At that time, Pharmacist Guo was determined to rebel against the Liao Dynasty and surrender to the Song Dynasty. However, the Ever Victorious Army included Xiao Yuqing, a supervisor sent by the imperial court. Xiao Yuqing had a thousand Khitans under his command who were independent of the Ever Victorious Army and under the direct management of Xiao Yuqing. Elite soldiers. These thousand elite soldiers of the imperial court were specially used by the imperial court to contain the victorious army. This situation is extremely unfavorable for Pharmacist Guo and his victorious army.
As a representative of the royal family, Xiao Yuqing has great power in the Ever Victorious Army; in normal times, Medicine Master Guo also respects Xiao Yuqing very much. Now, if the Ever Victorious Army wants to rebel against the Liao Dynasty and surrender to the Song Dynasty, it must find a way to deal with Xiao Yuqing and his thousand elite Khitan soldiers; otherwise, if the two sides start a conflict, things will be in trouble.
Although, at this time, Guo Yaoshi's ever-victorious army numbered 30,000 people, it was hard to say whether he would be able to control all the soldiers in the event of a conflict with the elite soldiers of the imperial court.
Therefore, Guo Pharmacist invited Zhang Linghui, the deputy commander of the Changsheng Army, Zhao Heshou and Liu Shunren, the regiment training envoys, and Zhen Kuohai, Zhen Wuchen, the deputy regiment training envoys, to discuss the matter of rebelling against the Liao Dynasty and surrendering to the Song Dynasty.
Pharmacist Guo said to Zhang Linghui, Zhao Heshou, Liu Shunren, Zhen Kuohai, Zhen Wuchen and other generals: "Generals, according to the information received, the imperial court has become suspicious of our Han generals, and wants to deprive us of our military power and put us into prison." The Han generals were coaxed into the imperial palace to solve the problem. Therefore, our ever-victorious army must protect itself and must rebel against the Liao Dynasty and surrender to the Song Dynasty. There is no ambiguity about this! The problem that needs to be solved now is that the imperial court still lives in Zhuozhou City. The sent supervisor Xiao Yuqing still has a thousand elite Khitan soldiers under his command. If we take action rashly, we will be blocked by Xiao Yuqing. How do you think we should deal with Xiao Yuqing and his one thousand elite soldiers?"
Zhang Linghui said: "Guo Tongzhi, since the imperial court lured us to the palace in the name of studying and deploying Youzhou's defense, so that they can harm us; then, we should also treat others according to their own way, and also treat them according to their own way. It is necessary to determine the name of Zhuozhou's defense, send people to respectfully invite Xiao Yuqing to come over, and then control him. At the same time, send another general with five thousand troops to surround the Khitan elite military camp and disarm them."
Hearing this, Pharmacist Guo said: "This is a good idea. Just follow Deputy Commander Zhang's approach. Everyone, who among you will respectfully invite Xiao Yuqing to come to the Commander's Office?"
Zhen Kuohai stood up and said loudly: "Commander, the last general is willing to go and respectfully invite Supervisor Xiao."
Pharmacist Guo was overjoyed when he saw this and said happily: "It would be great if General Zhen is willing to go. The key is that General Zhen is young and energetic. When encountering problems, he must suppress his anger and don't be impatient for the purpose of inviting Xiao Yuqing. . As long as Xiao Yuqing is invited, the thousand Khitan soldiers under his command will be easy to handle without a leader. Zhen Tuan Lian Envoy must ensure Xiao Yuqing's safety and make sure no mistakes are made. In the future, everything will happen. If an unexpected situation occurs, we will use Xiao Yuqing as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the court and Xiao Qian."
Zhen Kuohai replied loudly: "Don't worry, Commander, I will ensure that Supervisor Xiao is invited here safely."
"Okay! Okay!" Pharmacist Guo said, then turned to Zhao Heshou and others and said: "When Zhen Kuohai respectfully invited Xiao to oversee the army, Zhao Heshou's regiment commander led a victorious army of 5,000 to be responsible for besieging and capturing the Khitan elite barracks; if If the Khitan elite soldiers refuse to cooperate, they will be destroyed. The regiment training envoy Liu Shunren and the deputy regiment training envoy Zhen Wuchen are responsible for gathering troops and horses, and they are subject to the call of this control at any time."
