Zhuozhou City, which belongs to Youzhou, has been an important city in the north for thousands of years, too many stories have been staged here, and countless heroes have risen or fallen here, and the one of them is a straw shoe seller, and a pig and meat seller, they met a fugitive here, married Jinlan, and then started a magnificent history and life.

If Guo Yaoshi, the current lord of Zhuozhou, talks about the identity of the starting point, he is obviously above those three people, but at this time, his situation is far from being comparable to the heroes and heroes who have been handed down for thousands of years. At present, Zhuozhou has long lost the prosperity and accessibility of the past, not only the grass outside the city is everywhere, the fields are barren, even in the city, but also the people are not living, ten rooms and nine empty, and only 20,000 soldiers of the Changsheng Army are still here to the death, doing the last struggle, or it can also be called a struggle.

But as time goes on, they have also reached the end of their rope, and there is not much way out, at least for now. Especially when the envoy of the Liao State in front of him broke their difficult situation little by little and crumpled it into details, it made Guo Yaoshi's face turn blue, and the subordinates who accompanied him were even more shocked.

"General Guo, I have said everything that needs to be said, and I hope you can make the wisest choice, so that you and I can both benefit and have our own guarantees. If you are still determined to be the enemy of my Great Liao, I dare to guarantee that within January, my Liao elite cavalry will definitely break through Zhuozhou, and by that time, the city will be full of people and other jade, and you will also repeat the mistakes of Dong Xiaochulin and other anti-thieves! Xiao Sixun, the envoy of the Liao State, spoke slowly, but the momentum on his body became stronger and stronger.

The last threatening sentence shocked Pharmacist Guo's body again, but he still managed to calm himself and said with a smile: "What the ambassador said is that we do know our own situation. However, if you want me to return to Da Liao, you can't be so hasty, right? I wonder what the imperial court will arrange? ”

"Arrangement? You will know when you arrive, and there is only one thing I can guarantee, as long as you surrender at this time, the court will not blame the past and ensure that your subordinates will not die. ”

"Is that all?" Pharmacist Guo sighed with some disappointment.

"What? Are you still not satisfied? You rebelled and rebelled, and in the past two years, you have killed innocents and forcibly occupied cities in my Daliao, which of these crimes is not a capital crime that must be killed? It is the biggest concession for the court to be gracious and not to blame for the past, if you get an inch further, once the court is angry, you should bear the consequences! Xiao Sixun opened his mouth again and shouted aggressively.

After a pause, he said again: "I don't have much time, my patience is limited, I will wait for you for three days at most, if you refuse to give a clear answer, don't blame the court for killing the killer!" Think again, and do it for yourself! After putting enough pressure on the other party, he stopped pestering and quickly got up and wanted to leave.

And the generals in this hall were all entangled, and some people opened their mouths to say something, but after seeing Pharmacist Guo's still heavy and thin face, they didn't say anything in the end. How unbearable the situation in Zhuozhou is at the moment, they know very well, not to mention that the Liao army has come to quell the rebellion, even if no one comes to attack, with the only remaining grain in the city, I am afraid that it will not last for a few months. And look, at least for now, there is no way to get money and food.

Pharmacist Guo's question just now was actually trying to see if he could ask for some benefits from the other party first, but now it seems that the Liao people are not willing to give themselves a chance at all. Now that the mountains and rivers are exhausted, is it really going to return to the Liao Kingdom?

Just when he hesitated and was about to compromise, a person outside the hall hurried over, not caring that his master was talking to the envoy of the Liao State, so he hurried to Guo Yaoshi's side, leaned over and whispered something in his ear.

And as soon as these few words were said, the expression of Guo Yaoshi, who was still full of entanglement, changed, and he looked at Xiao Sixun at that time: "Then please ask your envoy to stay in my Zhuozhou City for two days, the matter is very high, and I have to discuss it with my brothers before I can make a decision." As he spoke, he made another gesture of please, and sent him away directly.

This change made Xiao Sixun's brows furrow suddenly, just now he had clearly felt the panic and hesitation of Pharmacist Guo, and it seemed that he might agree to surrender at any time. But why did it suddenly change, just because the man said a few words?

Although there were many doubts in his heart, because what the man said was very light, he couldn't hear it at all, so he could only put it down for the time being, and snorted: "Three days, I will only give you three days, you can think about it, don't mistake yourself and others!" With a final threat, he got up and left.

