The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 476
Zhao Gou left 1 troops, plus local soldiers, a total of 5000 people, guarding the two cities of Shuozhou and Huanzhou.As for the remaining [-] people, as well as the Guo brothers and their soldiers, they went to Yingzhou City together.

Song Jiang and others were stationed a hundred miles away from Yingzhou City. Zhao Gou gave him the order to stand by on the spot, don't rush to win, attack Yingzhou and wait for the army to converge before taking action.What they have to do now is not to disclose the slightest wind.

As long as the news leaks out, Yingzhou City must take precautions. This way, it is not good for oneself.

Song Jiang and others waited for several hours, and Zhao Gou and others finally came.Zhao Gou ordered the army to stay where it was, and all the other generals gathered in their tents.

"General Guo, the two of you have been operating in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures for many years, so you must be very familiar with this area. Do you know the situation of Yeluming, the guard of Yingzhou?"

Zhao Gou directly asked about the situation of the Guo brothers. When the two of them heard that Zhao Gou knew the name of the guard, Zhao Gou took out the strategy map; it really shocked them, and they realized that their defeat was not wronged.

"Yeluming claims to be a member of the Khitan royal family, and he has won victories all year round. It can be said that his military talent is admired by the two of us."

"However, this man is very ambitious and self-willed. The most important thing is that he has been operating in Yingzhou for many years. All the soldiers he uses are Liao people, and none of them are Han people."

"He looks down on us Han people in his bones, and even the people in the city complain about him."

Zhao Gou was surprised and said, "Is he unpopular?"

Guo Zhiquan nodded, and said in a deep voice: "This man is constantly exploiting the people in the city for their enjoyment. It can be said that the people hate his rule very much, but he has a heavy army, three thousand heavy cavalry and three thousand light cavalry. , two thousand archers, three thousand infantry, and more than a dozen generals under his command, all of whom are highly skilled in martial arts."

Lu Junyi answered, "The two generals are the same generals defending the city as him, why are they treated differently?"

Guo Zhimin smiled wryly and said, "Although the responsibilities are the same, the power is very different. Yeluming is a descendant of the Liao royal family, and we are Han people. No matter how hard we try, the Liao people are always on guard against us."

"It can also be said that he is the general who supervises us. He was ordered by the court that as long as we have any turmoil, he will send troops to suppress it. This is also their method."

Everyone was silent, they were all Han Chinese, and they were also generals. They knew very well that generals could not display their abilities and were restricted everywhere.This situation is like the old Song generals who were restrained by civil officials.If it is justifiable in normal times, the problem is that when the two armies are confronting each other, this is a big taboo. If there is any disturbance, it will be reported to the emperor, and it will be difficult to explain the reason.

The Guo brothers guarded the border gates in Shuozhou and Huanzhou and served the imperial court.No matter how many times they die, they cannot be trusted.The Liao people were afraid that the two of them would support themselves as soldiers, and they were even more worried that they would turn against each other before the battle, so they asked Yeluming to come and supervise.

Yeluming has some skills, but he is very proud of his achievements, and he doesn't like Han people.In his eyes, the Han people are like slaves, just let him be exploited and oppressed.

Because of this, the people of Yingzhou City dared not speak out against him.Even the Guo brothers, he would not give any good looks, he was defiant.

Zhao Gou said in a deep voice: "If this is the case, then we can repeat the same trick and catch him off guard."

"Marshal, how to 'replay the old trick'?" Song Jiang asked.

Zhao Gou looked at Guo Zhiquan and Guo Zhimin with a smile, "We need the help of you two for this!"

Guo Zhiquan and Guo Zhimin looked at each other, "If you have any orders from the commander-in-chief, you might as well say it bluntly, we two brothers will definitely do it!"

Zhao Gou replied: "If our army forcibly attacks Yingzhou City, even if we succeed, we will injure the enemy one thousand and self-injure eight hundred. Besides, Yingzhou City is easy to defend and difficult to attack."

"I'm afraid this bone, if we fight hard, I'm afraid this road will not work. We need to change another way, that is, we just go into the city with a big swagger."

Everyone looked at Zhao Gou in disbelief, it was simply impossible.As long as they appear, I'm afraid Yeluming won't give them a chance, and the army will kill them directly, and it will be difficult to leave.

Guo Zhiquan said in a deep voice: "The commander-in-chief means to let us lead the way?"

Zhao Gou nodded and said, "That's right, that's what it means. Since Yeluming is supercilious and doesn't like the Han people, I think General Guo will not have any precautions when he goes to pay a visit. Never thought of such a thing.”

"At present, this is the only way to capture Yingzhou City the fastest, other methods will not work. However, General Guo Zhiquan does not need to go, as long as General Guo Zhimin goes."

"If both of them went, then he must have doubts. General Guo guarding Huanzhou City must have had a lot of contact with Yingzhou. Those generals will relax their defenses when they meet too much. At that time, we will pretend to be followers, Capture the city gate directly, then enter the general's mansion, and use Yeluming's head as a sacrifice to the flag."

Guo Zhimin said: "Then who are the generals going this time?"

"Yue Fei, Lu Junyi, Lin Chong, Gao Chong, Guan Sheng, Li Kui..." Zhao Gou said lightly, "And me!"

"Marshal..." Everyone shouted in unison.

Zhao Gou said with a smile: "My brothers have all gone up, how can I stay behind as the marshal? As for the army, the deputy general Song will lead the army, and the other generals will perform their duties. After winning the city gate, you must Follow up immediately."

Song Jiang said anxiously: "The commander-in-chief is the marshal of the Great Song Dynasty. How can we take risks in person? If something goes wrong, how can we continue to fight?"

Zhao Gou said: "This is a military order, no one shall violate it!"

"Obey!" Everyone had to agree.

Zhao Gou ordered people to prepare immediately. The eight of them were wearing the armor of the Liao army, and Li Kui was too big to be covered by ordinary armor. care.

At nightfall, Guo Zhimin walked ahead and ran straight to Yingzhou City. Zhao Gou and others followed immediately with weapons in hand.

"Open the city gate!" Guo Zhimin yelled, "I am Guo Zhimin, the guard of Huanzhou, and I have important military affairs to report to General Yelu!"

The general defending the city replied lazily and impatiently: "What is it called, just wait!"

Guo Zhimin shouted again: "If you delay the military situation, will you be guilty?"

"Understood!" The man remained unmoved, allowing Guo Zhimin to wait under the city wall, but he was unwilling to open the door to let them enter the city.

"General, if there is really some important military affairs and the higher-ups blame him, what should we do? Why don't we let him go into the city!"

"What do you know?" the man scolded, "They came here just to ask for some weapons, or food and so on. Now that we ourselves are inferior to each other, if we give them more, then we will go to the northwest wind." what!"

The soldiers around him thought about it too, so they stopped persuading them.That man was from Liao, even if Guo Zhimin was the general who defended the city, in his eyes he was still a wolf cub, not familiar with him.

Therefore, he thought of giving Guo Zhimin the prestige to kill him.Besides, even if Yelu Ming knew about it, he would not punish them, because General Yelu also acquiesced to this.Because of this, they will be arrogant and pretend to be powerful.

(End of this chapter)