Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Before Li Chongjin left Shouzhou, it didn't take long for a general to find Guo Shao in front of the battlefield, saying: "Huainan has deployed General Li and asked General Guo to meet at the Tiger Jie Army's Right Side Camp."

All the people around listened and looked at them silently. Everyone knew that Shangfeng wanted to attack the city, and Guo Shao's sudden stop of the attack would cause dissatisfaction. Guo Shao looked back around, and Li Chuyun and other generals just bowed their heads and said nothing, no one had any idea.

Guo Shao said in a convenient way: "The Departments of Chuanling are temporarily closed for reorganization. I will go and see General Li come again."

Li Chuyun said, "I will go with the lord."

A group of several people let the generals who passed the order lead the way and rode to the camp of the right arm of the Tiger Jie Army. On the other side of the Huai River, there was a large area of ​​military camp tents. At least for several miles, they were all occupied by the right side of the Tiger and Jie Army. People over there had never been to Shouzhou City. They were all members of the Tiger and Jiefang Army, and Guo Shao didn't think there was any danger in this trip... Mainly he was not familiar with Li Zhongjin before, let alone any grievances.

When the Chinese army marched, and entered the large tent with wide-faced flags, there were two rows of generals standing inside. Li Chongjin is sitting above, and the first person sitting on the left is Li Jixun. The person Guo Shao met was a man in his forties.

Sure enough, Li Zhongjin didn't look good, and asked coldly, "General Guo, why stop the siege?"

Guo Shao replied: "I just took over the siege of the city in Xia. I am not familiar with the terrain, the army, and the strategy. I want to take a rest for a whole day and discuss the countermeasures with the generals."

This kind of defense was thought by Guo Shao Lu. Li Chongjin really couldn't refute it, but he was very unhappy. He said in public: "I don't think you are merciful, you are soft-hearted, with the benevolence of a woman! The official let you come to fight for life. In such a strong city like Zhou, I will definitely play it!"

Guo Shao was scolded for the first time, saying as if he was worthless, he was angry, and said: Do you think I want to attack Shouzhou? You do it, think I'm scared of this hard bone?

However, Li Zhongjin was the commander of Mabudu, and no one of the pro-military guards was as big as him; besides, he was "deployed by Huainan". The emperor went to Chuzhou, and he had the right to control the soldiers and horses in the entire Huai River Basin. It would be extremely unwise if Guo Shao quarreled with him, so Guo Shao tolerated it.

Some anger is really unbearable. Guo Shao had no choice but to say: "The final general has more than enough heart but not enough energy."

At this time, Li Jixun said calmly, "Shouzhou City’s guardian is Liu Renzhan. It is rumored that this person can be a big deal, and he is highly regarded by the masters of the Southern Tang Dynasty; Shouzhou is the guardian of Huai Shui. The land is the place where the Southern Tang State must be rescued. As long as pressure is applied, reinforcements can be lured; although there are casualties in the siege, we can double the recovery from the reinforcements."

Guo Shao said: You can do it! Ask Lao Tzu to fill the front with human lives. You guys are so soft in the back, right?

Li Chongjin was convinced, and urged: "It is the best to win Shouzhou, and it can really open the hole in Huainan; if you can't get it down, you must put pressure on it! If Shouzhou is not even dangerous, the Southern Tang Army will save it. What's wrong? General Guo, how much time do you need to discuss countermeasures? Is there any important strategy to stop the siege and delay time?"

After a few questions, Guo Shao couldn't answer one, so he said: "The army has to rest for three days, please allow General Li."

"Three days, just three days!" Li Zhongjin said.

... Guo Shao returned to the city, ordered a truce among the ministries, and called the generals to the camp to discuss. There was a lot of discussion, and there was no good countermeasure. Guo Shao sat in the upper position without saying a word, letting dozens of people argue and argue below.

What can be a good way?

Guo Shao was depressed and disappointed at first, thinking of the Queen's encouragement to him in the secret letter, asking him to perform satisfactorily in Huainan... But in this situation, he has no chance to perform. How to gnaw high walls and thick soil? On the contrary, Zhao Kuangyin's group of people played very happily in front, even his brother Li Jixun was in Shouzhou and had better errands.

Later, he wondered again, what would happen if the battle was neglected? In Guo Shao's mind, the emperor should have been very dissatisfied with himself; now the emperor personally recruits, if he performs badly under his nose, and is judged to be worthless...a person who holds the power of life and death will look at someone What will happen to people who are unpleasant and worthless?

Guo Shao only felt sweat in his palms. What I feel at this moment: There is a delicious carrot in front that I can't see and eat; there is still a sword hanging from my head.

"I promised to deploy General Li in Huainan and only take a three-day rest." Guo Shao said. Seeing that he had been silent for a long time, everyone suddenly wanted to speak, and turned their heads to look at Guo Shao one after another.

Being watched by many eyes again, Guo Shao frowned and said, "We will continue to attack the city in three days. You will report your numbers and the siege area in charge and send them to General Li Chuyun. There is also the number of ordnance supplies. Report it to Mr. Zuo." Guo Shao pointed to the two people next to him.

The generals lead. Guo Shao said again: "The Southern Tang Army used a lot of oil... the fierce fire oil can easily burn the cloud ladder. The method of ant attachment is even more difficult in Shouzhou. While we are siege the city, we should try other methods and dig tunnels. stop."

