Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

On the road to the northeast, countless soldiers were on foot, and they could not see the front and rear of the people. Sitting on the horse, Li Chongjin turned his head and said to Li Jixun, "It's fine for me to go to Haozhou, but the matter of going to Shouzhou has nothing to do with me. Let's just wait and see how Guo Shao dies!"

Li Jixun remained silent, remembering that the camp outside Shouzhou City was attacked, and he should be responsible... After all, Guo Shao came to beg him. Now that I think about it, I really underestimated Liu Renzhan; if I could have expected it, I certainly wouldn't play military affairs for personal prejudice, and I don't have too much prejudice against Guo Shao, but I just look down on his ability, he is too young.

Li Jixun pondered and said: "Guo Dushi's opponent is Liu Renzhan, it's really shameful to ask him to compete with Liu Renzhan. It's a big bullying even a small one. Guo Dushi is bad enough."

He thought to himself: I am not Liu Renzhan's opponent either. Although Liu Renzhan took advantage of defending the city, he had few soldiers and the Southern Tang army's combat power was not good.

"Dig tunnels, build soil... Hey, I dare to issue a one-month military order. I don't know if I can give him a one-year period. It depends on how much food there is in Shouzhou City." Li Chongjin sighed, "I really want to see how he dies, but we didn't get any benefit in Huaishui. Guo Shao couldn't force out the Southern Tang reinforcements in Shouzhou, and we have to wait another month! Look at Yangzhou..."

At this point Li Chongjin stopped, he didn't want to mention Zhang Yongde's name. It is said that Li Jixun and Zhao Kuangyin next to him are sworn brothers, and Zhao Kuangyin is Zhang Yongde's man... I am too lazy to mention it. Zhao Kuangyin's success now is due to Zhang Yongde's hard work on behalf of him after the Battle of Gaoping, otherwise Zhao Kuangyin would have no chance to enter the emperor's eyes; this kindness, coupled with the relationship between old subordinates, Zhao Kuangyin must have the same nostrils as Zhang Yongde.

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Yangzhou's Zhao Kuangyin did play very easily. He has a dark face and smiles all day long, sometimes his face almost dies from laughing. After entering Huainan, I don't know why it went so smoothly, as if it was blessed by heaven, it was very unrestrained and unrestrained, and I could often play with my will. For example, when fighting Chuzhou, after some instigation, he tried his hand and single-handedly shot down the chief general of the Southern Tang Army. He even broke the city like this, just like reaching into his pocket to find something. Of course, he would not go to the city guarded by Liu Renzhan, it was reserved for fools.

Recently, they made new achievements. A group of soldiers and horses originally crossed the river from the south bank of the Yangtze River to other places. When they found out that Yangzhou had fallen, they actually wanted to attack Yangzhou.

Of course, Zhao Kuangyin would not let go of this kind of people sent to the door. On the one hand, he sent someone to ask for an order, and on the other hand, he led the cavalry out of the city to attack without waiting for a reply.

After a large-scale reorganization of the cavalry army, nearly half of the people were eliminated, and elite soldiers and generals were selected from all over the country to supplement the soldiers; the cavalry army has a number of up to 30,000, especially the cavalry, and they are very good at fighting. Zhao Kuangyin led the iron cavalry to fight against a little-known army of the Southern Tang Army. He didn't need any tactics. Destroyed 30,000 Tang soldiers, and beheaded more than 10,000 people in one day... It was like chopping vegetables and melons, and the Southern Tang Army was simply sending heads to the door. Another great achievement!

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But Guo Shao in Shouzhou is the complete opposite. He has already resorted to unscrupulous methods, and it is still very difficult.

"Are you sure the length of this rope has just reached the city wall?" Guo Shao asked a soldier cautiously.

The soldier replied: "That's right, the little one was lying on the road for half the night. In the early morning, he saw the soldiers on the city wall dozing off, so he climbed to the corner and pulled the rope."

Guo Shao asked like a nagging woman, "Is the rope straight?" The soldier replied, "It's straight."

He lowered his head, and there was a dark soil hole next to a dry well, and the tunnel was underneath; but the head of the tunnel was in the second line of defense, and it was difficult to find the location of the tunnel in the city now.

Moreover, there are a total of eighteen such tunnels around the city, scattered within a range of twenty miles to the east, west, and south. After Li Chongjin left, Guo Shao ordered the siege to stop, and only catapults were used to attack the city wall. The most important thing for everyone all day was to dig tunnels and build soil.

Guo Shao looked up, and there was a fire at the foot of the city wall in the distance, and thick smoke billowed. Many sergeants were digging the earth with shovels to put out the fire.

There are two earth mounds that are being rushed to work, but it is very difficult. On the wall in front of Shouzhou City, the earth is piled up on the mountain. Obviously, both the enemy and the enemy know what the Zhou army wants to do... Pile the earth on the wall and build it into a mountain. A ramp can be formed next to the city wall, and you can attack upwards without using any equipment. However, the generals did not think this method would work. Braving arrows, stones, wood, and fierce fire oil to pile up soil at the foot of the city wall is very slow, and people on the wall will attack|harass them.

