Chapter 3 Choice (V)

As Guo Wei commented before, Wang Jun and Wang Xiufeng are rebellious and speak sarcastically, but they have some real skills. When others are focused on the battlefield to defeat Zhao Yanshou, he has already set his sights thousands of miles away and poked his opponent's fatal hole with one move.

"Brother Xiufeng is indeed amazing. If this plan is successful, not only will Zhao Yanshou be ruined, but those disdainful people who are thieves who are like their father will probably be in danger in the future!" After hearing Wang Xiufeng's plan, Zheng Renhui was greatly inspired. He slapped twice and praised loudly.

"That's natural. When Wang planned this matter, it was not just Zhao Yanshou who was planning!" Wang Jun was really not humble, and his mouth instantly turned into a horoscope, echoing each other with his eyebrows.

"Brother Xiufeng, you..., alas!" Guo Wei had no choice but to Wang Jun's arrogant personality. He shook his head and thought for a while, and finally decided to discuss the matter. "Your plan is very wonderful, but several key links are outside the battlefield. If you report to Your Majesty, after repeated discussions by the Department, you will be handed over to the Secret Spies Department to carry out. I am afraid that it will be difficult to quench your thirst from afar..."

"Who said you want you to report to Emperor Ming first?" Wang Jun rolled his eyes and sneered: "At present, many people in the court have secretly communicated with the Khitan. Giving this plan to report to Emperor Ming is equivalent to telling the Khitans directly what you and I want to report to the Khitans. Besides, the Secret Spies Department has just been replaced by Li Ye. If he can do serious business, even a rooster will have to lay eggs!"

Although the words were sour and cold, they were all true. Liu Zhiyuan's Great Han Kingdom had just been established, and many important positions in the six ministries were retained by civil servants from the previous dynasty. These civil servants had surrendered to the Khitans once when the Later Jin Dynasty was destroyed. Therefore, they would never be willing to live and die with Liu Zhiyuan's Great Han court. Without being optimistic about the outcome of the war in front of him, many smart guys secretly established contact with the Liao Kingdom in order to protect their glory, wealth and family safety after the defeat.

In addition, Liu Zhiyuan and his chief empress Li were considered poor couples, so after becoming emperor, he took special care of his wife's family. Even though he knew that many Li families had limited abilities, he still entrusted them with important tasks. This led to the difficulty of the Han Dynasty, which had not been very smooth, and he was even more difficult to do anything serious, without a three or five-month situation.

As the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Councilor and Minister of War, Guo Wei of course knew that what Wang Jun said at this moment was the truth. Although he did not criticize the current affairs with the latter, he sighed a few times and whispered: "Xiufeng, Your Majesty also has difficulties for Your Majesty. After fighting for so many years, scholars with backbone are almost dead. How can we find so many loyal and reliable and resourceful talents? You and I complain that these are useless, but what should Guo do to achieve what you had planned before!"

"Well, my legs have been a little cold recently..." Wang Jun stroked his goatee's beard and said to him.

"Your Majesty gave a white bear skin a few days ago, which was presented by the envoy of the Bohai Kingdom back then. I was so angry that I couldn't stand the heat of this thing, so I just gave it to Brother Xiufeng!" Guo Wei knew the elegance when he heard the string song, and immediately made a promise with a smile.

"That's about the same!" Wang Jun responded with a smile. "But I heard that the white bear skin is matched with tiger bones, ginseng and the like, so the efficacy will be better."

"I have some tiger bones." Guo Wei thought for a while and said with a smile, "The thing about ginseng is useless if it is too low. If it is a little higher, it is probably not easy to find at this moment. However, Guo will try his best to get it for you. No matter how much it costs..."

"I said, Guo Jiaque, why don't you know anything?" Hearing Guo Wei lowered his head and let him slaughter himself, Wang Jun felt a little hot on his face, waved his hand and interrupted loudly, "I'm not really asking you for tiger bones and ginseng. I want to remind you that someone can help you. Whether it's ginseng or tiger bones, things that are hard to find in your eyes are within your reach!"

"You mean Chang Si?" Guo Wei was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he shook his head gently, "He is tired enough. At this critical moment, I can't help him with any effort..."

"You old Guo is so pedantic!" Before he could finish his words, Wang Jun interrupted again loudly. He looked around and saw that there were no fourth ears around him, then quickly lowered his voice and sneered, "He is no longer favored by His Majesty, and he is also the governor of Zelu, the imperial court. As long as the Han Dynasty does not fall, who in the world dares to deal with him openly? And if the small-scale quarrels in Zelu are not his opponents, even if the bandits on the Taihang Mountain fight in a team, they are still a gift for him to give him the heads! Instead, he will not be able to lead troops into the mountains to fight in the future!"

Without waiting for Guo Wei to refute, he looked around and quickly added, "So I said, what I lack at the moment is not your sending troops to help him. In fact, without His Majesty's permission, you, Guo, cannot send a soldier. What is lacking is that you help him find an opportunity to remind His Majesty of his many benefits! Now that the Li family has made the Imperial Guard and the Secret Spies Department a whole, you can take the opportunity to let Chang Si come forward. His Chang's business

From Guangnan to Liaodong, we can easily put some reliable personnel into the caravan and put them out, which is not a hundred times more convenient than using the Secret Spy Department? Besides, the officials of the Northern Privy Council had never seen any world before. In the Central Plains, the expenses of feeding a county magistrate were enough to feed a minister there! I would spend 100,000 guan to spend money. I promise that in two months, no one in the entire Liao Kingdom would say anything good to Zhao Yanshou!”

