Chapter 26: Good men should not be soldiers!
Regarding leaving Bianliang, Tokyo, and going north to the occupied areas, it was not Guo Jing's sudden impulse, but a long-planned arrangement.
——If he, a "living god", continues to stay in Bianliang, something unpleasant will happen!
You must know that when a disaster approaches, mortals will always involuntarily pray for God's salvation, because God does not represent invincible power at this time, but a miracle that reverses fate - even if they impose this on them without authorization. Miracles in God.
And when the omnipotent god really appears in front of them, most of them will not feel joy, but fear, panic, and bewilderment. The so-called praying to God actually subconsciously believes that God will not come...which is the so-called "Ye Gong loves dragons".
In this way, when Guo Jing really displayed his "supernatural power", let alone the emperor himself who believed in immortality, the first reaction of most of the other officials, gentry, dignitaries and bureaucrats who followed him was definitely not to be ecstatic, but to be horrified. Doubts, and attempts to keep this power under control.
The reason why until now, these scholars and doctors who are willing to commit suicide without any limit have not done anything to disgust the time travelers like Guo Jing, is because they were temporarily shocked by Guo Jing's magical power to destroy the world with one hand. , for the sake of their own safety, even the most reckless powerful gentry He didn't dare to be tough on him at will; on the other hand, he planned to be soft on him if he couldn't be tough. Fortunately, Guo Jingxian's original life in the Northern Song Dynasty was a lonely old man with no children, so he moved from other places. Those who come to the capital don't even have half a relative in Bianliang, and they can't take a roundabout route through the family network. But recently, there have been an endless stream of former neighbors coming to Guo Jing's door, trying to get some benefits from being under Guo Jing's family. In addition, it is said that some wealthy families in Beijing sent people to Guo Jing's hometown in Jinghu, where he was born, to find his distant relatives who were out of reach... As the saying goes, "Success is a factory that mass-produces relatives and friends"! And the resulting human burdens are even more of a headache.
After all, even an upright official can't handle household chores, right?
Obviously, if this development continues, Guo Jing may soon be involuntarily trapped in the whirlpool of party strife in the court, and may even be taken advantage of, and put in a dilemma... Instead of doing this, it is better to jump out of the big fire pit of Bianliang first. , go outside and hide for a while.
I think those courtiers who were having a headache on how to deal with Immortal Guo would be happy to see this trouble go away for the time being.
Moreover, what is more important to Guo Jing himself is that the siege Jin army has been destroyed. How many opportunities can he find to increase points in Bianliang?
If he doesn't leave this novice village that has been drained of all its resources as soon as possible and go to the wider world to play dungeons, when will he be able to collect the 50,000 reward points to "end the game"?
Of course, leaving Bianliang does not mean the end of the trouble - in fact, even Qinzong Emperor Zhao Huan, who seems to have a fanatical admiration for Guo Jing at the moment, after the initial excitement subsided and truly came back to his senses , will also be deeply wary of such an immortal with boundless power, worrying that he will "violate the forbidden with force", destroy the country's ruling order, and use various methods to win over and control...
But this is all a matter for the future. Once he, the immortal, leaves Bianliang, he will be temporarily away from the eye of the storm, leaving the scholar-officials in the court to deal with other troubles - half of the Central Plains has just been ravaged by the Jin soldiers. Ruins are full of bandits and rebels everywhere. If a figure like the leader of a cult raises his voice, hundreds of thousands of rebels will be able to gather in a moment... It is said that a group of rebels have recently taken up residence in Luoyang and are eyeing the Central Plains...
Before cleaning up the mess around them, the scholar-bureaucrats who are high up in the court should not bother to make trouble with the Immortal Guo who has gone out.
As for the situation after the Bianliang Dynasty stabilizes? Well, by that time Guo Daxian should have already accumulated 50,000 reward points and returned to his own world. What kind of situation was created in the Northern Song Dynasty, and what does it have to do with him? As the saying goes, "After I die, I won't care about the floods"!
——In short, under the high praise of many courtiers and the strong insistence of Guo Daxian, Emperor Qinzong Zhao Huan, who originally wanted to ask Guo Jing to stay in Bianliang for a longer period of time so that he could consult the immortals, finally agreed to let him go. Guo Jing led the "Liujia Divine Soldiers" on the Northern Expedition...
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Although Guo Jing had already made plans for the Northern Expedition out of Beijing. However, the ideal is plump and the reality is skinny.
After the news spread, half of the "Liukjia Divine Soldiers" who had originally dispersed, ushered in an unexpected wave of retirements.
"...Master Qi, originally the imperial court had a mandate, and even if I went through fire and water, I would not dare to disobey it. However, I have an eighty-year-old mother to support and a three-year-old child to care for. I really don't dare to stray too far from home... Please also ask The real person has mercy on you, please spare me the villain’s errand as a magic weapon.”
A sumo wrestler who looked quite mighty fell to the ground crying and begged the Great Immortal Guo Jingguo, saying that he didn't have any sense of manliness... Moreover, this senior, you seem to be only twenty. Next year? How did your mother give birth to you in her fifties?
(At that time, people in the Song Dynasty, like the Japanese, were very interested in sumo wrestling. There were many sumo clubs in Bianliang City, and there were even female sumo wrestlers.)
"...It's really shameful to say that this old man was so kindly favored by the real man that he was awarded the position of flag officer. He should have risked his life to repay the favor. But recently, he had rheumatism again, and his legs were so painful that he couldn't walk. Lu... please ask the real person to let the old man guard the house in Tokyo, and let the young people do the meritorious work..."
