Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 506 Guo Pharmacist Offers Zhuozhou (Please subscribe!)
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Knowing that Gao Feng in Yizhou had rebelled and defected to Song State, Miss Xiao Puxian was very angry, but also very helpless.

At present, the soldiers under Xiao Puxian's direct subordinates actually only have about [-] troops.

Half of them were handed over to Yelu Dashi, who was stationed in Juyongguan to defend the Liangshan army.

The other half was handed over to Xiao Qian, who was stationed along the Lugou River to defend against the Song army.

However, the city of Yanjing is very empty, and there are less than a thousand people defending the city.

Some people may be puzzled, isn't it said that there are still 5 horses in Beiliao, how come there are only 2 horses left all of a sudden?
That's because, apart from those directly under Xiao Pu Xiannv, Beiliao actually has some other soldiers and horses.

For example, Yizhou, which just surrendered, has 5000 troops, another example is Gubeikou, which has 5000 troops, and Tanzhou, Shunzhou, and Jizhou each have 2000 troops, and Pingluanying has tens of thousands of troops. In the end, the Ever Victorious Army still had 8000 troops.

These odds and zeros add up to a total of more than 5 horses.

There are quite a few of these men and horses, but because there are so many places to guard in Beiliao, they are stretched everywhere.

The key is to be surrounded by four enemies.

This afternoon, Miss Xiao Puxian walked out of Yuanhe Hall and walked aimlessly along the cobblestone path by the bank of Yaochi.

The lotus in the fairy pond has withered, leaving only stumps and broken necks and pieces of withered yellow duckweed.

The surface of the lake is like a pool of stagnant water.

Miss Xiao Puxian looked up at the sky, and saw clouds of dark clouds rolling from west to east, the clouds were getting thicker and thicker, and a storm seemed to be coming.

At this time, Xiao Qian came to the front in a hurry and said: "Queen Mother, the next target of the Song army must be Zhuozhou. Regarding Zhuozhou, I have no idea, so I want to go to Zhuozhou to see for myself."

Miss Xiao Puxian stopped her graceful footsteps and said: "I don't think Guo Yaoshi is reliable. None of the Han officials are reliable. They will surrender to Song or Li Yan sooner or later. They should all be killed."

When Xiao Puxian said this, a cold light flashed in her eyes, which was a naked killing intent.

Xiao Qian said: "Guo Yaoshi is not from Han, but from Bohai. Guo Yaoshi cannot be killed. He has a high prestige in the Ever Victory Army. If he is killed, the Ever Victory Army will definitely turn back...the 8000-odd horses of the Ever Victory Army, It is an indispensable force for our Daliao, and we have to treat it with caution."

Xiao Puxian said: "Okay then, but you have to go and come back quickly, Yanjing cannot do without you."

Before Xiao Qian was about to leave, he suddenly stopped and asked, "How is the situation at Juyongguan?"

Xiao Puxian said: "According to Dashi Linya's report, Li Yan's main force has assembled in front of Juyong Pass and Zijing Pass, and it is estimated that they will attack Yanjing in a short time."

After Xiao Qian heard this, he sighed in his heart, and then asked: "Have you found out why the Jurchens are stationed in Bei'an Prefecture and are no longer moving forward?"

Xiao Puxian said: "I didn't find it."

The fact that the Jurchens did not go south really puzzled Xiao Puxian, Xiao Qian, Yelu Dashi and others. They really couldn't figure it out, why didn't the Jurchens take the opportunity to go south and seize Yanjing?

In fact, it's no wonder Xiao Puxian and the others couldn't figure it out, after all, the Sea Alliance is still a secret.

Today's Beiliao is like a dilapidated house full of holes. There is a storm outside, and some people living inside are trying to escape. They even demolished the dilapidated house to achieve their goal. Xiao Puxian Nu, Xiao Qian, Yelu Dashi and others can only try their best to make it collapse as soon as possible.

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When mourning Yeluchun last time, Guo Yaoshi felt that the situation in the palace was mysterious, so he left quickly.

