She Song

Chapter 184 The wise general Zhang Linghui

"The land of Yanzhao is so generous" is not a compliment, but focuses more on the helpless and even desperate resistance of the people of Yanzhao.

In fact, it is easy to conclude from the geographical location that Yanzhao is located in the place of the Fourth War. At least, this place is the first choice for the nomads to go south, and it is condescending and can rush all the way to the Yellow River.

Of course, after generations of wars, it has become a tradition for the people of the Yan region to be martial and dare to fight. Therefore, the young and strong people hope that Guo Yaoshi can lead the ever-victorious army to resist the invasion of the Zhenguo army.

However, Guo Yaoshi is over forty years old, and his temples are already stained with hoarfrost, and his heroism in his prime has been transformed into a plan that weighs pros and cons.

After repeated investigations, Pharmacist Guo finally figured out the ins and outs of the Zhenguo Army. He also understood the sinister intentions of the Song Dynasty court in gifting large amounts of money, food and soldiers, and he also understood the status of Yanjing City in the hearts of his subordinates.

He, Medicine Master Guo, had to put a lot of thought into dancing on three eggs. Since the court had tricked him, he might as well use Wang Anzhong as the scapegoat.

"The prefect Wang represents the official family and the court, and is also the parent official of the people of Yan. The Zhenguo army sent an order to go out of the city to meet the king of Zhenbei. Can you please tell us how to deal with it?"

Wang Anzhong is an old fox and has been prepared for this. After all, he is the prefect appointed by the imperial court. It is completely in line with the court etiquette to go out of the city to greet the king.

Although Han Xiaoyao and Han Xiaoyao are definitely not in the same pot, and there is a high probability of being ostracized by the King of Zhenbei, Han Xiaoyao will not break his face in public.

If the other party is too arrogant and domineering, he can return to Tokyo and re-establish an official position.

Therefore, he could go out of the city to greet him without any burden, but facing the eager commanders of the Ever Victorious Army, he said tactfully: "Although the other party claims to be the Zhenbei King's National Army, so far, our government has not received any information related to this. It’s hard to tell which of the imperial notices are true and which are false!”

Pharmacist Guo asked deliberately: "Wang Zhifu's intention is to ignore it?"

Wang Anzhong shook his head and said: "The other party is coming fiercely, and the surrounding villages are suffering unspeakably. Once it annoys the other party, it will get worse and worse. If the court holds them accountable, neither you nor I can afford it!"

Zhen Wuchen was so surprised that he couldn't help but ask: "Then you will go out of the city to pick up the driver as they asked?"

Wang Anzhong laughed and said: "The safety of Yanjing depends on the ever-victorious army. As the pillar of the ever-victorious army, Guo Shaobao must not touch it lightly... Since I have been favored by the official family to guard one side, I will go to verify its authenticity. If it is true, The court documents will be reported to Guo Shaobao for discussion on follow-up matters."

At this point, others may not understand Wang Anzhong's thoughts, but Guo Zhen and Guo Zhen seem to have a clear mind.

Never seen such a brazen person!
This old fox clearly wanted to leave the Ever Victorious Army alone and take over alone, in order to deepen the hostility of the Zhenguo Army towards Guo Yaoshi, and continue to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers.

In an instant, Pharmacist Guo already had a countermeasure, nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Since the prefect Wang has arranged it this way, Guo will obey his orders!"

After Wang Anzhong left, the generals gradually realized that something was not right.

Among the ever-victorious troops, Zhang Linghui was known as a "wise general". When he saw Wang Anzhong, who had always been sinister, and went out of the city to identify the opponent's authenticity, he had long suspected that he had ulterior motives.

"Brother, if you don't get it early, I'm afraid this old boy has no good intentions!"

Zhen Wuchen chuckled and said: "The Wang Zhifu is a fifth-rank official in the southern imperial court. He is accustomed to being able to maneuver according to the wind. Is it any wonder?"

Everyone also came to their senses. It turned out that Wang Anzhong wanted to curry favor with the King of Zhenbei. Doesn't this mean that he sold out the Chang Sheng Army?
Liu Shunren had a bad temper and slapped the table: "I'm going to kill this old guy!"

Zhen Wuchen curled his lips: "If you want to kill, go and kill the King of Zhenbei. Is there any point in killing a coward?"

Liu Shunren immediately glared at him and cursed: "Say it again!"

Zhen Wuchen sneered and said: "So what if I say it a hundred times? You can only hide in the nest..."

Pharmacist Guo snorted, and everyone knew what was right, so they all fell silent.

"Yanjing City is about to become someone else's territory. Do you have time to quarrel and argue that you don't die quickly enough? Since Wang Anzhong is unreliable, we brothers can only decide for ourselves: What if we fight? How to fight?"

