"Xuanren City" is a city with a very colorful name. It is full of barracks, warehouses, and government offices, and the buildings are either rough and thick, or simple and low. The biggest feature of the city is that it looks bare, the saplings planted have not yet grown, and it is too laborious to move large trees, anyway, now the ornamental and green are not considered for the construction of the city.

Even the palace where Guo Shao lived, the walls were rammed, and there was no decoration or wooden board decoration. He could still smell the smell of the newly built dirt as he sat inside.

Guo Shao looked at the accounts reported by the Tokyo Inner Treasury, the Household Department, and the former camp military government, and the numbers were simply astronomical!

The nearly 300,000 troops on the front line maintained their clothing, armor, weapons, military salaries, food and drink, hundreds of thousands of people who built the city and transported grain, as well as subsidies for the town soldiers who defended the city.

Spending money like flowing water is indescribable, this is simply the loss of the Yellow River. At this rate of consumption, if there is only the fiscal revenue before the Great Zhou, it is completely impossible to afford the taxes of those territories in the Central Plains that have been ruined by successive wars.

Shu State, Southern Tang Dynasty, Southern Han Dynasty and other large and small countries have accumulated wealth for decades, and the wealth of the region south of the Yangtze River has been robbed by Guo Shao over the years...... Such a huge wealth would not be used up for any family for 10,000 years, but Guo Shao didn't do anything in his hands, so he went on two northern expeditions.

If this continues, it is estimated that in a year or two, the accumulation of the treasury of Tokyo and the local government will have to be emptied.

Guo Shao has a feeling that he can't stop for thousands of miles. However, he was still very calm on the surface, at least now there was still something to dig out in the warehouses everywhere, and it was not the time when the mountains and rivers were exhausted and his eyebrows were burned.

Below the lobby, there were forty or fifty people on both sides. But at this time, it was very quiet, and even the sound of birds and birds flying to the new city to "observe" could be heard.

Wei Renpu finally turned his head to look at the civil and military forces present: "We will deploy to besiege Youzhou City on the same day, and all the troops should boost the morale of the generals and prepare to fight." ”

The generals bowed and said, "Yes." ”

Wei Renpu said again: "The construction of the city has been completed, and the army is approaching Youzhou City, but it still can't be too urgent." The strategy of the military government, the main force of the Liao army did not go south, then besieged Youzhou; Once the Liao army moved south to threaten the besieging army, it retreated to the northern front and confronted the five cities. And so on and so forth, until the Liao army was overwhelmed, or the Great Zhou army broke through Youzhou! ”

Although this method is not overbearing enough, it is scoundrel enough, listening to Wei Renpu say this, everyone is full of confidence, thinking that it is a matter of time before the capture of Youzhou, and the hope of victory is in the visible place.

The lobby is getting hot. The military officials sent a stack of papers, and Wei Renpu explained the siege ideas according to the map around Youzhou City, and issued military orders to the ministries to make arrangements. In the hall, military generals stepped forward one after another to receive military orders, and the repeated "orders" responded forcefully and full of confidence!

Only Guo Shao didn't say anything, but his face pretended to be calm and calm, and he sat on the top seat steadily.

After the deployment was completed, Guo Shao ordered the disbandment, and there was a sound of long live in the lobby.

…… The previous steps went smoothly, and as long as the next steps did not go wrong, the military expenditure would be maintained...... However, if one of the links fails, all the previous victories will be meaningless.

The consequences are not only as simple as the failure of this Northern Expedition!

Guo Shao has already seen the monthly consumption accounts, and this Northern Expedition is very costly. can support it, it is entirely by relying on the accumulation of plundering southern countries; If you spend all your money and don't do anything, you will have to rebuild the treasury in the future, and you will have to wait for a long time...... After this long-term and large-scale war of attrition, if you want to do it again right away, it is undoubtedly to drink to quench your thirst!

Then for at least ten years, it will be difficult to mobilize resources for the Northern Expedition. In ten years, the internal and external situation has changed too much.

Guo Shao once again fell into the subtle patience of years ago.

At this moment, Wei Renpu entered the signing room to meet him and reported: "The Han generals of the Liao army in Ji, Shun and Tan sent envoys to Xuanren City, intending to open the city gate and surrender to the Great Zhou. ”

Guo Shao raised his head and said casually: "Hebei Han'er, still heart to the imperial court." ”

Wei Renpu said: "In the current situation, all localities are very optimistic about the success of the Northern Expedition of the Great Zhou. Those Han generals could not be trusted, and they could still have a future when they surrendered to the Great Zhou, and few were willing to be enemies of the Great Zhou. ”

Guo Shao stretched out his hand to smooth the drawings on the table, and raised the sleeves of his robe, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't make a sound. Wei Renpu hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed.

After a while, Guo Shaocai said: "The battle line has been spread too wide. Write a letter to the generals of the three cities and ask them not to act rashly for the time being...... Then give a certificate of appointment, and secretly confer an official on it. ”

Wei Renpu hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise, and the minister will do it immediately." ”

He added: "Goryeo and the Liao have old grudges, although they were beaten hard by the Liao army and begged for peace, but because of the force of the Liao army, the grudge has not been resolved. Now that our Great Zhou is like a tiger, Goryeo may also be willing to take the opportunity to attack the Liao State and set its backyard on fire. Chen Jinyan sent an envoy to cross the sea to Goryeo, form an alliance with Goryeo, and make an agreement to attack Liao. ”

"It's a brilliant plan." Guo Shao did not hesitate to occupy the ...... Anyway, there is no loss if it succeeds or not. He immediately ordered very simply, "Choose a messenger, bring a guard of honor, and cross the sea from Dengzhou to the nearest one." ”

"Yes." Wei Renpu bowed.