But not long after returning to Zhuozhou, several followers of Guo Yaoshi were arrested by Xiao Qian in the old house in Yanjing.

This made Guo Yaoshi a little uneasy.

In particular, Guo Yaoshi made many inquiries and found out that one of his attendants had exposed Li Chuwen's affair with Song Xuanfu envoy Tong Guan, which resulted in Li Chuwen's father and son being executed by Xiao Puxian.

This made Guo Yaoshi even more uneasy.

Recently, there have been news from Yanjing that Xiao Pu Xiannv is planning to massacre Han officials on a large scale.

The news spread wildly, making Guo Yaoshi terrified.

These days, Pharmacist Guo has been paying close attention to Yanjing's movements every day.

Hearing that Yizhou Gaofeng descended to Song Dynasty, Guo Yaoshi couldn't help but feel moved.

Guo Yaoshi felt that this was probably the only path he could choose. After all, Zhuozhou was far away from Yundi, so it would be much more difficult to surrender. Besides, Li Yan hadn't established a country yet, so how could he go along with it?
Just when Guo Yaoshi was planning to descend to the Song Dynasty but hesitated, Xiao Qian suddenly wanted to come to Zhuozhou from Yanjing.

This surprised Guo Yaoshi!
Guo Yaoshi thought: "At this moment, what is Xiao Qian doing in Zhuozhou? Could it be that he wants to arrest me?"

Guo Yaoshi hurriedly summoned Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren, Zhen Wuchen and other confidantes to come to the secret room for discussion.

Guo Yaoshi said: "Xiao Qian came here, I don't know what is his intention, how do you think to deal with it?"

Liu Shunren said: "Xiao Qian's coming to Zhuozhou must not be a good thing. I think he is likely to carry out the secret decree of Empress Dowager Xiao to arrest us."

Zhang Linghui said: "In my opinion, let's just do one thing and keep going, like Yizhou Gaofeng, surrendering to the Song Dynasty to dedicate the city. It can save our lives and officials. Why not do it?"

Everyone looked at Guo Yaoshi together, waiting for him to make a decision.

Guo Yaoshi saw that the time was ripe, and said in a low voice, "It's not that we are not loyal to Daliao, it's because of the situation."

Seeing that Guo Yaoshi agreed to surrender to the Song Dynasty, everyone was overjoyed!
Zhen Wuchen said: "We can force Xiao Qian to descend to the Song Dynasty together when we have a banquet. If he refuses, we will imprison him and give him to Da Song as a meeting gift. The Emperor of Song Dynasty will be very happy, and Yanjing The Lugouhe defense line will also be paralyzed due to the loss of Xiao Qian's command, which is also very meaningful for the Song army to recover Yanjing."

All the generals agreed, only Guo Yaoshi shook his head and said: "You also know that Xiao Qian is kind to me, let me do harm to him, I really can't do it, how about it, act according to the situation, and obey my orders .”

Guo Yaoshi hosted a banquet for Xiao Qian in the most luxurious restaurant in Zhuozhou.

Guo Yaoshi toasted Xiao Qian for three glasses of wine, and then said: "Grandfather is Guo's reborn parents, and Guo will never forget it until he dies."

Xiao Qian smiled slightly, and said: "General Guo is serious, as long as General Guo is willing to protect my land and land in Daliao, everything I have done for you will not be in vain."

Guo Yaoshi said: "Since Engong mentioned Jiangshan Sheji, then my subordinates will also talk about their views. Now, Emperor Tianzuo has abandoned the country and fled, Emperor Tianxi died of illness, Empress Dowager Xiao's political program is chaotic, I think Daliao Internal troubles and external troubles are exhausted, and the country and the country are about to disappear, so how about Engong leading us to seek refuge with the Song Dynasty and find another way out, what does Engong think?"

After hearing this, Xiao Qian was furious, pointed at Guo Yaoshi's nose and scolded: "I never thought that you, Guo Yaoshi, are also a repeated villain. I am really blind. I will save your life and recommend you to the imperial court!"

Guo Yaoshi bowed his head and remained silent, allowing Xiao Qian to reprimand him all over his face.

