During the Northern Expedition of the Great Zhou Dynasty, elite soldiers and heavy generals gathered, and Su Renshi was the general manager of the marching army, leading the military affairs of the Northern Expedition.

On the way out, Su Renshi divided the 100,000 soldiers and 28 generals into three echelons, as the generals in the army who tended to be the emperor's heir Li Dan, the love and hatred between the factions were vividly embodied, and the generals of the Wu clan, Ma Renjie, Yan Bandit Shi and Zong Huaichang, were appointed as vanguard officers, and he himself and Zhang Xuanyu and others led the main force in the center, and Li Duozuo and Ye Huli and other neutral people supervised the transportation of grain and grass.

The generals first listened to the front-line military situation reported by Wu Yanji, and learned that the Khitan thieves repaired the plank road in the dark, and continued to attack Zhuozhou on the bright side, but in fact they shook a shot, and gathered heavy troops one after another, detoured to break through Youzhou, Danzhou and other prefecture counties, Youzhou assassinated Shi Li and died, Danzhou Governor Zhang Jiujie himself assisted in Zhuozhou in Zhuozhou, all the families died in the war, the northeast defense line of the Great Zhou Dynasty collapsed, and Zhuozhou has become a lonely city.

"The Khitan thieves are treacherous, and there are mutual victories and defeats with the Great Zhou, the tribes of the clan have participated in the war one after another, the Xi people do not know the righteousness, recognize the thief as the father, send troops and horses to rebel, the offensive of the Yan Dynasty stopped after a setback, only the room Wei is still fighting, but the loss is more and less, the defeat is retreating, Li Duzhong's momentum is becoming more and more vast, the land of Liaodong is full of the supreme Khan banner, according to the Zhuozhou Governor solemn war report, the Khitan thief soldiers have nearly 100,000, the wolf's heart is beastly, Yingzhou, Youzhou, Danzhou and other places do not exist one in ten, wildfires everywhere, pray that the heavenly soldiers are like a long drought and rain, I hope that the general manager and the generals will make plans early to drive out the stubbornness" Han Xian, the head of the Northern Capital Left-behind Mansion, said slowly, his face extremely heavy.

"The situation is urgent, and there are two priorities, one is to relieve the siege of Zhuozhou, and the other is to gain insight into the movements of the thief army, gather the elite, fight with it, and defeat its momentum" Su Renshi is a veteran of the battlefield, with a long face and white beard, in the past, he followed Lou Shide in the northwest to fight hard, and in the battle for the crown prince, he and Lou Shide entered the camp of the emperor's heir, and he is quite qualified. ”

As soon as these words came out, the council hall suddenly fell silent.

After a long time, Ma Renjie first looked at Wu Yanji, and saw that he was just frowning, so he turned to Zong Huaichang, Zong Huaichang is the emperor's prince, and Zong Qinke is the same branch, he has no scruples, and when he got the signal, he immediately spoke out against it, "The front army scouts are sufficient, there is no need for the labor chief, the war is imminent, the soldiers and generals know each other, so they can command Yuru, if the generals are suddenly changed, it will inevitably be chaotic, please be in charge of Mingjian"

"It is precisely this reason, the first battle is extremely important to the morale of the army, if the command is not enough, the combat power of the Great Zhou army cannot be displayed, the consequences are ......" Li Duozuo had a gloomy face, and his words were threatening, but also opposed.

Su Renshi was silent, silent for a long time, gave up his wishful thinking, stood up and flicked his cloak, and ordered, "Okay, the generals will listen to the order, that is, the army will go to Zhuozhou City a few days ago, and the Chinese army will follow, and the military report will be sent twice a day, and the enemy must be investigated, and the rear army will escort grain and grass, and the time will be strict, but the two armies will be delayed, and the military law will be engaged."

"Obey the military orders of the Grand Governor" all the generals stood up together and intervened in saluting.

Su Renshi shook his majesty, and then turned to Wu Yanji and said, "When it is dangerous, the regimental soldiers and soldiers who stay in the mansion must also be assembled, in case of time, if there are generals who dare to fight, Changshi can only recommend it."

"Xiaguan and others have the responsibility to defend the land, swear to Zheng Dudu, Zhang Dudu as a model, and live and die with the city" Wu Yanji is tragic, the city of Danzhou is broken, and there is only Chongzhou and Ulzhou first-line barriers north of the state, and there are rumors in various places, and people shout and neigh, he has never encountered such a critical situation, and he can't help but worry, and he has to inspect the city wall every day, "As for the general manager's request to protect the generals, the lower officials are not enough, Ge Zhongcheng has a driving post, Hebei Province and the northern capital are left behind in the civil and military officials of the prefecture, all of them stay in their local posts, and they must not be transferred, and they must not be moved, Pending investigation"

Su Renshi immediately kept silent.

