Guo Zhimin abandoned his weapons and surrendered, and the rest of the soldiers stopped resisting, Lu Junyi walked over, and Gao Zhong also walked over, and said: "General Lu, the commander has an order, let the two Guo brothers go to see him, he is waiting in Huanzhou City!" ”

Lu Junyi nodded, and ordered Guo Zhiquan to be escorted from Shuozhou City to Huanzhou, and especially told him to treat him well, and he also went to Huanzhou City together.

"Gao Xianxian, is this really the order of the marshal?"

"General Lu, the commander's orders are not important, the important thing is that they are still alive!" Gao Zhong smiled slightly, as long as the Guo brothers are not dead, then everything is easy to say.

If Guo Zhimin hadn't taken the initiative to surrender, I am afraid that he would have to obey Zhao Gou's military orders and be killed. Now that it has been surrendered, then this is enough.

"Marshal, General Lu and the others have returned to the city!"

When Zhao Gou heard this, he walked to the city gate tower, and happened to see Lu Junyi and others, as well as the generals he didn't know, and knew that the person was Guo Zhimin, so he personally came down from the city gate tower and came to the city gate.

Lu Junyi and the others dismounted one after another, Zhao Gou nodded slightly, and then walked in front of Guo Zhimin, and said with a smile: "It's Zhao Gou below, dare to ask the general, but General Guo?" ”

Guo Zhimin replied respectfully: "Back to the big handsome, it is Guo Zhimin below." ”

"Is General Guo Zhiquan also here?" Zhao Gou nodded, turned to look at Lu Junyi again, and didn't feel a little relieved until Lu Junyi said that he was on the way, and then ordered everyone to wait for General Guo Zhiquan's arrival here.

When Guo Zhimin heard this, he was stunned, with mixed feelings, and he felt an indescribable emotion in his heart.

Everyone waited for two hours, Guo Zhiquan came over under the care of Yang Yizhong, and Zhao Gou still treated each other politely, without any difference, as if they were not like surrendering to the army, but more like brothers who shared weal and woe.

Guo Zhiquan followed behind Yang Yizhong, running all the way, and when he knew the direction of his going, Huanzhou City, sighed in his heart, "Didn't you use me to blackmail my brother to surrender?" ”

If this is the case, Guo Zhiquan would rather die than let Guo Zhimin be difficult. However, Yang Yizhong seemed to guess what he was thinking, and said lightly: "Huanzhou City has been broken, the general doesn't have to think about it!" ”

"Huanzhou City has been lost?" Guo Zhiquan's eyes widened, he really didn't believe it, it was against the sky to break through the two cities one after another.

Until this time, he saw his younger brother become a prisoner of war, and the city of Huanzhou was also occupied by the Song army, and even the flag was changed.

Guo Zhiquan believed it, and saw a young man coming in armor, "He is the generalissimo of Pingliao?" ”

He was shocked again, if he was defeated by those generals who had been famous for a long time, Guo Zhiquan would have nothing to say, and now he was even more speechless.

"General Guo has been wronged!" Zhao Gou smiled slightly, "Two generals, let's go into the city and talk about it!" ”

Zhao Gou asked the army to go down to rest, Lu Junyi went down to arrange affairs, Yue Fei and others assisted, and only Gao Gou followed Zhao Gou.

"Two generals, sit down!"

"We are the generals of the defeated army, don't dare!"

Zhao Gou said with a smile: "Even if you are a general of the defeated army, the two of you have this qualification!" ”

"The marshal has let the two brothers be here, you might as well speak up if you have something!" Guo Zhiquan knew that Zhao Gou treated him politely, and there must be something, so he stopped beating around the bush.