Zhen Wuchen kept his eyes on Guo Yaoshi's face, as long as Guo Yaoshi gave a hint, the ambushes he set up would immediately rush up and capture Xiao Qian.

When Xiao Qian came to Zhuozhou this time, he did not lead many troops, only one hundred and ten.

With no soldiers in his hand, his heart was trembling, especially after seeing the naked murderous look in Zhen Wuchen's eyes, Xiao Qian said in his heart: "Since Guo Yaoshi has the heart of rebellion, he must not stay here any longer."

Thinking of this, Xiao Qian said: "You guys do it yourself!"

After finishing speaking, Xiao Qian left the restaurant.

Xiao Qian and his party came to the city gate on horseback and ordered the guards to open the gate.

But the soldiers guarding the gate refused to carry it out, saying only: "We only obey General Guo's orders!"

Xiao Qian's face was livid, his round eyes opened angrily, and he wanted to order to seize the door immediately.

But at this moment, a few fast horses came galloping on the road in the city.

When they got close, someone shouted loudly: "General Guo has an order to open the door to see off the guests."

When Xiao Qian heard this, he thought, "Guo Yaoshi finally has a little bit of conscience."

Only then did the city guards open the city gate, put down the suspension bridge, and let Xiao Qian and his party leave the city.

After a while, Guo Yaoshi quietly came to the city gate to look around, and saw that the surrounding fields were pitch black and boundless.

Guo Yaoshi said silently in his heart: "King Xiao, your kindness has been repaid tonight by Mr. Guo. From now on, if we meet each other on the battlefield, you and I will be masters."

Now that the matter has come to this point, Guo Yaoshi has no way out.

Back in the army, Guo Yaoshi immediately called a meeting of his generals and said: "Emperor Tianzuo lost his country, Empress Dowager Xiao's political program was chaotic, internal robbers and foreign invaders, and the world was divided up. The emperor of Song used the virtue of living to punish the people and punish crimes, and ordered the tiger ministers to support Heavy soldiers, descending to Yizhou, suppressing our territory, this brave man took the gold seal as big as a fight. The Song Dynasty invited us with high officials and generous salary. If we do not advance in strength, when the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, how can we eat the navel? And! What do you think it should be?"

Zhang Linghui took the lead and shouted loudly: "Submit to Song Dynasty!"

So everyone shouted loudly, and all of them responded.

Guo Yaoshi then sent people to imprison Xiao Yuqing, the supervising army. At the same time, he sent Zhao Heshou, a regimental training envoy, to take the surrender form and set off overnight to Xiongzhou to meet Tong Guan.

Zhao Heshou set off immediately and arrived in Xiongzhou at dawn the next day, and then he presented a surrender form to Tong Guan on behalf of Guo Yaoshi.

The original text of Guo Yaoshi lowering the table is as follows:
Fuwen said that the people of Fanhan were really different, like sheep and wolves, they couldn't live together.Since I was born in the hometown of barbarians and Di, I have not been transformed by clothes and hats. I often think about the sun and look forward to Ni!One day, the Emperor Zuo abandoned Luanyu, and the more he was in the grass, the place where all surnames had nowhere to live, and the five were in danger of being in a state of chaos. Although the Xuanzong heir to the country, it was dying, and the female queen was regent, it was especially difficult to caress, and it was the destiny. Return, non-human can cause.Ministers, pharmacists, etc., although it is difficult, don't give birth to different ideas, cover the country of parents where you live, and don't abolish the festival of ministers.Now Khitan is the leader of the army, stealing and treacherous schemes, burning our huts, worshiping our scholars and women, repaying them with grievances, and loving them with revenge.The ministers, the pharmacists, etc., think that Dai Shun is of the same mind and cannot help the tyrant to abuse. Now the general who is in charge of the horse and infantry will use Shen Jian to pray to His Majesty the Emperor, and the deputy will look forward to it. The meeting, the wish is true, and I dare not look forward to it.Chen pharmacists and others have nothing to look up to the sky and admire the saints. They are eager to screen the camp, and I would like to listen to it.The minister, the pharmacist, and others were sincere and fearful, and Jishou paused to speak.

