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Chapter 12 Convergence

The one who came back with Guo Ning was naturally Wang Shixian.And what followed behind Wang Shixian was not his two Wang Gu fellows, but a skinny donkey.

That night, Guo Ning did not tell Wang Shixian in detail what his family would do next.He only said, if brother Shixian can trust me, he will come with me, and you won't be at a disadvantage.

Wang Shixian was skeptical, and he didn't know that Guo Ning's red mouth and white teeth were talking nonsense.

A small army who had fled to Hebei actually regarded the Mongolian Kingdom as an opponent in his words, as if he was some kind of great person and could do great things.If it were someone else, I'm afraid that I would burst into laughter on the spot, thinking that Guo Ning was crazy.

But Wang Shixian was rescued by Guo Ning twice, so there is some friendship in the end.He heard with his own ears that Guo Ning dissected the positions of the various forces in Anzhou.

Wang Shixian's family understands better that the entire ethnic group of the Wanggu tribe has complex origins. They have been distributed along the Great Phnom Frontier Fortress for nearly a hundred years, and the relationship within the ethnic group is very distant.Arawusi, the King of Beiping who took refuge in Mongolia, has nothing to do with the Wanggu tribe of Gongchang Mansion.

It is of course Wang Shixian's good hope to seek refuge in Mongolia by virtue of his identity as a Wanggu people and seek prosperity and wealth.However, it is also normal for soldiers to be crushed into powder if they are not careful.In any case, Guo Ning and other fierce people have to win them over with all their strength in order to keep them safe.

Therefore, Wang Shixian agreed to Guo Ning's request and agreed to establish a foothold in one place.

He then suggested that the two families might as well go to the Wangu people camp east of Xinqiaoying to settle down.

Guo Ning immediately said that Xinqiao Camp is too close to Wocheng County and Yujiazhuang, and must be far away, so that the two parties can rest assured, and we can prepare with peace of mind.

Wocheng County is the prefecture of Anzhou and the residence of Anzhou governor Tu Shanhang.The Yu family in Yujiazhuang is the leader of the local clan in Anzhou, and the place where all ethnic groups in Yujiazhuang discuss and exchange daily affairs.Why can the two parties be at ease if they are farther away from these two places?What exactly is the preparation that Guo Liulang mentioned?
Wang Shixian became more and more confused.But he is a warrior who has survived a long battle, and he has a very clear judgment.That is, at any time, whoever has the biggest fist will count.

So he quickly corrected his attitude, and said heartily: "Sure enough, it is better to go to the Kuijunhe side! Guo Liulang, you can do whatever you say!"

At present, Wang Shixian asked two of his subordinates to go to Xinqiaoying to gather his scattered companions, and his family followed Guo Ning to Feijunhe.

After Wang Shixian fell into Xiao Haohu's hands, he was tortured and suffered a lot.Guo Ning was also injured, especially the arrow wound on his back was torn again during the fight, and the flesh and blood on the wound was sticking and rubbing against his clothes, causing him to feel severe pain every step he took.

At the beginning, they could rely on perseverance to support them. Later, both of them were very tired, and they had to stop and rest for a while after walking ten or twenty miles.Fortunately, there was a village that Guo Ning was more familiar with on the way. The two stopped in the village and had a good night's rest.

The people in the village heard that Guo Ning had beheaded Xiao Haohu, and they were in awe. The next day, they kindly provided a donkey for transportation.

Since the time of Sejong, the nine group pastures established by Dajin in the frontier and the interior of the Northeast have existed in name only.Both the army and the people are short of horses, and there are many donkeys in various places to make up for the lack of animal power.But three years after arriving in Da'an, the imperial court searched hard, and donkeys became a rare commodity.

Guo Ning thanked Zheng there, and left a long knife with a good steel muzzle to pay the price of the donkey, and then set out on the road.

Both Guo Ning and Wang Shixian are good riders, and they are good at riding donkeys.The two piled the weapons and armor on the donkey's back, and the others took turns riding the donkey to rest, and finally returned to the Zhijunhe camp after the fourth day.

The children who saw Guo Ning first came up and happily touched Guo Ning's armor and weapons.

