Guo Yao'er left with a gloomy expression.
Guo Ning held the iron bone flower upside down and stood there.
The smell of blood in the surrounding area was so pungent that even the night wind could not dissipate it. Several prisoners were all splattered with blood or fragments of unknown tissue in their heads, and they were all frightened. One by one, they bit the dirt or rags stuffed in their mouths, shouted loudly, and tried their best to squirm away from this evil star.
After a while, there was the sound of footsteps at the front of the road, and Wang Shixian led several people in a hurry.
When Guo Ning met with Guo Yao'er, it was Wang Shixian who led people on guard outside.
"What do you mean?" Guo Ning asked, "I heard your whistle warning."
Wang Shixian saluted and said solemnly: "Just now, dozens of people quietly followed Guo Yaer and approached twenty feet ahead. Those people were all soldiers, and their movements were extremely agile and extremely elite. We were afraid that we would be seen through. The bottom line is, I didn’t dare to get too close, so according to what you said, Rokuro, I didn’t intercept... I just stared at Guo Jie’er and fired two arrows.”
When Guo Jiaoer came out to negotiate, more than 20 people who had followed Guo Ning to escort the prisoners were all lurking in the wilderness under the leadership of Wang Shixian. Most of them stayed stationary and were responsible for sneaking forward and retreating in the wilderness with bows and arrows, intimidating Guo Jie'er and the subsequent soldiers. There were only five of them.
Among them, Zhao Jue from Huanzhou was very good at archery. He had previously shot the Ming Dy on behalf of Guo Ning. Just now, Zhao Jue fired two arrows in an instant, shocking Guo Jie'er's obedience.
Guo Ning nodded to Zhao Jue. Zhao Jue was taciturn and only bowed to signal.
"Then what?"
Wang Shixian said with admiration: "Later, these people continued to approach, and when they saw Liu Lang brazenly killing people from a distance, with great momentum, they did not dare to act rashly and withdrew."
Guo Ning nodded and said half-jokingly: "Fortunately, they retreated quickly. My shoulder and back injuries have not healed, so I can't actually exert any force. If I hit a few more heads, my movements will not be clean and neat."
Wang Shixian laughed twice.
Among Yang An'er's generals who were in the Gucheng store, besides Guo Yao'er, they were Yang You, who was known for his bravery and ease of killing. With Yang You's temperament, it was normal for him to lead his men after Guo Yao'er and sneak out to look for flaws.
Those led by Yang You were naturally the top elites in front of Yang An'er's tent. These soldiers must be more difficult to deal with than Ji Junli's troops. Guo Ning thought to himself, no matter how many warriors he had, there was no need to fight head-on. He might as well take the Gucheng store first, turn against the customers, and then murder the enemy.
However, Guo Ning's men cannot produce hundreds of warriors out of thin air.
The defeated soldiers had plenty of battlefield experience, but after all, they had been loosened for more than a year and many of them had degraded to the point where they were no longer as good as farmers and needed to be trained and reorganized. The only men under Guo Ning who could fight fiercely at this time were Monk Luo and Li Ting.
Although these two troops succeeded in ambushing Ji Junli's troops, they also suffered losses. If in a life or death situation, of course they can fight again. Guo Ning's reputation was enough to drive them to fight continuously.
But they are the only people Guo Ning can use, and they cannot be lost or squandered.
So Guo Ning was bluffing from the beginning.
It's just that he seems calm and self-possessed on the outside, but in his heart he is still a violent and fierce warrior. When he heard that Yang You dared to kill prisoners, his murderous aura rose, and he directly beat several people to death in protest.
This is both a threat and a way to show our determination to fight.
Such a fierce statement was enough to force the enemy in front of him not to act rashly, and made Guo Yao'er urgently send Guo Ning's conditions to Xing County.
The conditions proposed by Guo Ning were very simple. He asked Yang An'er to restrict his movements to the north of the Qihe River and try to ensure the safety of the Pao Ze brothers.
