Guo Ning and others have now left Anzhou and are about to enter Suning County, Hejian Prefecture, an important town in the south of Anzhou.
The target of the army was a walled city in Suning County called Pinglu Village.
While the group was talking, the army was still marching. Right next to Yi La Chucai, Guo Ning's army was marching forward, and the soldiers in front and behind were like long snakes, with red military flags shining among them, brilliant like fire under the hot sun.
This is a team of about a thousand people, obviously well-trained. The various parts of the march were clearly organized and the movements were orderly. The soldiers held their heads high and held their spears and iron spears slanted on their shoulders. The view looked like an undulating jungle.
This is a team that has endured many hardships and dares to fight. Past experiences have made each of them accustomed to being on the front lines. Not only are they not afraid of fighting, but they treat fighting and death as nothing.
Back then, there were hundreds of thousands of border warriors living along the boundary trenches between the three states in Monan. Since the founding of the country, they have been constantly confronting enemies on the grasslands.
Their enemies range from Zubu, Mongol, White Tartar, Black Tartar to the current Great Mongolia. Eventually they failed. These people are the last survivors. They have lost everything, even their own fighting spirit and dignity.
But the past few months of recuperation and training have made them no longer groggy. Yi La Chucai could tell that most of them were impatient for the upcoming fight.
The fight in front of them was driven by Yizai Chucai.
A few days ago, he received a secret letter from the Prime Minister You's Mansion, asking him to urge Guo Ning to go to Hejian Mansion. Their mission is to disguise themselves as bandits and attack a remote camp.
In the past few months, Prime Minister Tu Shan has released a lot of political resources to political opponents in Zhongdu in order to protect Guo Ning's command. He has also invested in food, materials, ordnance and even talents at the Xijunhe camp in Anzhou.
And this fight is the reward that Prime Minister Tu Shan must see. The two parties have been cooperating until now, but Prime Minister Shan Shan has run out of ideas in the court, and it's time for Guo Ning to show up. Only after getting this return can Prime Minister Tu Shan make subsequent investments.
Yili Chucai was convinced that Guo Ning's request was very lofty and he would not refuse Prime Minister Shan Shan's request on such a trivial matter.
Sure enough, the men and horses from the Xijunhe camp quickly dispatched. Guo Ning personally led the army, accompanied by many capable military academies.
But Yi La Chucai also knew that with Guo Ning's unruly temperament, he would not do anything in a daze, and he himself had enough vision and was not someone who would be easily deceived. After Yizai Chucai conveyed Tu Danyi's intention, Guo Ning asked Du Shisheng to go to Cizhongdu without any hesitation.
This old man is very familiar with Mi Xin, the officials in Zhongdu City, and the city foxes and social rats who spread rumors all day long. Since he has been there, there is nothing in Zhongdu City that he can hide from Guo Ning.
Therefore, at this moment, Guo Ning asked Yizai Chucai not only to test the school, but also to test Yizai Chucai's sincerity.
Fortunately, Yizai Chucai did not intend to deceive Guo Ning.
Yizai Chucai stroked his beard and sighed: "Guo Langjun is familiar with military affairs in the border areas. He knows clearly that when autumn is high and horses are fat, the Mongolian army will soon go south."
As soon as these words were spoken, the breathing of several people around him, and even the riders, stagnated slightly.
Only Guo Ning chuckled twice: "What impact will the Mongolian army's upcoming move south have on the Zhongdu court? And how does it relate to our operation?"
"I'll tell you the truth, Guo Langjun. Over the years, the imperial court's military, financial, and material resources have been increasingly directed toward the war in Northern Xinjiang. And mastering the deployment of such a huge amount of resources also controls the power in the court. Therefore, every day Before the first war with the Mongols, it became a tradition that fierce battles in the court were inevitable."
Yi La Chucai recalled: "For example, in the third year of Da'an, the first to win power were Pingzhang Zhengshi Duji Sizhong, Cuzhi Zhengshi Wanyan Chengyu, Cizhi Zhengshi, Shangshu Youcheng Aotun Zhongxiao..."
"As a result, Yehuling was defeated, hundreds of thousands of troops were killed, and the two prime ministers collapsed immediately."
"Exactly." Yi La Chucai stroked his beard again.
He was treated well in the Xijunhe camp, but the care in the military camp was not as meticulous as in Zhongdu. His long beard was inevitably messy and had to be combed all the time.
