"Xuanren City" is a city with a very colorful name. It is full of military camps, warehouses, and offices. The buildings are either rough and thick, or simple and low. The biggest feature of the city is that it looks bare, and the seedlings planted have not grown yet. It is too difficult to move big trees. Anyway, the ornamentality and greening are not considered as the city building.

Even the palace where Guo Shao lived was covered with rammed earth, without decoration or wooden boards. He could still smell the smell of newly built soil while sitting inside.

Guo Shao looked through the accounts reported by the Tokyo Inner Trust, Ministry of Revenue, and the former camp military office. The numbers were simply astronomical!

Nearly 300,000 troops on the front line maintained armored weapons, military pay, enough food and drink, hundreds of thousands of civilians collected from building cities and transporting grain, and subsidies for soldiers guarding the city. In a month, the money, grain and materials consumed were converted into millions of chunks!

Spending money is like flowing water is indescribable, it is simply a loss like the breaking of the Yellow River. At this consumption rate, if only the fiscal revenue before the Great Zhou Dynasty was only able to bear the taxes that would destroy the Central Plains for years.

The Shu Kingdom, the Southern Tang Dynasty, the Southern Han Dynasty and other countries accumulated over decades, and the wealth of the region south of the Yangtze River was so rich that Guo Shao robbed Shu Kingdom and the Southern Tang Dynasty over the years. He was originally rich... If such a huge wealth was used up for any family for ten thousand years, Guo Shao had nothing to do in his hands and had to fight twice.

If this continues, it will probably take a year or two to emptiate the accumulation of the Tokyo treasury and local government treasurys.

Guo Shao felt like he could not stop even if he was slacking off for a thousand miles. However, he was still very calm on the surface, at least now there was something to be taken out in the warehouses in various places, so it was not until the end of his life.

Below the lobby, forty or fifty people were arranged on both sides. But it was very quiet at this time, and even the chirping sounds of birds flying to the new city to "observe" could be heard.

Wei Renpu finally turned to look at the civil and military officials present: "We will deploy a besiege of Youzhou City today. All the troops should encourage the morale of the soldiers and prepare to set off."

The generals bowed and said, "Affect the order."

Wei Renpu said again: "The city building has been completed, and the army is approaching Youzhou City, but it cannot be too urgent. The strategy of the military administration is that the main force of the Liao army will be besieged Youzhou before it goes south; once the Liao army goes south and threatens the siege army, it retreats to the five cities in the northern line to confront each other. This is repeated until the Liao army is overwhelmed, or the Great Zhou army will capture Youzhou!"

Although this method is not overbearing enough, it is rogue enough. After Wei Renpu said this, everyone was full of confidence and believed that it would be a matter of time before the capture of Youzhou, and that the hope of victory was visible.

The lobby gradually became warmer. The military officials sent a stack of paper. Wei Renpu explained his ideas for siege according to the map around Youzhou City, and made arrangements for the military orders issued by the various subordinates. In the hall, generals came forward to receive the military orders, and repeated "desired orders" answers were strong and full of confidence!

Only Guo Shao didn't say anything, but his face pretended to be calm and calm, sitting in the upper position in a steady state.

After the deployment was made, Guo Shao ordered the disbandment, and there was a sound of long live in the lobby.

...The previous steps went very smoothly, and as long as the next steps were not wrong, military expenditure could be maintained... However, if one of the links failed, all the previous victory would lose its meaning.

The consequence is not only as simple as the failure of this Northern Expedition!

Guo Shao has seen the monthly expenses. This Northern Expedition is expensive. It is entirely due to the accumulation of plundered southern countries. If you spend all your money and fail to do anything, you will have to accumulate the national treasury again in the future, and it will take a long time to wait... After this long-term large-scale war of attrition, if you want to do it again immediately, it will undoubtedly be a drinking poison to quench your thirst!

Then within at least ten years, it will be difficult to mobilize resources to the Northern Expedition. In ten years, the internal and external situation will be too variable.

Guo Shao was once again trapped in the subtle patience that was the year before.

At this moment, Wei Renpu entered the signing room to meet him and reported: "The Han generals of the Liao army in the three prefectures of Tan and the Han Dynasty secretly sent envoys to Xuanren City, intending to open the city gate and surrender to the Great Zhou."

Guo Shao raised his head and said casually: "Hebei Han'er still cares about the court."

Wei Renpu said: "In the current situation, all regions are optimistic about the success of the Great Zhou Northern Expedition. Those Han generals were not trusted and could have a future for surrendering to the Great Zhou. Few people were willing to be enemies of the Great Zhou."

Guo Shao reached out to smooth the drawings on the table, raised the sleeves of the robe, as if he was about to say something, but he didn't make a sound. Wei Renpu hurriedly bowed with his fists.

After a while, Guo Shao said: "The front line has been too wide. Write a letter to the generals of the three cities, asking them not to act rashly for the time being... and then give him a letter of appointment and secretly award him an official position."

Wei Renpu hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is wise, I will do it immediately."

He also said: "Goryeo has old grudges with Liao. Although they were beaten by the Liao army to seek peace, their grudges have not been resolved only because of the force of the Liao army. Now our Great Zhou is as powerful as a tiger, and Goryeo may be willing to take the opportunity to attack Liao and cause a fire in its backyard. I suggest that I send envoys to cross the sea to Goryeo, form an alliance with Goryeo, and make an appointment to attack Liao."

