Several people on the ground lay in pools of blood, and the undried blood flowed sideways along the floor tiles. Shi Yanchao's clothes and armor were splashed with blood, and the blood on the knife was dripping down, which looked even more terrifying. Shi Yanchao didn't seem to be happy to kill, glanced at the town soldier general who had just been helped up, and walked over with a knife.

"Anyway, you can't restrain your subordinates, it's just a straw bale, what's the use of keeping it?" Shi Yanchao said and waved the long knife.

Someone next to him shouted: "He is not the one who violates the military law, and the crime will not lead to death...... but it was too late, Shi Yanchao stabbed the military general in the abdomen with a knife, and the screams sounded, the person is not dead, and he can't survive if he is stabbed in the abdomen.

No one dared to accuse Shi Yanchao of indiscriminate killing, all the soldiers looked at him with fear on their faces, and the people on the street were all afraid.

At this moment, someone said: "Guo Dashuai is here!" ”

Everyone turned their heads one after another, and Guo Shao got out of the carriage and strode towards this side with a few guards and his entourage. Not far away, Wang Pu, Dong Zunzhi and others also rushed to hear the news, and they also brought a group of soldiers and horses.

Shi Yanchao put away the butcher's knife, stepped forward and hugged his fists and saluted: "Meet Guo Du for inspection." ”

Such a murderous man bent down to salute the other people, and the onlookers turned their eyes to Guo Shao, curious to see what kind of person could restrain such a murderous martial artist. But I saw that Guo Dashuai was a tall and strong young man, and there was nothing special about it, because most of the forbidden soldiers of the Zhou army were such young and strong men.

Guo Shao couldn't help but glance at Shi Yanchao at this time, because he felt that Shi Yanchao's attitude in front of him was a little different today. This guy has always been more conservative in the army and obeys military orders, but he is arrogant and has a bad temper, so he is quite face-saving today...... What is the reason for Shi Yanchao's attitude to change in front of him?

Guo Shao ignored Shi Yanchao, stepped over the blood stains on the ground, walked to the front of the barracks, and said loudly: "There are national laws and military regulations." Those who defy military law will end up like this! ”

The people around watched all this, and the silence stopped.

Guo Shao turned to look at the stunned bitter master, as well as a few covered corpses placed on the street, and said: "Killing people pays for their lives, even if they are soldiers under my command, they will still be severely punished if they violate the law of the country." If anyone in the world has weapons, he can do anything wrong, and who wouldn't kill people without regard for his life? In the past, the world was in turmoil, the people of the ten countries were in turmoil, the children were coquettish, the villains were in power, the foreign cogulates took the opportunity to bully, and the people who lost their land were slaves, all because of this...... Folks, do you want to continue to live in troubled times? ”

He paused and said loudly: "In the dynasty of great unification, if you want the people to live and work in peace and contentment, you must strengthen yourself to resist foreign humiliation, you want to punish evil and promote good, and you have to hold the sword and gun in the hands of the benevolent!" The benevolent person defends the people, distinguishes between good and evil, and is just and lawful...... The benevolent are invincible! ”

Soon someone among the people shouted, "Good! Good! Well said......"

Dong Zunzhi in the back shouted excitedly: "The benevolent are invincible!" The forbidden army immediately shouted, and the soldiers and civilians below the city wall were in an uproar. Guo Shao quickly left this place at this time, and there was still a commotion behind him.

He quickly met Wang Pu and others in the past, and saw that Wang Pu's expression was different, and his eyes looked at him.

"King, let's go." Guo Shaodao.

Wang Pu said: "Li Gu went to Jiangning City today, as a colleague, the old man went to the city gate to greet him. ”

"Li Xianggong is here now?" Guo Shao immediately changed his plans, "I will go with Wang Zhijun." ”

Although Li Gu was the prime minister of the political affairs hall, he went out with the army many times, and was responsible for transferring grain from various states and counties in the Battle of Jinyang that year, and did not do much; Later, he conquered Huainan and was appointed as a striker, but he was obviously not very good at combat. Since then, he has been in charge of logistics, the battle of quelling the rebellion of Erli, the battle of attacking Shu, and this time attacking Jiangnan, he has been doing this work. His contribution is still not small, and Guo Shao has a good personal relationship with him.

The group arrived at the gate of the city and waited for a while, and sure enough, they saw Li Gu and others riding into the city. So after a greeting greeting, Guo Shao invited Li Gu to the Chinese army.

