Guo Ning's status has increased, and he is open to words of encouragement. Sometimes he feels like an actor. After playing a certain role for a long time, the character has become one with him. Even if he is not on stage, he can't help it.
Sing, do, chant and beat.
One time, he had a drinking party with the soldiers. He was not good at drinking. In the past two years, in order to suppress the pain caused by old wounds from previous battles, he occasionally drank a little medicinal wine. But that time, many people present were old people from Northern Xinjiang. Among them
Many people have mediocre talents and have average status in the new dynasty. These people only have loyalty, and Guo Ning must treat them warmly no matter what.
So Guo Ning got drunk that night. The next day, some of his subordinates said that after Guo Ning got drunk, he danced for the soldiers with a golden sword, pointed out the names of the soldiers one by one, and praised their performance in a certain battle, saying,
When he got excited, he also took the jade belt from his waist and his usual arm guards and gave them to a soldier who had retired due to old age. Wen Yan encouraged him to set an example for others in the countryside.
Even when he is sober, Guo Ning is not guaranteed to remember the deeds of dozens of soldiers during the banquet. If he can behave like this when he is drunk, maybe his acting skills have reached a certain level?
However, this kind of praise and praise will not work well for Li Ting.
As soon as Guo Ning finished speaking, Li Ting curled his lips: "I, Li Erlang, deserve credit or not. I know that I paid less attention to the north of Jingzhao Mansion this time, and that was indeed an oversight. But at that time Wanyan was from
Tan is in Hezhong Mansion, and he is reaching out to Hexi. I don’t have to make do with it... Ahem, no matter what, Wanyan Congtan and I are not the same thing! Just trick those Jurchens, but don’t hurt me."
There are indeed some omissions, and they are not small.
Previously, the Mongolian army entered Xixia and colluded with the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty to borrow the passage. The momentum was astonishing. The war in the Central Plains was unfavorable because it was caught off guard, but it did not mean that the border guards everywhere were deaf or blind. So after Li Ting got the news, he immediately ordered Guan Shaanxi
The defenders in various places were on high alert and sent out reconnaissance cavalry to closely monitor the border between Song and Xia.
Along the thousands of miles of border, you have to keep an eye on which places are risky. There are many veteran soldiers in the Xijing Left Behind Department, so they naturally know what they are doing. Those who are not counted have long since become lonely ghosts on the battlefield.
But in the past two years, the Xijing Left-behind Division has had many interests with Song and Xia in Qin Gong and other places. After the situation suddenly changed, of course, it had to clean up the situation first. Li Ting even sent his own cavalry to seize the time.
He did a lot of hard work.
The area around Fuyan Road has been neglected in the past two years, and should have received extra attention this time. However, because of this reason, the attention was delayed for several days. And a few days were enough for the Mongolian army headquarters to march calmly and intimidate Hezhong
.
If Wan Yancong hadn't revealed his true identity, I'm afraid Li Ting wouldn't have thought that he had become a flaw, and Guo Ning wouldn't have suddenly arrived while leading his troops south.
This flaw of Li Ting is really fatal!
If the Mongolian army headquarters is allowed to enter the river, they can support the war in the Central Plains to the south, cut off the retreat of the Qinlong garrison to the west, and destroy the Dinghai navy's Hebei foundation to the north, and even intercept and kill the Zhou army on the way back in one go.
By then, the new dynasty will probably be on the verge of destruction, and the efforts of Guo Ning and his partners over the years will be in vain. By then, Li Ting will probably have to kill himself with a horizontal sword and die for his country, right?
Even if the Mongols' movements were finally grasped, Li Ting was still guilty. If the Zhou Dynasty was the kind of dynasty with extremely strict imperial authority, this guy should at least show some deep introspection and apologize.
But it seemed that Li Ting didn't mean this. Even though Guo Ning had given him enough steps to praise him for his merits, he didn't lower his attitude and admit his mistake. Instead, he wanted Guo Ning to make a promise first and never settle the scores later.
Many people say that a military regime like the Great Zhou Dynasty would inevitably end up with arrogant soldiers and strong generals. What is arrogant soldiers and strong generals? This is it!