Hello, old man, when did you get rheumatism? Obviously when you were competing with others for white-faced steamed buns at breakfast today, you were still so lively and agile, able to overwhelm a group of young men without any competition?
"...Please let me go home, Master. It's not that I don't want to go to Hebei to blow the cold wind and freeze. I really have no choice but to go home..."
"...Although our family is now in ruins, it was once a scholarly family. If my parents knew that I had become a soldier, they would be angry to death..."
"...I heard that if I don't leave, I will officially join the military, so I have my face tattooed... Please forgive me this time!"
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In fact, the above-mentioned people who knelt in front of Guo Jing and begged to be discharged and go home were considered very honest. More cunning people simply jumped over the wall and escaped after getting the news. After throwing away their weapons and taking off their uniforms, they went home leisurely to hide and pretend to be good citizens.
——As mentioned before, Guo Jing’s group of "Liujia Divine Soldiers" are a group of idle men and local scoundrels recruited according to their birth dates. They have no military experience or military literacy, and have no cohesion at all. Neither. Moreover, the customs of the Song Dynasty were extremely valuing literature over military affairs, and despised soldiers. Soldiers had to tattoo their faces like slaves to prevent them from fleeing. If someone in the family was a soldier, the whole family would be looked down upon... As the saying goes, " A good iron cannot be nailed, and a good man cannot be a soldier.” That’s right! Ordinary people would never think of joining the army until they could no longer survive.
Previously, the Jin soldiers besieged Bianliang, and the capital was in danger. With the impending doomsday, the common people ignored the ancestral motto that "a good man should not be a soldier" and enlisted in the army to defend their homes and eat military rations. After the Jin soldiers were wiped out and Bianliang was in danger, these "strong men" naturally began to think about returning to their fields. In the social environment of the Song Dynasty, which despised warriors, who would be willing to be a soldier unless it was absolutely necessary?
In the eyes of ordinary people in the Song Dynasty, the robes and armor worn by soldiers were almost the same as the rags worn by beggars!
Therefore, as early as the beginning of the rescue of Bianliang, half of Guo Jing's Liujia magic soldiers had already dispersed. The remaining people who had not left were also bent on using the banner of Immortal Guo, swindling and cheating in the colorful world of Bianliang City, and enjoying the hot food and drink... Who would have thought that Immortal Guo would actually lead the Northern Expedition! !
Hey hey, the land of Hebei has just been ravaged by the Jin soldiers, and everything is in chaos. Where can we get any profit? What's more, it's already mid-December, and Bianliang, south of the river, is so cold. How freezing should it be in Hebei and Yanjing? Besides, it looks like the Chinese New Year will be here in a dozen days. Saying goodbye to your family at this time, and embarking on a journey where life or death is uncertain in the wind and snow... It's really hard to be a human being!
In addition, the common people in the capital at the feet of the emperor were also the most politically sensitive group of ordinary people in the entire Song Dynasty. Even the tea doctors, wine doctors and storytellers in the street market can tell the truth about the situation in the court.
Therefore, many people had heard about the imperial court's suspicion and wariness of Guo Daxian, and they also felt that this Liujia magic soldier was not a profession that could last for a long time. So after learning about the Northern Expedition, they all became excited and told them one by one. Those who are sick report illness, those who ask for leave ask for leave, and those who leave without saying goodbye leave without saying goodbye. Even the soldiers of the Forbidden Army assigned by the imperial court to serve as instructors all relied on their connections and returned to their original troops... In the blink of an eye, the Liujia Divine Soldiers, who had once had a huge lineup, were in trouble even before they left Bianliang City. Scattered, only two or three big cats and kittens were left, looking at a pile of ordnance in a daze.
In fact, it is said that there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. If the Great Immortal Guo Jingguo is willing to spend a lot of money on these Liujia magic soldiers to win over people's hearts, then no matter how heavy the snow is outside, and no matter how strange the clouds are in the court, it will still happen. Some people are willing to go north with him... But the problem is that Guo Jing, who has changed his soul, doesn't really value these idle people in the city very much. He regards them as dispensable people. In addition to daily meals and military uniforms, they don't even pay them. Never posted it once. How can these "dynamic social workers" be willing to help this stingy Guo Xianren?
Therefore, after all the chaos, only a hundred or so of Guo Zhenren's "Liujia Divine Soldiers" were left. After deducting some old, sick or young and infirm guys, there were only less than a hundred people left. Eighty people are available...it can be called the smallest Northern Expeditionary Army in history.
Wang Qiu, Nobi Nobita and Doraemon didn't care much about this - after all, in Doraemon's adventure legend, he led four primary school students to conquer a kingdom and a planet. They don't think this bunch of useless people who can only carry luggage and wave flags are of any use. But Qin Hui and Qin Zhongcheng, who was sent to oversee the army, didn't think so - seeing most of Guo Dashian's Liujia magic soldiers fleeing, even including his own guards and servants, the number of troops sent for the Northern Expedition was less than a hundred. , almost became a joke... Comrade Qin Hui, who was still an angry young man at the moment, was so anxious that he had to recruit people everywhere to make up the numbers... In the end, he actually managed to win over a large number of soldiers!
"...What? Zongze from the Hebei Military Marshal's Mansion led his troops across the river south to King Qin in Tokyo. Now he can be classified under the name of the Northern Expeditionary Army?"