Chapter 24: The Wine Banquet

Guo Mo was in Pinyang City, and suddenly ordered to gather the generals and set up a banquet. The generals were busy training soldiers and stinting the military situation in the east, but Guo Sidao, as a former military commander, was awarded the main responsibility of the president's battalions in Pinyang by Pei Cai, and he directly ordered the generals to summon each other, and it was inconvenient for the big guys to disobey, so they had to go with a cold face and pinch their noses.

During the banquet, Guo Mo repeatedly persuaded him to drink, but when he saw that there were many generals, he immediately asked: "Today's meeting with my colleagues, as far as I know, you are all massive, why don't you want to drink?" And there is a look of dismay on the face, is it because the wine and food are not in line with the taste? ”

Wang Tang's temper was relatively dry, and he immediately put down the wine cup heavily, and replied coldly: "The Metropolitan Governor saw that he was in Haoyang, surrounded by Hu Kou, and I was all anxious, and I was busy selecting and training soldiers day and night. At this time, I don't know why Guo Shuai is still in the mood to drink? Don't you have the safety of the Metropolitan Governor at heart? The last general has no such leisure and leisure, the wine is mellow, and the throat is like a knife! ”

Li Yi hurriedly explained: "Governor Wang's words are serious, how can Guo Shuai not remember that the Metropolitan Governor was besieged in Haoyang, and he summoned me to wait today, I think it is ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was stopped by Guo Mo waving his hand. Guo Mo faced Wang Tang and asked with a smile: "Listen to the will of the king, are you unwilling to obey my orders?" ”

Wang Tang snorted and replied: "Guo Shuai is later than us to join the Metropolitan Governor, I don't know that we are subordinate to each other from Xuzhou, and the Metropolitan Governor has already determined the status of the monarch and the minister, and the benevolence and righteousness are combined, then the monarch is in trouble, how can those who are courtiers have no worries?" If Guo Shuai leads us to save the governor, he will naturally obey Jun's orders, if he is just summoned to drink, and he will not be able to accompany him! As he spoke, he stood up abruptly and turned around to leave.

Seeing this, Guo Mo immediately raised his eyebrows, and with a "bang", he slammed into several cases, and everyone was shocked. Li Yi hurriedly pulled Wang Tang, and listened to Guo Mo shouting: "I already knew that when you were from the capital to the governor of Wei, and from Xu Fang to Guanzhong, I was later attached, so you don't take me in your eyes!" Today, most of the governors have entrusted a certain president with the responsibility of each battalion in Pinyang, but Hu Kou is powerful, and if he disobeys the order like you, how can he have a chance of winning? ! ”

Wang Tang was about to argue, when he heard Guo Mo say again: "You and others underestimate me, and most governors must not underestimate me." The three armies of Da Sima, I am not as good as Tao Shixing in terms of fame, and I am not as good as Pei Wenji in terms of kinship, and the governor of the capital does not order you to be the commander, but prefers me to supervise the front army, why not? Do you think that the Metropolitan Governor is the one who turns a blind eye?! ”

Xie Feng hurriedly said: "Since the governor of the capital has an order, Guo Shuai's name is above us, and he should obey the general's order, but I don't know that I will call for a banquet today......"

Guo Mo glanced at Xie Feng and snorted coldly: "Today, I just invited a banquet, and I refused to drink from my order, then on the other day, who believes that you are willing to obey my orders?!" His eyes then moved back, stared at Wang Tang, and asked him: "Do you know, why did the governor of the capital order Guo to be the commander?" ”

Wang Tang raised his neck and arched his hand: "I was about to ask for advice." ”

Guo Mo's complexion was a little pale, he looked around at the generals, and said slowly: "The truth is actually very simple, you are no more than a country child, if it is not for the governor of the capital, he will work hard for the rest of his life between the acres, and An can be a general?" That is, before you and others were not from the governor of Dadu, Guo Mou used his bravery to serve Pei Shou in Hanoi, the rebellion of Yongjia, self-based Wubao, and the anti-Hu War of Resistance......" stretched out his hand and pointed at Beigong Chun: "When it comes to the number of confrontations with Hu Kou, the details of Hu Kou are clear, and only the general of Beigong here can slightly resist a certain one!" ”

Beigong Chun smiled slightly bitterly, and arched his hand: "How dare I compare with Guo Shuai......"