After his elder brother passed away, Lu Shu missed him day and night.The more he misses his elder brother, the more he hates Xiao Hao and Hu's troops so much that he grits his teeth, and sighs that he is too young and weak to kill the enemy with Guo Ning.

The half-child repelled his companions, came up and asked, "Brother Liulang, are you back? Did you really avenge my elder brother?"

"This is my younger brother Lu Shu. His elder brother is my Alixi. He was attacked and killed by Xiao Haohu just a few days ago." Guo Ning explained to Wang Shixian, and replied to Lu Shu seriously: "Naturally. I have cut off my enemy's head!"

"It's good to cut off heads! It's better to cut off a few more heads! It's also good to shoot them to death with arrows!" Lu Shu clenched his fists.

"That's natural. The damned people have already died by the knife!" Guo Ning touched Lu Shu's head: "Ah Shu, go and tell your sister that there are guests coming, so prepare some food."

Lu Shu saluted like a grown-up, leading the way by himself, and asked his companions to report quickly.

"Brother Shixian, these days, I'm living in a bit of embarrassment, so don't dislike me."

"Haha, no, no."

Wang Shixian agreed so, followed Guo Ning out of the water, saw the shack, and the people waiting eagerly beside the shack.

What a shack!It's really broken!
Wang Shixian couldn't help but let out a "Hey".

This place is really worse than Wang Shixian imagined, and it is far worse than Wang Shixian's village at Xinqiaoying.With Guo Ning and his companions being strong and good at fighting, if anyone is willing to let go of his figure and have some means, why is it so embarrassing?
It can be seen from this that Guo Liulang was originally like Wang Shixian in my impression, with a somewhat stubborn temper, but his vision may not be so broad.

However... the Guo Liulang he saw in the past few days seemed to have changed so much that Wang Shixian felt somewhat unfathomable.

It's really strange.

The two followed Lu Shu all the way to Guo Ning's residence.

After sitting down and exchanging greetings, Lu Han brought food.This speed seems to have been prepared all the time, just light a fire and heat it up temporarily.

The food itself was very crude, nothing more than gruel mixed with wild vegetable leaves, and pancakes baked with soybeans and wheat coarse grains.

Guo Ning was really thirsty and hungry, so he took the wooden bowl and gulped down the porridge, licking the bottom of the bowl clean.The hot soup and hot water sloshing in the stomach make people feel very comfortable.Looking up, Wang Shixian was eating slowly and elegantly, while a few children outside the room poked their heads and drooled while looking at the pancakes.

Guo Ning smiled, picked up two pancakes and went outside, broke them into small pieces of about the same size according to the number of children, and gave one piece to each of them.

The children were overjoyed and dispersed, but Lu Han followed, with a slightly unhappy expression.

"Ahem, I killed Xiao Haohu and his important subordinates." Guo Ning said.

"It's too dangerous! Don't do this in the future!" Lu Han said with his head down.

"It's not dangerous, that guy is not my opponent." Guo Ning laughed twice.

There is a small dry and chapped wound on his jaw, probably because he drank hot soup, it was a little itchy, he raised his hand to scratch, and the dense stubble made a rustling sound: "The children are very hungry, go get some more Food, let everyone be full. Today and tomorrow, the governor of Tudan in Ocheng County and the Yu family of Xinqiao Ying will send people to give prayers. By then, there is no need to worry about food and clothing! "

"Gifts? How could Governor Tudan and the Yu family of Xinqiaoying come to give gifts?" Wang Shixian's ears were very good.He came out holding the wooden bowl and asked repeatedly.

Guo Ning asked: "I remember that here in Anzhou, at the end of October last year, the imperial court promoted the local military commander and patrol envoy to the commander of the capital, and established the military division of the capital. Brother Shixian, have you ever thought about it? Hasn't been able to form the Anzhou Capital Military Division yet? Why does he value Xiao Haohu so much? Why did Xiao Haohu summon the Yu family of Xinqiao Camp to see him immediately after sweeping up many defeated troops?"

Don't you mean a gift?Why bring this up again?
Guo Liulang, you have really changed, you don't speak like ordinary people anymore.

