Although from the very beginning, Guo Rong judged that Yuan Zi and the Yicheng Army would not have too strong will to resist and the desire to fight, but it was still beyond Guo Rong's expectations that the kid Zhi Muyu would directly make Yuan Zi and the entire Yicheng Army surrender without a fight in a few words.

It wasn't until the Yicheng Army made Yuan Zi kneel in front of him honestly and decently that Guo Rong had to believe that Yuan Zi had indeed taken the initiative to surrender.

Guo Rong couldn't wait to directly cut down the guy who was more ambitious than ability, greedy than restrained, and more than successful for Yuan Zi.

It's just that Guo Rong is no longer the stunned young man he used to be, it's easy to kill a Yuan Zi, but the living Yuan Zi can play the greatest value.

Although Yuan Zi's previous work was really not a human being, although Yuan Zi's surrender was not voluntary, but Yuan Zi was the first warlord to take the initiative to surrender and hand over the city, population and army in this round of counterinsurgency.

After receiving the news of the death of Emperor Taishang, Guo Rong thought of taking the opportunity to recover Zhengzhou and Huazhou without restraint, and then Guo Rong sent a letter to Chang'an and Chang'an reinforcements.

Before receiving Guo Rong's letter, Li Chun did not have a clear will to ask Guo Rong what to do, but he vaguely reminded Guo Rong to ensure the victory of the decisive battle of Bianzhou, and at the same time used the victory of this battle to shock the various feudal towns in the Central Plains.

Of course, just deterring will definitely not satisfy Li Chun's appetite, so there is a faint meaning for Guo Rong to find opportunities, excuses, and excuses.

When Guo Rong's letter arrived in Chang'an, seeing Guo Rong's idea of preparing to take down Zheng Hua before the war, Li Chun chose to support it without hesitation.

And through Li Chun's feedback, Guo Rong also determined Li Chun's thoughts.

In this round, in the process of letters and paraphrases, Li Chun and Guo Rong reached a perfect consensus, that is, to weaken, divide, and dismember the large and small feudal towns in the Central Plains as much as possible.

If there is no such premise, Yuan Zi will be killed and slaughtered, but because of Li Chun and Guo Rong's follow-up ideas, Yuan Zi's existence has enough value.

The value of Yuan Zi lies in this first, and in the role of this example.

After voluntarily handing over power and soldiers, the imperial court will not only not liquidate, but will make appropriate compensation according to the power and strength handed over.

In other words, a thousand dollars buy horse bones!

Since it is a horse bone bought by a thousand gold, it naturally needs to be treated with caution, so that other warlords of the feudal towns with evil intentions and swaying in the wind can see the exemplary treatment.

So, when Yuan Zi knelt in front of him and asked for punishment, Guo Rong had to be patient, suppress his disgust, and complete the reading of the holy decree, completing the pardon of Yuan Zi and Yichengjun on behalf of Li Chun.

After completing these procedural contents, Guo Rong began to represent Li Chun and Yuan Zi in a situational, non-nutritious, but meaningful and valuable exchange.

However, what Guo Rong didn't expect was that when he knelt on the ground just now, Yuan Zi seemed to be well-behaved and respectful, leading the order, thanking him, and showing zero flaws.

However, after getting up, especially after confirming that he would not be executed, but would return to Beijing to perform his duties, Guo Rong could clearly feel that Yuan Zi's situation had changed somewhat, and he seemed to have some ideas and ambitions that he should not have.

This huge change made Guo Rong a little surprised, so Guo Rong also took advantage of the trend, anyway, he has always been a general who likes to fight in front of the world.

With his age and experience, he is not good at words and politics, and it is too normal to play tricks like Yuan Zi.

Under Guo Rong's deliberate connivance, Yuan Zi became more and more unscrupulous, and at first he only asked some simple questions, but gradually ......

Trying, through Guo Rong, to understand the true thoughts of the imperial court and the emperor.

Try, through Guo Rong to probe the bottom line of the imperial court.

Trying to win some interests through Guo Rong's are surprising to Guo Rong.

Trying, take Zhengzhou City and Yicheng Army to negotiate the conditions.

In the end, he even tried to persuade Guo Rong to allow him to attack the Hebei rebels with the Yicheng army.

Looking more and more confident, the same

When Yuan Zi became more and more unscrupulous, Guo Rong found that Yuan Zi was nothing small except for timidity.

Especially ambition, he can even devour the sky and the earth, Guo Rong even feels that if he is given a dragon chair, this guy dares to go up and sit.

At first, Guo Rong was still very confused, who gave Yuan Zi such courage.

However, in the end, hearing Yuan Zi's unscrupulous and crazy thoughts, and participating in the war as a member of the Counterinsurgency Army, Guo Rong finally understood the source of Yuan Zi's courage.

