Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 62 The power lies in the two countries, and the righteousness lies in our army

Above the camp, the banner with Song characters was as scarlet as blood, rolling endlessly in the air; inside the Chinese army's tent, everyone from Guo Yaoshi to the generals of the ever-victorious army wore the red armor of the Song army today, among whom The armor that Medicine Master Guo wears is the most eye-catching. He wears iron armor, a breastplate, a red brocade robe, and a phoenix-winged hat. He has a calm and authoritative demeanor.

Most of the rest of the generals, including Liu Ling, wore ordinary black armor and a Fanyang felt hat with a red tassel top. Although it was not necessary for the soldiers below to change all their armor, the senior officials who were sitting in the tent to discuss matters were The generals all ceremoniously wore the armor of the Song Army's northern generals, which was lined with red.

Liu Ling was also wearing a similar outfit. As he walked, his heavy armor made a scraping sound, and the red tassel on the top of his pocket flickered. There are not many rules in the Ever Victorious Army, and everyone who can get here is Guo Yaoshi who knows everything about it, so the soldiers at the door did not let him take off his saber, and let him in after being informed.

"Today, I am summoning all the generals here. I believe everyone is very confused. I am here to tell you why."

When the soldiers at the gate came to announce that their official positions were over, all the generals of the Ever Victorious Army who had taken orders from Guo Yaoshi stood in the tent.

Pharmacist Guo raised his head, with a hint of desolation in his eyes, "Wang Anzhong, the Xuanfu envoy of Yanshan Prefecture, and Tan Zhen, the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei Road, are our immediate superiors. You and all the other soldiers must obey their orders.

But now I have found out that the thief Wang Anzhong had an affair with the Jin people. There are letters as evidence, and most of the officials from the Song Dynasty in Yanjing have testified against him for treason."

The generals in the tent listened silently, with expressions of indignation on their faces, as if they were extremely wronged. In fact, most of them had already been angry with Medicine Master Guo when they came. No matter what the soldiers below thought, these people dared to stand there. Here, at least on the surface, everyone supports Yaoshi Guo.

But Pharmacist Guo said it again in front of everyone, which can be regarded as setting the tone of today's discussion. Next, we can only expand on what he said.

"Most of the officials in the Song Dynasty betrayed us. We are the only army of the Song Dynasty in northern Xinjiang. In addition, Tan Zhen and Wang Anzhong hold great power. Maybe the court now thinks that we have defected to the Jin Dynasty. People, war is about to break out.

Ladies and gentlemen, this matter is definitely not something my commander will do arbitrarily. He must try his best to protect Zhang Jue. Because the Jin people are urging me to hand over Zhang Jue, it seems that only one person is needed, but if this hole is opened, it will not only be Zhang Jue, but you, you, or even me, Yaoshi Guo, will be next! " Pharmacist Guo stood up suddenly, his voice getting deeper and deeper.

"We are both for innocence and self-protection. What's more, for the Jin people, it doesn't matter to them whether they hand over Zhang Jue or not. The important thing is that they have to find an excuse to go to war with us and completely seize the land of Yan. Therefore. As long as there is a war, it is likely to be a fight with the Jin people.

Brothers, who of you disagrees now, I allow you to walk out of here, whether you seek refuge with the Jin people or the Song people, I will never hold a grudge! "

No one moved.

Liu Ling listened with boredom, knowing that Medical Master Guo had the idea of ​​boosting people's morale by saying so many words, and there were also various promises, just like telling his girlfriend again the things he had said to coax her before entering the hotel.

The arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Anyway, there was no need for this last tremor.

Pharmacist Guo is a suspicious and cautious person, but since he has made up his mind to take this gamble, he will definitely find a way to minimize all potential disadvantages.
  He spoke again, and Liu Ling suddenly heard his name.

When Liu Ling raised his head, Medicine Master Guo also cast his gaze over, and all the generals around him frowned.

"I heard that you built Zhuozhou City very well."

