choke element

Chapter 16
The crowd surrounded them, but Guo Ning drew a map with a few strokes, and added cities, roads, mountains, and rivers to the map one after another.

All the people present have fought old battles, have rich experience, and are well aware of the geography of mountains and rivers, so they can advance and retreat with evidence.However, not everyone has the ability to draw maps as easily as Guo Ning.At that moment, someone nodded slightly.

And Wang Shixian wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking, so Guo Liulang didn't want to rebel?I think too much?He looked at the map again, and couldn't help but said: "It turns out that Guo Liulang meant to leave Hebei in order to have a brighter future!"

When he said these words, Monk Luo fell silent, and Li Ting and others were all taken aback.

"Leave Hebei?" Someone rolled his eyes.

They are people who have left their hometown, and they don't reject it.

Originally, people from all walks of life were stranded in Hebei because everyone was like headless chickens, with no direction and no goal.Seeing that Guo Ning seemed to have a comprehensive plan, everyone was interested, so he quickly moved closer.

Several people said: "It's good to leave Hebei. But, where can we go if we leave Hebei?"

Everyone looked at Guo Ning, but Guo Ning remained calm.

Pointing to the map with his pen, he said slowly: "Just now we talked about so many dead ends, all of which are in Hebei. It is because of the fact that in the next few years, all the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and even the guards of the central capital, joined forces and fought fiercely. It is inevitable that we will continue to entangle and fight fiercely with the Mongolian army in Hebei. In the process, stragglers like me will most likely be devastated. Therefore, this place in Hebei cannot be left.”

"What is Liu Lang thinking?"

"Everyone can trust me, Guo Liulang, and are willing to listen to my suggestions. But I will not make random decisions, and I will not gamble with everyone's wealth and life! Since we are talking about it now, let's discuss it on the spot... Everyone, please see !"

Speaking of which, Guo Ning moved the nib of the pen, first pointing to a city sign.

"This is Daxing Mansion, Central Capital!" Someone recognized it.

"That's right." Guo Ning replied, "The Daxing Mansion in the Central Capital is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and there are nobles like clouds. If you wanted to make the court rich and honor in the early years, it's okay to go there. Now that the Black Tartars are powerful and the court is in turmoil, the Central Capital bears the brunt... I’m afraid it’s more dangerous than Hebei. I think we’re already crawling out of the dead, so we really don’t need to ask for trouble.”

Having said that, everyone went to see Li Ting.

Li Ting nodded sullenly: "That's true!"

Guo Ning's pen tip turned to the west, and then to the direction of Xijing.

Before he could speak, Monk Luo had already shook his head, so the others shook their heads too.

Two years ago, the Mongolian army attacked and plundered Yunnei, Dongsheng, Shuozhou and other places, forcing Hu Shahu, who was left behind by the imperial court in Xijing, to abandon the city and flee.Last year, the Mongolian army attacked Xijing again. They first destroyed the reinforcements at Migukou, and then swept across the state troops. Wherever they went, the soldiers and civilians were slaughtered and plundered.

Now the defender of Datong, Mo Nian, claims to be the province of Xijing. In fact, everyone has heard that there is only one Xijing city left under his control.That's not a safe place to live, needless to say.

Guo Ning's pen tip did not stop, pointing southward to the east of the river: "Hedong is the waist of the world. Marshal Pucha Ali, the commander of the right, commanded a heavy army here. However, because this is the waist of the world, the military service is very heavy. If we go to this place... Hey, once we are signed into the army, we will be sent back to Hebei to fight in the next moment, and we will be the ghosts under the knife again."

As soon as these words came out, everyone felt sorry for them and shook their heads immediately.

"As farther west..."

Before Guo Ning finished speaking, Wang Shixian rubbed his cheeks vigorously, and said with a wry smile: "Further to the west, you will arrive at Guanzhong... let alone that place! It's one thing for me to go back to my hometown. As for you, it's not worth the journey. !"

Everyone knows that Wang Shixian joined the army from Guanzhong, and several people have heard him tell the story of years of famine in Guanzhong and the rampant thieves in the territory.Besides, that place is too remote.Immediately, the eyes moved back to Guo Ning's pen tip.

"The next one is a safe place, and it's still close." Guo Ning tapped a pen: "Nanjing Road, towards Kaifeng Mansion, how about it?"

Everyone listened to what he said, thinking about each other, and the room was silent for a while.

Guo Ning coughed lightly and winked at Monk Luo: "What do Master Huifeng think?"

"Nanjing Road? Good! That place is far away from the Mongols!" Monk Luo shook his head, "Furthermore, Kaifeng was the capital of the Song people in the Southern Dynasties. Like a mountain! I also heard that Kaifeng produces good wine and delicious food..."

