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Although the northern country outside the pass is ice and snow, the air turns into ice, but the city of Fuyu still has a strong New Year atmosphere.

In the fortress Fuyu City, the lights were decorated and the red lanterns had begun to hang high, and the places were cleaned up. In the inner city of Fuyu, the plum blossoms swayed gently in the snow and rustled in the wind. The dark green pine trees stood proudly, and the bamboos in the distance were also lush and green, making Major General Guo Chongtao, who was in the soft-skin chair behind the glass-to-ceiling windows of the warm-house terrace, feel very comfortable.

From here, Guo Chongtao could see most of the Fuyu City. There were many arrow towers on the strong and tall city walls, and the corner towers were towering. Behind the female wall between the arrow towers, there was a door squatting and pointing to the flying thunder cannons in the distance outside the city. Behind the walls inside the city walls, there were taller general cannons.

Under the flags, the entire Fuyu City is as solid as a soup.

Like most generals at this time, Major General Guo Chongtao, the general of Qin vassal, was very tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and powerful Kong Wu, and could run horses on his arms and stand up on his fists. He was nine feet tall, could be blocked with 300 pounds of bows, and was proficient in everything. If he hadn't initially cast aside Li Kexiu and Li Keyong as a leader, he would have occupied a higher position in the Qin army.

Guo Chongtao has the same courage as other military generals, but he also has the rare literary literature of many military generals at this time. He is skilled in his archery and horses, and at the same time he is familiar with military books. In addition to his love for martial arts, the rest of his life was to like reading. He has almost read all kinds of military books and war strategies. Even the military regulations and rules issued by the Qin vassal military in recent years have not fallen behind. Unfortunately, the experience of being a general under Li Keyong and being forced to surrender to Qin was like an indelible stain. Moreover, because he is a bit arrogant, it is a kind of arrogance in the eyes of many generals, so it is not very sociable in the army. Although he was appreciated and valued by King Li Jing of Qin, he was among the Qin army. Although he had served as the commander of the army during the Northern Expedition, he was only awarded the title of county marquis. This time, he was awarded the title of officer rank in the army and only received the title of major general.

Although this new rank does not affect other official titles, the highest rank now is Li Jing's rank of general, while Lin Wei, Zhang Zimian, who were the commanders of the army, were awarded the title of lieutenant general. Even Li Jing's three women who commanded the army, Liu Yunniang, Meghan and Julie, were awarded the title of lieutenant general. Among the commanders of the army, only Liu Xunhe and Li Cunxiao were awarded the title of leap general. Even Gongsun Lan was awarded the title of leap general.

Of course, on the other hand, in the new military rank, from brigade general to general, he was only awarded more than 30 people. It was no longer possible for him to obtain the title of major general, and established his core position among the Qin generals.

Guo Chongtao was born in the family of the border generals in Daibei and was the eldest son of that family. Their family can be regarded as generals, although there has never been any senior generals except him.

After joining Li Jing's command, Guo Chongtao's life began to be smooth sailing. When Li Keyong was under Li Keyong, although Li Keyong was also very important and made him the deputy commander, Shatuo's power was still too small compared to the Qin vassal. One of the commanders of the Qin vassal was stronger than the commanders of the vassal states.

Especially after he became the commander of the Northern Expedition Army, his career became even smoother.

This time he entered Bohai again. He temporarily served as a deputy in Zhou Dewei's Fuyu Camp, and even entered a state of relaxation and comfort. He ate and slept soundly, and after dinner every day, he also added a new hobby. He savored red wine with the staff of the camp to watch the performances of the Northeast tribal singers such as Bohai. He had nothing to worry about. The affairs of the Fuyu Camp were busy with Zhou Dewei and the others, and the war outside was as smooth as the Qin army expected.

The four armies had surrounded the tribal coalition forces, and then tens of thousands of newly transferred foreign cavalry were constantly forcing them to enter, clearing the strongholds outside the coalition forces and forcing them to get out of the cave.

The tribal coalition has not yet begun to retreat and break through, but the current situation is bound to force the tribal coalition to break through.

Guo Chongtao knew his responsibilities. He was not here for vacation or on the bench. The King of Qin had already talked to him and asked him to come to Fuyu, preparing to lead his army to start a chase after the tribe army began to break through and let them drive away the tribe soldiers.

The young staff members of his men did not know this, and they felt quite disappointed and felt that they had been put on the bench. For this goal, the Staff Academy specially reorganized a legion. This new legion led by Guo Chongtao. Half of the soldiers of the ten armies were the former Iron Cavalry Legion, and some were newly recruited. These bilateral cavalry were dozens of tribes mainly composed of the ten tribes of Goguryeo, Marce, Tatar, Uighur, Shatu, Tiel, Tuyuhun, Sogdian, Dangxiang, and Shiwei, especially the ten tribes formed by the northern tribes.

This new legion was abnormal and did not break them up and mixed them up. Instead, they were reorganized according to the tribal organization. The top ten tribes and ten tribe army formed a 50,000 cavalry army. Many officers transferred to this new legion thought that this was demoted. After all, this was an almost complete cavalry army. There were very few Han people. No matter how you look at it, it would not look like an important legion, but more like a cannon fodder legion. But Guo Chongtao knew that the formation of the cavalry army this time was just a special organization under special circumstances and would definitely be disbanded after the war. This time, the establishment was to use Hu to control Hu at critical moments.

