Everyone gathered around, but after seeing Guo Ning chatting for a few words, he drew a map, and added the situation of cities, roads, mountains, and rivers to the map.
Everyone present is a veteran of the war and has rich experience. They know that only by being familiar with the mountains and rivers and geography can we advance and retreat with a well-founded basis. However, not everyone has the ability to draw a map as easily as Guo Ning. At that moment, someone nodded slightly.
Wang Shixian wiped the sweat from his forehead and thought to himself, didn't Guo Liulang want to rebel? Am I overthinking? He looked at the map again and couldn't help but said: "It turns out that Guo Liulang meant to leave Hebei in order to achieve a brighter future!"
When he said these words, Monk Luo was silent, and Li Ting and others were stunned.
"Leave Hebei?" Someone rolled his eyes.
They are people who have left their hometown and are not against this.
It turns out that people from all walks of life were stranded in Hebei because they were like headless flies, with no direction or goal. Seeing that Guo Ning seemed to have a comprehensive plan, everyone was interested and quickly got closer.
Several people said: "It's good to leave Hebei. But, where can we go after leaving Hebei?"
Everyone looked at Guo Ning, but Guo Ning remained calm.
He pointed at the map with his pen and said slowly: "Just now we talked about so many dead ends, all of them are in Hebei. This is because in the next few years, all the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and even the guards of Zhongdu, joined forces to attack Meng'an. We will inevitably continue to fight fiercely with the Mongolian army in Hebei. In the process, stragglers like us will most likely be ruined. Therefore, we cannot stay in Hebei."
"What do Mukuro think?"
"You all trust me, Guo Liulang, and are willing to listen to my suggestions. But I will not make random decisions, let alone bet everyone's lives and wealth! Now that we have brought it up, we will discuss it on the spot... Please see !”
Having said this, Guo Ning moved the tip of his pen and first pointed to a city sign.
"This is Zhongdu Daxing Mansion!" Someone recognized it.
"Exactly." Guo Ning responded: "The Daxing Mansion in Zhongdu is at the foot of the emperor, and there are many nobles. If you wanted to enrich the court in the early years, it would be okay to go. Now that the Black Tartars are powerful, the court is in turmoil, and Zhongdu is the first to bear the brunt... I'm afraid it's even more dangerous than Hebei. I think we are already crawling out of the dead, so we really don't have to ask for trouble."
Having said this, everyone went to see Li Ting.
Li Ting nodded dullly: "That's right!"
Guo Ning's pen tip turned to the west, then to Xijing.
Before he could speak, Monk Luo shook his head, and everyone else shook their heads too.
Two years ago, the Mongolian army attacked Yunnei, Dongsheng, Shuozhou and other places, forcing the imperial court to stay in Xijing and Hu Shahu abandoned the city and fled. Last year, the Mongolian army attacked Xijing again. They first defeated the reinforcements at Migukou and then swept across the state armies. Wherever they went, soldiers and civilians were massacred and plundered.
Now the general of Datong, Mo Ni Jinzhong, claims to be the province of Xijing. In fact, everyone has heard that the only thing he can control is the city of Xijing. Needless to say, that was not a place where people could live in peace.
Guo Ning's pen tip pointed southward to the Hedong area without pausing: "Hedong is the heart of the world, and Marshal Youdu Superintendent Pucha Ali leads a heavy army here. However, precisely because this place is the heart of the world, military service is extremely heavy. There will be pressure in the future and large-scale recruitment of troops will be signed at every turn. If we go here... Hehe, once we are signed into the army, we are afraid that we will be sent back to Hebei to fight in the blink of an eye, and we will be the target of a sword again."
As soon as these words came out, everyone felt sad and all shook their heads.
"As for further west..."
Before Guo Ning finished speaking, Wang Shixian rubbed his cheeks hard and said with a wry smile: "To the west, we will reach Guanzhong... let alone that place! It's one thing for me to go back to my hometown, but as for you, it's not worth the trip. !”
Everyone knows that Wang Shixian joined the army from Guanzhong, and several people have heard him tell the story of successive years of famine in Guanzhong and thieves running rampant in the territory. Besides, that place is too remote. Immediately, his eyes moved back to Guo Ning's pen tip.
"The next place is a safe place, and it's quite close." Guo Ning pointed a little with his pen: "Nanjing Road, in the direction of Kaifeng Mansion, how about it?"
After everyone heard what he said, they all thought about it, and the room fell silent.
Guo Ning coughed lightly and winked at Monk Luo: "What do you think, Master Huifeng?"
"Nanjing Road? Okay! That place is far away from the Mongols!" Monk Luo shook his head: "Furthermore, Kaifeng was the capital of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties. It was a famously wealthy place. It is said that there were many people and wealth. Like a mountain! I also heard that Kaifeng is famous for its good wine and delicious food..."
