Since the dispatch of troops, Guo Da has been feeling uneasy. Just after dinner, he lit an oil lamp again and studied the shortcomings of this dispatch. Although he had discussed it many times in advance, the vigilance he had cultivated over the years told him that as long as he was not in the
In battle, it is always right to be cautious.
This also made him careless. He not only heard about Chen Chong's reputation, but also saw it with his own eyes. For the Yellow Turban Army in the first year of Zhongping, the word "Chen Chong" almost equaled defeat.
Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion was hasty at that time, millions of people were spread all over the north of the river and east of Hulao. The Central Plains was almost not owned by the imperial court, and the whole world was frightened.
But who could have expected that before the imperial court raised a large army, in March, Chen Chong and Liu Bei recruited 3,000 iron officers and disciples. They raised their troops from Dongping, worked day and night, and fought dozens of battles in the south and north.
All Yellow Turbans from Henan were driven to Hebei.
When Huangfu Song led his army to Julu, although the Yellow Turbans had millions of people, their old master was so weak that he had nowhere to eat. Master Daliang's condition worsened. No one dared to fight for a while, so the whole army attacked the Han army.
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If it weren't for the emperor's short-sightedness, the Yellow Turbans would have been almost wiped out in one battle.
For such a person, when Guo Day thought that he seemed to be able to capture him, how could he not feel excited and toss and turn?
What a great opportunity! But the opportunity was so good that Guo Da could not believe it. Although he had sent veterans like Yang Feng to raid Hequdu, Guo Da still instinctively asked himself, can this really succeed?
According to convention, Guo Da himself should have led the surprise attack in this operation, but by some mistake, he agreed to let Yang Feng lead the team. Now that Guo Da thought about it, he had to admit that he had an unspeakable fear of Chen Chong.
Can't really fight it.
All the news brought by Yang Feng came just in time, but sometimes fighter opportunities are like this. If you miss it, you will not come back, and you may even be in danger. But without this strategy, Guo Da couldn't come up with a better strategy to break the situation.
, we can only bite the bullet and go on.
A battle often only takes half a day, and if it is a surprise attack, it will take even less time. Calculating the time, this surprise attack should have results. Either tonight or tomorrow morning, an envoy should come back to report. Guo Da sighed and thought in his mind, it would be best if he won. If something unexpected happened, he would not be helpless if he defended the fortified city, but he would have to kill more brothers. This was a war.
Disobey the rules.
In the Xihe County, the Baibo Army was naturally far stronger than the government, but they could not cross the Yellow River with their entire army to attack Lishi. And now all the Bingzhou officers and soldiers were gathered at Lishi, at least 30,000 in number.<
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Although he has more than 70,000 men, he can only put all the men on the battlefield with more than 40,000 men. The number of people cannot widen the gap, and the government is well-armed and well-armed. In a confrontation on the battlefield, the odds of victory are really not on his side.
Nowadays, the Xiongnu are waiting for the emperor's orders in the north. Tens of thousands of cavalry have gathered in Meiji, which makes Guo Da feel like a thorn in his back. There are more than 70,000 people. Even when Daliang Xianshi was still alive, they were still a large troop, but
The reality is that he is forced to a corner of the Xihe River, with no room to stretch or maneuver.
If the Huns turned against the emperor and the rebels united with the Huns, everything would be revitalized! Guo Da couldn't help but think so, but he sent people several times to contact his old business patron, King Zuo Xian, but King Zuo Xian ignored him and said that the gift was
He accepted it all, but he didn't let go. This made Guo Dabao feel frustrated, so he could only gather his thoughts temporarily and continue to think about whether he could build another urn in the city.
Suddenly he heard footsteps outside the door. Guo Da raised his head and asked, "Is it Yang Shuai's messenger back?"
