Chapter 309 Licking Blood at the Blade

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Save Brother Li!Zhao Kuangyin shouted.The brothers stepped forward and hugged Li Jixun. Some grabbed his arm and some grabbed his hand, and then they took the sword off.

Li Jixun looked at the remaining defeated soldiers around him, and was filled with grief and anger.

He sighed: I can endure it if Li Yun, a villain like him, kill my eldest son. But he still lost so badly, how can he have the face to live!

He looked up and saw endless mountains ahead. In early winter, the mountains were desolate, and the cold wind roared in the miserable valley, just like the road ahead without seeing hope.

Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly advised: This victory and defeat is not inferior to Brother Li, nor is it that Guo Shao is so smart, and his strength is different.Brother Li has 20,000 people (other rural brave men and civilians have no combat effectiveness), and Guo Shao has 20,000 people.But the people in Guo Shao's hands were elite soldiers left behind by several dynasties and generations of war, and were supported by national finance and taxation; in addition to 20,000 people, he also had horses.With such a marching speed, at least half of the entire imperial guards' war horses were drawn.Twenty thousand and twenty thousand are completely different strengths, and cannot be regarded as the number of people alone.

The national strength that Guo Shao used was at least five times that of the local soldiers, and only a lot more.Therefore, Brother Li is controlled in all aspects of mobility and combat power, which is beyond the control of human control.

Li Jixun said dejectedly: The late emperor had just passed away. He could quickly stabilize Tokyo and draw heavy troops; he could also suddenly attack at this critical moment. He always felt that it was not just luck... Maybe I would be destined to be defeated with my troops, and it was simply a fight against the stone with an egg!

Zhao Kuangyin's black face was quite embarrassing, and Li Jixun was forced to raise an army entirely because he was one of the ten brothers of the Yishe Society.Now, he is in the same situation as him, and his strength is lost.

It was also a big deal for Li Jixun to blow up the wall. Guo Shao could blow up the wall, but Zhao Kuangyin made it like that... It turned out to be like a mountain.

Zhao Kuangyin thought that he might not pay attention to the seal. Only then did he remember that the fireworks opened in front of the hole, and the gunpowder rushed to the opening. He finally figured out the reason based on his life experience. However, time was tight at that time, so he really didn't pay attention to that.

When Zhao Kuangyin saw Li Jixun looking into the distance, he also followed the situation of the mountains and rivers.

Zhao Pu said that God will give great responsibilities, who else can I do? Wait, he thought it was a fateful thing, but at this moment he felt that the big things in his heart seemed to be drifting away.

There is no choice but to go to Li Chongjin. When Brother Li sees Li Chongjin, he should not blame him for slow and delaying action, which will only increase his grudges.Zhao Kuangyin advised that no matter how bad Li Chongjin was, he was still a general from the Great Zhou Dynasty and was a member of us, so he was easy to talk to.If it were the people in power in the Northern Han Dynasty, once we found out that we had little value, who would care about us?

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Where did Li Chong enter?Guo Shao asked inside the headquarters of Jinzhou City.

Murong Yanzhao said: Yesterday’s investigation was in the dark place.

Guo Shao looked at it and found that the place name Yindi was not marked on the picture. His drawing was drawn from the archives of the Privy Council and based on the text descriptions of each border report in Hedong. It was very sketchy.

The imperial court has not been prepared to deal with the Northern Han in recent years, and the preparations for this expedition are very insufficient.

Where is it?Guo Shao asked.

Murong Yanzhao said: Go north along the Fen River, it is estimated to be more than 100 miles.Guo Shao asked in detail: More than one hundred, how many?

Murong Yanzhao shouted: Come on, call the governor and chief of Jinzhou together!

Guo Shao is not uncommon about this. Murong Yanzhao was also a bit famous in the Zhou Dynasty and was considered a good general, but the good generals of this era would not be able to understand the terrain too far away. What they paid attention to was not details.

Second brother.Guo Shao said, if you go to the army now, first distribute the surrendered troops of Li Jixun and the collected dry food to the army; we don’t have much wheat cake, so we will replenish some military food first.Li Gu has not arrived in Jinzhou yet, but Li Jixun’s troops have seized a lot of food, so our supply is not a problem at present.

Seeing this, Xiang Gong asked: Is Coach Guo ready to take the initiative to attack Li Chongjin?

Guo Shao pondered and refused to answer.

Soon, a group of civil servants from Jinzhou came to the headquarters, and Guo Shao also asked Murong Yanzhao to call the scout generals of the Jinzhou army who reported the military information.

He asked carefully, asking clearly where the terrain was, where there was a town gathering, and asking clearly how far it was.

Zuo You and others were used to Guo Shao's style, but the civil and military officials in Jinzhou might find it strange.

Guo Shao didn't talk about any military tactics, and he was just thinking about figuring out all the details.

While drawing pictures, he recorded everyone's descriptions in a sloppy manner.

Guo Shao almost figured out the general situation of the terrain, climate, population density, etc. in front.

From Jinzhou along the Fen River is a corridor, with the Luliang Mountains on the west side and Taiyue Mountain on the east side.

The 250-mile valley from Jinzhou north is all hills, and the road is not easy to walk on. Fortunately, the hills between the two mountains are relatively low; after more than 200 miles, you enter the southern plain of Taiyuan, and the terrain there is very flat.

Fenzhou is one hundred miles north of Yindi, and the Northern Han army is heavily guarded by them.Murong Yanzhao reminded.

After hearing this, Guo Shao hurriedly took a ruler on the map, drew a circle, and wrote it on Fenzhou.

