Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Guo Shao captured Kuizhou on March 28. The next day, Yang Biao and the seven commanders of the third army with the largest number were left behind to take care of the prisoners, food and grass, and control the important exits; he led the main force to follow the river. Guo Shao recruited and accepted rebels along the way, but met no resistance. He also said that the solitary army would not provoke resistance if he went deep, and strictly ordered that there be no crime along the way.

It was more than 700 miles from Kuizhou to Yuzhou (Chongqing), and the army transported its supplies by water, marched lightly, and arrived in Yuzhou in twelve days. It was the tenth day of April.

When the Zhou army was still hundreds of miles away, Yuzhou had already surrendered, so Guo Shao's troops entered the city just to take over the defense. Yuzhou is located at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Fujiang River, and its location is very important. Guo Shao left two commanding 1,000 people to garrison and deter and control the eastern road.

After Guo Shao's part of the army, there were only more than 15,000 people left. He transferred the navy into the Fujiang River, and the army detoured to the north and marched to Suizhou (Suining) on ​​April 16. Now if you want to go to Chengdu, the march will not be so easy... Although going to the west is a plain, the road is spacious and flat, but there is no big river connected, and the navy can't get through; everyone has to march with luggage.

At this time, it is not easy for the army to continue to advance... The army is going to advance to Chengdu, and the end of the waterway and food road in Suizhou, and the rear base camp have to be garrisoned; there are not many remaining troops. It seems that more than 10,000 people attacked Chengdu Mansion, which is a bit rare. After all, it is a big city, and there must be many forbidden troops in the capital of Shu Kingdom.

Guo Shao gathered everyone in the lobby of the Suizhou government office to discuss, and first asked Lu Chengyong: "Is there any news from Tokyo recently?"

Lu Chengyong stood beside him and replied, "I haven't received it yet."

Guo Shaodao: "Does the secret agent of the Chengdu government know that we have arrived in Suizhou? We need to find a few people to go to Chengdu to contact the secret agent who was placed before, and inquire about the military situation in the north from the interior of Shu."

Wang Pu is the prime minister, sitting at the head on the left side, and immediately said: "Xiang Gong must not go well, otherwise the two routes of the 'false Shu' will fall, and now it is time to send people to beg for surrender, but there has been no movement so far."

As soon as Xiang Gong was mentioned, Shi Yanchao got excited, and snorted coldly beside him: "We traveled more than 600 miles from Jingnan to Kuizhou on the east road, and then went to Yuzhou for more than 700 miles, and then went to Suizhou for more than 300 miles; we ran for one or two thousand miles, and we were all under the nose of Chengdu. Where is Xiang Gong? Is it too far to go north?"

Everyone didn't open their mouths, and even many people couldn't figure out what was wrong with Shi Yanchao and Xiang Gong. Guo Shao knew very well that he had been in the Forbidden Army for too long, and he was clear about many trivial matters between generals... Thinking about it carefully, Shi Yanchao and Xiang Gong had no conflict at all, the essential conflict was purely Shi Yanchao's displeasure at looking at Xiang Gong.

Wang Pu ignored Shi Yanchao's complaints, and turned to Guo Shao and said, "It's too risky for us to go to Chengdu now. We can first stabilize the Dajiang (Yangtze River) and Fujiang waterways, station troops in Suizhou, and make a long-term plan. Do two things at this time, send people to Chengdu to persuade them to surrender; find out the current location of the Xianggong Ministry. Then we can properly deploy the next step."

Shi Yanchao said: "The Shu army is vulnerable, more than 10,000 elite soldiers are enough to defeat their forbidden army, why waste time?"

Wang Pu said in a serious tone: "General Shi's plan is too aggressive. Using troops is like a layout. When the victory or defeat is not divided, you can make a strange move. You have already secured the victory. Why take the risk?"

Guo Shao suddenly felt that Wang Pu's words were the most reasonable words, and felt very reasonable. Immediately said: "What Wang Xianggong said is very true. At least we have to find out where Xiang Gong is. The 40,000 troops in his hands are a great deterrent to Chengdu."

In fact, Guo Shao also has 40,000 to 50,000 people, and the elite imperial army is 40,000, as well as sailors mobilized from various places; more than half of Xiang Gong's hands are the Northwest Township. However, Guo Shao has 20,000 heavy troops defending the Southern Tang Kingdom in Jingnan. The Southern Tang Kingdom looks obedient, but if it is not fortified at all, if someone eats a leopard and dares to take advantage of the fire, wouldn't it be regrettable?

In this war against Shu, the Zhou army has used almost all its strength except to keep troops on guard everywhere... The ten-nation separatist regime has existed for so long, and it is estimated that the main reason is this. The strongest regime wants to conquer the Quartet, because it is threatened by other forces.

Shi Yanchao still didn't quite agree with Wang Pu's statement, but his words were not too harsh, he just said: "Send someone to persuade him to surrender, it's better to force him to have no choice but to beg us to be happy."

