406 First Blood
The Yellow River is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization and is called the "Mother River" by the Chinese. Every year, 1.6 billion tons of sediment are produced, of which 1.2 billion tons flow into the sea, and the remaining 400 million tons remain in the lower reaches of the Yellow River for many years, forming an alluvial plain that is conducive to cultivation.
Since ancient times, the imperial dynasties have taken the governance of the Yellow River as the first priority, and if the Yellow River is stable, the world will be determined.
Some time ago, the bursting of the embankment of the Yellow River caused flooding in the lower reaches of the river, and the crops were lost, and the world was in chaos.
The White Lotus Sect used religious influence to incite the people on both sides of the Yellow River to rebel.
For a time, along the mother river of the Yellow River, the war raged, and then the imperial court sent the general Wang Baobao to quell the chaos.
Wang Baobao's original name was Kuangkuo Timur, which means "green iron" in Mongolian, the first general of the imperial court at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and Wang Baobao was his Han name.
Although the martial arts of this Yuan court general are not first-class, his ability to march and fight is the first in the imperial court.
Since holding the order of the imperial court generals and leading an army of 200,000 to quell the rebellion, Wang Baobao has pushed all the way along the Yellow River, destroyed many large and small anti-Yuan forces, fought from the north to the south, and gradually met with the Red Turban Army of the White Lotus Sect that occupied the Jianghuai area.
The leader of the Red Turban Army is called Guo Zixing, and his 100,000 soldiers are completely unable to resist Wang Baobao's army.
"Haozhou City" is a big city in the Jianghuai area, connecting the north and south, the location is extremely important, Guo Zixing since the occupation of "Haozhou City", he has taken this as a base, leading the army to expand outward, if even Haozhou is lost, the Red Turban Army will go to the general trend.
Guo Zixing had already sent a distress letter to the White Lotus Sect, but Wang Baobao knew the truth of the soldiers' noble divine help, so he marched overnight, and before the White Lotus Sect's reinforcements arrived, the troops had already arrived in the city.
Looking at the 200,000 wolf-like "Yuan Army" outside the city, Guo Zixing's face was as black as carbon, and his heart was gloomy and terrifying.
There was no news of the reinforcements of the White Lotus Sect, and Wang Baobao was approaching the city, and he was about to launch a siege battle, but now the defenders of "Haozhou City" were only 30,000.
What made Guo Zixing even more desperate was that not long after he took Haozhou City, he had not yet achieved the army and the people to resist the Yuan army, and the city defense troops who could not get the support of the people, Guo Zixing knew that he would not be able to support it for long!
Before the siege of the city, Wang Baobao had sent people to distribute leaflets near Haozhou City, the content of which was that Guo Zixing was a sinner in the imperial court, and those who had been friends with him before in Haozhou City were not to blame in the past, but if someone participated in the defense of the city, the Yuan Court would not spare it, and the nine clans would not be spared.
The deterrent power of the Great Yuan court among the people is still very strong, especially the Mongol cavalry to suppress Central Asia, and no one is not afraid.
Now no one in Haozhou City dares to support Guo Zixing to defend the city, and he can't use strong means to force the people to help him, otherwise he will only push the people to Wang Baobao's side.
Wang Baobao's move to surrender without a fight did work, Guo Zixing is now a head and two big, and they are both considering whether to open the city and surrender.
Fortunately, Guo Zixing is still a little sensible, he knows that if he surrenders, Han Shantong will not be able to spare him, compared with Wang Baobao, Han Shantong is a more terrible person!
Guo Zixing has already made two preparations, sent someone to protect his son Guo Tianjue secretly out of the city, planted a large number of explosives in Haozhou City, and on the day the city was broken, he and Wang Baobao died together, removing this major disaster for the White Lotus Sect.
For the sake of his sacrifice, Han Shantong will definitely treat his son preferentially.
Of course, no one wants to die, and Guo Zixing will not make such a move unless he has to, he must first actively resist Wang Baobao.
Just when Guo Zixing was upset and irritable, thinking about how to resist Wang Baobao, a voice somehow came into his ears.
"General Guo is worried about how to resist Wang Baobao's army?"