Zhou Jun thought of the method of digging a ditch under the city wall first, and then fixing piles, inlaying wooden boards, and earth ramming boards on the side of the ditch to repair the wall; after repairing a thick wall that is not strong, remove the wooden boards and tear down the earthen wall. In order to avoid being attacked by arrows on the city wall. But just now Tang Jun threw a ignited fire oil jar with a catapult cart, and set the wooden boards on fire. Yesterday was even worse. Unfortunately, I was hit by a stone from a catapult and knocked over the earth wall directly.

Even if this method of embanking soil took a lot of effort to build and form a slope, the city wall had already been tightly guarded in the narrow passages, and there were literally a hundred ways to block the Zhou army's attacking troops outside if they were properly prepared.

However, Guo Shao still ordered the army to pile up the mountains endlessly, and eighteen tunnels were also secretly dug. Liu Renzhan must have guessed that Zhou Jun was digging tunnels, but it was difficult for him to figure out exactly where these tunnels were. With a city wall that was more than ten miles long, it would take a lot of time for him to figure out the location of each tunnel. Guo Shao estimated that Liu Renzhan was also digging a tunnel.

...Is there anything else I missed? Guo Shao kept asking himself.

More than half a month has passed since the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th. Everything was ready, Guo Shao came to the warehouse in Xiacai Town, where twelve coffins were placed flat in a room. When he walked in, Guo Shao suddenly had a gloomy illusion, as if the whole family died here. It's just some big boxes made of wood, but it can give people a very intuitive atmosphere of killing.

When the coffin was opened, it was filled with gunpowder bags. It was first sealed with a cloth soaked in tung oil, then wrapped with a quilt, and then sealed with a layer of oilcloth. This kind of cloth is used for marching tents. These gunpowder are the limit of raw materials that Li Gu can raise within a month, mainly because a large amount of saltpeter cannot be obtained in a short time.

"Is it powerful enough?" Guo Shao asked, but he didn't know who to ask. Zuo You and the others beside him couldn't answer, they were all silent.

Unprecedented attempt, without precedent. Unless you build a wall, lay a thick layer of stones on the foundation like the Shouzhou City Wall, and then bury gunpowder to try it out...the only way to estimate the power in advance. But Guo Shao has no chance.

He only has one chance to attack Shouzhou this time! The city wall was not blown down, or the city wall was blown down but not attacked... There is no time for a second preparation. Even if there is, Liu Renzhan will not give you a second chance to raid. The breakthrough is not wide enough, and it is estimated that there will be a large number of collapsed earth and rocks blocking the road; as long as the city takes targeted and proper precautions, there is every chance to react and block the opening.

If you can't get rid of it, you have to return the military order. There is no joke in the army, let alone to the emperor.

Guo Shao moved a bench and sat in meditation in front of the coffin, as if he was silently mourning in front of the deceased for a long time. The breath of death hangs over all places.

After thinking about it several times for more than half a month, plus what he planned to do before, he believes that success depends only on two things: first, whether the power of gunpowder is effective. Second, did it paralyze Liu Renzhan and mess up his vision?

If any one of them goes wrong, the overall offensive plan will be in vain.

During this festive season, on the eve of the great war, Guo Shao's mood was very sad. Originally, he came to make meritorious service, but it is very unfortunate to spend it in Shouzhou; now he can't care about the benefits, but has to worry about the head on his neck.

If Chai Rong snaps, does a person still have a soul, and can he return to his sister? Maybe he woke up suddenly after he died, and when he opened his eyes, he could see his sister's familiar face, and said with a smile: You are having a nightmare.

Yes, I had a long long nightmare.

And he couldn't bear to wake up, the queen, Yulian and a bunch of brothers. If you had to choose one among the queen and sister, who would you choose to stay by your side? Maybe you can't pick both, and you'll lose everything...

Fu Shi, I don't even know your name, maybe you don't have a name at all. Should have a nickname, right? But I don't know.

At a time like this, Guo Shao couldn't understand why he missed a woman whom he hadn't even met a few times, a woman who didn't belong to the same world, and so strongly.

However, she can live without me... At least for now, there will be officials to protect and cherish you.

The two generations of Guo Shao did not have such thoughts about any woman, thinking that everything can be reasoned rationally. But at this time Guo Shao felt that he couldn't bear to part with Fu Shi...his favorite woman. He can disregard right or wrong, disregard the rules, even if there are ten thousand reasons why he shouldn't think about it, he can't control his feelings.

At this moment, he felt that he should thank Fu Shi, without her existence, how desperate and terrified he would be at this moment! But the sadness and strong attachment at this time far outweighed the fear of death.

For the first time without any reason, Brother Shao had an irresistible urge, and this feeling was more important than his own life.

If defeated, may be immediately arrested|captured in front of the emperor. After Guo Shao's search results were announced, he had no chance. You have to tell Fu Shi, tell her what you think... Guo Shao doesn't want to take these words from his heart into the coffin.

I should also write a letter to Yulian to explain. All the property in Tokyo is controlled by Yulian, and she distributes it to several other people according to her own wishes. Yulian will live very hard without support, but if she has enough wealth, her fate can be changed.

Guo Shao stood up and planned to write a letter on two kinds of paper. One of them was on yellow paper, so there was no need to mention the surname, Jingniang would understand. At this moment, this risk is worth taking, and it is very likely that it will become the last words.