Chapter 100 The Battle of Gaoping (2)(1/2)
Jiang Qiubai called two guards and took the Han soldiers down, then stood up and headed towards the Central Army camp. The sky was dawn, and he guessed that Guo Rong had already gotten up to sleep.
When they arrived at the Central Army camp, they saw the generals of the three armies and the officials of Zezhou in the tent. It turned out that Gao Huaide and others came to welcome the emperor into the city early in the morning.
Seeing Jiang Qiubai coming, Guo Rong was happy and smiled and said, "Uncle Shi, do you have Liu Ni's military situation?"
After seeing the ceremony, Jiang Qiubai expressed the news that the Han soldiers said. After hearing this, Guo Rong nodded thoughtfully and looked at the commander Zhang Yongde and others in front of the palace and said, "My dear ministers, I have ordered the three armies to set up camps and standby..."
All the generals thought they wanted to lead their troops into the city, and their faces were all happy and said in unison: "I will obey the order."
Guo Rong stood up and looked at Zhao Kuangyin, "Come to the Shenhu Camp and guards to follow me into the city."
After Zhao Kuangyin obeyed the order, he immediately ordered the carriage and the camp to wait.
Guo Rong nodded to Jiang Qiubaidao, signaling him to walk with him, and boarded the carriage and entered the city surrounded by Zezhou officials.
The place where the camp was camping was only three miles away from the city gate. In a short while, the carriage had reached the south gate of Zezhou City. At this time, the city gate was already wide open. Many guards knelt down on both sides of the city gate. When they saw the carriage coming, they could not hide their excitement, and their faces were filled with joy and shouted long live.
The defenders in Zezhou City trained no more than 6,000 troops, but after hearing the Han and Liao coalition soldiers said that there were 100,000 people, the soldiers and civilians in the city were naturally afraid. Guo Rong, who led the troops into the city, led the people to arouse their hearts. How could there be no one who was not happy about it?
Guo Rong was also very happy. He stood in front of the chariot, holding the railing with his left hand and signaling everyone to flatten with his right hand.
"See the Emperor..."
"Long live……"
When they entered the city gate, a deafening cheer sounded, and many soldiers and civilians cried with joy.
Jiang Qiubai, who was driving by the car, felt his blood boiling in his heart. He raised his eyes to Guo Rong, but saw his smile suddenly fading. He looked along Guo Rong's gaze and saw that there were buckets, cannon stones, and wood beside the people kneeling on the left wall road, there were either buckets, cannon stones or wood, which he thought was taken to the top of the city to defend against the enemy.
Jiang Qiubai was confused for a moment, but he didn't know why Guo Rong looked serious.
But when Guo Rong called for a stop to the carriage, he slowly got off the carriage and said to Gao Huaide who was following him: "Gao Aiqing, take me to the city wall to take a look..."
The officials accompanying him were all frightened by Guo Rong's change in expression, and they were all shocked and suspicious. Gao Huaide was suspicious and led Guo Rong to the top of the city.
Jiang Qiubai looked around the walls on the east and west sides of the city and saw many squats, cannon stones and other guards piled up on it. Many kneeling guards had arrow feathers or cannon stones in front of them. They thought they saw the emperor patrolling the city and put down their objects in their hands to pay homage.
Guo Rong said nothing, but his face became more and more serious. He walked along the eastward direction. Everyone was unaware of Guo Rong's thoughts for a while. They were all uneasy and followed him to look at each other. When they arrived at the gate tower of Beichengtou, Guo Rong stopped himself, turned to look at Gao Huaide, and suddenly said, "Have you received the imperial edict in person?"
Gao Huaide suppressed his pounding heartbeat and responded carefully: "The emperor's edict was sent to Zezhou three days ago..."
"Okay." Guo Rong pointed to the wood and other objects on the side of the city wall and said in a deep voice: "These piles of objects to defend the city should have been put away before I arrived?"
Gao Huaide seemed to have some sense of consciousness, and hesitated on his head. However, he was praying, "The emperor is wise, I am guilty, I am ignorant, I am ignorant... Please give up your crime."
The Zezhou officials who were accompanying him were so shocked that they were at a loss. However, when Gao Huaide knelt down and claimed his crime, they also knelt down and said that they were guilty.