Wang Pu smiled and said: "General Shi is right, but he still doesn't hurt his back when he speaks standing up. If we really get to that point, we won't have to negotiate terms with the pseudo-Shu."

Zuo You asked, "Who are you going to send to persuade you to surrender?"

"Don't leave Zuo Shaoqing this time." Guo Shao said, "The last time I was in Kuizhou was for the 300,000 Dendrobium (stone) military rations. Now our army can take it easy and eat freely. This time, Meng Chang loves to surrender. If he doesn't surrender, he will continue to fight."

"Guo Du's inspection is more or less the same." Shi Yanchao laughed.

Zuo You nodded yes.

Shi Yanchao said again: "I think a person is very suitable. Tell Wang Zhaoyuan to go back and persuade him to surrender."

Wang Pu and Zuo You immediately looked at each other in blank dismay. Guo Shao touched his forehead, thinking that he had never adopted what Shi Yanchao said. Anyway, this matter is not too important. He just sent someone to go through the motions, and immediately said: "I think it will work."

The people present fell silent, and the atmosphere became a little strange. After a long time, Wang Pu slowly said: "Wang Zhaoyuan returned to Chengdu...the scene is too horrible, I can't imagine it."

...Sure enough, not long after Wang Zhaoyuan was summoned, his expression changed immediately, and he stood in the middle of the lobby and begged, "Marshal Guo, you can't treat me like that..."

Shi Yanchao's shoulders shrugged for a while, his face was dying of laughter.

Guo Shao glanced at Shi Yanchao, and then said to Wang Zhaoyuan: "Wang Jianjun, I don't think you sincerely surrendered, you are still not convinced."

"No!" Wang Zhaoyuan said in a daze, "Why did Marshal Guo say that?"

Guo Shao said: "Then you should be a member of the Great Zhou Dynasty now, why don't you want to work for the court?"

"This..." Wang Zhaoyuan said angrily, "I didn't defend Kuizhou, and I surrendered. Now I'm going back to Your Majesty and... the puppet Shu court, aren't I going to die? Meng Chang will definitely kill me when he sees me. How can he persuade him to surrender? How can he be effective?"

The more Wang Zhaoyuan talked, the more annoyed he became: "Why didn't Marshal Guo send Gao Yanchou there? Didn't you say that you treat prisoners of war well and treat people fairly?"

Guo Shaodao: "I said it, but the merits and demerits depend on what he did. Gao Yanchou has merit, and the credit is not to sacrifice Kuizhou. Whether he sacrifices Kuizhou or not, he will be captured by the Zhou army; Gao Yanchou's contribution: if he didn't surrender, he could have burned the army rations and weakened our army in disguise.

And what merits does Wang Jianjun have? You have to make it clear that you surrendered after the defeat and the collapse of the whole army. If I don't kill you, I will treat the prisoners of war kindly. You didn't have any merit, and you survived only by the mercy of our army. Now that you are given the opportunity to commit crimes and make meritorious service, is it wrong to you? "

"Okay! Okay..." Wang Zhaoyuan said in shame and indignation, "It turns out that Marshal Guo settled accounts like this."

Guo Shaodao: "If you don't calculate it that way, how should you calculate it?"

Wang Pu sighed: "I'm afraid it won't help to ask this person to persuade him to surrender."

Guo Shaodao: "Wang Jianjun just hand over my letter to the Lord of Shu." He said solemnly, "Wang Jianjun, you'd better not play tricks, think clearly and do things in a down-to-earth manner. The situation of Shu is gone now, and the whole territory of Shu will be owned by the Zhou Dynasty in the future, and you and the Wang family will become the people of the Zhou Dynasty. Now I am not killing people directly with a single blow. This is an opportunity for you. , or have to pick and choose, there will be no second chance."

Shi Yanchao smiled, squinting his eyes and said: "Whether it's a crouching dragon or not depends on whether it can be done. I still want to call myself a flying dragon! Haha..."

Standing in the middle, Wang Zhaoyuan was ridiculed, and his face turned dark for a moment.

At this moment, a soldier stepped into the threshold and said: "Mrs. Li, the sage of Wushan, is waiting outside the screen wall to see you."

"That's the business. If everyone has something to do, we will leave." Guo Shao said and looked up at the door, "Let her come in and talk."

Not long after, Grandma Bai hurried into the hall, made a blessing, glanced at Wang Zhaoyuan, and said, "I heard that Vice Envoy Wang is going to be sent back to Chengdu. I have a request and want to go with Vice Envoy Wang. My husband's new wife is the daughter of Vice Envoy Wang, so it will be very convenient for me to find my husband."

Wang Zhaoyuan remained silent.

Guo Shao hurriedly said: "Bai Shengshou can't go, please be safe and don't be impatient, Chengdu is not far away, it will be better to wait for a while." He said a few more words of persuasion, thinking: Lu Xiaoniang went to Tokyo to treat Wang Pu's illness, and then she finished her affairs, but I threw her third aunt into the fire pit, and asked me to ask for my third aunt, and I couldn't explain it.

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