Chapter 9: The Long Tassel (1)

"Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo......" The horn sound is endless, one is more urgent than the other, and the sound makes people anxious.

The battalion commanders rode their horses and galloped, and after a short time, they came to the tent of the Chinese army. Without waiting to inquire about the matter, I heard Guo Wei say loudly after the handsome case: "The Khitan people have sent troops! The commander is Yelu Chacai, the king of Yan, and the deputy commander is Xiao Tianci, who led 20,000 Khitan elites, and the Han brothers in Youzhou sent 30,000 elite soldiers and 50,000 auxiliary soldiers to help. The 100,000-strong army had already crossed the Hutuo River and was heading to the river to assemble. The direction of the attack, unknown!"

"Ah, what a coincidence!"

"It's going to be winter again, and they just suffered a big loss last winter, don't they have a long memory?"

"The autumn grain has been put into storage, what are they doing at this time?"

"Isn't it, if you go south at this time, you can grab ......?"

The generals were stunned and talked nonsense.

"The old man also just got the news!" Guo Wei tapped the handsome case with his fingers, and then pointed to a dusty middle-aged man beside him, and added loudly, "This person is a meticulous work under the old man, and he risked his life to bring the news back in time." If everyone wants to know the details, they should be quiet and listen to his report. ”

"Obey!" "Yes!" "It's okay!" The camp leaders nodded, and Qi Qi turned his gaze to Guo Wei's side, the middle-aged man who was almost exhausted.

The middle-aged leader of the fine work was not stage frightened, grabbed the tea from Guo Wei's hand and poured a few sips, and then said as clearly as possible: "More than a month ago, the privy councillor heard that there was a lot of construction in Hejian City, so he sent the last general to take a group of brothers and go there in the caravan. As a result, it took a lot of effort to get closer only to find that the houses built by the Han family in the city were actually granaries. Immediately, the last general took the brothers to a Jidu and bribed him with a lot of money, only to learn that Guo Yunming had secretly sent someone to Youzhou before the faint king killed people. ”

"What? Guo Yunming has been in contact with the Khitans!"

"It was the emperor who sent people to collude with the Khitan, this, how is this possible?" Everyone present, no one dared to believe their ears. In these years, morality has deteriorated, and there are things that do things without asking about the means and only asking about the results. In addition, there is a precedent of Shi Jingjiao being Yelu Deguang's godson and successfully seizing the throne, and it is not surprising that the princes of any place colluded with the Khitans to enter the court.

But Liu Chengyou is different, he is not a prince, but an emperor. As the emperor, he took the initiative to invite foreign races to invade his own land, this kind of thing, I am afraid that he took the opportunity of the previous court to chop up the privy envoy and the prime minister at the same time "feat", the end is unprecedented and unprecedented!

"It is not certain that Guo Yunming was ordered by the faint king, it is possible that he made his own opinion, or it is possible that he only contacted the Khitans in advance to be prepared. As a result, on the day when the news of Shi Shumi's encounter with Yang Cheng reached Youzhou, the Khitan army and the Youzhou army began to march south at the same time. The voice of the middle-aged head continued to come, stimulating the hearts of everyone present like a needle.

Regardless of whether the Liao army was invited by Liu Chengyou or not, the news of its imminent southern invasion has been confirmed. At present, almost all the soldiers who can fight in Hebei are concentrated in the joint camp around them, and they are preparing to follow Guo Wei to kill Bianliang together. Therefore, if the big guy doesn't change his previous plan immediately, I'm afraid that before he takes Bianliang, the old nest will all fall into the hands of the Khitan and Han brothers.

"The Liao people don't have many soldiers and horses going south this time, and the weather is about to turn cold!" Before the generals could figure out what to do next, Guo Wei had already made a decisive decision, "So, the old man is ready to divide the troops." Send someone to lead a part of the soldiers and horses to the north, in the Shenzhou or Jizhou area, to hold off the Liao army. ”

"This ......" The camp leaders quickly lowered their heads, and no one wanted to meet Guo Wei's gaze.

