Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The sunlight penetrated through the rope curtains in front of the wooden windows, and sprinkled on the table to form mottled horizontal bars. ◎, Guo Shao has moved his office from the west side of Jinxiang Hall to the east side. This location is very good in summer, with sunlight in the morning and shade in the afternoon, not as hot as in the west.

The place has been restored and tidied up and is very spacious. The place where Guo Shao sits is the office study, and there is a spacious house on the north side, which can not only "stick notes", store military aircraft files, but also rest nearby. There is a door on the west side, and there is another house when you go out, and there is a back door. Guo Shao can summon the ministers in that room privately, and there is no need to go through the front door. The south side is the place where the cabinet ministers work, and there are side rooms around it for the ministers to store things and rest... At the front are the officials on duty sent by the Imperial Academy and Zhengshitang to do chores every day.

Guo Shao was flipping through a dossier, which was written by the leader of the secret service who escaped from Jinyang a while ago, about the situation in Jinyang. But the time they stayed was too short, and a lot of information was just rough and not detailed.

Guo Shao searched for a while, but did not find a detailed description of Fenshui and Jinyang City... He checked this thing because he had just seen a memorial, and someone suggested digging up Fenshui and attacking Jinyang City.

In addition, someone wrote a letter to blow up the city with gunpowder, similar to the method of capturing Shouzhou.

...But Guo Shao felt that repeating the old tricks might not be effective this time. First of all, the city wall of Jinyang City is thicker and stronger than that of Shouzhou. Although Shouzhou is also an important town in the south, the wall is obviously not as good as that of a big city like Jinyang (Shouchun was rebuilt in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the thickness before it was not as thick as later). But Jinyang is not the same. According to reports, the stones for the foundation are all one foot high! The bottom wall is about twenty paces thick!

Guo Shaoxin said, "There is a brick-and-earth wall with a thickness of more than 20 meters, and there is a three-meter-high stone foundation underneath. Can the black gunpowder explode?" Theoretically, as long as there is enough gunpowder, it should be possible, but this requires a larger space in the authentic Tibetan medicine room, and the crypt project is more difficult. Moreover, the blasted gap is most likely not as easy to climb as the gap in Shouzhou City, and even a horse can run in; it may just collapse, and the rammed earth bricks and stones are blocking the gap.

The most terrible thing is that Zhao Kuangyin was in the Northern Han Dynasty. He had a better understanding of gunpowder bombing the city, and he also attached great importance to it. Otherwise, he would not have learned how to do it when he attacked Jinzhou... This time, the bombing of the city may not be as unexpected as in Shouzhou. The defenders of the Northern Han Dynasty should be prepared.

Guo Shao pondered for a while, but still felt very worried.

"Jinyang, Jinyang..." He whispered twice, then turned to look at the brush lines on the map.

The Northern Han Kingdom was much smaller than the Southern Tang and Shu Kingdoms, but this area really worried Guo Shao. Before the demise of the southern states, there were many internal problems, and the soldiers were unfit for battle, and the attack had huge benefits; the Northern Han State was just the opposite, it was like a hard bone without meat. But this hard bone must be taken down, otherwise the foundation of the Great Zhou will not be able to open up.

Guo Shao was very sad and unhappy. This wedge-like thing is stuffed there, like a stone blocking ideals!

Another wish, if Jinyang is captured this time, Zhao Kuangyin will definitely not be allowed to escape!

At this moment, Zuo You's voice at the door of the study said: "I have something to report to Your Majesty."

Guo Shao raised his head and said, "Come in and talk."

Zuo You walked up to the royal case, bent down and put the two memorials up, and said: "I just saw the memorials, they are from Xiongzhou, Hebei. General Fu (Zhao Xu) has expelled the Liao army from Hebei, and is strengthening defenses in the three prefectures of Xiong, Ba, and Yi. Please order the guard Silong Jiejun to stay in Xiangzhou on the left side."

