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After learning that Gao Feng of Yizhou rebelled and defected to Song State, Xiao Puxian was very angry and helpless!

Fighting with the Jin army, fighting with the Song army, fighting with the Jinwu army, and Yelu Chun died suddenly. Yelu Yanxi took the opportunity to recruit soldiers from Northern Liao and caused a large number of soldiers from Northern Liao to flee to the west, so that at present, Xiao Puxian's direct troops were actually only 20,000 troops.

Some people may be puzzled. Didn’t it mean that there are still 50,000 troops in the Northern Liao Dynasty, why did there be only 20,000 troops in one go?

That's because, in addition to the daughter of Xiao Puxian, there are other soldiers and horses in the Northern Liao Dynasty.

For example, there were 5,000 troops and horses in Yizhou that just surrendered, and 5,000 troops and horses in Gubeikou. For example, Tanzhou, Shunzhou and Jizhou each had one or two thousand troops. For example, there were tens of thousands of troops and horses in the three prefectures of Pingluanying, and in the end, the ever-winning army had 8,000 troops.

These zeros were added together, with a total of more than 50,000 people.

There were quite a few of these people, but because there were too many places to defend in Northern Liao, it was so difficult to find anywhere.

The key is that the Northern Liao Dynasty is now surrounded by four enemies, and soldiers must be sent to defend everywhere.

Xiao Puxian divided the 20,000 people who belonged directly to her into two.

Half of them were handed over to Yelu Dashi, who were stationed in Juyongguan to defend the Jinwu army from advancing eastward.

The other half was handed over to Xiao Gan and stationed in the Lugou River area to defend the Song army from the north.

The city of Yanjing is actually very empty, and there are less than a thousand people guarding the city.

That afternoon, Xiao Puxian walked out of Yuanhe Hall and walked aimlessly along the cobblestone path beside the pool.

The lotus flowers in the pond have faded, leaving only the broken stems and pieces of yellow duckweed.

The lake surface looks like a pool of stagnant water, lifeless.

Xiao Puxian looked up at the sky and saw clusters of dark clouds rolling from west to east, the clouds accumulated thicker and thicker, and a storm seemed to be coming.

At this time, Xiao Gan hurriedly came closer and said, "Empress Dowager, the next target of the Song army must be Zhuozhou. I have no idea about Zhuozhou, so I want to go to Zhuozhou to take a look."

Xiao Puxian stopped graceful steps and said, "I think Guo Yaoshi is not reliable either. There is no reliable Han official. Sooner or later they will surrender to Song State or Cai Jian. They should kill them all."

When Xiao Puxian said this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, which was a naked murderous intent.

Xiao Gan said: "Guo Yaoshi is not a Han Chinese, but a Bohai native. He cannot kill him. He has a high prestige among the ever-winning army. If he is killed, the ever-winning army will rebel... The more than 8,000 troops of the ever-winning army are now an indispensable force in our Great Liao Dynasty, and we have to treat it carefully."

Xiao Puxian said: "Okay, but you have to go and go back quickly, Yanjing cannot do without you."

Before Xiao Gan was about to leave, he suddenly stopped and asked, "How is the situation in Juyongguan?"

Xiao Puxian girl smiled and said: "According to the Dashi Linya report, Cai was still stabbed and seriously injured by the southerners. She is now in danger and should not move eastward in a short period of time."

Xiao Gan said: "This is good news. If the Song army dares to provoke our Daliao again, we will transfer the troops from Juyongguan over and fight to the death with the Song army."

This is a crazy idea.

But Xiao Samantabhadra did not deny Xiao Gan's idea.

Today, Beiliao is like a broken house full of holes. There are storms outside. Some people living inside try their best to escape. In order to achieve their goal, they even demolished the broken house. Xiao Puxian Nu, Xiao Gan, Yelu Dashi and others could only try to paper it so that it would collapse as late as possible.

Once Xiao Puxian’s daughter, Xiao Gan, Yelu Dashi and others can’t hold on anymore, the broken house will not be far from collapse. At that time, they will never be stingy to die, so that those who peek at the house will see their deadly counterattack of the Great Liao warriors!

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When he was condolences to Yelu Chun last time, Guo Yaoshi felt that the situation in the palace was mysterious, so he left quickly.

