Guo Ning held the iron bone flower upside down and stood there.
The smell of blood around them was so pungent that even the night wind could not dissipate it. Several prisoners were spattered with blood or had fragments of some unknown tissue in their skulls, and they were all frightened. They bit the dirt or rags stuffed in their mouths one by one, and they were shocked.
He Di shouted, trying his best to move his body away from this evil star.
After a while, there was the sound of footsteps at the front of the road, and Wang Shixian and several people hurriedly arrived.
When Guo Ning met with Guo Yao'er, it was Wang Shixian who led people on guard outside.
"What do you mean?" Guo Ning asked, "I heard your whistle warning."
Wang Shixian saluted and said solemnly: "Just now, dozens of people quietly followed Guo Yaer and approached twenty feet ahead. Those people were all soldiers, and their movements were extremely agile and extremely elite. We were afraid that we would be seen through.
The bottom line is, I didn’t dare to get too close, so as you said, Rokuro, I didn’t intercept... I just stared at Guo Jiaer and fired two arrows."
When Guo Jiaer came out to negotiate, more than 20 people who had followed Guo Ning to escort the prisoners were lurking in the fields under the leadership of Wang Shixian. Most of them stayed stationary and were responsible for sneaking in the fields with bows and arrows.
There were only five of them who were able to advance and retreat and intimidate Guo Jie'er and the later soldiers.
Among them, Zhao Jue from Huanzhou was very good at archery. Previously, he was the one who shot the Ming Dy on Guo Ning's behalf. Just now, it was Zhao Jue who fired two arrows in an instant, shocking Guo Jie'er's obedience.
Guo Ning nodded to Zhao Jue. Zhao Jue was silent and only bowed to signal.
"Then what?"
Wang Shixian said with admiration: "Later, these people continued to approach, and when they saw Liu Lang brazenly killing people from a distance, with great momentum, they did not dare to act rashly and withdrew."
Guo Ning nodded and said half-jokingly: "Fortunately, they retreated quickly. My shoulder and back injuries have not healed, so I can't actually exert any force. If I hit a few more heads, my movements will not be clean and neat."
Wang Shixian laughed twice.
Among the generals under Yang An'er who were in the Gucheng store, besides Guo Yao'er, was Yang You, who was known for his bravery and love of killing. With Yang You's temperament, he led his men to chase after Guo Yao'er and sneak out to look for flaws.
normal.
Those led by Yang You were naturally the top elites in front of Yang An'er's tent. These soldiers must be more difficult to deal with than Ji Junli's men. Guo Ning thought to himself that even if he had hundreds of warriors, there was no need to fight head-on. He might as well
First, take the Gucheng store, turn against the customers, and then kill the enemy.
However, Guo Ning's men cannot produce hundreds of warriors out of thin air.
The defeated soldiers had plenty of battlefield experience, but after all, they had been loosened for more than a year. Many of them had degraded to the point where they were no better than farmers and needed to be trained and reorganized. The only ones under Guo Ning who could fight fiercely at this time were Monk Luo and Li
Ting two parts.
Although these two troops were victorious in the ambush against Ji Junli's troops, they themselves suffered losses. If they were in a life-or-death situation, of course they could fight again. Guo Ning's reputation was enough to drive them to fight continuously.
But they are the only people Guo Ning can use, so they cannot be lost or squandered.
So Guo Ning was bluffing from the beginning.
It's just that he seems calm and self-possessed on the outside, but in his heart he is still a violent and ferocious warrior. When he heard that Yang You dared to kill prisoners, his murderous aura rose, and he directly beat several people to death in protest.
This is both a threat and a way to show our determination to fight.
Such a fierce statement was enough to force the enemy in front of him not to act rashly, and Guo Yao'er urgently sent Guo Ning's conditions to Yang An'er in Dingxing County.
The conditions proposed by Guo Ning were very simple. He asked Yang An'er to restrict his movements to the north of the Qihe River and not to hinder the retreat of the broken troops south.
Agreeing to this condition is a bit embarrassing for Yang An'er, but it has no real hindrance. Not agreeing is tantamount to creating a powerful enemy for himself out of thin air and slowing down the normal arrangement of his own rebellion. Yang An'er wants to achieve great things, but at the expense of gains and losses
The boss must be able to figure it out.
