"An army of 100,000 people, the power is in one person,......, I can't fall,......, I can't sleep......"

As if he was in an iron house filled with black fog, Yelu Yanshan opened his eyes hard, and in a hazy state, he saw Guo Baoyi's face. "Fortunately, Deputy Guo is resourceful and has always been cautious in the use of soldiers, with him, the army should be fine,......" He tried his best to squeeze out a smile, however, this stiff face didn't seem to be his own, only some saliva trickled down the corners of his grinning mouth.

"Lord Totong is awake!"

When Yelu Yanshan's eyelids moved slightly, the soldiers notified Guo Baoyi, he was full of surprise at first, seeing that although Yelu Yanshan woke up again, he still couldn't see things, and his heart was full of sorrow, seeing that Yelu Yanshan's eyes were blank, it seemed that he was going to fall asleep again, Guo Baoyi hurriedly said in a deep voice: "Yelu Dutong, cheer up, let me briefly report on military affairs." ”

Yelu Yanshan's mind was like a piece of paste, he was drowsy, he cheered up when he heard the words, opened his eyes encouragingly, and stared at Guo Baoyi in a daze, he wanted to entrust the military affairs of the army to Guo Baoyi, but the corners of his mouth moved, but he couldn't say a word.

Seeing this, Guo Baoyi hurriedly said: "Yelu Dutong is seriously injured and can't speak, Guo has made some arrangements, if Lord Yelu thinks it is appropriate, he will close his eyes, if he thinks it is inappropriate, he will close his eyes twice, what does Yelu think of it?" "The three armies cannot be without a commander for a day, at this time, the important generals in the Liao army camp have arrived, and they must listen to the military affairs arranged by Lord Dutong.

"Deputy Dutong Guo is really resourceful, it's hard for him to come up with this solution," Yelu Yanshan was relieved in his heart, his eyes softened, he closed his eyes slightly, and then opened them again. Guo Baoyi's face was full of joy, and he turned to the generals in the account and said: "Everyone has seen it, although General Yelu is seriously injured and can't speak, his mind is still in the situation. After the generals agreed in a mess, they quieted down again and looked at Yelu Yanshan on the sickbed together.

"Lord Yelu is seriously ill, the three armies cannot be left without a master for a day, although the last general is in the deputy capital, but as a Han person, it is always difficult to convince the public," Guo Baoyi said in a deep voice, he said naturally, the Khitan and Xi generals also looked as usual, as if these words were natural.

Yelu Yanshan's heart was extremely depressed and angry, except for Guo Baoyi, the generals in the southern expedition camp had similar status, he didn't bear this burden, and no one could serve the public. Besides, although Guo Baoyi is a Han Chinese, he was the confidant who originally followed Yelu Dashi. At the beginning, although His Majesty was a side branch of the Liao royal family, because of the middle of the family, when it came to his grandfather's generation, he was even more poor, and there was only one slave in the family, and this slave was surnamed Guo. When Yelu Dashi was not yet out of office, Xi Wen, Guo Baoyi was a scholar, grinding ink and picking books for him, practicing martial arts, Guo Baoyi was a general, accompanying him to shoot arrows. Guo Baoyi also learned both civil and military skills, if a single round of civil and military strategy, not inferior to any of the ministers under the Yelu Dashi account. Because of this, although Yelu Dashi vigorously respected the Khitan, squeezed out the Han officials, and abolished the establishment of the Han army, he trusted You Jia only for Guo Baoyi, otherwise, it would be impossible for him to become the deputy commander of the 100,000 Southern Expeditionary Army.

However, no matter how angry Yelu Yanshan was in his heart, he couldn't speak, so he could only stare at Guo Baoyi viciously, and listen to him continue: "General Xiao Tachi is leading an army of 100,000 to help, General Xiao He is His Majesty's concubine, and his status is noble. The last general intends to temporarily take charge of military affairs, while guarding this camp, while Pegasus asks His Majesty for his will, and as soon as General Xiao Xiao arrives, he will hand over the military affairs here to him. ”

Although Xiao Tachi is a member of the Murbo Department, since he has changed his surname to Xiao, he is His Majesty's concubine, although he has not yet completed his marriage, he has the full support of Queen Xiao behind him. In this northern expedition, although Xiao Tachi did not fight a major battle, he led his troops to loot the Jurchen hometown, destroying thousands of villages before and after, and beheading more than 100,000 men, women, and children combined. Hundreds of miles north from Shenzhou, the Jurchens were almost extinct, which was also an important reason why the Jurchen army in Shenzhou, Liaoyang, was besieged by the Liao army. Because of this, Jerodashi also had great praise for him.

Therefore, Guo Baoyi thought about coming and going, and took this opportunity to give up the position of the army commander to Xiao Tachi, which can be regarded as a personal favor. The status of other Liao army generals is not as good as Guo Baoyi, it is difficult to compete, and they will not be stupid enough to oppose the horse Xiao Ta Chizhang army. He felt that he had arranged it very properly, and after he finished speaking, he looked at Yelu Yanshan and waited for him to close his eyes and agree.

Seeing that all the generals were frequently bowing their heads, it was obvious that Guo Baoyi had persuaded everyone, and he could only nod his head in the sick, although Yelu Yanshan was dissatisfied, but with his current situation, he could no longer insist on his own opinion, so he could only endure the anger in his heart, close his eyes, and never open them again. But his ears couldn't be blocked, and he only heard Guo Baoyi say loudly: "Everyone has seen it, Lord Dutong is seriously ill, and before General Xiao arrives, bother everyone to guard the camp, don't let the thieves take advantage of the attack on the camp." ”

The generals agreed to retreat, Guo Baoyi sat down, looked at Yelu Yanshan who was sleeping with his eyes closed, and said in a low voice: "General Yelu, yesterday was burned by thieves, and the army's grain and grass for three months were burned. After the Han army retreated, Guo Baoyi immediately ordered the palace tent army to block the fire, and he personally counted the losses. There is only less than a month left to know the news of grain and grass, and now only a few people know about it.

