Yedu, in Linzhang County, Hebei Province, is located in Yezhen Village, Xiangcaiying Township, 20 kilometers southwest of the county town, in the area of ​​Xiwen Township, 20 kilometers south of Anyang, and more than 40 kilometers north of Handan.

It was first built during the reign of Duke Huan of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period, Cao Wei, Later Zhao, Ran Wei, Former Yan, Eastern Wei, and Northern Qi successively used this as their capitals.

Guo Hao followed the army into Yedu City, and the Khitan had already run away!

Hearing this news, the people in the central army tent looked at each other, and the generals were a little annoyed, and some wanted to lead their troops to pursue them.

Guo Wei also felt that this trip could not be in vain, so he ordered the army to continue to go north.

To the north of Yedu is Cizhou, and Cizhou City is safe and sound, but the villages outside the city are not so lucky. The army came to an unknown village, with only ruins left in the village and no one could see.

Walking inside, there were corpses at the door of each household, some were in the house, some were at the door, and some were on the road, and they were probably killed if they wanted to escape.

Guo Hao walked into a house, a woman was holding a baby, and the mother and son were both dead, and a slightly older child fell beside him, and the mother and son were killed in the house.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Guo Hao's chest was undulating, and he reached another door. A girl died in pain at the door, naked on her body, but her hands reached out to the door.

"brute!"

Guo Hao finally couldn't help it and cursed, "The bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing thousands of miles away, and the people are left alone, and the thoughts are broken."

Guo Hao has also seen many human tragedies, but they are all caused by natural disasters. The drought and locust plague starved to death many people. Guo Hao is indeed powerless.

But these people can clearly survive, but someone deprived them of their lives, and the methods were so cruel that they could not bear to look at them.

The army searched the entire village and found only a few survivors. Guo Wei asked about the situation of the Khitan soldiers, but the others were ignored.

"Shi Jung-in, let's wait. Today, if the air is hot, so many corpses are not processed, it will easily cause plague. Why don't we help bury them? It's better to do something for them."

After Guo Hao finished speaking, Guo Wei pondered for a while, finally nodded. Guo Hao bowed and thanked him, waved his hand and took the people out of the tent.

A new grave was filled in behind each family. These people failed to survive together and could be together after death. Every time a family was buried, Guo Hao would observe a minute of silence. The soldiers were influenced by him and followed him.

Due to the large number of people, it did not take long. It took only half an hour to deal with the village.

When the army left, several surviving people knelt at the entrance of the village and sent the army away respectfully. Guo Hao followed silently in the crowd, not knowing what to think about anymore.

...

From the northern border of Yedu to the north, many villages along the way were killed, countless people were killed, and every corpse and every look stimulated Guo Hao.

Two days later, the army came to Mingzhou. The governor of Mingzhou welcomed Guo Wei, but no one looked good with him. He asked about the movements of the Khitan soldiers and took a break and continued northward.

Cizhou, Mingzhou, Xingzhou, Jizhou, Zhaozhou, Shenzhou, Qizhou, Yingzhou, Mozhou, Xiongzhou, Bazhou...

Along the way, there were eleven prefectures and counties, and five nearby military governors, none of them sent troops to block the Khitan. Otherwise, the Khitan would not have run to Yedu as if he had entered a deserted state.

The tragic death of the people, the selfishness of the governor, and the inaction of the government made Guo Hao re-recognize this era. He was still too optimistic in the past.

After chasing him all the way, he didn't even see the shadow of a Khitan soldier. In a village on the border with Bazhou, Guo Hao saw an unforgettable scene from him.

Hundreds of corpses were piled into a hill, including the people from the surrounding villages and soldiers from the border guards.

Their heads were cut down and turned into mountain tops. The air was filled with the smell of decay and blood. Doves in the sky were flocking, and wolf footprints were also surrounded by wolves.

Jingguan!

"It's really worse than a pig or a dog. I'm just a waste of time, I..."

Maybe it was because the smell was too strong, maybe it was because of the depression in my heart these days that Guo Hao actually bent down and vomited, and his mind was dizzy, and he fell from his horse.

Seeing this scene, his deputy immediately got off the horse and helped him. Guo Hao stood up tremblingly, reached out to grab his iron rod, but he was unable to pick it up.