Xu Huang, who was standing outside the door, hesitated for a moment, and then replied in a buzzing voice: "Come to Commander Guo, Yang Hui, the chief secretary of Xihe, is here. He is here to negotiate with Guo Commander on the orders of the thief Chen. He also brought with him our troops at Hequdu."
News of the defeat. Yang Shuai has been sent back with him. I have seen him and found that he is not seriously injured. He just received a heavy punch and he will probably wake up tomorrow morning."
After hearing this, Guo Da was silent at first, but his expression was quite relaxed. Then he stopped laughing again, and finally his expression became gloomy.
It was better to know that he was defeated than to know nothing, and to have negotiations was better than to fight with swords. Even if he encountered a big change, the heavy stone hanging in his heart finally fell. He put down the oil lamp in his hand, rolled up the map and put it away.
In the bookstore, he immediately straightened his expression and said to the door: "Gongming, please let the chief clerk in. Such opportunities are rare. At least I have never thought about what Chen Longshou will do to me one day.
Conditions."
The door opened, and Xu Huang and Chen Chong walked into the house. Guo Da looked him over and said with a smile: "Master Yang is already the right-hand man of the prefect at a young age, which is enviable. I wonder where he is from a wealthy family?"
Chen Chong did not answer this question, but instead carefully observed the current leader of the White Wave Yellow Turban. Guo was about forty years old, with faintly white temples, and his face and figure under the fur coat were slightly thin, unlike
Xu Huang was so burly, but he stood up straight, and he did not seem to feel decadent at all due to the defeat in the war, but instead had endless fighting spirit.
This is a person who will not be defeated by difficulties and setbacks. Chen Chong made a judgment in his heart, so he saluted first, and then said: "I came to negotiate with Guo Shuai on the order of the envoy. It is not a joke. It involves tens of millions of people in Xihe."
I hope Guo Shuaisi will be careful about his surname and the future of the rebel army."
These words were not enough to impress Guo Da. He was used to seeing life and death, and had seen many officials. His heart was as hard as stone, and it would not be possible to make him confess in just one or two words.
He just asked calmly: "Since the chief secretary dared to come alone, he must have quite a bargaining chip in his hand. But it is not Guo's boast. The Baibo Army has been fighting for a long time, so it must be something special. What is Xihe?
Guo is from Xihe, and Guo understands the situation. Now our army occupies the two counties of Yuanshui, with Baibo Valley at its back, and its military, human and financial resources far exceed those of the prefect. I wonder how the prefect wants to persuade him?"
"It can't be said to be a considerable bargaining chip." Chen Chong took a few steps forward and looked directly at Guo Da Dao: "To be honest, in this battle, the prefect used his body as a bait to lure the rebels out, laid an ambush, defeated the rebels in one fell swoop, and captured almost all of them, except for some
Dozens of people fled, and almost all of them were captured. I believe that Guo Shuai has carefully trained these five thousand elite cavalry, and they are not completely clueless."
The news was so sudden that Guo Da's eyes twitched slightly. It was one thing to know that the front line had failed, but it was another thing to have failed the war to this point. Guo Da knew very well that these five thousand people were all the backbone of the army, and they were all captured.
Capture is something the rebels cannot afford.
He originally thought that he could at least partially escape with his cavalry skills, but unexpectedly his entire army was wiped out. Before he could even think of blaming Yang Feng, a familiar feeling of frustration arose in his heart.
So much so that he suddenly remembered the comrades he fought with back then.
But after all, it was just a thought. He quickly regained his composure, his eyebrows barely moving at all, and said calmly to Chen Chong: "What? Does Chen Longshou send the chief secretary here to show his power to me? Or maybe it is?
The chief clerk thinks that Mr. Guo is a coward and doesn’t dare to take the chief clerk’s head as a gift in return?”
But Chen Chong shook his head and said with a smile: "Shuai Guo, if I dare to come here alone, of course it is not because I am afraid of life or death, nor is it because I am greedy for pictures and quick words. I just really want to show Guo Shuai my sincerity and that I value you.