He said: No matter how heavy troops there are in Fenzhou, it will not be the main force of the Northern Han army. The main force of the Northern Han army should be in Taiyuan.Three hundred and eighty miles from Taiyuan to the Yin land where Li Chongjin was located. As long as Li Chongjin did not go south with the Northern Han Army coalition forces, there would be no time to save Li Chongjin.

The information is still incomplete, and it is completely incomparable to his preparations when he attacked Qin Feng; now he only knows a general idea, and many things are just guessing.

Li Chongjin's troops are on the east side of the Fen River?Guo Shao confirmed it tirelessly.

Although there is almost no need to ask about this kind of thing, Li Chongjin came from Liaozhou in the southern part of the Northern Han Dynasty; Jinzhou was also on the east bank of the Fen River. Li Chongjin originally wanted to reinforce Jinzhou, so of course he should march from the east bank.

But Guo Shao still needs to ask.

The general of the scout camp said: It's on the east coast.

Shi Yanchao and other generals looked at Guo Shao, waiting for his decision.

Guo Shao couldn't resist the temptation of military achievements now, but he was still very cautious. His eyes were filled with complex emotions of excitement, desire and restraint, and he asked in a deep voice: Can you run to Li Chongjin?

Shi Yanchao couldn't wait to say: I've left a thousand miles, but I'm still afraid of walking an extra hundred and fifty miles. Let's do it!

Xianggongdao: The shade is close to the territory of Northern Han Kingdom, and the north is flat and the river is moving very quickly.When Li Chongjin heard that Li Jixun was defeated, he was very likely to retreat; he retreated backward and was in the territory of Fenzhou.If the Zhou army chases to the Northern Han country, please pay attention to whether the Northern Han army is prepared or not.

Xiang Jieshuai said very well.Murong Yanzhao also reminded that after all, Marshal Guo only has 20,000 people, and if he confronts the Northern Han army now, it will be a bit hasty.But the Northern Han Dynasty had been holding its troops a while ago, so it might not be able to meet them.

Shi Yanchao said: The rebel is vulnerable. Li Chongjin is no better than Li Jixun. He was dealt with in a short time.After the war was over, the Northern Han still dared to chase Jinzhou to start a war with the Great Zhou?Liu Jun's guy who didn't rely on the Khitans had been destroyed for seven or eight times.

Guo Shao felt that the Northern Han army was not as unbearable as Shi Yanchao said. Chai Rong mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to siege Taiyuan, but he failed; at that time, the Khitan only dispatched thousands of cavalry to Xinkou for reinforcements... However, Liu Jun, the current leader of the Northern Han Dynasty, did not perform as brave as the previous one.

Guo Shao calmed down, ignored the congregation general's comments, and once again pondered the newly drawn map and some information.

People are easily judged in the face of emotional influences such as temptation and anger. Guo Shao had long wanted to do it, but another voice reminded: the rebels cannot afford to lose, and he cannot afford to lose either.

In this way... Guo Shao finally spoke, Xiang Jieshuai and Murong Jieshuai lent all the horses to the imperial guards, Shi Yanchao and other cavalrymen were separated from the battles; infantry marched on horseback.The entire army was light and simple to carry only five days of food. They sent troops tomorrow morning and arrived at Yindi before noon the day after tomorrow.Chase Li Chongjin and fight him to the decisive battle!

Guo Shao turned his head and said to Gong: What if, I mean, if the war is not going so smoothly, after you receive my military order, you will take the military and civilians of Jinzhou along the Fen River to transport grain northward to reinforce.Prepare some ships and send them up together, prepare to build a floating bridge to cross the river if necessary... Zuo You, come and find a few people in a while, take my seal to Jiezhou, and order Li Gu to stop delivering food. Li Jixun's camp has enough to be seized.

Xiang Gong clasped his fists and said: The last general will take the order.

Guo Shao said to Shi Yanchao: General Shi is extremely brave and sharp in breaking the formation. He is still the vanguard in the battle of attacking Li Chongjin; he borrows you from the general's Zhen'an army's horse and returns him after victory.

Shi Yanchao clasped his fists and said: I got the order!

In the afternoon, Guo Shao summoned the commander of the imperial guards to the headquarters to arrange military affairs, with Shi Yanchao as the vanguard, and Dong Zunxun's horse soldiers employed Murong Yanzhao's Jinzhou army as the cavalry. The next march sequence was the horse infantry such as the control of the crane, the bow and arrow, the second army of the tiger left wing, and the second army and other horses were followed. The tiger left wing was not enough and the horses were not enough.

All afternoon, Jinzhou was rectifying its troops and preparing for the pre-war preparations.

In the evening, Guo Shao rode his horse to the military camp to inspect, and saw smoke storm in the camp in the city and the troops were cooking.

He walked into a camp, and the soldiers sitting around the rocks and stove immediately stood up, clasped their fists and said: "Mindian, please pay homage to Marshal Guo."

After eating dry food for more than ten days, I finally had a hot meal tonight.Guo Shao said, you all work hard and make great contributions to the country.

A young man said bravely: I came from Qin Feng with Dashui Guo. You can always win with you. This little bit of pain is nothing. You can get rewards when you go back.

Haha... Everyone burst into laughter.

Guo Shao smiled, picked up the spoon and looked at the things cooked in the pot, and turned around and said: There is also cured meat, haha.

The young man said: The soup is good. The wheat cake I sent to me is bloody and has a strong smell.

Guo Shao looked back at Yang Biao.Yang Biao said: Some cakes are collected from dead people on the battlefield, so you can’t throw away good food.

Yes, just eat it. Nowadays, ordinary people may not be able to eat dry biscuits during the Chinese New Year and the holidays.Guo Shao said kindly, we are just licking blood from the edge of a knife, what's the point of eating some blood?