"Are you saying that Qin Li agreed to go to Southern Tang with you?"

Guo Zongxun listened to Wei Zhongxian's report, slightly disappointed, it seems that the literati of the Great Zhou Dynasty are also soft bones, full of benevolence, morality, loyalty and patriotism, but in fact, they are all a group of cowards.

"Master, do you think you still need to continue to test this Qin Li?" Wei Zhongxian asked cautiously.

"Wei Banban, what do you think, I want to hear your opinion."

Wei Zhongxian knew that his answer would most likely decide Qin Li's fate.

"Master, the slave feels that he can continue to test, because when the slave was talking to Qin Li, his attitude was a little too calm."

Guo Zongxun smiled, Wei Zhongxian really understood his thoughts, for the sake of a Qin Li, there is indeed no need for him as a prince to bother too much brains, if Wei Zhongxian suggests that there is no need to continue the test, Guo Zongxun will immediately order Qin Li to be taken back to the prison and beheaded in the city on a certain day.

As for whether Qin Li's family should also sit together, it depends on Guo Zongxun's mood.

There's no way, who let Lone have the power of life and death in the hands of many people.

"Then follow what Wei Banban said, continue the test."

"The minions obey."

I also reviewed some movements, these things were originally difficult for a child who was only six or seven years old, but Guo Zongxun was different, he had the soul of a young man in his twenties, and it was the time when he was most energetic.

The speed at which Guo Zongxun handled the movement was jaw-dropping.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty added hundreds together, and the officials at all levels in Kaifeng added together, more than 2,000...... How dare you hand over these trivial things to Lonely, and raise them to eat dry rice?

All those who only mention matters without a solution will be sent back, and the Ministry of Central Books will instruct these officials to write a solution within a day and then submit it.

If the solution is perfunctory, it will be returned, and a practical and detailed plan will not be written, and a warning will be given, a second salary cut, and a third demotion.

Guo Zongxun originally wanted to set a benchmark, but unfortunately he was disappointed, and in the past few days, there has not been a single official's recital that has a solution to the problem that satisfies him.

However, Guo Zongxun is not in a hurry, this is a process, and the purpose is to mobilize all the officials of the whole Kaifeng City.

As a result, there will be very few twists and turns, and many officials will begin to conceal false reports.

Very good, the lonely brocade guard just needs to practice.

The veterans of a hundred battles are all a group of rough people, right, but they are not a group of stupid people, and those who can rush and survive in the sea of swords and blood are undoubtedly the best of a group of old people.

Although their learning ability is far less than when young children were first started, it is like an adult university.

Guo Zongxun believes that as long as these veterans of a hundred battles are given a chance to learn, their growth rate will be much faster than that of those literati who can only read.

This is actually a talent management program, and the veterans of a hundred battles are a group of mature talents.

The only flaw is illiteracy, is this an incurable disease, isn't it?

If you are not afraid of hooligans playing scoundrels, you are afraid that hooligans are educated.

The veterans of the Hundred Battles are literate and literate, and their knowledge is ...... than those students who have been in the so-called ten-year cold window

There is no need to compare at all, Guo Zongxun even has the idea of letting all the children go to the battlefield for two years before taking the Xiucai exam.

Moreover, this idea will definitely be implemented.

Now, let Jinyiwei secretly investigate and supervise these civil officials, I believe they will do their best.

After all, if their families are in dire straits, it is all thanks to these civil officials.

Unless it is a very important movement, the rest, Guo Zongxun will be dealt with according to the above methods, he believes that in the near future, the rule of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be imperceptibly getting better and better.

First, cultivate a group of capable officials and eliminate those rice bucket officials.

Then, among these capable officials, they began to look for corrupt officials......

For Guo Zongxun, the loyalty of officials comes first, ability comes second, and conduct is ......

Fatten up and then kill, this trick is not unused.

After reviewing these recitals, it was getting late, and Guo Zongxun went to Yanfu Palace to accompany the queen for dinner.

"The child sees the queen mother."

"The prince is exempt, come to the queen mother's side......"

Fu Jinhuan has been in a state of silence since he failed to face Guo Zongxun last time, and his father, Fu Yanqing, the king of Wei, has left Kaifeng and returned to the camp in Hedong.

