Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Chapter 364 The Yellow Calendar

The flying flowers of late spring were melodious and scattered in the air, with spots on the brown ground. The first episode, Guo Shao, stood at the gate of the county office and glanced at the women next to him. Jingniang was wearing leather armor and a sword, and behind her stood a black woman carrying a big baggage.

Grandma Wushan Bai was dressed in a cloth robe, her hair was all white and she was wrapped in cloth, and she also carried a baggage. Guo Shao kept his eyes on the little girl Lu Lan, whose chest was bulging|bulging, waist|butt was a young girl; the figure of the girl is very different, you can tell at a glance.

"Aren't you going to set off, what is Dashuai Guo staring at me?" Lu Lan muttered.

Guo Shao persuaded: "The march is very difficult and the women are inconvenient. In this way, let your third aunt go to Chengdu with us to find someone; I will send you to Tokyo. You can't believe me about this. Huh?"

Lu Lan whispered: "I'm worried that the third aunt didn't take care of her on the road, and the third aunt had never been far away... General Guo, I will follow to Kuizhou, and see if the third aunt is safe on the road, and then how about going to Tokyo?"

Guo Shao thought about a hundred miles from Wushan County to Kuizhou, and he would be able to send her away in a few days. He immediately said: "Is this true? A gentleman's words..."

"It's hard to chase a horse!" Lu Lan said readily.

Guo Shao nodded and looked up at the sky: "Just hope that God will not rain for three or four days."

...

Two days later, it rained.

In the lobby of the Kuizhou Central Army's convalescence, Ningjiang Jiedu made Gao Yanjian stand at the gate, watching the pattering rain outside, and said, "It's raining well!"

Wang Zhaoyuan, the supervising army of the East Route Army, who was holding the dossier on the public seat, asked casually: "What's the good point?"

"It's raining, how did Zhou Jun come to Kuizhou on the mountain road?" Gao Yanyan said, "In this season, if there is a light rain for a month and a half, it doesn't need to be too heavy, just so overcast, Kuizhou will be able to guard for a while. "

Wang Zhaoyuan said: "What mountain road? Is Zhou Jun going over the mountain in Qutang Gorge?"

Gao Yantian said: "Cross the mountain from the north of Chijia Mountain (Qumen North Mountain), and descend south along the Caotang River Valley; then cross the river and approach the city of Kuizhou. Why did Zhou Jun go to Qumen?"

Wang Zhaoyuan, who was still very indifferent, stared, and stood up in shock: "Why didn't you say it earlier?!"

"Wang Jianjun is strategizing and holding the military power on the east road. Don't even know the terrain and roads around Kuizhou?" Gao Yanjian also asked in surprise, "I thought you knew everything well, so I didn't say much. "

Wang Zhaoyuan’s aides said, "How long will Deputy Envoy Wang arrive in Kuizhou? It is necessary to deploy defense and plan a plan. How can I know exactly what mountain roads are? Since General Gao has been working as an envoy to Kuizhou for a long time. , This important thing is said to now!"

Gao Yanjian frowned and couldn't explain: "This..."

"Mountain road?" Wang Zhaoyuan was only shocked for a while, and soon calmed down, "Can the mountain road take a large army?"

Gao Yanjian said: "As long as you are determined to go to a place, you will definitely be able to take the army. The cliffs on the Shu Road can also be built, let alone the mountain road? Let’s burn the plank road in Qumen. If Zhou Jun doesn’t want to wait, If you repair the plank road slowly, you should find another way...but Deputy Wang is quiet, now it's raining, and the mountain road is all muddy, really can't walk the army. Zhou Jun can't make it for a while."

"The rain will always stop!" Wang Zhaoyuan said angrily, "We can't stop the Zhou army anymore. Sooner or later they will have to come to the city!"

Gao Yanjian was also confused: "Dare to love Deputy Envoy Wang also thought that Zhou Jun would not come to the city?"

Wang Zhaoyuan said: "I burned the plank road. Our navy is upstream. Zhou Jun can't advance on land and water. How can I get here? Who knows there is a crooked way!" He stretched out his finger and shook Gao Yanjian's nose, "You... …Gao Jieshuai! Even if you have a prejudice against Wang, you can't tell the military affairs without reporting it, and delay major events. What do you intend?"

Gao Yanjian said: "What can I do, is it good for Kuizhou to be unable to defend Gao? But there is no way for our troops to win. Now we have to close the city gate and defend the city for a day. Sooner or later, the Zhou army will come. , Sooner or later, we will also capture Kuizhou. Unless this rain really lasts one month or two months, maybe Zhou Jun can’t stand the retreat..."

"Haha..." Wang Zhaoyuan suddenly raised his head and laughed, "It's ridiculous! It's so strange! There are still generals in this world who do you like this. If you decide to defeat before you fight, then what are we going to fight?"

"Yeah, what are we fighting?" Gao Yanjian said, "But you and I are deeply favored by the emperor, and we can only fight to the death here. Even if we lose, we are worthy of your majesty and the people in Shu. That's why I said, Blocking one day counts as one day, and sticking to the delay day is the best policy."

Wang Zhaoyuan said anxiously: "You wait and see how the officer defeated Zhou Jun. Return to the court someday and see if I won't participate in your copy!"

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The rain at this time was indeed a disaster for Zhou Jun. Nearly 20,000 troops were trapped in the valley of the Caotang River. This is a small river, the valley is not deep and flat, both sides are full of low but rugged mountains, and the road is relatively narrow. It is estimated that the 20,000 horses had pulled back and forth for 15 miles, and were unable to move halfway. They had stopped marching and setting up tents.

