Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 712: Symbol Land
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"Xuanren City" is a city with a colorful name. Inside are all barracks, warehouses, and government offices, and the buildings may be rough and thick, or simple and low. The biggest feature of the city is that it looks bare, the saplings planted have not yet grown, and it takes too much effort to move the big trees. Anyway, the ornamental and greening are not considered for the construction of the city.
In the palace where Guo Shao lives, the walls are made of earth rams, without decoration and wooden whitewashing. He could smell the new mud while sitting inside.
Guo Shao looked at the accounts reported by the Tokyo Neiku, Hubu, and the former camp military government. The figures are simply astronomical!
Nearly 300,000 troops on the front line maintain armored weapons, military salaries, food and drink, hundreds of thousands of civilians paid for the construction of the city to transport food, and subsidies for the town soldiers who defend the city. Millions!
It's indescribable to spend money like flowing water. This is simply the loss of the Yellow River like a bank. At this rate of consumption, if there is only fiscal revenue before the Great Week, the taxes on those sites in the Central Plains that have been defeated by successive battles cannot be afforded.
Shu, Southern Tang, Southern Han and other large and small countries have accumulated for decades. The wealth of the region south of the Yangtze River, Guo Shao has robbed Shu and Nantang over the past few years. He was originally rich... so huge. If wealth is inexhaustible for any family for tens of thousands of years, Guo Shao didn't do anything in his hand, and he expeditioned to the north twice.
If this continues, it is estimated that within a year or two, the accumulation of Tokyo's internal treasury and local treasury will be empty.
Guo Shao has the feeling that he can't stop it from a thousand miles of diarrhea. However, he is still very calm on the surface, at least now there are still things to pick up in the warehouses everywhere, and then it is not time to burn his eyebrows.
Under the lobby, there are forty or fifty people on both sides. But it was very quiet at this time, and even the chirping of the birds flying to the new city to "watch" could be heard.
Wei Renpu finally turned his head to look at the civil and military presence on the scene: "We deployed to besiege Youzhou City on the same day, and the ministries should encourage the morale of the soldiers and prepare to move."
The generals prayed: "Yes."
Wei Renpu said again: "The fortification has been completed, and the army is approaching Youzhou City, but still can't be too rushed. The military strategy is that the main force of the Liao army will besiege Youzhou before the main force of the Liao army goes south; once the Liao army threatens to attack the city. The army retreated to the five northern cities to face off. This was repeated until the Liao army became overwhelmed or the Zhou army broke through Youzhou!"
Although this method is not overbearing enough, it is rogue enough. Hearing what Wei Renpu said, everyone was full of confidence, thinking that it would be a matter of time before the capture of Youzhou, and the hope of victory was visible.
The lobby gradually warmed up. The military officials sent a stack of paper, while Wei Renpu explained the idea of siege according to the map around Youzhou City, and while facing the various ministries, he issued military orders and deployed. In the hall, generals stepped forward to take orders, and the repeated "deings" responded forcefully and confidently!
Only Guo Shao didn't say a word, but his face was calm and calm, sitting calmly in the upper position.
When the deployment was completed, Guo Shao ordered the dissolution, and there was a long live voice in the lobby.
...The previous steps went smoothly. As long as the next steps do not go wrong, the military expenditures can be maintained... But if one of the links fails, all the previous victories will be meaningless.
The consequences are not only as simple as the failure of the Northern Expedition!
Guo Shao has seen the monthly expenditure accounts. The Northern Expedition was very expensive. It can be sustained by the plundering countries of the South to accumulate; if the family is exhausted and nothing is done, it will take a long time to re-accumulate the treasury... After this long and large-scale war of attrition, If you want to do it again immediately, it is undoubtedly to quench your thirst by drinking poison!
Then it will be difficult to mobilize resources for the Northern Expedition for at least ten years. In ten years, the internal and external situation is too variable.
Guo Shao once again fell into the subtle patience he had before.
At this moment, Wei Renpu entered the detention house to meet him and reported: "The Liao army in Ji, Shun, and Tan three states sent secret envoys to Xuanren City, intending to open the city gate and surrender to Da Zhou."
Guo Shao raised his head and said casually: "Hebei Haner, still has his heart to the court."
Wei Renpu said: "In the current situation, all regions are optimistic about the success of the Great Zhou Northern Expedition. Those Han generals cannot be trusted, and they can have a future when they surrender to Great Zhou. Few people are willing to be enemies with Great Zhou."
Guo Shao stretched out his hand to smooth the drawing on the table, raised his sleeves, as if to say something, but made no sound. Wei Renpu hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed.
After a while, Guo Shaocai said: "The battle lines are already too open. Write to the generals of the three cities, so that they don't act rashly for the time being... Then give the appointment certificate and give them a secret appointment."
Wei Renpu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is wise, the minister will do it immediately."
He added: "The old grievances between Goryeo and the Liao State were struggling to make peace by the Liao army, but only because of the force of the Liao army, the enmity was not resolved. Today I am as powerful as a tiger, and Goryeo may also He was willing to take the opportunity to attack Liao and make his backyard fire. The minister said, and sent envoys to go to Korea to form an alliance with Korea and make an agreement to attack Liao."