Fu Jinhuan has no backer in Kaifeng, and Fu Yanqing is very scheming, he will never stand up publicly to support his daughter.

It's not that Fu Jinhuan has softened, who doesn't have a competitive heart.

Especially the daughter of the Wei family who has two queens in the family.

It's that Fu Jinhuan doesn't even have the opportunity and ability to fight back at all now.

"Queen Mother, the spring flowers have bloomed recently, and the child has asked people to start planting flowers and plants in the imperial garden, if the queen mother has any opinions, just tell them, the child will tell them, everything will be done according to the mother's wishes."

This is Fu Jinhuan's life in the harem, after Guo Zongxun was strong once, although he eased the relationship with Fu Jinhuan, but he would not let out the power he grabbed anyway.

In the entire harem, Guo Zongxun has the final say.

He agreed that the planting of flowers and plants in the Imperial Garden could listen to Fu Jinhuan, and Fu Jinhuan could speak.

Otherwise, the fart is useless.

"Then the queen mother will thank the prince, it just so happens that these days are very boring, and it is good to take care of the imperial garden and relax."

"Queen Mother, if you are bored in the harem, you can invite your aunt to come into the palace to see you."

Although he often goes out of the palace to let off steam, Fu Jinhuan, he will not easily give the palace a chance.

This is the heart of defense against people, and it is absolutely indispensable.

Fu Jinhuan barely squeezed out a smile, facing this six-year-old prince, how could she feel even more terrifying than the emperor.

After dinner, Guo Zongxun came out of Yanfu Palace and returned to the East Palace of the Prince.

"Wei Banban, how is my father's side, can Imperial Doctor Guo and Manager Li have any news back?"

In addition to court affairs, Guo Zongxun is most concerned about the body of his father Guo Rong.

"Master, the emperor has been in the Chinese army and has not participated in the big war, and the news from Imperial Physician Guo and Chief Manager Li is completely no different from the letter written by the emperor to the prince."

Guo Zongxun knew that it was a vain question to ask, anyway, everything is fine with the emperor, and what the emperor is most concerned about is the war ahead, and the second is His Royal Highness the Prince......

"What about General Yue, is there any news coming back?"

"General Yue's side, after successfully conquering the Sikou Pass, he took Yingzhou bloodlessly, and now he is moving to Yijin Pass on the emperor's military order to find the main force of the Liao army......"

"I'm really looking forward to another good news from the lonely General Yue......"

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"Report to the general, a small number of Liao troops have been found in the Desperate Valley ahead."

Yue Fei led the 130,000 Hanzi Army to find the main force of the Liao army, but the emperor gave a death order, and he must not let go of a Liao dog to escape back to Youzhou.

After several days of exploration and tracking, the Hugzi Army finally locked on the position of the main force of the Liao army.

After topographical surveys, Yue Fei decided to set the battlefield of the decisive battle on a plain south of the Desperate Valley.

This is the domineering and self-confidence of the Great Zhou army, the Great Zhou army at this time is definitely not like the Zhao and Song dynasties, not to mention the incompetence of thousands of troops, and they are very afraid of the Liao Iron Cavalry.

Even the iron harrier made by Li Yuanhao in Western Xia later gave the Great Song army a headache.

The current Great Zhou Xiong soldiers, 130,000 Fierce Army, including 30,000 newly formed Yanyun Han people, dare to take the initiative to find a plain and fight a decisive battle with 300,000 Liao troops.

What a mighty and domineering this is, what a bullish spirit.

Unexpectedly, he found a small Liao army in the Desperate Valley, which made Yue Fei feel very curious.

"The whole army is on standby, bring the map."

The scout commander Dugu Sheng took out the map, which he had been trained by Yue Fei for a while, and it was very easy to survey the terrain and military deployment, and draw a simple map.

"Dugu Sheng, do you mean that you found that there is a small Liao army of about 2,000 people, gathered here in the Desperate Valley?"

Listening to Dugusheng's report, Yue Fei couldn't help but confirm it again.

"General, the lowly rank can see clearly, they are indeed gathered here."

Looking at the position of the scout's finger, Yue Fei frowned.

"This Liao general who commands the army is not a fool."

