In the end, at Zhao Gu's suggestion, Hu Yanzan chose to wait and see what happened, and wait until the news from Yingzhou came. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Subsequently, Huyanzan sent scouts to go to Huanzhou to investigate first, but the scouts seemed to sink into the sea and never came back.

Hu Yanzan finally believed that Huanzhou had been lost!

And since Huanzhou has been lost, can Yunzhou be saved?

Time passed in waiting, among the people before Shuozhou City, some children were hidden by adults, and some were lost after the Liao army broke through the city, with the arrival of Huyanzan, in the following days, these people were slowly found back, and were arranged in the city by Zhao Gu.

According to statistics, after Shuozhou City defended the city, only 2,000 of the original 33,000 people died, and most of them were old and young, women and children, as well as various physically disabled people.

When you see these people, you can imagine the fierceness of the siege battle.

And the young man who organized the people to defend the city also appeared out of nowhere, he was not injured, it seems that in that fierce battle, he chose to hide and dodge.

Zhao Gu did not blame for this, if there was no such person, Shuozhou City would have been broken a long time ago, where would he wait for Hu Yanzan's rescue.

A few days later, after these people were settled, Zhao Gu invited them to the square in the city, and in front of them, he beheaded all the thousands of Liao soldiers who had been captured for public display.

When the people saw that the Liao soldiers were beheaded, they shouted loudly, applauding and crying, and their tears could not be stopped.

Zhao Gu couldn't help but shed tears, and said: "Fellow citizens, in order to protect Shuozhou City, many of your relatives and friends have lost their lives, even if we avenge them today, this Shuozhou City will never experience war again in the future, may their souls in heaven rest in peace." ”

"Thank you, sir." The people thanked them loudly, and many people were about to kneel down for Zhao Gu on the spot.

Zhao Gu naturally refused, pulled them up, and after comforting everyone a few words, Zhao Gu got up and left.

It's not that Zhao Gu is cold-blooded, it's really that the Great Song Dynasty military system is perverted enough, it is said that as a soldier, he has lived and died with these people, and it is normal for everyone to talk together after the catastrophe, but the Great Song Dynasty military system does not allow this.

In the eyes of the Great Song Taizu and the current emperor, they just started by relying on the army, how can you allow you to invite people to buy people's hearts here.

That's right, they call this kind of affection an invitation to buy hearts!

After that, Zhao Gu's life returned to an idle state again, and with the veteran Hu Yanzan coming out, the city defense of Shuozhou City was completely out of Zhao Gu's control, and he was able to relax for a few days.

It wasn't until February was almost over that Zhao Gu's idle days began to pass.

On this day, the news from Cao Bin in Yingzhou finally came, and Mi Dechao was there with him, or he was there with Mi Dechao.

It turned out that Yi Dechao was the first to capture Yingzhou as Zhao Gu expected, but at this time, the Liao State secretly attacked Huanzhou and Yunzhou, resulting in the annihilation of the 10,000 horses he left behind.

At this time, Cao Bin also led the army to Yingzhou, and Mi Dechao was stationed in Yingzhou with him.

At the same time, there were also requests from Cao Bin, Pan Mei, and Yang Yanzhao to join forces.

The joint army here does not mean that all the troops should be driven to one place, but it is hoped that the five armies can advance and retreat together, formulate an offensive plan together, and then cooperate with each other.

Originally, there were only four roads, but there were 20,000 people under Huyanzan's rate, so they were also counted as five roads.

After receiving the news, Huyanzan immediately replied to the letter, fully agreeing to the request of the combined army.

Subsequently, after three days of marching, the Fifth Route Army arrived in Huanzhou and Yunzhou respectively.

Among them, Cao Bin and Yi Dechao attacked Yunzhou together, and Hu Yanzan, Pan Mei, and Yang Yanzhao jointly attacked Huanzhou.

Zhao Gu, as Yi Dechao's all the way to join the army, was supposed to go to his side, but Hu Yanzan smiled and said nothing, and only asked him to follow him to Huanzhou first.

Zhao Gu guessed that this old general might have Zhao Guangyi's secret decree in his hand, otherwise as a minister, he would not be so bold.

After arriving in Huanzhou, the three-way army officially met, and in the handsome tent, after everyone was humble for a while, Pan Mei made the start, Hu Yanzan was behind him, and below were Zhao Gu and Yang Yanzhao.

At this time, Hu Yanzan took out a cloth cylinder sealed with red paint from his arms and handed it to Zhao Gu in front of everyone.

"Marquis Zhao, this is the emperor's secret decree for you, he asked me to give it to you in front of all the generals."

Zhao Gu took the cloth tube, and then opened it and looked at it.

I saw Zhao Guangyi on the cloth tube, first expressed comfort to Zhao Gu for being put in small shoes by Yi Dechao, and said that he would severely punish Mi Dechao after he went back and uphold justice for Zhao Gu.

Later, Zhao Guangyi made another appointment to Zhao Gu, that is, the joining and supervising of Huyanzan's army, once Huyanzan had any abnormal behavior, such as disobeying the plan and acting without authorization like Yi Dechao, Zhao Gu had the right to come up with a secret decree and temporarily remove Huyanzan's military power.

In the end, Zhao Guangyi also vaguely revealed a little of his careful thoughts, that is, when the army is out, it is inevitable that there will be people with different thoughts, especially veterans such as Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Hu Yanzan, etc., Zhao Guangyi asked Zhao Gu to pay more attention to them.

After reading the letter, Zhao Gu took it back to the cloth tube, and then put it away.

As if Pan Mei, Hu Yanzan and Yang Yanzhao had already guessed the content of the letter, the three of them all smiled bitterly, and then talked about the attack on Huanzhou City.

Although they didn't say anything, Zhao Gu felt their helplessness, as a general, he had to worry about being suspicious of the emperor all the time when he went on an expedition, this kind of taste was really not something ordinary people could experience.

Judging from their reactions, Zhao Guangyi should have made it commonplace for them to do such things, otherwise they would definitely not show such an expression.

Zhao Gu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, didn't he feel very naïve about this kind of power trick that Zhao Guangyi played?

Shaking his head, Zhao Gu put aside these thoughts and began to listen to Pan Mei and the three of them discuss the siege of the city.

I have to admit that none of them who can be famous in later generations are nominal people, and the various siege tactics they discuss alone are by no means comparable to ordinary people.

At the very least, if any one of them was attacking Shuozhou City at that time, Zhao Gu would definitely not be able to hold it for half a month!

Maybe he can only defend for seven days at most, and then the city will be destroyed.

After discussing for more than an hour, Pan Mei and the other three finally decided on the method of attacking the city, and the three of them told Zhao Gu about the tactics, nominally to let him also come up with ideas, but in fact they were showing their loyalty to Zhao Guangyi.

Zhao Gu smiled bitterly: "Three generals, I have something here, which may be very useful for siege." ”