The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 475 Accepting good generals and soothing the hearts of the people

Guo Zhimin threw away his weapons and surrendered, and the rest of the soldiers stopped resisting. Lu Junyi walked over, Gao Chong also walked over, and said: "General Lu, the commander-in-chief has orders, let the two Guo brothers go to see him, he Wait in Huanzhou City!"

Lu Junyi nodded, and ordered Guo Zhiquan to be escorted from Shuozhou City to Huanzhou, and he especially told him to treat him well, and he also went to Huanzhou City together.

"Gao Xianfeng, is this really the commander's order?"

"General Lu, the commander's order is not important, what matters is that they are still alive!" Gao Chong smiled slightly, as long as the Guo brothers are not dead, then everything is easy to talk about.

If Guo Zhimin hadn't voluntarily surrendered, he might have to abide by Zhao Gou's military order and kill without mercy.Now that he has surrendered, that is enough.

"Marshal, General Lu and others have returned to the city!"

Hearing this, Zhao Gou walked up the city gate tower, and happened to see Lu Junyi and others, as well as a general he didn't know. He knew that the man was Guo Zhimin, so he came down from the city gate tower and came to the front of the city gate.

Lu Junyi and others got off their horses one after another. Zhao Gou nodded slightly, then walked up to Guo Zhimin, and said with a smile, "This is Zhao Gou. If you dare to ask the general, is it General Guo?"

Guo Zhimin replied respectfully: "Return to Commander, Guo Zhimin is next to me."

"Has General Guo Zhiquan come too?" Zhao Gou nodded, then turned to look at Lu Junyi, he was not relieved until Lu Junyi said that he was on the way, and then ordered everyone to wait here for General Guo Zhiquan's arrival.

Guo Zhimin was stunned when he heard the words, he had mixed feelings and felt an indescribable emotion in his heart.

Everyone waited for two hours before Guo Zhiquan came under Yang Yizhong's care. Zhao Gou still treated each other with courtesy, without any difference, as if they were not like soldiers who surrendered, but more like brothers who shared weal and woe.

Guo Zhiquan followed Yang Yizhong and ran all the way. When he knew the direction he was going to Huanzhou City, his heart skipped a beat, "Could it be that you use me to coerce my brother to surrender?"

If this is the case, Guo Zhiquan would rather die than submit, and he is not willing to make it difficult for Guo Zhimin.However, Yang Yizhong seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and said lightly: "Huanzhou City has been broken, so you don't have to think about it, General!"

"Huanzhou City has fallen?" Guo Zhiquan stared wide-eyed. He really didn't believe it. He broke through two cities one after another. It was heaven-defying.

Until this time, he saw with his own eyes that his younger brother became a prisoner of war, Huanzhou City was also occupied by the Song army, and even the flag was changed.

Guo Zhiquan believed it, and saw a young man wearing armor coming forward, "Is he the Grand Marshal of Pingliao?"

He was shocked again, Guo Zhiquan would have nothing to say if he was defeated by those long-established generals, and now he is even more speechless.

"General Guo has been wronged!" Zhao Gou smiled slightly, "Let's go to the city to talk about the two generals!"

Zhao Gou sent the army down to rest, Lu Junyi went down to arrange affairs, Yue Fei and others assisted, only Gao Chong followed Zhao Gou.

"Sit down, two generals!"

"We are the generals of the defeated army, dare not!"

Zhao Gou smiled and said, "Even if you are a defeated general, you two have the qualifications!"

"The marshal asked us two brothers to be here. If you have something to say, you can speak up!" Guo Zhiquan knew that Zhao Gou treated each other with courtesy, and there must be something to do, so he stopped beating around the bush.

Zhao Gou said: "I sincerely hope that the two of you can serve the Song Dynasty! The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were originally the land of the Central Plains. Liao is serving his life, it is better to turn around and go elsewhere."

