choke element

Chapter 307

A few days later, another letter written by Guo Yaoer was sent from Mizhou.

The envoy carried the letter, passed through Juzhou, Tai'an, and went straight to Dongping Mansion.

After entering the city, pass through a few sparsely populated streets, and turn into the mansion in the northeast corner.The mansion used to be the residence of Huang Pangwudian, the chief of the army and horse capital of the East and West Roads in Shanxi Province, and the governor of the Tianping Army.When the Red Coat Army invaded Dongping Mansion, the remaining troops of Huang Baowu Dian fought stubbornly. The Red Coat Army set fire on all sides and attacked fiercely, causing great damage.

But the shelves of many buildings are still there, and they will be repaired quickly.

Huang Slap Wu Dian is also very good at accumulating money. After Yang An'er settled in, he found his treasure house in the cellar of a garden, and took out more than ten carts of treasures.There are seven or eight branches of the dazzling red coral tree with long and short arms.As for gold and jade, they are almost like sand.

With these properties, Yang An'er not only rewarded the generals generously, but also recruited manpower to rebuild the mansion according to the palace's specifications.Outside the mansion, a circle of three-zhang high walls and dozens of watchtowers were added.

The envoy rode his horse along the street to the main gate of the mansion, only to see the newly erected gate tower straight into the sky, with extraordinarily gorgeous cornices and brackets.

The envoy got off his horse and walked in here, and hurried in with the attendant.Inside the gate tower, there are carved beams and painted buildings, corridors and waists, and there are many dancing pavilions and singing platforms.Among the majestic buildings, there are flowers and trees, green grass like felt from time to time, strange peaks and rocks, gurgling streams, and gentle breeze on the water, which refreshes people's spirits.

Walk along the Xuanchang Avenue for hundreds of steps, and you will find the majestic hall.The waiter stopped here, and said to the armored soldier on duty: "The capital of Mizhou has sent an envoy to Guo Yaoer, and sent an urgent letter."

The soldier came in to report, and he came out in a moment: "The generalissimo has an invitation, come with me!"

Up to this point, the envoy has been overwhelmed by the rich and noble scene along the way, bowed his head and took small steps, closely following the soldiers.

After entering the hall, he felt the incense curling up and the screen floating like clouds. The envoy looked at his shabby military uniform and smelled the smell of sweat on his body and the smell of horses on the road. He trembled for a while. Terrified and uneasy, he dared not move again.

While hesitating, Yang An'er, dressed in a loose green robe, came hurriedly from the palace and grabbed the messenger's arm: "Hahaha, I haven't heard from Bite for a long time, I miss you so much, come on!" !"

He took the envoy for two steps, and looked back: "You are... um, Ge Lu, right? Haha, I haven't seen you for a few months, and you have become reserved!"

The messenger is Guo Yaoer's confidant attendant, his name is Ge Lu, and he followed Guo Yaoer in his early years.Since Yang An'er raised troops in the Taihe period, he had seen Yang An'er many times.But he never thought that Yang An'er was so rich and could still remember his own name, so he immediately choked up a bit.

Yang An'er led him to the hall, and called for someone to take a chair to sit in, and then asked Guo Yao'er where the letter was.Ge Lu handed over the letter respectfully, Yang An'er glanced at it, and laughed: "Bite'er is still so cautious, Ji Qi and Ji Xian were stupid by themselves, and they were counted by Ding Haijun...It's a pity to die. But that and Yao'er What does it matter? What is there to explain? He was able to stabilize Mizhou and force the navy to retreat, which is a great achievement! I will reward him heavily!"

Speaking of this, he patted Ge Lu's shoulder vigorously, and said loudly: "This Mizhou governor, he is doing well. As long as the overall situation in Mizhou is not chaotic, and there are occasional minor setbacks, there is no need to worry about it! Wait a minute, I will take care of it right away." Write a letter to Guo Yaoer... let him stop thinking about it!"

Ge Lu was overjoyed, knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed his thanks.

After Yang An'er returned to the table, she picked up a pen, wrote a few lines, and then stopped suddenly.

Ge Lu waited for a while, but Yang An'er didn't move any more, so he couldn't help but put his hands on the ground and looked up at the table.

Yang An'er smiled at him, and asked, "Can the maritime merchants of the Song Dynasty even supply armaments and fodder?"

In that letter, there was no mention of Song Guohai merchants!
Marshal Yang knows!

Ge Lu was shocked, his hands were weak, his back lost strength, and his forehead hit the ground with a thud.

"Ge Lu, I asked you! Those sea merchants really provided armaments and fodder?"

Yang An'er has been gaining prestige for many years, and he said this again. He really cannot deny it, so Ge ​​Lu gritted his teeth and tried his best to support his body: "Marshal, there are indeed marine merchants from the Song Dynasty! They really gave armaments and fodder, and there are quite a few of them. !"

Yang An'er nodded, and wrote the reply letter without any extra points.The maids on both sides came up, folded the corners of the letter, and sealed it with a seal.

"Go and tell Guo Yaoer that I also need food, fodder and other supplies. So this business can be done very well. No matter what the merchants of Song State want, as long as I have it here, I will pay for it with a letter from him. This year we will have a big battle with King Sui of Kaifeng Mansion, the more weapons and supplies the better, well, Guo Yaoer will send them to Dongping Mansion as soon as possible after getting the weapons and supplies.”

