Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 108: Shouzhou (4)

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Li Chongjin hadn't left Shouzhou, and it didn't take long for the generals to find Guo Shao in front of the formation, saying: "Huainan has deployed General Li to ask General Guo to meet at Tiger Jie Army's Right Side Camp."

The generals around listened and looked at them silently. Everyone knew that Shangfeng wanted to attack the city, and Guo Shao's sudden stop of the attack would cause dissatisfaction. When Guo Shao looked back around, Li Chuyun and other generals just bowed their heads and said nothing, no one had any idea.

Guo Shao said: "The Departments of Chuanling are temporarily closed, I will see General Li come again."

Li Chuyun said: "I will go with the lord."

A group of several people let the generals who passed the order lead the way and rode to the Tiger Jie Army's right-hand middle army camp. On the other side of the Huai River, a large area of ​​military camp tents, at least for several miles, are all occupied by the right side of the Tiger and Jie Army. People over there have never been to Shouzhou City. They were all members of the Tiger and Jiefang Army, and Guo Shao didn't think there was any danger in this trip... Mainly he was not familiar with Li Zhongjin before, let alone any grievances.

Walking to the Chinese army's hall, entered the big tent with wide-faced flags, and saw the generals standing in two rows inside. Li Chongjin is sitting above, and the first person sitting on the left is Li Jixun. The person Guo Shao met was a man in his forties.

Sure enough, Li Zhongjin didn't have a good face, and asked coldly, "General Guo, why stop the siege?"

Guo Shao replied: "I just took over the siege soldiers and horses in Xia, and I am not familiar with the terrain, the army, and the strategy. I want to take a rest for a whole day and discuss countermeasures with the generals."

This kind of defense was what Guo Shaolu thought about. Li Chongjin really couldn’t refute it, but he was very upset. He said in public: "You are merciless, I think you are soft-hearted, with the benevolence of a woman! The official let you Come attack Shouzhou, such a fortified city, I will definitely play it!"

Guo Shao was scolded for the first time, saying as if he was worthless, he was angry in his heart, and said: Do you think I want to attack Shouzhou? You do it, think I'm scared of this hard bone?

But Li Chongjin was the commander of the Mabudu, and no one in the pro-military guards was as big as him; besides, he was "deployed by Huainan". The emperor went to Chuzhou, and he had the right to all soldiers and horses in the entire Huaishui basin. control. It would be extremely unwise if Guo Shao quarreled with him for the crime, so Guo Shao tolerated it.

Some anger is really unbearable. Guo Shao had no choice but to look soft: "The final general has plenty of heart but not enough energy."

At this time, Li Jixun stood and spoke calmly and said: "The guardian of Shouzhou City is Liu Renzhan. It is rumored that this person can be a big deal, and he is highly regarded by the masters of the Southern Tang Dynasty. The important place for water is the place that the Southern Tang State must save. As long as pressure is applied, reinforcements can be lured; although there are casualties in the siege, we can double the recovery from the reinforcements."

Guo Shaoxin said: You do! Ask Lao Tzu to fill the front with human lives. You guys are so soft in the back, right?

Li Chongjin believed it deeply, and urged: "It is the best way to lay down Shouzhou, to really open the hole in Huainan; if you can’t lay down, you have to put pressure on it! If Shouzhou is not even dangerous at all, the Southern Tang Army What are you doing to save it? General Guo, how much time do you need to discuss countermeasures? Is there any important strategy that needs to stop siege and delay time?"

After a few questions, Guo Shao couldn't answer one, so he said: "The army has to rest for three days, please allow General Li to allow it."

"Three days, three days!" Li Zhongjin said.

...Guo Shao returned to the city, ordered the various ministries to truce, and called the generals to the camp to discuss. There was a lot of discussion, and there was no good countermeasure. Guo Shao sat in the upper position without saying a word, letting dozens of people argue and argue below.

What can be a good way?

Guo Shao was depressed and disappointed at first. He remembered the Queen's encouragement to him in the secret letter, asking him to perform satisfactorily in Huainan... But in this situation, he has no chance to perform. How to gnaw high walls and thick soil? On the contrary, Zhao Kuangyin's group played very happily in front, and even his brother Li Jixun was in Shouzhou and had better errands.

Later he wondered again, what would happen if the battle was neglected? In Guo Shao's mind, the emperor should have been very dissatisfied with himself; now the emperor personally recruits, if he performs badly under his nose, and is judged to be worthless...a person who holds the power of life and death will look at someone What will happen to people who are unpleasant and worthless?

Guo Shao only felt sweat in his palms. What I feel at this moment: There is a delicious carrot in front that I can't see and eat; there is a sword hanging from my head.

"I promised to deploy General Li in Huainan and only take a three-day rest." Guo Shao said. Seeing that he had been silent for a long time, everyone suddenly wanted to speak, and turned their heads to look at Guo Shao one after another.

Being watched by many eyes again, Guo Shao frowned and said: "Three days later, continue to attack the city. After a while, you will report your respective numbers and the siege area and send them to General Li Chuyun. There are also ordnance supplies. The number is also reported to Mr. Zuo." Guo Shao pointed to the two people next to him.

The generals lead their orders. Guo Shao said again: "The Southern Tang Army used a lot of oil... the fierce fire oil can easily burn the cloud ladders. The method of ant attachment is even harder in Shouzhou. While we are siege the city, we should try other methods and dig tunnels. Stop."