Everything still comes from a direct comparison of strength.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty, a small feudal town that controls two states is not worth mentioning, but at this moment, in Zhengzhou City, Yuan Zi, who controls more than 30,000 righteous troops on paper, has an overwhelming advantage.

In this case, it is normal for Yuan Zi to have some thoughts in his heart, but Guo Rong smiled, according to the time, Li Yuanyi's support army should have arrived.

So, Guo Rong didn't talk much nonsense, and directly let the Yicheng sergeant who took the initiative to surrender to the city with a group of people.

By the time they reached the top of the city, a troop of soldiers and horses quietly appeared in the sky, and as time went on, it gradually became clearer and clearer.

Seeing this army of soldiers and horses, Yuan Zi's face became difficult to see, but Guo Rong did not move at all, and the group stood quietly on top of the city, looking at the soldiers and horses from far and near.

Gradually, from far to near, as time progressed, the true face of this army was displayed in front of everyone.

Those present, whether they are in the city or under the city, whether they are soldiers or military academies, they are all carrying guns to eat, whether they have goods or not, whether they have combat effectiveness, you can see at a glance.

The team that appeared in front of them, judging from the individual soldiers, was well-armed, burly, strong, and morale-high.

From the perspective of the team, it is well-structured, well-organized, smooth and moderately paced.

From the perspective of proportion, the ratio of light, medium, bow and riding is rigorous.

From the logistical point of view, the large number of pack horses and carriages accompanying the Yicheng Army were even more amazed, and the surplus reached such an extent that the ordinary soldiers of the envious Yicheng Army itched their teeth.

To tell the truth, they have not seen this kind of sophisticated army, and the counterinsurgency army composed of Changying's army and Zuo Wuwei stayed in Zhengzhou for three days more than a month ago.

However, that team was only 20,000 or 30,000 people, and they knew at that time that it was the same 30,000 against 30,000 people, and the Yicheng army would definitely be beaten all over the ground by the opponent's forbidden army.

However, this time, looking at the elite forbidden army that was mighty and could not see the edge at a glance, Yuan Zi's last glimmer of hope was completely shattered.

A forbidden army of 30,000 people can clean up its own body, and now the number of reinforcements of the forbidden army is at least sixty or seventy thousand!

Almost instantly, Yuan Zi once again regained his previous low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and in a full period of more than an hour, all 70,000 soldiers and horses arrived.

20,000 Dongdu troops and 20,000 (six rates) forbidden troops were stationed outside the city, and 30,000 (16 guards) forbidden troops marched into the city of Zhengzhou.

From the appearance of the army to the arrival of the army, from the camping of the forbidden army outside the city to the entry of the forbidden army into the city, Yuan Zi always stood with his hands down, standing quietly behind Guo Rong, accompanying Guo Rong to review the arrival of this new forbidden army.

Compared with Yuan Zi, Guo Rong is also very satisfied with the new forbidden army he has just seen in front of him.

First, although the soldiers of this forbidden army are relatively immature, with the efforts of Han Yu and a group of old guys, these recruits have perfectly inherited the military regulations and military discipline left by the Changying Army.

Second, Guo Rong inadvertently saw a lot of old guys who had retired from active service.

Although these people became Guo Rong's defeated generals under the Xingqing Palace, only Guo Rong knew better what a feared army the Shence Army was at that time, and how lucky his victory was to some extent, which can only be attributed to the Tang Dynasty.

As for the most fundamental thing, it was because of the arrival of this support army that Guo Rong was completely relieved.

This is not to say that Guo Rong does not know the combat effectiveness of the Lubei Army, the Xuanwu Army, and the Huaixi Army, nor does it mean that Guo Rong does not believe in the loyalty of the Lubei Army, the Xuanwu Army, and the Huaixi Army.

outer part

The fundamental reason why Rong felt the pressure was that these feudal army belonged to the old-fashioned Tang Army, and they were similar to the soldiers of the forbidden army in terms of combat methods, but the combat of the forbidden army was not only soldiers, but the gap in combat methods and concepts was even more different.

And now, the arrival of the 50,000 newly formed forbidden army has undoubtedly provided sufficient troops for Guo Rong to fight a real large-scale corps battle.

With 50,000 newly formed forbidden troops and 40,000 expanded Changying troops, Guo Rong had a full 90,000 new-style Tang troops on hand that could be used.

Guo Rong believed that even if he did not rely on siege equipment, even if he did not use black powder, a full 90,000 new-style Tang troops would definitely be able to kill and cripple the Hebei rebels who besieged more than 350,000 in Bianzhou, and they could not take care of themselves.

After reviewing his reinforcements, Guo Rong, who was in a good mood, looked back behind him.

"Guo Rong is a martial artist, a rough man, and he doesn't understand those twists and turns, so Guo Rong can't answer the questions asked by Sikong (inspector Sikong, who is in a vacant position after returning to Beijing), but there are some things that Guo Rong can remind Taibao."

