From the twelfth lunar month to the first lunar month, Tokyo is extra prosperous, with festive decorations and warm atmosphere making the cold winter no longer deserted.
Guo Shao found that it was easier than before to celebrate the festival after becoming emperor because he no longer had to go to his colleagues and friends' homes to maintain friendship. Now he only needs to read the congratulations of the civil and military ministers.
After the beginning of the year, the new Xuanren name began to be used, that is, the first year of Xuanren.
During this period, Gao Yanqi's troops stationed in Jiangning Prefecture were moved back to the Kaifeng Prefecture garrison. At this time, the number of soldiers in Jiannan had been replenished to 40,000 in the second wing... According to the rules of the Great Zhou imperial guards, the troops that can fight can be expanded; numbers with poor combat effectiveness will be gradually removed from the scale to save military expenditure.
The garrisons in the old land of the Southern Tang Kingdom decreased, and Cao Bin also returned to Tokyo under the order.
However, some towns were mobilized from the southern part of the Central Plains and Huainan towns to settle in Jiangnan, and the military power was completely checked and balanced by officials sent by Tokyo and civil servants of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
The Southern Tang Kingdom now does not have any powerful force, and the limited garrisons are stationed in several big cities; however, the court ministers judged that the Wu Yue Kingdom, the Southern Han and other separatist forces do not currently have the strength or courage to raid the south of the Yangtze River, and the military threat to the south is very small, which is also Guo Shao's basic judgment on the shift of the military focus north.
Doing so weakened Jiangnan's war ability, and the advantage was that Jiangnan's warriors were restricted by differentiation and were beneficial to maintaining peace in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Guo Shao also made clear the military and political affairs and personnel arrangements left by Tokyo, and had prepared them as early as the New Year.So the weather got a little warmer, and Guo Shao decided to start a war against the Northern Han Kingdom.
...On the third day of the second month of the first year of Xuanren in the Great Zhou Dynasty (960 AD), in the Gengshen year, the almanac wrote: it is suitable for sacrifice, travel, construction, and land formation.
The weather is sunny, and the ice and snow in Tokyo have long melted.
When Guo Shao walked from Jinxiang Hall study to the corridor in the middle, it was already dawn and the sun had not yet risen.
The buildings and brick floors that have been in the past are not very bright at this time, the colors are dim and they look even more quaint.
Guo Shao was surrounded by Jing Niang, eunuch Cao Tai, Li Shanggong and others, but today his appearance was very different from usual. He was no longer wearing a fine yellow robe. He was wearing a lock armor, covered with heavy metal all over his body, and a purple cloak, as if he had returned to the appearance of a warrior.
Even the walking posture and heavy footsteps are different.
As soon as he reached the end of the corridor, a small white petal on the brick floor made him stop. He looked up and saw that there was a wintersweet here. The flowers on the branches and leaves were already incomplete, and petals were falling in the sky. When a gust of wind blew, the petals fell more quickly.
Guo Shao's mood was a little touched at this time. He stretched out his hand and caught a white petal, spread it open to his face and looked at it. The delicate flower was particularly different in his rough palms that were tied with cowhide. Although it was white, it had a light red color.
Guo Shao didn't say a word, and touched the fluoren head (waist decoration) on his waist with his left hand, which had unfamiliar stitching embroidery on it, and it was very old.
Silk fabrics will get old after a few years.
He looked back at the direction of Zide Hall, threw away the petals in his hand, and walked out again.
The people around him may be very curious about his waist, but no one dared to ask about his origin.
After walking out of Jinxiang Hall, Lu Chengyong, Dong Er and others were already waiting there with their elite cavalry.
Everyone looked up at the emperor wearing heavy armor, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted long live.
The palace maid and eunuch who followed Guo Shao out had to bow and bow.
Cao Tai said loudly: I am so proud to send you my Majesty, I wish your Majesty a victory as soon as possible!
You get up and set off!Guo Shao spoke.
Cao Tai hurriedly moved a stool next to the tall dark horse, and knelt on the ground to hold the stool.
Guo Shao walked over, snorted, held the horse's back, stepped on the stirrup and turned over the horse vigorously.
Suddenly, the shouts of the driver rang out, and a group of soldiers wearing armored and holding sharp-headed soldiers followed him and rode away.
