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Chapter 336 Rescue

In the Ding Navy, there are many warriors with blood and bravery.Guo Ning always puts bravery and bravery first in the philosophy that Guo Ning transmits to the soldiers on a daily basis. He despises the force of foreign races and extols the achievements of Han Jiaerlang in the past dynasties.But there is another key point in the propaganda, which is "to be brave in public battles, and to be timid in private battles", and one's own soldiers are never allowed to fight for private matters. If a fight results in death or injury, it is a felony.

Fortunately, Li Ting and Zhang Qian, one naughty and the other lazy, had a lot of experience, but they had a sense of proportion. At this moment, each face was hit by the other side, one red and one blue, but it was enough. Even Guo Ning couldn't say much.

At that moment, Guo Ning strode across the courtyard and went straight into the hall.

The entire fortress is built of logs and rammed earth. The so-called hall is the base of a watchtower.

In the hall, there were a few soldiers hiding behind the door, watching that they were going to deal with Li Ting, and some soldiers were stepping on the stairs and rushing down from the watchtower, ready to cheer Zhang Qian.

Unexpectedly, Guo Ning strode in.These people were stunned for a moment, but when they recognized Guo Ning's face, they all froze.

Guo Ningxu kicked and scolded: "Don't be stupid, do what you have to do!"

Although there is no war in the three states of Denglai these days, there are many daily official duties.Although the officials are busy, Guo Ning's life is not divided into public and private, and there will be documents that need to be reviewed and verified at any time.So he came to Liaodong easily, under the banner of visiting places, but also to relax at home and go out for leisure.

But I never thought that when I first arrived in Liaodong, I learned that the head of Dinghai's business in Liaodong was missing, and the entire Liaodong war was coming.

In Guo Ning's military mansion, there are a lot of pure military generals, but very few who are capable of both politics and economics.Li Yun is considered one of the best, and Guo Ning has placed high hopes on him and wants to make great use of him.Now that Li Yun is missing, don't say that Li Ting is furious, Guo Ning also feels irritable.

What's more, Yeluliuge is in trouble again, and the war in Liaodong will start.If the whole Liaodong was in a mess, what would happen to Guo Ning's business?Apart from horses and furs, what else can the Shandong territory have to give to the sea merchants of the Song Dynasty?This is a matter that affects the whole body, and it is impossible to estimate the extent of the subsequent impact at the moment.

Therefore, Guo Ning was upset, and this scolding was half true and half false.

The soldiers scattered in a hurry, some ran upstairs, and some ran outside the hall.

And when Li Ting and Zhang Qian angrily pushed away a few soldiers and entered the hall, they saw that Guo Ning had already taken out the map, spread it on the desk, and leaned over to take a closer look.

The light in the hall was not very good, so Zhang Qian turned around and opened the row of doors facing south first.Li Ting stood next to Guo Ning, and as soon as he bent over, nosebleeds dripped onto the picture. He hurriedly covered his face with his sleeve, only two eyes staring.

This map was obviously drawn jointly by Dinghai soldiers and the officials of the Qun Mu She, and it is very new.Fuzhou and Gaizhou are drawn in detail, and further north, only the famous Dacheng Xiongguan is marked.There is only one route, with many patterns on both sides, many terrains are drawn, and there are lines of small characters on the side, indicating the direction of some larger rivers and hills, and there are a few places with more words, suggesting that a certain place should be detoured Road, a small camp must be set up in a certain place to support it.

Guo Ning looked at it for a long time, then asked in a deep voice, "Is this the route that Li Yunbei went up?"

"Yes." Zhang Qian said: "Li Yun intends to take advantage of the summer and autumn seasons when the road is easy to travel, to run through the route from Fuzhou to Shangjing Huining Mansion, so this time he went north to map the terrain along the way. Every two or three days, he will assign Carrying a map in hand, we rushed to Huizhou on Qingqi. This is a redrawing based on Li Yun's records. The details on the map are all his records along the way. The reason why Li Yun's whereabouts can be determined is because the two parties have been in touch throughout the process. , we don’t have countless things in our hearts.”

"Every two or three days, does he send people back?" Guo Ning pondered for a moment, then asked again: "How many groups of people came back in total? How many people came back each time?"

"A total of three groups came back. Or two, or three, all riding lightly on fast horses. In addition, there will be a local village guide... It was agreed in advance that if the village guide is capable, there will be extra rewards when he comes back."

"It's so careful..." Guo Ning nodded: "The subordinates who came back, have you asked? Is the journey going smoothly? In addition, the Qingqi you sent out to track has traveled hundreds of miles. Have you ever encountered any danger?"

Zhang Qian said: "The first two groups of people came back, but the road was sparsely populated... Except for the occasional encounter with wolves, there was no special danger. The latter group of people, as well as the cavalry I sent to follow, said that they ran into Pu several times along the way. Sentry cavalry under Xian Wannu's command. We don't want to show our signs, so we rode our horses and avoided them."

Guo Ning frowned.

It seems... something is wrong?
Li Ting suddenly put down his sleeve, his nose was swollen, but the bleeding stopped.