Guo Mo still stared at Wang Tang, occasionally glancing at Xie Fenghe and Lu He, who had not spoken, from the corner of his eye, and said word by word: "Zhen Sui is in Dali, and the army is not as prosperous as us, so in the future, he will rescue Haoyang, and fight with the governor of Dadu inside and outside, and break Hu Kou together, and we should be the main force." However, Hu Kou is very numerous, several times more than me, if I can't understand the situation, what is the chance of winning? I fought with Hu Ko in Hanoi for five or six years, and there were hundreds of battles big and small, so I know what he is good at and what he is short about. ”

Glancing at Beigong Chun: "What are Hu's strengths and weaknesses, General Beigong can say to this reckless man." ”

Although Beigong Chun is brave in battle, his personality is soft - mainly because he has been suppressed by the ministers of Luoyang and Chang'an for many years, and even later forced to surrender to Hu Han, suffering from the cold eyes of each other, and his edges and corners have long been smoothed out - how dare he take Guo Mo's words at this time? hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The last general is foolish, and I also ask Guo Shuai for advice." ”

Guo Mo scolded Wang Tang and said: "If you want to listen, then sit down; If you dare to disobey your orders, will it be against my sword?! ”

Li Yi and Xie Feng pulled the left and right, and then sat down Wang Tang. Guo Mo raised his finger and explained: "In a certain opinion, Hu Zhichang has three. First, the soldiers are brave, and they often learn to bow and horses when they are young, which is not comparable to the generals under our command. Tell you the truth, the three armies of the great Sima today, who can fight with Hu Kou with the same number of troops without falling behind, are the only ones who are the Qu battalion of the Metropolitan Governor's Department, and the elite under Zhen Sui's command, and the rest are not as good as ......"

Wang Tang stiffened his neck and seemed to have something to say, but in the end he gritted his teeth and swallowed it.

I heard Guo Mo continue: "Second, Hu Kou rides more, only the 'Liangzhou Horse' can be antagonized, but the number of Liangzhou cavalry in our department is far inferior to Hu. Third, for the generals to slaughter the dignitaries, and the Hun generals, this is a family, skilled in tactics, tacit understanding, not people from the north and south of the world, the temporary patchwork army is comparable ......"

Xie Feng interjected: "What Guo Shuai said is true, but I don't know what about Hu Zhi's shortness?" ”

The corners of Guo Mo's mouth twitched slightly, and he replied: "Hu Zhi's shortness is also three. First, they neglected the transportation of grain, and the soldiers were not satisfied, but they were accustomed to looting to replenish the army and boost morale. However, in Fengyi County today, most of the people return to Mintun, people retreat into the city, and the grain is collected back to the city, then Hu Kouye has nothing to plunder, the grain is declining, and the people's hearts will not be united......"

In fact, this is not the unique drawback of the Hu and Han regimes, but the weakness of the military tradition in the feudal era. In these years, except for Pei Gai's army, I dare not say all, the worship of the low-level soldiers has always been insufficient, often two meals a day, barely full, weapons, armor, all self-funded, so looting has become the most important way to boost morale, and even strengthen the personal armament of soldiers. Such an army, when it is full of robbery, will naturally become more and more courageous, but if there is no way to loot for a period of time, its strength may fall, and its morale will be easily weakened.

"Second, the flow of Hu soldiers is complicated, there are Tuge, Xiongnu, Liuyi, and even the Jin people who surrendered to Hu, if they form an army, it is difficult to form a formation, and if they are scattered to the battalions, they will also be in chaos. It is to have clouds, Jin but strong formation, and it is difficult to break.

