Hengchuan's second son, Guo Rushan, said angrily: "Obviously, you abandoned the city and fled, how can you put the blame on my eldest brother?" ”

Guo Hengchuan stopped the irritable second son, and arched his hand at Xiao Huo'er: "It's not true, it's really not fake, just wait for the old man to personally lead the troops to the wasteland to have a look." ”

The black bone poison suddenly got up and pointed at Guo Hengchuan and said, "Do you want to leave with the army?" If you want to see your son, then take your own soldiers, the army of the Great Liao Kingdom is not allowed to touch it! ”

Guo Hengchuan glanced at the black bone poison coldly and said: "The old man will take five hundred personal soldiers to go, and there is no need to use the army!" ”

Xiao Huo'er got up to appease Guo Hengchuan and said: "Although the old general goes, bring more soldiers and horses to be safe, this marshal thinks that this matter is very strange, the Guo family's loyalty to Daliao can be shown day by day, how can it be destroyed by a mere divisive plan, even if Guo Ruhai is really greedy for life and afraid of death to surrender to the Song State, it is just his fault, and the old general's prestige is not damaged." ”

Guo Hengchuan sighed and said: "It is often said in ancient books that there are many things for three people to become tigers, and the dog is like the sea temperament is the most strong, but the father is filial piety and sincerity, and he will definitely not do such a thing that endangers the parents, wives and children of the hài family. Tomorrow, the old man will take 500 guards to the wasteland to investigate in person, and there will be a public opinion on the innocence of the innocence. ”

After saying these words, Guo Hengchuan looked at the black bone poison and said: "If my son had not betrayed the enemy, the old man would have to theorize why Shenwu City fell lightly!" How did the whole city be ordered to be slaughtered by Yun Zheng, at that time, even if the lawsuit was brought to His Majesty, the old man had to have a clear and clear answer! ”

The black bone poison was not afraid of Guo Hengchuan, and sneered: "The people who go to the wasteland to investigate had better have our clansmen, otherwise you will kill people in the wasteland, who can know?" Others are very relieved of you, but the old man is not at ease. ”

Guo Hengchuan looked up to the sky and laughed: "That's right, the old man is waiting for you tomorrow morning!" ”

After saying these words, he bowed his hand to Xiao Huo'er and went straight to his military camp, and his subordinates also dispersed, and it didn't take much effort for Xiao Huo'er's handsome tent to vacate more than half of the place.

The black bone smiled venomously: "It's better to prepare early, there are my people in the scouts, they are very familiar with Guo Ruhai, the old man has asked again and again, it is indeed Guo Ruhai."

You look at the current handsome account, you have not ordered to retire, there are more than half of the people, that is to say, the power you can control is much less than Guo Hengchuan, the official is ready to leave now, go back to Zhongjing to ask the patriarch for advice, as for Xijing, he will worry more about the marshal. ”

Xiao Huo'er frowned and said: "It's not appropriate to do this, you are from the Yaoyuan Nine Tents Imperial Family, so it is unseemly to be a veteran who is loyal to the country, at this moment, Shenwu City has been destroyed, you are the city lord, it is your duty to rebuild Shenwu City, I think if you go to Zhongjing like this, the clan should not give you good fruits to eat, the matter of Xijing Dao, we still have to solve it in Xijing Dao, otherwise no one can afford to eat it." ”

Seeing Xiao Huo'er say this, he just sighed and returned to his camp, his whole family was killed in Shenwu City, and there was always some depression in his chest, and what made him even more depressed was that if Guo Ruhai could not become a scapegoat, his own wealth and glory would come to an end, and when he thought of the patriarch's iron-green old face, the black bone poison was never willing to return to Zhongjing.

In the middle of the moon, a sneaky figure flashed out of his tent, skillfully avoiding the patrolling guards, and came to Guo Hengchuan's big tent without much effort.

He clapped his palms gently, and the two strong men hiding in the dark walked out, looked at the person who came and said coldly: "Guo Yuan, what is the matter with you coming to the general's tent in the middle of the night?" ”

Guo Yuan lowered his voice and said, "I saw the eldest prince, and the eldest prince asked me to bring back a letter to the old general. ”

The two strong men were taken aback, and hurriedly dragged Guo Yuan into the big tent, at this time Guo Hengchuan had not yet slept peacefully, sitting in front of the oil lamp and looking at a jade Ruyi in front of him in a daze, this is the treasure that the Liao Emperor personally rewarded the Guo family, and he does not wear it on his body all the time, the jade Ruyi is not big, but it is crystal clear, the jade color is extremely warm, and the noble color of orange and yellow shows that its origin is extraordinary.

"Emperor is like a mountain, the Guo family will never turn his back!" Guo Hengchuan said to himself firmly.

A pro-soldier reported in the account: "General, the captured Guo Yuan has returned, and he said that there is a letter from the eldest prince!" ”

Guo Hengchuan was shocked when he heard this, waved his hand, and Guo Yuan was immediately taken into the tent. Guo Hengchuan didn't ask where the letter was, but stared at Guo Yuan up and down, until Guo Yuan fell to his knees with a thud, and then said coldly: "You really saw the eldest prince?" Why don't you say it during the day? ”

Guo Yuan cried and said: "The younger generation really saw the eldest son, what he saw with his own eyes, there is no falsehood, even the red flesh mole behind his ear can be seen clearly, the eldest prince just smiled bitterly when he saw me, and sent someone to send a letter without much effort, and then let me come back." ”

Guo Hengchuan was furious, and said hatefully: "Where is that brute's letter?" ”

Guo Yuan hurriedly took out the letter from the padded jacket and handed it to Guo Hengchuan.

Guo Hengchuan tore open the letter with trembling hands, only glanced at it and shouted, "It's not good, I'm fooled!" (To be continued)

PS: Chapter one