Two days later, Guo Song led his army to a small town about fifty miles away from Yongnian County, called Qingshui Town, named after the Xiaoqing River in the east of the town.

Guo Song ordered the whole army to rest, and sent scouts to Yongnian County to inquire about the news.

The news of the arrival of the Jin army immediately spread throughout the town, and the whole town was boiling, and the largest family patriarch in the town, Mr. Zhang, took more than a dozen old men and drove dozens of fat pigs to comfort the army.

Guo Song heard that some people were coming to reward the army, so he hurriedly came to greet them in person, and Liu Qiang, the marching horse, introduced Guo Song to them, Guo Song did not reveal his identity, and temporarily made a cameo appearance in Yao Jin.

"This General Yao is the first general under the account of King Jin, he can represent His Royal Highness King Jin with full powers, if you have any ideas, you can tell General Yao."

Guo Song smiled and nodded, "If you have any ideas, just speak freely, and I will tell His Royal Highness King Jin truthfully." ”

When the old men heard that he was the first general under the command of King Jin, everyone was surprised and delighted, and more than a dozen old men hurriedly knelt down to pay respects, "See General Yao!" ”

"You don't have to be polite, let's sit down and talk."

The soldiers brought more than a dozen boulders, Guo Song invited everyone to sit down, and instructed the soldiers to compensate the people for 300 catties of wheat for each pig, and everyone thanked them again and again.

Zhang Yuanwai sighed and said: "Your army is too timely, the end of this month is the deadline for paying military expenses, everyone is worried to death, the average family has to pay five yuan, my family has a little more population, I have to pay thirty yuan, even if the family is bankrupt, I can't afford to pay it!" ”

"The military expenses that my husband said, but the military expenses for raising cavalry?"

"Exactly! Many people still owe the military budget of the previous year, and with this year's military spending, their families will be ruined. ”

"Can you still owe?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

Another old man said: "A few years ago, it was collected by the local government, if it really can't be handed over, Cui Tingshi is not forced, just write an IOU, and wait for next year, but I heard that because the payment is too small, Li Wujun is annoyed, this year will be the army to collect taxes in person, the deadline is the end of this month, if it is not paid when it expires, the army will come down to pick up the house and arrest people." ”

"How's the summer grain harvest going this year?"

Guo Song changed the topic and asked with a smile: "The wheat seems to be growing well." ”

"This year is good, but last year was not, there was a drought, there was not a drop of rain for four months, even the river water dried up, and the whole autumn harvest was reduced by 40%."

"What do you grow for autumn grain?"

"Generally, it is to grow corn, the yield is very low, one or two hundred catties per mu, in fact, it is not as good as planting beans, the yield is relatively large, and it can also be eaten as food."

"I don't have a lot of money left at the end of the year!"

Everyone shook their heads with a wry smile, and an old man wept and said: "Where is there any money left, they all owe a lot of debts, a dress for ten years, it would be good to be able to eat half full, we have salt here is very expensive, a bucket of salt is sold for 1,500 yuan, every year just eating salt almost all the surplus food is cleaned up, don't think about other clothes and daily necessities, our household bowls and jars have been for decades, and there is no money to change it!" Now I have to pay more than a dozen yuan for military expenses, who can afford it! ”

Speaking of sadness, everyone couldn't help crying, Guo Song comforted everyone for a long time, and promised everyone that he would persuade His Royal Highness the King of Jin to exempt the tax for three years, and the price of salt would be reduced to one hundred and thirty Wen, and everyone was very grateful.

Yao Jin next to him sighed: "Now I can be regarded as the ruthlessness of the sect town, the salt tax alone costs more than 1,000 wen, and I have to pay military expenses, which is equivalent to eating meat and drinking blood, and then knocking on the bone and sucking the marrow, which is too miserable." ”

"This is also Li Wujun, there are only a few states in the territory, but he has to raise an army of 50,000, like Tian Yue and Li Na, the territory is relatively large, their situation will be better, Zhu Jun is the same, the key is the population, Li Wujun's population is too small, in order to support the feudal town, he can only exploit desperately."

At this time, a personal soldier rushed to report: "Your Highness, the people of the Jinwei Mansion ask to see!" ”

Guo Song was stunned, nodded and said, "Bring him to see me!" ”

The soldiers hurriedly went, and Yao Jin smiled: "This should be from Xindu!" ”

"It should be, it must be Li Wujun's intelligence."

After a while, the soldier stepped forward with a young man, and the young man knelt down on one knee to pay homage and said: "Humble Zhang Niu'er, a member of the Jin Wei Mansion in Xindu, see His Royal Highness the King of Jin!" ”

"You've worked hard, what important information do you have?"

"Your Royal Highness, the humble duty is to send a message, Li Wujun sent 23,000 people to support Yuzhou, 3,000 cavalry first, Li Wujun personally led 20,000 troops to kill later, the departure time was noon the day before yesterday, and the humble post almost set off at the same time as the cavalry."

"It's only been two days!"

