Guo Song led 70,000 troops have passed the Jianmen Pass, is marching southward, originally stationed in Jianmen County 8,000 soldiers heard that Chengdu was occupied by Tubo, is at a loss, heard that the King of Jin led the army to arrive, 8,000 soldiers under the leadership of the main general Zhu Yao, surrendered to the Jin army.

Guo Song's good words appeased the generals and kept their official positions unchanged, Zhu Yao was named General Wei, and knighted as the Duke of Jianmen County, Guo Song handed over the 8,000 army to Zhang Tuo, the commander of the rear army, for reorganization, and he himself continued to lead the 50,000 main army south.

The Jin army went south very quickly, this afternoon arrived in Mianzhou Brazil County, the army arrived at the east bank of Fushui, it was late, Guo Song ordered to camp on the shore to rest, and then continue to march tomorrow morning, the soldiers dug trenches, buried pots to make rice, lively and abnormal.

Guo Song took hundreds of cavalry and general Li Bing and others to inspect the river crossing situation on the bank, there are many big rivers in the hinterland of Bashu, and the ability to quickly build pontoon bridges is the most important, the Jin army has a mature method of building pontoon bridges after years of practice, if it is a small-scale attack, they generally use sheepskin rafts to build pontoon bridges, the advantage of sheepskin rafts is that they are easy to carry, and the disadvantage is that they are not very stable and the bearing capacity is not strong.

If it is a large-scale march, they still have to requisition ships on the spot, use the boats to build pontoon bridges, if they can't requisition boats, then they can only cut wood to make double-decker wooden rafts, used to build pontoon bridges, the Jin army generally uses iron chains to fasten the rafts between them, and pull an iron cable on each side.

The vanguard of this southern expedition is still Pei Xin and Yang Xuanying, who led 10,000 cavalry to go first, and two pontoon bridges have been built on the Fushui River.

Guo Song pointed to the other side with a horsewhip and said: "We can't underestimate the Tubo army, before they used a trick to lure troops in Yazhou to annihilate 20,000 Southern Tang troops, which shows that their main general is quite strategic, we can't be in a hurry, otherwise we will inevitably be used by it." ”

He looked back and saw that the generals had a little understanding, and said with a faint smile: "If Tubo is just here to grab grain, grab a handful and run, then we must fight quickly, and we can't drag mud and water, but if Tubo wants to annex Bashu, then we can't be in a hurry, we must fight steadily." ”

Li Bing couldn't help but ask, "Then how can you tell if Tubo is here to annex Bashu?" ”

Guo Song said with a smile: "Then it depends on the strategic intentions of Tubo, in fact, their intentions can be seen from some details, such as the attitude towards the capital, if they are just for looting, then they will definitely burn and loot all over the city, if they are for annexation, then they will be cautious about treating the capital, and they can't let them Zampu come to receive a devastated and dilapidated city!" ”

The generals nodded one after another, and at this time, the vanguard commander Pei Xin galloped over, followed by a group of cavalry, and there seemed to be several civilian officials on horseback.

Pei Xin hugged his fists and said: "Your Royal Highness, Mianzhou Thorn Shi Wang Lan and Changshi Wei Chengyang ask to see you." ”

Guo Song smiled and nodded, "Please come over!" ”

Not long after, Thorn Shi Wang Lan and Changshi Wei Chengyang urged forward, both of them were about the same age, more than fifty years old, Thorn Shi Wang Lan had gray hair and a thin body, and Changshi Wei Chengyang was slightly fat, with a pair of squinted eyes, which looked like a shopkeeper in a store.

Assassin Wang Lan bowed down on the horse, "Xiaguan Mianzhou Assassin Wang Lan see His Royal Highness the King of Jin!" ”

Guo Song has seen this Wang Lan, he has a good relationship with his father-in-law Xue Xun, Xue Xun praised him as a relatively upright official, and his appearance was born from the heart, and it can be seen from Wang Lan's thin appearance that this person is not a traitor.

Guo Song had a good impression of him, nodded and said: "Wang Tingshi has worked hard, during this time, there should be many refugees in Chengdu Province who fled to Mianzhou!" ”

Wang Lan sighed and said: "Your Highness is right, Mianzhou has accumulated more than 200,000 refugees, and the sudden influx of the past few days has caught us off guard. ”

Guo Song said lightly: "Wang Tingshi is people-oriented, he has done a good job, don't worry about what Beiya, this institution will not exist in the future." ”

Wang Lan was happy and surprised, happy that the King of Jin recognized his move to release grain, and surprised that he heard something in the words of the King of Jin, and he was going to attack Beiya.

