It has been ten days since Guo Song led his army to occupy Haozhou, and after Li Wujun led his army to retreat north, Guo Song did not continue to go north to Xingzhou, but stabilized the situation and firmly controlled Zhaozhou.

The complete occupation of Zhaozhou mainly controls three places, one is the Fukou Pass, which is the exit from Hedong, which must not be lost, and if it is lost, the Hebei Jin army will become a lone army, and Guo Song's Hebei strategy will be difficult to complete.

Guo Song ordered the general Gan Xin to lead 5,000 troops to hold the Fukou Pass, for the Fukou Pass, the 5,000 troops were enough, they had already dismantled the west pass wall and gate, so that the Fukou Pass had no danger to the east of the river, even if it was accidentally captured by the enemy again, it could be quickly recaptured.

The second is the state of Yongnian County, Yongnian County is a big city, the city wall is tall and strong, the city is very deep, can store a large number of materials and tens of thousands of troops, as long as the army holds Yongnian County, the Jin army in Hebei basically has a foundation.

And the third place is Handan County, Handan County is the transit place for transporting materials to Yongnian County from Fukou, which is very important, the materials only need to be transported to Handan County by camel, and after arriving in Handan, you can use the water boat to transport to Yongnian County, which can save a lot of manpower and material resources.

So during this time, Guo Song has been paying attention to this matter, in addition, it is Tian Yue's reaction to the eastward expansion of the Jin army, Tian Yue has stationed 80,000 troops in Anyang County, Xiangzhou, quite a posture of going north to Zhaozhou, once Tian Yue's army goes north, Li Wujun's army will definitely make a comeback.

This matter was not properly resolved, and Guo Song could not return to Chang'an.

Yongnian County is close to the water, the water flows through Yongnian County and then flows into the Zhangshui for dozens of miles to the east, this morning, there are more than 300 trough ships moored on the wharf, Guo Song came to check on this batch of cargo ships accompanied by Cui Hao.

"Don't hide it from Your Highness, this batch of cargo ships actually came from Qinghe County, and it is the property of the Cui family, but it is not under the name of the Cui family, but under the name of the Cui family's chief steward, and they came from Xiangzhou after a few rounds."

"Thanks to the Cui family this time!"

Guo Song smiled and said to Cui Hao: "Please tell your family master, the support of the Cui family, I will keep it in mind." ”

Cui Hao was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said politely: "We look forward to His Highness coming to Hebei every day, and it is also the glory of the Cui family to be able to do a little bit for His Highness." ”

"Don't worry! As long as the first step is stable, it will become more and more stable in the future, and sooner or later Hebei will be unified. ”

The two came to the wharf outside the city, only to see hundreds of trough boats moored in the river, and the first chief steward hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Cui Hao introduced: "This is the Cui family's chief steward in charge of freight, called Liu Qian, very capable, and knows all the rivers in Hebei well, maybe His Highness will use him in the future." ”

Guo Song was immediately interested, such a person was indeed what he needed the most, he nodded and smiled: "Steward Liu has worked hard all the way here." ”

Liu Qian knew that the general in front of him turned out to be the famous His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly wanted to kneel, but Guo Song grabbed his arm and said with a smile: "Steward Liu works for me, I am very grateful in my heart, so I don't need to be polite!" ”

Liu Qian was moved in his heart, he didn't expect His Royal Highness King Jin to be so approachable, this is a big man!

Guo Song asked again: "Steward Liu came from Xiangzhou, didn't Tian Yue intercept the fleet?" ”

Liu Qian hurriedly said: "This matter is indeed a bit strange, the fleet was detained by the army in Xiangzhou for a day, and then they Wang Daxiang came over to ask about the situation, and ordered it to be released." ”

"Who is this Prime Minister Wang?" Guo Song asked with interest.

Cui Hao next to him said with a smile: "This Wang Daxiang's name is Wang Yu, he is the prime minister of Wei State, Tian Yue has three prime ministers, and the other two are Hu Cao and Xu Shize, the three of them are mainly Wang Yu, and most people call him Wang Daxiang, and he is also Tian Yue's military advisor." ”

It turned out to be Wang Yu, of course Guo Song knew that Wang Yu, a very powerful strategist, Tian Yue was brave and martial, and his strategy was insufficient, so he relied on this Wang Yu to give advice and won Tian Yue's trust.

"Does Wang Yu know that you are the Cui family's fleet?" Guo Song continued to ask.

Liu Qian nodded, "He knows, he still knows the villain, and then he asked the villain, where is the fleet going?" What to do? The villain said that he would go to Julu Manor to transport grain, and he ordered it to be released. ”

This is a bit interesting, Guo Song believes that this Wang Yu guessed the intention of the fleet, and it must be for his own use, so he actually let it go, which is a bit subtle.

"Your Highness, is Tian Yue putting on a show when he sends troops to Xiangzhou?" Cui Hao also felt the strangeness in this.

Guo Song smiled slightly: "I don't know if it's a pretense, but one thing I can be sure of is that they must know the news of the loss of Huaizhou." ”

..........