Guo Shao left Daqing Gate, met with ministers such as Wang Pu, Li Gu, and brought the emperor's umbrella, carriage and other ceremonial guards, and continued to walk south. In front was Xuande Gate, the main gate of the Great Zhou Imperial City.
A drum sounded, and in the morning light, a neat team of soldiers walked to the Xuande Gate Tower. A young general checked the military talismans and military orders with the guards in accordance with the rules. Then a sound rang out: The emperor is traveling, open the city gate!
The thick main gate of the imperial city slowly opened, and the scene outside gradually appeared in sight.
Guo Shao continued to ride his horse towards the city gate, and the loud sound of bells and drums on the city gate shattered his attachment.
His state of mind gradually changed, and he said silently: Goodbye for the time being, a beautiful woman, a luxurious and comfortable palace life, but my departure was to defend all these beautiful things.
Guo Shao, covered in armor, walked out of the imperial city on a tall dark horse. He was surrounded by his gray-haired and bearded minister Wang Pu and an equally strong general. They came out swaggeringly from the main entrance.
A group of guards behind him were carrying ceremonial guards.
When that was the time, the sun had just risen from the east, the earth was shining, Guo Shao's heart widened, his blood was ignited again, and he moved back to his professional life: a martial artist.
As I saw, there were crowds of people on the streets of Imperial Street, and a large number of imperial guards were waiting there. The flags were floating in the sea of people, the swords and guns were like woods, and the iron armored sea of people was like a torrent.
In addition, there are also a large number of Tokyo people and imperial guards' families, and the open imperial streets and the east and west streets are almost all people.
The crowd shouted noisyly: The emperor is here!
Guo Shao rode his horse to the front of the army, looked up at the familiar tiger flag, the familiar generals in front of him.
People gathered their eyes toward this side, Guo Shao raised his scabbard and shouted loudly: Great Zhou warrior, restore my country and mountains!
Guo Shao's voice and a sentence immediately ignited the morale of the soldiers. The soldiers widened their eyes and shouted excitedly. The shouts quickly spread in the sea of people. It seemed as if a storm was sweeping over under the sunny day.
The Imperial Army soldiers gave Guo Shao the greatest trust and dependence. This was not what he incited. He led this group of people to fight south and north, traveling all directions in the country, and experienced many battles without any defeat!
Get it.
Guo Shao is already a god in the army, because as long as he leads his troops, he will always win!
Guo Shao was also influenced by the grand and glorious aura at this moment, and the bright side in his heart expanded sharply.
He wanted to ride a horse to approach the common people outside the Imperial Street, where there were mixed with fish and dragons. Jingniang wanted to stop him, but Guo Shao, who was wearing heavy armor, did not listen.
The dark horse was tall and strong, and Guo Shao was also burly. When he and a group of cavalry passed by, the people were all afraid and the ones in front of them retreated one after another.
Some knelt on the ground on the spot.
Guo Shao said loudly: I am your emperor, here!All the people of the 100 million tribes in the world are my people, including the people on the Great Zhou territory, the Northern Han, the Southern Han, the Wu Yue, Youyun, and the same tribes in the Bohai Kingdom.
I am not a militaristic man and like to fight.However, the Northern Han Dynasty held the people of Hedong hostage and recognized the thief as their father, leaving thousands of people living in dire straits.As the Emperor, how can I sit still and ignore it?
The recovery of the rivers and mountains is just around the corner. The Great Zhou Dynasty will enter a peaceful and prosperous era, end hunger and cold, end wars, and the government will be clear and fair, and love the people. The sunshine will eventually shine on the land of Jiuzhou...
More and more people were kneeling on the street, in front of the towering imperial city, and the scene seemed like a pilgrimage.
Wang Pu and other ministers watched quietly from behind, without interfering with the emperor.
It is very rare for the emperor to actually speak in front of the common people, that is, Guo Shao is determined to do this.
Although the ancients kept saying that the people were the best in the world, and the people were the best for the king, etc., there were not many people who really took the common people seriously.
Guo Shao rode his horse back to the army and shouted to his generals and soldiers: A righteous army, defending the people of the country, victory and glory have always belonged to this banner, and this time is no exception, you will win!
Will win!Will win... The soldiers shouted loudly and their morale was very high.
Guo Shao then ordered the generals to set out from the city and go on a large army.
...The land on the southern bank of the Yellow River is flat and fertile.
After the Lantern Festival, the whole world has started a busy year again. Along the post road, you can see many farmers in the fields plowing in spring. The right way is the plan for the year lies in spring.