A member of the general said: "General, the general who guards Shouzhou is Liu Renzhan. This person is a battlefield general. He has seen everything and found that we must be prepared for digging soil. It is difficult to achieve results." /

Guo Shao thought for a while and said: "Now build some mound towers on the edge of the city, and then build some houses to cover them; then dig pits and trenches. During the day, I dug tunnels in the houses and put the soil in the pits. At night, I will quietly transport the soil away from the trench."

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Three days later, the siege continued. Li Zhongjin sent people to find out that Guo Shao's "cunning plan" was to dig tunnels, and immediately sent people to Chuzhou to report to the emperor.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin made new contributions.

Originally, Chai Rong wanted to send Han Lingkun to attack Yangzhou, but Han Lingkun’s army was too few and was delayed on the road; Zhao Kuangyin took the initiative to call for battle, and Chai Rong agreed, and ordered Zhao Kuangyin to lead the cavalry to attack from Chuzhou quickly. Although Yangzhou was a very important center of the Southern Tang State, it was unexpected that Zhou Jun could reach the rear of Huainan so quickly, neglecting defense and having no soldiers. Zhao Kuangyin soon conquered Yangzhou, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhao Kuangyin got a very beautiful woman, Yang. He heard that Chai Rong had arrived in Chuzhou and had nothing to do with Yang's courtesy, and then sent someone to give Yang's to the emperor.

The emperor praised Zhao Kuangyin for his loyalty, and sent the Yang family back again to reward Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kuangyin said that he didn't dare to keep such a beautiful woman, and it was inconvenient to take in the woman with the soldiers outside. She must be dedicated to the emperor... Yang Clan was sent and sent, and after taking the road between Chuzhou and Yangzhou three times, It was finally reluctantly accepted by the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

At this moment, Li Zhongjin's people arrived in Chuzhou, and they explained the situation of Guo Shao's idle war.

Li Chongjin’s generals opened up in front of the emperor and said, “Guo Zhaoxiu makes his heart soft, rewards and punishments are unwarranted, and has no good ideas. He not only does not punish the deserters, but also rewards them, making the soldiers at a loss as to whether to escape or kill. He rushed forward; when he took office, the weather was clear and conducive to combat, but he had to truce for three days to deploy a clever strategy, and the clever strategy was to dig tunnels!"

Unexpectedly, Chai Rong was not angry, but looked back and forth with a smile on his face: "A few months ago, Wang Pu said that Guo Shao expected enemies to be like a **** and was good at investigating fighters; in a blink of an eye, he was once again in Li Chong’s entrance. Reward and punish people who are full of frustrations. Who is right?"

Wang Pu hurriedly bent down and lowered his head when he heard his own name.

Chai Rong turned his head to look at him, and said, "Prime Minister Wang, you go to Shouzhou, and if you understand, come back and report me."

Wang Pu hurriedly said: "The minister will take the decree, and he must be truthful."

Wang Pu rushed to Shouzhou, and instead of going to the front line, he met Li Gu first. Li Gu had served as prime minister before and had a good relationship with Wang Pu. Hearing what happened to the emperor, he said: "Li Zhongjin is right in one sentence. Guo Dushi is indeed a bit softhearted. He previously ordered to stop the siege and said in public. :'While fighting like this, I have no face to see the villagers when I go back, for fear that the soldiers' family members will ask him for a husband and son.' Fighting will kill people, saying this is really bad for morale."

Li Gu thought for a while and said: "As for saying that he has no rewards and punishments, it is biased. The forgiveness of deserters is to let them rush forward and die on the battlefield; but those deserters are very hardworking, how many Individuals climbed up the city wall without hesitation, and nearly half of the casualties were not afraid of death. Guo Duzhi thought that they could make up for their merits and pardon the sins of escape. It is a bit of inverted black and white to say that the rewards and punishments are excessive."

Wang Pu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it, and said: "It's really impossible to believe the words when your mouth is on people! I think of those folks in the market. After passing them a few times, they completely changed their tastes and became rumors."

Li Gu worshipped: "Wang Cheng met Weizhi."

The two said something, and then Wang Pu let Li Gu accompany him to the front line to see the situation with his own eyes. The siege was still going on. Some houses and fortifications were built in the southern part of the city wall. Everything looked normal, and it was not much different from the previous siege. At first glance, he didn't see any signs of slowing the battle.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the soldiers of the Southern Tang State on the tower were laughing and making fun of him. Wang Pu looked back and heard a noise on the side of the fortifications. He hurriedly rode over to see what happened.

It turned out that a lot of water came out of the house, flooding the trenches, and the people in the water shouted: "There are still people inside! There are people inside...what should I do?"

Wang Pu shouted: "What happened?"

A general cried and said with a sad face: "We dig a tunnel, accidentally digging into the ground water, the groundwater suddenly overflowed, and a lot of people drowned!"

Wang Pu's face turned dark when he heard that, and when the Southern Tang Army on the city wall was actually defending the city, and there was trouble watching Zhou Jun's trench filled with water, Wang Pu's heart became more upset. .

This Guo Shao, the trick of digging tunnels, who doesn't understand the tricks of the defensive generals who have some experience? The tunnel is narrow and there are a hundred ways to guard against it. It's weird that you can conquer the city with this thing.

Unless the guard is completely inexperienced and caught off guard, it is obviously unlikely that this will happen in Shouzhou.

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ps: There was a slight modification in the previous chapter: Guo Shao was only appointed as the Shouzhou Envoy, and he is still the left-wing capital of the Tiger Jie Army. z