With a wooden stick, Guo Shaochu tried to trek in the rain for a while. His clothes were all wet, and the rain flowed from the edge of the helmet to his face. He stretched out his hand and wiped it, and said in his heart: I thought I had never done anything that hurts the world and reason. God, it's raining sooner or later, but it's raining now.

"The lord will go back. Soldiers, horses and vehicles can't move on this kind of road." The accompanying minister persuaded.

Guo Shao looked up and saw the endless tents by the river, not seeing the head before the end, lying on the road like a long dead snake. He slid step by step, supporting with a wooden stick before walking back carefully with difficulty.

The environment here looks beautiful, but in fact it is not such a comfortable place. When it rains, it’s just a sin. The clean concrete roads from ancient times were all muddy, and half of the body was muddy. Fortunately, mud puddles are the most dirty. The key is to slip a little carelessly. Wrestling; the rain is not heavy, there is hard soil underneath, and a layer of mud on the top, and the road is still rugged. Anyway, Guo Shao had a very difficult walk on his own, and those soldiers pushing vehicles and carrying heavy loads might be even more difficult.

With the gray sky, Guo Shao was depressed when he returned to the Chinese military tent.

Everyone hid in the tents to avoid the fire and rain. The ground inside was also muddy. People cut some branches and placed them on the muddy ground, mowed the grass and put them on a layer, and then spread the tung oil cloth and blankets on it, which was the bed. The rain was still flowing between the branches under the bed.

Don't dare to burn the fire too much, so the pot above it will be the flame, otherwise the tent will have to be set ablaze. Guo Shao took off his wet clothes and changed into dirty but dry clothes. Lu Chengyong helped hang the branches by the stove and bake them.

The people in the tent saw Guo Shao's face calm and didn't say a word. Guo Shaoyou sat by the fire and looked at the sky, and said in his heart: Oh, this rain is pattering and soft, and it doesn't stop. It won't be next ten and a half months, right? If it is too long, the food and grass brought by the army will not be enough. It is very difficult to transport grain from the back of Wushan County on rainy mountain roads.

Guo Shao sat in front of a rough cutting board, pulled out a newly made map from the package, and took out a ruler to estimate the approximate distance.

Now throw away some of your luggage, and stick to walking slowly, you can reach Kuizhou. The key is to fear that the Shu army won’t be able to get to Kuizhou for a while. The rations are not enough: 20,000 soldiers will cost 40,000 to 60,000 per day. Catching food, and horses eat more food... reaching Kuizhou is farther from the rear, relying on the supply line of the Caotang River Valley, it is extremely difficult to transport food on a rainy day to meet the needs of the army. If the rain does not stop, Zhou Jun will be in a dilemma. Being careless may have serious consequences.

If you want to be stable, you can consider returning along the same route while there is still food in the army and the road is only half way. But after going back? You have to take this road to attack Kuizhou... Such a fuss is very morale hurt, let everyone crawl back to Wushan County in the rain on such rugged mountain roads?

"Look for two messengers to send letters to Li Gu in Wushan County!" Guo Shao said.

He picked up the pen, and the wording was very serious: even if the soldiers were to be organized to line up from Wushan County to Caotang River, they would also have to pass the military rations.

At this moment, generals such as Shi Yanchao and Yang Biao came to Guo Shao's account. For a time, the tent was noisy. Shi Yanchao complained: "Whoever chooses the day, don't find a half-immortal to look through the almanac."

Yang Biao said, "Brother, what should I do now?"

Guo Shaoleng said coldly: "As long as it rains, how long we will stay here. I have decided that even if it falls to next year, it will definitely take Kuizhou this time!"

As soon as the generals heard this, they stopped making noise, and said one after another: "I will follow the Lord's general order."

"Li Dazhu, are you getting better?" Guo Shao suddenly asked with a sigh of relief.

The awe-inspiring atmosphere just now was immediately relieved by his sentence. UU reading www.uukanshu.com all made fun of Li Dazhu again. Li Dazhu blushed, but he did not dare to ignore the general, so he said: "Almost... healed Up."

Guo Shao asked again: "You went to Qu Men with Dong Zunjiao a while ago, and Dong Zunjiao told you that you can't live on land or water. What is the specific situation?"

Li Dazhu said: "I just saw a section of rapids. The width of the river is only a few dozen steps. Unless there is a big east wind and sail over, the power of the oars and the waterwheel is not enough for the river to rush... experienced trackers can Pull the boat from the stone wall by the river; but upstream leaning against the Shu Army navy, he shot the tracker to death with a bow|bow, and there were ballistas on the Shu Army warship."

Guo Shao drew two lines and asked in detail where the Shu Army navy was leaning against and where the tracker pulled the boat from. After he finished talking with Li Dazhu, he wrote a letter to ask Dong Zunzuo, since the tracker can walk, can he think of a way to send troops through the tracker’s path, arrive at the stopping point of the naval division of the Shu Army, and stand firm to let the Shu Army. There is no fixed place for the ship...According to Guo Shao's idea, the river is so urgent that the warship can't be held by simply dropping anchor. As long as the Shu army ships float down, they will be besieged by the Zhou army to catch turtles in the urn.

However, the specific situation still has to be judged by Dong Zunzhi, Guo Shao is not there, and he can't make a death order based on a few words of description and imagination. ()