At the entrance of a yard outside the imperial city of Jinyang City, someone shouted, "The Emperor is here." Then suddenly a short voice: "Drink!" Two rows of soldiers wearing strong and holding sharp swords stepped on their feet and raised their cherry guns together.

Guo Shao walked towards the door with his sword and strode, and suddenly he found that the postures and expressions of the personal soldiers were very strange. They were not as raised as they usually asked them to hold their heads up, but they all wanted to bend down, and they all looked at themselves secretly with their eyes, with awe on their faces.

He glanced at it and walked into the lobby, sat down at the upper position.

The civil and military men on both sides stood up from their chairs and bowed: "Your Majesty will live forever!"

"Get up." Guo Shao said casually as usual, lifted up his hands and said, "Sit down, sit down and talk."

Guo Shao reached out and touched his forehead. Looking back, there were more than a dozen people, including civil servants from the "Foreign Camp Military Office" and senior military generals. He now regained his seriousness and keenness when doing things, spoke clearly and spoke concisely, and spoke faster.

"The battle of the Northern Han Kingdom is sure to win. The current situation is reported to Gong in the east, and the Youzhou army retreated to the northeast; the Li Chuyun report to the north, and the Liao army retreated to the north of Xinkou to station." After Guo Shao said that, he glanced at the left and right, and stopped his eyes on Wang Pu's face.

Wang Pu owed his body, and did not dare to look directly at Guo Shao. He looked at the ground and clasped his fists and said, "The old minister was thinking about two strategies."

Guo Shao hurriedly said, "The king's envoy is fine."

Wang Pu said: "First, to surrender. To the Northern Han Kingdom, including the Xinzhou Guardians, we will understand the great righteousness, pros and cons, so that they will surrender. The Northern Han Kingdom has been destroyed, and even Jinyang cannot stop the Great Zhou army. There are neither elite troops nor heroic cities in the cities. There is only one way to destroy the whole way except surrender to the Great Zhou.

Second, confrontation. The Liao army guarded the northern pass, and the Great Zhou did not need to attack, as long as confrontation was consumed. After Xinzhou surrendered, Li Chuyun's troops could have a city, and the rear was sent to provide food nearby, which took a year and a half without any impact. The Liao army was different. The land north of Xinkou was even more barren, with food and grass scarce, and the army had no place to eat. The looting of Daizhou and other places was easy to cause local Han generals to resist, and they had to replenish supplies from the Liao Kingdom thousands of miles away... The Liao people had a lot of war horses, and horses could eat more than people. Leaving the grassland, all relying on grain supplies, which was very expensive. They could not confront us for a long time, either withdrew their troops north or went south to attack.

The Liao Dynasty was unstable, so there was no preparation for a long battle with our Great Zhou at this time. Jinyang had fallen into our hands, and there was no need for the Liao army to move south. What's more, even if Yelu Xiuge went south, the Great Zhou could be at the worst with Jinyang to fight him and be invincible.

So you just need to wait and see and confront each other and consume food and grass. I think it will be only a matter of time before the Liao army withdraws. At that time, the Great Zhou army will not be able to surrender and recover Daizhou and other places, and occupy the entire Hedong territory!"

After hearing this, Guo Shao agreed with Wang Pu's plan very much and immediately said, "Good!"

Wang Pu said: "With Your Majesty's order, the old minister will issue military orders to Li Chuyun later with the orders of the military palace."

Guo Shao’s current military and political handling procedures are very concentrated, lacking checks and balances, but very efficient. Just like this, Wang Pu proposed a major military and national event. Guo Shao’s attitude was very clear, even if he could listen to other people’s opinions, he could make decisions on the spot, and immediately implemented through the shogunate “Fore-Bang Military Office”. This system is very useful during war periods, but the disadvantages are also obvious. Assuming that the monarch’s control is insufficient, Wang Pu wants to use public interest to manage his party members, which is too easy (the Privy Councilor during the Zhou Taizu period was too powerful, lacking checks and balances, and wanted to hold Taizu away).

Guo Shao also believed that after the breaking of Jinyang City, large-scale battles would no longer be needed. Sometimes he felt that war was a kind of trend, and everyone would follow the trend... As Wang Pu judged, what kind of trend would the enemy and the remnants of the Northern Han Dynasty follow.

At this moment, Wang Pu looked at the generals again and said, "The Great Zhou army was not afraid of the Liao army, but now the battle with the Liao army in Hedong is not a result or a benefit. Hedong is already the object of our dynasty, and it is impossible to open up the territory through the war; the Liao army has also controlled passes such as Xinkou, Yanmen, and is dominated by horse soldiers. Even if we win, it will be difficult for us to win.

In a battle that is unprofitable, the best choice is not to fight. To fight against the Liao army, it is better to choose Youzhou!"

After hearing this, the generals were moved and began to whisper and discuss.

Wang Pu said again: "I am not saying that I will attack Youzhou now, and the Northern Expedition still requires preparations."

Guo Shao was also ready to feel moved for a moment. He had been in the Zhou army's imperial guards since the late emperor ascended the throne. Thinking about the Battle of Gaoping, the emperor led the main force of the imperial guards to fight in person. Although he won the battle with the Northern Han army, it was difficult to win. At first, he almost lost. Looking at the current field battle between Baigu and Yang Ye and the capture of Jinyang, the battle was very smooth... Guo Shao couldn't help but think that the current Zhou army's imperial guards had a greater improvement than a few years ago.

Recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. This is an existing temptation for any Central Plains master!

However, when the early emperor made an expedition in the northern battle, Guo Shao also realized the strength of the Liao army. He still cannot underestimate the enemy in this matter.

At this time, Wang Pu submitted another memorial, which was a detailed report on the entire northern Han Dynasty, the people's people, the garrison, etc. Guo Shao was not very concerned. First, he believed that Wang Pu and others could handle these things well, and second, he was tempted by greater temptation in his heart, which was Youzhou.

Guo Shao roughly looked at the main garrison. Wang Pu suggested that the surrendered troops in Jinyang should be transferred from "Dragon City", and then recruit troops from the mainland to garrison Jinyang City defense, divide the military power, and appoint civilians from the court to take charge of the main power... The Jinyang garrison only needs to defend and no longer assumes the responsibility of sending troops to attack.

Guo Shao probably recognized Wang Pu's claim, which was mainly to weaken Jinyang's military capabilities... The main reason is that this city is very majestic, and can attack and retreat or defend. If it is made to grow its strength, it is indeed a bit difficult to control. After it is weakened, the control of the Hedong areas will be reclaimed. Jinyang cannot control the peripheral areas, so he will not be able to obtain resources to grow strength.

The generals said some specific things. Guo Shao then slapped the chair with a palm and stood up: "Today's discussion ends, Wang Envoy and Zuo You followed me into the back hall, and the others scattered."

Everyone also bowed and stood in the hall, saying, "Greatly send you your Majesty."

Guo Shao invited Wang Pu and the others to discuss privately first and asked them to help judge the possibility of regaining the Sixteen State of Youyun.

Wang Pu reminded: "The great victory in Jinyang was unexpected, but Youzhou is not Jinyang. We must not be arrogant when we take advantage of the victory and we must not underestimate the strength of the Liao Kingdom."

Guo Shao nodded seriously and said humbly: "The King of Envoy reminded me."
Chapter completed!