Chapter 236: Ready to Fly
It was not yet dawn, and there were still a few long night lights on the long street that were still glowing with cold light in the wind. It's too early, and there isn't even a single pedestrian on the wet street in front of Guo's house. The long streets are lined with classical buildings, and the scene is very deserted and lonely at this time.
Inside the gate, Cao Tai stood in front of the carriage escorted by dozens of cavalry led by Lu Chengyong, and turned to Guo Shao with a long wave. Guo Shao replied: "Father-in-law Cao, there will be a period later." ”
"Hope to see each other again." Cao Taiqiang said with a smile.
Guo Shao, who was wearing heavy armor, looked at his eyes firmly, and said, "It will definitely be!" With that, he reached out and grabbed Cao Tai's hand, shaking it vigorously like shaking hands.
The resolute movements seemed to have a force transmitted from the palm of his hand to Cao Tai, which made the eunuch's expression change slightly. He then got into the carriage and went out of the palace under the escort of the cavalry.
Guo Shaomu saw him off, and when he turned around, there was a kind of heavily armed pro-soldier with lanterns and poke lamps standing in front of the horse behind him. Even Jing Niang put on armor, not to mention that she was heroic and heroic in military uniforms.
Everyone looked at Guo Shao intently. Guo Shao turned over and said directly: "Let's go." ”
Out of the gate, I saw a large group of horsemen rushing out diagonally opposite, and a group of people gathered together and marched silently along the long street. They headed west, then swaggered up the streets, heading straight to Suzakumon from Tokyo's widest street.
When I arrived at the barracks on the side of the Suzaku Gate, I saw many horses and retinues inside and outside the camp gate, and the generals had arrived in advance. Guo Shao's method of summoning them was very simple: send Zuo You to Yang Biao's barracks of the Second Army, and then write military orders and send people from the "Herald System" to send them directly to the armies to call them. There is no need for anything, the herald is the personal soldier of the generals, just recognize the person.
Guo Shao walked into the middle army of the Second Army, and saw twenty or thirty generals standing in the hall, which looked dense for a while. Since only about half of the troops on duty were on duty, the number of generals on duty was smaller than usual.
"Guo Dashuai!" "Lord ......" everyone clasped their fists and saluted, and automatically got out of the way in the middle. Guo Shao nodded, patted the general's shoulder casually, and stepped up to the top from the middle. Li Chuyun, Yang Biao and others quickly stood by his side.
Until now, there are only two generals in the left chamber, Li Chuyun and Yang Biao.
Qi Tingxun is not here, he received a letter from Guo Shao last night, he wants to see Guo Fushang this morning, and he will be left behind when he arrives. It doesn't matter if you don't go, now that Qi Tingxun is not here, everyone hasn't noticed.
There are also Yulian and Yang, who were also sent to Mrs. Chen's new residence last night. The white fairy Gu in Guo Shao's mansion was left behind, almost empty.
Everyone is still a little noisy, but the generals are not as orderly as the soldiers, and they are still whispering to people with whom they have a better relationship, as if in a classroom with bad discipline. But soon everyone gradually quieted down, because they finally noticed that Guo Shao was coming and didn't say a word.
"Lord......" Li Chuyun quietly reminded.
Guo Shao finally spoke at this time: "I received the queen's decree, tokens, and secret orders from the Privy Council yesterday. That's it, let's take a look. With that, he took out the edict from his bosom and handed it to his own soldiers to pass it on.
"The official family is seriously ill, and everyone must have heard of it." Guo Shao's voice was a little nervous, and he suddenly said in a loud voice, "A few days ago, the traitor Dou Yi slandered, and he was so angry that the official family who was already bedridden vomited half a bowl of blood, fell unconscious, and the dragon body was dying!" At this time, the queen, who should have loved the soldiers of the forbidden army, presided over the overall situation; But the traitors and fierce generals in the DPRK and China communicate inside and outside, and the queen is under house arrest and plots against him!
I am from the queen's family, and I am deeply trusted by the queen, and the world knows it! Now I can't even see the queen, I can only get secret decrees and secret orders from the Privy Council. The rise and fall of the Great Zhou has reached the critical point of life and death! Now we want to let the traitors succeed and weaken the country, and let the foreign cowards take advantage of the weakness to enter and bow down to the knees? ”
"!" "Mother, what kind of bird eunuch is a human official...... the generals didn't even want to believe Guo Shao's words, and immediately scolded.
Guo Shao was very satisfied when he saw this, Li Chuyun was right, and immediately raised his arm to signal everyone to be quiet: "Are we going to be called to rebel and support the queen who is dedicated to protecting the soldiers to take power?" Do you want to follow Yi's will to replace the queen and the center, clear the threat and defend the country? ”
Luo Yanhuan, Liu Zhang, Dong Zunxun and other generals reacted and said loudly: "Just wait for the lord's order!" Kill and run in, and call those birdmen crying dad and mother! ”
Yang Biao suddenly shook a square flag and held it in the middle of the hall, and the embroidery of a tiger was suddenly revealed, with its teeth and claws very fierce, and four big characters were written on it: Summoned to help!
