The Chronicles of Longevity on Liaozhai Road

This is indeed a good idea. It can not only allow myself to enjoy the addiction of being a king in advance, but also benefit the soldiers under my command, and then serve myself wholeheartedly.

What made him think this idea was even better was that since the generals under his command had accepted his reward, they could be regarded as handing in their certificates of honor, and Yang Heng would no longer be able to tolerate them.

"Okay, let's do that."

Guo Yun walked a few steps in the lobby excitedly, then turned around and said to Zhou Yan.

"You go down and make arrangements now. Three days later, I will sacrifice to heaven in the suburbs of Hangzhou and receive the throne of Yue."

Chapter 686 Conspiracy

On the second day, outside the city of Hangzhou, banners and embroidered ribbons fluttered, and countless people of Hangzhou city watched the excitement here.

Today is the day when Guo Yun sacrifices to heaven and proclaims himself king of Yue.

Guo Yun wore a python robe he got from nowhere, and a sky-high crown, and under the guard of the crowd, he came to an earthen platform.

To say that today's preparations were not bad, only this earthen platform made Guo Yun feel a little underwhelmed.

But there is no way, because of time constraints, he can only build a random platform.

Guo Yun went up to the earth platform, and after that, he burned incense and prayed, and finally read the sacrificial text aloud, expressing to the heaven that he had succeeded to the throne of Yue.

After that, Guo Yun returned to the humble palace in Hangzhou City, followed by the Dafeng group of officials.

Zhou Yan was actually made a prime minister by Guo Yun, and he can be regarded as one person under one man and above ten thousand people.

The other commanding generals also had their own rewards, as if they were thriving.

Three days later, Guo Yun personally commanded an army of 20 and began to march north to Nanjing.

The news from Guo Yun's side had actually reached the ears of Xue Feng, who was guarding Nanjing, through special channels.

Xue Feng attached great importance to this matter, and immediately issued a military order, requiring the cities near Nanjing to start erecting walls and clearing the wilderness.

At the same time, Xue Feng also started to send news to Yang Heng and Li Ming who had already gone south.

However, Guo Yun's attack was very smooth. The counties and counties he passed surrendered after only two blows. Therefore, the progress along the way was very fast, and it took only about ten days to reach the city of Nanjing.

Now Guo Yun is already a little bit flustered. He thinks that he is the lord of destiny, so the states and counties he passes are always waiting for the wind.

Therefore, he also showed the appearance of the Lord of Mercy. For those states and counties that surrendered, he was the same, letting the original officials guard him and not replacing them with his own people.

By the time he came to the city of Nanjing, the number of troops under his command had swelled to more than 30.

These people are all the strong men he coerced along the way.

If it was in the north, with so many extra soldiers at once, I'm afraid they really couldn't afford it.

But don't forget that this is in the south of the Yangtze River, the famous land of fish and rice.

As long as it is a casual swipe, you can get sufficient supplies.

Therefore, when he arrived under the city of Nanjing, not only was there no shortage of food and grass under his command, but it was even more than before.

Therefore, this time Guo Yun is full of confidence. As long as he captures Nanjing City, he will be able to expand in all directions, occupying the whole of Jiangnan, and then confront Yang Heng across the river.

When he arrived at the city of Nanjing, Guo Yun didn't even take a break, and began to attack the city the next day.

In Guo Yun's mind, his morale is high now, and Xue Feng in Nanjing City, after this period of morale wears down, may not be able to withstand his own army.

As a result, reality slapped him hard.

On the first day of the siege, he actually lost nearly ten thousand troops, but the city of Nanjing was still standing there, standing still.

At this time, Guo Yun finally woke up, and then began to think about his own strategy and tactics during this period.

This thought made Guo Yun break out in a cold sweat.

From Hangzhou all the way to Nanjing, there are more than a dozen states and counties in such a long distance, and I didn't even change to my confidant?

If there are one or two states and counties among them, they are false and obedient to themselves, then their food supply will be cut off.

After thinking of this, Guo Yun hurriedly called over a dozen of his own soldiers, and then wrote the paperwork himself, asking them to take over the prefectures and counties behind them.

These soldiers also knew that the matter was of great importance, and they did not dare to be negligent, so they rode fast horses and headed straight to the south.

Guo Yun breathed a long sigh of relief now, and before those officials had any unreasonable thoughts, he quickly appointed them as his own, so that he could rest assured.

In the next three or four days, Guo Yun began to collect common people near Nanjing City as cannon fodder for Gongcheng.

Yang Heng used this trick when he attacked Dongshan County back then. Guo Yun wanted to give Yang Heng a way to do the same, and give him back.

As a result, his soldiers ran outside for two full days, and only a few hundred people were collected.

Faced with this situation, Guo Yun knew that Xue Feng in the city had already made preparations, and probably moved all the people outside the city to Nanjing.

There is nothing to do now, but to attack again and try to test the flaws of Nanjing City.

Therefore, Guo Yun then started a tentative attack on the four walls of Nanjing City.

He wanted to test the weakness of Nanjing City, and then use it as a breakthrough to break through Nanjing City.

But his thinking was too simple. Is Nanjing City so easy to break through?

After nearly a thousand years of continuous repairs, the city has almost no flaws.

As long as there are no internal problems and there is enough food and grass, it will take a year or two for him to be attacked, and he will not suffer any damage.

Therefore, Guo Yun's attack this time came back in vain.

So now there is only one way, which is to trap Nanjing City in groups until the food and grass in the city are exhausted.

But this method is also a dangerous move for Guo Yun.

