"The Hantong troops in Zhuozhou are in an emergency!" Zuo You hurried into the lobby. Wei Renpu and other ministers immediately raised their heads, and some people hurriedly put down their pens.

Guo Shao said: "Get the emergency report."

He was holding a Go piece in his hand on the seat above. The black and white pieces on the chessboard were intertwined, but not the chess game, but a strange round shape. He was not as calm as before. At this time, his brows were frowning and his face was nervous. There were also many sloppy handwriting and patterns written on the paper next to him.

The officials in the lobby held their breath and became quieter for a while.

Zuo You said: "Li Du ordered the inspection in Gu'an County, and tens of thousands of main cavalry were there. Li Du ordered the inspection to be able to reinforce Han Tong from the west."

Wei Renpu said: "Maybe Li Chuyun's men have gone to reinforce Han Tong now."

Wei Renpu pondered for a moment and said, "As long as Li Chuyun comes out to reinforce the cavalry, the Liao army cannot capture Zhuozhou."

Guo Shao nodded immediately and said yes. He looked at the fortress group replaced by black pieces on the chessboard, repeatedly resorted to various tactics, determined that the infantry and cavalry were in harmony and fortifications, and perhaps the attacking forces were insufficient, but it was not difficult to defend the battlefield in Zhuozhou.

Zuo You said again: "It is reported that the main force of the Liao army besieged Zhuozhou and used a large amount of siege equipment. Do you want to fight a decisive battle in Zhuozhou?"

Guo Shao blurted out: "The Liao army is not willing to fight the Great Zhou army."

Zuo You said: "If the Liao army wants to leave this time, the infantry and baggage will suffer significant losses..."

Guo Shao read Han Tong's report again. Indeed, the Liao army was not only cavalry, and they were unable to mobilize more than 100,000 cavalrymen this time, many of which were mainly the Xi people. Of course, if they wanted to attack fortifications on a large scale, they would not have less supplies.

If the Zhou army defeated the Liao army in Zhuozhou, it might not be able to cause a substantial blow to the Liao army's cavalry, but their infantry and baggage personnel would not be easy to escape!

At this time, Wei Renpu pondered: "If we want to mobilize infantry to gather in Zhuozhou, will we be beaten to the Liao army halfway?"

Guo Shao said in a deep voice: "It is very likely that if you are really caught in the fighter plane, you will have no fortifications halfway and have not gathered together to form a formation, and it is extremely dangerous to be caught by heavy troops."

Wei Renpu said: "According to the strategy of the military administration, if it is to be conservative and stable, only 50,000 main force of Li Chuyun's cavalry is needed to reinforce Zhuozhou and cooperate with Han Tong, the battlefield of Zhuozhou can be invincible!"

Suddenly, many officials agreed with this strategy, which is both simple and reliable!

But Guo Shao hasn't made a decision for a long time.

Indeed, this strategy is too conservative. Guo Shao found a previous inference from the sloppy paper that this strategy could not pose any threat to the Liao army.

First of all, the main force of Li Chuyun's cavalry was defeated by the Liao army in the field, and they chased them out and could not win; they could only rely on the fortifications of Zhuozhou fortifications, and the 35,000 elite infantry of Hantong's army competed around the vicinity of Zhuozhou City. It was impossible to attack and win, and the possibility of a big defeat was very small... It was in a place where we could not win.

The frontal threat cannot pose a threat to the Liao army, and if Dong Zunhui wants to attack, the threat will be even greater.

Guo Shao stood up and paced back and forth in front of the table. He no longer had the heart to hide the tension and pressure at this time, and pondered: "I think the purpose of the Liao army is not to fight to the decisive battle. There may be other trap variables, but if we are too restricted, we will fall into an extremely passive situation."

Guo Shao suddenly stood still and looked at the picture on the wall. At this time, the four front lines of the Zhou army were arranged along the east and west; Bazhou was the base camp located on the south bank of Juma River, closest to Gu'an County. The troops could be deployed for field mobilization: New City to the east, Jinzhou was more than 50,000 infantry and cavalry of Jiannan Army and Jiangnan Army; Zhuozhou to the west, Gu'an was close to Gu'an, with 35,000 imperial infantry each; Bazhou had 20,000 infantry... The main force of the cavalry was in Gu'an, and Dong Zunhui had nearly 10,000 Hu Ben Army cavalry in Bazhou.

After a while, Guo Shao said: "I ordered Li Chuyun, Shi Yanchao, to lead cavalry to reinforce Zhuozhou, and Yang Biao left 20,000 cavalry in Gu'an; Gu'an and Bazhou each left 5,000 elite infantry to assist in defending the city, and the remaining 45,000 people from north to south, and merged into one place as soon as possible. Dong Zunhui's troops were immediately transferred to Gu'an, rest for a day, and attacked according to the established strategy!"

Guo Shao paused and said, "The imperial guards and cavalry are two horses. Yang Biao's troops do not need to run for a long distance, and they do not need to run for two horses. They allocate the extra horses to the Gu'an infantry. The Gu'an infantry marched south and quickly gathered with the infantry going north from Bazhou! Then forty-five thousand people returned to Gu'an and gathered from Gu'an to Zhuozhou!"

Wei Renpu said: "Your Majesty's intention is to gather a large army in Zhuozhou to fight the Liao army to the decisive battle?"