After he left, Pharmacist Guo smiled and said, "It's really the road of the heavens, and our opportunity has come." Wu Junzuo, you go to the city gate on my behalf to bring the envoy of the Song Kingdom into the city. Remember, as before, only twenty people were allowed to enter the city, and the rest of the people were left to camp outside. ”

His order finally solved the mystery in the hearts of others, and all the subordinates who were still worried all felt overjoyed at this time: "The Song people finally thought of using us?" God help me to win the army! ”

After the name of a tall general left with his fists clenched, Guo Yaoshi quickly swept over the crowd again, and said in a serious tone: "Brothers, all fold up your spirits, don't make the same mistakes as before." If the Song envoy is allowed to find our destiny again, the consequences will only be more serious. Now is the time for us to seek the best of our ability, and we must not let the opportunity slip away, let alone make mistakes! ”

"What the general said is that I will be careful!" All of them agreed. Before, it was because of the fact that he was accidentally touched by the Liao envoy for a while, which caused his family to become so passive, controlled everywhere, and was about to be forced to surrender, which was not the result they hoped to see.

After pharmacist Guo instructed everyone, his mind quickly turned again, planning how to deal with this Song envoy is the most appropriate, it is best to be able to get a lot of benefits at the same time, but not really grovel to others, and the most important thing is not to be involved in this battle of Song Liao! His ambition has never been small, but he doesn't want to be used as a tool.

Half an hour later, someone came again to report that the envoy of the Song Kingdom had arrived in front of the garrison mansion. Only then did Pharmacist Guo Shi Ran get up, put the shelf up, and led people out to greet him - these are all lessons learned after suffering losses on the Liao envoy, and now they are all used on the Song envoy.

Sun Tu and the others have already stood in front of this garrison yamen that looks quite complete, and then look at the surrounding houses and courtyards, but many of them have been burned and collapsed, and there are no people walking around on the wide streets, which always makes people feel that the entire Zhuozhou City is lifeless, which makes people feel depressed.

This feeling existed outside the city, but after entering the city gate, it became more and more obvious. However, when the other party proposed that only twenty people could be allowed to enter the city, Sun Tu did not object, after all, there was not much difference between three or four hundred and twenty people in front of tens of thousands of troops. However, for the sake of safety, he took Luda Wu Song Huarong and a few people with him, and only let Fan Qi's brothers stay in the army on their behalf, which can be regarded as a kind of trust in them.

After entering the city and seeing this scene inside, Sun Tu knew a little more about Zhuozhou and Guo Yaoshi - whether it was Guo Yaoshi or his subordinates, their abilities were actually very limited, and it was not too much to say that they were ambitious and talented. They actually brought a good Zhuozhou city into such a situation, it is difficult to achieve a big thing at all. And just by letting himself and other twenty people enter the city, he can also see his petty side, and he may not even be able to compare with Zhu Mian in Jinling City at the beginning.

This cognition made Sun Tu seem more and more relaxed when he really saw Guo Yaoshi, and he smiled and hugged his fists: "General Guo, Sun has admired your name for a long time, and when I saw it today, it was really extraordinary, and his appearance was dignified, and he deserved to be the leader of the Han righteous division who could stir up the chaos of the Liao Kingdom with an army." ”

Speaking of which, this Pharmacist Guo's appearance is indeed extraordinary, tall and tall, with long thin cheeks, coupled with a beard under the chin, he really has the demeanor of an ancient famous general. Even at the point of exhaustion, his face was still clean, and there was no trace of embarrassment. At this moment, after listening to Sun Tu's words, he also laughed when he was looking at the envoy: "General Sun has a good reputation, and your name is also heard of a lot, and you can be regarded as a rare famous general in the Great Song Army." ”

"Haha, that's just other people's love, my grandson can't afford it." Sun Tu smiled and said modestly, and then the two of them walked towards the yamen hand in hand like old friends who had not met for many years, but many people around them were a little dumbfounded.

After everyone sat down and exchanged pleasantries, Sun Tu went straight to the point: "The official's intention, I guess General Guo should have known about it, right?" To put it mildly, it is also the general Gao Yi, even today, he can still think of the identity of the Han people, and he wants to belong to the court several times. only sighed that there were many traitors in the army and the DPRK before, and they blocked it, so that the general's sincere loyalty was delayed. But now, everything has been decided, so Tong Shuai specially ordered the official to come to negotiate with the general on the surrender of my Great Song Dynasty, but I don't know what you want, General Guo? ”

"Hehe, the Great Song Dynasty court can recognize me, a foreigner, and be willing to accept my brothers, which is also the blessing of tens of thousands of horses in my victorious army. Since we are Hanchen, how dare we put forward any conditions when we surrender to the imperial court, but ......" Guo Yaoshi first said a few words, and then turned his head and wanted to ask some questions.

But at this moment, a person next to him interrupted him with a low cough. When Guo Yaoshi looked at him, the other party shook his head and looked at him, which made him understand something instantly, and quickly changed: "But today's new envoy must have worked very hard, so it is better to live in my Zhuozhou City first, and wait until tomorrow when you have enough spirits to talk about business." ”

Their eyebrows naturally couldn't hide from Sun Tu, which made his heart move, and sure enough, things were not so simple. But since the other party said so, he didn't want to be too demanding, so he smiled and said: "In this case, then the guest is as you please, there is General Lao Guo." ”