However, Guo Rong turned around and said to the puzzled Zhao Kuangyin: "Tell the three armies to move to the north gate city." Zhao Kuangyin immediately took the order and left.
Looking at Gao Huaide who was kneeling on the ground, Guo Rong shook his head and said with anger: "After Gao Aiqing, a famous general, has been through the battlefield for a long time, but this is like this... but I don't know my heart, get up."
He was wise and powerful, but he was quite anxious. Before he ascended the throne, he was in charge of Chanzhou. Whenever his subordinates made him angry, he was a virtuous and gentle wife. Now he was the queen's Fu family comforted him.
Guo Rong's tone was originally stern, but when Jiang Qiubai shook his head and signaled, he changed "so ignorant" to "so ignorant" to "so ignorant". Although he was the emperor, he respected Jiang Qiubai. Knowing what he was thinking, he suppressed his anger and his tone became calm.
Looking at the officials who had already stood up, Guo Rong said slowly: "I had arrived outside the city yesterday. Now, I am still tired of the military and civilians. I have taken these objects to defend the city. I personally marched to drive the enemy to destroy the enemy, not to defend the city of Zezhou. I am like this... Isn't it ruined my morale? If I implement the strategy of defending the city, the enemy will create momentum and say that I am besieged in Zezhou, wouldn't it be a mess?"
If Guo Rong had not arrived in Zezhou, he would have to prepare for the wood and other things. Guo Rong had arrived now and Liu Chong had not led his troops to attack, he could not take the strategy of defending the city and wait for the trap to affect the morale of the military and civilians.
After hearing this, a group of Zezhou officials looked ashamed. They looked at each other and knelt down and accused them of crimes. "I am ignorant, please ask the emperor to sue..."
"Get up." Guo Rong's face was calm. After everyone got up, he looked at Gao Huaide, "You can send two thousand elite troops out of the city, line up with the three armies to stand by, and make a statement... Let the people in the city be relieved. I will never let the rebel soldiers come to the city of Zezhou."
"I obey the order." Gao Huaide bowed to receive the order and immediately sent someone to order to gather 2,000 elite soldiers. I thought that for the reason of preparation for the war, the troops were already ready to stand by. After a cup of tea, the two thousand elite soldiers had already arrived at the Beimen City to gather in an array.
Guo Rong walked closer to the outer wall of the city, looking at the officers and soldiers who were about to be arranged, with a look of praise on his face. After a while, dust was flying in the west, and the three armies who were waiting at the south gate had already led the order to move the army.
"Can the flag commander be there?" Guo Rong said in a deep voice.
"The last one will be." A flag officer in a bright armored helmet was about thirty years old, and helmet, quickly saluted and responded.
"Beat the drum and send orders the three armies to form a formation."
"Abide by the order." The flag commander quickly turned around and ran to the city tower behind him. For a moment, he heard the sound of "dong, dong, dong" drums, but he saw the flag commander standing on the top of the city tower, holding the flag in his hand to direct the array.
The soldiers of the three armies heard the sound of drums and looked up at the city. Following the instructions of the flag, as the generals of each battalion moved quickly, the sound of drums, horse hooves and steps were intertwined, and before half a stick of incense were enough, the people and horses were already standing neatly.
At this time, the morning sun was coming, and a soft light shone on the tip of the blade of the spear in the hands of 20,000 soldiers, reflecting a bright white light. Guo Rong looked at the soldiers who gathered in front of the moat, with a thick armor and a majestic general. His majestic face was smiling but showed. When he raised his left hand, the drums on the city tower stopped. For a moment, tens of thousands of soldiers were silent, and only the flags fluttered in the southeast wind were swaying.
"The rebel Liu Chong recruited the despair and stole Hedong. He did not think about the kindness of Emperor Taizu's resignation and reform. He forgot the lesson of Pingyang's escape. Now he plans to rebel and cause chaos and wants to split our territory. How should I deal with the soldiers..."
Guo Rong was in charge of military affairs with Guo Wei in his early years, and in recent years he had also signed up for major events in the prefecture. His martial arts were naturally lazy, but he also had the skills of Guyuan Dacheng. He was now determined to be in the country and the strong people's minds slowly spoke, but it was strong and powerful. In the midst of ups and downs, all the soldiers could hear clearly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Huaide beside him raised his arms and shouted, "Sweep away the thief and calm down Hedong."