Guo Shao's army marched from the countryside and also carried a strong sense of farming.
However, the soldiers did not have the sadness of going to the battle in their poems, but were happy when they heard about the battle... There was a reward before going to the battle, and there were more money when they won, and this income was much richer than usual military pay.
The civil servant seemed to be in a good mood, and Wang Pu still sang a song immediately: How could he say there is no clothes?Being with my son.The king raised his army and repaired my spear.Same hatred with your son...
The spring breeze blows on my face, and the journey is boring. The generals don’t know how to sing, and they shout that Wang Pu will teach him to sing, making a lot of noise.Wherever the crowd went, there was also a lot of fun around him.
Guo Shao personally led the army to fight, but this imperial guards from Tokyo actually had only 30,000 people and not much baggage.
Their plan was to join Zhang Guanghan's troops after arriving in Liaozhou, and 50,000 elite troops directly advanced to Jinyang, the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty... In this way, it only took more than ten days from sending troops to reaching Jinyang.
A quick attack can take the initiative and will not give the Northern Han Kingdom the opportunity to deploy.
With the strength of the Northern Han army at this time, they could only watch. They had no choice but to deal with Guo Shao; the main force of the Northern Han army would be forced to hide in the high walls of Jinyang, which was very passive.
Otherwise, it would take at least two months to gather more than 200,000 people from large-scale mobilization to marching deployment.Beihanneng has more time to prepare.Therefore, Guo Shao adopted the Privy Council's strategy.
All these 30,000 people are elite troops in the front office of the palace.
Including all the Hu Ben Army's right wing, three left wing, and the Crane Control Army's straight bow and arrow, they are also the core men and horses of Guo Shao's battle.
Most of the generals of the Palace Front Division were dispatched. The only generals of the Palace Front Division who stayed in Tokyo were Yang Biao, as well as deputy Luo Mengzi and Yuan Yan, jointly checked the military orders of the Privy Council.
There were preparations on the Yellow River earlier and several floating bridges were built. After the army crossed the Yellow River, it soon entered the Hedong boundary.
The elite imperial guards marched quickly and approached the Northern Han Kingdom without stopping. The war that suddenly stopped during the Chinese New Year a while ago is now urgent.
Guo Shao found that it was easier than before to celebrate the festival after becoming emperor because he no longer had to go to his colleagues and friends' homes to maintain friendship. Now he only needs to read the congratulations of the civil and military ministers.
After the beginning of the year, the new Xuanren name began to be used, that is, the first year of Xuanren.
During this period, Gao Yanqi's troops stationed in Jiangning Prefecture were moved back to the Kaifeng Prefecture garrison. At this time, the number of soldiers in Jiannan had been replenished to 40,000 in the second wing... According to the rules of the Great Zhou imperial guards, the troops that can fight can be expanded; numbers with poor combat effectiveness will be gradually removed from the scale to save military expenditure.
The garrisons in the old land of the Southern Tang Kingdom decreased, and Cao Bin also returned to Tokyo under the order.
However, some towns were mobilized from the southern part of the Central Plains and Huainan towns to settle in Jiangnan, and the military power was completely checked and balanced by officials sent by Tokyo and civil servants of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
The Southern Tang Kingdom now does not have any powerful force, and the limited garrisons are stationed in several big cities; however, the court ministers judged that the Wu Yue Kingdom, the Southern Han and other separatist forces do not currently have the strength or courage to raid the south of the Yangtze River, and the military threat to the south is very small, which is also Guo Shao's basic judgment on the shift of the military focus north.
Doing so weakened Jiangnan's war ability, and the advantage was that Jiangnan's warriors were restricted by differentiation and were beneficial to maintaining peace in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Guo Shao also made clear the military and political affairs and personnel arrangements left by Tokyo, and had prepared them as early as the New Year.So the weather got a little warmer, and Guo Shao decided to start a war against the Northern Han Kingdom.
...On the third day of the second month of the first year of Xuanren in the Great Zhou Dynasty (960 AD), in the Gengshen year, the almanac wrote: it is suitable for sacrifice, travel, construction, and land formation.
The weather is sunny, and the ice and snow in Tokyo have long melted.
When Guo Shao walked from Jinxiang Hall study to the corridor in the middle, it was already dawn and the sun had not yet risen.