Pointing to the map, he asked in a buzzing voice: "This is Gaizhou, this is Chengzhou, and this is Liaoyang Mansion. Li Yun and his party traveled along the east road of the three states, bypassing Shenzhou, and directly Turn into Liaoyang Mansion, pass through the ruins of Zhaosan City, and go northward along Huifa Sichuan. The reason why we chose this route is to avoid the Khitan cavalry patrols, right?"

"When Li Yun set off, there was no news of Brother Yeluliu's rebellion. However, this person is a rebel supported by the Mongols after all. He is not on the same side as us, so we didn't think about dealing with them." Zhang Qian looked at Guo Ning's expression: "If it weren't for the fact that the wild Jurchens on Posu Road are too powerful, we actually want to go further..."

"Then, what about the Khitan cavalry? Have you ever seen the Khitan cavalry?" Guo Ning asked.

Zhang Qian was at a loss: "What?"

Li Ting stretched out his hand suddenly, and drew the distance on the map: "When Li Yun set off, he didn't know that the Khitans were raising troops, so the route of action was one or two hundred miles away from Guangning Mansion, which was safe enough. But when he On the way, Brother Yeluliu had already attacked Xianping Mansion, right? Then Brother Yeluliu was supported by the Mongols, and I heard that there are thousands of Mongolian cavalry under his command... Then, after he raised his troops, how could he Is there any reason not to send scouts far away? Li Yun didn't see any of them on this journey?"

Zhang Qian's face changed a little, he murmured: "Then Yeluliu led the elite army and went straight to Xianping Mansion in the northeast, maybe..."

Li Ting grabbed a charcoal pencil and re-scribbled on the map: "Brother Yeluliu is in the Liaohai Passage, surrounded by enemies on all sides. Even if he sent troops to attack and kill, it would not be reasonable to disregard the basis. Besides, Xianping Mansion is in the northeast However, Gaizhou and Fuzhou are in the southeast, and Heshi Liehuanduan and Wendihan Qinggou both have considerable forces. If I were Brother Yeluliu, even if I rushed to Xianping Mansion, I would still have one eye in Guangning , staring at the movement of the Jin army around, especially Fuzhou and Gaizhou."

Li Ting pressed the map and glanced at Guo Ning and Zhang Qian:
"Brother Yeluliu just doesn't care about it? His north and west don't do my shit. But in the southeast of Fuzhou, including the Chengzhou and Liaoyang lines that Li Yun passed by... the Khitan people not only don't Put a team of soldiers and horses in preparation, and don't even set up the guards that should be there?"

Having said that, he gritted his teeth and threw the charcoal pencil: "This is not normal!"

Zhang Qian nodded, then shook his head again: "Perhaps, the Khitan sentry cavalry were isolated by Puxian Wannu's cavalry?"

"Impossible." Guo Ning shook his head.

He himself is a great expert in cavalry fighting, and he knows the key to fighting and chasing small groups of cavalry in a vast area.The difficulty of fighting each other is the same. To cover the battlefield and block the appearance of the opponent's cavalry, the requirements for military strength and command have increased by more than ten times?
"If Puxian Wannu has such strength, why is he so eager to ask for help? Since he is asking for help everywhere, it proves that he is at a disadvantage, so..."

When Guo Ning said this, he suddenly woke up.

As soon as he clapped the table, he gasped: "I'm afraid... not only our people have never seen the Khitan cavalry, but neither has Heshi Liehuanduan. No one has seen Yeluliu's soldiers and horses, because Yeluliu Brother did not mobilize his troops at all. From the beginning to the end, there was only one person who repeatedly complained to Fuzhou, saying that Brother Yeluliu rebelled."

When Guo Ning said this, Li Ting also reacted, and the veins popped on his forehead: "It's Puxian Wannu! No wonder he wanted to catch Li Yun and the others. He is a Khitan. Whether Li Yun arrives in Fuzhou or the Huining Mansion in Shangjing, as long as he talks about what he saw along the way, others will understand that there is no such thing as a Khitan raising an army... The person who raised the army at this time is Pu Xianwan Slave yourself! This old boy rebelled!"

Guo Ning nodded: "Heshi Liehuanduan sent to Xianping Mansion to support, which general is it?"

Zhang Qian replied: "Qianhu Wuyanbo governs the department. This is an elite army from Fuzhou, with high equipment and training levels."

"They're done."

Guo Ning made his assertion, and then turned to Li Ting: "Puxian Wannu intercepted Li Yun and others to prevent the news of his rebellion from leaking out, affecting his plan to lure the main support of the Jin army from various ministries in eastern Liaodong, and then wait for an opportunity to annihilate it. Come to think of it, He won't hurt the lives of Li Yun and his party."

Li Ting stared at the sign representing Xianping Prefecture on the map: "It's hard to say."

"how to say?"

"Puxian Wannu is the Xuanfu envoy of Liaodong and the most powerful local official in the Northeast. If he makes such a big commotion, the whole Liaodong will be in chaos. I don't believe that the Mongols will just watch... Sooner or later the Mongols will Those who intervene, there will be an accident sooner or later in Xianping Mansion."

(End of this chapter)