"Sweep away the thieves and pacify Hedong..."
"Sweep away the thieves and pacify Hedong..."
The first two sounds rose and fell slightly, but the third sound was filled with a crowd, and the sound was like thunder.
The land of Hedong and the Central Plains have always been one, and it is the gateway to the north of the Central Plains. Liu Min occupied the emperor, and Guo Rong naturally regarded him as a rebellious traitor. He never treated him with a country, so he called him a rebellion and a rebellion and split the country. When it comes to the first year of Guangshun, Liu Chong invaded Pingyang and was defeated by Guo Wei and defeated the army and destroyed the camp and fled, which naturally inspired morale.
"I transformed the Khitan outside and took advantage of the storm of China and occupied the Youyun provinces. Now I have colluded with the rebel Liu Chong and invaded our country's borders. How should I control it?"
Gao Huaidefu raised his arms and shouted, "Turn away the enemy and defeat the enemy, and recover the rivers and mountains..."
"Transport the enemy and destroy the enemy, and recover the rivers and mountains..."
"Transport the enemy and destroy the enemy, and recover the rivers and mountains..."
"Driving the enemy and destroying the enemy, and regaining the rivers and mountains..." At this time, the tens of thousands of people in the inner city also shouted loudly, and the sound of the sound shook the sky.
"I think this Khitan is originally a Chinese people, and I have not known rituals and music, and I am unscrupulous. I want to use the power of a water to sweep my vast sea. I will take Shangjing directly within ten years and teach him the great righteousness of rituals and music, so that he can understand the way of returning to the sea, and transform into my Great Zhou Tian Court... All the soldiers should walk with me." Guo Rong said excitedly.
After Yi Wuwei was frustrated, he hid in Taibai Mountain and opened a college to educate people. Although he had a saying about the students' escape from the world, he never gave up his deep desire for the unification of the world.
When he was born, shortly after Emperor Wuzong of Tang died, Huichang revived the rest of the world, and the world was also stable. Therefore, he often mentioned in front of Jiang Qiubai and others that when he was young, he saw the unification of the world and the people living and working in peace and contentment, which also made Jiang Qiubai and others yearn for the unification of the world hidden in their hearts.
Now that he heard Guo Rongzhuang's words, Jiang Qiubai couldn't help but feel excited. He shouted loudly: "The Emperor's Divine Martial Arts, the world is unified..."
All the soldiers were born in troubled times, and no one had ever seen a stable situation in the world. But they thought about the historical records, the prosperous Tang Dynasty circulating in the market. When they heard Jiang Qiubai's shouting, they all felt fierce and fierce. They raised the spear in their hands and shouted loudly: "The Emperor's Divine Martial Arts, the Emperor's Divine Martial Arts, the Emperor's Divine Martial Arts, the world is unified..."
Guo Rong never expected that Jiang Qiubai, who was usually humble and restrained, would be so excited. He couldn't help laughing happily in surprise.
At this time, a bird thought that it could not bear the shouts of unity. It fell down in the air and fell to the moat. When the bird was about to touch the river, the bird screamed, but spread its wings and flew up.
Jiang Qiubai thought and stretched his right hand, and a stream of energy sucked the bird that was about to fly away from more than three meters away. The bird seemed to be entangled in a weaving net, but it was unable to move. As Jiang Qiubai recovered the energy, it fell into his hands.
Guo Rong glanced at the shocked bird with a cluster of feather crowns on his head, "Does anyone know the name of this bird?"
An official on Jiang Qiubai's left bowed and replied, "Report to the emperor, this bird is called the Peace Bird."
"Peacebird?" Guo Rong felt a little, looked up at the sky for a moment, and suddenly said, "Get the pen, ink, paper and ink."
Gao Huaide, who was beside him, was stunned and immediately called two soldiers to walk into the city tower with him quickly. After a while, he saw two soldiers carrying a table with four treasures of the study. He was thinking about a room, but he had already spread the rice paper.
Gao Huaide instantly ground the ink, then picked up the jade hair and Guo Rong. Guo Rong took the jade hair, walked to the desk, dipped it in ink, pondered for a moment, and wrote:
The sun and the moon remain unchanged, the country is broken, and the Qin city shines thousands of miles away. The flowing light is heroic, the wind is cold, and the smoke of the six countries has been destroyed for ten years. The ancient iron hoof road, the long wall of moss, and the magnificent search is vast.