"Please!"

"First, in this Central Plains War, my Tang Dynasty will win, and the rebels will be defeated!"

"Second, after the Great War, there will be more than one Jiedu envoy in the Central Plains!"

"Third, Datang has become the former Datang again, but Datang is not just the former Datang, the current Datang has a broad vision and His Majesty's ambition is majestic, far from being ordinary and comparable, I hope Situ can understand and don't mistake himself because of the disappearance in his heart!"

"Thank you for the general's reminder, Yuan wrote it down, I don't know what else the general has ordered?"

"I heard that Sikong has an elite army of more than 1,000 people under his command?"

"Well, that's true."

"I want to ask Sikong to integrate this elite into the counterinsurgency army?"

"This ......"

Yuan Zi didn't hesitate at every question before, but when it came to this question, Yuan Zi was stuck.

There is no other reason, this is an era of war and chaos, and more than 1,000 people may not be too powerful, but at least they can be used to support themselves.

If it weren't for such a team that he had spent countless efforts to accumulate, he Yuan Zi would have been killed by the wealthy families in Zhengzhou and Huazhou long ago.

Now, Guo Rong's words will directly remove his last talisman, how can this not make him think more.

"It's good luck to be the first Jiedu envoy to take the initiative to go to work, but luck won't protect Sikong forever, I understand what Situ is thinking, but I still have to remind Situ one more sentence, loyalty to Datang and loyalty to Your Majesty is the best way to be safe."

Looking at Guo Rong, whose face remained unchanged and always remained stable, after a moment of hesitation, Yuan Zi was finally completely relieved.

"What the general said is, but it's up to the general!"

Although he has studied with Li Yu for several years, it is still much more difficult to see people than war, Guo Rong can judge the situation of the battlefield, but he does not dare to judge a person's heart completely and easily.

Especially in front of him, there is a thick-mouthed, good at acting, and ill-intentioned guy, Guo Rong does not dare to judge rashly.

Fortunately, the situation in front of him was also very clear, and Yuan Zi honestly sent his last cronies and began to cooperate with the forbidden army to take over the important facilities and treasury in Zhengzhou City.

From dusk to midnight, all important facilities such as Zhengzhou's government offices, treasury, arsenals, city gates, and colleges were all under the control of the forbidden army.

Seeing the millions of grains and grass stored in the treasury, Guo Rong was also shocked on the outside and tender on the inside, no wonder Yuan Zi could sit in Zhengzhou in peace and watch himself fight with the rebels, there was so much food, enough for him to defend Zhengzhou for a year without a problem.

To a certain extent, Yuan Zi is really a bull fork in terms of accumulating money.

In the fourth year of Yuanhe, on September 15, an infantry regiment, an engineer regiment, an independent reconnaissance battalion, and 20,000 cavalry of the Changying Army formed a northward detachment and successfully crossed Baigou.

On September 16, the front of the Xuanwu-Huaixi Army from Songzhou arrived at the Zhuzhai camp of the Changying Army.

September 10

Seventh, Li Yuanyi's department arrived in Zhengzhou, and Yuan Zi, the envoy of the Yicheng Army, submitted a table to Chang'an, requesting that the Yicheng Army be revoked, and resigned as the envoy of the Yicheng Army, and led the family roll to Chang'an.

On September 17, the northward detachment of the Changying Army successively defeated several rebel armies raging in Huazhou and joined forces with the rerouted Lubei Army.

On September 18, the northward detachment of the Changying Army and the Lubei Army jointly surrounded Huazhou, and after the Yicheng Army defending Huazhou beheaded the cronies left by Yuan Zi, they opened the city gate and surrendered.

At this point, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court completed the full control of Zhengzhou, Huazhou, and Bianzhou, and the main force of the Hebei rebels was actually blocked in the triangle between Zhengzhou, Huazhou, and Bianzhou.

The main force of the Changying Army began a fierce battle with the rebels in the camp fifty miles east of Bianzhou City, and the Xuanwu-Huaixi Army set up a camp behind the camp of the Changying Army to guard the rear of the Changying Army.

On September 19, 50,000 new forbidden troops began to march east from Zhengzhou into Bianzhou.

The northward detachment of the Changying Army, with the support of the Lubei Army, began to advance westward along the Great River, and the raid on Baima was successful on the first day.

On September 20, the cavalry headquarters of the northward detachment of the Changying Army made a sneak attack on Lingchang County, and the rest of the army continued to march in the direction of Zhengzhou and Wuyang.

On September 21, the cavalry of the northward detachment of the Changying Army made a sneak attack on Suojube and completed the control of all the ships south of the river.

The remaining 360,000 main forces of the Hebei rebels were completely blocked south of the river.