Zhao Heshou, Liu Shunren, and Zhen Wuchen stood up and replied loudly: "General, I will obey your order!"
After arranging the above matters, Medical Master Guo turned to Zhang Linghui and said: "Deputy Commander Zhang, when Deputy Commander Zhen invited Xiao Yuqing and Commander Zhao to take control of the Khitan elite military camp, the deputy commander will take the lead. Eight thousand elite soldiers, five hundred horsemen and the magistrates of four counties under Zhuozhou went to the Song camp and were summoned to surrender."
Zhang Linghui also stood up and replied loudly: "I will obey the order!"
After Guo Yaoshi discussed with Zhang Linghui, Zhao Heshou, Liu Shunren, Zhen Kuohai, Zhen Wuchen and other generals, they immediately adjourned the meeting and prepared to go their separate ways.
At this time, the red sun was setting in the west, and the glow filled Zhuozhou City. From the roofs of the houses with red bricks and green tiles, smoke was rising. In the Supervisor's Mansion, Xiao Yuqing finished his day's work and sat at the Eight Immortals table, drinking Mengding Mountain tea from Sichuan. The whole room was filled with the fragrance of tea.
This tea was given to him by a business friend of Xiao Yuqing. Ever since Xiao Yuqing drank this Mengding Mountain Jasmine Tea, he no longer likes other teas and only drinks the Mengding Mountain Jasmine Tea.
Now, while Xiao Yuqing was drinking tea happily, a sergeant came in hurriedly and reported: "Report to the Supervisory Army. The imperial court sent someone to inform the Supervisory Army about something important."
After Xiao Yuqing heard the report, he put the tea bowl he was holding on the table and ordered: "Please bring in the court officials quickly!"
"Yes!" the sergeant replied, turned around and left the lobby. After a while, the sergeant led several people into the lobby.
The leader bowed up and said loudly: "How is Brother Jianjun doing?" Xiao Yuqing heard the sound and went to look, and saw that it was Xiao Yufeng, the lieutenant in front of the imperial palace. He was a member of the same family and was familiar with him. Xiao Yuqing hurriedly left his seat, came over and said hello: "Ah! How could the wind blow the arrival of my virtuous brother? I didn't know that the lieutenant was coming, so I missed my welcome from afar. I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Xiao Yufeng said hurriedly: "Brother, just sit back and show your love to me like this. I can't bear it for my brother."
Xiao Yuqing then took Xiao Yufeng's hand and sat down in the guest seat. Xiao Yuqing turned to the other people and said, "Everyone, please sit down! Please sit down!"
Those few people immediately took their seats in the guest seats.
Xiao Yuqing turned around and sat at the Eight Immortals table.
The soldiers from the Supervisory Army Mansion brought in the tea bowl, placed it on the table in front of Xiao Yufeng and several others, and then exited the lobby.
Xiao Yuqing extended his hand and said, "Everyone, please have tea."
Xiao Yufeng picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of tea, put the tea bowl on the table, looked at Xiao Yuqing and said: "Brother Supervisor Jun is here, and the younger brothers are here this time. They have come here specially to see you under the secret order of the imperial court." Brother’s.”
When Xiao Yuqing heard this, he felt a little nervous and asked, "Why is it so important? What specific instructions does the court have?"
Xiao Yufeng said: "Brother, the Jin and Song Dynasties are attacking Yanjing from the north and the south. We, Daliao, have now reached a critical moment of life and death. At this time, if something unexpected happens, it will be a big deal; therefore, the imperial court is very cautious and has to Take some extraordinary measures."
When Xiao Yufeng said this, Xiao Yuqing became even more nervous. With his eyes wide open and his mouth half-open, he looked at Xiao Yufeng nervously and said, "What extraordinary move? When the lieutenant said this, I became even more nervous." I’m nervous. Dear brother, you might as well tell me what’s going on, it’s not related to my brother.”
Xiao Yufeng quickly shook his head and said, "Brother is too worried and has nothing to do with me."
"Since I have nothing to do with my brother, what exactly is going on?"
"Supervisor, I am here mainly to solve the problem of the Ever Victorious Army."