"Third, from these two ends, although Hu plundered like the wind, he did not endure the battle, and when he suffered a slight setback, he was in chaos. I think that we should be Hu, and we should not fight in waves, but when we force it with a strong formation, surprise troops to plunder it, and slowly invade its momentum, and then we can succeed. ”

After saying these points, Guo Mo paused slightly, and then looked around at the generals: "Most of the governors have given me the general responsibility of the West Road, commanding the battalions, so that the brave do not advance alone, and the cowardly dare not dare to but, when the code is kept, when the retreat is retreated, when Xu is Xu, when the urgency is urgent, everyone obeys the order, and there is a chance of victory." If I march into Xu Rulin Mang, and you are either proud of your bravery, or worried that the metropolitan governor is in Haoyang, and disobeys the order, where can I still have a chance of winning? Today, I refuse to drink a glass of wine, how can I order it to be forbidden, only I am ordered to listen?! ”

His eyes were cold, and he glared at them one by one, and all the generals trembled when he saw it, and Li Yi even lowered his head directly.

Guo Sidao made this show today, just to intimidate the generals and make them all obey orders. As he said before, he was not Pei Gaiyuan's general, and he suddenly became the former military commander, most of Lu He, Wang Tang, Xie Feng and others were not convinced.

However, what Guo Mo is most worried about is not those former generals, because he knows that the voter is loyal enough, as long as he makes the reason clear, saying that I am so arranged, it is conducive to defeating Hu Kou and rescuing the Metropolitan Governor, and it should not be petty anymore - although he has to explain it back, it is both troublesome and afraid of delaying the military aircraft, so he has to set up a bureau like this and shout twice - in comparison, he is the most worried about Li Yi.

In Guo Mo's view, Li Yi's own talent is limited, and he is a person at both ends of the world, so it is inconvenient to give him a heavy responsibility. But after Pei entered the customs, most of the Guanxi scholars he received entered the court as officials, or entered the curtain as officials, and directly led a battalion, only this Li Yi was regarded as a 'golden horse bone' because he ousted Suo Qi, so Li Yi's prestige among those Guanxi recruits was very high. Li Yi himself also vaguely appointed himself as the head of the Kansai military generals, don't look at his usual honest face, and even a little soft, in fact, he is arrogant in his heart, and he doesn't put those former generals in his eyes.

In a sense, Guo Mo and Li Yi are the same kind of people, and he also thinks that the soldiers and horses from Sanhe in Pei's army should naturally be their own subordinates, or at least they should be their own spiritual leaders, so Li Yi's external softness and internal rigidity, external and internal taboos, must not be hidden from Guo Mo.

However, in the same way, Guo Sidao's thoughts, Li Yi also knew it. Li Yixin said that your qualifications are older than me, your reputation is higher than mine, and your favor is deeper than mine. Compared with Lu He, Wang Tang, Xie Feng and others, we are all foreign generals, and the foreign generals should work together for the time being, so that they can pull away those original and climb up - okay, I'll give you a face today, and help echo a few more times.

Therefore, Guo Mo's voice fell, and Li Yi immediately bowed his hand respectfully and said: "What Guo Shuai said is true, how dare we obey the general's order?" As he spoke, he picked up the wine cup and beckoned to the generals: "Today, the Metropolitan Governor authorizes Guo Shuai, then Guo Shuai's order, if the Metropolitan Governor's order is better than drinking, how dare we disobey?" Gentlemen, and they are all full of wine, let's be Guo Shuaishou. ”

Guo Mo waved his hand and said, "Don't dare", but then he also stood up with a wine cup and said to the generals: "Since the Qing and others are worried about the governors, the wine and delicacies are difficult to swallow, then I will respect the last wine of the princes, and drink them all." Raise his head and drink it all, then throw the wine cup to the ground, and shouted: "If you don't want to enjoy today, if the Ming Dynasty dares to disobey my orders in front of the battle, if you want to drink it, you can't get it!" ”

Lu He has been silent, but at this time, he also held the wine cup, and beckoned all the generals to stand up, follow Guo Mo's example, drink it all first, and then throw the cup, saying: "I will only listen to Guo Shuai's order, and if there is disobedience, it will be like this." I think that if Guo Shuai can't save the metropolitan governor Yu Haoyang, he shouldn't be able to survive alone! ”

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