Chai Yong and Niu Gao are now Yue Fei's personal soldiers, and they made meritorious contributions last time at Sikou Pass, and now they both have war horses.

Dugu is even better, Yue Fei specially equipped him with three war horses, and directly promoted him to become the commander of the scout battalion of the Husg Army.

"I also think it's a little incredible, do they really want to die in the Valley of Despair?"

Yue Fei looked at Dugu Sheng and thought to himself, Dugu Sheng is not good at arranging troops, even he can see that the place where the Liao army gathers is a dead place, how is this Liao general's brain growing?

The original meaning of the Valley of Desperation was that the mountains here were dangerous, and the terrain in the valley was complicated, so it was easy for wild beasts to get lost when they arrived here.

However, this place is also the only place to pass from Yingzhou to the Yijin Pass Plain.

You have to pass through the Valley of Despair to go straight to Yijin Pass.

If the Liao army laid down heavy troops in the Desperate Valley to block the Great Zhou army, it would be understandable.

Understanding is understanding, but Yue Fei is not worried about this.

Because, even if the Liao army blocked the Hanzi army in the Desperate Valley, there was still Yijin Pass behind them, but Zhang Yongde was leading the army to attack Yijin Pass......

The news that the Yijin Pass guard will surrender Zhong Tinghui has not yet reached Yue Fei.

Yue Fei really couldn't understand what the Liao army commander meant.

I don't understand the meaning of the Liao general who is guarding the desperate valley.

"Probe again, Dugusheng you go in person, the more detailed General Ben knows, the better."

"The lowly duty is ordered, by the way, general, the lowly duty forgot one thing, hehe, the lowly post grabbed a few tongues on the way back just now."

Dugu Sheng patronized the topographical map he had drawn, and forgot all about catching the Liao army scouts.

"You go down, go to investigate first, and when you come back, don't report to General Ben first, go to the military court team to get ten whips first."

drove away Dugu Sheng, and Yue Fei ordered someone to bring the Liao army scouts captured by Dugu Sheng.

"The general spares his life, and we are willing to surrender."

Several Liao army scouts were covered in chaff, but they spoke the pure Han language.

"How many of you are Han?"

"If the villain returns to the general, the villain and the others are all Han people in Liaodi."

"Zhangzui, what Liaodi, the land of Yanyun was originally the land of my Han family, when did it become Liaodi."

Several soldiers came up and crackled their mouths, filling their mouths with blood.

"The general spares his life, the villain knows that he is wrong, we are Hermes-Epitek, we are Hermes-Epitek......"

After some interrogation, Yue Fei roughly figured out what the two thousand Liao Han troops were doing when they came to the Desperate Valley.

Sure enough, he came to send him to death, this general named Han Zhao......

Yue Fei sighed, this Han Zhao obviously came with two thousand Liao troops to send him to death, and he was very resolute.

From the prisoner's confession, Yue Fei learned that Zhang Yongde successfully took Yijin Pass, and Xiao Yuanli, the commander of the Liao army, decided to sneak attack overnight, but he was worried about Yue Fei's department, who had been eyeing behind his buttocks, so he sent two thousand Liao troops to block it.

Where Han Zhao led his troops to garrison, he ascended from the first line of heaven in the south of the Desperate Valley to the top of the valley on the west side, and only a small number of people needed to be sent to defend the first line of heaven.

However, they are also a desperate place surrounded in the Valley of Despair.

Because, there is only one entrance and exit in the land of desperation, and the rest of the places are dead ends.

The desperate place is condescending, and the mountains in the west are steep, so it is difficult for the Zhou army to attack it, and the Liao army cannot go down.

However, guarding the steep slope to the west was not enough to seal off the entire mountain path of the Desperate Valley.

The eastern slopes could not be armed, as they were gentle slopes and could be easily attacked.

Xiao Yuanli only gave Han Zhao 2,000 people, and if he wanted to completely block the Valley of Despair, he couldn't do it at all.

Yue Fei couldn't help but admire this Han Liao general who was so resolute.

"Ruthless enough, desperate enough, if it's Yue, I'm afraid I can only come up with this method."