This sentence left everyone speechless. Although the Ever-victorious Army now has more than 2 people, ten times the number of the Pioneer Army, [-] of them were just recruited, so how can they fight a war.

In the past few days, judging from the swiftness with which the opponent's cavalry attacked Wubao Village, it was indeed a powerful force rarely seen in the world.

If the two sides really fight, even if they can defeat the vanguard army, they will definitely be injured, but there are still [-] Chinese troops who will arrive at a moment's notice... This battle cannot be fought!If we talk about defending the city, the vanguard army has cut off all the routes outside Yanjing. The storage in the city alone may not last for a few months. The victorious army can be trapped to death without even a single soldier.

It is difficult to fight and defend, what should we do?
"It seems that everyone understands that fighting won't work, so how about 'making peace'?"

Seeing that everyone was speechless, Medicine Master Guo continued to ask.

The predecessor of the Ever Victorious Army was the "Resentful Army" of the Liao Kingdom. It had constant ups and downs, and survival in the face of death was commonplace.

Zhang Linghui suddenly asked: "I wonder who King Zhenbei is? What are his hobbies?"

From the information collected so far, Zhen Wuchen introduced the excerpt, and finally said: "There is no shortage of money in the family, there is a concubine in the beauty family, the soldiers are better than those of the imperial guards, and the title is already as high as the sky..."

The generals looked at each other in confusion, and they all understood the implication that they were here for their territory.

But the territory is Chang Shengjun's wealth and life, how can he live if he leaves it to others?
Zhen Wuchen continued: "However, it is said that this person is more reasonable and fair in his actions. It is even said that he has the intention of rebelling and becoming the emperor. This time he came to seize the vassal under the banner of guarding the border."

Oh!
Zhang Linghui's heart moved, and he suddenly asked: "I wonder which one is stronger or weaker between the Zhenguo Army and the Jurchens?"

Pharmacist Guo couldn't help but glance at the other party and asked, "What do you mean?"

Zhang Linghui only said two names: "Zhang Jue, Xiao Qian."

Yaoshi Guo's eyes lit up. These two people were extremely troublesome and unstable factors for Yanyun.

The former was sentenced to gold and returned to the Song Dynasty. The Jurchens were already furious. There were rumors that they were preparing to send troops to attack, which seemed to be more serious than bad.

After the latter established the country, he not only captured Jingzhou, but also defeated Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren to attack Jizhou last month. Guo Yaoshi, who was planning to lead the army, was delayed in Yanjing by the Zhen Guojun.

Zhen Wuchen pondered slightly, and said, "What do you mean, let's take advantage of Xiren and Jurchen to consume Zhen Guojun?"

Zhang Linghui had already figured it out and said: "The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind us. The imperial court is forcing us to consume the Suppressing Army. Why don't we use Yanjing as a condition to force the Suppressing Army to solve the troubles of Xi Ren and Jurchen!"

Hey ~ this is a good idea!

Aren’t your nationalist troops just awesome?Then go and compete with the Xiren Jurchens?

What, don’t dare?Then why do you defend the border and defend the country?Go home and hold your wife and children!

In any case, as long as the Zhenguo Army refuses to send troops, the Ever Victorious Army will be able to capture the people's hearts and minds!

As for what to do if the Zhenguo army sends troops, then just follow the example of the imperial court and sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

While listening and nodding frequently, Pharmacist Guo believed that under unavoidable circumstances, this was the only way to maintain the influence of the Ever Victorious Army.

He is indeed a wise general!
As a result, everyone discussed and roughly determined the response measures.

In the early morning of the third day, when Wang Anzhong was about to leave the city, Zhen Wuchen and dozens of people also arrived at the city gate at the same time.

"General Zhen, what are you doing?" Not seeing Pharmacist Guo, Wang Anzhong was quite confused. Did Wuchen Zhen still want to stop him from leaving the city?
Zhen Wuchen pulled out a young man from behind and said with a smile: "The prefect is leaving the city, Guo Dalang and Zhen are ordered to come to protect him!"

Wang Anzhong discovered that although this boy was twelve or thirteen years old, he was Guo Qi, the eldest son of Pharmacist Guo. He looked gentle, quiet and harmless.

Wang An knew in the center that Medical Master Guo was definitely worried about going to see Han Xiaoyao alone, so he made an excuse.

It doesn't matter, as long as Pharmacist Guo doesn't go, he will undoubtedly be resisting the military order of the Zhenguo Army and not giving face to the Zhenbei King. It will be difficult not to make the other party angry!
"Then there are Mr. Lao and General Zhen!"

Wang Anzhong got into the carriage expressionlessly and led everyone out of the city to the south.

(End of this chapter)