Li Huaiguang never dreamed that he would be betrayed by Zhan Chaogui. Two of his men were killed, and he was tied up with rags in his mouth.
He was extremely angry, whining and shouting, and his eyes were blazing with anger.
Zhan Chaogui felt a little guilty, but he still shook his head and said: "You don't have to hate me. I am thinking about the people of Gaoping County. If you hide in Gaoping County, sooner or later the people of Gaoping County will be killed."
He no longer gave Li Huaiguang any chance, and ordered: "Put him in heavy shackles and shackles, and put him in a prison car!"
One of the government officials knocked Li Huaiguang unconscious with a stick from behind. The officials put on heavy shackles and shackles and carried him into an old car.
The prison car was made of rough wood and placed on a horse-drawn carriage. Li Huai's bald head was outside the wooden cage, and his body was sitting inside the wooden cage. A thirty-pound shackle was placed around his neck to prevent him from moving.
Zhan Chaogui took thirty government officials and personally escorted Li Huaiguang to Shangdang County...
The Hexi Army camp was stationed outside Shangdang City. Guo Song was still waiting for news about Pei Xin. Unexpectedly, soldiers came to report that the Gaoping County Magistrate escorted Li Huaiguang to the gate of the camp.
This news really surprised Guo Song. He immediately ordered Li Huaiguang to be escorted into the camp. After a while, Gaoping County Magistrate Zhan Chaogui walked into the tent, bowed and saluted: "Gaoping County Magistrate Zhan Chaogui comes to see Guo Shijun!"
Guo Song smiled curiously and asked: "How did Magistrate Zhan catch Li Huaiguang?"
Zhan Chaogui bowed and said: "Li Huaiguang used the golden cicada to escape from his shell. He asked his men to pretend to be him and escape to lure away the pursuers. He himself hid in Gaoping County, waiting for an opportunity to escape."
"Why didn't Magistrate Zhan just hand over Li Huaiguang to the pursuers?"
Zhan Chaochao explained: "As soon as Li Huaiguang came to Gaoping County, Beizhi wanted to arrest him, but he had three hundred soldiers, and Beizhi did not dare to do it. Beizhi originally wanted to tell the pursuers, but they did not enter the city and went south to chase him.
So I had no choice but to capture Li Huaiguang and take him north."
Guo Song nodded, "I will reward Magistrate Zhan for his great contribution this time!"
Zhan Chaogui was overjoyed and quickly expressed his loyalty: "It is a humble honor to serve your envoy!"
Guo Song smiled and quickly walked out of the tent. Li Huaiguang's prison car had already arrived at the entrance of the tent. Li Huaiguang's hair turned white overnight, as if he had aged ten years. In fact, he was not young, he was already over sixty.
Years old, he was Guo Ziyi's subordinate at first.
"General Li, you're fine!" Guo Song stepped forward and smiled.
Li Huaiguang glanced listlessly at Guo Song and pointed at the cloth in his mouth. Guo Song winked at the soldiers, who stepped forward and opened the rag from his mouth.
Li Huaiguang then said slowly: "The winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit. I don't want to say anything else. I have long been indifferent to life and death. I just ask you to leave me a whole body."
Guo Song nodded and said: "When my family's wealth was able to be transported out of Guanzhong, you gave me a favor. I have not forgotten it, but I will not have the kindness of a woman. You must die. I can keep your whole body and remove it."
In addition, I can also grant you a request, please think about it carefully before making it."
Li Huaiguang perked up and said quickly: "I just ask you to let my children go in the future. This is my only request."
Guo Song nodded slightly, "This request is not too much, okay! As long as your descendants can be honest and ordinary people and don't always think about revenge for their father, I can let them go."
"Okay! Allow me to write a suicide note and ask Mr. Guo to give it to my nephew in my hometown."
Guo Song turned around and ordered: "Take him to the tent, give him paper and pen, and give him a piece of white silk to go on the road!"
A quarter of an hour later, the soldier came to report: "Your Majesty, he is on his way."
"Send him a coffin and bury him in the tomb of Shangdang County Official!"
The soldiers went to deal with Li Huaiguang's funeral. Guo Song wrote a warrant, stamped it with his own seal, and handed it to Zhan Chaogui, saying: "From now on, you will be the governor of Ze, and I will appoint another governor. You go back to appease the people."
Bar!"
Zhan Chaogui was so excited that he knelt down and kowtowed to Guo Song before resigning and taking office.
Marching Sima Jia Qinglong said at the side: "Your Majesty, Li Huaiguang probably trusted Zhan Chaogui to hide in Gaoping County, and he must have betrayed Li Huaiguang for the sake of wealth."