Han Zhao's intention was to delay the march of Yue Fei's army in the Desperate Valley as much as possible, and to kill and injure the Zhou army as condescendingly as possible.

When the front of the Zhou army passed through the Desperate Valley, they turned around and surrounded the desperate place where Han Zhao led the people......

As long as Han Zhao's soldiers successfully held the first line of heaven, they could continue to attack the Zhou army that passed through the Desperate Valley one after another in the Desperate Land.

Until they run out of ammunition and food, even if these people finally surrender, what awaits them is probably the endless anger of the Zhou army.

Because, the casualties they brought to the Zhou army must not be a small number.

In order to avenge the casualties, Yue Fei had to order these surrendered troops to be executed together.

There is another possibility, that is, they will not surrender, or they will be finally broken and slaughtered by the angry Zhou army, or they will be surrounded and starved to death in a desperate place.

At this moment, there is basically no need for Dugu Sheng to investigate anything.

"The whole army marched and passed through the Valley of Despair along the road near the eastern slopes."

Yue Fei had made a plan to deal with Han Zhao, and he decided not to give Han Zhao's troops a chance to attack the Hustro at all.

Although Han Zhao's plan was decisive, it was not without loopholes, that is, the place where they were defending could not achieve full attack coverage of the Desperate Valley.

The military order Han Zhao received was to block the Zhou army for three days, and Yue Fei couldn't afford to wait for these three days, besides, it wouldn't take three days to pass through the Valley of Despair along a safe mountain road.

The army marched again towards the Valley of Despair.

Dugu Sheng came back soon, went to the military law team and received ten whips, and then rode a horse with bared teeth and came to Yue Fei's approach.

"General, the Liao army that Beizhi saw was all Han Chinese, I don't know if there are any Liao people, and the place where they are stationed has also been determined, there is only one exit from the sky, and it is a place of death."

After listening to Dugu Sheng's report, Yue Fei sighed again, Han Zhao, what kind of person is this Han Liao general?

"The whole army accelerated, and the vanguard troops quickly stationed in formation after passing through the Desperate Valley to prevent the main force of the Liao army from raiding, and then send people to block the first line of sky, but don't attack."

"The general is wise, just deal with these hateful Liao dogs like this, starve them to death......"

Dugu Sheng wanted to be ruthless, but was interrupted by Yue Fei.

"They are not Liao dogs, they are our Han family sons, they are all good."

Dugu Sheng scratched his head, rushed to kill, shouting that Da Zhou might kill Liao dogs, and the loudest voice was General Yue, why did he suddenly start to be a woman now?

Desperate Valley, the Land of Desperate Death.

"General, it's not good, the Zhou army has begun to pass through the Valley of Despair, they ......"

A soldier in charge of the sentry came to Han Zhao and said anxiously.

"You make it clear, the Zhou army didn't have a large army to rush into the Valley of Desperation at all? It's ......"

Han Zhao was a little dumbfounded, they were discovered, which was what Han Zhao expected.

We are only 2,000 people, and for the hundreds of thousands of Zhou troops, even if we occupy a certain geographical advantage, if they launch a strong attack from the western slopes, they may not be able to attack it.

But this is exactly Han Zhao's purpose, to kill and delay the marching speed of the Zhou army as much as possible, delay one more day is a day, and desperately have to complete the military order.

But Zhou Jun's movements gave Han Zhao the feeling of being punched in the air.

Don't they know that the fighter plane is fleeting, don't they know that the main force of our Liao army has gone to attack Yijin Pass?

Han Zhao even counted the scouts sent out to be captured, just to let the Zhou army know that Yijin Pass was in danger, and to force them to rush through the Desperate Valley at any cost.

As long as the Zhou army was in a hurry, Han Zhao's goal was achieved, with 2,000 infantry troops, occupy a favorable terrain, and give the enemy the greatest blow.

However, Zhou Jun didn't pay attention to them at all, but chose the safest mountain road.

Han Zhao came to the Sentinel Heights and watched as a group of Zhou troops were marching along the relatively narrow mountain road on the east side of the Desperate Valley.

"General, they seem to have seen us and are waving at us......

Han Zhao sat on the ground with his buttocks, and all the plans were over.