............

Suzhou Guannan, the Han army did not have time to celebrate, the army began to retreat, tens of thousands of soldiers gathered at the foot of the old iron mountain, in turn to board the sea ship, the ship will not stop the Han army soldiers to the nearest Tieshan Island, and then distributed to all places, in addition to the ships of the naval division, the Han army also hired a lot of merchant ships of the Song State to transport people and horses, among which there are even Dengzhou naval divisions to run the sea to earn extra money grain ships and warships.

There were 3,000 defenders left outside Nanshan City, and there were 2,000 defenders in the old Tieshan Fort. After the withdrawal of the army, the Liao army would enter the southern part of Suzhou along the ice road, and the defenders of the two forts would be alone, and they would have to support them for more than three months under the full attack of the Liao army, which was forty times their size. Then, as the sea ice melts, the artillery fire of Nanshan City will cut off the supply channel of the Liao army, and the brigade of men and civilians will use the ports all over Guannan to return one after another.

No matter how heroic it is, except for a very few people at this time, the people who stayed behind were a little depressed. Zhao Xingde inspected Nanshan City with his sword, and when he saw this situation, he could only pat his subordinates on the shoulders and didn't say anything more. Sacrifice may be necessary, but he will not force everyone to let go of everything and face loneliness and death calmly.

"For more than a hundred days, can we hold this city?" When the mood is low, many soldiers will ask silly questions.

"As long as we want to defend the city, we can do it for two hundred days." Zhao Xingde said in a calmer tone as much as possible, "If we are scared, we will choke enough for a day!" He smiled and asked, "Are you scared?" ”

"With General Zhao here, the villain is not afraid!" Wang Zhang plucked up the courage to say, but he couldn't hide his weakness. Zhao Xingde smiled slightly, did not expose him, only patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "We are not afraid of the enemy, then the enemy should be afraid of us." As soon as he finished saying this, he suddenly frowned, just to the southwest, dozens of carriages were running against the evacuated soldiers and civilians, and they were actually heading straight for Nanshan City.

"What's going on?"

While ordering the whole city to be on guard, Zhao Xingde watched the convoy slowly approach with a clairvoyant mirror, and saw clearly that it was Li Sihai who was riding in front of the convoy. Li Sihai seemed to notice, raised his head and waved his hand at the city, revealing a mouthful of white teeth. Zhao Xingde's brows furrowed even tighter, and he muttered secretly: "The sailor is busy transporting people to evacuate, what is he doing here?" "It was ordered that except for Li Sihai alone, no one else and the carriage were allowed to approach Nanshan City.

"Brother Zhao led his brothers to guard the lonely city, although the grain is sufficient, but it is too hard." After a while, Li Sihai went to the city and said with a smile, "The fourth battalion has been floating on the sea all year round, and the pain in it is the deepest experience. The evacuation of the army was imminent, and thirty prostitutes from Linhailou were sent over for the brothers who were defending the city to talk about their loneliness. ”

"What?" Zhao Xingde was greatly surprised, and following Li Sihai's gestures, he saw many women in long skirts walking down from the car and stopping outside the trench in Nanshan City, these prostitutes were wearing veils and couldn't see their demeanor, but obviously it was impossible for anyone to voluntarily stay in the city that was about to be besieged by the Liao army at this time.

"No way!" He categorically refused, "The war is dangerous, and women cannot be accommodated here." ”

The soldiers of the Han army were secretly looking at those prostitutes, and when they heard that General Zhao refused, many of them had disappointed looks on their faces. Li Sihai said with a smile: "Captain Zhao is clean and self-conscious, but you don't have to let your brothers follow these rules and precepts." He paused for a moment and said slowly, "Zhang Zhongcheng guarded Suiyang, killed concubines for the soldiers, and then killed the women in the city to satisfy their hunger, which shows that there were women in Suiyang City at the beginning." ”

Zhang Xun was a loyal minister during the Anshi Rebellion. He held Suiyang, so that the Anshi rebels could not penetrate deep into Jianghuai. Jianghuai was paid by the Tang Dynasty, and the Jianghuai was stable, so the Tang Dynasty army did not lack food and wages. The world will not die in the Anshi rebels, and Zhang Xun can be said to have made great contributions. Therefore, when talking about him, Li Sihai's face was straight, but it didn't seem to be all a joke, but for the sake of the soldiers defending the city.

Unexpectedly, Li Sihai carried out Zhang Xun, and Zhao Xingde was also stunned. Zhang Xunnai was a famous general of the previous dynasty, who was sealed in all dynasties and was highly respected in the army. Zhao Xingde was silent for a moment, and then said: "My way of governing the army is to distinguish between high and low, and to integrate the upper and lower. There were 3,000 soldiers in the city, but there were only 30 women, beautiful and ugly, and fat and thin. If the soldiers want to enjoy it, they must divide their luck into high and low, some people are reckless, and some people are unwilling. As the saying goes, instead of increasing strife, it is better to simply cut off these desires. The freezing season is only 100 days, and there are no women in the city, so it's not a big deal. The reason for this opposition is not entirely out of morality, but out of the consideration of stabilizing the morale of the military.