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "People die for money and birds die for food. How could I not know, but I want everyone to know that as long as they are loyal to me, Guo Song, I can forget about the past things. No matter what happened to Zhan Chaogui in the past, as long as he
Those who have made great contributions should be rewarded. If he can do a good job, I will promote him again and will not consider whether he was loyal to Li Huaiguang. Li Huaiguang is dead, so there is no point in pursuing these matters."
Jia Qinglong gave a thumbs up and praised: "It still makes you more far-sighted."
Guo Song smiled with his hands behind his hands and accepted the compliments comfortably. He immediately appointed Jia Qinglong as the governor of Luzhou and the judge Gao Nan as the governor of Zezhou. After arranging the personnel and government affairs, he led the army to fight against Puzhou.
There is also the last Puzhou. Once Puzhou is captured, the entire Hedong Road will completely fall into his hands.
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To the west of Sangquan County in Puzhou, a cavalry of fifty people was galloping in the wilderness. They were scouts of the Hexi Army and were ordered to investigate the epidemic situation in Puzhou.
The leader of this scout team is Wang Bo, who is extremely capable and capable. They have been in Puzhou for three days and are now heading to Hedong County for on-site inspection.
Judging from the information they have received so far, the epidemic in Sangquan County is almost over. Everyone has experience in epidemic prevention, and it has not caused too serious consequences. Now I wonder what the situation is in Hedong County?
They ran through a forest. At this time, a soldier pointed in the distance and shouted: "Colonel Lieutenant, Brigadier Zhang and the others are back."
Wang Bo opened the curtain and took a closer look, and saw a dozen cavalrymen running from the south. The leader was Zhang Jincai, the brigade commander he had sent to Yuxiang County before. They were going to explore the enemy's situation in Yuxiang County.
After a moment, the two cavalrymen met, Zhang Jincai cupped his fists and said: "See the captain!"
"What's the situation with the enemy?"
"For the record, Captain, there are still only 3,000 garrison troops in Yuxiang County, but I heard that there are 50,000 Zhu Si troops in Pujin Pass."
"What's the epidemic situation in Yuxiang County?"
"It's almost over, and normal life has returned."
Wang Bo nodded, "It's the same here in Sangquan County. It's basically over. Judging from the epidemic situation in Hedong City, I guess it will be over soon!"
Everyone speeded up their horses and galloped towards Hedong City...
At this time, Guo Song led an army of 30,000 people to Wanquan County in Jiangzhou, which is close to Puzhou and is the bridgehead for attacking Puzhou.
In the big tent, Guo Song stood in front of the map and stared at Pujin Pass. He had received the exact information that Zhu Si had stationed 50,000 troops at Pujin Pass. Zhu Si's goal was obviously Puzhou, but why did he only station troops in Puzhou?
Three thousand?
"Your Majesty, I think Zhu Si is still worried that the epidemic has not subsided." Yao Jin said solemnly from the side.
Guo Song shook his head, "It should have nothing to do with the epidemic. If he is afraid of the epidemic, then not a single soldier should be stationed in Puzhou. There is no difference between stationing 3,000 and 30,000 soldiers in Yuxiang County. He should be hinting to me,
I hope I let go of Puzhou and leave Puzhou to him."
When Guo Song just said this, a soldier reported outside the door: "Qi Jun, Zhu Si sent an envoy!"
Guo Song laughed and said, "I'm not wrong! He still hopes to win without a fight and let me leave Puzhou to him."
Everyone agreed, and Guo Song immediately said: "Ask him to wait in the side tent!"
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Zhu Si's envoy is called Xu Jian, who is the chief clerk of Zhu Si's account. He is more than thirty years old and looks gentle and elegant. He came to negotiate with Guo Song on Zhu Si's order.
Xu Jian was sitting in the side tent and worried. Guo and Song's tens of thousands of troops had garrisoned at the gate of Puzhou. It was as if the arrow had been stringed. How could they cancel their plan to attack Puzhou?
At this time, the curtain opened and Guo Song walked in. Following him was Guo Song's new staff member Wen Miao. Wen Miao was only more than 20 years old and was the fifth grandson of Wen Daya, a famous official in the early Tang Dynasty.
In ancient times, he and his two brothers Wen Zao and Wen Xun were called the Three Wen Prodigies by Taiyuan people. They were all extremely talented.
Wen Miao was recommended to Guo Song by Xue Fan. His father Wen Ji served as Minister of Taichang Temple in Chengdu. Wen Miao's wife was Xue Fan's eldest daughter. It was normal for Xue Fan to recommend his own son-in-law.
Guo Song happened to lack a clerk to help him organize documents, so he appointed Wen Miao as the clerk of the clerk's office, which was also his confidential secretary.
"I've kept Mr. Xu waiting for a long time." Guo Song walked in and said with a smile.
Xu Jian quickly stood up and saluted, "It's a blessing for Xu Jian to be able to be received by the envoy!"