Xiao Yuqing was puzzled when he saw this, so he asked: "What problems can the Chang Sheng Army have? If the Chang Sheng Army has a problem, how can we solve it with just a few good brothers?"
For some time now, Xiao Yuqing and Yaoshi Guo have been getting along well. Pharmacist Guo reported everything to Xiao Yuqing, so that Xiao Yuqing could fully understand the situation of the Ever Victorious Army; moreover, the Evervictorious Army went south to assist the imperial army, defeated the Song army, and was commended by the imperial court. At this time, Chang had to solve the problem The Shengjun Army's question confused Xiao Yuqing. He didn't understand what could be wrong with Chang Shengjun? If there is a problem with the Chang Sheng Army, wouldn't I also be responsible as the supervisor? !
Xiao Yuqing then looked nervous.
Seeing this, Xiao Yufeng said to Xiao Yuqing: "Brother, don't be nervous, the situation is like this. Yesterday, Xiao Dutong and General Manager Yelu specially summoned my brother and told him: 'The Han people cannot be trusted, the situation in Yanjing is extremely In serious times, the problem of the Han generals must be solved first to prevent the Han generals from mutiny and defecting to the Song army.' Commander Xiao Du ordered a few of us to rush to Zhuozhou and notify Guo Yaoshi and other Han generals to come to Beijing for a meeting, with the intention of solving it at the meeting. Regarding the problem of the Han generals, Xiao Dutong specifically asked his younger brother to go to Zhuozhou to go to the Supervisory Army and report the situation to the Supervisory Army so that the Supervisory Army could understand the situation and avoid misunderstandings. In addition, Xiao Dutong ordered the Supervisory Army to take control of the situation. A thousand imperial imperial troops stationed in Zhuozhou will cooperate with the imperial court's subsequent reorganization of the Ever Victorious Army."
Xiao Yuqing was shocked when he heard about this situation. Xiao Yuqing thought to himself that this matter was done too abruptly. If things went wrong or if the news leaked out, the trouble would be big and the Chang Sheng Army would be forced to rebel. It doesn't matter to them that they have forced the Evervictorious Army to rebel. They are in Youzhou City and the Evervictorious Army can't do anything to them. But I can't. I live in Zhuozhou City and serve as the supervisor of the Evervictorious Army. Once the Evervictorious Army is forced If I go against it and a stalemate breaks out, I will become a turtle in the urn and will be harmed by Yaoshi Guo. Fortunately, Xiao Dutong still thought of his friendship as a fellow Xiren and asked Xiao Yufeng to tell me in advance so that I could be prepared; otherwise, I would still be in the dark and not know anything!
Thinking of this, Xiao Yuqing panicked and hurriedly told Xiao Yufeng: "Brother, go and inform Pharmacist Guo and other Han generals when they come to Beijing for a meeting. You must be calm and don't let any flaws leak out. If this happens If Pharmacist Guo finds out, our lives will be at risk. Later, when you go to Pharmacist Guo, I will assemble a thousand forbidden troops from the imperial court and take precautions secretly, just in case."
"What the supervisor said is absolutely true." Xiao Yufeng said, "We will be extremely careful."
Xiao Yuqing, Xiao Yufeng and others were talking, and the soldiers ran in in a panic and reported: "Report to the supervisor, the training envoy of the Zhen regiment led more than a hundred soldiers to the house, saying that he was respectfully invited. The Supervisory Army went to the Tongzhi Mansion to discuss military aircraft matters."
Xiao Yuqing was shocked when he heard the news. Xiao Yuqing thought to himself, we were about to deal with them in the name of a meeting, but they came to invite me to the meeting. Something must have gone wrong.
Xiao Yufeng was also shocked. Xiao Yufeng thought to himself, what will the generals of the Ever Victorious Army think when they see the people from the imperial court who are also in the Supervisory Army Mansion? We will go to Gao Yaoshi's government office later to inform him to come to Beijing for a meeting. Will this arouse his suspicion? Will we be detained? If that were the case, things would be complicated and might cause complications.
Xiao Yufeng hurried to see Xiao Yuqing and wanted to get advice from Xiao Yuqing. Xiao Yuqing was also panicking at this moment. He didn't know what to do.
