Chapter 127 Oil Poems

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When Guo Shao's troops arrived halfway, they heard that Zhao Chao's supplies dozens of miles away were suddenly attacked by white armored soldiers. Zhao Chao was furious and sent troops to massacre the farms along the way to show punishment.

The white-armored soldiers appeared in Shouzhou, and Guo Shao heard of them.

The Southern Tang Kingdom has been guarding against attacks from the north along the Huai River and has been operating for decades: in addition to garrisoning elite troops, large areas of farmland have also been reclaiming farmland to drive young and strong people to farm, and it is imagined that they are training war soldiers while garrisoning.

Li Jing and his son had good ideas, but they were not very successful in implementing them, and they suffered a lot from the garrison.After the Zhou army attacked Huainan, the troops stationed in Nantang surrendered one after another, and the Shandao welcomed to become the leader party.

But reality once again slapped the troops stationed in Huainan. The Zhou army was not good at slapping them. The soldiers of various units regarded themselves as conquerors and robbed and killed them at any time.

So the troops stationed in Shouzhou revolted one after another. They had no armor and used paper to stack them as armor, so they were called "White Armored Soldiers"!

Some people even have no weapons and fight when the bamboo is sharpened.

Rebellious uprisings all over the country.

After Chai Rong came to Shouzhou, he adopted Li Gu's suggestion and banned the killing. He personally went to the mountain where the white-armored soldiers gathered to persuade them to go back to cultivate the land.

After Li Gu's governance, it gradually calmed down.

But the reputation of the white-armored soldiers has spread throughout Huainan.

Because the white-armored soldiers were not very good at fighting, they could only get to play the edge drums in an empty way, and the Zhou army actually did not take them seriously.

But when Guo Shao heard about Zhao Chao, he immediately attached great importance to it.

No one else has seen it, but he knows what the vast ocean of people's war is!

At that time, there will be hostile people around you, scouts, set up sentries, and find ways, and all kinds of military affairs will be difficult to handle. Isn’t this digging your own eyes?

He first sent someone to strictly order Zhao Chao not to kill the troops and the people of Huainan, but there was almost no effect; the guy took the order on the surface, but in fact he did nothing, and the soldiers were attacked with anger... Zhao Chao's rule did not punish him severely, and killing people would not have to pay for his life, so it was easy to do something without a price.

At that time, the emperor had already led the inner palace squads, the Crane Control Army and a group of civil and military officials to Shouzhou, focusing on the deployment of the Battle of Haozhou.

Guo Shao thought about it all night. He knew that Zhao Chao and Zhao Kuangyin's father had a good relationship and did not intend to make enemies; he did not want to punish him.

But if the war in Haozhou is not going well, the losses will be even greater!

The two powers were at a disadvantage, so Guo Shao decided to ride a fast horse to Shouzhou to meet the emperor and report it.

...In the head of Shouzhou City, Chai Rong was sitting on the upper seat, touching the sparse beard on his chin with one hand unconsciously, as if he was thinking about something.

His face was a little darkened by the sun, but it gave people the illusion that it might be that light black is very unhealthy... Most strong men's skin is oily buttery after the sun is exposed, but Chai Rong's skin is only light and spots.

I don’t know that I thought the emperor was too slutty, so I looked as if I had been hollowed out; in fact, Chai Rong drank moderately and had never been drunk before, so he was even worse than female sex.

He was considering Gao Huaide's affairs.

Gao Huaide was the chief of the Iron Cavalry Army at the time.

I have been in the army for eleven years and have been serving the Zhou Dynasty since Taizu (Guo Wei). Last year's key battle of Gaoping was also in the army.

But then I kept standing still and didn't get promoted.

After arriving in Huainan, he had some minor achievements in order to be promoted, but Chai Rongnian and his qualifications wanted to recount the military achievements of the Battle of Gaoping and the minor achievements of Huainan, and promote him to establish a festival to gain the status of a senior general.

Because the expedition to Huainan has been relatively smooth in all aspects so far, Chai Rong has promoted many people, such as Zhang Yongde as the inspector of the front palace, Zhao Kuangyin as the commander of the front palace, Guo Shao Jianjie... and many others.

Unexpectedly, when Chai Rong mentioned the matter of Gao Huaide's establishment of the festival, Zhao Kuangyin's words just came to an end: Gao Huaide led the iron cavalry army to the right wing, rushing to defeat, the combat military law was not strict, and the march was negligent, and he was defeated by luck.

Is Gao Huaide really not good? Will leading elite soldiers make trouble?Chai Rong is not someone who fully believes everything else. He has taken into account some personal factors: it is said that Gao Huaide and Zhao Kuangyin are in disagreement.

The grudge between Zhao and Gao may have been planted when they were both Si Dong and Xiban generals in front of the palace, and later intensified.

Gao Huaide's qualifications are higher than Zhao Kuangyin, and he was the top of Zhao Kuangyin before; but last year and this year, Zhao Kuangyin was promoted very quickly and was already the second-ranking general of the two elite officials in the Palace Front Office. Gao Huaide is still the chief sergeant of the wing.

It is probably a bit embarrassing to be humble to the old subordinates and those who are dissatisfied with resentment.

Of course, Chai Rong considered more and more deeply.Everyone knew he was thinking, but no one knew what the emperor was thinking.

At this moment, the commander-in-chief of the vanguard army suddenly reported to Guo Shao for a visit.Chai Rong immediately ordered him to come in.

After Guo Shao met, he told the story of Baijiabing and Zhao Chao.

After hearing this, Chai Rong said directly: Zhao Chao is not in line with your wishes, so I will replace him.

Guo Shao didn't expect the emperor to be so happy and was a little flattered.