Agreeing to this condition does not pose much hindrance to Yang An'er. To refuse to agree would be to create a powerful enemy for himself out of thin air and slow down the normal arrangements for his own rebellion. If Yang An'er wants to do something big, she must be able to think clearly about gains and losses.
From Guo Ning's point of view, there was no need for him to break up with Yang An'er.
Yang An'er will definitely start a rebellion. Guo Ning is fully confident about this.
But this was Guo Ning's judgment based on that big dream. Could he still use this as an excuse to go to court officials?
On the surface, Yang An'er is still the deputy commander of the Tiewa Gan War Army appointed by the imperial court.
According to the system at the beginning of the founding of the Jin Dynasty, a military commander was placed above Meng'an, a military commander was placed above the military commander, and a military commander was placed above the ten thousand households. The so-called Dutong, in one word, is the abbreviation of Du Bo Ji Lie. Dutong in various places all lead the army and the people and have great power.
Later, when the national situation stabilized, each capital command department gradually evolved into three military command departments in the south, three recruitment departments in the north, and the general management departments of various horse and infantry troops in the interior. But when Taihe conquered the Song Dynasty, the position of military commander was reset again. It was at that time that Yang An'er surrendered to the court and received the position of deputy commander of the Tiewa Ganzhan Army.
This position is extremely high-status and powerful. Even though Tiewa's army was in Zhuozhou at this time and had no jurisdiction, and Yang An'er himself was quite jealous of the court, he was justified in sending troops to sweep away the defeated troops around him, and there was nothing to blame!
As for the defeated soldiers and the local people who suffered a bloody disaster...
Yang An'er himself did not take this seriously. What he was worried about was whether his sudden expansion of troops would arouse doubts about Tang Kuo, the capital's commander-in-chief. And the surrounding officials would not regard this as a problem. The ants down there are just ants, can they be considered human beings? What does it matter if a group of people die?
In this way, it seemed absurd for Guo Ning to stand up to defend the defeated soldiers.
In the eyes of Hebei Province and even the imperial court, you, Guo Ning, are just a regular soldier in Wushabao, Changzhou. Why should you stand up for others? Yang Dutong gathered the defeated soldiers for the imperial court. Who are you, how dare you stand in the way? Ah, by the way, it was Xiao Haohu who you killed earlier as the commander-in-chief of Anzhou City! Sure enough, his behavior is unpredictable, he must be rebelling!
Guo Ning hoped that Yang An'er would be a pioneer, but he never thought that he would be Yang An'er's pioneer.
He has a martial character, but he is not a fool.
After that big dream, Guo Ning's horizons were broadened and he gained many insights that were not of this world. From this, he is determined to find a way to change the upcoming and unbearable future.
But he wasn't entirely sure how to take that path. He couldn't even guarantee that the direction of that road must be correct.
Guo Ning is a warrior. He has been accustomed to bloodshed since he was a child. He can move freely through danger, and his behavior is considered extremely vicious by ordinary people. However, when he has to take on greater responsibilities and find a way to survive for the people around him, for countless people... he is willing to be as cautious and steady as possible.
For some things, it is easy to pay blood debts with blood, but if you want to achieve long-term goals, you cannot compete for temporary superiority.
Guo Ning waved to Wang Shixian and said simply: "Keep the dead ones and take the other prisoners back."
"Yes." Wang Shixian bowed in response, but looked in the direction of the Guihe River with some worry.
"how?"
"Old Han's side..."
"Li Er can always persuade him." Guo Ning's face darkened and he kept walking: "If it doesn't work, I will tell him personally."
When they came with the prisoners, they bumped into Han Renqing who was returning. According to the old soldier, several of his companions who were born with him had just been seriously injured and died. He came back with three or five of his companions who were still able to move. Everyone was determined to die and wanted to fight Yang An'er's men.
At that time, Wang Shixian came forward to persuade, claiming that Guo Liulang would always advocate for everyone, and asked them to be calm and go to the lower reaches of the Qihe River to join Li Ting and others. But later he thought that Han Renqing's child died in the lower reaches of the Qihe River! Han Renqing will see such a scene as soon as he goes there. How can he endure this and suppress this blood feud?
