The battle just now was very short, but the killing was extremely fierce. The troops in the three states were defeated and they didn't even care about their own lives, so how could they hold back during the fight?
At this time, there were still sporadic fighting in many places. Wherever he passed, there were weapon fragments and blood everywhere. Corpses were lying everywhere, and the smell of blood and the stench of feces mixed together and slowly spread out.
The soldiers who invaded the village were too lazy to clean up. Many people just found a clean place to sit and rest. Some people didn't care and just sat on the corpse, letting their own weight squeeze out the blood from the corpse. , flowing freely under the feet.
Not far in front of Yi La Chucai, a soldier stepped on the chest of a corpse and tried to pull off the goggles sewn on his robe. He used great force, and the corpse's head shook with his movements. He looked up, his bulging eyes seeming to be looking at Chucai.
Yi La Chucai subconsciously quickened his pace.
The soldier who was tearing off the breastplate saw him walking by, and he laughed and said: "Tongjian, I killed six, don't take me off the credit book!"
The agreement reached between Guo Ning and Tu Danyi on that day did not involve the recruitment of the army. Guo Ning himself had no intention of seeking an official position, so he and his subordinates were always local volunteers without status. In order to command For the sake of convenience, Guo Ning referred to the establishment of a capital commander's department and appointed several generals and military supervisors.
After moving Chu Cai to Anzhou, Guo Ning appointed him as the general judge, with duties both inside and outside the palace, and in charge of the affairs department. He took over many trivial matters from the original military supervisor Liu Cheng.
Recording the merits is naturally also the responsibility of the judge.
In the past few months, Yi La Chucai has shown extremely superb methods in dealing with things and people, and has won the general trust of the soldiers. He is also very relaxed and willing to mingle with the soldiers. At this moment, the soldiers He had made a great contribution and reminded him specifically, which shows that his usual hard work was not in vain.
This is a good thing, but at this moment, Yi La Chucai is not happy at all.
"That's natural." He could only force out a smile and speed up his pace.
Yili Chucai is a junior of Tu Danyi's family, and he has always been regarded by Tu Danyi as a rising star who can be entrusted with big things. He is also willing to plan large and small affairs for Tu Danyi, hoping that one day he can truly enter the core of Tu Danyi's political power. , thereby realizing one’s political ideals.
But it's one thing to plan many things on paper, and another thing to actually be there.
Guo Ning had not changed his expression when he had previously sent an order for Guo Ning to attack Pinglu stronghold and assassinate Chu Cai. But when he actually participated in it and even witnessed the massacre of many imperial soldiers, his personal feelings were really hard to describe.
After all, Yiza Chucai was only in his early twenties, he was just a scholar.
He drove forward for a while and saw a house in the middle of the village, which was controlled by an enemy force. Outside, Han Xuan and Qiu Huiluo, with hundreds of soldiers, were mobilizing large shields and soldiers. Anti-arrow devices such as wooden signs.
Yiza Chucai hurriedly took a few steps forward, pointed at the house and asked, "But are there any imperial soldiers in there?"
Han Xuanhun replied nonchalantly: "Exactly. After all, this place is an important military stronghold. Up to now, there are still thirty or fifty good soldiers who are resisting tenaciously. They have seven or eight strong bows in their hands. When we gather a large shield, we can break out again. Go in and kill them all."
Yi La Chucai stared at the courtyard for a long time.
Suddenly, he heard people in the house yelling and cursing outside. After hearing a few words, Chu Cai's expression suddenly changed.
He immediately asked: "Where is Guo Langjun?"
Han Xuan shook his head and didn't know.
He went to ask the soldiers patrolling the city again. After asking several groups of people, one of the soldiers answered: "It's on the wall of the west wall."
He moved the Chu material and walked away.
Sure enough, Guo Ning was looking high up on the wall, and when he saw Yi La Chucai coming panting, he nodded slightly: "I thought Jin Qing would immediately stop Han Xuan and others."
Moving Chu Cai followed Guo Ning's line of sight and found that the house was within sight.
His heart trembled, and he quickly said: "Those are all Guo Langjun's subordinates, how can I stop them... However, enough people have been killed in this battle. There are only dozens of remaining soldiers, and I persuade them to surrender and collect their weapons.
Just keep it under custody."
Guo Ning laughed dumbly.
Next to Guo Ning, Li Ting sneered: "Our army marched to Suning and destroyed the city in one fell swoop. It was very majestic. But if we ran out to report the news to them... and attracted the attention of Hejian Mansion, we would be sitting close to
Wouldn't it be troublesome for us once something happens in this powerful town with tens of thousands of people? Mr. Jin Qing, we are willing to follow Tu Dan Youcheng's suggestion, but we will not put our family in danger."
In terms of being brutal and easy to kill, Li Ting is probably the only one among Guo Ning's men.
Yizai Chucai pondered for a moment, but before he could say anything else, Han Xuan and others had already entered the house and started killing him.
Just within the sight of everyone, blood was dripping and screams were heard one after another.
The dozens of people who retreated to the house were all wearing fine armor, well-equipped, and skilled in martial arts. However, how could they be surrounded by Han Xuan and his troops and massacred indiscriminately?
There were heavy casualties in an instant.
Several soldiers were so frightened that they threw away their weapons and kowtowed in surrender. However, Han Xuan and others were so murderous that they did not care so much and killed them all immediately.
