Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Xiao Siwen never expected that the worst thing would happen in Zhuozhou! And suddenly unprepared.

The wind had already messed up his beard and temples, but he hadn't cared about them a long time ago, and he was pale sitting on the horse startled.

Earlier, when there was a loud noise and earth-shaking screams from the city, the city gate was closed. Xiao Siwen wanted to ask the men and horses who hadn't entered the city to rescue, but the cavalry in his hand had no siege equipment for a while, and there was no way at all, so he could only wander around the city and shoot arrows.

There was fierce fighting in the city and a long time had passed. Suddenly, I saw the southern city gate of Zhuozhou slowly opening... but no one came out. The open city gate was filled with thin white smoke, and almost all the soldiers of the Liao army looked at that gate.

Now, dare to enter?

Xiao Siwen's face was green and white, and he was speechless. He had a feeling, as if an enemy had torn his mind and said loudly: Come and stab me! He didn't dare to poke him at all...This was a matter of humiliation.

"Who is the defender of Zhou Jun in Zhuozhou?" Xiao Siwen only remembered to ask this.

Finally, a member of the generals said: "The man named Guo Shao, the Guardian. I heard that he used to be a blacksmith. He married Fu Yanqing, the famous mansion, and married the sister of the Queen of Zhou Dynasty."

"Blacksmith?" Xiao Siwen almost cried, he was beaten so badly by a blacksmith!

Xiao Siwen said again: "Are you sure you have sent someone to report to Khan?"

The minister said: "Yi Li personally took his entourage to report."

Seeing that the soldiers were downcast, Xiao Siwen had no choice but to retreat to Xiang Gu'an.

...

Guo Shao was not surprised to hear that Xiao Siwen had retreated.

The main force of the Khitan Lord on the north bank of Zhuoshui has no news of going south, even if it comes, it is unlikely to be today, because the sky is dim and it is almost evening.

The gun smoke in the air dissipated, but there was still a faint smell of gun smoke and a strong smell of blood. The fishy smell was a bit like the smell standing on a fishing boat, and it was a bit nauseating.

"The humane Liao army is strong, and we are not killing him like a pig! Hahaha!"

"It's all raised by my father and mother, I don't believe in killing..."

The generals in the account were talking frantically and excitedly, and many people were bloodstained. Guo Shao had the cleanest body, he did not personally go into battle. The lining he wore was changed this morning, the white silk was spotless, and the ring mail was brand new... but he felt that he had the most blood on his hands, and he couldn't clean it.

However, after killing so many people, he felt that he would not be punished but would be rewarded. The Liao State was the biggest enemy of the Zhou Dynasty. Chai Rong was threatened by the Liao State as soon as he took the throne; besides, the Central Plains Dynasty still did not regard the barbarians they identified as human beings.

The people below were noisy, but Guo Shao said nothing. Everyone has become accustomed to this way of getting along. It is a habit formed too many times. Anyway, it is completely fine to ignore the general and say anything.

"Yang Biao, Wang Zhang." Guo Shao suddenly raised his head, "and Qi Tingxun."

After hearing this, the three stopped talking, and approached and said, "The end is here."

Guo Shaodao: "You immediately gather people from the First Army, Second Army, and Fourth Army, and gather together and stand by at any time. Except for the generals and soldiers, all the remaining horses will be handed over first... Luo Yanhuan, you lead the Third Army to receive All Khitan horses."

"Telling!" The four people clasped their fists.

Guo Shao said again: "Li Chuyun, you send a hand to get all the wounded soldiers out, load the car if there is a car, and carry the door stretcher if there is no car."

He gave many orders in one breath, and said to Zuo You: "Mr. Zuo helped me draw up a memorandum. He reported victory first, won thousands of people (with exaggeration), handed over thousands of horses, thousands of first ranks, and others. You are thinking about writing... and then complaining that the left side of the Tiger and Jie Army fought hard in the city and suffered heavy casualties. Don't write numbers for the specific casualties, just lyrically and describe the more miserable the better. By the way, the food is exhausted, and the damage to the house and the tent is not counted. Soldiers have nowhere to be placed; I want to send soldiers to **** the wounded from Qigou Pass to the south bank of Juma River... Finally, I told the official that the main force of the Liao army showed signs of going south and Zhuozhou could not hold it. Please order to retreat to the south bank of Juma River as soon as possible. So as not to be annihilated!"

He said again: "Where are the officials in Zhuozhou? Send a few people to the Chinese army. I fear that the Liao army will re-occupy Zhuozhou and then massacre the city, asking the officials to start organizing the people of Zhuozhou to escape to Qigou Pass tomorrow. The corpses left in the city, Don't worry about it for now."

... Guo Shao said a call and confirmed that everyone knew what he should do, so he fell silent again. It was another burst of clarification.

In fact, he has repeatedly thought about what he was thinking about many times, but now he has to sort it out again, which is a bit complicated and prone to omissions.

First, he judged that Xiao Siwen would probably be fooled if he chased Zhuozhou. (Of course, if you are not fooled, you can only find another way.)

Guo Shao is a person who is very good at learning. This battle is based on the experience he learned before. Three years ago, the small-scale siege of Wufang Township was too smooth... it made him truly realize: In this era of siege warfare, there is almost no street fighting, and both the offensive and the defenders are not considered based on experience. Therefore, once Xiao Siwen was allowed to "break through" the city gate, the Liao army had acted boldly and arrogantly before, and the possibility that they would not take the opportunity to follow the city to greedy power was relatively small.