"Hiss--!" As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Wei and Zheng Renhui both sucked in the air.

The greed and vulgarity of the Khitan nobles was not slandered by Wang Jun, but everyone saw it with their own eyes. Xiao Han was ordered by Yelu Deguang to stay in Bianliang. During his reign, this important official of the dynasty did not spend much time thinking about how to resist the attack of the Han army, but he scraped the land of Bianliang City more than three feet lower. The trusted guard of King Xiao was even more serious. After he evacuated the north bank of the Yellow River, he immediately plundered along the way. From gold, silver, fine and soft to copper basin and incense burner, he was not afraid of anything. Even the iron pots at the people's homes were seen by them, they had to pick them off from the stove and tie them to the horse's back.

Yelu Deguang, the emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty, never restrained his important officials from corruption and abuse of power. Li Shouzhen was originally of very average qualifications, reputation and ability, but with a little gift, he successfully found the fat of the governor of the Tianping Army. The princes in one place were still clearly marked. During the months when the Liao Dynasty ruled the Central Plains, other people who relied entirely on bribery to buy official positions were even more charitable.

By analogy, according to the current officialdom of the Liao Kingdom, Wang Jun said that killing Zhao Yanshou by 100,000 coins is definitely not a fool. Although the amount of 100,000 coins of copper coins sounds quite large, it is not enough to pay half a year of military pay to 5,000 Han soldiers, let alone satisfy the expenses of food, grass and supplies for these 5,000 people.

Thinking of this, Guo Wei did not hesitate anymore. He smashed his left hand with his right fist and shouted, "Well, Guo will give up his face and ask Chang Kegong for a chance. At worst, Guo owes him the 100,000 yuan expense first, and find a way to repay it to him slowly in the future!"

"If I could re-enter the court, I believe Chang Kegong would not be stingy with this 100,000 stin of stinky copper!" Wang Jun shook his sleeve proudly and emphasized in a low voice.

He took this a bit for granted. As a strategist, he was indeed very capable. But as a politician, his vision was far less than that of the two old masters in the officialdom, Guo Wei and Zheng Renhui. Being kicked out of the court a few months ago was indeed a disaster for Chang Si himself. But now, after carefully looking at the fate of Prime Minister Yang B, staying away from the court and guarding the place, it may not be a blessing. At least, he can do whatever he wants in the place, without having to tremble with Liu Zhiyuan's changing emotions every day like the important officials of the dynasty.

However, Guo Wei and Zheng Renhui exchanged gazes tacitly, and neither explained his thoughts to Wang Jun. But following the person's previous plan, he sorted out the entire trap from beginning to end, adding some key details, making it more feasible and smoother to operate.

After everything was over, the moon in the sky climbed over his head. The three of them saw that it was not early, so they quickly said to each other and went back to rest to regain their energy for the upcoming fierce battle.

Early the next morning, Guo Wei was the first among all the generals who were not on duty, washed his face and used food, put on his helmet and armor, and then clicked to raise the tent, preparing to line up to meet the enemy.

Zhao Yanshou had already learned through his special channels that Guo Wei had beheaded all the imperial envoys and entourages of the Liao Kingdom. No matter how reluctant he was, as the envoy of the Southern Privy Council of the Great Liao Kingdom, the government affairs order, the governor of Youzhou, and the left-behind Zhongjing, he had to express enough anger. Therefore, when the sky was bright, he immediately lit up his army and rushed towards Guo Wei's camp.

Both sides were prepared to fight, so they quickly entered a white-hot state at the beginning of the battle. The elite Han army led by Guo Wei caused huge damage to the Liao army with a large number of long bows and hard crossbows. The Yan army of the Liao Kingdom, under Zhao Yanshou's troops, also used their fast horses and long swords to impulse the Han army again and again, which made the Han army retreat and adjust continuously. Every time they retreated, blood flowed into a river.

"The Guo Family Que didn't have enough food today?" Liu Duo, commander of the Great Liao Anguo Army, suddenly grabbed his mount, looked at the Guo-character battle flag that was more than a hundred steps away, and said hesitantly.

In my impression, Guo Wei is definitely one of the best generals under Liu Zhiyuan. Although he is not as brave as Shi Hongzhao, he has his own unique features whether it is to arrange troops or respond to the enemy. Today, this man is obviously absent-minded and has been caught by himself several times and is frustrated.

Before he could get a response from the counselors around him, suddenly, a shocking shout broke out from his cavalry team, "It's over, it's over, Guo Jiaque's war horse has fallen! Kill, don't leave the Han thief Guo Wei!"

"Kill, kill Guo Jiaque and avenge the imperial envoy!" The cavalry of the Liao Kingdom rushed up, fearing that they would be half a step slower, and the credit was stolen by others.
Chapter completed!