Seeing this, Chai Rong said: I have heard that the general guarding Haozhou is Chai Kehong, who has become famous in the Southern Tang Kingdom recently.As long as you and Han Tong win in Haozhou and win cleanly, Li Jing and the Tang Army in Huainan will be disappointed. The effectiveness of this battle is extraordinary!Just use your strength and don’t follow the rules.

Thank you for your kindness.Guo Shao said hurriedly.

Chai Rong said again: Last time you went to the Privy Council to ask for merits?Wei Renpu, is this happening?

Wei Renpu bowed and said: Go back to Your Majesty, this is the case.

Chai Rong simply said: All are correct, and immediately award meritorious soldiers and reward them.

I obey the order.Wei Renpu said.

Guo Shao was very happy after hearing this, but the pressure was even greater... He remembered Yuan Chonghuan of the Ming Dynasty, boasting that he had pacified Liao in five years, Emperor Chongzhen met his requirements in many ways; but if he failed, he would be executed by Lingchi.

The higher the emperor's hope, the greater the anger he gets when he disappoints him!

However, pressure cannot make a young man retreat.

Everyone subconsciously wants to realize their value and prove themselves in major links. The more important things are, the more exciting things are; the more opportunities they can get to pay attention and performance.

Guo Shao is no exception, he is more excited than stress.

Chai Rong pondered for a moment and said: Let Gao Huaide be transferred to the right wing of the Hujie Army, and Zhao Chao came to the Iron Cavalry Army.

...Gao Huaide, Guo Shao is actually very familiar with this person, and he knew it in modern society.

He originally didn't know much about Hou Zhou, and many important figures in this era were not familiar with, but he had heard of this person Gao Huaide was not that important.

He heard about Gao Huaide from opera stories.One is called "Three Fights Tao Sanchun" and the other is called "Gao Huaide's Farewell Girl".

However, here, Guo Shao is very suspicious of the stories in the opera, especially Gao Huaide's daughter... It is said that Gao Huaide was poor when he was young, and he could only sell his daughter to be a maid to pay off his debts, and then go to the capital to join the big man.

If Guo Shao knew nothing wrong, Gao Huaide came from a family of military generals, and his father Gao Xingzhou was named king in both Han and Zhou dynasties. With such a family background, his father was the king, his son could be poor... and he could survive to the point of selling his daughter?

This is too unrestrained!

Could it be that later generations specially made up stories to criticize him? It is very likely that he and Zhao Kuangyin had a bad relationship.

Guo Shao was very satisfied and happy with the emperor's appointment. Now he subconsciously regarded Zhao Kuangyin as his opponent.Guo Shao is most willing to win over people with bad relationships with Zhao Kuangyin.

We must not let such a large force in the Gao family turn towards Zhao Kuangyin!Gao Huaide seemed to be called a general of the Northern Song Dynasty in later generations, and he probably later turned to Zhao Kuangyin's arms and could not let this happen again.

...Because the army was still camping halfway, Guo Shao rode back to the vanguard army camp on a fast horse that day.

Guo Shao convened generals from the military chief, deputy generals and above to discuss in the Central Army, specifically targeting the matter of the white-armored soldiers.

The official has already transferred Huaide to the right wing as the capital school, and the voluntary massacre of our army should be curbed.But I think that officials from the Southern Tang Kingdom were the "pushers" in this matter... it was their purposeful conspiracy.The white-armored soldiers have stopped in Shouzhou, so why did they suddenly attack the right wing again?

The generals didn't think about these things at all, but after Guo Shao's explanation, he nodded and felt it was reasonable.

Guo Shao continued: I have thought of two strategies.

First, I found some women to make some tiger flags and sent them to various military camps, saying that it was sent by the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty to inspire the brave soldiers of the Zhou army; and told the entire army that the white-armored soldiers attacked us were disguised by the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty... Well, I said that it was Lu Mengjun!

Let the soldiers not be deceived by Lu Mengjun and be used by treacherous people.

Second, if you capture the white-armored prisoners, you will treat them well.He also told them that the person who massacred the people and stationed the troops was Lu Mengjun, intending to blame the Zhou army; and asked the prisoners to go back and persuade the people not to be fooled.It's like this every time, and it's spreading.

At this moment, Zuo You said: According to the lord's meaning, I wrote a lilac poem that can be sung. Lord, let's see what.

Guo Shao took it and looked at it, thinking: Despicable and shameless Lu Mengjun secretly attacked the Zhou army and blamed the Baijia soldiers.He killed the Huainan people behind him and turned into Zhou soldiers. He was too immoral and would be retribution. Passers-by knew that villains were walking, Lu Mengjun, Lu Mengjun!

Hahaha... When the generals heard this, they burst into laughter.

Guo Shao said: Very good, very good.The soldiers and the people do not understand any elegant poems. It is best to sing limericks and sing them when they have nothing to do.Post it everywhere and read it to everyone.

Guo Shaoxing rose and said: You can also rehearse a few plays, and you will perform in the army when the army is stationed... Let Lu Mengjun become famous too.

Zuo You said again: There happened to be something happened, which Zhou Duan (the former aide of Lu Mengjun) said.The people of Southern Tang Dynasty hid the scouts of our army.

Guo Shao also heard about this and hurriedly said: The content must be changed, and it should focus on highlighting the relationship between the people of Huainan and the soldiers and the soldiers of the Great Zhou army, as well as the content that our army is deeply supported by the people of Huainan.Also, don’t write the lyrics too difficult to understand. Let’s talk like this so that the soldiers can understand them.

Zuo You nodded and said: What the lord said is very true, I will write the playbook.