Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1163
Near a dry reed pond by the Weishui River, there are nearly a thousand cavalry stationed here. The leader is a veteran with gray beard and hair. This veteran is Guo Guo, the leader of Jie Zhao's last force still existing in Guanzhong. Respectfully.

Today's Guo Jing is nearly seventy years old, even half his life as a soldier, at this point, he is almost exhausted.

Guo Jing's tribe had already been led by his clan son Guo Shi, but this time the deployment outside Hongnong County was a matter of life and death. Don't worry, Guo Shi will command the battle, and cheer up to sit here.

"Uncle, it's windy and cold in the wild. It will take some time to see how the battle in the east is going. It's better to stay in the tent and rest for a while."

When Guo Shi saw his uncle Guo Jing, who was shivering in a cloak, he couldn't bear it, and stepped forward to advise him.

"If we see the result, it will be too late!"

After Guo Jing heard the words, he let out a long sigh, and his expression was full of sorrow.Although he has never directly fought against Tongguan Wangshi, he is well aware of the strength of the opponents Wang Shi defeated before.

Just relying on Hongnong's mob, it is impossible to be the opponent of such a powerful army, and the only opportunity for his troops is to take advantage of the entanglement between Wang Shi and Hongnong's villagers to make a surprise attack, so as not to seriously injure the opponent , As long as you can make a small profit, you can greatly restore and boost morale.

So this time, he also carefully selected nearly a thousand soldiers from his direct lineage, almost all of them were old soldiers who had followed him for many years, just hoping to get an initial victory.

The biggest feature of this group of people is like Guo Jing, that is, they are old, and the youngest is between 40 and [-] years old. Even his clan son, Guo Shi, is already in his fifties.When it comes to blood bravery, these old soldiers have naturally passed the peak, but their experience and loyalty in battle are beyond doubt.

Of course, Guo Jing's subordinates are more than this, there are still more than [-] soldiers between Shangluo and Feng Yi.But although he is not the choice of a famous general, he also knows that in a battle against a new and victorious division like the Jin army, the number of soldiers is good but not large.

What's more, the soldiers under his command are also of mixed composition. If all of them are recruited, not to mention whether the military supplies and weapons can be satisfied, just seeing the fierce arrogance of the enemy, I don't know how many people will be afraid of fighting. Running away is tiring.

"If the surprise attack can be successful this time, it will be a great comfort to the hearts of the people. At that time, we should not be willing to fight, and take advantage of this victory to lure the people back to Jingzhao, and gather all parties in the realm. We should be able to share the dominance for a while."

Guo Jing looked towards the east with his cloudy old eyes, and his words were very desolate: "I am old now, and I can hardly hope for more, and I don't expect you, Alang, to seek hegemony in this place again. If you can lead these folks around you back home Even if my soul is in a foreign country, I can still smile and close my eyes."

The nearly thousand veterans around him can be said to be the confidant of the Xiangdang who followed Guo Jing all the way to the north and south. In his early years, he was sent south by the former master Shi Le to attack Han Mian.

However, Shi Hu's defeat in the Southern Expedition ten years ago also affected the collapse of the Jianghan front. Guo Jing had to lead the crowd back into Guanzhong. This retreat has been nested in Guanzhong for ten years!The Guandong battle continued, and Guanzhong was also not peaceful.

At that time, the Guo family's power in Guanzhong was not too weak, and even surpassed Shi Sheng, the King of Hedong. Outside, Guo Jing led Xiangqu to live in Shangluo, and inside, Guo Quan controlled the group Hu Yi from the weight of Sanfu to Longshang, and even forced Shi Sheng. They all had to leave Sansuke and retreat to Hongnong.

However, although there is only one corner in Guanzhong, the situation changes much more rapidly than in Guandong.First of all, the gangs in Longshang were in chaos, and the Zhang family in Liangzhou frequently invaded the bandits. In particular, the three auxiliary tyrants came together and surrounded and killed Guo Quan in Bashang.

Guo Jing couldn't save him, and soon found himself in a dilemma.Originally, he and Guo Quan worked together to push Shi Sheng out of Sanfu, and he also had some intention of dominating Guanzhong.But with Guo Quan's death, Sanfu's tyrant has become an enemy, and Shi Sheng, who was originally squeezed out of Hongnong, has become a knife behind Guo Jing, making him afraid to attack Sanfu with confidence.

Fortunately, the three auxiliary tyrants were also fighting internally and were unable to plunder externally. In addition, the power of Jie State in Guanzhong was even more weakened. Shi Sheng was afraid that he would be alone. Space.The road to Sanfu was blocked, and Hongnong was under the control of Shi Sheng. Even if Guo Jing wanted to lead his troops back to Taiyuan, he had nowhere to go.

Right now, Shi Sheng escaped, but Guo Jing didn't dare to follow his trail northward. Not to mention whether the Jin army in Tongguan would attack and chase him, Shi Sheng, who just took a step ahead, would probably set up obstacles for him, and look for an opportunity to annex his ministry public.

Although the situation in Guanzhong is complicated, and there are endless vendettas from all parties, this is because no one of the various forces can dominate the rest.However, as the Jin army moved westward, the situation was different. Everyone knew that the Jin army was strong. If they maintained their old ways, they would inevitably end up being defeated separately.

At present, all parties hope that Guo Jing will stand in the front, and they have frequently sent people to communicate, and there is even a lot of financial assistance in terms of people and things.No matter how arrogant Guo Jing was, he didn't think he could stop the Jin army from Sanfu with his old, weak, sick and disabled.