The buildings and brick floors that have been in the past are not very bright at this time, the colors are dim and they look even more quaint.
Guo Shao was surrounded by Jing Niang, eunuch Cao Tai, Li Shanggong and others, but today his appearance was very different from usual. He was no longer wearing a fine yellow robe. He was wearing a lock armor, covered with heavy metal all over his body, and a purple cloak, as if he had returned to the appearance of a warrior.
Even the walking posture and heavy footsteps are different.
As soon as he reached the end of the corridor, a small white petal on the brick floor made him stop. He looked up and saw that there was a wintersweet here. The flowers on the branches and leaves were already incomplete, and petals were falling in the sky. When a gust of wind blew, the petals fell more quickly.
Guo Shao's mood was a little touched at this time. He stretched out his hand and caught a white petal, spread it open to his face and looked at it. The delicate flower was particularly different in his rough palms that were tied with cowhide. Although it was white, it had a light red color.
Guo Shao didn't say a word, and touched the fluoren head (waist decoration) on his waist with his left hand, which had unfamiliar stitching embroidery on it, and it was very old.
Silk fabrics will get old after a few years.
He looked back at the direction of Zide Hall, threw away the petals in his hand, and walked out again.
The people around him may be very curious about his waist, but no one dared to ask about his origin.
After walking out of Jinxiang Hall, Lu Chengyong, Dong Er and others were already waiting there with their elite cavalry.
Everyone looked up at the emperor wearing heavy armor, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted long live.
The palace maid and eunuch who followed Guo Shao out had to bow and bow.
Cao Tai said loudly: I am so proud to send you my Majesty, I wish your Majesty a victory as soon as possible!
You get up and set off!Guo Shao spoke.
Cao Tai hurriedly moved a stool next to the tall dark horse, and knelt on the ground to hold the stool.
Guo Shao walked over, snorted, held the horse's back, stepped on the stirrup and turned over the horse vigorously.
Suddenly, the shouts of the driver rang out, and a group of soldiers wearing armored and holding sharp-headed soldiers followed him and rode away.
Guo Shao left Daqing Gate, met with ministers such as Wang Pu, Li Gu, and brought the emperor's umbrella, carriage and other ceremonial guards, and continued to walk south. In front was Xuande Gate, the main gate of the Great Zhou Imperial City.
A drum sounded, and in the morning light, a neat team of soldiers walked to the Xuande Gate Tower. A young general checked the military talismans and military orders with the guards in accordance with the rules. Then a sound rang out: The emperor is traveling, open the city gate!
The thick main gate of the imperial city slowly opened, and the scene outside gradually appeared in sight.
Guo Shao continued to ride his horse towards the city gate, and the loud sound of bells and drums on the city gate shattered his attachment.
His state of mind gradually changed, and he said silently: Goodbye for the time being, a beautiful woman, a luxurious and comfortable palace life, but my departure was to defend all these beautiful things.
Guo Shao, covered in armor, walked out of the imperial city on a tall dark horse. He was surrounded by his gray-haired and bearded minister Wang Pu and an equally strong general. They came out swaggeringly from the main entrance.
A group of guards behind him were carrying ceremonial guards.
When that was the time, the sun had just risen from the east, the earth was shining, Guo Shao's heart widened, his blood was ignited again, and he moved back to his professional life: a martial artist.
As I saw, there were crowds of people on the streets of Imperial Street, and a large number of imperial guards were waiting there. The flags were floating in the sea of people, the swords and guns were like woods, and the iron armored sea of people was like a torrent.
In addition, there are also a large number of Tokyo people and imperial guards' families, and the open imperial streets and the east and west streets are almost all people.
The crowd shouted noisyly: The emperor is here!
Guo Shao rode his horse to the front of the army, looked up at the familiar tiger flag, the familiar generals in front of him.
People gathered their eyes toward this side, Guo Shao raised his scabbard and shouted loudly: Great Zhou warrior, restore my country and mountains!
Guo Shao's voice and a sentence immediately ignited the morale of the soldiers. The soldiers widened their eyes and shouted excitedly. The shouts quickly spread in the sea of people. It seemed as if a storm was sweeping over under the sunny day.
The Imperial Army soldiers gave Guo Shao the greatest trust and dependence. This was not what he incited. He led this group of people to fight south and north, traveling all directions in the country, and experienced many battles without any defeat!
Get it.
Guo Shao is already a god in the army, because as long as he leads his troops, he will always win!
