In a moment, Captain Liu Zhi was carried into Guo Song's big tent by several soldiers, he was covered in blood and scarred, he was chased by dozens of foraging wolves, rolled down the cliff to escape with his life, but fell all over the body, his arm was broken, and two ribs were broken.

Guo Song was also startled, and stepped forward to ask, "What's wrong with this brother?" ”

The military doctor said on the side: "Your Highness Qiqi, he is seriously injured, several fractures, and the wound is also inflamed and suppurated, he is afraid that he will not be able to withstand it, so he must report it first." ”

Guo Song nodded, "Say it!" I listened. ”

Liu Zhi took a heavy breath and said with difficulty: "Your Highness Qiqi, a few days ago, another 13,400 reinforcements came from Tubo, and the number of troops in the city has reached more than 30,000 people, more than 300,000 stones, and all kinds of materials are sufficient. ”

Guo Song had always followed the battle plan drawn up by the enemy's 20,000 troops, and after Pei Xin's victory, he reduced the enemy's strength to 18,000 men, but the latest intelligence told him that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived, and the strength exceeded 30,000.

This information was too timely, so that he would not miscalculate, there were actually 300,000 stone of grain in the city, which was 100,000 stone more than his previous information.

"How are the brethren doing?" Guo Song asked again.

"They are in good condition, His Highness arrived in Yazhou and shot twenty-four gunpowder arrows, and they knew that the information had been received."

Guo Song nodded silently, "I will, go to heal well and strive for an early recovery." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

The soldiers and the military doctor carried Liu Zhi, who had fallen into a coma, out, Guo Song returned to the table and changed the enemy's strength to 30,000, the strength of the 30,000 Tubo army was quite strong, they were born with strong physical strength and strength, and they were especially good at fighting protracted wars, although their own army was well-equipped and well-trained, but their physical strength and endurance were not as good as the other party.

I don't know if the other party will continue to come to reinforcements? While Guo Song was pondering, his own soldiers said outside the tent: "Your Highness, the king's envoy has arrived." ”

Guo Song was stunned for a moment and asked, "Which king is the king?" ”

"Your Highness, it's a humble position!" Wang Yu's voice came from outside the tent.

Guo Song was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Wang Envoy, please come in quickly!" ”

The most lacking thing around Guo Song is the strategist and the military division, although he has a lot of staff members to join the army, but they can't afford the beam, so far, the most suitable strategist and military advisor is Wang Yu, but he stayed in Hebei.

This time, when Guo Song decided to go south to Bashu, he sent an eagle letter to urgently summon Wang Yu to Bashu to join him, but he didn't expect Wang Yu to come in such a timely manner, which really made Guo Song's heart rejoice.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, Wang Yu walked into the big tent, he was much thinner than when he destroyed Wei, but he was in good spirits, and he didn't see fatigue all the way to the saddle horse.

Wang Yu is currently serving as the deputy envoy of Hebei pacification, the official rank is the fourth rank of the upper rank of the Zheng Doctor, he is mainly responsible for restoring the production order in various parts of the Wei State, getting rid of the impact of the war, returning to normal, after a few months of running, basically stabilized, he just took a breath, he received an urgent order from the King of Jin, he had to set off overnight to rush to Bashu.

"See His Royal Highness the King of Jin!" Wang Yu bowed respectfully.

"Sir, it's been a hard work."

"Where? I was worried that I would be too late and miss His Highness's affairs. ”

Guo Song nodded, "It's just the right time, please continue to serve as the chief historian of the Southern Expedition this time." ”

"As long as His Highness needs it, he is willing to serve."

Guo Song breathed a sigh of relief, and finally someone came to share the pressure for him and give him advice, he saw that it was still early, so he sent someone to find the deputy general Li Bing as well.

After a while, Li Bing hurried over and saluted Guo Song.

Guo Song said with a smile: "The king has also arrived, let's take a closer look at the situation of the enemy army!" ”

He invited the two to the sand table, the sand table was made last year, it took three years, including the terrain of the entire Dongchuan and Xichuan, cities, mountains, forests, bridges, roads, etc., the whole sand table is two zhang long and two zhang wide, and there is only half of the big tent at present, and the Xichuan part.

Guo Song took the wooden pole and pointed to Yazhou City: "I just got the news that Tubo has increased its troops by more than 10,000 people, bringing the number of Tubo troops in the city to 30,000, which is also a challenge to us. ”

"Your Highness, the other party has 30,000 people, do you still want to defend the city?" Wang Yu asked.

