The rain was as cold as ice.

Although the armor is covered with a poncho, there is still a lot of rain that soaks down the nail leaves to the inner layer, wetting the underwear, and then being urged by the body temperature, sticky and extremely uncomfortable.

Everyone's body was steaming with a white gas that seemed to be nothing, faintly dissipating, but forming a soft light smoke in the distance.

The light smoke cage illuminated the wilderness, moistened the earth, and cleansed the city walls even more black and lofty.

Guo Rong rode his horse and walked and watched by the soft river, followed by a group of civil and military guards and guards, mighty.

He turned from Xicheng to the south, from the south to the northeast, and looked at it in a whole circle, and Fang sighed: "It is really dangerous, it seems that there is no other way than to besiege it for a while." ”

Li Chongjin and others echoed the voice, some said that now that spring is about to begin, the people in the city naturally can't stay, and some say that the food in the city is not enough, and they will definitely surrender after a while.

Unexpectedly, a discordant voice suddenly sounded: "If he wants to learn from the princess, what should he do?" ”

The name of Zhongcheng Yugong, regardless of martial arts, is known, and it is said that Zhang Xun, the former Tang Dynasty Xuanzong Dynasty, resisted the rebels and defended Suiyang's heroic deeds, everyone is familiar with it, but at this time, it sounds like a thunderbolt.

Everyone turned their heads at the sound, only to see that the speaker was a young servant, with thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, and a heroic posture.

Li Chongjin reprimanded: "Guohua, the saint is in person, how can you talk nonsense." ”

Guo Rong smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Young people should have sharpness, Guohua, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

The young man of this word Guohua is surnamed Cao Mingbin, twenty-five years old, and his aunt Zhang, who is Guo Wei's concubine, has some kinship with Guo Rong and Li Chongjin, and he has followed Guo Rong for many years, from the long entourage to the worship officer, who was originally in the river as a supervisor.

At this time, firstly, his identity was slightly different, and secondly, he was eager to make meritorious contributions, so he said loudly: "Qiqi Shengshang, according to the views of the ministers, this city is well defended, although the soldiers are in the rain, their backs are still straight, and their morale is not weak, and the enemy general Liu Renzhen obviously has the will to stick to it for a long time." If it is only besieged, I am afraid that it will last for a long time. ”

Guo Rong was noncommittal and asked, "Then in your opinion, what should I do?" ”

"Intensify the offensive."

Cao Bin said confidently: "I heard that there are many bamboos in the mountains to the west, can you make a big bamboo raft, use the ark to carry cannons, and bombard the city from the Huai River?"

Or build a model house on a bamboo raft and cover the crossbow to shoot at the nearest point, so that the lethality should be enhanced. ”

After hearing this, Guo Rong raised his eyebrows and asked Li Chongjin: "Yisheng, what do you think?" ”

Li Chongjin nodded, and said: "Guohua's plan is advisable, but the people are very numerous, because the saint has repeatedly decreed, do not disturb the people, because he has never forcibly recruited strong men, otherwise, he can also decide the southeast water and fill the soil to advance." ”

Guo Rong took the towel handed over by the attendant, wiped the rain on his face slightly, and said: "The people of Huainan are suffering day by day, and it is right not to disturb their people.

In addition, the battles of Song, Bo, Chen, Ying, Xu, Qin, Xu, and Su were levied, and there were 30,000 servants, and the Shouzhou city was filled in. ”

Li Gu was startled, and hurriedly admonished: "Holy Lord, if you levy civilian service from such a distance, you are afraid that if you miss the agricultural time, you will waste money and food, so it is better to recruit nearby." ”

Guo Rong began to ride his horse back to the camp, and said as he walked: "Li Qing doesn't know, the people of Huaidi have not tasted the benefits of my Great Zhou Wen, if they are forcibly requisitioned, the people's will will be lost, and if the people's hearts are lost, it will be difficult to advance an inch."

