Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Gao Baorong surrendered, and Nanping Kingdom perished.

This time Guo Shao used a treacherous trick. He first lured the soldiers and civilians of Jiangling Mansion out of the city to greet them in the name of friendship, and then seized the gate of the city suddenly by taking advantage of his unpreparedness... In fact, this trick was learned from his former enemy Zhao Kuangyin, and Guo Shao found it to be very useful.

Zhao Kuangyin fought the battle of Chuzhou in Huainan, directly breaking through Chuzhou, an important town heavily defended by the Southern Tang army. The method seems a bit absurd. Zhao Kuangyin first lured the defenders to come out to fight, and then yelled that he only killed the defenders and had nothing to do with the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The implementation of the tactics at that time mainly relied on Zhao Kuangyin's personal force and momentum, but Guo Shao studied this battle and found that the key motive for capturing Chuzhou was: to seize the opportunity when the defenders rushed to the city temporarily, and follow the defenders to seize the gate.

So Guo Shao followed the example, modified his strategy, and it worked in Jingnan. Guo Shao believes that he is a person who is good at learning, even if he is an enemy, he always has his special features.

However, the destruction of Nanping Kingdom was really nothing, Guo Shao couldn't be too happy, and the battle of attacking Shu kicked off.

...

When Zhou Jun entered the city, he ordered the treasury to be sealed up and the soldiers strictly restrained, so as not to cause unnecessary resistance and bloody conflicts. No one was killed before entering and occupying Jiangling Mansion, but the first killing ring was initiated soon.

Guo Shao brought all the generals and Nanping prisoners to the camp of the Chinese Army that had just been selected, looking around, he suddenly asked, "Who is Li Jingwei?"

A big man came up from behind and said: "The last general is Li Jingwei."

Guo Shao said: "Come here, pull it out and cut it."

Everyone was startled when they heard this, and the expressions of the surrendered monarchs and ministers of Nanping Kingdom changed even more. At this moment, a few big men from the Zhou army came up, one of them roughly pulled off Li Jingwei's helmet and threw it away, and several of them pulled him out of the lobby.

Not long after, the soldiers brought in a bloody head and reported that Li Jingwei had been killed. Guo Shao glanced at him and didn't explain why he killed him. Instead, he said nicely to Gao Baorong and the others: "I only killed Li Jingwei, so don't worry about it. If you go to Tokyo another day, you will be rewarded by the imperial court for surrendering the land."

Gao Baoxu and others hurriedly said: "Thank you, General Guo, for not killing him..."

At this time, the Hakka envoy Zan Jurun, who was the supervisor of the East Route Army, stepped forward and said, "You all come with me, and I will escort you someday."

After the captives left, Guo Shao said to the generals: "Soldiers are strictly prohibited from looting, and now we can't take anything away. We have to go to the Kingdom of Shu. Some of the property we got from Jingnan this time will be handed over to the treasury in the future, and the rest will be divided according to the merits of the troops when they return to the court. Everyone will feel fair at that time."

When the generals heard that Guo Shao actually said that the treasury money would be distributed in public, they became happy for a while, and there was a lot of noise in the hall. Someone yelled unscrupulously: "Back then we captured Shouzhou and divided up the treasury, haha..."

Guo Shao could let them say that even if he divides the loot now, no one will punish him... He doesn't really want to divide the treasury, but after thinking about it, he can't think of a way to not only make the soldiers work hard, but also restrain them from killing innocent people.

He said to the generals in a serious manner: "If the soldiers are indulged in looting and whoever grabs it, then what good are the desperate people in the battle? Everyone has saved their energy to go to the city to rob. Therefore, we can't rob like that, but should be counted by the merits of the battle. This is fair... If anyone robs privately and confiscates things, he will be severely punished!"

Everyone agreed one after another, and they all felt that it was better to divide the spoils like this. Prime Minister Wang Pu stood aside, his face very embarrassed, but he couldn't say anything about Guo Shao... Wang Pu is now appointed as "the judge of Chengdu government affairs".

Guo Shao originally wanted to say a few more inspiring words of righteousness, but the hall is full of noise now, no one cares about righteousness at all, everyone is looking forward to getting rich in this battle... Everyone knows that the Kingdom of Shu is rich, and there is still great hope.

So Guo Shao gave up and left the lobby helplessly.

The soldiers tidied up in the signing room, and put things, some drawings and various letter files. Guo Shao picked up the pen and made a mark on the location of Kuizhou.

In this era, he has read a lot of history books and military books, but he feels that he has not learned much. The ancient books are very unclear about actual battle examples and strategic analysis. Guo Shao thought about it himself, and felt that the important towns entering Shu from the Yangtze River were nothing more than two places: Jiangling and Kuizhou. The outer periphery of Jiangling guarding Shu seems to be gagged; the inner circumference of Kuizhou guarding Shu is like a throat... In the middle there are Wushan, the Three Gorges, etc. The high mountains and mountains have only the channel of the Yangtze River. Now the mouth has been torn open, just open the place of the throat.

... Not long after, Guo Shao remembered the incident with Chen Jiali, and immediately asked someone to bring Gao Baoxu to meet.