"Last year, we, Dai Jin, fought against Mongolia in Taiyuan. This time, those who tried to take advantage of the opportunity to seize power were two veteran generals, You Prime Minister Pu San Duan and Shangshu You Cheng Ao Tun Zhong Xiao. In addition, because of last year's defeat, Due to the fierce criticism from the officials in the court, Wanyan Fuxing, a representative of the clan, and others were also included in the military planning this time. There was also the famous Confucian minister Jia Xuan who had already served as an official, and he was reinstated by the imperial edict and became the counselor of political affairs. At first glance, it can be said that civil and military forces work together, and all talents gather together.”
Guo Ning just shook his head, because in the subsequent battle at Migukou, the hundreds of thousands of troops led by Aotun Zhongxiao collapsed. This group of people was immediately torn apart and all kicked out of the court.
After this group of people, it was the turn of the current left prime minister Wan Yan Gang and right prime minister Shan Yi.
"What Qing Jin means is that there is a commotion in the court again now?"
Yi La Chucai glanced at Du Shisheng, who was smiling but not smiling, and replied: "That's natural, but the one who dances the highest right now is neither Wanyan Zuocheng nor Tudan Youcheng." They are the two newly appointed ministers of political affairs, Xu Ding, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Wang Weihan, the Minister of Criminal Affairs."
These two are both old friends of Du Shisheng. Although Du Shisheng had long been disheartened, he still felt uncomfortable hearing Yi La Chucai mention his old colleagues in such a tone: "These two are both powerless scholars. How can they participate?" Give him military skills? They can't shake Wanyan Zuocheng's position."
Yi La Chucai shook his head repeatedly: "Mr. Jinzhi, why do you have to bully me? In a war like this that uses all the national power, it is not only the command of the frontline army that deserves to be involved, but also the allocation of resources, food, ordnance, and manpower at the rear. And this is A piece of it was originally in the hands of Tu Dan Youcheng."
Having said this, he bowed his hand to Guo Ning: "Tu Shan Youcheng is a veteran of three dynasties. He has already made perfect plans for these matters. As long as he arranges them calmly, nothing will happen. However, there are people who are ambitious and insist on doing it. Trouble arose among them. He even bypassed Tu Dan Youcheng and directly sent orders to the local authorities, which in turn led to chaos in government affairs."
Guo Ning nodded slightly: "So, Tu Dan Youcheng asked us to make this trip just to prevent people from taking unauthorized actions in a certain place, right?"
"Yes." Yila Chucai nodded and said seriously: "The Mongols will go south to fight at any time. At this time, Tu Shan Youcheng has no time to slowly argue with other prime ministers. We must stabilize the common government in the rear. , we can only take this last step to cut through the mess quickly."
Du Shisheng sneered.
Yi La Chucai looked calm: "However, Guo Langjun doesn't have to worry. As we agreed before, you only need to capture the Pinglu stronghold in front. You can leave with one strike, and there is no need to do more killings... What follows? , Tu Shan Youcheng has already made arrangements."
Guo Ning smiled: "This is a small matter."
In fact, the scheduling of the march of thousands of people is no small matter. There is no airtight wall in this world. To put it bluntly, Tu Shanyi's request was to make a cut between Guo Ning and the remaining political forces of Xu Zhiguo to ensure Guo Ning's political reliability.
However, as a former ruler, he was arranging reckless heroes to attack the imperial army stronghold in order to suppress the political opponents in the court... The political situation in the Jin Dynasty has become so intense that such unscrupulous means are used? To what extent had the people of the Jin Dynasty become so chaotic?
The old Guo Ning would probably have no idea about this. But at this moment, Guo Ning looked at Yi La Chucai telling this request without changing his expression, and he just felt that the Kingdom of Jin must take the pill, just like what Guo Ning saw in his dream.
Guo Ning turned and glanced at the fortress in front of him: "A battle is a trivial matter. It's just..."
"Just what?"
"Does Tu Dan Youcheng have so much confidence in Wanyan Gang? Does he think the Mongolian army can be stationed on the top of Jinshan Mountain this time?"
Yi La Chucai sighed. If he is talking to others, even if he is talking nonsense with his eyes closed, he can make up a set of words to inspire confidence. However, Guo Ning himself was a veteran in fighting the Mongols. He and his men had personally experienced the previous two failures and had a clear understanding of the situation.
"Wanyan Zuocheng is a veteran general. He has indeed made a lot of preparations. No matter what, he will not be defeated." After a long time, Yi Ya Chucai said slowly: "...We must try our best."
After a pause, he continued: "Guo Langjun, the more difficult the situation becomes, the more important Tu Dan Youcheng's support is to you."
This is quite true. Guo Ning nodded.
He casually named a follower: "Hurry up and send the order for Li Ting to speed up his march and attack as soon as possible. Within an hour, I will rest my horse in Pinglu stronghold."
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