"From the current point of view, it seems that this is the case, but whether they will go out of the city and fight with us in the future, it is difficult to say now, the key is that Yazhou City is tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they have an advantage by defending the city."

"Your Highness, does the large iron fire thunder have any effect on the siege?" Li Bing asked.

Guo Song sighed and said: "The city is very strong, and the large iron fire thunder will not have too much damage to the city wall, but it may have an effect on the city gate." ”

Wang Yu smiled and said: "I feel that His Royal Highness is not too eager to capture Yazhou City?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "The envoy is right, I don't know if the other party will continue to send troops over, I really want to use Yazhou City as a bait to continue to lure the Tubo army to come." ”

The three of them discussed for a long time, and finally made a decision not to rush to attack the city and besiege the city for reinforcements.

.............

Early the next morning, Guo Song personally led 10,000 cavalry to Yazhou City, and he needed to see the city defense layout of Yazhou City with his own eyes.

The terrain of Yazhou City is slightly higher, looking from outside the city, a little looking up, this kind of city is indeed more difficult to attack, just this condescending advantage, even if you run to the city, you have to pay a heavy price.

The city was full of Tibetan soldiers, with neat armor and high morale, and the banner was fluttering in the wind.

Guo Song circled around Yazhou City, turned around and asked Wang Yu, "What does Mr. think of this city?" ”

"It's hard to attack!"

Wang Yu said frankly: "The key is that the heavy siege weapons can't go up, this kind of city that is low on all sides and high in the middle, I don't know how to solve his water source?" ”

Shi Li Sheng'an, the governor of Yazhou, who accompanied him, explained: "There are deep wells in Yazhou City, and the water source problem can be solved. ”

"Li Changshi, is there no weakness in Yazhou City?" Guo Song asked.

Li Sheng'an shook his head, "Yazhou City was newly built twenty years ago, and it was considered to defend against the attack of Tibet, so the city wall was built very strong and sturdy, and even the city gate was covered with a layer of iron sheet, which was basically invulnerable. ”

"Since it is invulnerable, how did Tubo take Yazhou City?" Wang Yu continued to ask.

"It seems that the inside and the outside should be combined, and the humble post happened to be not in the city at that time, but I heard from a few officials who escaped, they said that there was a Tubo army in the city, and they seized the south gate from the inside, and opened the door to let the enemy army in."

Guo Song frowned and asked, "Are there many Tubo people in the city?" ”

"There are a lot, at least a few thousand people, basically all of them are Tibetan merchants, plus some Tibetan guys, the number is indeed quite a lot, which is very common in border cities, not only Tubo people, but also a large number of Qiang people and Nanzhao people."

Guo Song nodded, if this is the case, it is indeed very possible for the inside and the outside to cooperate, and this is a good way to seize the city.

"Does Your Highness have any ideas?" Wang Yu asked with a smile.

Guo Song smiled and said: "Of course, it is to avoid its advantages and find a way to attack its shortcomings, so don't be in a hurry!" Attacking Yazhou City, let's think long-term. ”

.........

The Southern Tang Dynasty court, which retreated south, requisitioned dozens of large ships in Jianzhou, and the emperor and the eunuchs of the northern government went south by boat instead, and only after arriving in Yuzhou did they stop fleeing.

Yuzhou is today's Chongqing area, the first emperor Li Shi built a palace covering an area of 100 acres in Yuzhou, called Linyu Palace, this palace became a temporary palace, and Yuzhou also has a lot of grain, solved the problem of more than 20,000 military rations of the Shence army.

At this time, the news of Guo Song's dispatch of troops to Bashu had reached Yuzhou, which made the atmosphere in the Southern Tang Dynasty extremely tense.

Speaking of which, the Guo Song army came to resist the invasion of Tibet and occupied the moral high ground, which is understandable, but everyone understands in their hearts that the Guo Song army will probably not evacuate Bashu again.

In a room in the palace, the Queen Mother sat on the couch, staring blankly at the three-year-old young emperor Li Wen playing with a few pieces of wood, he had been playing with these small pieces of wood for a whole year, playing from morning to night every day, never getting bored, playing with full attention every day, talking to him He couldn't hear him, calling him in his ear, he ignored it, completely immersed in his own world.

There was also a very tall palace maid sitting next to her, accompanying Li Wen to play with wood, and it seemed that Li Wen only accepted her to play with her.

The Queen Mother sighed deeply, this kid is really a fool, such an emperor will only be more stupid when he grows up, no wonder these eunuchs want to make him the emperor, not even a puppet, there is and there is no same.