Wei Renpu retired, and everyone was busy preparing to pull.

…… A few days later, the weather was clear, and the army was dispatched as scheduled. In the army, Huang Gailuan accompanied him, but the umbrella was empty under the canopy. Guo Shao wore armor and rode on a horse to accompany him to the west.

There are no heads in front of the mighty people and no tails, and there are many people on the north bank of the Sanggan River. On the surface of the river, the sails are like clouds, covering almost the entire surface of the water. On the other side, a group of cavalry was galloping on horseback. The scene was huge.

In the afternoon, Guo Shao saw the big city standing in front of the canopy on the green plain.

Seeing Youzhou City, looking back at its control of this large flat land, and thinking of its strategic importance, Guo Shao immediately felt that everything he had done was worth it! Guo Shao's eyes widened, looking back at his army and the thick and deep defense line behind him, and said in his heart: It's time to settle accounts!

On the main road, the faces of thousands of Han Erlang are also facing the same direction: Youzhou.

In this vast land, all the people everywhere should be paying attention to this force of soldiers coming to the city. Youzhou is not just a city at this time, but condenses too many grievances, dreams, blood, honor and disgrace, it is a symbolic place!

At that time, the Central Plains Dynasty cut off the sixteen states of Youyun, and after three dynasties and decades, it could not be recovered, and Guo Shao even knew that it had not been returned for hundreds of years. Some dynasties were forced to give it away, and if it was taken back in their own hands, then the prestige and power of the country did not need to be emphasized too much.

Da Liao, for many years has been recognized as the most powerful and feared country near and far, today the Zhou army soldiers have arrived in front of its door, who is strong and who is weak, this city is a fair place to compete!

Guo Shao swept the worry and depression in his chest, and said in his heart: Since you have reached this point, then let go!

He immediately galloped forward on his horse, and his generals and cavalry immediately rode after him. A group of cavalry rushed straight to the south gate of Youzhou, and on the quaint heavy eaves of the high-rise building, there were warriors wearing barbarian clothes, and the enemy soldiers had already been waiting for them.

The general behind him said loudly: "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body!" ”

Guo Shao reined in the war horse nearly 200 steps away, jumped off the horse, stretched the bow and arrows, his eyes were staring, his face was red, and his big hand pulled the strong bow in his hand like a full moon, and the bow and cow tendons "...... in Titicaca" made a tight and sore sound, as if they were about to be pulled off alive, and inexplicably made people's hearts tense.

The soldiers held their breath for a while, staring at the bow and arrow in Guo Shao's hand.

The cluster of arrows pointed diagonally at the sky, "Bang! There was a loud bang, and the violent trembling shook all the small pieces on the bow away, as if a faint puff of smoke was rising.

Heavy arrows whizzed into the air.

Seeing this, all the soldiers immediately shouted: "Long live!" Hooray......"

Guo Shao turned over on his horse, raised the bow in his hand high, and shouted loudly: "You must take Youzhou!" ”

The army was excited, shouting and hugging Guo Shao to turn around. Sure enough, as soon as he ran for a while, stones and ballistas in the air flew out one after another, falling behind.

Guo Shao looked back at Youzhou again, the words, flags, and people on the city gate became blurred, but he seemed to see Luo Mengzi who was bleeding from the seven knots, the little lady who was ravaged and trampled to the point of being inhuman, the burning village, the people whose families were ruined and the people who were displaced, and the children whose heads were piled up into a Jingguan...... The scenes flashed in front of Guo Shao's eyes one by one as if they were pictures.

Rushing back to the great array, the shouts of the soldiers like a sea of steel shook the earth in the wilderness outside the city.

"Recovering the homeland with iron and blood......" Guo Shao, with a very incendiary emotion, rode his horse and galloped in front of the army.

"Hooray!" Countless men shouted frantically.

"The anger of Da Zhou Erlang's revenge will burn the Liao army, and the time has come to count the crimes......" Guo Shao was emotional and shouted loudly as he wanted.

He drew his sword and pointed it into the air. The crowd was excited, raising their swords and guns to shout at Guo Shao in response.

The situation created momentum, and the Zhou army was full of confidence in defeat, and morale was high. That night, the soldiers and civilians began to build barracks and siege fortifications, and everywhere you could see the figures of the people carrying the soil working at trots.

A few days later, there were people in Youzhou who took baskets, heads and other tools, carrying dry food to the Youzhou military camp to volunteer to serve, and some people were still in rags to help Wang Shi.

Obviously, the Khitan is unpopular. Although Xiao Siwen implemented a pacification strategy after taking power in the Southern Yuan, it obviously could not make up for the extremely unfair actions of the Khitan nobles and the common people. After Yelu Hugo took over, the situation became worse, and in order to attack the fortress of the Zhou army, he forcibly captured innocent people and rushed to the battlefield to fill the ditch.

There is a report and a report, and after the Zhou army and Wang Shi arrived in Youzhou, such a situation is logical.

Although Youzhou City is majestic, the scene of thousands of people digging earth to build fortifications at this time seems to be like an ant colony digging the foundation of Liao State's rule in the southern courtyard.