"How are our soldiers of the 13th Legion now?" Guo Chongtao spoke.

The marching staff of the legion sighed: "You know, many cavalry were originally serving in various legions such as the Iron Cavalry, but now they have been suddenly pulled back and reorganized the first army with their own tribe members. Finally, they formed the 13th legion with the top ten tribes. The tribe knights were very uneasy and thought it was not a good sign. They thought the King of Qin did not trust them, so they pulled them out of the army. Especially now that they formed the 13th legion, they were only placed in Fuyu, practicing or practicing all day long, and there was no uneasy in the combat mission. Now there are all kinds of rumors in the army, and rumors are flying everywhere."

"It's not what they thought. From Fu'an to Da'an, the newly launched Ninth Legion that just launched an attack. They are all tribal cavalry drawn by various divisions. Many of them are even new recruits. In comparison, the Ninth Legion is just a second-line unit. We are real elite field corps, and they can all be valued. Will the King of Qin leave the elite like us without using them? Are the people in the Propaganda Department having a good meal? Let them start, guide the public opinion in the army, and increase the morale of the soldiers. Good steel must be used on the blade. We are here now because it is not time for us to use it. Just clear the strongholds on the periphery of the coalition and hand them over to the Ninth Legion. Now we can't use us yet. How can we use a knives to kill chickens? Let everyone be prepared and we will receive the order of battle soon. At that time, we need to see their ability."

"Actually, it's not everyone's fault. When the rank of military officers is issued this time, the tribal soldiers are generally one or two levels lower than the ranks of the Han army. So far, the highest rank among tribal generals is only a colonel, and there is not even a general."

"Is this a bit strange?" Guo Chongtao glanced at his mouth. "As the commander of the army, I am just a major general now. Don't be dissatisfied. It is normal for the Han general to have higher ranks than the French general. If the French general is higher than the Han general, it is not normal. What's more, as we all know, the Han generals have basically conducted further training in military academies and martial arts halls, and their service time and qualifications in the army are obviously much higher than the French generals. The situation is already good now, at least relatively fair. If they want to be absolutely fair, this is impossible. The King of Qin has treated the vassals well now. Tell them that if they want to change into Jindoudou, then be prepared and earn more merits when they are out."

Guo Chongtao made a few remarks and finally got to the point: "Brother Zhiwu, do you have something to say?"

Guo Zhenhai, the 13th Army marching officer, straightened his body from the chair, "General An Shi, according to the information from the Military Intelligence Department, there are some intriguing situations in our enemy territory on the Western Front. I think it is necessary to report to you."

"Oh, what's the situation?" Guo Chongtao raised his head and asked with concern.

"Some people in the Bohai area occupied by the Western Front accompanying army are attacking tribal coalition forces, and even the powerful nobles and wealthy businessmen in the Bohai Sea are planning and commanding behind the scenes. Many tribal coalition strongholds have been uprooted. Not only are the patrol teams attacked, but also the 100-man teams stationed in some strongholds are sometimes attacked by the entire team. It is reported that even some senior generals of the coalition forces have also been attacked!"

Guo Chongtao was surprised, "Is there such a thing? What's the reason?"

Guo Zhenhai smiled and said, "You know, since the invasion of the Bohai Sea, the tribal coalition forces have been implementing war-raising wars, and the plundering of the occupied areas of the Bohai Sea is very serious. Moreover, they have been constantly recruiting strong men, and even raped women from time to time. They even forced many young Bohai women to take away and take them back to the military camp to serve as military prostitutes. At the beginning, the coalition forces had a bottom line and fishing without any poverty, but since last year we cut off their retreat, they also cut off their front-line food and grass transportation. Therefore, the tribal army's food and salary were a little tight, so they opened

The efforts of plundering have been increased. Judging from our information, in the years since the tribe invaded the Bohai Sea, at least 200,000 to 300,000 people in the area occupied by them have starved to death, and hundreds of thousands of young and strong Bohai Sea have been conquered. Especially after the winter of this year, many villages have been conquered and captured because of their young men and young women, delayed production, planting and hunting. As a result, the only little grain has been conquered. Therefore, famine has arrived early. In many serious places, the villagers in the whole village died of hunger, resulting in a large number of unmanned areas."

"Originally, some Bohai nobles tried to surrender to the coalition forces, but who would have thought that the tribal coalition forces showed no mercy to them. Many Bohai nobles and powerful men were even worse than ordinary people. Their property was taken away, the males were executed, and the women were abandoned in the prostitute camp. Now the coalition forces are staring at the nobles in the occupied areas, and they still have a lot of food. For the coalition forces, these Bohai nobles are like those field mice that have accumulated a lot of rat holes in the winter. They can get a lot of food and grass when they dig the field mouse holes. The nobles themselves cannot protect themselves, so of course they will resist."

Guo Chongtao smiled. He felt that things would not be so simple. If they were just exploited, the Bohai people would have resisted as early as the coalition forces invaded. But now, such a large-scale outbreak of resistance was so powerful, he had reason to believe that there must be a third force involved in it. Undoubtedly, this third force must have the shadow of the Qin army. Based on his understanding of the Qin army, the Lijingmen of the Supervision Bureau is specialized in foreign intelligence and responsible for many external tasks such as incitement and subversion. He believed that the current vigorous aristocratic resistance movement in the Bohai Kingdom must have the contribution of the Lijingmen.
Chapter completed!