The veins on Guo Ning's forehead twitched slightly, and the hardwood riding crop in his right hand clicked lightly. But he immediately controlled his anger and chuckled a few times.
"The more you talk, the more ridiculous it becomes... Don't you think it's ridiculous to compare yourself with Wanyan Congtan?"
Guo Ning shook his head and said slowly: "I did not deliberately regard Wanyan Congtan as a weakness to lure the enemy, let alone Kaifeng. I did not expect the officials of the Southern Dynasties to be so bold and stupid. As for Qin Long,
Boss, you have been negligent, and I have been negligent too. However, as the war is approaching, it must be said that the movements of the Mongolian army are all under control. Otherwise, how can we boost morale? Is it possible that there is really an imperial edict saying that the stay in Xijing was negligent and was almost killed by the Mongols?
Seize the opportunity, and then..."
Li Ting chuckled a few times: "Then what?"
"Then we will strictly observe military law and first cut down the sacrificial flags of Xijing, okay?" Guo Ning asked leisurely.
Li Ting's breathing suddenly stagnated. He raised his head sharply and stared at Guo Ning. In the blink of an eye, sweat broke out on the back of his neck.
The two of them looked at each other for a short time, but Li Ting felt as if a long time had passed. When Guo Ning finally showed a look of relief in the corners of his eyes, Li Ting could no longer hold on.
"I, I... ahem, Your Majesty, that's what you said. However, the main force of the Mongolian army is rapidly moving south through the plains of Jiyang. There may be forty or fifty thousand in number, with a high proportion of armored soldiers and heavy cavalry. We are about to go
It's a big battle. How about I fight with my heart?" he asked.
Guo Ning looked at him for a while, said no more, and reached out to pat his shoulder.
Among the generals under Guo Ning's command, Li Ting's experience is very similar to Guo Ning's. He is also a hero who rose up by gathering his men during a great defeat.
Compared with the young Guo Ning, Li Ting was slightly less brave, but more ferocious and shrewd. When Guo Ning's men were scattered due to his pedantic behavior, and he could only struggle among the ponds with a few women and children, Li Ting had long since
He stripped off the hypocritical coat of the imperial officer and turned into a thief with all his teeth and claws.
Li Ting didn't understand all the tactics of mercenaries, raids, betrayals, frame-ups, and eradication. Because the defeated soldiers had no morals at all. Most of them were just beasts with swords. They could suppress them.
For beasts, it is useless to rely on high-sounding tactics. The leader has no trust in those beasts, and only relies on means to drive them.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At that time, Li Ting was not sure about the loyalty of his subordinates, so after he made an emergency landing on a grass bandit leader, he deliberately gave him few benefits and kept in touch with him in private.
Deliberately ignoring Li Ting, anyone from the outside world who wants to be an enemy of Li Ting will often start with this grass bandit leader, hoping to achieve cooperation inside and outside.
This bandit leader was the flaw that Li Ting sold to the outside world. Anyone who wanted to take advantage of this flaw would actually be bitten by Li Ting in the end, and would be seriously injured even if they didn't die.
Later, Guo Ning suddenly woke up and began to rally people and show off his talents. Li Ting also joined Guo Ning. Under Guo Ning, he often seemed frivolous and aggressive, but in fact he saw many things, not to mention his
His younger brother Li Yun was also one of the core powers of the Zhou Dynasty, and his vision was extremely broad.
In Li Ting's eyes, the new Zhou Dynasty was filled with various interest groups, including the Northern Xinjiang generals who were bent on expanding the power base of the army, the remnants of the Red Coat Army who tried their best to maintain the old group, and the Han people who led their own private armies.
A powerful and powerful general from a foreign tribe in the Northeast who completely inherited the military and political system of the Jin Kingdom. Even in the middle of the court, some people tried to support the Khitan people, and some represented the old officials of the Jin Kingdom.
Different interest groups have conflicts and collaborations. Li Ting thinks he has enough trust with Guo Ning, but it does not mean that he will ignore the political operations after the establishment of the new dynasty. Why did the powerful Han people in Liaodong go to the South China Sea one after another to develop, and why did Zai Zhizhi
The Khitan people I was close to went to Korea and couldn't come back because the water there was too deep.
