"Save Brother Li!" Zhao Kuangyin shouted. A group of brothers stepped forward to hug Li Jixun, some grabbed his shoulder, and some grabbed his hand, and then snatched the sword away.

Li Jixun looked at the only remaining remnants of the defeated generals around him, filled with grief and anger. He sighed and said, "Li Yun and other young people killed my eldest son, and I endured it." turned out to be so miserable, what shame is there to live! ”

He looked up and saw in front of him a series of mountains, desolate in the early winter, and the cold wind howled in the miserable valleys, like a hopeless road ahead.

Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly persuaded: "This victory and defeat is not that Brother Li is inferior to others, nor is it that Guo Shao is so clever and the strength in his hands is different." Brother Li has 20,000 people (other townsmen and people have no combat effectiveness), and Guo Shao is also 20,000. But the people in Guo Shao's hands are the elite of several dynasties and generations of southern and northern wars, and the forbidden army supported by the national treasury and taxes; He had 20,000 men and horses. With that kind of marching speed, at least half of the war horses of the entire forbidden army were drawn. 20,000 and 20,000 are completely different strengths, and they cannot be regarded as just numbers.

The men and horses used by Guo Shao in his hands, a soldier consumes at least five times the national strength of the local town soldiers, only a lot more. Therefore, Brother Li is controlled everywhere in terms of mobility and combat power, which is really beyond the control of people. ”

Li Jixun said dejectedly: "The first emperor has just died, he can quickly stabilize Tokyo and dispatch heavy troops; can still come suddenly at this juncture, and I always feel that it is not just luck...... Maybe I am doomed to defeat when I join the army, and I am simply hitting a stone with an egg! ”

Zhao Kuangyin's black face was quite embarrassing, and Li Jixun was forced to raise troops entirely because he was one of the ten brothers of the Righteous Society. It's good now, he is in the same situation as himself, and the strength in his hand has been lost.

and helped Li Jixun blow up the wall, Guo Shao's house was able to blow it up, but Zhao Kuangyin made it like that...... Sure enough, it is interlaced like a mountain. Zhao Kuangyin thought that he might not have paid attention to the sealing, and only then did he remember that the hole in front of the fireworks, ** also rushed to the opening, and finally figured out the reason by relying on life experience; But time was tight, and he really didn't pay attention to it.

Zhao Kuangyin saw that Li Jixun was looking into the distance, and he also followed to watch the situation of the mountains and rivers. Zhao Pu said that "the sky will descend on a great task", "who else will I be" and so on, he thought it was fate, but at this time he felt that the big things in his heart seemed to be drifting away.

"Only go to vote for Li Chongjin, after Brother Li sees Li Chongjin, don't blame him for acting slowly and delaying, which will only increase the mustard." Zhao Kuangyin persuaded, "No matter how bad Li Chongjin is, after all, he is still a general from the Great Zhou, and he is a person from the same road, so he is easy to talk to." In the case of those in power in the Northern Han Dynasty, once they find that we have little value, who cares about us? ”

……

"Where is Li Chongjin?" In Jinju City, Guo Shao asked.

Murong Yanzhao said: "Yesterday's report was in the underworld. ”

Guo Shao buried his head and saw that the name of Yin Di was not marked on the map, and his drawings were drawn from the Privy Council's archives and the text descriptions of the various side newspapers in Hedong, which was very rough. The imperial court has not been prepared to deal with the Northern Han in recent years, and the preparations for this expedition are very inadequate.

"Where is it?" Guo Shao asked.

Murong Yanzhao said: "Go north along the Fenshui River, and estimate more than 100 miles. Guo Shao asked in detail: "More than a hundred, how many?" ”

Murong Yanzhao shouted: "Come on, call the Jinzhou Assassin History and Changshi together!" ”

Guo Shao is not unfamiliar with this, Murong Yanzhao is also a little famous in the Zhou Dynasty and can be regarded as a good general, but the good generals of this era will not be so clear about the terrain that is too far away, they do not pay attention to the details.