Because, Li Ming, who has already attacked Guizhou, if he returns to the army at this time, it will only take a month or two to get to Nanjing from there.

If Yang Hengde's water attack is added, he will be able to reach Nanjing in only half a month.

Fortunately, both of them are now trapped by the enemy, and it is impossible to defeat the enemy quickly.

Therefore, in order to break through the city of Nanjing, Guo Yun had no choice but to level the periphery first, then erect the wall to clear the field, and try his best to resist Yang Heng and Li Ming who might return to the army in the future.

Only if this dragged on for a long time, there was no food in Nanjing, and they had no choice but to surrender.

That's the way.

After thinking about it, Guo Yun dispersed some of his troops near Nanjing City, and then attacked westward.

He is trying to expand his territory in the south of the Yangtze River as much as possible. If he can capture one or two strong cities and use these cities as a fulcrum, he should be able to hold back Yang Heng for a while.

Moreover, on the way Guo Yun wanted to come to himself, he was invincible and invincible, and the cities he passed were looking forward to the wind.

It should be easy to expand a territory.

But this time his attack was very unsatisfactory.

Those various counties and state capitals are completely different from before. They are fully defending.

Guo Yun's soldiers' combat effectiveness declined due to the expansion of many people, and the officials did not attack with all their strength in order to preserve their strength. Therefore, for half a month, they did not even capture a single county town.

After Guo Yun got the news, he shook his hands in anger.

This is not what troubled Guo Yun the most. What troubled Guo Yun the most was that none of the Qing soldiers he had sent out for so long had replied to his letter.

This gave Guo Yun a bad feeling.

What's more terrible is that Zhou Yan's side has not delivered food and grass to the army for a long time.

The food and grass in the army now is only enough to last the army for half a month.

By this time, Guo Yun already felt that he was caught in a huge conspiracy.

Sitting in the handsome tent, he went through the events of these days, thinking back and forth, and went through them completely. Suddenly, bursts of cold sweat broke out on his body.

Originally, I just wanted to make some contributions under Yang Heng's command, and slowly kill Yang Heng, so that I might be able to win a fortune in the future.

But what's going on now, I've gotten a little bit of power, and I've gotten a little carried away.

This is not my usual thought.

Finally, he thought about his words and deeds these days, and finally he understood where he went wrong.

It was that Zhou Yan who kept bewitching him in his ears, which made him a little carried away.

And this guy is just too weird.

With his resourcefulness, he wouldn't have thought that if he rebelled now, he would gain power for a while, and it would be impossible to succeed. According to Zhou Yan's character of fear of death, how could he wholeheartedly rely on himself?

Guo Yun thought of this, and his whole body began to tremble.

He trembled and shouted outside the tent.

"Guo Hai comes in."

With his yell, a big man in military uniform came in from outside.

This person is his personal soldier and his relative.

Over the years, he has been loyal to Guo Yun and has been guarding him all the time. This has allowed Guo Yun to save himself from danger in several battles.

"My lord, what can I order for the younger one?"

"You immediately take 5000 troops and return to Hangzhou by the same route, replacing Zhou Yan in guarding Hangzhou."

After Guo Hai listened, he stepped forward to take the command arrow, then turned and left.

I hope he can make it in time, Guo Yun thought in his heart.

But the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Guo Hai led 5000 troops all the way south, but was stopped at the first county town he encountered.

No matter how stupid Guo Hai was, he knew that something was wrong. He urged his horse to the city wall, only to see a head hanging at the gate of the city.

Guo Hai still recognizes this head, it is a member of his personal army.

Some time ago, this soldier was sent out together with a dozen others by Guo Yun, and he did not expect to die here.

Guo Hai has been following Guo Yun for a long time, even if he whispers and sees him, he knows some tactics.

He just thought about it for a while and knew that this was probably the case in more than a dozen counties along the way.

It seems that the king was deceived by all the county magistrates along the way.

Originally, Guo Hai wanted to attack the city with his army, but after thinking about it, it was really difficult for him to attack the county in front of him with only 5000 people.

Because when he was looking at the city tower just now, he found that the city wall was already full of soldiers.

Moreover, these soldiers are different from the young men who have just been captured. They are all very energetic and well-equipped.

If I let my 5000 people go to attack the city, I am afraid that even if all these people are put here, they will not be able to break through the county in front of them.

There was no other way, Guo Hai could only bring his people back to the camp.

As soon as Guo Yun in the camp received Guo Hai's report, his face turned pale from fright.

It looks like the worst has happened.

Chapter 687 Ambush

Now I have no food inside and no rescue soldiers outside. If I don't think about it, I'm afraid I will die under the city of Nanjing without a place to bury him.

Guo Yun is also a hero. After thinking about it all night in the big tent, he finally came up with a way to get out.

He is now thinking that there is no way to return to Hangzhou in the south, and Nanjing City is also very strong, and he will not be able to attack it for a while.

Now that we have reached this desperate situation, it is better to die and survive.

Therefore, on the morning of that day, Guo Yun ordered a big meal for the war, and after the soldiers had a full meal, he led tens of 10 people to the north.

Xue Feng in Nanjing city couldn't believe it after receiving the news.

What is this Guo Yun going to do?Does he want to cross the Yangtze River to the north?

As soon as Xue Feng had this idea in his mind, he couldn't let it go.

So he hurriedly led his soldiers to the city wall, and then set up a pergola to watch from a distance.

I could only see endless black shadows in the distance, walking towards the bank of the Yangtze River in the north.

Xue Feng frowned.

It seems that his guess has come true, this Guo Yun wants to cross the Yangtze River and go to the Central Plains to make trouble.