But shortly after returning to Zhuozhou, several of Guo Yaoshi's entourages were arrested by Xiao Gan in the old house in Yanjing.

This made Pharmacist Guo a little nervous!

In particular, Guo Yaoshi asked through multiple inquiries and found out that one of his entourage exposed Li Chuwen's affair with Tong Guan, the envoy of the Song Dynasty Xuanfu envoy, which led to Li Chuwen's father and son being executed by Xiao Puxian's daughter!

This made Yaoshi Guo even more restless!

Recently, there have been constant news in Yanjing that Xiao Puxian is preparing to massacre Han officials.

The news was circulating, which made Pharmacist Guo frightened.

These days, Pharmacist Guo is closely following the trends in Yanjing every day.

When Guo Yaoshi heard that Gao Feng from Yizhou surrendered to Song Dynasty, he couldn't help but feel moved.

Guo Yaoshi felt that this was probably his only option. After all, Zhuozhou is far away from Yundi, and it is much more difficult to surrender to Cai Shen. Besides, Cai Shen has not yet established a country, so how can he go to surrender?

Just as Guo Yaoshi was thinking about surrendering to Song but was a little hesitant, Xiao Gan suddenly wanted to come to Zhuozhou from Yanjing.

This surprised Pharmacist Guo!

Guo Yaoshi thought to himself: "At this moment, what is Xiao Gan doing in Zhuozhou? Could it be that he is coming to arrest me?"

Yaoshi Guo quickly summoned Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren, Zhen Wuchen and other confidants to the secret room to discuss.

Guo Yaoshi said straight to the point: "Xiao Gan is here, I don't know what the purpose is. Do you think what should you do to deal with it?"

Liu Shunren said: "There is definitely nothing good for Xiao Gan to come to Zhuozhou. I think he is likely to be the one who came to capture us by implementing Empress Xiao's secret decree."

Zhang Linghui said: "In my opinion, we might as well just do it without stopping, just like Gao Feng in Yizhou, who presented the city to the Song Dynasty. In this way, we can save our lives and officials, so why not do it?"

Everyone looked at Guo Yaoshi and waited for him to make a decision.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Guo Yaoshi whispered: "It's not that we are not loyal to the Liao Dynasty, but because of the situation."

Seeing that Guo Yaoshi agreed to surrender to Song, everyone was happy!

Zhen Wuchen said: "We can force Xiao Gan to surrender to Song together when we invite Xiao Gan. If he refuses, he will imprison him and then give him as a gift to the Song Dynasty. The Emperor of Song will definitely be very happy. The defense line of Lugou River in Yanjing will also be paralyzed because of the loss of Xiao Gan's command. This is also very meaningful for the Song Dynasty to recover Yanjing."

All the generals agreed, but only Guo Yaoshi shook his head and said, "You also know that Xiao Gan was kind to me and made me harm him. I really can't do it. Let's do this. Then, depending on the situation, you will follow my orders."

Yaoshi Guo held a banquet to entertain Xiao Gan in the most luxurious restaurant in Zhuozhou.

Pharmacist Guo toasted Xiao Gan three glasses of wine, and then said, "My benefactor is Guo's rebirth parents, and Guo will never forget it until his death."

Xiao Gan smiled slightly and said, "General Guo is so serious. As long as General Guo is willing to protect the country and country of Daliao, everything I have done for you will not be in vain."

Guo Yaoshi said: "Since my benefactor mentioned the country, the subordinates will also talk about their views. Now, Emperor Tianzuo abandoned the country and fled, Emperor Tianxi fell ill and returned to heaven, Empress Dowager Xiao's political outlook is chaotic, I think the internal and external troubles of the Liao Dynasty have been exhausted, and the country is about to disappear. Why should I lead us to join the Song Dynasty and find another way out? What do you think?"

After hearing this, Xiao Gan was furious and pointed at the nose of Yaoshi Guo and cursed: "I really didn't expect that Yaoshi Guo is also a villain. I am really blind. I will save your life and recommend you to the court again!"

Pharmacist Guo lowered his head and said nothing, allowing Xiao Gan to scold him.

Zhen Wuchen kept staring at Guo Yaoshi's face. As long as Guo Yaoshi had a hint, the ambush he set up would immediately rush up to capture Xiao Gan.

