As Li Zhongchen's army was completely annihilated by the Tang army, the situation on the battlefield gradually became clear, and it became the imperial army and Li Zhengji's Ziqing army besieging Tian Yue's Hebei army.

And Guo Song's chess piece also changed from a dark line to a bright line, and Li Shi gave him a new task, handing him 20,000 troops and asking him to keep Xuzhou.

This task is not every general can be competent, not only to have enough command, but also to have rich experience in actual defense operations, Guo Song as the three towns of the strategic envoy, twice defeated Xue Yantuo's army, he is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate, Li Shi did not hesitate, handed over this task to him.

The defense of Xuzhou is extremely important for the imperial court to protect the safety of Caoyun, if once Li Zheng has occupied Xuzhou, it is equivalent to choking the throat of the imperial court, in the matter of the major interests of Caoyun, the imperial court has never been ambiguous, and never soft, Guo Song decisively assassinated Tian Shenyu who was stuck in Caoyun, so that Biansong returned to the imperial court, it was this assassination that established Guo Song's position in the heart of Li Yu, the son of heaven.

Li Lingyao wanted to occupy Biansong and proclaim himself the king of Chenliu County, and the imperial court was uncompromising and sent troops to suppress it, but he was afraid that Caoyun would be controlled by Li Lingyao, and Li Zhongchen had the ambition to attack Yangzhou and Chuzhou, and Li Yu's father and son did not hesitate to decide to annihilate them.

It can be said that in the matter of protecting Caoyun, Li Yu, the son of heaven, can't rub a little sand in his eyes.

The army led by Guo Song set up a large camp outside Pei County in the north of Xuzhou, these 20,000 troops are the main force of the Tang army of the Gongwei Beijing Division, with good treatment, fine equipment, and well-trained, even the big tent they use is also a wool tent, the texture is fine, it can shelter from the wind and rain, there are camp fences around the camp, and a guard tower is built every fifty steps, and the soldiers monitor the distance on it.

In a big tent, Guo Song is reprimanding more than 20 Zhonglang generals and Lang generals, these regular army generals of the Beijing division have always looked down on the border army, the prince handed them over to the Fengzhou border army lord to command in the future, they are respectful on the surface, but they are not convinced, and they are not so smooth in the implementation of military orders, such as arranging the military camp guard tower, they can obviously do better, but they are unwilling to do it carefully, and they will only implement it after Guo Song proposes it.

There was also a gap between the camp tents that was too small, and Guo Song asked to re-set up the tent, but they put the responsibility on the marching Sima and refused to change it, which made Guo Song very annoyed.

"I know that some of you are not convinced by me, I heard some people talking, Guo has obviously been demoted and dismissed, how can he still be the coach? I can tell you that things are not what you think, show you one thing, and you will understand why I, Guo someone, can sit in this seat. ”

Guo Song took out the Son of Heaven gold medal and unfolded it in front of everyone, and the four big characters of 'If you see my face' are particularly clear, everyone is awe-inspiring.

"You see! The gold medal of the Son of Heaven, if you see me, can an official who has been dismissed from office still have this gold medal? I, Guo Song, am now leading this army on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and there are still people who are not convinced to leave, I will not retaliate, and I will never stop it, but once I stay, I will still be disobeyed, then don't blame me for Guo Song's ruthless military law. ”

Everyone saluted together, "Follow the commander's orders!" ”

Guo Song nodded and said: "Let me tell you about our mission this time, our task is to keep Xuzhou, to be precise, to prevent Li Zheng from sending troops to invade and occupy, Biansong Xu Si, these four states are the only way to pass through the Central Plains, Song Biantun has heavy troops, Sizhou Li Zheng has been beyond the reach of the whip, only Xuzhou is the most likely place for him to send troops."

I am not alarmist, according to the latest information, Li Na stationed 20,000 troops in the south of Yanzhou, only 200 miles away from us, what his purpose is, his ambition is self-evident.