"This strategy is very clever." Guo Shao did not hesitate to take over...Anyway, there is no loss in success or failure. At the moment, he was very straightforward to order, "Choose a messenger, bring a guard of honor, and cross the sea from Dengzhou the nearest."
"According to the edict." Wei Renpu bowed.
Wei Renpu retired, and everyone was busy preparing to start.
...A few days later, the weather was clear and the army was dispatched as scheduled. Huang Gailuan drove along in the army, but there was nothing under the canopy. Guo Shao wore armor and rode westward with his horse.
The mighty people do not see the head in front and the end in the back. There are many people on the north bank of the Sanggan River. On the river, sails are like clouds, covering almost the entire surface of the water. A team of cavalry on the opposite shore is galloping. The scene is very vast.
In the afternoon, Guo Shao saw the big city standing in front of the sky on the green plain.
Seeing Youzhou City, looking back on its control of this large flat land, thinking of its strategic importance, Guo Shao immediately felt that everything he had done was worthwhile! Guo Shao's eyes rounded, looking back at his army and the thick defense line behind him, he thought: It's time to settle the accounts!
On the big road, the faces of all the Han Erlang also face the same direction: Youzhou.
In this vast land, all people everywhere should be paying attention to this troop of soldiers approaching the city. At this time, Youzhou is not only a city, but also contains too many grievances, dreams, blood, honor and disgrace. It is a symbolic place!
At that time, the Central Plains dynasty cut the Youyun Sixteen Prefectures. After three dynasties for decades, it could not be recovered again. Guo Shao even knew that it had not been recovered for hundreds of years. Some dynasties were forced to send it out, and if they took it back in their own hands, then the prestige and national power would not need to be emphasized.
Daliao, the country that has been recognized as the strongest and most feared country for many years by far and near, today the Zhou army and generals came to its door, whoever is strong, who is weak, this city is a fair place to compete!
Guo Shao swept away the melancholy in his chest, and said in his heart: Now that this step is reached, then let go!
He immediately rode his horse forward and galloped forward, and the generals and guard cavalry immediately rode their horses to follow. A group of cavalry rushed straight to the south gate of Youzhou. On the quaint high eaves building, standing a warrior dressed in a barbarian costume, the enemy soldiers were already waiting.
The Ministry will shout loudly behind him: "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body!"
Guo Shao strangled his horse nearly two hundred steps away, jumped out of the horse, and opened his bow with arrows. His eyes were staring, his face flushed red, and his big hands pulled the strong bow in his hand like a full moon. ......" The ground made a sound of tense teeth, as if to be pulled apart, inexplicably making people's hearts tense.
The soldiers held their breath for a while and stared at the bow and arrow in Guo Shao's hand.
The cluster of arrows leaned toward the sky, "Bang!" There was a loud noise, and the violent trembling shook off all the fine things on the bow, like a faint smoke.
The heavy arrows screamed into the air.
When the soldiers saw this, they suddenly shouted: "Long live! Long live..."
Guo Shao turned on his horse, raised the bow in his hand high, and shouted: "You must take Youzhou!"
The army was cheered up, shouting to surround Guo Shao to turn around. Sure enough, just after running for a while, the rocks and ballistas in the sky flew out one after another, falling behind.
Guo Shao looked back at Youzhou, the words, flags, and people on the city gates became blurred, but he seemed to see Luo Mengzi bleeding from the seven orifices, the girl who was trampled and trampled into an inhuman, burning village , The homeless people, the heads of the children who were piled up in Jingguan... scenes after scenes flashed before Guo Shao's eyes like pictures.
Running back to the big formation, the shouts of the soldiers like a sea of steel shook the world in the wilderness outside the city.
"Recover the homeland with iron and blood..." Guo Shao rode a horse past the army with a very provocative mood.
"Hurray!" countless men yelled frantically.
"The anger of Da Zhou Erlang's revenge will consume the Liao army, and it is time to clear|calculate the crime..." Guo Shao was emotional and shouted as he pleased.
He drew his sword and pointed it in the air. The whole army was excited, raising their swords and guns to Guo Shao in response.
The situation created momentum, Zhou Jun was confident of victory from top to bottom, and morale was high. The army and civilians began to build barracks and fortifications that night, and people carrying the soil could be seen everywhere working in trots.
A few days later, the people of Youzhou continued to voluntarily serve in the Youzhou barracks with baskets and first-class tools, and some people in rags still came to help the king.
Obviously, Khitan is not popular among the people. The Liao Kingdom occupied the early stage of Youyun, and the stable rule must be contradictory. Although Xiao Siwen took control of the South Court, although he implemented a pacifying strategy, it obviously could not compensate for the extremely unfair actions of the Khitan nobles and people. After Yeluxiu took over, the situation became worse. In order to attack the Zhou army fortress, he forced innocent people to catch up with the battlefield and fill the ditch.
There is one report after another. After the Zhou Jun Wangshi arrived in Youzhou, such a situation became a matter of course.
Although Youzhou City is majestic, at this time, the scene of thousands of people digging up soil to build fortifications seems to be like an ant colony digging the foundation of Liao State's unification in the South Campus.