Chang Anqing

Chapter 111 Desire
Inside the tent, the charcoal fire was crackling, Guo Zhaogao sat on it, all the generals were separated into two sides, and the only stone beam stood alone in between, which looked unusually abrupt.

"Shi Liang, you are guilty."

Suddenly hearing Guo Zhao's deep voice asking, Shi Liang was startled immediately, lowered his head with a gloomy expression, and said, "The general will be convicted."

"Since you are convicted, you will be given forty army sticks and demoted to serve in the army as the last soldier."

Hearing Guo Zhao's expressionless voice, everyone fell silent.

Just when the guard outside the gate heard the words and Fang came in and was about to clamp down on the decayed stone beam, a voice suddenly broke the tranquility in the camp.

"General Guo—"

Guo Zhao looked to his left hand when he heard the words, and saw Li Shen who was sitting behind the desk stood up silently, cupped his hands neither humble nor overbearing, and said, "Now that the heavy snow has arrived, the time for our army to send troops is approaching, the Yichen thinks that dealing with General Shi at this time may disturb The morale of the army is not good for going to war."

Guo Zhao didn't respond immediately when he heard the words, but nodded thoughtfully, and looked at Li Shen with kindness, as if he was looking at a junior whom he favored very much.

"The righteous minister thinks, what should we do?"

Li Shen heard the sound and glanced at the stone beam in front of him, then said: "It's better to spare these forty military sticks for the time being, and make them perform crimes and meritorious deeds."

Guo Zhao raised the corners of his lips slightly when he heard this, and then he smiled noncommittally and said: "Since the Yichen said so, then I will follow your words."

When Shi Liang retreated angrily, Guo Zhaoshi turned to Li Shen and said, "Your Majesty sent righteous ministers to help, do you have any new instructions?"

Hearing this, Li Shen got up and walked to the map where Baiguan was located, and said with a solemn expression: "Daro is my old enemy, this time the king appointed us here, one is to encircle Guo Gong, and the other is to destroy the enemy Army rations."

"Oh?"

Noticing that Guo Zhao raised his eyebrows, Li Shen pointed at the map and said, "The Turks are different from our Central Plains. The Central Plains is rich in products. The Turks live in the desert. The Central Plains are good at fighting for a long time, so there is plenty of food and grass. The Turks are good at cavalry. Limited. Before this, General Guo was in town and harassed the enemy many times late at night, taking the opportunity to destroy the food and grass in the army. Now that a few days have passed, the enemy must be in short supply of food and grass. , so the king sent us to set up an ambush here—"

Speaking of this moment, Li Shen pointed at a pass with his sword and lightly drew a circle: "Burn Daroin's food and grass, and now Daroin is in the predicament of shortage of food and grass, there are only two ways to go, one is The second reason is to have a hasty decisive battle with our army in the past few days."

Hearing Li Shen's words, Guo Zhao's eyes flickered, and then he turned his head and looked at the goose feather heavy snow outside through the half-rolled felt curtain, and his words gradually revealed deep calculations: "Now that the dusk is getting closer and the snow is falling, it's just right Cover up our army's actions, then we can go directly to the enemy's camp tonight and capture Daroin alive—"

Li Shen was not surprised to see that Guo Zhao understood King Yuling's strategy for this battle, but he paused when he heard the last sentence, and said politely: "These days our army sneaks at night, and the enemy army is used to it. It is bound to be prepared, so it is better to send a small group of people to disturb the food and grass tonight, and wait until tomorrow morning when the enemy is asleep, and then make a surprise attack—"

Hearing Li Shen's refutation of his own words, Guo Zhao's heart shuddered, but his face did not fluctuate at all, he just smiled kindly and said with a formidable appearance: "It's so good, the righteous minister is worthy of being the king's capable person , worthy of the word prudent.”

Faced with Guo Zhao's great praise, Li Shen's face did not change at all, just as usual, he bowed his hands gently and politely said: "Guo Gong's false praise, these are all planned by the king, we will only obey and obey you."

Sensing the changes in the faces of everyone in the camp, it seemed that Zhao Yi's step by step gradually became recognition and admiration, Guo Zhao clenched his fists under his sleeves, and his heart became more and more out of balance.

What a Zhao Yi, this time Mingli asked him to lead the army but deliberately sent Li Shen to share the merits, that's all, now he still wants to use this battle as a chess game, using him as a pawn, and wants to win a decisive victory thousands of miles away , Showing Zhao Yi's ability to command troops?
If he really does what he wants, then in the future, there will be no place for him, Guo Zhao, in the Anxi Protectorate, and now these so-called loyal people who once belonged to him will probably be killed by him. One by one to win over.

At this moment, the smile on Guo Zhao's face remained undiminished, but the hatred in his heart was getting deeper and deeper. He almost didn't even notice it. Under the crisis of all levels, his murderous intent was already visible.

Sure enough, after being disturbed all night, Daroin's men did not have enough food and grass, and they had not slept well for a long time. It is assumed that Da Zhou's army will not invade in the short term, not to mention that it is still snowing heavily tonight, even if you open your eyes, you can't see people clearly, so how could Da Zhou invade at this time?