The unification of the world is preserved, and the strong grass in Mount Li is seen.
The smoke rises and clouds surging, the fish in the abyss become dragons, the flags of the city are changing. What hatred does the bonfire in the camp? The setting sun makes the horse's blood fall. Looking at the Great Wall again, the halberd roars, and the great spirit breaks the chaotic snow.
The peace in the world is blowing, a breeze blows.
At this time, the world was divided into various parts, and there were six or seven vassals who were called kings and emperors. The dynasties and countries had their own voices. The military officers were rampant in the world, and the literary officials were ambitions of peace in a corner. The people only knew that they had families but not countries. The situation was still more chaotic than the Warring States Period where heroes competed for hegemony. Everyone saw that they used Qin Shihuang as a metaphor in their poems, which exemplified the ambition of unifying the world and making the people live in peace. They were moved for a while.
Guo Rong put his pen on the inkstone and looked at the peacebird in Jiang Qiubai's hand, "Peacebird, peacebird, good, good..."
He turned to the eunuch who was following him and said, "Pick up a cage and raise it well. I will be in peace with it within ten years."
"The emperor is very talented and wise, I am willing to be in front of the horse and behind the horse." The officials leaned over and bowed, and said in unison.
"All the good guys..." Guo Rong laughed and looked at Gao Huaide who was standing up and said, "I came to Zezhou many years ago. I remember that there is a valley more than 20 miles north. What is the name of that valley?"
"Back to the emperor, it's Maoergang."
"Maoergang," Guo Rong nodded, and thought for a moment: "Zezhou commander Gao Huaide obeyed the order."
Gao Huaide immediately leaned over and knelt down, "My minister Gao Huaide listened to the decree."
"I have appointed you as the vanguard of the vanguard of the vanguard, and lead two thousand elite troops from our headquarters to set up an ambush to Maoergang. If the enemy army arrives, don't move easily. When I lead the army to fight with him, you can attack him from behind and disturb him..." Guo Rong paused for a moment and said, "If the vanguard troops attack him for me, they will destroy his spirit."
"I obey the order."
Turning his eyes to the remaining Zezhou officials, Guo Rong said slowly: "I will then lead the three armies to set up camps on the south side of Maoergang. All the ministers prepared food and grass and military supplies in the city, and the battle was over... and ordered the regiment to train troops and transmit weapons and arrows."
When the officials heard this, they knelt down and received the order, "I will follow the sacred orders."
After saying that, Guo Rong and Jiang Qiubai led the Shenhuying Guards out of the city with him, but placed the carriage in Zezhou City and transferred to the horses to lead the three armies to Maoergang.
After setting up camp, he took a break. At Shen Shishi, Guo Rong led Jiang Qiubai, Zhang Yongde, Elder Fu, Shi Yanchao, Li Chongjin, and He Zheng to open the way from twenty cavalry guards to Maoergang, looking for Gao Huaide who was hiding in the dense forest behind the hill.
After checking the terrain, a group of people came to the cave where Gao Huaide was stationed in Maoergang. Guo Rong called Elder Fu and said to Gao Huaide: "I ask Mr. Fu to help you. If you want to inquire about the enemy's military information or have news to me, you can hand it over to Mr. Fu to do it."
Before he came here, he had already communicated with Jiang Qiubai, leaving Elder Fu to help Gao Huaide to contact him.
Gao Huaide heard that Guo Rong was known as Elder Fu as Mr. Fu, and he thought that Elder Fu was a capable man who guarded the emperor. He was very excited and looked at Elder Fu with a thin body and saluted: "The Marquis of Pioneer Du Yu, Gao Huaide, had seen Mr. Fu."
Seeing his respectful look, Elder Fu smiled slightly and bowed and said, "I am a wise man, but I have no idea about military operations and wars, but I am competent to run. Du Yuhou has something to do and just ask for instructions, don't be polite, and miss the military opportunity."
Seeing that he was not arrogant, he spoke honestly and in one word, Guo Rong was very impressed and suddenly felt aroused his heart to listen to him. When he thought about it, he looked at Jiang Qiubai and nodded.
To be continued...