Guo Shao was also influenced by the grand and glorious aura at this moment, and the bright side in his heart expanded sharply.
He wanted to ride a horse to approach the common people outside the Imperial Street, where there were mixed with fish and dragons. Jingniang wanted to stop him, but Guo Shao, who was wearing heavy armor, did not listen.
The dark horse was tall and strong, and Guo Shao was also burly. When he and a group of cavalry passed by, the people were all afraid and the ones in front of them retreated one after another.
Some knelt on the ground on the spot.
Guo Shao said loudly: I am your emperor, here!All the people of the 100 million tribes in the world are my people, including the people on the Great Zhou territory, the Northern Han, the Southern Han, the Wu Yue, Youyun, and the same tribes in the Bohai Kingdom.
I am not a militaristic man and like to fight.However, the Northern Han Dynasty held the people of Hedong hostage and recognized the thief as their father, leaving thousands of people living in dire straits.As the Emperor, how can I sit still and ignore it?
The recovery of the rivers and mountains is just around the corner. The Great Zhou Dynasty will enter a peaceful and prosperous era, end hunger and cold, end wars, and the government will be clear and fair, and love the people. The sunshine will eventually shine on the land of Jiuzhou...
More and more people were kneeling on the street, in front of the towering imperial city, and the scene seemed like a pilgrimage.
Wang Pu and other ministers watched quietly from behind, without interfering with the emperor.
It is very rare for the emperor to actually speak in front of the common people, that is, Guo Shao is determined to do this.
Although the ancients kept saying that the people were the best in the world, and the people were the best for the king, etc., there were not many people who really took the common people seriously.
Guo Shao rode his horse back to the army and shouted to his generals and soldiers: A righteous army, defending the people of the country, victory and glory have always belonged to this banner, and this time is no exception, you will win!
Will win!Will win... The soldiers shouted loudly and their morale was very high.
Guo Shao then ordered the generals to set out from the city and go on a large army.
...The land on the southern bank of the Yellow River is flat and fertile.
After the Lantern Festival, the whole world has started a busy year again. Along the post road, you can see many farmers in the fields plowing in spring. The right way is the plan for the year lies in spring.
Guo Shao's army marched from the countryside and also carried a strong sense of farming.
However, the soldiers did not have the sadness of going to the battle in their poems, but were happy when they heard about the battle... There was a reward before going to the battle, and there were more money when they won, and this income was much richer than usual military pay.
The civil servant seemed to be in a good mood, and Wang Pu still sang a song immediately: How could he say there is no clothes?Being with my son.The king raised his army and repaired my spear.Same hatred with your son...
The spring breeze blows on my face, and the journey is boring. The generals don’t know how to sing, and they shout that Wang Pu will teach him to sing, making a lot of noise.Wherever the crowd went, there was also a lot of fun around him.
Guo Shao personally led the army to fight, but this imperial guards from Tokyo actually had only 30,000 people and not much baggage.
Their plan was to join Zhang Guanghan's troops after arriving in Liaozhou, and 50,000 elite troops directly advanced to Jinyang, the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty... In this way, it only took more than ten days from sending troops to reaching Jinyang.
A quick attack can take the initiative and will not give the Northern Han Kingdom the opportunity to deploy.
With the strength of the Northern Han army at this time, they could only watch. They had no choice but to deal with Guo Shao; the main force of the Northern Han army would be forced to hide in the high walls of Jinyang, which was very passive.
Otherwise, it would take at least two months to gather more than 200,000 people from large-scale mobilization to marching deployment.Beihanneng has more time to prepare.Therefore, Guo Shao adopted the Privy Council's strategy.
All these 30,000 people are elite troops in the front office of the palace.
Including all the Hu Ben Army's right wing, three left wing, and the Crane Control Army's straight bow and arrow, they are also the core men and horses of Guo Shao's battle.
Most of the generals of the Palace Front Division were dispatched. The only generals of the Palace Front Division who stayed in Tokyo were Yang Biao, as well as deputy Luo Mengzi and Yuan Yan, jointly checked the military orders of the Privy Council.
There were preparations on the Yellow River earlier and several floating bridges were built. After the army crossed the Yellow River, it soon entered the Hedong boundary.
The elite imperial guards marched quickly and approached the Northern Han Kingdom without stopping. The war that suddenly stopped during the Chinese New Year a while ago is now urgent.
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