Gao Baoxu was a thin man in his thirties, he was a little scared and confused when he came in. He didn't seem to understand that Guo Shao wanted to meet him alone. Logically, even if he met someone from Jingnan alone, it should be Gao Baorong, the lord of the country.

"Greetings to Marshal Guo." Gao Baoxu said politely.

Guo Shao casually pointed to a chair in front of the case, and said, "General Gao, please sit down. I have a personal matter with you. About a month ago, General Gao left behind a large amount of property from the "Shen Chen Li" merchant gang in Jingnan. Do you still remember?"

Gao Baoxu looked pensive and reminiscing.

Seeing this, Guo Shao showed a smile: "So I don't really remember... But I heard that the value of that batch of goods was so high that General Gao was able to forget it. It seems that you have obtained such a rich harvest more than once, and you have accumulated a lot..."

"Remember, remember." Gao Baoxu hurriedly said, "There is such a thing..."

Guo Shaodao: "Then there is an owner in the 'Shen Chen Li' business gang who has a good relationship with me. Can General Gao return the things so that I can ask for favors in front of my friends?"

Gao Baoxu nodded hurriedly and said: "It should be, it should be. Marshal Guo, forgive me, I didn't know those people were related to you before I came down. If I knew, I wouldn't dare to touch Marshal Guo's things even if I borrowed my guts!"

Guo Shao said kindly: "Of course I know, General Gao is not someone who robs things when he sees them. How many things have you robbed?"

Gao Baoxu hurriedly said: "Can I borrow a pen and write down the general list?"

"Please." Guo Shao said.

After a long time, Guo Shao picked up a piece of paper with wet ink and looked at it, but he was confused. Because he is not a businessman, he does not know the value of these goods, and he does not know the value of these things written on the paper.

Guo Shaogang wanted to ask Gao Baoxu how much he was worth, but after a little thought, he changed his mind and said, "General Gao, I have a Taoist ideal to tell you about."

Gao Baoxu hurriedly said, "I will listen carefully."

Guo Shaodao: "Think about Li Jingwei today. If you say you lose your head, is there any use for more money?" He glanced at Gao Baoxu, and persuaded him, "Not only will Li Jingwei lose his head, but his family property will also be confiscated. Since I have killed everyone, why bother to protect his family's property...We are all reasonable people. If we can negotiate now, why should I kill General Gao first, and then use your family members to torture them and let them confess to you? Where are the treasures?"

Gao Baoxu was startled when he heard this, his face was very ugly. He couldn't sit still any longer, and knelt down on the ground straight from the chair, with a very sad tone: "Marshal Guo, I really didn't know that the 'Shen Chenli' business gang belonged to you..."

"I know, General Gao please hurry up." Guo Shao stepped forward to support him politely, "I'm not trying to bully others, it's really forced by the situation. If Jingnan is still in the hands of the Gao family, we can negotiate on an equal footing and bargain; look now... Jingnan is completely out of your hands, life and death are in other people's hands, and our negotiating spirit is completely different. But I still negotiate with General Gao so politely, do you think I am a very restrained and reasonable person?"

"Yes, yes..." Gao Baoxu nodded his head, "Every word of Marshal Guo is a great way." He paused and sighed solemnly, "I suddenly realized something."

Guo Shao looked at the list in his hand, and was really not interested in listening to him comprehend, but thinking about Aunt Sun's saying that the value of the goods was as high as 200,000 guan, it was worth it to say a few more nonsense. Immediately, he said patiently: "What understanding does General Gao have?"

Gao Baoxu sighed: "I used to think that the most reliable things were gold and silver money, but now I suddenly feel that those things are also unreliable... because human life is too unreliable, and if life is gone, money is in vain no matter how reliable it is."

Guo Shao nodded and said, "It's fine as soon as a person wakes up."

Gao Baoxu immediately rewrote the list.

... In the afternoon of that day, Guo Shao handed the list to Aunt Sun and asked her to take her own people to follow Gao Baoxu to clear out the belongings. Aunt Sun specifically asked to see Guo Shao and said, "Something is not quite right."

"How dare Gao Baoxu be less? This guy really wants money and life." Guo Shao was also puzzled immediately.

But Aunt Sun said: "No, I am very strange. Why did the looted property increase instead?"

Guo Shao: "..."

Aunt Sun said: "General Guo has already helped us a lot. We can't just be greedy for money and disregard honesty. What should we do if we have extra money?"

Guo Shao said calmly: "Since Gao Baoxu also recognized it, you can accept it."

Aunt Sun took a few steps forward and said in a low voice: "Mrs. Chen will sell the surplus for General Guo for the time being. The proceeds will be sent to Guo's residence and stored with Madam for the time being. General Guo can pick them up when he needs them."

"That's good." Guo Shaoqian said with a smile, but he wasn't really interested. It's a bit strange to think about it. He was originally a person who liked money, but now he doesn't want to be greedy.

Guo Shao suddenly understood why Zhao Kuangyin had to seal up the treasury and hand it over... If a person has the opportunity to be rich all over the world, what is the use of coveting that little private wealth?