From Guo Ning's standpoint, there was no need for him to break up with Yang An'er.
Yang An'er will definitely start a rebellion. Guo Ning is fully confident about this.
But this was Guo Ning's judgment based on that big dream. Could he still use this as an excuse to go to court officials?
On the surface, Yang An'er is still the deputy commander of the Tiewagan War Army appointed by the imperial court.
According to the system at the beginning of the founding of the Jin Dynasty, a military commander was placed above Meng'an, and a military commander was placed above the military commander, and a military commander was placed above the ten thousand households. The so-called capital commander, in one word, is the abbreviation of Dubo Jilie.
He leads both the army and the people, and his power is overwhelming.
Later, the national situation stabilized, and the military commanders gradually evolved into three military commanders in the south, three recruiting divisions in the north, and the general commanders of the horse and infantry commanders in the interior. However, when Taihe conquered the Song Dynasty, the duties of the military commanders were again important.
It is assumed that it was at that time that Yang An'er surrendered to the imperial court and obtained the position of deputy commander of the Tiewagan War Army.
This position is of extremely high status and has great power. Even though Tiewa Ganzhan's army was living in Zhuozhou at this time and had no jurisdiction, and Yang An'er himself was quite jealous of the court, he was justified in sending troops to sweep away the defeated troops around him.
There is nothing to criticize at all!
As for the defeated soldiers and the local people who suffered a bloody disaster...
Yang An'er himself did not take this seriously. What he was worried about was whether his sudden expansion of troops would arouse doubts about Tang Kuo's cooperation with the capital. And the surrounding officials would not regard this as a problem. The ants below are just ants, how can they do it?
Counting people? What does it matter if a group of people die?
In this way, it seems absurd for Guo Ning to stand up and defend the defeated soldiers.
In the eyes of Hebei Province and even the imperial court, you Guo Ning are just a regular soldier in Wushabao, Changzhou. Why should you stand up for others? Yang Dutong gathered the defeated soldiers for the imperial court. Who are you, how dare you stand in the way? Oh, that’s right.
, you were the one who killed Xiao Haohu, the commander-in-chief of Anzhou City! Sure enough, his behavior was unpredictable and he was definitely going to rebel!
Guo Ning hoped that Yang An'er would be a pioneer, but he never thought that he would be Yang An'er's pioneer.
He has a martial character, but he is not a fool.
After that big dream, Guo Ning's horizons were broadened and he gained many insights that were not of this world. From this, he decided to find a way to change the upcoming unbearable future.
But he was not completely sure about which road to take. He couldn't even guarantee that the direction of that road would be correct.
Guo Ning is a warrior. He has been accustomed to the bloody storms since he was a child. He can travel through danger with ease. His behavior is considered vicious by ordinary people. However, when he has to take on greater responsibilities, he must find a way to survive for the people around him and for countless people.
When... every decision must be more prudent.
For some things, it is easy to repay blood debts with blood, but if you want to achieve long-term goals, you cannot rely solely on your will and just strive for temporary success.
The subtlety involved in this must be grasped with caution.
Guo Ning waved to Wang Shixian and said simply: "Keep the dead ones and take the other prisoners back."
"Yes." Wang Shixian bowed in response, but looked in the direction of the Guihe River with some worry.
"how?"
"Old Han's side..."
"Li Er can always persuade him." Guo Ning's face darkened and he kept walking: "If it doesn't work, I will tell him personally."
When they came with the prisoners, they bumped into Han Renqing who was returning. According to the old soldier, several of his companions who were born with him had just been seriously injured and died. He took his three and five companions who were still able to move.
When people came back, everyone was determined to die and wanted to fight Yang Aner's men.
At that time, Wang Shixian came forward to persuade, claiming that Guo Liulang would always advocate for everyone, and asked them to be calm and go to the lower reaches of the Qihe River to join Li Ting and others. But later he thought that Han Renqing's child died in the lower reaches of the Qihe River.
! Han Renqing will see such a scene as soon as he goes there. How can he endure this and how can he suppress this blood feud?