Guo Shuai, so I first entrusted him to return Yang Shuai to the lower levels. Moreover, as long as the five thousand rebels who are currently captured want to come back, we will naturally release them in a few days without stopping them."
These words were shocking, but Guo Da was not moved at all. Instead, he asked directly: "Why? Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, fought against our army many times before, resulting in countless casualties. Everyone in the Xihe officialdom hated me to the bone.
.Chen Long's first release to return my five thousand brothers is tantamount to greatly offending the thief Zhang. Isn't he afraid of what others say?"
"The governor is just a mediocre person, so what's so scary?" When Chen Chong said this, Guo Da couldn't help but feel it was a little funny, but in the end he endured it and listened to him continue: "The only thing you fear is the cold weather and the freezing ground.
, lack of food and clothing, I have tried my best to recruit more than 6,000 victims, but an additional 5,000 rebels will be unable to do so. I am kind-hearted and do not want another human tragedy to occur because of food and clothing, and all the rebels will be defeated
Return them. Of course, for those who are willing to stay, we will try our best to find a way out for them, and we hope that Guo Shuai will forgive us."
After Chen Chong finished speaking, he bowed again, but Guo Da fell silent for a while, and Xu Huang looked strange. These words were so abnormal that both of them could not believe it. Of course there are good officials who can appease the people and protect their safety, but
The good officials of the Han Dynasty were always cruel to the rebels. The most typical one is Yu Xu. When he was governing, he almost loved the people like his own children. However, when he suppressed the rebels, almost no rebels could escape his strategy. More than 100 rebels died under his hands.
Thousands of plans.
This is the loyalty and filial piety of the Han Dynasty. It is loyalty and filial piety to love the people, and it is also loyalty and filial piety to kill thieves. Unless it is a barbarian who does not know loyalty and filial piety, if the people under his rule rebel and join the thieves, they will be killed without mercy. Even if there is a temporary compromise with the rebels, it is nothing more.
This is a long-term plan. The Black Mountain bandits like Zhang Yan are nominally recruited by the court, but it is just because the court is currently stretched thin. When they can be withdrawn, it will be nothing more than death. The rebels also know this well.
What the Chief Secretary Yang said in front of him was completely contrary to this principle. It was a big joke to worry that the captured bandits would die of hunger and cold, but this Chief Secretary said with certainty that they could be released without any effort on their part.
People, so much so that they couldn't help but wonder whether there was something wrong with themselves, or something was wrong with the chief clerk and the governor behind him.
Guo Da suddenly recalled the scene that year, which made his anger uncontrollably well up in his heart. He clenched his fists. He breathed a long sigh of relief and said to Xu Huang: "Gongming, go out and don't let anyone in. I want to fight with you."
This Lord Registrar will discuss this carefully."
Chen Chong noticed a glaring gaze from behind and glanced at his back, and felt a slight chill. Then he heard Xu Huang reply: "Yes." After a moment, he heard him exit the room and close the door.
When Xu Huang exited, Guo Da sat back at the desk and sighed to Chen Chong: "Lord Registrar, since you are working for Chen Tingjian, you should know what happened at Qianqiu Pavilion back then."
When Chen Chong heard this, his whole body was as stiff as thunder. He tried his best not to fall down. He asked bitterly: "Guo Shuai didn't mean to say that he was in the pavilion back then and he never forgot about this matter day and night."<
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Guo Da drew his sword and asked with a smile: "How does the chief secretary know what I am thinking?"
Chen Chong sighed: "Because Chen has heard this statement no less than ten times."
Guo Dasui banged the table with the back of his knife and sneered at Chen Chong: "You should also know about the dragon head. If you broke the oath back then, you would die!"
【1】Qianqiu Pavilion: Located in Baixiang County, Xingtai City, this is where Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, establishing the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is commemorated by future generations and was also an extremely important place of worship during the Eastern Han Dynasty.