A general said: "General, the general who guards Shouzhou is Liu Renzhan. This man is a veteran in battle. He has seen everything and found that we must be prepared for digging, and it is difficult to make good results."

Guo Shao thought for a while and said: "Now build some mound towers on the edge of the city, and then build some houses to cover them; then dig pits and trenches. During the day, dig tunnels in the houses, put the soil in the pits, and then at night. Quietly transport the soil away, and quietly walk away from the trench."

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Three days later, the siege continued. Li Zhongjin sent people to find out that Guo Shao's "cunning plan" was to dig tunnels, and immediately sent people to Chuzhou to report to the emperor.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin made new contributions.

Originally, Chai Rong wanted to send Han Lingkun to attack Yangzhou, but Han Lingkun's army was too few and was delayed on the road; Zhao Kuangyin took the initiative to call for battle, and Chai Rong agreed, and ordered Zhao Kuangyin to lead the cavalry to attack from Chuzhou quickly. Although Yangzhou was a very important center of the Southern Tang State, it was unexpected that Zhou Jun could reach the rear of Huainan so quickly. He was negligent and had no soldiers. Zhao Kuangyin will soon conquer the south of Tang and Yangzhou.

Zhao Kuangyin got a very beautiful woman, Yang. He heard that Chai Rong had arrived in Chuzhou and had nothing to do with Yang's courtesy, and then sent someone to give Yang's to the emperor.

The emperor praised Zhao Kuangyin for his loyalty, and sent the Yang family back again to reward Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kuangyin said that he didn't dare to keep such a beautiful woman, and it was inconvenient to take in the woman with the soldiers outside. She must be dedicated to the emperor... After Yang was sent and sent, he walked the road between Chuzhou and Yangzhou three times. It was finally reluctantly accepted by the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

At this moment, Li Zhongjin's people arrived in Chuzhou and told Guo Shao about the situation.

Li Chongjin’s generals opened up in front of the emperor and said, “Guo Zhaochou makes his heart soft, rewards and punishments are unwarranted, and has no good ideas. He not only does not punish the deserters, but also rewards them, making the soldiers at a loss. When he took office, the weather was clear, which was conducive to combat, but he had to truce for three days to deploy a brilliant plan, but the brilliant plan was to dig tunnels!"

Unexpectedly, Chai Rong was not angry, but looked back and forth with a smile: "A few months ago, Wang Pu said that Guo Shao expected enemies like a **** and was good at investigating fighters; in a blink of an eye, he became a full of rewards and punishments in Li Chongming. Desperate person. Who is right?"

When Wang Pu heard his name, he hurriedly bent down and lowered his head.

Chai Rong turned his head to look at him, and said, "Prime Minister Wang, you go to Shouzhou, and if you understand, come back and report to me."

Wang Pu hurriedly said: "The minister will take the decree, and he will definitely play it truthfully."

Wang Pu rushed to Shouzhou, and instead of going to the front, he met Li Gu first. Li Gu had been prime minister before and had a good relationship with Wang Pu. Hearing what happened to the emperor, he said: "Li Zhongjin is right in one sentence. Guo Dushi is indeed a bit softhearted. He previously ordered to stop the siege and said in public. :'When you go back to the war like this, there is no face to see the folks, for fear that the family members of the soldiers will ask him if he wants his husband and son~www.readwn.com~ to fight a war will cause death, saying this is really bad for morale.

Li Gu thought for a while and said: "As for saying that he has no rewards and punishments, it is biased. The forgiveness of deserters is to let deserters rush forward and die on the battlefield; but those deserters are very hardworking, and a few people do not hesitate to die. They all climbed up the city wall, nearly half of the casualties were not afraid of death. Guo Duzhi thought that they could make up for their merits and pardon the crimes of escape. It is a bit of an inversion to say that the rewards and punishments are endless."

Wang Pu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it, and said: "It's really impossible to believe the words when the mouth is on people! I think of those small people in the market. After being spread a few times, they completely changed their taste and became a rumor."

Li Gu worshipped: "Prince Wang met Weizhishu."

The two said something, and then Wang Pu let Li Gu accompany him to the front line to see the situation with his own eyes. The siege was still going on. Some houses and fortifications were built in the southern part of the city wall. Everything looked normal, and it was not much different from the previous siege. He didn't see any signs of slowing the battle at first glance.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, I suddenly saw the soldiers of the Southern Tang State on the tower laughing and making a mockery. Wang Pu looked back and heard a noise on the side of the fortifications. He hurriedly rode over to see what happened.

It turned out that a lot of water came out of the house, flooding the trenches, and the people in the water shouted: "There are still people inside! There are people inside...what should I do?"

Wang Pu shouted: "What happened?"

A general was crying and said: "We dig a tunnel, accidentally digging into the underground water, the underground water suddenly overflowed, and many people drowned!"

When Wang Pu heard this, his face turned black, and when he saw that the Southern Tang Army on the city wall was actually defending the city, and he still thought to see Zhou Jun's trench filled with water and laughed, Wang Pu became more upset.

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PS: The last chapter is a little bit modified: Guo Shao was only appointed as the Shouzhou Envoy, and still served as the capital of the left side of the Tiger Jie Army.