While chatting and laughing, more than 100,000 troops were destroyed. This was the evaluation of Guo Lin, who was leading and winning the final victory of the war, disguised as He Zuoan. At that time, Guo Lin had become a mythical figure in the hearts of the people of Xia.
Back to the point, Guo Linsheng attacked the east and the west, and achieved great results with one stone. After destroying 10,000 reinforcements from Shuguang City, Guo Lin led a army of four thousand purple bone demons to travel fifty miles northward, knocking through the gate of Shuguang City that had become extremely empty. The 45,000 troops led by Guo Yun also recovered Yuehu City at a very small cost.
Leaving five thousand Guo’s army in Yuehu City, Guo Yun took the army to Ouchi City without stopping. What he didn’t expect was that the gate of the black iron casting of Vajra in Ouchi City had long been knocked open.
In the field of view, nearly a hundred purple-bone demons were fighting against the Shang army near the city gate. On the ground, there were purple dry bones of demons beaten to pieces by soldiers, as well as bloody corpses of soldiers who were piled up like mountains of soldiers.
Guo Lin's 1,000 purple bone demons killed more than one-third of the troops in Ouchi City. Now the number of Shang troops in the city is less than 10,000.
"Mr. He is really a god!" Guo Yun's eyes lit up, and he waved his long sword, and rushed towards the city gate. Behind him was the 40,000 Guo family troops, which were flooded with locusts...
The Yu family army was exhausted by the devils. When he saw the Guo family army, which was several times more powerful than his own, he was even more scared. When the general Qiu Chi in the city met only one time, Guo Yun cut off his head, lost the leader, and lost the courage of the Yu family army. He forgot all his merits and military disciplines, and only the most primitive desire for life was left. He rushed into the alley desperately, hoping to escape the strangulation of the Guo family army.
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Three days later, the imperial capital Yongyao. On the main hall of the royal city, all civil and military officials stood on both sides, with their waists straight and energetic. In the center of the hall, Emperor Zhao Kuo pulled a long roll of bamboo slips. This is a memorial, the memorial of the Guo family army recovering north of the Seven Star Plain.
Zhao Kuo, who had a pair of eagle-eyed eyes, had an excited expression on his face, "Okay! Guo Aiqing, I am really worthy of being a general of my Great Xia Kingdom. After only half of the half-year period, I will recover all the northern borders except the Beidou Pass." After putting away the bamboo slips, Zhao Kuo swept the officials on both sides of the hall and said, "Guo Aiqing wants to borrow 50,000 Yongyao's troops, and then apply for 500 million military expenses from me to help him recover the Beidou Pass. Do you have any objections?"
Compared with two months ago, Zhao Kuo's impression of the Guo family army has changed greatly. It is no wonder that anyone would have thought that an army that had once been wiped out would complete Nirvana within two months.
Before the memorial was presented to Zhao Kuo, the news that the Guo family army had recovered the Seven Star Plain had already spread in the imperial capital Yongyao. At this moment, the military prestige of the Guo family was unprecedentedly high, and the Guo family was surrounded by people coming to congratulate, or to win over the Guo family with various purposes.
The Guo family, who had been suppressed for two years, finally became proud.
Of course, in order to seize the Beidou Pass as soon as possible, Guo Yun did not return.
As soon as Zhao Kuo asked, a middle-aged man with a wide body was immediately wearing a white jade plaque and took a step forward: "Your Majesty, no!"
Zhao Kuo frowned and said, "Earl Chen Ji, why did you say this?"
Chen Ji is Chen Ping's father, the head of the Chen family, one of the four major guardian families in the Xia Kingdom. Chen Ji said: "Your Majesty, this matter is too strange. Two months ago, Earl Guo Yun failed to ask for military expenses, and immediately formed an army of 50,000. I heard that there is an army of 10,000 demons to help. Before the matter is found out, you should not easily agree to his request to borrow troops."
"The army of thousands of demons?" Zhao Kuo said in thought, "Guo Aiqing's memorial did not mention the army of thousands of demons. He only mentioned the help of a strange military advisor, which led to the victory of the Guo family's army."
