Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 214: The power of a sacred decree
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Xiao Siwen never expected that the worst thing would happen in Zhuozhou! And suddenly unprepared. . ybdu.
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 and stared while sitting on the horse.
Previously, the city gates were closed when there was loud noise and earth-shaking screams. 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.
The city has been playing fiercely, and a long time has 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?
Siwen Xiao's face was blue 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.
"Zhuozhou's defender Zhou Jun, who is it?" 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 of 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 general said: "Yi Li personally took his entourage to report."
Seeing that the soldiers were downcast, and the remaining soldiers and horses were very weak, Xiao Siwen had no choice but to retreat to Xiang Gu'an.
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Guo Shao was not surprised to hear that Xiao Siwen had retreated.
There is no news about the main force of the Khitan Lord on the north bank of Zhuoshui. Even if they come, it is unlikely that it will be today, because the sky is dim and it is almost evening.
The gun smoke in the air has dispersed, but there is 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, we are not killing him like a pig! Hahaha!"
"It's all raised by fathers and mothers, I don't believe that you can't kill..."
The generals in the account were talking frantically and excitedly, and many of them 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 convicted 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 are 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 said, "and Qi Tingxun."
The three of them stopped talking after listening, and approached and said: "The end is here."
Guo Shao said: "You immediately gather the people of the First Army, Second Army, and Fourth Army, and gather together and stand by at any time. Except for the generals and soldiers, the remaining horses will be handed over first... Luo Yanhuan, you are the first The three armies 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 memorial. He reported victory first, won thousands of people (with exaggeration), and handed over thousands of horses and thousands of first-level , The rest of you are thinking about writing... and then complaining, the left side of the Tiger 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 houses and tents are not damaged. Fortunately, there is nowhere for the wounded to be placed; I want to send troops to **** the wounded from Qigou Pass to the south bank of the 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 Juma as soon as possible. Henan Bank, lest the whole army is wiped out!"
He said again: "Where are the officials in Zhuozhou? Send a few people to the Chinese army. Fearing that the Liao army will re-occupy Zhuozhou and slaughter the city, he asked the officials to start organizing the people of Zhuozhou to flee to Qigou Pass tomorrow. The city stayed behind. Corpse, 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.
Actually, he has thought about what he was thinking 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 after chasing Zhuozhou. (Of course, if you are not fooled, you can only find another way.)
Guo Shao is a very good person to learn. This battle is based on previous experience. 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, first disrupt the enemy's organizational system with smoke, surprise attacks, and false news, causing chaos; then heavy troops block the city gate from the flanks and use the terrain to divide and encircle. He learned these things from Chai Kehong, a famous general in Southern Tang.
If it were not for Chai Kehong to use this strategy twice, the first time was against Li Jixun, and the second time against Guo Shao in Haozhou; Guo Shao would not have come up with specific measures and deployments from scratch in a short time. The law. Chai Kehong was once his enemy, but also Guo Shao's teacher... This battle of Zhuozhou almost completely copied Chai Kehong's tactics.
Unsurprisingly, he suddenly ambushed Xiao Siwen's ministry, which 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 going back to Tokyo is not based on Guo Shao's will, but a sentence from Emperor Chai Rong; otherwise, Guo Shao would dare to resist the will?
But Chai Rong’s will is not that Guo Shao must stay in Hebei; it is that Guo Shao’s department was originally on the Zhuozhou front, and after listening to Zhao Kuangyin’s “recommendation”, he felt that Guo Shao’s stay was the most appropriate choice... …But what if Chai Rong feels that Guo Shao is not the most appropriate person? Then the emperor will most likely deploy separately.
So, Guo Shao's logic is to influence Chai Rong's judgment and turn himself into a person 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 Ma 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 "10,000 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.
At the moment, Guo Shao is ready to realize his first plan, to make a roundabout dealing 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 man on his waist, and said in his heart: If the queen urges me, I will never forget; but I can only do this, there is nothing else. Method.
The queen certainly hoped that he would use this proper method. 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.
Li Chuyun was in charge of sending scouts to monitor the north, and said hurriedly: "There is no movement for the time being, at least it has not entered within dozens of miles."
Guo Shao glanced at the dim light outside the tent, and said softly: "Today is too late, 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.
General Chai Rong and Zhou Jun are experienced martial artists who have experienced many battles. 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 in Tens of miles, hundreds of miles away, the distance is more advantageous than Chai Rong's running.
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 tribes have just gone through the war and retreated overnight. I am afraid it will cause chaos. The establishment of the system will not be able to restore combat power for a long time."
Guo Shao said: "I just need to go back alive. I have no plans to fight again. I throw everything away and only take dry food. Zuo You, immediately issue military orders from the shogunate and order the ministries!"
"Yes, lord." Zuo You clasped his fist.
Guo Shao has no blood on his face, and he seems nervous when he presses his hand 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?