When Guo Zixing heard this, he grabbed the weapon in fright, shook his head and looked back, but found that there was no one around, where did the sound come from.
"General Guo is looking for me?"
Suddenly, Guo Zixing's shadow made a sound, and he trembled with fright, and then found that his shadow was floating like a mess of mud, gradually forming a human form, and actually becoming another self.
"What kind of monster are you, you dare to pretend to be this general!" Guo Zixing held the knife in both hands, and the knife qi was swallowing at the tip of the knife.
"General Guo, don't waste your efforts, but whoever is eaten by me will no longer be in control of life and death!" Shadow Guo Zixing grinned.
Guo Zixing felt a chill in his heart, and he wanted to kill the fake in front of him with a knife, but as soon as he wanted to make a move, he found that his whole body couldn't move, as if he had been hit by someone!
"When did you make the move? Why didn't General Ben find out?" Guo Zixing can't move anything now except for a mouth!
"Haha!" fake Guo Zixing smiled happily: "You will never know, don't worry about being my shadow!"
After speaking, Guo Zixing found that he was dissolving, and slowly turned into a fake Guo Zixing's shadow and fell to the ground!
Guo Zixing has become one, the fake has become real, but the real has become his shadow, and what is even more terrifying is that Guo Zixing is still conscious, watching the fake Kaecheng surrender to Wang Baobao and offer "Haozhou City", but he can only be a shadow-like existence, and nothing can stop it!
With the surrender of the Red Turban Army led by "Guo Zixing", the rebels in the land of Jianghuai no longer had the will to fight, and surrendered to Wang Baobao one after another, and the Yuan army almost bloodlessly took the entire land of Jianghuai, and the soldiers directly pointed to the ancient capital "Jinling" occupied by the "Ten Banners".
As the first leader of the rebel army to "surrender", Wang Baobao pardoned "Guo Zixing" for all crimes, and named him the vanguard, and made him the main force to suppress the anti-thieves.
"Guo Zixing" gladly accepted and actively sided with the Mongols and crusaded against the Han compatriots.
The rebels in the world accused "Guo Zixing" one after another, but no one had the strength to kill him, but let him resume his military exploits, and almost became the number one general under Wang Baobao in the Yuan army.
On this day, Guo Zixing led 10,000 pioneers to Jinling, and suddenly there was a riot from the soldiers in front, saying that someone had broken into the army and had killed many generals in the pioneer battalion!
It was a group of people who broke into the camp, the appearance of more than a dozen people, all women, wearing the costumes of the White Lotus Sect, led by one person, and the Yuan soldiers who were directly killed turned on their backs.
When Guo Zixing arrived with people, the Yuan army surrounded everyone in the middle, and a large open space flowed out, but they did not dare to approach, and the corpses of the Yuan soldiers were all nearby.
"Bold Guo Zixing, he actually surrendered to the Mongolian Tartars, and when he saw the leader of the White Lotus Sect, he didn't kneel!" a woman from the White Lotus Sect stood up and pointed at Guo Zixing and scolded.
"It turned out to be a lotus petal lady!" Guo Zixing sat on horseback and said to the girl with the strongest momentum in the crowd: "Han Shantong, this general has been waiting for a long time!"
Han Shantong, who was possessed by the "Lotus Petal Lady", was stunned for a moment, frowned and looked at the strange Guo Zixing in front of him, and said suspiciously: "Are you deliberately tempting the deity to come to see you?"
Guo Zixing laughed and said: "You Han Shantong is the anti-Yuan leader of the world, as long as you are killed, the righteous army in the world will be scattered, and you will no longer be able to resist the imperial court!"
Han Shantong gritted his teeth and said: "Guo Zixing, you are an anti-Yuan scholar, why did you surrender to the imperial court and be willing to be an eagle dog!"
Guo Zixing said with a smile: "I Dao White Lotus Sect Leader Han Shantong has a lot of ability, and he can't even see my identity, it's really disappointing!"
Han Shantong immediately knew that Guo Zixing in front of him was fake, and immediately used the Yuan Shen to investigate Guo Zixing's identity, but found that there seemed to be a large array of people around him, and his Yuan Shen was actually trapped in it.
"Oh no, I've fallen into a trap!"