Xiao Gan came to Zhuozhou this time and led not many troops, only a hundred people.

He had no soldiers in his hands and felt a little nervous. Especially after seeing Zhen Wuchen's eyes full of naked murderous aura, Xiao Gan thought to himself: "Since Guo Yaoshi has become a rebellious, he must not stay here anymore."

Thinking of this, Xiao Gan said, "You should take care of yourself!"

After saying that, Xiao Gan left the restaurant.

Xiao Gan and his group rode their horses to the city gate and ordered the soldiers guarding the gate to open the city gate.

But the soldiers guarding the gate refused to implement it and said, "We only listen to General Guo's general order!"

Xiao Gan's face turned pale and his eyes widened angrily, and then he wanted to order the door to seize.

But at this moment, several fast horses galloped on the avenue in the city.

When he got closer, someone shouted loudly: "General Guo has an order to open the door and see off guests."

When Xiao Gan heard this, he thought to himself: "Master Guo finally has a little conscience."

The soldiers guarding the city then opened the city gate, lowered the suspension bridge, and let Xiao Gan and his group leave the city.

After a while, Guo Yaoshi quietly came to the city gate and looked up, and saw that the fields were pitch black and boundless.

Guo Yaoshi said silently in his heart: "King Xiao, your kindness has been repaid tonight. If you meet on the battlefield in the future, you and I will be the master of each of you and I."

Now that things have come to this point, Guo Yaoshi has no way out.

Returning to the army, Guo Yaoshi immediately convened a meeting of the generals and said, "Emperor Tianzuo lost his country, Emperor Tianxi died of illness, Empress Dowager Xiao's political system was chaotic, internal and external invaders, and the world was divided! Emperor Song Dynasty used his virtue of being a virtuous person to punish the people and punish the crimes, and ordered the tiger ministers to have heavy troops, and went to Yizhou to suppress our territory. This brave man took the golden seal as big as a fight! The Song Dynasty invited us with high officials and generous salaries. If our strengths do not advance, then when the country is destroyed, what can we do when the family is destroyed? What do you think should be?"

Zhang Linghui led the leader and shouted loudly: "Submit to the Song Dynasty!"

So everyone shouted loudly and responded.

Guo Yaoshi then sent someone to imprison the army supervisor Xiao Yuqing, and at the same time, he sent a delegation to Zhao Heshou with his surrendered deceased to Xiongzhou to pay homage to Tong Guan overnight.

Zhao Heshou set out immediately and arrived in Xiongzhou at dawn the next day. Then, on behalf of Guo Yaoshi, he submitted a submission statement to Tong Guan.

Tong Guan looked carefully from beginning to end twice and was overjoyed.

Yizhou and Zhuozhou are two barriers to guard the south of Yanjing. Now these two barriers have all fallen into the hands of their Song Dynasty. Yanjing is like a naked woman standing in front of the mighty man of the Song Dynasty.

This is really beyond Tong Guan’s expectations!

For the Song Dynasty, for Tong Guan, this was like a big pie falling from the sky.

Tong Guan suppressed his inner joy and asked Zhao Heshou: "How many troops are there in your ever-winning army?"

Zhao Heshou replied: "There are eight thousand elite soldiers, including five hundred iron cavalry (heavy cavalry). Now all of them are surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and all the soldiers are willing to obey the command of the Grand Tutor."

There were eight thousand cavalry, including five hundred cavalry, which was definitely a very powerful military force. So Tong Guan was even more happy after hearing this, and then asked again: "How many troops do the Liao army have?"

Zhao Heshou replied: "There are about 20,000, less than 30,000. Currently, the main troops are divided into two groups. One of them is deployed at Juyong Pass, led by Yelu Dashi to defend against the Jinwu Army; the other is stationed along the Lugou River, led by Xiao Gan to defend against our Song army."

Tong Guan then asked: "What is the current situation in Yanjing City?"

Zhao Heshou replied: "Now in Yanjing City, people are in panic and fearless. Everyone knows that Yanjing will fall sooner or later. Some are willing to return to our Song Dynasty, some are willing to return to the Jurchens or Jinwu Army, and some are advocated to live and die with Yanjing, and the situation is quite chaotic."
To be continued...