This is outrageous! Master Huifeng, you are here to cause trouble!
Guo Ning coughed twice more.
Monk Luo looked rough, but he was actually very thoughtful, and he immediately realized that something was wrong with him. He shut up quickly and almost bit his tongue.
The two big eyes rolled, and Monk Luo's tone became serious and worried: "Nanjing Road is naturally a good place. However, from the perspective of the Yisa family, there are also huge problems there."
"What's the problem?" Li Ting asked immediately.
Everyone looked at Monk Luo, waiting for his explanation.
How could Monk Luo know? Suddenly I felt sweating on my forehead and itchy scalp. He quickly raised his hand and pretended to touch his head. After touching it three or five times, my mind was completely confused. He laughed quickly and said with a confident attitude: "What did Guo Liulang think of?"
Guo Ning said in a deep voice: "It is true that Nanjing Road is farther away from the Mongols. But this place is too close to the Song people in the Southern Dynasties."
Someone immediately laughed and said: "What are the people of Song Dynasty so scary about? They..."
Halfway through his words, he couldn't continue. Generally speaking, Northern Han people are quite proud of their prowess and do not look down upon the soft-bodied Southerners. However, during the Taihe period, the Song army went northward and caused considerable troubles in Caizhou, Tangzhou, Sizhou and other places. Although the imperial court repelled it at that time, many of the people present were veterans, and they vaguely heard rumors that it was not that easy to deal with it.
Since it is a matter of where to go after deliberation, you have to think carefully. Now that the Jin Dynasty is in decline, who knows what will happen to the Song people next? If they bump into the Song people and start a war again... After all, the group is small and weak, and they have no foundation. Maybe they will become the dead ghosts again?
Although these people are all unruly border warriors, they all know that the more than a hundred of them are nothing compared to the huge court system and the high-ranking officials and nobles from all over the country. When you arrive somewhere rashly, will you be able to settle down smoothly? What kind of situation they will face and how they will be treated... no one can tell.
Wang Shixian even thought about what if he took refuge with the Song people.
He immediately shook his head vigorously. Forget it, the Song Dynasty's style is really...well, it makes people uncomfortable to listen to it.
At this time, everyone present sighed in unison. There are so many directions, each with its own difficulties; in such a big country, there is really no safe place to go!
Li Ting sneered repeatedly.
Monk Luo breathed a sigh of relief at this time. He stood up from the bed, stood beside the desk, poked a corner of the map with his thick finger, and said to everyone: "It seems like our only way to survive is here."
"Shandong?" Li Ting asked.
Everyone in the room has experienced battles, and there is no fool. At this time, everyone understood that Guo Ning had made a big circle, but his goal was always Shandong.
Li Ting then asked again: "What's so good about Shandong? How can the monk say that our way out is in Shandong?"
Monk Luo thought for a moment: "What do Liulang think?"
Guo Ning was not in a hurry to answer.
Everyone chatted for a while, and it was noon. Guo Ning slept all day, missed several meals, and was very hungry. He asked Lu Han to bring food to everyone and took the lead in eating for a while. After he was full and everyone felt warm, he stood up again and stood in the middle of the room.
"Geographically speaking, the east and west roads of Shandong are bordered by the Haidai River, with large rivers running through it and the Huaisi River flowing through it, benefiting from fish and salt. It is the eastern gateway and hub of the Jin and Song Dynasties... these, you can roughly Everyone knows that I have nothing to say in particular."
Guo Ning pondered for a moment, showed a determined look, and looked at everyone: "In the past few years, although Dajin has gradually declined, it is still a big country in the Central Plains and the imperial court. Although Dajin's Northern Border Recruitment Bureau has been in chaos, It was a disastrous defeat, but there are still elites from the Central Capital, hundreds of thousands of troops from many military commanders and general administration offices in the south, and tens of millions of people from the Central Plains. We, like ants, even if we are dissatisfied and resentful towards Daikin, we will always It’s not necessary to start a rebellion like this.”
At this point, he couldn't help but laugh a few times: "As we just said, even if you fall into the trap and become a bandit, you will be dead, let alone rebel? Brother Shixian is anxious to advise me, never think of yourself as Chen She and Wu Guang... Then Very reasonable.”
Li Ting was obviously impatient: "Guo Liulang, just now you said that surrendering to the imperial court is a dead end!"
"That's right!" Guo Ning stretched out his hands to indicate: "Since the two roads of surrendering to the imperial court and betraying the imperial court are both dead ends, then our way of survival lies between the two roads."
"What are these words? Guo Liulang, are you entertaining me?" Li Ting felt completely incomprehensible. He shouted over and over again: "What do you say have to do with Shandong?"
Guo Ning asked: "Does Li Erlang know that there have indeed been rebels in the Jin Dynasty in recent years?"