Guo Shao felt that Wang Pu was not good at making friends with people, but today he came to pick up Li Gu, and he was a little surprised at the moment. As expected, Wang Pu didn't say a few words of greeting, and immediately mentioned his purpose: "The old man heard that Li Xianggong and Han Xizai, the minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, have been friends for many years? ”

Li Gu was also calm, and said: "Han Xizai's family was originally an official in the Central Plains, and he and I were friends back then, and we were friends with each other. Later, the Han family was implicated in the rebellion, and Han Xizai could not escape, so I escorted him to Zhengyang to cross the Huai River. ”

Li Gu said with a smile: "At the time of separation, Han Gong and I made an appointment, if the Southern Tang Dynasty reused him, he would take the Central Plains." Now that the Southern Tang Dynasty has been destroyed, I'm afraid I'm ashamed to see me. ”

Wang Pu shook his head and said, "The friendship is still there." ”

"Oh?" Li Gu looked at Wang Pu.

Wang Pu turned his head on horseback and said to Guo Shao: "Over the years, the Central Plains has been fighting for years, and it is difficult for everyone from the scholars to the common people; The population of the Southern Tang Kingdom was thriving, and a large part of it came from the southward migration of the Central Plains. Han Xizai is in a high position, has a wide range of friends, and is quite famous, he can influence the attitudes of many scholars, and he is also very effective in public opinion. If this person can be co-opted to return to the Great Zhou, it will be of great benefit to stabilize the situation in the Southern Tang Kingdom. ”

Guo Shao nodded.

Wang Pu also said: "Southern scholars, for the sake of fame and family fame, on the surface, at least often build roads and bridges, accumulate good deeds, and win the hearts of the local people, and the common people believe in the scholars the most; They made friends up and down, and they were good at writing and reasoning, and they shook their hands with public opinion. If General Guo wants to pacify all parts of the Southern Tang Kingdom as soon as possible, he must not rush to loot and extort these people, but on the contrary, he must win them over, otherwise he will win the hearts of the people. ”

Guo Shao thought it was good when he heard it, and immediately adopted Wang Pu's suggestion: "It would be a good thing if Han Xizai could be an official in the Great Zhou." ”

"There is also Chen Qiao, the auxiliary governor of the Guangzheng Yuan, as far as I know, this person is also the leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty scribes." Wang Pu said, "But Chen Qiao doesn't know his whereabouts now, so when he sees Han Xizai, he will ask first." ”

Wang Pu turned his head to Li Gu and said, "How about Gong Li go with me to visit the Han Mansion now?" ”

Li Gu had just entered the city, and he didn't even settle down, but it was hard to refuse, so he had to give up his hand and say: "Since it is a national event, how dare you slack off?" ”

Guo Shao looked at Li Gu and said with a smile: "The king envoy Jun is a vigorous and resolute person, so he will work hard for Li Xianggong, and tonight in the Chinese army, I will set up a banquet for you to catch the wind and wash the dust." ”

So Guo Shao said goodbye to the two, and at this time Wang Pu looked serious, and said after a moment: "By the way, last time I asked myself to stay in Jiangning temporarily, but I thought that Li Gong (Li Gu) might be more suitable." When General Guo's squad returned to the DPRK, I also went back with the army. ”

"It's not too late to deliberate." Guo Shao said casually.

He and Zuo You and others returned to the Chinese army and requisitioned a government office in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Zuo You entered the hall with him, and as soon as the two entered the hall, he said: "I think that the change of tone of the Wang Shumian today may not be because Li Gu went to Jiangning, but to re-state his position, or to support the lord's important affairs. ”

Guo Shao is also thinking, noncommittal at the moment.

Zuo You said again: "The people of the Northern Han Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty of the enemy country spread rumors, saying that the lord wants to stand on his own, but it may not be all bad to release rumors from the mouth of the opponent. ”

Guo Shao immediately agreed with Zuo You's opinion: "Originally, after the deployment of major events, we really had to release some rumors to distinguish who had what attitude. ”

What he thought of was the change in Shi Yanchao's attitude today, and guessed that it might be related to the usurping stone in the Yangtze River, and Shi Yanchao didn't seem willing to prevent himself from becoming emperor. There are other people who are waiting and seeing, and they can also be a little prepared; The more people support Guo Shao on the eve of doing big things, the less risk there is.

After Zuo You finished what he wanted to say, he saw that the sun outside had reached the middle of the sky, so he said goodbye and came out.

Guo Shao came out of the lobby from the back and was also ready to eat. He couldn't help but take out the newspaper from Tokyo from his pocket and read it again...... Although according to Zuo You and his own judgment, it will not have much impact if his intentions are exposed, but the four sentences that were fished out of the Yellow River are too ugly to hear. Guo Shao suddenly couldn't help but feel annoyed.

It must have been done by Zhao Kuangyin, as well as Li Yun from Hedong. The person who is most reluctant to see himself as emperor is obviously Zhao Kuangyin, but he is in the Northern Han Kingdom, and it is not easy to come to the Yellow River, and he may have colluded with Li Yun.

Guo Shao paced around under the eaves, and after a while came up with a way: Zhao'an's brothers who followed Zhao Kuangyin, as well as those pro-soldiers, let them come back with Zhao Kuangyin's head to make up for their achievements.