In this bleak autumn wind, Guo Hao shivered and looked up at the vast sky. He suddenly felt that he was so small.

"Are you okay, military advisor?"

In the army, everyone was used to calling Guo Hao Military Advisor, and Guo Wei took the lead, and everyone also called him.

When he fell down, he bumped his head. He was a little drowsy at this time, and the depression in his chest could not be released. He pointed at the hill in front of him tremblingly, but couldn't speak.

He also saw a lot of life and death on the battlefield, but it was a fight with emotion. When he saw innocent people being slaughtered, Guo Hao was a little broken.

A group of soldiers surrounded them, their eyes red and their breathing was a little heavy.

They were already numb, but Guo Hao's "patriotic education" aroused a little conscience in their minds.

"I'm angry and rushing to the crown. Don't lean on the railing. The rain stops. Look up at the sky and roars, and your heart is fierce. Ten fame, dust and soil, eight thousand miles of clouds and moons, don't wait, the young man's head is white, and he is sad.

Ding is ashamed, but it has not yet been cured. When will the ministers be hated? Drive a long cart, break through the mountains and slim mountains, ambitions to eat the meat of the barbarians, laugh at the thirst and drink the blood of the Khitan, wait for the beginning to clean up the old mountains and rivers, and go to the sky!"

It’s not that Guo Hao is artificial, but that he really doesn’t know how to express his feelings. He almost yelled out this poem, and many soldiers heard it.

Guo Wei was in the central army before. When he got the news, he happened to see this scene. After reading a poem, Guo Hao burst into tears. Perhaps because he was crying for hypoxia, he fainted directly on the ground. He quickly sent him back to the camp.

A song of red man in the river ignited all the soldiers' desire to kill the enemy and serve the country, especially the sentence "I am eager to eat the meat of the barbarians, laugh at me and drink the blood of the Huns with thirst", which made Guo Wei highly praised it.

When Guo Hao woke up again, it was already dark. After his previous release, he felt a little relieved. He thought he was strong enough inside, but he didn't expect that he was still so fragile.

When he arrived in the Later Jin Dynasty, he was only twelve years old. At that time, he only wanted to live. Nearly ten years passed in a flash and he had integrated into this world.

Whether it was the childhood sweetheart Qiunan or Li Fu who shared worries with each other, he couldn't bear to leave, and Li Fu was still pregnant, which made him worry.

He didn't know if he was right to do this. For proper considerations and understanding of history, it was right to follow Guo Wei.

However, being a civil servant cannot guarantee himself, nor can he protect his relatives. As a military officer, he has to witness the cruelty of war. Guo Hao could hardly imagine how those ancient generals and emperors were so indifferent.

When Guo Hao studied management in later generations, he learned the compulsory course of ancient generals - how to practice famous generals.

It usually takes six stages:

The first stage is theoretical knowledge, that is, military strategy. Only after accumulating a lot of theoretical knowledge can you enter the next stage.

But this stage is very special. Because some classmates are poor at home and cannot afford books, they can only learn these theories in actual combat. Guo Hao is very lucky to meet Qiu Nan and her mysterious father.

The second stage is actual combat. Guo Hao has a special status and has taken advantage of the situation to serve as a military advisor. Guo Wei is in charge and has made a lucky contribution.

But if he was really allowed to command the battle, Guo Hao might not have the ability now, otherwise he would have won the honorary title of "talking about war on paper" just like Zhao Kuo.

Only the battlefield can make a person a real famous general. He must hold a knife in his own hands to pursue the enemy, see the tragic battlefield, understand that people will die if they are cut by a knife, understand that if you don’t kill me, I will kill you, this is a timeless truth on the battlefield. Only when they know that the so-called war is fighting with their lives, will they understand what the battlefield is and what actual combat is.

Guo Hao had a little understanding of this, but it was not enough. The reason why he responded so much was because he regarded the Khitan as a nation, not an enemy.

Many years later, Guo Hao, who was in his destiny, did not forget this idea. At that time, he was already an emperor. People in the world said that his mind was higher than the sky and deeper than the sea.

The saying that being able to accept different ethnic groups, "If one is not one of our race, one's heart will be different" is not true for him.
Chapter completed!