After a three-day break, the former army of the Northern Expedition set off to the north, Ge Hui finally made a move, adhering to the idea of "using heavy codes in troubled times", his actions were very large, and the pertinence was also very strong, with the impeachment of the person who solemnly misled the state affairs as a clue, pulled out the radish and brought out the mud, and sent down the officials of Hebei Province in batches, most of them were the former subordinate officials of the Luling Wangfu who were only invited by Wu Yanji to take office in the state. The torture was extremely heavy, and there were dozens of executions, suicides in fear of crime, and death by torture every day, and the city was shrouded in clouds.

In the prefectures, counties, and counties where the civil and military officials were convicted, while detaining the guilty officials, he carefully investigated and pointed out the talented and virtuous officials to temporarily take over the government and military affairs, and at the same time to ensure that the local operation was normal.

On the official road of Hebei Province, there is a strange scene, all the way is the yellow sand, thousands of troops and horses set off from the state, all the way is miserable and miserable, and the long prisoner car gathers in the state.

Puzhou, a group of prisoner cars went away, took away the history of the assassin, the long history and Sima, the chief officer and the second official in a net, among the many middle-level officials, Ge Hui selected Si Cang to join the army Yao Chong temporarily on behalf of the Puzhou Assassin History, this place is in the southeast of Bingzhou, the fire will not burn here in a short time, but the pressure to support the military food and ordnance is very great, fortunately, he is in charge of Cangcao affairs, it is not difficult to get started.

Yao Chong held the heavy Great Seal of Thorn History, hastily coped with the congratulations of his colleagues, and walked quickly into the backyard of the yamen with a heavy heart.

A sandbag flew out of the wall and smashed on Yao Chong's forehead, he bent down to pick it up, listening to the crisp laughter inside, the sorrow on his face dissipated, and the doting floated up, shaking his head and chuckling.

"Daddy, give it back to me" The delicate woman, wearing a goose yellow skirt, sounds like a yellow warbler out of the valley, but carrying a skirt, jumping on her feet, energetic, where is a lady's style, but living like a tomboy.

Shengzhou, Yuguan Province appeased the envoy Wu Sansi's line.

Wu Sansi looked at the local officials at the head of the head, feeling dizzy, the people under him, and the people he summoned in the last ten years, almost completely changed, not a single familiar face could not be found, almost none of the scarlet robes were gone, all of them were some green-robed officials.

"The right to win people" Wu Sansi said in his heart, the three law divisions were in the hands of Quan Ce that day, in order to protect Ge Hui's imperial history, Quan Ce cut off his arms, and ordered Song Jing to build the road, and Han Xian turned against him, he was still very slanderous, even if Ge Hui is a henchman, one for two, it can't be drawn, now it seems that Ge Hui is worthy of his so much care, first Xingyang bullet pressure Zheng, live pressure Zheng bowed his head, and now in Hebei Province under the pain of the hot hand, first chaos and then governance, chaos in the order, while fighting and standing, it seems that for the great cause of the Northern Expedition, things are in a hurry to obey the power, In fact, it was a wave of power and strategy that was planted in Hebei Province.

"You are good at doing errands, although Ge Zhongcheng is promoted by Qingyan, if you act inappropriately, this king must spare you" Wu Sansi squinted his eyes and swept over these people one by one, thinking that he should carefully investigate, find out some faults, pull out a few, and want to run Hebei Road into Jiannan Road, and he must prevent this king from dying.

After the account was dispersed, the deputy envoy Yao Zhu came back to resume his life, describing a little embarrassed, "Xia Guan escorted the first batch of military funds to support Zhuozhou, and when he returned, the roads in the east, west and north directions had been cut off, and if he wanted to support, he had to go around the southeast and ...... long way."

"Well, the deputy envoy is hard, the Khitan barbarians, no strategy, they only know how to rush and fight, the current situation is only temporary, don't worry" Wu Sansi was full of confidence.

"Your Highness, please step back and leave your side, the lower official has a confidential report" Yao Zhu lowered his voice and whispered.

Wu Sansi waved his hand as he said, and the guards and scribes around him retreated one after another.

Yao Zhu stepped forward and said in his ear, "Your Highness, the lower officials encountered a wave of deserters in Yingzhou on the way, and there was a group of people who claimed to be prisoners released from the Khitan camp and knew the details ......of the Khitan thieves."

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