A series of questions almost staggered Wang Shixian: "Ahem... Liulang, I'll listen to you."

"Tu Danhang is a son of the nobles in Zhongdu. There are countless relatives of the emperor and senior officials in the clan. He is also a well-known rising star. Although he is a foreigner, he has ambitions. I think his intention to seek the Shuntian Army Jiedushi, Brother Shi Xian must have known about it too. The reason why these people, as governors of this prefecture, are unable to recruit soldiers and horses to be the commander of the capital is nothing more than the constraints of the local big clan."

"It's Yu's headed, those near Xinqiaoying!"

"That's right!" Guo Ning talked eloquently: "The governor of Tudan wanted to make meritorious service in the battlefield and serve the court. But in the past two years, the household registration in Anzhou has decreased by [-]%, and the number of strong men has decreased by [-]%. The disadvantages are extreme, and the hearts of the people have long been in turmoil. The local big families in Anzhou, who are willing to send their sons to the battlefield to die? They will naturally do their best and obstruct them in every possible way. That's why Du Danhang started the massacre of the army in Anzhou idea."

Speaking of this, Guo Ning sneered: "Xiao Haohu doesn't have a good reputation. Why does Tu Danhang still use him? He just wants to use this mad dog to bite the local clan! And Xiao Hao Hu is also working hard, once he wipes out the army, he will immediately gather his hands to deter the Yu family and others..."

"But Xiao Haohu was killed by you Liulang?"

"When Xiao Haohu dies, the hundreds of people in the Xi army at Gaoyang Pass will inevitably be in chaos. The governor of Tudan will definitely seize this opportunity and directly control Xi army. During this process, I, Guo Liulang, sometimes use Tudan Hang The tool used to intimidate Xi Jun, sometimes it is the target he promised Xi Jun to take revenge on, or at some point, he may become the chief officer of Tu Danhang's next military division... Officialdom is nothing more than that, but the premise is that I It’s best to be here in Feijun River, stay here honestly, and don’t act rashly, so as not to cause another change in the situation.”

"Hiss..." Wang Shixian gasped: "Then, where is Yu's Village?"

"The grain-shooting army and prison army in Anzhou have already existed in name only after years of deployment. Therefore, Tu Shanhang is just an empty-headed state general, and the Yu family and others are able to obey. If Tu Shanhang has three Xi Jun, who is as fierce as a wolf and a tiger, is the basis. How far do you think he can do it? He has a military commander in the capital, and he wants to continue to recruit troops, and then set up a military commander in the capital, okay? He wants to urge the local government to pay for food The progress of tax payment, okay? He wants to collect the household registration, to see the origin and quantity of the local big family's name, okay?"

"He already has the status of an imperial court official, and no matter how powerful he is, he will naturally be able to do it."

"Then, as long as there is a smart person in Yujiazhuang, he will not allow Tu Shanhang to control Xi Jun safely. We must find an opportunity to let Xi Jun fall apart. Then, who is Xi Jun's natural enemy?"

"Uh……"

When Wang Shixian was about to answer, the children who took the pancakes and went out to munch happily came running over again.

The leader is still Lu Shu.

"A group of people came. They brought a lot of cages and horses. I asked them to wait outside! They said, there is a letter from you, Liulang!" Lu Shu finished speaking heavily, and handed Guo Ning a letter.

When I opened it, I saw that there was a lot of writing on it.Guo Ning looked impatiently at the politeness, and went directly to the end, where he said: "If I don't want to give a speech to the court, I will say less about it. Because I am busy with general affairs, I can't fulfill my wish. I would like to send the old man to act as a deputy. There are some gifts. It is on a different page, and I respectfully enclose it in a book."

At the end of the article, the signature is exactly that of Tu Shanhang, and a flying monogram is attached.

"This gentleman has a good handwriting." Guo Ning said.

"Where are the gifts? What kind of gifts are there?" Wang Shixian asked.

　Note 1: The chief executives of the states in the Jin Dynasty were also called state generals

Note 2: People in the Song Dynasty called the head of the servant who was in charge of the house the old man

The two more are a bit difficult... Cough, cough, slowly recover!
　
(End of this chapter)