That's why Guo Zhao and Li Shen took the main force with them in the snow that night, and wrapped the horses' hooves and the men's shoes in layers of cotton cloth to keep out the cold and to hide the sound of marching.

Just as the enemy army was drowsy, and even the guards were a little sleepy, they could only force themselves to stand guard, but they gradually felt that there was a heavy black shadow in the twilight and heavy snow, just as they were rubbing their eyes and wanted to be more careful. When he looked at it, he heard a cold light in his ear, raised the knife and dropped it, his head had already fallen under his feet.

"Decree, a reward of one thousand taels for those who capture Darrowin alive—"

Instigated by Guo Zhao's stern voice, the soldiers and horses under his command were killing loudly, how can they feel cold under their blood, the Turkic general Daroyin, who was awakened from his dream at this moment, heard the noise outside the camp and the cold blade piercing his flesh and blood The sound suddenly rose, and he pulled out the knife under the pillow. Before he could even put on his clothes, he hurriedly put on a fox fur cloak, opened the curtain to call for Baoqi, and then rode his horse and retreated in awe-inspiring manner.

Now Daroin's troops are like rabbits under the jaws of an eagle, how could the soldiers under Guo Zhao and Li Shen let them go, half of them were killed or injured when they fought and retreated in a vast canyon.

Seeing that Daroin was retreating in a hurry surrounded by layers of Turkic soldiers, Guo Zhao was already red-eyed at the moment, and immediately drove his horse to catch up. By killing his head, he will be able to revive his reputation and no longer be inferior to others.

"Guo Gong, no!"

Almost when he pulled down the rein and was about to chase wildly, Li Shen beside him suddenly stepped forward and looked seriously at the fleeing Daroin and analyzed: "This canyon is shaped like a gourd, and it is easy to enter and difficult to exit. Darrow is afraid of being cheated by fleeing here without thinking."

Speaking of this, Li Shen calmly looked at the deep canyon in the twilight, looked at the shadows of the trees in it, and said: "You and I might as well stay here and stick to it, and the other can climb over this canyon, and the two sides inside and outside the canyon will fight against each other." Block him so that he cannot advance or retreat, and then he can be captured alive."

Originally, when he heard Li Shen analyze the terrain, Guo Zhaoshang had frowned and carefully looked at the terrain in front of him, but when he heard what Li Shen said behind him, he immediately became angry and said coldly: "Director Li is too careful. Now that Daroin is in front of you, you can also see how steep the canyon is, if we turn over, Daroin may have already returned to the big camp and slept peacefully on his pillow. Who will bear the burden of the enemy fleeing when he goes back? crime?"

Seeing that Guo Zhao had lost his composure, Li Shen originally wanted to say something, but he heard Shi Liang, the confidant next to Guo Zhao, not only did not tighten his tail at this moment, but instead looked frivolously, he pointed at himself and scolded Huai: "The brat is really like a little girl." He looks forward and backward like a child, Guo Gong ate more salt than we ate rice, and killed more people than we have ever seen alive, so do we still need others to tell us what to do?"

Hearing what his subordinates said, the sarcasm on Guo Zhao's lips deepened, and he couldn't listen to persuasion, he just looked at Li Shen who was hesitant to speak beside him and said: "Since Director Li has lingering fears, why don't you wait for me to explore first, and then Director Li will bring Let your men and horses stay here, just wait and wait—"

Seeing that Guo Zhao was already tearing his face in front of the Great Gong at this time, and his words were mostly insinuations, Li Shen knew that it would be useless to talk too much, so he immediately fell silent and stopped trying to persuade him. He ran to the canyon mightily.

"Boss we should—"

Before the people around him finished their inquiries, Li Shen looked at Guo Zhao's men who were gradually going away, the gentleness in his eyes had faded away, and turned to a cold light, and how many people could see the scheming and calculations in his eyes .

At the next moment, Li Shen ordered in a calm and orderly manner: "You stay behind—"

After all, under the snowfall, Li Shen turned his head suddenly. Whereas he still looked gentle and moist as usual, now he looked more like a night eagle owl, ready to soar into the sky at any moment.

"Flying cavalry bring fire, fuel, and arrows, and immediately follow me up the mountain. Whoever can get the head of Daroin will be reported to the king and rewarded!"

"Yes!"

Hearing Li Shen's solemn encouragement, dozens of flying cavalry behind them immediately spoke in unison. In their eyes at this moment, there were no difficulties or obstacles, only raging fire and burning desire to kill.

No one knows how much money, manpower and time Zhao Yi spent in cultivating these flying cavalry who are good at climbing mountains and crossing mountains, and who are better at fighting enemies in underwater swamps. Now only Zhao Yi and Li Shen know, and there are only dozens of people behind Li Shen. At this moment, it is even more worthy of the thousands of troops under Guo Zhao's command.

　The name Yang Zheng became more and more unattractive, so I changed my name to Li Shen capriciously. In addition, I have written a lot about the battlefield recently, mainly because I prefer to pay attention to the two-way balanced growth of male and female protagonists when writing articles. I hope you will forgive me. If you think it is too long-winded, you can make suggestions, as long as it is suitable, I will accept it.Finally, I would like to thank everyone for not despising my slow update. I really appreciate that you have given me great update support.

　　
　
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