Guo Ning glanced at Yitan Chucai and said calmly: "We did this just because we have been in the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood too much, and we want to understand one thing."
"What's up?"
"If I want to live, the enemy must die; no matter where the enemy comes from, I will be safest only if they are dead."
"……rational."
Guo Ning continued: "The big shots in the court think that they are superior in temple calculations and can strategize and win decisively from thousands of miles away. But how can the so-called temple calculations be accurate? There will always be all kinds of things happening.
There are variables, and it still depends on the soldiers to fight with their lives."
Yi Chucai just nodded and said nothing.
Guo Ning pointed at the house: "The people who are stationed there are the variables. Those people are all soldiers. The prison army usually stationed in Pinglu Village has only five hundred people, and they can't even make up one or two sets.
Such armor... And if Hejian Prefecture has important generals stationed here, they will definitely make a big fanfare, and we can see the flags long ago. Therefore, they must not be from Pinglu Village, nor are they from Hejian Prefecture's garrison."
Hearing what Guo Ning said, Li Ting reacted instantly and frowned immediately.
"After the fight is decided, Mr. Jinzhi will go and interrogate." Guo Ning stared at Xiancai Chucai: "Qing Jin arrived in such a hurry, so he must have recognized their special identities, right?"
Yi La Chucai let out a long sigh and bowed to Guo Ning: "Guo Langjun, I definitely didn't intend to hide it. There are some things that I just got some clues about."
Guo Ning's face was stern: "Jin Qing... we might as well talk about it and understand it."
Yiji Chucai gritted his teeth and said, "Guo Langjun, please retreat."
Guo Ning waved his hand, and the servants immediately moved away.
However, Li Ting had a curious face and took a few steps closer.
Yizai Chucai looked at Guo Ning, who only smiled slightly.
Yizai Chucai said in a deep voice: "According to the news from Zhongdu, there are private soldiers of the new Councilor and Political Affairs Officer Xu Ding stationed in Pinglu Village. They are here to take care of the transfer of inspections on the West Road of Hebei. Envoy Zhang Wei, along with a large number of grain and supplies..."
"Zhang Wei?" Guo Ning thought for a while.
Li Ting shouted from the side: "I know him! I heard that he is the best person in the country who is good at raising funds. I remember that in the third year of Da'an, he went to the front line on a mission, and he brought dozens of trucks with him. The money was used as military pay, but the soldiers scolded them..."
He wanted to say more, and Yiji Chucai nodded: "Zhang Wei is a remnant of Xu Zhiguo's party. When he goes to Zhongdu with supplies and grain, he must have colluded with Xu Ding and others in advance, and will use it as a supporter of Xu's party. achievements."
"I understand this. At that time, Shan Youcheng, my disciple, was staying in Beijing and became prime minister by virtue of his merits in sending troops to defend. Xu Ding and others just wanted to imitate him." At this point, Guo Ning said He laughed a few times and said: "After all, the Mongols are coming at any time, and there is nothing better than rescuing them."
"Indeed." Yi La Chucai nodded: "Xu Ding and others were suddenly promoted by the emperor, which has caused changes in the court situation. Prime Minister Tu Dan Youcheng is not happy to see this generation come back to life, so he asked us to attack Pinglu Village in one fell swoop and create a new situation. The illusion of bandits being rampant scared Zhang Wei away and suppressed their momentum of secretly connecting. But..."
Du Shisheng came up from the other end of the wall with an ugly face: "But these people in the walled city are not ordinary private soldiers at all. They are all Jurchens, Hezha Meng'an stationed on Zhongdu Road! I asked carefully Yes, according to them, they were sent by God to come here secretly to greet a certain noble person!"
Everyone came to see Yiza Chucai.
Yi La Chucai nodded: "As expected."
"However, Xu Ding does not have the power to mobilize various ministries to make peace." Du Shisheng said in a deep voice: "And Zhang Wei is just a financial minister. With his weight, he is not worthy of joining Zha Meng'an in Zhongdu Road. Come and respond."
Yi La Chucai lowered his head and frowned, and murmured while guessing: "And this Meng An's mobilization was silent, and the disciple Shan Youcheng in Zhongdu was also concealed..."
He raised his head and looked at everyone: "With Tu Shan Youcheng's arrangement, any of the emperor's movements cannot be hidden from him, so the one who dispatched them must not be the emperor."
Li Ting couldn't help but sneered again.
"That's because some Jurchen clan officials in the capital intervened. They are still in a very high position and can exert influence on Zha Meng'an on Zhongdu Road." Du Shisheng sighed: "Moreover, this time I went to Zhongdu. There are also people with special status included in the capital’s food and supplies team.”
Yi La Chucai then let out a long sigh: "The worst possibility is that Wan Yan Gang got involved with the clan officials, and they wanted to transport someone to Zhongdu City under the cover of the Xu Zhi Guoyu Party. And this person's Identity must be extremely important and can even overturn the situation in the court."
These words could not be more straightforward. Except for Li Ting who was still confused, all three people present understood.
"Who does Jin Qing think this person is?"
Yi La Chucai pondered for a moment: "Zhang Wei is the transport envoy on the West Hebei Road. The person who can conspire with him and use him as a cover is most likely the one from Xiangzhou."
Du Shisheng nodded: "Zhang Dejun Jiedushi was promoted to King Wanyan Congjia."
