Xiao Siwen never expected that the most serious thing would happen in Zhuozhou! And suddenly there was no preparation.

The wind had already blew his beard and hair, but he had no choice but to care about it, and sat on the horse with a pale face.

Previously, when there were explosions and earth-shaking shouts and fighting sounds in the city, the city gate closed. Xiao Siwen wanted to call the people who had not entered the city to rescue him, but the cavalry in his hand did not have any siege equipment for a while, so he had no way to do it. He could only circulate under the city and shoot arrows.

The city was fighting fiercely, and a long time had passed. At this time, I suddenly saw the south gate of Zhuozhou slowly open... but no one came out. The open city gate was filled with a thin stream of white smoke, and almost all the Liao army soldiers looked at the city gate.

Now, do you still dare to enter?

Xiao Siwen's face turned pale and it was speechless. He felt that an enemy had tear open his mind and said loudly: Come and stab me! But he didn't dare to stab him at all... This was a completely humiliating thing.

"Who is the Zhou army guard in Zhuozhou?" Xiao Siwen only remembered to ask about this matter.

Finally, a member of the department said: "The name is Guo Shao, a man from the Guards. I heard that he was a blacksmith before. He married Fu Yanqing, Daming Mansion, and married the sister of the Empress of the Zhou Dynasty."

"Blacksmith?" Xiao Siwen was almost crying, and he was beaten so miserably by a blacksmith!

Xiao Siwen said again: "I've sent someone to report to Khan?"

The general said, "Yili personally took his entourage to report."

Seeing that the soldiers were depressed and the remaining soldiers were thin and had no choice but to retreat to Gu'an.

...

Guo Shao was not surprised to hear that Xiao Siwen retreated.

There is no news of the main force of the Khitan king on the north bank of Zhuo River. Even if he is coming, it is unlikely that it will be today, because the sky is dim and it is almost evening.

The smoke in the air dissipated, but there was still a faint smell of smoke and a strong smell of blood. The fishy smell was a bit similar to the smell that was smelled on a fishing boat, which made people feel a little nauseous.

"Humanitarian Liao army is strong, so we are killing him as if we were to kill pigs! Hahaha!"

"It's all raised by my parents, I can't kill you if I don't believe it..."

The generals in the tent were talking wildly and excitedly, and many people were covered in blood. Guo Shao's body was the cleanest, and he didn't go into battle himself. The lining he wore was changed this morning, the white silk was spotless, and the ring mail was brand new... But he felt that he had the most blood on his hands and could not wash it clean.

However, after killing so many people, he felt that he would not be punished, but would be commended. The Liao Kingdom was the biggest enemy of the Zhou Dynasty. Chai Rong was threatened by the Liao Kingdom as soon as he ascended the throne. Moreover, the Central Plains dynasty still did not regard the barbarians they identified as human beings, and no one was good at it.

Everyone was quarreling below, but Guo Shao didn't say a word. Everyone was used to this way of getting along. It was because they had too many times and formed a habit. Anyway, they ignored the main general and said nothing was fine.

"Yang Biao, Wang Zhang." Guo Shao suddenly looked up and said, "There is Qi Tingxun."

After hearing this, the three of them stopped talking and went up to worship, "The last one is here."

Guo Shao said: "You will immediately convene the people of the First Army, Second Army, and Fourth Army, gather together and stand by at any time. Except for the generals' personal soldiers, the remaining war horses will be handed over first... Luo Yanhuan, you will lead the Third Army to receive all the Khitan horses."

"Get orders!" The four people clasped their fists.

Guo Shao said again: "Li Chuyun, send someone to get all the wounded soldiers out. If there is a car, load it. If there is no car, carry it with a door panel stretcher."

He gave many orders in one breath and said to Zuo You: "Mr. Zuo helped me draft a memorial. First report the victory, win ten thousand people (exaggerated), pay thousands of war horses, and thousands of heads. If you think about the others, you will think about it... and then complain that the left wing of the Hujie Army fought hard in the city, with heavy casualties. Don't write the numbers for the specific casualties. The more miserable the lyrics and descriptions, the better. By the way, the food and grass were exhausted, the houses and tents were damaged, and the wounded soldiers had nowhere to be placed. I wanted to send troops to escort the wounded soldiers from Qigou Pass to the south bank of the Juma River... Finally, I told the officials that the main force of the Liao army showed signs of going south, and Zhuozhou could not defend it. Please retreat to the south bank of the Juma River as soon as possible to avoid the entire army being wiped out!"

He said again: "Where are the officials in Zhuozhou? Send a few people to the Central Army. I am afraid that the Liao army will occupy Zhuozhou again and then massacre the city, so I ask the officials to start organizing the people of Zhuozhou to escape to Qigou Pass tomorrow. The bodies left in the city will not be cared about for the time being."

...Guo Shao said a call and confirmed that everyone knew what he should do. Then he fell silent again. He clarified his thoughts for a while.

In fact, he has thought about what he is thinking many times, but now he has to sort it out again. It is really a bit complicated and easy to omissions.

First, he judged that Xiao Siwen would probably be deceived if he chased Zhuozhou. (Of course, if he was not deceived, he could only find another method.)

Guo Shao is a very good at learning, and this battle is all based on the experience learned in the past. Three years ago, the small-scale battle in the city of Wuqi Town was too smooth... It made him truly realize that in this era, there were almost no street fighting, and both the offense and defense were not considered according to experience. Therefore, once Xiao Siwen "breaks through" the city gate, the Liao army was bold and arrogant before, and the possibility of them not following the opportunity to enter the city and greedy for achievements was relatively small.