Early the next morning, Guo Song checked the progress of the city wall repair on the city wall, Yongnian County was conquered by An Lushan rebels during the Anshi Rebellion, destroyed a section of the city wall more than 50 zhang long, and then carried out simple repairs, but because of insufficient financial resources, the repair was really sloppy, and it collapsed as long as it was lightly hit by the battering ram.

Guo Song could not tolerate this kind of sloppiness, and he ordered this section of the city wall dozens of zhang long to be demolished and rebuilt, making sure that it was as strong as the original.

Thousands of people are busy burning bricks and transporting soil, although the Yongnian county town is large, the circumference of the city wall is thirty-five miles, but the population in the city is only more than 40,000 people, the original population of nearly 100,000 ran away more than half, it is really not easy to find six or seven thousand people to repair the city, of course, Guo Song announced the abolition of the horse tax, and exempted the three-year tax of Yuzhou, so that the people are jubilant, the people's hearts are attached, after the recruitment order is posted, 7,000 people were recruited in just two days.

Guo Song will not let them work in vain, and settle with a salary of 100 wen a day, and it is settled with old money, which can be exchanged for 200 wen small money issued by Li Wujun, and can buy a bucket of rice, which is already a very high salary in Hebei, generally 50 to 80 wen a day.

Guo Song asked the overseer: "Do you only need to fix this section in total?" ”

The overseer bowed down and said: "Back to Your Highness, there are actually two city walls to be repaired, here is one, and one is in the west, the west section is in disrepair, the bricks and stones have decayed, and it will become powder with a light hammer, General Yao asked for reconstruction, and the two places add up to about two hundred and sixty zhang." ”

"Wait!"

Guo Song interrupted him and asked, "The western city wall needs to be rebuilt, but what about the rest of the city?" ”

"Your Royal Highness doesn't know, Yongnian County was rebuilt in the fifth year of Kaiyuan, at that time, for some reason, a section of the west section of the city wall of 200 zhang was not rebuilt, it was built during the great cause of the Sui Dynasty, and the other city walls are not a big problem, that is, the city wall of more than 200 zhang long in the west is rotten, so you only need to rebuild that section."

Guo Song nodded and asked, "How much time will it take to fix it?" ”

"We found some old city bricks from the city, but it was not enough, we had to fire new bricks, mainly to burn bricks and take time, at the latest in half a month, it can basically be repaired."

It will take half a month, if Tian Yue's army comes, there is no danger to defend, but Guo Song has no choice but to cover it with water and earth, and the soldiers will block it.

At this time, a personal soldier came to report, "Your Highness, Tian Yue's messenger is here." ”

Guo Song was stunned and asked, "Where are the people?" ”

"Wait at the state office."

Guo Song nodded, "Please wait for them, I'll go over." ”

It's really interesting, Tian Yue tun 80,000 troops in Xiangzhou, but sent envoys, what do they mean, do they want to salute first and then soldiers?

Guo Song returned to the state office, and saw that in the lobby, Cui Hao was talking to a middle-aged man, who was short in stature and looked like a roe deer brain.

He walked up the steps, and the soldiers shouted, "His Royal Highness King Jin has arrived!" ”

Cui Hao and the middle-aged man hurriedly stood up, Guo Song walked into the lobby, and the middle-aged man hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Under Xu Shize, it is Sima under the account of King Wei, see His Royal Highness the King of Jin!" ”

It turned out to be Xu Shize in the three phases, who was responsible for finance and taxation in Wei State, and was also an important minister under Tian Yue.

Guo Song waved his hand and smiled: "Mr. Xu, please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Xu Shi sat down and said: "We didn't expect that His Royal Highness the King of Jin would come to Hebei in person, and we knew that we should prepare a thin gift, which is a bit rude." ”

Guo Song smiled, "It's okay, if Mr. Xu has the opportunity to go to Chang'an, it is enough to bring two bags of Weizhou's soil." ”

Cui Hao next to him was startled, he didn't expect His Royal Highness King Jin to be so direct and frank, aggressive, and he was a little uneasy in his heart. This is too bad for Tian Yue.

Xu Shi looked embarrassed, smiled dryly, and said, "I will definitely report to His Royal Highness King Wei truthfully." ”

"What is Mr. Xu's purpose in coming to Zhaozhou?" Guo Song asked bluntly again.

"That's right, we got the news that His Highness's army has conquered Huaizhou ......."

Guo Song waved his hand to interrupt him, "That's right, the 30,000 army captured Huaizhou, but Huaizhou is Zhu Zhu's territory and has nothing to do with the King of Wei, why does the King of Wei care about it?" ”

Xu Shi finally adapted to the rhythm of Guo Song, and he simply said frankly: "The Jin army's capture of Huaizhou does not have anything to do with the King of Wei, and the Jin army's capture of Huaizhou has nothing to do with the King of Wei, but our Xiangzhou is sandwiched between Huaizhou and Zhaozhou, and the King of Wei wants to ask His Highness, the two armies attacked, do you want to attack Xiangzhou?" ”

"Does King Wei want me to give him a reasonable explanation?" Guo Song asked lightly.

(End of chapter)