The plan for the Northern Expedition was proposed by Zhao Gu, and as a traverser, he knew very well how deep the influence of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun had on the Great Song Dynasty. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It can be said that if the historical Great Song Dynasty had recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun, there would have been no 'Jingkang Shame', and the dynasty named 'Yuan' might not have enslaved the Han people for nearly a hundred years!

And this time, all the possible effects because of Yi Dechao's greed for merit and recklessness were because Zhao Gu did not want to see the historical tragedy happen, so he formulated the Northern Expedition plan under the influence of Zhao Pu, Zhao Gu wanted to make some changes, but he didn't expect that it might make the situation worse.

Just imagine, if the Northern Expedition fails, the Great Song Dynasty, which is already not highly motivated, will inevitably become more and more passive to avoid the war, coupled with the loss of so many soldiers and horses this time, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty will definitely decline, so can the Great Song Dynasty maintain the national honor for more than 300 years like the original history?

If the Great Song Dynasty decayed and perished ahead of schedule because of this, wouldn't Zhao Gu become a national sinner?

This is the reason for the wry smile in his heart, the so-called stealing chickens does not make rice, this is the current situation.

There was a disgust for Yi Dechao in his heart, but Zhao Gu didn't curse him, because that would be useless, Zhao Gu knew that he could only make up for the impact of his appearance by keeping Shuozhou City now.

If Zhao Gu expected it well, after the Liao army and Cao Wei encountered, seeing that Zhao Gu only brought 200 people to the rescue, he would definitely be able to guess immediately that Shuozhou City's defense was weak, and their boss would definitely take the opportunity to attack Shuozhou City if his head was not caught by the door.

In this world, it will not be more than tomorrow morning at the latest.

In other words, the first attack of the Liao army will be ushered in outside Shuozhou by tomorrow morning at the latest.

Just as he was about to leave, a young man in his twenties suddenly walked up to Zhao Gu and said, "Lord Zhao, are your defensive forces enough?" ”

Only then did the people realize that if the Song army in Shuozhou City could not stop the Liao army, their fantasy would be very realized.

"Everyone, don't be impatient." Zhao Gu waved his hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said: "The specific number of people sent by the Liao State has not yet been determined, so I can't assert it, but I can assure you that it is not so easy for the Liao army to easily capture Shuozhou City." ”

When all the people heard this, their eyes were moved, but some people's faces were full of worry, afraid that Shuozhou City would be broken by the Liao army.

The young man smiled, "Well, why don't we come and help you defend." ”

After taking a deep look at the young man, Zhao Gu then left directly, making the people feel at a loss.

He actually hoped that the people would help defend it, but the Great Song Dynasty military system was very perverted, and the ministers could not sign the army, even if there was only one person left who died outside the expedition, and finally lost the battle, he was never allowed to recruit troops privately, and this rather intelligent young man just helped him say his heart.

Your Great Song Dynasty court does not allow you to lead your ministers to recruit troops, can you still not allow the people to help defend the city?

The people were afraid that the city would be breached and suffer from the fish in the pond, so they took up arms and resisted bravely.

After Zhao Gu left, the young man stared at his back for a moment, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he said to the other people: "Everyone, the Great Song Dynasty has treated us so well and helped us defend our homeland, everyone should repay them well, why don't we help the officials and soldiers defend the city." ”

All the people nodded, helping the officials and soldiers to defend the city was not helping them to defend the city themselves, the people didn't want to live the business of being enslaved by foreign races anymore, so they had high morale and were not afraid of death.

At the moment, under the organization of young people, 10,000 people in Shuozhou City were selected as a reserve force to help defend, these 10,000 people are men in their teens to 50s, although they have not been on the battlefield, but they are also powerful, and they can still kill people when they take up arms.

As for their weapons, they are naturally not swords, guns, swords, halberds, but hoes, shovels, kitchen knives, axes, etc., which are used in their respective families for farming.

As for the other 20,000 or so women, children, and children who did not have much combat strength, they spontaneously formed a reserve unit of the reserve unit, which was responsible for lighting fires and cooking, and making simple bows and arrows.

When war comes, they will also be responsible for transporting rocks and logs to the reserves defending the city walls.

Everything is running smoothly under the arrangement of the young people, and the common people seem to have found the backbone, and they are very kind to the young people, and there is a faint momentum of taking him as the main body.

When this news reached the ears of Zhao Gu and Li Danran, Li Danran couldn't help but praise it loudly: "This guy's ability is really not simple, more than 30,000 people have been arranged by him in an orderly manner, if this person is used to march and fight, I am afraid it will be twice the result with half the effort." ”

Zhao Gu also nodded: "From the time he stopped me at that time, I could see that this son is not a thing in the pool, and sooner or later he will be a blockbuster." ”

Li asked indifferently, "Are we going to get in touch with him?" Discuss the matter of defending the city. ”

"No, you don't." Zhao Gu explained: "In case the Privy Council invites me to tea in the future, we can't have the slightest contact with them, so let's arrange it ourselves." ”

"I see."

Soon in the afternoon, a large army appeared in the open space just ten miles away from Shuozhou City.

This army is dominated by the horse army, with about 20,000 people, including 15,000 horse troops and 5,000 infantry troops.

On the handsome bench in the military tent, Hao Ran sat a big man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and under him, there stood more than a dozen generals with the same majestic body, and the entire military tent was full of fierce spirit.

I saw this big man sitting on a handsome stool, about forty years old, with a scruffy beard, big eyes, big nose and big mouth, and a fierce face, which made people dare not look at him.

The most terrifying thing is the scar on his face from the left forehead to the root of the right ear, which lies across his already vicious face, and as the expression on his face changes, it opens and closes like the mouth of a man-eating beast, which is very terrifying.

This person is none other than Yeluhai, one of the generals of the Liao State.

Like Yeluhong, Yeluhai was also a member of the royal family, but he was brave and invincible since he was a child, and he was familiar with the art of war, so he was very important.

Since Yeluhai joined the army when he was more than ten years old, after nearly 30 years of conquest, his prestige has been very great in the territory of Liao, and his status as a royal family is among the best in the military circles of Liao.