"Second brother." Guo Shao said, "You go to the army now, and first distribute Li Jixun's surrender and the collected dry food to all armies; We don't have many wheat cakes to carry, so let's replenish some military rations first. Li Gu has not yet arrived in Jinju, but Li Jixun's battalion has seized a lot of grain, and our supply is not a problem at the moment. ”

Seeing this, Xiang Gong asked, "Guo Dashuai is ready to take the initiative to attack Li Chongjin?" ”

Guo Shao groaned and did not answer.

Not long after, a group of civilian officials from Jinzhou came to Xingyuan, and Guo Shao asked Murong Yanzhao to call the scout generals of the Jinzhou army who reported the military situation. He asked very carefully, where the terrain was, where there was a town market, and how far the distance was.

Zuo You and others are accustomed to Guo Shao's style, but Jinju Wenwu may find it strange. Guo Shao didn't say anything about the art of war, and his mind was there to tinker with all the details. While drawing, he scribbled down the descriptions of the people.

Guo Shao almost figured out the general situation of the topography, climate, and population density in front of him. From Jinju along the Fensu River is a corridor with the Lüliang Mountains to the west and Mount Taeak to the east. The valleys of the two hundred and fifty miles north from Jinju are all hills, and the road is not too easy to walk, but fortunately, the hills between the two mountains are relatively low; After more than 200 miles, it entered the southern plain of Taiyuan, where the terrain was very flat.

"A hundred miles north of the Yin Land is Fenzhou, which is heavily guarded by the Northern Han Army." Murong Yanzhao reminded.

Guo Shao listened and hurriedly took a ruler on the map, drew a circle, and wrote Fenzhou. On the one hand, he said: "No matter how heavy there are troops in Fenzhou, it will not be the main force of the Northern Han Army, and the main force of the Northern Han Army should be in Taiyuan." Three hundred and eighty miles from Taiyuan to the Yin Land where Li Chongjin is located, as long as Li Chongjin does not go south with the Northern Han Army, it is too late to save Li Chongjin. ”

The information was still incomplete, and it was completely different from his preparations when he attacked Qin Feng; Now he only knows a rough idea, and a lot of things are just guesses.

"Li Chongjin's department is on the east side of Fenshui?" Guo Shao took the trouble to confirm. Although there is hardly any need to ask about this kind of thing, Li Chongjin came from Liaozhou in the southern part of the Northern Han Dynasty; Jinju was also on the east bank of Fenshui, and Li Chongjin was originally going to reinforce Jinju, so of course he should march from the east bank. But Guo Shao still has to ask.

The general of the scout battalion said: "It's on the east bank." ”

Shi Yanchao and other generals all looked at Guo Shao, waiting for his decision.

Guo Shao couldn't resist the temptation of his exploits now, but he was still very cautious, his eyes were full of excitement, desire, and restraint, and he asked in a deep voice, "Can you rush to attack Li Chongjin?" ”

Shi Yanchao couldn't wait to say: "I've left for a thousand miles, and I'm afraid of walking another hundred and fifty miles, so let's do it!" ”

Xiang Gong said: "Yin Land is close to the territory of the Northern Han Kingdom, and the Pingchuan River in the north is very fast. When Li Chongjin heard that Li Jixun was defeated, he was very likely to retreat; As soon as you retreat, you will find the boundary of Fenzhou. If the Zhou army pursues the Northern Han Dynasty, pay attention to the Northern Han army to be prepared. ”

"What Xiang Jie Shuai said is extremely true." Murong Yanzhao also reminded, "After all, Guo Dashuai only has 20,000 people, and if he fights the Northern Han army now, it will be a bit hasty. But the Northern Han Dynasty has been standing still a while ago, and it may not be able to meet it. ”