In the past few days, firstly, many of the former members of the Red Coat Army in the Central Plains were massacred by the Mongolian platoons. Also, among the Jurchens, few famous generals who had reached the position of Jiedushi were eliminated. So Li Ting subconsciously wondered whether
Hui Guoning spent the whole scene going along with the flow in order to eliminate dissidents.
Guo Ning's answer was half-truthful and half-false, telling Li Ting that if he really wanted to deal with you, direct military punishment would be enough. Can you and your subordinates still be able to withstand the power of the Emperor of Zhou? Can you still lead him now?
The meeting of the soldiers with the emperor proves that the emperor has no other intentions, and you should not be too clever to make mistakes.
Fortunately, people in this world are selfish and doing bad things is normal. Even the indescribable great man of later generations also admitted that there are various factions in the party. This does not affect him in leading like-minded people to pull the Chinese nation out of the deep quagmire.
Until it stands tall in the east of the world.
So Guo Ning doesn't care about this. He is not a simple idealist and can tolerate a lot. Not just mistakes, not just doubts, not even a certain degree of corruption. He only needs those who are tolerated to stand with him and work together.
Face the most destructive and destructive enemy of this era.
At this moment, faint roaring sounds gradually gathered.
In the wilderness in the south, more than a hundred cavalrymen came in a continuous surge. They were elite cavalry gathered from Jingzhao and Fengxiang under the orders of Li Ting.
In the direction of the river to the west, not only the ice sheet was shaking, but also the ice on the river was flickering. It seemed like a huge beast was about to break the long river into pieces and jumped out. It was following Guo Ning's return from the northern Xinjiang, constantly adjusting the route along the way, abandoning
Baggage, the main force of the Zhou Forbidden Army replacing their war horses.
For several years after the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he spared no effort to build up the army. Various powerful weapons and equipment were continuously distributed, and some weapons that were beyond the times were also developed rapidly due to interests and gradually reached the standards of army deployment. But Guo Guo
Ning now had to admit that those armaments had their unavoidable weaknesses, such as being too dependent on logistics and transportation.
When the commander-in-chief of the army competes with the enemy in a vast area ranging from the sea in the east, quicksand in the west, and desert in the north, when the army must follow the footsteps of the Mongols and carry out long-distance maneuvers of hundreds or even thousands of miles; the weaknesses of these latest equipment are very
It is easy to be targeted, which results in it being powerful but unable to be used on the battlefield.
What Guo Ning can always rely on is the tenacity and blood of the soldiers, the fast horses and long swords, and the determination that civilization will never succumb to barbarism, and that the Han people will never be slaves.
I don’t know what was disturbed by the momentum of the army gathering, but suddenly there was another strong wind howling. The strong wind blowing from the distant and cold north was mixed with countless snow particles. Wherever the wind passed, the surroundings were covered with gray, and the whistling wind sounded like a tsunami, which made people feel uncomfortable.
People couldn't hear the words spoken around them. The snow particles dancing in the wind hit Guo Ning's green velvet armor, making a crackling sound and hitting Guo Ning's face, causing a faint pain.
The wind and snow were everywhere, and the scout team that had arrived on horseback from the northern wilderness suddenly lost its trace. Even if you opened your eyes wide, you could only see some small black dots in the vast expanse of white.
Guo Ning waved his hand, and Ni Yicheng rode and gave orders.
Many guards and soldiers dismounted. They opened the long packages hanging on the sides of the horses, pulled out huge flags and flagpoles from the packages, and raised them high against the heavy wind and snow. Three, five or even more
The soldiers gathered in groups and worked together to support the flagpole, keeping it motionless in the strong wind. Only the red flag rolled with the wind, like a rising flame that could not be extinguished by the wind, snow and dust.
The cavalry team running in the distance quickly raised their flags in response. One after another red flags appeared and gathered together, like a raging fire. The ten gathered into hundreds, the hundreds gathered into thousands, and the thousands gathered into thousands. The soldiers under the flags
They shouted loudly and sang their military songs.