Capture Xuzhou, the south can go down to the Jianghuai, the north can fight for Song Bian, the west can enter Boying, Kyushu thoroughfare, can be described as a place where soldiers must fight, whether it is the saint or His Royal Highness the Prince, all conclude that Li Zheng has to seek Xuzhou, once the Ziqing army goes south, then a war is inevitable, the saint handed over the task of keeping Xuzhou to me, I not only want to keep Xuzhou, but also to save the lives of everyone here, but also to defeat the other party, I have confidence in myself, the key is you, you must implement my military orders to the letter, this is our guarantee of victory. ”

Guo Song's stern gaze swept towards everyone, and he said sharply: "From now on, all the camp tents will be demolished and rebuilt according to my regulations, and those who refuse to be demolished will be killed!" ”

Everyone knelt down on one knee and said in unison, "Obey!" ”

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The Tang army camp began to camp again, and the big tents were demolished, and the camp tents were rebuilt according to the new distance, so as to ensure that if a big tent caught fire, it would not affect the surrounding camp tents, although it was not absolutely effective, but at least the probability of being burned to the company camp was much smaller.

But Guo Song knew in his heart that his reprimand was just beating them, just borrowing the power of the Son of Heaven, it was impossible to make them happy and convinced, unless they won a big battle, but now at least they had to be afraid.

Guo Song rode a horse to inspect the camp, at this time, there was a commotion at the camp gate, Guo Song urged the horse to go, only to hear someone shouting in the distance: "Let go of me, you little bastards, when Lao Tzu joined the army, you were still breastfeeding!" ”

"What's going on?" Guo Song stepped forward and asked.

"There were three lieutenants who sneaked into the city to drink, and when they sneaked into the camp just now, they were caught by law enforcement soldiers."

Guo Song's face immediately sank, and he shouted: "Get out of the way!" ”

The soldiers got out of the way, only to see that at the gate of the camp, three captains were covered in alcohol, sitting on the ground with their hands and feet tied back to back, two of them were groggy and lowered their heads, drunk, and the other scolded the law enforcement soldiers with the strength of alcohol.

He suddenly pointed at Guo Song and shouted: "You little Wang Balamb acquaintance quickly let Lao Tzu go, otherwise Lao Tzu will screw off your head as a urinal!" ”

Guo Song asked coldly: "Which army are they?" ”

"All of them are subordinates of General Tang of the Third Army."

"Go and get General Tang!"

The soldiers rushed away, and after a while, Tang Wei, the lieutenant general of the Third Army, hurriedly came, and he had already received the news that several of his generals had sneaked into the city to drink while he was unprepared, which made him shocked and angry, which would affect him!

Tang Wei saw that the three subordinates were still drunk, and they were still drinking and insulting the coach, he hated it in his heart, rushed forward and smashed his head and face, and beat the three of them to the ground, and then stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to ask Guo Song to sit down, "Dereliction of duty, failure to restrain subordinates, humble duty is willing to be punished!" ”

Guo Song said lightly: "If everyone abides by military regulations, then there is no need to formulate any military laws, and General Tang cannot be exhaustive, I will not blame General Tang for this matter!" ”

Tang Wei was overjoyed, "Thank you for your handsome Mingjian!" ”

"But I won't spare them!"

Guo Song turned his words, pointed at the three drunken generals, and said coldly: "In wartime, they went out of the camp without permission, and they were not allowed to drink alcohol during wartime, and now they are not only drunk, but they also ignore the discipline and insult the commander, how should these crimes be dealt with?" ”

Tang Wei was a little embarrassed, if the law was strictly enforced, these three people would be beheaded, if they sold their favors, it would be reasonable to hit dozens of big boards, he was silent for a moment and said: "It's all handled by the big handsome?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "If there are no rules, there will be no circle, and if there are no strict military regulations, you will not be able to become a powerful army, I can not hold them accountable for the crime of insulting the commander, but drinking to the point of getting drunk during the war and leaving the camp without permission during the war are capital crimes, and they should be beheaded according to the law, General Tang, what do you think?" ”

Tang Wei understood that Guo Song wanted to use these three people to establish authority, he sighed secretly in his heart, bowed down and said: "I support serious military law, I have no opinion!" ”

"Good!"

Guo Song said sharply: "Come on, push the three of them outside the camp gate and behead them, and send their heads to the whole army to set an example!" ”

More than a dozen law enforcement soldiers walked towards the camp gate with three people in their arms, and the captain who insulted Guo Song was suddenly awakened and pleaded loudly: "Humble duty knows mistakes, the handsome man spare my life!" ”

Guo Song was unmoved, and shouted: "Cut!" ”

Three horizontal knives waved, cut off three heads, law enforcement soldiers with bamboo poles to provoke heads, the rotation of the camp display, the effect of killing people and standing up is immediate, the three armies are solemn, no one dares to disobey the yin and yang, with Guo Song one by one orders issued, the soldiers of each battalion are uncompromising and quickly executed.