Shi Yanchao said: "The traitor is vulnerable, Li Chongjin is not much stronger than Li Jixun, and he was solved in half a day." After the battle was over, the Northern Han still dared to chase Jinzhou to start a war with the Great Zhou? Liu Jun's house had not relied on the Khitans and had already been wiped out seven or eight times. ”

Guo Shao felt that the Northern Han army was not as unbearable as Shi Yanchao said, and Chai Rong mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to besiege Taiyuan that year, but they were unsuccessful; At that time, the Khitan only sent a few thousand horsemen to Xinkou for reinforcements...... However, the current Northern Han lord Liu Jun's performance is indeed not as bold as the previous one.

Guo Shao took a deep breath, ignored the discussion of the congregational generals, and pondered the map and some information he had just drawn again. It is easy for people to make mistakes in judgment when facing emotional influences such as temptation and anger, Guo Shao has long wanted to do it in his heart, but another voice reminds him: the rebels can't afford to lose, and he can't afford to lose either.

"...... like this," Guo Shao finally spoke, "Xiang Jieshuai and Murong Jieshuai lent their horses to the forbidden army, and Shi Yanchao and other cavalry had two horses, and the riding and combat were separated; Infantry marched on horseback. The whole army traveled lightly and simply, carrying only five days' rations, and sent troops tomorrow morning and arrived in the underworld before noon the day after tomorrow. Pursue Li Chongjin and fight with him! ”

Guo Shao turned his head to the arch again: "In case, I mean in case the war doesn't go so well, after you receive my military order, take the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou to transport grain along the Fenshui to the north for reinforcements." Prepare some boats, send them along, and prepare to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river if necessary...... Zuo You, you can find a few people in a while, take my letter to Jiezhou, and order Li Gu to stop sending grain, and the seizures in Li Jixun's camp are enough for us. ”

Xiang Gong hugged his fist and said: "The last general will take the order." ”

Guo Shao said to Shi Yanchao: "General Shi is extremely brave, breaking the formation sharply, and the battle of attacking Li Chongjin is still the vanguard; Lend you the general's Zhen'an army war horse, and return to him after victory. ”

Shi Yanchao hugged his fists and said: "Order!" ”

In the afternoon, Guo Shao summoned the commander of the forbidden army to make the above dozens of generals go to the Xingyuan Hall to arrange military affairs, with Shi Yanchao as the vanguard, and the horse soldiers of Dong Zunxun borrowed Murong Yanzhao's Jinzhou army war horse as a horse, and then the next marching sequence was to control the crane bow and arrow straight, the second army of the left wing of the tiger and other mounted infantry, and then the left wing of the tiger was not enough to go to the end.

Throughout the afternoon, Jinju was reorganizing its troops and preparing for the war.

In the evening, Guo Shao rode to the barracks to inspect the barracks, only to see smoke in the camp in the city, and all the troops were cooking. He walked into a camp, and the soldiers sitting around the rubbled stove suddenly stood up, hugged their fists and said, "Humble rank to meet Guo Dashuai." ”

"After eating dry food for more than ten days, I finally had a hot meal tonight." Guo Shao said, "You have worked hard for the country by sleeping in the open air, and you have worked hard. ”

A descendant plucked up the courage and said: "I came from Qin Feng with Guo Dashuai, and I can always win with you, this little hardship is nothing, go back and receive the reward." ”

"Haha......" everyone laughed.

Guo Shao smiled, picked up the spoon to look at the things cooked in the pot, and turned around and said, "There is also cured meat, haha." ”

Then he said: "The soup is good, but the wheat cakes sent to me have blood and a strong fishy smell." ”

Guo Shao looked back at Yang Biao. Yang Biao said: "Some cakes are collected from the dead on the battlefield, and good food can't be thrown away." ”

"Also, just eat it, the current people may not be able to eat dry cakes during the New Year." Guo Shao said kindly, "We are originally licking blood from the knife edge, what is it to eat some blood?" ”