After entering the city, smoke, surprise attacks, and false news disrupted the enemy's organizational system and caused chaos; then heavy troops blocked the city gate from the flanks and used the terrain to divide and encircle. He learned these things from Chai Kehong, a famous general in Southern Tang.

If it weren't for Chai Kehong to use this strategy twice, the first time he dealt with Li Jixun, and the second time he dealt with Guo Shao in Haozhou; it would be difficult for Guo Shao to come up with specific measures and deployment methods from scratch in a short time. Chai Kehong was once his enemy, but also Guo Shao's teacher... This battle of Zhuozhou almost completely copied Chai Kehong's tactics.

As expected, he suddenly ambushed Xiao Siwen's ministry, and it went smoothly. The Liao Army is much stronger than the Southern Tang Army, but the method of military use may not necessarily be as brilliant as the famous Southern Tang generals in the Huainan Campaign, perhaps not as good as that. If Chai Kehong is alive, and if he is in Guo Shao's position, he will be able to get rid of Xiao Siwen's Ministry, and perhaps do better.

...Those are things that have already been done. Now Guo Shao has returned to his goal: to return to Tokyo.

Whether to return to Tokyo or not is not at all shifted by Guo Shao's will, but a word from Emperor Chai Rong; otherwise Guo Shao dare to resist the will?

But Chai Rong’s will is not that Guo Shao must stay in Hebei; instead, he feels that Guo Shao’s ministry is already on the front line in Zhuozhou, and after listening to Zhao Kuangyin’s “recommendations”, he feels that Guo Shao’s stay is the most appropriate choice... but if Does Chai Rong think Guo Shao is not the most appropriate person? Then the emperor will most likely deploy separately.

Therefore, Guo Shao's logic is to influence Chai Rong's judgment and turn himself into someone who is not suitable for staying behind; he also thinks of a more suitable candidate for Chai Rong, that is, Han Lingkun.

The first step is to cross the Juma River first; let Han Lingkun guard the Juma River at Qigou. Han Lingkun's Long Jiejun left arm was at Qigou Pass, and he did not suffer any loss... Obviously, it was more suitable to stay in Hebei than Guo Shao, who had just gone through the war with "heavy losses" and "tired soldiers" who had fled back to Juma River.

How to go back to the south bank of the Juma River? If you are timid, you can ask the decree to persuade... But Guo Shao, in order to prevent the night from growing dreams, intends to cut it first and then play it before running.

Because of the first effort of the Northern Expedition to wipe out the enemy's "ten thousand people" in Zhuozhou, Guo Shao had the courage to make it through. Moreover, he has already reported the situation on the front line. In order to "prevent the entire army from being annihilated," he will make an immediate decision to retreat. At that time, he will at most say that he has misjudged the fighter plane and is suspected of dereliction of duty, at least it is not an unforgivable crime... How will he be punished, and he has experience. Follow; the battle of Huainan two years ago, Li Gu Xianfeng withdrew from Shouzhou City and returned to Zhengyang. As a result, the emperor was furious and reprimanded him for misjudging the fighter, but he didn't take what Li Gu did; and this time, Guo Shao made such a great battle, and "misjudged the fighter" would be fine.

Right now, Guo Shao is ready to realize his first step, to deal with Chai Rong's will. The frontal conflict is death, and no one in the Zhou Dynasty had the strength and prestige to fight against Chai Rong.

...Guo Shao looked up to the south, touched the waist embroidered by the person at his waist, and said in his heart: I will never forget what the queen has told me; but I can only do this, there is really no other way.

The queen definitely hoped that he would use this proper method, and she trusted Guo Shao countless times to get things done. No exception this time, right? Guo Shao feels that what she has done can satisfy her... Otherwise, in this situation, there is a clever trick?

"Is there any movement from the main force of the Liao army in the north?" Guo Shao had asked this sentence many times in a row.

Li Chuyun was in charge of sending scouts to monitor the north, and said hurriedly: "There hasn't been any movement yet, at least it hasn't entered within dozens of miles."

Guo Shao glanced at the dim light outside the tent, and said softly, "It's too late today, and the Liao army should not come."

What about tomorrow?

Guo Shao once again remembered how Chai Rong retreated after the decisive battle with the main army of the Liao Kingdom. At that time, the main force of the Zhou army was unfavorable in the decisive battle. It was after the Liao army retreated late that it unexpectedly retreated to the south overnight, so that when the Liao army reacted, it had lost the opportunity to pursue the fighter...The Zhou army cavalry continued to run fast. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

General Chai Rong and Zhou Jun are experienced martial arts fighters. Guo Shao believes in their abilities and feels that he should learn how they run. The Tiger Jie is not as fast as the cavalry, but the enemy is within dozens of miles. A hundred miles away, Chai Rong had an advantage in distance.

He promptly said: "Call the First Army, Second Army, Fourth Army Infantry Battalion, and'escort' the wounded soldiers to Qigou Pass tonight."

The general hurriedly said: "The ministries have just gone through the war and retreated overnight. I am afraid it will cause chaos. The establishment will be in a mess for a long time and it will not be able to restore combat power.

Guo Shao said, "You can go back alive. I don't plan to fight again. Throw away everything and only take the dry food. Zuo You, immediately issue military orders from the shogunate and order the ministries!"

"Yes, Lord." Zuo You clasped his fist.

Guo Shao had no blood on his face, and he seemed nervous when pressing his hands on his forehead. But the surrounding environment has long since returned to calm, only the groans of wounded soldiers and the noise of bugs. His left hand is still on the waistband, and he keeps thinking: Am I right to do this? rg

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