Tong Guan carefully read the table twice from beginning to end, and was overjoyed.

Yizhou and Zhuozhou are the two barriers guarding the south of Yanjing. Now that these two barriers have fallen into the hands of Da Song, Yanjing is like a naked woman standing in front of the "majestic" man Da Song.

This was really beyond Tong Guan's expectation. To Da Song and Tong Guan, it was like a big pie falling from the sky.

Tong Guan suppressed the joy in his heart and asked Zhao Heshou: "How many soldiers and horses do you have in the Ever Victorious Army?"

Zhao Heshou replied: "There are [-] elite soldiers, including [-] iron cavalry (heavy cavalry), and all of them are now surrendered to the Song Dynasty. All soldiers are willing to obey the orders of the Grand Master."

There are [-] cavalry, including [-] heavy cavalry. This is definitely a very powerful military force. Therefore, after hearing this, Tong Guan was even more pleased, and then asked: "How many troops does the Liao army have?"

Zhao Heshou replied: "There are more than 2, less than [-]. At present, the main troops are divided into two groups. One is deployed at Juyongguan, led by Yelu Dashi, to defend the Liangshan Army; the other is stationed along the Lugou River, led by Xiao Qian. Defend our Song army."

Tong Guan then asked: "What's the current situation in Yanjing City?"

Zhao Heshou replied: "Right now, people in Yanjing are panic-stricken. Everyone is afraid and anxious. They all know that Yanjing will fall sooner or later. , the situation is quite chaotic.”

Tong Guan was even more delighted after hearing this. He pondered for a while, and then said: "I will immediately arrange for a fast horse to fly to the court for this memorial from General Guo. After you have dinner, return to Zhuozhou as soon as possible, and General Guo will send eight thousand elite soldiers with you." Five hundred cavalry marched into Yizhou, and He Guan, the deputy commander-in-chief, is currently in Yizhou, and he is in charge of receiving them. In addition, I invite General Guo to come to the Xuanfu Department of Xiongzhou to discuss the plan to march into Yanjing."

Tong Guan thought: "It doesn't matter whether you Guo Yaoshi really surrendered or pretended to surrender, as long as your army marches into Yizhou and you come to Xiongzhou, you will be under my control."

It has to be said here that Tong Guan is still very scheming and prudent.

Guo Yaoshi simply left three thousand soldiers and horses for Zhen Wuchen to guard Zhuozhou the next day, while he directly led the rest of the soldiers to Yizhou and arrived in Yizhou smoothly.

Guo Yaoshi didn't hesitate, and directly handed over 5000 troops to He Guan, and then went south to Xiongzhou alone to meet Tong Guan.

When he came to Xuanfu Division of Xiongzhou and saw Tong Guan, Guo Yaoshi hurriedly knelt down and said: "Yaoshi is a remote person, and he stays in Zhuozhou wretchedly. He has long wanted to join the Song Dynasty, but he never had the opportunity. Hearing that Master Wang has started the Northern Expedition, I would like to lead my subordinates and request to serve under the command of Xuan Fushi."

The more Tong Guan saw Guo Yaoshi, the more he liked him, so he stepped forward to help him up, and said: "Please get up quickly, I have heard of General Guo's name for a long time, and I saw him today, and it really deserves his reputation... General Guo knows current affairs and returned to the Song Dynasty , To jointly plan a great cause is indeed a feat of a hero, and a certain family admires it."

With that said, Tong Guan showed Zhao Ji's edict to Guo Yaoshi.

In the edict, Zhao Ji appointed Guo Yaoshi as the observer of Enzhou and Zhuozhou, Zhang Linghui as the doctor of Zuowu and the defense of Taozhou, Liu Shunren as the doctor of martial arts and the defense of Qinzhou, Zhen Wuchen as the doctor of Wuyi and the governor of Huaizhou, and Zhao Heshou as the right Doctor Wu, governor of Hengzhou.

The Great Song went down to two prefectures, Yanjing was close at hand, and the situation was getting better and better...

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(End of this chapter)