Therefore, it is better to spend more money and food and recruit from within the country, and besides, three or four thousand people from each state will not have much impact. ”

Li Gu thought for a while and said: "In this case, it is recommended to move the pontoon bridge downstream, so that the soldiers and civilians can cross the river. ”

"Exactly. I wonder which general would like to go? ”

"The last general, please take your life."

Guo Rong saw that it was Kang Yan, the commander of the Jeju Ma Army, so he smiled and said: "Kang Qing is steady, with Aiqing going, I will be relieved, and it will be completed within ten days, and there must be no mistakes." ”

"Obey."

Guo Rong suddenly turned over and dismounted, picked up a stone on the bank of the river, put it on the horse's back, and said with a smile: "Siege and fight, I have the lives of the three armies, and I can only move the stone." ”

The entourage was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed suit, dismounted one after another to find stones, and hugged the saddle in a large or small way.

Back in Xingyuan, without waiting for Gan Pei to finish unloading his armor, Queen Fu brought ginger soup for Guo Rong to drink, and then helped to change clothes, while complaining: "Shouzhou City is in front of you, and you won't escape, you have to brave the rain to see and see, look at you, drenched in soup like chicken." ”

Guo Rong opened his hands, let Fu Shi Wei, and said with a smile: "What is this little rain, I used to brave the wind and snow to drive a hundred miles of mountain roads, just to exchange for two dollars." ”

"How can you compare with the past, are you now the Ninety-Five Supreme?"

"What's wrong with the Ninety-Five Supreme, can you be on top, in my opinion, it's far from the time to enjoy happiness, but you, don't go to the wounded camp, I heard that yesterday I also changed the wounds for the wounded, be careful of infection."

"The concubine was only going to see it, and then she wanted to do it, and the wounded man struggled to get off the ground, but it hurt him, and then I thought about it, so I rewarded a pig, two sheep, and arranged some fine grain to go over, so that I was a little at ease."

Guo Rong sighed and said: "To achieve great things, there must always be some sacrifices." ”

Fu Shi quickly changed into clean regular clothes for him, and waited for him to wash his face and hands, and then served the brewed fragrant tea.

Guo Rong took a sip, sat down behind the bookcase, and began to review the folds, before he was about to pick up the pen, but he felt that a figure outside the tent was shaking, and shouted: "Who?" ”

"Brother-in-law...... Don't scare people, okay? A figure flashed in.

Guo Rong frowned, and was about to speak, but Fu Shi had already begun to blame: "Such a big person, there should always be some ladies who look like they are, what are you dodging and dodging, this is the royal tent land, is it a place where you can come, get out quickly." ”

Fu Erniang spit out her tongue and said with a smile: "I didn't want to help, brother-in-law, you see that my sister is murdering me again." ”

Guo Rong was also a little impatient with this naughty aunt, so he said: "Your sister is also for your good, if the imperial doctor sees it, he must not participate in a book." The handsome little man I gave you is almost here, you have to be reserved. ”

Fu Erniang's face turned red, and she turned around and walked out of the account, "I don't want to marry." ”

Guo Rong smiled: "She also knows shyness, heh." ”

Fu Shi looked at him, stopped talking, and lowered his head to clean up his dirty clothes.

A small eunuch entered the tent and said: "Qiqi Sheng, the Huya Battalion is commanded to envoy Chen Cang and Du Yu to wait for Qin Yue, and the brigade commander Jiayin is ordered to see the driver, and now he is waiting outside the gate." ”

"Oh, it's so soon, let them in."

"No."

Fu picked up his dirty clothes and got up, and said to Guo Rong: "The concubine is retired." ”

Guo Rong said with a smile: "You don't have to go out, call Erniang in, just in the back tent, and take a look at that Qin Yue later, if you are satisfied, let Erniang contact her in private." ”

Fu Shi smiled: "The military camp is also a place for blind dates?" …… Well, I'm really curious as to why you like this guy so much. ”

Guo Rong laughed and said, "I don't just want to protect one, but this time, I want to protect two big media." ”