Guo Shao said: "The official family is in a coma and dying, and the queen and the prince will immediately preside over the big government. Who wouldn't want to be called? You can stand up and refute me now. ”
No one spoke, and a commander said, "Just give the order!" How to fight on the battlefield, how we fight now. We are not afraid of the Liao army, but we are also afraid of a gang of traitors? ”
"Good." Guo Shao nodded, and asked someone to take out a rough large picture hanging on a wooden shelf. Looking back at the generals, "Now I will begin to deploy the military affairs of the various commanders. ”
Guo Shao took out the pamphlet and held it in his hand, while stretching out his hand to point to the map and said, "The map of the main passages inside and outside Tokyo." Our army is currently stationed in a total of 19 commands, and the main goal of the campaign is to quickly enter the front of the imperial city and the Jinxiang Palace! defending the Queen and the Privy Council; After success, there are two goals: first, to control and defend the gates in the front of the imperial city, and second, to prevent the rebellion of some people in the palace with ill intentions. ”
Guo Shao said: "The Vermilion Bird Gate and the Chongming Gate are in the hands of our army. The first commander of the Second Army (Yang Biao), responsible for guarding the Suzaku Gate; The first commander of the Fifth Army (Li Chuyun) was responsible for guarding Chongming Gate. He stood still at these two gates, waiting for the military order. Except for the commanders of the left wing and the men and horses specially ordered by the Chinese army, the rest are not allowed to be put into the inner city. After the armies of the left flank passed, they immediately closed the city gate for martial law. ”
"Order!" "The last will be ordered!"
Guo Shao glanced at his head and said, "We have captured thousands of war horses from the Liao army, and they have not been handed over yet, and they are kept in various military camps." After the troops were dispatched, all the men rode quickly and maneuvered, and when they encountered resistance, they dismounted and set up a battle array, and those who resisted were all killed. ”
He gradually calmed down, his voice was unhurried, low and powerful, and the movements of his fingers became calm: "After the generals disbanded from this place and returned to the barracks, they immediately gathered all the horses and horses to bring up their arms, and all of them mounted their horses and entered the inner city from the Suzaku Gate, the south gate of the inner city, and assembled in various streets and open places in the Suzaku Gate; The Second Army was only to assemble at the Suzaku Gate garrison; The Fifth Army also rushed over. Do you understand this step? ”
Everyone was attentive, and after hearing this, they all echoed: "Understood! ”
Guo Shao said unhurriedly: "It's not dawn yet, and there should be enough time to reach the established location before the hour." At midnight, the bells and drums of the city tower rang in unison, and the commanders of all armies immediately rode out.
All three commands of the First Army; The second army was commanded by three commanders except for the Suzaku Gate, and immediately opened from the Suzaku Gate in the south and marched along the royal street to the Xuande Gate in the south of the imperial city. The circumference of the inner city is more than 20 miles, the length of the royal street is 2 miles and 100 steps, and the short distance horseback march is half an hour (one hour) and 60 miles is not demanding; I asked the above troops to arrive at the Imperial City within two minutes (about minutes) after they began to move.
Two minutes later, the first commander of the First Army immediately took control of the Guards Office next to the left gate of the imperial city, and no one was allowed to be let go; When someone asked, they said that it was the Hujie army who had sent an edict to the Privy Envoy to act, and told them to ask the Empress or the Privy Envoy. If you dare to resist, line up and kill! Five hundred elite soldiers came prepared, and those guards could not be opponents. ”
Guo Shao called the commander to repeat the military order, and only when the retelling was successful, he was relieved, and then there was a prepared written military order to be handed over to them.
He continued, "The remnants of the First Army and the Second Army turned east and followed the Main Street to the intersection of Horse Street and Second Sweetwater Street; Military power was handed over to Yang Biao to unify military orders. The direction is mainly to guard the north and control the traffic arteries in the east......"
Guo Shao then assigned detailed military affairs, specifically to a certain commander to garrison a certain intersection, and asked them to block the road in the form of a dense phalanx. Then there is Commander Yang Biao, who is sitting at the intersection of Mahang Street, and sees the opportunity to reinforce various intersections.
When everyone has finished repeating the military orders, give them written orders. Guo Shao said again: "The rest of the troops all rode westward and arrived at Xihuamen, preparing to enter the palace from there. I will send the vanguard and the inner should to raid this gate. In case of failure, the beams and pillars of the house will be demolished nearby, the palace gate will be hit, the fire will be set on fire, and the ants will attack the wall, and the door will be forcibly broken; Storm the Imperial City at all costs!
I will arrive at Xihuamen, and the military orders of the Chinese army will be sent and received from here; After entering the palace, the Chinese army set up outside the Jinxiang Palace. ”
Guo Shao made another deployment to check and fill in the gaps, asked the generals to confirm their tasks, and after repeating them again, he finally completed the pre-war mobilization. He did not forget to ask the generals to order the soldiers to tie a wide strip of cloth on their left arms (find what color and what to use) to mark the difference. The armor of each army of the Zhou army is actually slightly different, but the armor and clothes are very similar, and this method is slightly prepared for melee...... There is no need for a battle in a formation, the direction in which the two sides are separated is different, and most of the time it is a gathering battle, and it is easy to collapse after the infantry army is in chaos.
"The world rises and falls, fight here!" Guo Shao shouted, "May all the generals perform their duties and work hard to succeed!" If it is not successful, all the generals of the left chamber will be liquidated by the traitors and rebels in power, or they will die without a place to bury, or they will not be able to turn over for the rest of their lives! ”
The generals said in a chaotic manner: "I am willing to follow the command of the lord and fight hard!" ”
Guo Shao said again in a wish-like tone: "Success." ”
"Each general will take the tiger flag and return to the barracks." Guo Shao ordered, "See you in the imperial city!" ”