Guo Song frowned slightly, it was not the same time as he expected, and he asked again: "Xindu County is more than three hundred miles away, you can arrive in two days?" ”

"Your Highness Qiqi, here are all plains, there are no pedestrians on the road, the humble position is the old road, nearly forty or fifty miles than the newly built official road, riding a fast horse galloping, you can indeed arrive."

"Have the cavalry arrived in Yongnian County?" Guo Song asked.

"When they passed through Yongnian County, they hadn't arrived yet, but now it is estimated that they have arrived."

Guo Song nodded and said, "Reward him with fifty taels of silver and take him down to rest!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhang Niu'er followed the soldiers down.

Guo Song pondered for a moment and asked Yao Jindao, "What do you think?" ”

Yao Jin said: "It is estimated that the 3,000 cavalry is too late to intercept, but Li Wujun's 20,000 troops can intercept it." ”

"What if 3,000 cavalry leave the city and attack us front and rear?"

"Then divide the troops to deal with it, Your Highness, don't forget, we have two thousand heavy infantry with us."

Guo Song nodded, and then ordered: "The army packs up and prepares to go!" ”

At this moment, another soldier rushed forward to report, "Your Highness, Cui Tingshi of Zhaozhou has sent someone." ”

"Where are the people?"

The soldiers brought a very capable young man forward, and the young man knelt down and saluted: "Xiaomin is the general of Cui Tingshi, and he is here to deliver a letter for Cui Tingshi." ”

After speaking, he took out a letter and presented it to Guo Song, Guo Song took the letter and read it, and was immediately surprised and delighted, the assassin Shi Cui Hao had rebelled against the three thousand defenders in the city, closed the city gate to prevent the three thousand cavalry from entering the city, and the three thousand cavalry retreated north.

This news was a bit unexpected, Guo Song handed the letter to Yao Jin, and he asked the messenger again, "Why can Cui Tingshi rebel against the guards in the city?" ”

"Returning to His Royal Highness, the lord's name is Han Yuan, who is also from Qinghe County, and his parents, wife and children are currently in Qinghe County."

It turned out to be a fellow villager, and he took advantage of the reputation of the Qinghe Cui family, this general would not dare to compete with the famous Qinghe Cui family no matter what, and it was not clear that this general surnamed Han was a member of the Qinghe Cui family at all.

"I know, you go back and report to Cui Tingshi, and we will go north immediately."

The messenger was leaving, and Yao Jin said with a smile: "Your Highness, it's really a twist and turn. ”

Guo Song also sighed: "Yes! Originally, I was thinking about besieging the city to send reinforcements, but now that something has changed, I informed the brothers that they could walk slowly, not too quickly, and try to ensure the physical strength of the soldiers. ”

Half an hour later, the army packed up and continued to set off, and at the same time, Li Wujun led an army of 20,000 to enter the territory of Zhaozhou.

Li Wujun was originally called Wang Wujun, he was originally a general of Li Weiyue in the feudal town, not long after the first feudal town war, Wang Wujun at that time killed Li Weiyue, surrendered to the imperial court, Dezong Li Shi gave him the surname Li, and named him Zhao Guogong, the military department Shangshu, in an attempt to transfer him back to the imperial court, cut off his military power.

Although Wang Wujun accepted the name and changed his name to Li Wujun, he was dissatisfied with the title of his own country, he at least wanted the lord of the county, and at the same time, the court's attempt to cut off his military power made him even more angry, so he refused to go to the court on the grounds of Zhu Tao's southern invasion, Li Shi had no choice but to change him to the king of Zhao County, and appointed him as the envoy of the Chengde Army, commanding Heng, Zhao, Shen, Ding, Yi, and Ji six states.

In the war with Zhu Tao for Yingzhou, Li Wujun lost, not only Yingzhou did not get, but Zhu Tao seized Heng, Ding, Yi three states, he had to admit defeat to Zhu Tao and sue for peace, at this time Zhu Tao was also ready to attack Hedong, and the two signed an armistice alliance agreement.

After the Jingyuan mutiny, the Zhaoyi army made Ma Sui abandon the four states of Hebei and retreat south, Li Wujun and Tian Yue divided the four states of Hebei, Li Wujun won Xingzhou and Weizhou, and Tian Yue got Xiangzhou and Weizhou.

Among the five states controlled by Li Wujun, Zhao, Shen, Hebei, Xing, and Wei, the first three states were his foundation, and the last two states were windfalls, and the people were not attached to them, and the officials were disloyal, so his exploitation of these two states was particularly cruel.

This time, the Jin army suddenly sent troops to Fukou and marched into Zhaozhou, Li Wujun was very nervous, although he didn't care much about Zhaozhou, but once the Jin army gained a foothold in Zhaozhou, his end was probably coming, so his first reaction was to drive the Jin army back to Hedong.

On the one hand, he sent people to contact Tian Yue, hoping that Tian Yue would attack the Jin army from the south, and he led the army to attack from the north, and the two armies attacked from the north and south, and the Jin army could not gain a foothold in Hebei.