Zhao Gou said: "I sincerely hope that the two of you can serve the Great Song Dynasty!" The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were originally the land of the Central Plains, although they were separated from the Central Plains for a hundred years, the love of the blood was difficult to give up. The two are also Han Chinese, how can they serve Liao, it is better to turn their heads elsewhere. ”

Guo Zhiquan replied: "The people of the sixteen states of Yanyun have long been similar to the living habits of the Khitans, and how many people still remember that they are Han. ”

"Thank you marshal for your kindness, both of our brothers have become generals of the defeated army, prisoners under the ranks, and have lost Shuozhou and Huanzhou, and they have been ashamed of the people in the city.

Zhao Gou smiled and said: "General Guo doesn't have to reject me so quickly, you and Brother Ling will discuss again, I will wait for your answer in an hour, and now I won't bother the two of you." ”

Gao Zhong followed Zhao Gou and left, leaving the two of them here.

"Dashuai, from my observation, the Guo brothers may not necessarily surrender! If you don't want to surrender, what should you do? ”

Zhao Gou replied lightly: "Official!" ”

"In that case, why should they be taken away?"

"Because of the people's hearts!" Zhao Gou looked at the thousands of households in the city closing their doors and staying at home, "The two of them were originally the heirs of the Han people, and they have been operating in Shuozhou and Huanzhou for many years. ”

"It can be said that the two of them are very important in recovering the people of this place, and as long as they are obedient, then everything will be easy."

"In addition, the two of them have some talents. If it weren't for them guarding the border passes, I'm afraid they would have already broken through. ”

Zhao Gouyan is all this, everything depends on the two of them's own thoughts. Because Zhao Gou knew the ability of the two of them, if there were two of them, it would be easy to regain the lost hearts of the people.

If it weren't for the fact that the two of them were Han Chinese, Zhao Gou would not have given him a chance. Because, even if the Liao generals recover, they will not really return to their hearts, and what they are left behind is only to raise tigers for trouble, and now is the critical moment, and they dare not gamble at all.

"Big brother, let's descend!"

Guo Zhiquan roared angrily: "Second brother, why are you so confused. We are Han Chinese, deeply favored by the emperor of Liao, and we should be loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and we must not betray it. ”

Guo Zhimin replied: "Big brother, now that the situation is clear, if we resist stubbornly, I'm afraid there is really only one way out." ”

"It's not terrible to die, it's a big deal to be a good man again after eighteen years, but is it really worth it? We are under the rule of the Liao State, we are not Khitans, we cannot be truly trusted, those Liao people look down on us at all, even the soldiers in our hands are Han Chinese, and the Liao people are not among them at all. ”

"Even in it, we can't treat everyone equally, we can't control it, and it is even more disruptive to military discipline. Now that the Great Song Dynasty has raised troops to attack, Liao has been attacked by the Jurchens again, and he can no longer care about the life and death of the people of the sixteen states. ”

"In case Liao is broken, then where should we go, will we be exploited and oppressed by the Jurchens again?"

Guo Zhiquan was speechless, he was silent for a long time, and said helplessly: "Then let's descend!" ”

In less than an hour, it only took a moment to make a decision, and the two Guo brothers personally found Zhao Gou, expressed their intentions, and decided to return to the Great Song Dynasty and serve the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Gou happily welcomed them to join, and Zhao Gou also allowed them to lead the former army without any hesitation. At the same time, Zhao Gou also explained the reason that the two of them needed to go to appease the people.

Due to the great war between the two armies, the people in the city closed their doors and windows tightly, stayed at home, and did not welcome them at all.

So, Guo Zhiquan and Guo Zhimin led their brothers back to the city, and Zhao Gou also sent Yue Fei and Lu Junyi to lead a part of the soldiers, as well as his order, promising not to harm the people in the slightest.

In addition, Zhao Gou asked Gao Chong to go to Yingzhou to deliver a message to inform Song Jiang and others of his order, and sent someone to give the military advisor Wu Yong, the battle situation here.

Since then, the people of Huanzhou and Shuozhou have returned to their hearts and accepted the rule of the Song army, and Zhao Gou has no worries about sending troops to Yingzhou.

(End of chapter)