After hearing this, Guo Shao nodded in response. He and the courtiers had expected such a result. The Liao army in Youzhou has limited strength, and it is impossible to be willing to confront the Zhou army on the Dazhou territory in Hebei.

Zuo You said again: "This is a letter from King Wei (Fu Yanqing) of the Daming Mansion, please come to Beijing to congratulate."

After hearing this, Guo Shao thought that in some places, Jiedu envoys would not come here, like the Zhe family in the northwest and Li Yun who was originally in Hedong. If they were ordered to come to Beijing, it might arouse suspicion. Fu Yanqing, a warlord, was different, and offered to come to congratulate him; after all, both daughters were queens of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Guo Shao said: "I personally approved the reply, which was requested by the king of Wei. In addition, I ordered Fu Zhaoxu to order the left side of the Zhunlong Jie army to return to Xiangzhou; let Fu Zhaoxu come to Beijing to have an audience and describe the achievements of Hebei."

"I obey the order." Zuo You bowed.

... When Guo Shao named his son, Fu Ermei's son was called "翃", which is a rare word that is not commonly used, and he had a little thought: If Fu Ermei's son would inherit the throne in the future, it would save people in the world a little trouble and avoid taboos; anyway, the emperor's name is basically not used, in fact, it is not used in ordinary times, who can call the emperor's name directly?

His choice of two sons in his heart is because Guo Hong is the legitimate son, and he thinks the Fu family is more reliable. But if Fu Jinzhan also gave birth to a son, Guo Shao didn't think about it clearly now.

After sunset that day, Guo Shao went to Zide Hall for dinner. I met the sisters of the Fu family and Li Yuan'er, and during the meal we talked about the fact that the father and brother of the Fu family were going to Beijing.

As usual, Second Sister Fu and Li Yuan'er drank tea with them for a while after the meal, and then left first. Guo Shao wanted to discuss "state affairs" with Fu Jinzhan alone. Of course, they were not alone. In the open hall behind the dining room, there were people walking around.

It was dusk again, and Guo Shao and Fu Jinzhan sat here talking several times.

He did bring up a serious matter: "After the death of the first emperor, the two Lis rebelled against each other. Fu Zhaoxu took the risk and took back the head of Li Jixun's eldest son in Luzhou, which prevented the alliance between Li Yun and the two Lis. He contributed to the country. This time he led the army to expel the Liao army and set up another attack... But he has never made any real great military exploits in the battle. If he builds a festival like this, he may be criticized in the army."

Fu Jinzhan listened carefully.

Guo Shao continued: "Nowadays, the Jiedu Envoy of Xinjian Festival basically has no real power. But for a long time, Jianjie is still a symbol of a warrior entering the ranks of senior generals, and it is still very useful.

What I mean is that the imperial court recently wanted to use troops against the Northern Han Dynasty, so Fu Zhaoxu could take advantage of the limelight to expel the Liao army and lead the troops to fight this battle. "

Fu Jinzhan didn't interrupt, and waited patiently for Guo Shao to finish, before he said, "Your Majesty's words are very true, but I don't understand one thing. Why does Your Majesty want to cultivate Zhaoxu?"

Guo Shao was silent for a while, then said in a low voice: "Although the king of Wei has prestige, he is already old. Although the Fu family has many guarding generals, they still lack a truly powerful general."

He paused, "Things are unpredictable, in case something happens to me, I hope Jinzhan can use more strength."

Fu Jinzhan's expression changed, and he shook his head watching him: "You still don't understand..."

"Don't understand what?" Guo Shao asked casually.

Fu Jinzhan said in a deep voice: "You are the emperor, and you are still not all the people in the world, but you are all mine."

"But..." Guo Shao was a little puzzled.

Fu Jinzhan said softly: "People don't want to go back."

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(I'm really sorry, I have an important friend getting married tomorrow, so I have to go there; the monthly leave is once a month, so I will ask for leave tomorrow... The update will resume at 7:00 the next morning. :))