"This plan is very wonderful." Guo Shao took over Cheng without hesitation... Anyway, there was no loss in success or failure. He ordered very simply, "Choose an envoy, bring a guard of etiquette, and cross the sea from Dengzhou to the nearest."

"Abide by the order." Wei Renpu worshipped.

Wei Renpu left, and everyone was busy preparing to set off.

...A few days later, the weather was clear and the army was dispatched as scheduled. Huang Gailuan's carriage was accompanied by the army, but the umbrella was empty under the cover. Guo Shao was wearing armor and rode on his horse to follow the west.

The vast crowds of people were not seen in front of them and in the back, and there were many people on the north bank of the Sanggan River. On the river, sails were like clouds, almost covering the entire water surface. Teams of cavalry on the other side were galloping. The scene was very grand.

In the afternoon, Guo Shao saw the big city standing in front of the sky on the green plain.

Seeing Youzhou City, looking back at its control of this large flat land, thinking about its strategic importance, Guo Shao immediately felt that everything he did was worth it! Guo Shao widened his eyes, looked back at his army and the thick deep defense line behind him, and thought to himself: It's time to settle the score!

On the road, the faces of many men also turned in the same direction: Youzhou.

In this vast land, everyone in various places should be paying attention to this crowd of troops coming to the city. Youzhou is not just a city at this time, but it is filled with too many grudges, dreams, blood, honor and disgrace. It is a symbolic place!

When the Central Plains Dynasty cut off the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, it was unable to be reclaimed after decades of three dynasties. Guo Shao even knew that it had not been reclaimed for hundreds of years. Some dynasties were forced to send it out. If it was reclaimed in their own hands, then there was no need to emphasize too much prestige and national power.

The Great Liao Dynasty was recognized by far and wide for many years as the most powerful and fearful country. Today, the Zhou army soldiers arrived in front of its gate. Whoever is stronger and whoever is weak will be the place of fair competition!

Guo Shao swept away the worry and depression in his chest and thought to himself: Since this is the case, let go and do it!

He rode his horse forward and rushed forward, and his generals and guards immediately rode their horses to follow him. A group of cavalry rushed straight to the south gate of Youzhou. On the ancient, heavy eaves and high buildings, there were warriors wearing barbarian clothes. The enemy soldiers were already ready for battle.

The general shouted behind him: "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body!"

Guo Shao pulled the horse nearly 200 steps away, jumped off the horse, and drew his bow and arrow. He stared at his eyes and his face turned red. His big hand pulled the strong bow in his hand like a full moon. The bow and cow tendons made a tight and sour sound, as if they were about to be broken, which made people's hearts tense.

The soldiers held their breath for a moment and stared at the bow and arrow in Guo Shao's hand.

The cluster of arrows diagonally faced the sky, with a loud "bang!", and the violent trembling shocked all the fine things stained on the bow, as if a faint smoke rose.

The heavy arrow flew into the air roaring.

Seeing this, the soldiers immediately shouted loudly: "Long live! Long live..."

Guo Shao turned over the horse, raised the bow in his hand high, and shouted loudly: "I will definitely take Youzhou!"

The troops were excited and shouted and surrounded Guo Shao and turned around. Sure enough, just after running for a while, stones and crossbows in the air flew out one after another and landed behind.

Guo Shao looked back at Youzhou again. The characters and flags on the city gate became blurred, but he seemed to see Luo Mengzi bleeding from his seven orifices, the little girl who was ravaged and slaughtered to the point of being an unparalleled girl, the burning village, the devastated people, the displaced people, and the heads piled up into Jingguan... Scenes flashed before Guo Shao's eyes one by one like pictures.

Running back to the formation, the shouts of soldiers like a sea of ​​steel shocked the earth in the wilderness outside the city.

"Use iron and blood to recover the homeland..." Guo Shao rode his horse in front of the army with a very incitement.

"Long live!" countless men shouted wildly.

"The revenge of the Great Zhou Erlang will burn out the Liao army. It's time for the Qing Dynasty to count the crime..." Guo Shao was excited and shouted loudly.

He drew out his long sword and looked at the air. The troops were excited and raised their swords and guns to shout for Guo Shao to respond.

The situation created momentum, and the Zhou army was full of confidence in defeat and morale was high. That night, the military and civilians began to build military camps and fortifications, and the figures of the people carrying the land were seen working with trotters everywhere.

A few days later, the people of Youzhou kept holding baskets and first-class tools and carrying dry food to the Youzhou military camp to volunteer to serve. Some people were still in ragged clothes and still wanted to help the king's army.

Obviously, the Khitan was not popular with the people. The Liao Kingdom occupied Youyun in the early stage and had a stable rule was surely contradictory. Although Xiao Siwen implemented a pacification strategy after he ruled the Southern Court, it was obviously unable to make up for the extreme unfair actions of the Khitan nobles and the people. After Yelu Xiu Ge took over, the situation became worse. In order to attack the Zhou army fortress, he forced the innocent people to catch up on the battlefield to fill the ditch.

There was a report back and forth. After the Zhou army's royal division arrived in Youzhou, this situation was natural.
Chapter completed!