When it originally belonged to the Liao Kingdom, Yanjing was originally named Xijin Prefecture. After the Song Dynasty took over, it was renamed Yanshan Prefecture, and it governed twelve counties. At the same time, the actual scope of Yanshan Prefecture stretched across the entire north of Zhuozhou.

To a certain extent, if the Jin people continue to advance after capturing Jizhou, they can directly attack Zhuozhou as long as they capture a few counties in Yanshan Prefecture.

And if the Song people continued to march north after "recovering" Xiongzhou, Zhuozhou would be the first to bear the brunt. Fortunately, Liu Ling had been building the city wall before. He bought so many people, but he couldn't create much "value" in winter. Many people were sent by Liu Ling to build the city wall using the "work-for-relief" method.

During that time, while he was blasting Cai Jing's gold coins and asking him to ask for more money and food from the rear, he was also constantly sending people to ask for various armors, horses, and city defense equipment from Pharmacist Guo, and his mouth was full of oil.

They were all military leaders, but Liu Ling had the most to eat, which naturally easily aroused public outrage.

"Zhuozhou has a special location. Whether it's the Jin people or the Song people, they still don't know that you have re-fortified the city, so they are very likely to choose this place as a breakthrough point and find a way to break in from here and attack Yanjing."

When Liu Ling heard what Pharmacist Guo said, although he knew it was the truth, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

If this happens, many people will probably die in Zhuozhou City, which he has worked so hard to manage.

Pharmacist Guo's move to gather the forces of the Ever-Victorious Army from several states was too obvious, and the mobilization of tens of thousands of troops could be found with just a little careful attention, so the movements of the main force of the Ever-Victorious Army were extremely clear to the Jin people.

In turn, the spies on the Chang Sheng Army's side can constantly feed back the specific location of the Jin army. The distance between the two sides is actually very close.

Because Jingzhou and Jizhou have been beaten to pieces, they can only be regarded as buffer zones now. Sentinels from both sides have been fighting in this area for a long time. The Jin soldiers are fierce and clearly have the upper hand.

The generals have finished talking about the situation, and the generals respectfully received their orders. The next step is to receive the errands they have to do.

Zhao Heshou was sent to supervise the transportation of money and grain. In fact, he only had a broken hand and his brain was not damaged. Guo Yaoshi probably thought it was unlucky for the general with a broken hand to appear, so he immediately ordered Gao Feng to take charge of the front army, and Zhen Wuchen and other generals led the army to protect the middle army.

As for Liu Ling
  "You have more horse troops. Now I will lend you more than 2,000 horse troops. Now I will give you half of it. It will be enough for you to have more than 1,000 horse troops."

Pharmacist Guo signaled Liu Ling to come forward and personally pointed out the place he wanted to go to on the map.

"Leave all your infantry behind and only take the cavalry army north. I want you to go to Jizhou to inspect the cities and check the specific situation. If the city is weak and the troops are sparse, simply let those soldiers retreat to the rear. If there is really someone who wants to join Jin Just kill the people's generals, whether they are Song people or generals of the Ever-Victorious Army, without delaying.

Your more than a thousand horse troops are considered suspicious soldiers, so don't face the enemy head-on with the Jin. Even if you are entangled and a fight starts, you should avoid the battle as much as possible and delay the time with the Jin. "

"General, I understand." Liu Ling's eyes flashed, and he looked up at Medicine Master Guo with a calm look, "But general, I want to ask one more question. If I really can't run away, I will have to fight with the Jin. When the time comes, general .”

"Then kill." Medicine Master Guo said without hesitation: "No matter what you do, as long as you don't run away from the battle, you have fulfilled your duty for the Song Dynasty. Even if you lose, no one will blame you."

"The Jin people and the Song people are all powerful. We are just a lone army. Fighting against them is like throwing an egg at a stone. But what we did today is to tell the world that our army is for righteousness!"

Pharmacist Guo looked past Liu Ling with a heavy gaze and looked at everyone.

"Brothers, if we win, we will have everything, so we must win!"

(End of this chapter)