Guo Zhiquan replied: "The people in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun have already had the same living habits as the Khitan people, how many people still remember that they are Han people?"

"Thank you Marshal for your kindness. Both of us brothers became generals of the defeated army. We were imprisoned. We lost Shuozhou and Huanzhou. We have already disgraced the people in the city. If we serve the Great Song Dynasty, what face will we have to face the brothers who died in battle? .”

Zhao Gou smiled and said: "General Guo, you don't need to reject me so quickly, you and your younger brother will discuss it again, and I will wait for your answer in an hour, so I won't bother you two now."

Gao Chong followed Zhao Gou and left, leaving the two of them here.

"Marshal, from my observations, the Guo brothers may not necessarily surrender! If they don't want to surrender, what should we do?"

Zhao Gou replied indifferently: "It's a matter of business!"

"If that's the case, why take them back?"

"Because of the hearts of the people!" Zhao Gou watched thousands of households in the city close their doors and stay at home. "The two of them are descendants of Han people, and they have been operating in Shuozhou and Huanzhou for many years. With them guarding, the people here can live with peace of mind. .”

"It can be said that the two of them are very important for recovering the people here. As long as they surrender, everything will be easy."

"In addition, the two of them have some talents. If they hadn't guarded the border, I'm afraid they would have already broken through."

That's all Zhao Gou said, and everything depends on the two of them's own thoughts.Because Zhao Gou knew the abilities of the two of them, if there were two of them, it would be easy to regain the lost popular support.

If it weren't for the fact that the two of them are Han Chinese, Zhao Gou would not have given the opportunity.Because even if the generals of the Liao people were recovered, they would not really return to their hearts, and what was left was nothing more than breeding tigers. Now is the critical moment, and they dare not gamble at all.

"Brother, let's surrender!"

Guo Zhiquan roared angrily: "Second brother, why are you so confused. We are Han people, we are deeply favored by the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, we should be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and we must not be betrayed."

Guo Zhimin replied: "Brother, the situation is clear now, if we continue to resist tenaciously, I am afraid that we will really have a dead end."

"Death is not terrible. At worst, you will be a good man again in 18 years. Is it really worth it? We are not Khitan people under the rule of the Liao Kingdom, and we cannot be truly trusted. Those Liao people look down on us at all, even the soldiers in our hands They are all Han Chinese, and the Liao people are not among them at all.”

"Even among them, we can't treat everyone equally. We can't control it, let alone disrupt military discipline. Now that the Song Dynasty has invaded, and the Liao Dynasty has been attacked by the Jurchen, we can no longer care about the lives of the people in the sixteen prefectures."

"If Liao is breached, what should we do? Are we being exploited and squeezed by the Jurchens again?"

Guo Zhiquan was speechless, he was silent for a long time, and said helplessly: "Then surrender!"

In less than an hour, it only took a moment to make a decision. The two Guo brothers went to Zhao Gou in person, expressed their hearts, and decided to submit to the Great Song Dynasty and serve the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Gou happily welcomed them to join, and Zhao Gou also allowed them to lead the former army without any hesitation.At the same time, Zhao Gou explained the reason and needed the two of them to appease the people.

Due to the war between the two armies, the people in the city closed their doors and windows tightly, stayed at home, and did not welcome them at all. If this continues, even if they get the city, they may not regain the hearts of the people, and what they get is just an empty city.

Therefore, Guo Zhiquan and Guo Zhimin led their brothers back to the city, and Zhao Gou also sent Yue Fei and Lu Junyi to lead some soldiers, and he also ordered that no harm should be done to the people.

In addition, Zhao Gou asked Gao Chong to send a letter to Yingzhou to inform Song Jiang and others of his order, and sent someone to give military adviser Wu Yong the battle situation here.

Since then, the people of Huanzhou and Shuozhou have returned to their hearts and accepted the rule of the Song army in their hearts, and Zhao Gou has no worries about sending troops to Yingzhou.

(End of this chapter)