Even if he leads people out from the first line of heaven now, and then desperately blocks the Zhou army, it is equivalent to losing all the terrain advantages, and the Zhou army can rush into the desperate valley from all the mountain roads unscrupulously.

Two thousand people, Xiao Dashuai gave too few people.

"General, what do we do now?"

Han Zhao stood up again, gritted his teeth and looked at Zhou Jun who was passing through the Desperate Valley one after another.

If it weren't for Han Zhao's blocking, it would take about a day for Yue Fei's 130,000 troops to pass through the Valley of Despair.

Now, most of the mountain roads in the Valley of Desperation are under the attack of the Liao army, and it will take about three days for the 130,000 troops to pass through the Valley of Desperation.

"Guard, we will stay here, and two hundred more people will be stationed on the other side of the sky, so we must defend it."

"General, once the Zhou army blocks us outside the first line of sky, we ......"

Han Zhao sighed, now, he couldn't hide it anymore, and his soldiers had realized that their general had led them to a dead end.

"The military order is like a mountain, do you want to disobey the order?"

Under Han Zhao's strong oppression, the soldiers were paying close attention to the Zhou army that was passing through the Desperate Valley, but unfortunately, they couldn't reach it.

On Yue Fei's side, he received the news that the Liao army saw the Hun army starting to pass through the Valley of Desperation but did not make any moves.

"Han Zhao, General Ben admires you more and more now."

"General Yue, why do you admire an enemy general, now he is not like a turtle with a shrunken head, he doesn't dare to show his head at all."

Dugu Sheng belonged to the first batch to pass through the valley, and it was Yue Fei's personal soldier Niu Gao who was asking questions at this time.

"Brother Niu, who does our General Yue admire, do we still need to reason with you, you better shut up, haha."

It was Chai Yong who taunted Niu Gao, and the two of them have now turned from iron buddies to rivals again.

Why, it's because Yue Fei arranged a problem with the seats they arranged.

Chai Yong in front of the horse, Niu Gao in the back of the horse, these are the two most enviable positions of the soldiers who can follow Yue Fei's side, and it is so glorious to be able to charge into battle with General Yue. (Yue Fei's biography seems to say so.) Zhang Bao before the horse, Wang Heng after the horse)

Niu Gao is not convinced, why is it me after the horse, am I not brave enough, I Xiao Niu Niu killed the Liao dog, that is also cut melons and vegetables.

Therefore, Niu Gao has been looking for Chai Yong's affairs recently, and he bullied Chai Yong when he had nothing to do, but in the end he still made Chai Yong anxious.

Alas...... In the final analysis, this is all caused by group performances grabbing the C position.

"Niu Gao, you asked well, General Ben felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, he didn't vomit or was unhappy, just when you asked, then General Ben will tell you why I admire this enemy general named Han Zhao."

Niu Gao was very proud of Chai Yong, look, in terms of brains, ten stupid Ah Yong is not one.

"The location of the Liao army is an excellent ambush place, and it is also an extremely dangerous desperate place, this general has seen through Han Zhao's intentions, and would rather slow down the speed of the army through the Desperate Valley than give him a chance to attack us condescendingly."

"General Ben originally guessed that when this Han Zhao saw through the plan by our side, he would have two choices, one was to quickly lead people to evacuate and escape from the first line of heaven, and the other was to withdraw from the first line of heaven and then enter the valley to fight our army head-on."

"If they flee quickly, we have no way or need to pursue, two thousand people, it's not worth the effort."

"If they fight us head-on, it will be a mantis arm blocking the car, and our army only needs one charge to annihilate them."

"In either of the above two situations, our army can speed up the passage through the Valley of Despair."

"Speaking of the point, General Ben didn't expect that Han Zhao's approach was the situation that General Ben was most worried about, and he actually led people to stay in a desperate place.

"First of all, General Ben admires his determination, and secondly, at the cost of the whole army falling into a desperate situation, he has succeeded in achieving his goal of delaying our army, although it will not be completed for three days, but at least he can delay us for two days."

"This is a general with absolute executive power, what is executive power, this general doesn't know very well, this is what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told me.

"Now, we can only slow down the march to ensure that we can pass through the Valley of Despair safely, and then, General Ben will definitely go to settle accounts with Han Zhao......"