This is outrageous!Master Huifeng, you are here to make trouble!
Guo Ning coughed twice more.

Monk Luo looked rough and simple, but in fact he had a fine mind, and he knew right away that he was messed up.He quickly shut up, almost biting his own tongue.

The two big eyes rolled away, and Monk Luo's tone sank, worried: "Nanjing Road is naturally a good place. However, according to the Yisa family, there are also serious problems in that place."

"What's the problem?" Li Ting asked immediately.

Everyone looked at Monk Luo, waiting for his explanation.

How did Monk Luo know?For a while, I only felt sweat on my forehead and itchy scalp.He quickly raised his hand, pretending to touch his head.After touching it three or five times, my mind was completely confused.He hurriedly chuckled, making a confident gesture: "What did Guo Liulang think of?"

Guo Ning said in a deep voice: "Nanjing Road is far away from the Mongols, which is true. But this place is too close to the Song people in the Southern Dynasty."

Immediately, someone laughed and said, "What's so scary about Song people? They..."

Halfway through the conversation, he couldn't continue.Generally speaking, northern Han children are quite proud of their mighty power, and they don't pay attention to southerners who are soft and skinny.However, during the Taihe period, the Song army went northward, causing quite a lot of trouble in Caizhou, Tangzhou, Sizhou and other places.At that time, the imperial court certainly repelled them, but many of the people present were veterans, and they vaguely heard rumors that it was not so easy to deal with.

Since it is the whereabouts after the discussion, you have to think carefully.Now that the state of Dajin is in decline, who knows what will happen to the people of Song Dynasty?If they bump into the people of Song Dynasty and fight again... After all, the group will be small and weak, and they will have no foundation. Maybe they will become dead ghosts again?

Although these people are all rebellious frontier warriors, they all know that they are nothing compared to the huge court system and high-ranking officials everywhere.Arriving at a certain place rashly, can you settle down smoothly?What kind of situation they will face and how they will be treated... No one can tell.

Wang Shixian even thought, so what if he seeks refuge with the Song people.

He immediately shook his head vigorously.Forget it, the style of the people of Song Dynasty is really... Sigh, it makes people uncomfortable to listen to.

At this time, everyone present sighed in unison.There are so many directions, each with its own difficulties; such a big Dajin Kingdom, there is really no safe place to go!

Li Ting sneered repeatedly.

Monk Luo breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.He got up from the bed, stood beside the table, poked a corner of the map with his thick finger, and said to everyone: "It seems that our way of life is only here."

"Shandong?" Li Ting asked.

The people in the room are all experienced battles, and there are no fools.At this time, everyone understood that Guo Ning made a big circle, but his goal was always Shandong.

Li Ting then asked again: "What's so good about Shandong? Why does the monk assert that our way of life lies in Shandong?"

Monk Luo thought for a moment: "What does Liu Lang think?"

Guo Ning was not in a hurry to answer.

Everyone chatted for a while, and it was noon.Guo Ning slept all day, missed several meals, and was so hungry that he panicked.He asked Lu Han to bring food for everyone, and took the lead in eating for a while.When he was full and everyone felt warm, he got up again and stood in the middle of the room.

"Geographically speaking, the east and west roads of Shandong are located in the danger of Haidai. There are big rivers running through and Huaisi rushing through. They benefit from fish and salt. They are the eastern gateways and hubs of the Jin and Song Dynasties... These, you probably You know, I don’t have anything special to say.”

Guo Ning pondered for a moment, showing a look of determination, and looked at everyone: "In the past few years, although the Great Jin has gradually declined, it is still a big country in the Central Plains, and it is the imperial court. It was a disastrous defeat, but there are still the elites of the Central Capital, hundreds of thousands of troops from the many military commanders and general management offices in the south, and tens of millions of people in the Central Plains. Those of us who are like ants, even if we are dissatisfied and resentful towards Dajin, we will always It’s not necessary to start a rebellion like this.”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing a few times: "Just now we said that even if you fall into a bandit, it is a dead end, let alone a rebellion? Brother Shi Xian is eager to persuade me, don't pretend to be Chen She and Wu Guang... Then Very reasonable."

Li Ting was obviously impatient: "Guo Liulang, just now you said that serving the imperial court is a dead end!"

"That's right!" Guo Ning stretched out his hands to signal: "Since the two roads of serving the court and betraying the court are dead ends. Then, our way of survival lies in the middle of the two roads."

"What are you talking about? Guo Liulang, are you entertaining me?" Li Ting felt completely incomprehensible.He kept shouting and asking: "What do you say, what does this have to do with Shandong?"

Guo Ning asked: "Does Li Erlang know that there have indeed been rebels in the Dajin Dynasty in recent years?"

(End of this chapter)