After entering the city, he first used smoke and raids, false news to disrupt the enemy's system and cause chaos; then he blocked the city gate from the flanks and used the terrain to divide and encircle them. He learned these things from Chai Kehong, a famous general of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

If Chai Kehong hadn't used this strategy twice, the first time was to deal with Li Jixun and the second time in Haozhou to deal with Guo Shao; it would be difficult for Guo Shao to come up with specific measures and deployment methods from scratch in a short time. Chai Kehong was his enemy, but he was also Guo Shao's teacher... This battle in Zhuozhou almost completely copied Chai Kehong's war technique.

As expected, the sudden ambush of Xiao Siwen's troops was very smooth. The Liao army was much more powerful than the Southern Tang army, but the method of using troops was not necessarily as good as that of the famous Southern Tang general Gao Ming in the Battle of Huainan. Perhaps it was completely inferior to that of Chai Kehong, if he was alive and in Guo Shao's position, he could also get rid of Xiao Siwen's troops, and he might have done better.

...Those are things that have been done. Now Guo Shao has returned to his purpose: to return to Tokyo.

Whether to return to Tokyo is not at all based on Guo Shao's will, but the words of Emperor Chai Rong; otherwise, Guo Shao would still dare to resist the order?

But Chai Rong's will did not mean that Guo Shao was left behind in Hebei; but that Guo Shao's troops were originally on the front line of Zhuozhou. After hearing Zhao Kuangyin's "recommendation", he felt that Guo Shao's staying was the most appropriate choice... But what if Chai Rong felt that Guo Shao was not the most appropriate person? Then the emperor would most likely make arrangements separately.

Therefore, Guo Shao's logic is to influence Chai Rong's judgment and turn himself into a person who is not suitable for staying behind; he also thought of a more suitable candidate for Chai Rong, that is Han Lingkun.

The first step is to cross the Juma River first; let Han Lingkun guard the Juma River at Qigou Pass. Han Lingkun's Longjie Army's left wing was at Qigou Pass, and he was still in a position at Qigou Pass and did not suffer any losses... Obviously, it is more suitable for staying in Hebei than Guo Shao's troops who had just experienced a war, "heavy losses", "tired soldiers" and had fled back to Juma River.

How to turn back to the south bank of Mahe River? If you are timid, you can ask for an order to persuade me... But in order to prevent the night from being too long, Guo Shao planned to take action first and then report it, and then run away. While asking for an order, he ran away.

Because of the first merit of the Northern Expedition to annihilate "10,000" enemies in Zhuozhou, Guo Shao had the courage to defeat it with his merits. Moreover, he had reported the situation on the front line. In order to "prevent the entire army from being wiped out", he decided to withdraw his troops on the spot. At most, he would say that he misjudged the fighter jets, which was suspected of being dereliction of duty, at least not a serious crime that was difficult to forgive... How to punish him is also experience to follow; in the battle of Huainan the previous year, Li Gu's pioneer withdrew from Shouzhou City to Zhengyang. As a result, the emperor was furious and scolded him for misjudging the fighter jets, but he did not do anything to Li Gu. This time, Guo Shao made such a great military merit, and "misjudging the fighter jets" would not be a problem.

At present, Guo Shao is ready to realize his first step in his vision and deal with Chai Rong's will. A head-on conflict is seeking death. No one in the Great Zhou Dynasty had the strength and prestige to fight Chai Rong head-on.

...Guo Shao looked up at the south, touched the embroidered waist decoration on his waist with his own hands, and thought to himself: I will never forget what the queen told me sincerely; but I can only do this, there is really no other way.

The queen definitely hopes that he can use this proper method. She trusts Guo Shao countless times to get things done. This time there will be no exception, right? Guo Shao feels that what she has done can satisfy her... Otherwise, in this situation, there will be more clever tricks?

"Is there any movement in the main force of the Liao army in the north?" Guo Shao has asked this question many times in a row.

Li Chuyun was responsible for sending scouts to monitor the north and said hurriedly: "There is no movement yet, at least it has not entered a dozens of miles."

Guo Shao glanced at the dim light outside the tent and said softly: "It's too late today, and the Liao army shouldn't come."

What about tomorrow?

Guo Shao remembered again how to withdraw his troops after Chai Rong and the Liao army fought a decisive battle. At that time, the main force of the Zhou army was unfavorable. After the Liao army retreated, they unexpectedly retreated south overnight, so that the Liao army had lost the pursuit opportunity when they reacted... The Zhou cavalry still ran very fast.

Chai Rong and Zhou army generals were experienced warriors. Guo Shao believed in their ability and felt that he should learn how they ran away. The Hujie army was not as fast as the cavalry, but the enemy was dozens of miles away and a hundred miles away, and the distance was more advantageous than Chai Rong when he ran away.

He made a quick decision and said, "Call the First Army, the Second Army, the Fourth Army Infantry Battalion, 'escort' the wounded soldiers to retreat to Qigou Pass tonight."

The general hurriedly said: "These troops have just experienced a great war and retreated overnight, which may cause chaos. The system will be in chaos for a long time and cannot recover their combat power."

Guo Shao said: "It's enough for people to go back alive. I don't plan to fight again. I throw away all the things and only take dry food. Zuo You immediately issued a military order from the shogunate and ordered all departments!"

"Yes, lord." Zuo You said with his fist.
Chapter completed!