"Yes Yes!"

Ge Lu's body was sweating profusely, and he answered with a trembling voice.

Yang An'er handed him the reply letter, and said with a smile: "This matter is not urgent, you have lunch at the mansion before leaving."

"Yes! Yes! Ah no, no." Ge Lu said: "The villain must convey the marshal's will immediately... I will go back to Mizhou right away. I will tell the commander of the capital every word of the marshal's words." .”

"Alright." Yang An'er waved her hand: "Go!"

Ge Lu backed out of the hall before he dared to look up at the situation in the palace.Under the cover of the curtain, Yang An'er was sitting high on the seat, and she couldn't see her expression clearly, and it was completely hard to guess.

His gaze also caught Yang An'er's eyes.

The inside of the palace is darker than the outside, so looking from the outside to the inside, one can't see anything clearly, but Yang An'er looked outside, but it is very clear.

Yang An'er sat still.Until Ge Lu turned and retreated, he gripped the Langhao pen with agate stem tightly in his hand, and with a little force, the barrel of the pen snapped off.

Guo Yao'er's letter cannot fool Yang An'er.After all, Yang An'er is the number one rebel in the Shandong area, and his reputation has spread far and wide for more than ten years. There are quite a few people in various places who can tip off him.

To be honest, Yang An'er was really annoyed knowing that Guo Yao'er was attacking his colleagues.

Not long after he returned to Shandong this time, he knew that his big problem was that it was difficult to restrain the heroes from all over the place.So he spent a few months sorting out slowly, without making a big effort, just wanting to slowly gather all kinds of miscellaneous troops, break them up and reorganize them, and solve the problem at the front.

However, the Mongols came too fast, and the Dinghai Guo Ning was too fierce.

After the Mongolian army swept up Shandong, they not only corrupted the place, but also cleaned up many of Yang An'er's arrangements in various places.At this time, if the Dinghai Navy expands wildly with the prestige of defeating the Mongolian army, can Yang An'er really hold it back?
At that time, Yang An'er could only do it quickly and send out troops in one go, directly filling the gap after the Mongolian army retreated.Push Dinghai to the beach, making it difficult for them to use it.

This idea was realized very smoothly. Although the price of Dengzhou and Ninghai Prefecture was paid, the whole Shandong was exchanged.

But the trouble is, just because the process of capturing Shandong was so smooth, those powerful tycoons and village owners who flocked under Yang An'er's banner became more and more disobedient and disregarded the authority of the Marshal's Mansion less and less.That's why Yang An'er had no choice but to seek to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, using the status of emperor to completely overwhelm the group.

As a result, there was nothing serious about being emperor.A trusted subordinate like Guo Yaoer also began to act recklessly.

This old soldier has no rules at all, he even killed two of my generals, and secretly colluded with Ding Haijun to obtain ordnance and supplies from Ding Haijun to enrich himself!

It's fine if others do it.Yang An'er was used to intrigue with them.

But Guo Yaoer dared to do this!

Since Taihe raised his army, Guo Yao'er has been his best friend following him.After so many years of war, Yang An'er has always regarded Guo Yaoer as his most trustworthy subordinate.

Now, Guo Yaoer has started to act on his own, so what will happen to Liu Quan, Li Siwen, Zhan Hui, Wang Min, Ji Junli and others?
He realized that there was a big problem with his own regime.Guo Yaoer's behavior was not an accidental whim, but the result of an intricate situation.And to solve this problem... maybe, a real purge is needed?

Yang An'er held down the long sword at her waist and got up subconsciously.

No, it would be too slow to do so, and it would be difficult to see results for a while, but it would induce more intense internal conflicts.Time waits for no one, and we cannot take our time.

If you want to achieve great things, you have to go against the trend.Now that the army has been raised, it is only possible to use one battle after another as a temper, and use external pressure to force the internal unity!For this reason, we must fight, we must fight big battles!

Thinking of this, Yang An'er couldn't help but smile bitterly.

To fight a big battle, you need armaments, food and fodder. Although the Red Coat Army has hundreds of thousands of people, the supply of supplies has always been very tight.But at this time, it was Ding Haijun from the imperial court who came forward to help.

Maybe Guo Ning wanted to buy Guo Yaoer with this, or maybe he wanted to use Guo Yaoer as an example to make some friends in the Red Coat Army.

Yang An'er didn't doubt that Guo Yaoer would betray, after all, Guo Ning was also a traitor.It's just that the two ends of his head are always hanging on the side of the court.Even if Guo Yaoer wants to change his family, jumping from one rebel to another rebel's boat, it doesn't make much sense.

But Guo Ning's action... Does it mean that he has started to reach out beyond the three prefectures of Denglai?

Shouldn't it be?

Yang An'er knew that Guo Ning would not be confined to the three states forever.But why so fast?Didn't he boast about "building high walls and accumulating grain widely" a few months ago, and conveyed it to the generals in handwriting?If Ding Haijun clashed with the Red Coat Army, wouldn't his several months of business be in vain?

What happened in Laizhou?Or somewhere else, what happened that affected Laizhou?
(End of this chapter)