The reason why the big guy is willing to follow Guo Wei south to the "Qingjun side" and sympathize with this person's tragic experience is probably very small. The most genuine reasons are actually nothing more than two, first, there is no possibility of defeat in this battle. Second, after taking Bianliang, whether it is a new monarch or Guo Wei himself as the emperor, the official positions and territories of the big guys will definitely rise.

and went north to resist foreign humiliation, but the result was the opposite of going south to the "Qingjun side". First, the possibility of winning is very small, and the slightest negligence may be the end of the soldiers and horses under his command and the end of his own life. Second, even if they were lucky enough to defeat the Liao army, without the support of the country, it would be impossible for everyone to take the opportunity to enter the sixteen states of Yanyun and regain a large number of people and territory for themselves.

"The old man doesn't want to let the Liao army not advance south, he only needs to drag the soldiers and horses of Yelu Cha and the Han brothers to the north of the mainland. Two months, as long as he can hold on for two months, the old man will be sure enough to return from Bianliang to his master!" His eyes quickly swept over everyone's heads, Guo Wei secretly sighed in his heart and added loudly. "If anyone can take on this important task, after the Liao army is repelled, the towns in Hebei will be appointed to the post, and the old man will be picked by him!"

It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Guo Wei has been in the army for more than 20 years, from the big head soldier all the way to the privy deputy envoy, and he knows the true thoughts of this group of Qiu Ba in the tent at the moment. Therefore, he didn't dare to ask too much from everyone, and only hoped that under the heavy reward, one or two brave men who dared to stand in front of the Liao army's horses would appear.

Who would have thought that for a long, long time after the conditions were issued, there was still no response from the bottom. The envoys of the festival, including the actual occupiers of Shenzhou and Jizhou at this moment, all looked at their noses and noses one by one, and their noses looked at their hearts, without saying a word, and they did not move like a mountain.

"That's it!" Seeing that the envoys were all afraid of the enemy like tigers, Guo Wei became more and more disappointed in his heart. After taking a deep breath, he was ready to announce that he would temporarily abandon his plan to go south and personally lead the army to turn around to meet the foreign enemy. Cai Kankan stood up and approached the end of the line at the door of the Chinese military tent, but a young figure suddenly jumped out, "Privy and slow, the last general is not talented, I am willing to try it with all my might!"

"You?" Guo Wei was happy at first, and then wrote with a wry smile on his face, "Ziming, there are only three thousand brothers under your command. ”

"I also ask the Privy Council to allocate another 15,000 soldiers and enough food and grass to carry it. Zheng Ziming had no fear on his face, and clenched his fists at Guo Wei, "Defending the city is no better than fighting in the field, and more people may not be able to come in handy." The last general is in Cangzhou, and there are more than 3,000 auxiliary troops that can be directly dispatched. If the privy council can make up to 20,000 for the last general, the last general will be sixty percent sure that the Liao army will be dragged north of the mainland. ”

"Hmm-" Listening to the young man's heroic words, Guo Wei couldn't help but murmur in a low voice.

Zheng Ziming's biggest shortcoming at present is that the number of soldiers and horses in his hands is too shabby. As for his ability and combat record, he is more than a step above many of the veteran generals here. With him as the main general, leading the army to drag down the foreign enemies invading the south, it is indeed much more stable than most of the generals here.

However, at this moment, it is too late to replenish the soldiers and horses under Zheng Ziming's command. Not to mention whether the newly replenished soldiers and horses can adapt to his command, the choice of the generals with the troops alone is a big problem. After all, the veterans have no ability, but their qualifications and temper are not bad. Let them be a subordinate to a hairy boy who is less than twenty years old, or let them directly defect to the Khitans.

Just as he was hesitating, at the end of the team near the door of the Chinese army's tent, a young and tall figure flashed out, "The last general, Zhao Kuangyin, has a common enmity with Han Kuanghei. I am willing to order a soldier and horse to defend Shen and Ji with General Ziming, and worry about the future for the privy!"