Therefore, his biggest intention is to be able to win a small victory, or retreat to Sanfu with a small loss, and unite with various families to fight against the Jin army from the west.In short, although the people in Guanzhong's heart are not lacking in gentleness towards him, if he really leaves without a fight and does not test the fighting power of the Jin army at all, those people will not let him withdraw calmly!
"If it wasn't for the family thieves doing evil, my father and son would not have fallen into this death situation!"

Hearing Guo Jing's words, Guo Shi cursed angrily again.The reason why they are in a dilemma now has a great relationship with one person, that is, Guo Rong, a clansman who fled to the west with Guo Shi after the Central Plains War and the destruction of Shi Kan.

Guo Rong regarded the direct descendants of the Guo family in Taiyuan as the most beautiful, and looked down on Guo Jing and the others. After entering Guanzhong, he followed Guo Quan to guard Chang'an. After Guo Quan died, he actually attracted some remnants to join Shi Sheng.And the reason why Shi Sheng went north this time was precisely because of Guo Rong's suggestion, to teach Shi Sheng to take advantage of the remaining part of his strength to go north to Bingzhou and then make Xu Tu.

Before Guo Rong left, he pretended to send a message to Guo Jing to let him stick to Guanzhong, while he went north to recruit Xiangqu, and came south to rescue after recovering his strength.

"Everyone wants to live, and there is no point in venting anger. You should learn more from Guo Rong when you do things in the future. He encouraged the King of Hedong to enter Pingyang to control Pingyang. He can hold the Pujin River hostage and connect the Taiyuan countryside. , This is the ability to make a living."

Speaking of this, Guo Jingcai looked at Guo Shi again and said: "So no matter how this battle is, you have to lead your troops back to Sanfu. The King of Xiangguo cannot be tolerated by the King of Hedong, and it is absolutely impossible for him to tolerate him for a long time. , and then there must be plans. There are still relatives in our family who are close to the heavenly king. At that time, Guo Rong will definitely counterattack the King of Hedong in order to get closer to Xiangguo. There are few and weak in other lands, so you must seek external connections. As long as you can survive in Guanzhong for more than a year, you There are people from the North Road coming to rescue you..."

While speaking, smoke and dust suddenly rose from the east, Guo Jing saw this, and quickly sent out scouts to look around, and after a while, the scouts flew back again, with a few hasty soldiers under their armpits.

"My lord, something is wrong. Huayin has been breached, and the Jin army's Qingqi are coming to sweep the county!"

Hearing this, the faces of Guo Jing and Guo Shi changed suddenly, and Guo Shi exclaimed in surprise: "This is impossible! Although Huayin had to be stationed by Hongnong ants, there were tens of thousands of disciples, more With Wubi as a supplement, the Jin army marched all the way to the west, and now it can barely reach the border, how could it be possible to conquer it so quickly..."

While speaking, he had already grabbed several Huayin fugitives captured by the scouts and asked them for details harshly.However, those few people were already shattered, and they were even more ambiguous when they were being questioned at this moment. They just said that Master Wang had God's help and sent down thunder to kill the enemy, etc. These are all absurd and unbelievable words.

Guo Shi was about to send scouts to investigate again, but Guo Jing waved his hands and said no, because seeing a large cloud of smoke rising from the east, it must be a large group of cavalry galloping towards this direction.

"Quick back, quick back!"

Although Guo Jing was also curious why the Huayin war ended so quickly and without warning, but besides being curious, he also knew that saving his life came first, especially the nearly thousand soldiers beside him were his confidantes, and he was able to control the rear. The root of the thousands of soldiers, since the fighter opportunity has been lost, it is even more impossible to stay here and die in vain!

Hearing what his uncle said, Guo Shi didn't dare to be strong, Dang even helped Guo Jing into the carriage, and then ordered the soldiers to get on their horses and leave the area.

No matter how fast the carriage was, it couldn't compare to Qingqi Mercedes. Although the knights under Guo Jing's troops were all experienced veterans, their speed would inevitably be delayed because they had to take care of Guo Jing.

Soon, the pursuers in the rear showed their whereabouts. Although there were only a few thousand soldiers in their lineup, they had a victorious vigor, which was far from being invincible to them who fled in a hurry.

"Let me go, you guys run for your lives!"

Seeing this situation, Guo Jing made a decisive decision and did not want to drag it down.

After Guo Shi heard the words, his eyes were shattered: "Uncle, don't worry, I will protect you..."

"Nizi! I told you all kinds of things before, did you turn your head and forget? If you don't leave, I will get off the car and fall to my death!"

Hearing this, Guo Jing cursed, grabbed the coachman's whip and lashed at Guo Shi, making a gesture to jump off the carriage. Seeing this, Guo Shi burst into tears, "Uncle... I, I listen to Uncle, You, take care..."

"let's go!"

Wiping away the tears on his face, Guo Shi took another look at the carriage that fell alone in the field, let out a roar like a beast being wounded, and then beat the horse under his crotch desperately.

The pursuers of the Jin army in the rear were all elites, and Guo Shi and the others quickly caught up after they had left for a long time.Seeing his uncle's carriage being surrounded and submerged by enemy knights, Guo Shi drew out his waist saber and cut off a section of his tail finger. He said angrily, "I will not avenge this revenge, I swear I will not be a human being!"

(End of this chapter)