At this time, Wei Chengyang, the chief Shi next to him, said coldly: "It seems that His Royal Highness the King of Jin is not just here to resist Tubo!" ”

Guo Song glanced at Wei Chengyang next to him, and saw that his gaze was a little evasive, and his expression was quite unnatural, Guo Song sneered in his heart, and said: "If I remember correctly, Wei Changshi was transferred to serve as the governor of Mianzhou last summer, and before that, you didn't seem to be an official of the imperial court, just an oil merchant, I'm right!" ”

The officialdom of Bashu states was made into a miasma by the eunuchs, and it became a common practice to sell officials, and the price was clearly marked, 1,000 guan could buy a county uncle, 5,000 guan could buy a county duke, and local substantive officials were a little more expensive, Wei Chengyang used 15,000 guan to buy the post of Mianzhou governor Shi from Ju Wenzhen, and also gave him the title of Duke of Long'an County.

Guo Song's intelligence system in Chengdu is very efficient, and he has long figured out these details clearly, and Guo Song has a complete list in his hands.

Wei Chengyang obviously didn't know that his old bottom had been known by the King of Jin, and as soon as he expressed a little dissatisfaction, he was immediately exposed by the King of Jin, and he was suddenly so frightened that his face turned pale and he couldn't say a word.

Guo Song coldly ordered: "Drag him off the horse and detain him, and turn him over to Su Zhengtai for processing!" ”

Several soldiers stepped forward to drag Wei Chengyang off the horse, stripped off his official uniform, and escorted him away, and the stabbing Shi Wang Lan next to him set off a wild wave in his heart, this Wei Chengyang has Ju Wenzhen as the backstage, never puts himself in his eyes, corruption is sexual, fish and flesh people, his son is a bully of men and women, and does all kinds of evil, the day before yesterday he had a big quarrel with himself over the matter of releasing grain, I didn't think he would have today?

Guo Song smiled and asked: "After the dismissal of this long history, the assassin has no opinion, right?" ”

Wang Lan bowed deeply, "The people of Shu have been in hardship for a long time, His Royal Highness has arrived, the land of Bashu is like a cloud to see the sun, and the common people are also lucky!" ”

"The history of the assassin has won the award, what are the difficulties at present?" Guo Song asked.

Wang Lan sighed and said: "There are too many refugees, there is no place to live, many people are crowded under the eaves of other people's houses, and it is really sad for a family to have a quilt, I can only guarantee that the porridge will not starve to death, but even the food may only last for more than ten days." ”

Guo Song groaned and said: "Now the deployment of supplies from Chang'an is probably far away from quenching thirst, but if I expect it to be good, Tubo will retreat back to Yazhou in the next few days, so that refugees can return home." ”

Wang Lan was overjoyed, "Will Tubo withdraw from the army?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "Chengdu can't hold it, otherwise the eunuchs won't abandon the city and flee, and the same is true for Tubo, if they don't want to be completely annihilated by me, they can only retreat." ”

"That's great, as long as the food problem is solved, the refugee problem will be solved."

"Don't worry about food, Chang'an has prepared enough relief food, which will be sent one after another soon, as long as the summer grain production is not reduced, the impact will not be too great."

Wang Lan was encouraged and rejoiced to leave, and Guo Song sent 5,000 soldiers to assist him in maintaining order among the refugees, relieving Wang Lan of his worries.

When night fell, Guo Song was considering the military situation in the big tent, and at this time, a personal soldier reported outside the tent, "Your Highness, someone from the Chengdu intelligence point came to report." ”

Guo Song was slightly stunned, and immediately ordered: "Bring him in!" ”

After a while, a young man was brought in by a soldier, and the young man knelt down on one knee to report, "Ma Yong, the Chengdu intelligence point of the Jin Wei Mansion, see His Royal Highness the King of Jin!" ”

He rolled up his sleeves, and on his arm was a peculiar flying eagle tattoo, which was the symbol of the Jin Wei Mansion and his identification.

Guo Song glanced at the tattoo on his arm and asked, "Why didn't Yang Xiuying come to report?" ”

Guo Song was a little suspicious, it stands to reason that he shouldn't just be a subordinate to report, is there anything wrong here?

"Your Royal Highness, Commander Yang followed the southward migration team, there is only one person in the Ping'an Inn, General Zhou came to the store with eighty brothers a few days ago, something happened, so the lowly duty has to come to report."

Only then did Guo Song understand that when it came to Zhou Fei, no wonder this guy was coming, he asked again: "How is Zhou Fei and them?" ”

The man Xiaoma told Zhou Fei and his subordinates about being recruited by the Tibetan army, and finally said: "Because Tubo wants to search his body, General Zhou cannot provide paper information, and some of his information can only be dictated by his humble position. ”

Guo Song nodded, he could understand that Zhou Fei and they had seized the opportunity, so he smiled and said, "Say it!" What information did they get? ”