"Your Majesty, this is the case." A burly general stood up. His name was Lin Yue. He was the head of the Lin family of the four major families. Among the four major families, these two families have always been in good terms. Lin Yue said again, "Your Majesty, all the 100 cavalrymen who retreated from Kaiming City that day can be witnessed."
On the same day, the Wang family sent 5,000 infantry regiments to be wiped out, while only more than 100 cavalry of the Lin family escaped. In Kaiming City, these cavalrymen personally visited the demon army that fell from the sky and helped the Guo family army turn defeat into victory.
"Your Majesty, as the old minister saw, Earl Guo Yun can not only get help from the demon army, but also raise 2 billion military funds out of thin air to reorganize the Guo family's army. Why do you need to borrow troops from Yongyao? Unless..." The old man in a white brocade robe bowed his hands and walked out of the civil servant.
Zhao Kuo raised his eyebrows, and a vigilant arises in his heart. He secretly thought, could Guo Yun have a disobedient heart? He borrowed me 50,000 troops not just to seize the Beidou Pass? "Prime Minister Wang. What do you mean?"
Prime Minister Wang Yun is the head of the Wang family. At this moment, the three masters joined forces together, which shows that the Guo family was in Yongyao's situation. If Kaiming City was destroyed, under the instigation of these people, the Guo family would probably be removed from Yongyao soon.
Some things are just a little bit better. As long as Zhao Kuo has concerns in his heart, he will naturally not agree to borrow troops. Wang Yun sneered in his heart, shook his head without changing his face, "The old minister can't guess what Count Guo meant. The old minister only thinks that with the powerful power that Count Guo has shown in the Seven-Star Plain in recent days, it is more than enough to break the Beidou Pass, and there is really no need to borrow troops from Yongyao again."
Lin Yue agreed, "Prime Minister Wang's words are reasonable. Since Earl Guo Yun can raise 2 billion gold coins at one time, he will definitely raise the second time. We only need Yongyao to wait for his triumph and hold a celebration banquet."
Zhao Kuo held his chin and saw the meaning of the three important officials. Zhao Kuo thought to himself that among the four major families, the Guo family seemed to be very unsociable! He remembered that when the Guo family army was captured by the Shang Dynasty troops, the other three major families also attacked and even asked him to immediately remove Guo Yun's title.
Zhao Kuo refused at that time. No matter what, the Guo family, one of the guardian families, has always been loyal. He still remembers how grateful Guo Yun was to him when he forced himself to reject the proposals of the three major families. Logically speaking, he would not have any unfaithful intentions. Is it because of his son's affairs?
A cold light flashed in Zhao Kuo's eyes. Guo Yun was eager to love his son. In order to protect the useless boy, he took the initiative to hand over the financial power. However, a year later, the useless boy's body was carried back from the rotten corpse demon realm.
It is indeed possible! If there is no strange intention, why don’t you mention the matter of the army of ten thousand demons? Why do you hide me in the dark? I borrowed 50,000 troops, including the current Guo family army, there are a total of 100,000. In addition, this mysterious demon army that can turn the tide will lead the army south and defeat the unsuspecting Yongyao.
Once such a thought flashed out, it was like a surging river, and it was out of control. The more Zhao Kuo thought about it, the more he felt that Guo Yun had a strange intention, but he could not show it. He raised his head slowly and looked around the officials and said, "What the three beloved ministers said is right, don't borrow soldiers."
Seeing Chen Ji laughing, Zhao Kuo said again: "The imperial capital's troops cannot be borrowed, but it is urgent to break through the Beidou Pass. To the east of Zhendong Plain, a large army of monsters has not appeared for many years. Earl Chen Ji will ask your eldest son Chen Ping to take the 5,000 troops of Zhendong Army to go to Earl Guo Yun with his armament."
It is said that it is a helping Guo Yun, but in fact it is undoubtedly related to surveillance. A year ago, the body of the third son of the Guo family was sent to Yongyao's Guo family by Chen Ping himself. If his death had nothing to do with Chen Ping, Zhao Kuo would not believe it if he was beaten to death. He knew that Guo and the Chen family were as powerful as fire. If Guo Yun had anything to do, Chen Ping would definitely report it to Yongyao as soon as possible.
"Yes. Your Majesty." Chen Ji retreated back in response.