Guo Shao said in a deep voice: "The decisive battle is not easy, but once our army gathers a large army in Zhuozhou, it can pose a threat to the Liao army."

Everyone was talking.

Guo Shao calmed down... This is a very delicate psychological warfare. If you cannot determine what the other party wants to do, you will feel the risk in your heart by actively deploying offensive and defensive arrangements.

Wei Renpu and Zuo You looked at Guo Shao without saying a word for a long time.

Guo Shao looked back and his eyes were very bright due to his excitement: "If you are passive in every game, you will suffer a loss overall. As long as you have strong strength and confidence, you will sometimes have to take a try! I want to see what the Liao army can do?!"

At this time, when Guo Shao looked outside the door, he was suddenly stabbed by the sunlight reflected in the snow. The two outside were a little dim, but the room seemed a little dim.

The atmosphere solidified like quiet snow.

Guo Shao was the emperor, but Wei Renpu didn't care about his usual respect at this time and asked again: "Have your Majesty issued an order?"

Guo Shao looked at him seriously and nodded slightly.

Wei Renpu immediately said to an official around him: "Write military orders."

After Wei Renpu used the military order directly to the general, he sent it to Guo Shao. Guo Shao calmed down, picked up the brush on the inkstone and dipped it, and carefully wrote "Authorization" on several military orders.

I guess I have never written a few words so seriously in my life!

After signing the military order, Guo Shao wrote a letter in person, informing the generals of the various routes of the detailed strategy.

... Outside Zhuozhou City, smoke filled the snow in the snow, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the sound of cannons rumbling. The Liao army attacked from all sides, and the Zhou army's imperial guards were also counterattacking the fortress occupied by the Liao army, and the war did not stop for a moment.

The castle could not be defended under the siege of heavy troops and heavy weapons from both sides, and it was only a matter of time before it was captured. The Hantong troops attacked slowly in various attacks, and the periphery could no longer support the general defense line under the tug-of-war!

Han Tong stood on the tower for unknown long, but he looked to the east, looking at the reinforcements, but that was the case. His eyes were already bloodshot, his lips were blackened by the cold air, and his left hand tightly held the hilt of the sword.

A general below was scolding anxiously: "How far is Gu'an from Zhuozhou? Even if you climb, you should climb over. Why haven't they come on horseback yet?"

The generals could complain, but Han Tong could not. He stood there with a cold face. He was scheming in his heart: if he really couldn't hold on, there would be no danger if he retreated into Zhuozhou City. Tens of thousands of people defended the city, and it was not something that the Liao army could do in ten days and half a month to capture Zhuozhou City! But in this way, his tens of thousands of people would have a small role in this battle. As a general in an important link in the battle, Han Tong would never want to be marginalized.

...To the east, the four gates of Gu'an County were opened, and large groups of horse-riding troops were dispatched from all directions. In the north, the cavalry of the second gate of the West gathered towards the western road, forming a vast crowd of people, and the snow was covered with black.

In addition, the infantry riding horses on the second gate marched straight south. The land and rivers had long been frozen, and even the scattered villages were hidden by snow. The army formed more than a dozen columns, and large areas rode their horses south.

So many people march together, but they seem a little lonely, probably because there are no people except the army. In this season and under such circumstances, the people will not go out casually.

... To the south, Bazhou, where the palace camp is located, formed an orderly array of infantry crossed the Juma River from the ice and snow, and advanced northward. The sound of horse hooves came faintly downstream of the river, and Dong Zunhui's cavalry were also mobilizing northward.

The huge white snow made many things less conspicuous. The emperor stood on the city wall, no longer so eye-catching. Guo Shao stood there wearing a fur coat given by the eunuch Wang Zhong and looked there for a long time.

Wang Zhong said carefully from the side: "Although the sky is clear, it is colder when it is clear than when it snows."

"Yes." Guo Shao responded casually. The ancients relied on experience, but he suddenly understood the reason. Snow evaporated from solids to water vapor in the sun, which required heat absorption, so the temperature was even lower.

Wang Zhong said softly again: "Your Majesty can be the Dragon Body."

Guo Shao didn't say anything, and still watched the troops dispatched far and near. The men and horses looked a little special from a distance, and they were all wrapped in quilts. No matter how light-fitting and simple travel were, they could not ignore the warmth.

At this moment, he was just standing, but his heart was even tighter than the bowstring!

It’s not that you don’t have to take risks after having a lot of things... Because you can’t bear to bet, you will be in a passive way and can’t turn over!

However, if Guo Shao can make such a big bet by himself, his power has reached a certain level, otherwise even the emperor will not have the final say. In many eras, dynasties always adopt negative and passive conservative strategies, so that most people do not have that courage and no one can place a big bet.

"Rumbling..." The sound of horse hooves in the distance seemed like a muffled thunder from the sky. But when Guo Shao looked up, the blue sky was cloudless, and even the wind was small, and the world was quiet.

Guo Shao repeatedly thought about the turmoil between the world, and thought that his chances of victory were still quite good. It was just too important and the pressure was too great, so he would be anxious if he didn't reveal it for a moment!

This kind of life is really hard to endure. After the past, I will definitely breathe a sigh of relief.

The Battle of Shouzhou, the Tokyo Mutiny... After many such experiences, Guo Shao would think that it was finally settled and he would never have to experience such difficulties again; unexpectedly, it would be repeated every time.
Chapter completed!