Guo Shao captured Kuizhou on March 28, and the next day left Yang Biao and the seven commanders of the Third Army, the largest number, to guard the prisoners, grain and grass, and control the important exits; Since the main force has led the river upstream. Guo Shao recruited rebels along the way, but did not meet resistance, and said that the lone army could not provoke resistance when he went deep, and strictly ordered Qiu to commit no crimes along the way.

More than 700 miles from Kuizhou to Yuzhou (Chongqing), the army relied on the waterway to transport the baggage, advanced lightly and hurriedly, and arrived in Yuzhou in 12 days. It was the tenth day of the fourth month.

When the Great Zhou army was still hundreds of miles away, Yuzhou had already fallen, so Guo Shaobu entered the city to take over the defense. Yuzhou is located at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Fujiang River, and the location is critical, Guo Shao left two commanders of 1,000 people to garrison, and deterred and controlled the eastern road.

With only more than 15,000 troops left behind Guo Shao's troops, he transferred the naval division to the Fujiang River, and the army marched north in a roundabout way, arriving at Suizhou (Suining) on April 16. If you want to go to Chengdu Mansion now, the march will not be so easy...... Although to the west is the plain, the road is wide and flat, but there is no big river to connect, and the navy cannot pass; The men had to march with their baggage.

At this time, it is not easy for the army to move on...... The army is going to enter Chengdu Mansion, and the end point of the waterway grain road and the rear base camp in Suizhou must be garrisoned; There are not many troops left. More than 10,000 people seem to be a bit less than a little bit to fight Chengdu Mansion, after all, it is a big city, and there must be a lot of forbidden troops in the capital of Shu.

Guo Shao gathered everyone in the lobby of the Suizhou Mansion to discuss, and first asked Lu Chengyong: "Is there any news from Tokyo recently?" ”

Lu Chengyong stood next to him and replied, "I haven't received it yet." ”

Guo Shaodao: "Does the detailed work of Chengdu Mansion know that we have arrived in Suizhou?" I have to find a few people to go to Chengdu to contact the previous placement of the fine work, and inquire about the military situation in the north from within the Shu Kingdom. ”

Wang Pu is the prime minister, sitting on the left side, and immediately said: "Xiang Gong must not go well, otherwise the two roads of 'pseudo-Shu' will fall, and now we should send people to beg for surrender, but there has been no movement so far." ”

As soon as Xiang Gong was mentioned, Shi Yanchao was energetic, and snorted coldly beside him: "Let's go east road from Jingnan to Kuizhou for more than 600 miles, then Yuzhou for more than 700 miles, and then Suizhou for more than 300 miles; After running for one or two thousand miles, they are all under the nose of Chengdu, where is Xiang Gong? Is it a long way to walk the north road? ”

Everyone didn't open their mouths, and even many people couldn't figure out what happened to Shi Yanchao and Xiang Gong. Guo Shao knows very well that he has been in the forbidden army for too long, and many small things between generals are clear...... Thinking about it, there is actually no contradiction between Shi Yanchao and Xiang Gong, and the essential contradiction is purely that Shi Yanchao is unhappy with Xiang Gong.

Wang Pu ignored Shi Yanchao's complaints, turned his head to Guo Shao and said: "It's too risky for us to go to Chengdu now, we can first stabilize the first line of the Dajiang River (Yangtze River) and Fujiang River, and garrison Suizhou, and think about it in the long run." At this time, do two things, send people to Chengdu to persuade surrender; Inquire into the current position of the arch. Only then can the next step be properly deployed. ”

Shi Yanchao said: "The Shu army is vulnerable, more than 10,000 elite soldiers are enough to defeat them, what are you doing with the forbidden army?" ”

Wang Pu said in a serious tone: "General Shi's plan is too aggressive. The use of soldiers is like a layout, when the victory is not divided, you can make a surprise move, and you have already won the battle, why take the risk? ”

Guo Shao suddenly felt that Wang Pu's words were simply reasonable, and he felt very reasonable. Immediately said: "What Wang Xianggong said is extremely true, at least we have to figure out where Xiang Gong is, he has an army of 40,000 in his hands, which is a great deterrent to Chengdu." ”

In fact, Guo Shao is also 40,000 or 50,000 people, the elite of the forbidden army is 40,000, and there are sailors mobilized from all over the country; More than half of Xiang Gong's hands were Northwest town soldiers. However, Guo Shao has 20,000 heavy troops in Jingnan to defend the Southern Tang Kingdom, and the Southern Tang Kingdom looks deferential, but if there is no defense at all, if someone eats the leopard's gall and takes advantage of the fire to rob, wouldn't he regret it?

In this war against Shu, the Zhou army had almost used all its strength in addition to leaving troops to defend everywhere...... The Ten Kingdoms have existed for so long, and it is estimated that the main reason is that the strongest regime wants to conquer the Quartet, because it is threatened by other forces, and the attacking side cannot exert all its strength.

Shi Yanchao still didn't agree with Wang Pu's statement, but his words were not too intense, so he only said: "Send someone to persuade him to surrender, it's better to force him to have no choice before begging us to be happy." ”

Wang Pu said with a smile: "General Shi is not wrong in what he said, but he doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks." It's really to that point, and we don't have to bother with pseudo-Shu to negotiate conditions. ”

Zuo You asked, "Who to send to persuade you to surrender?" ”

"Don't go this time Zuo Shaoqing." Guo Shao said, "Last time I was in Kuizhou, it was for the 300,000 Hu (stone) military rations, but now our army is calm and unhurried, and we can let go of our belly to eat." This time, he Meng Chang loves to surrender or not, and if he doesn't surrender, he will continue to fight. ”

"Guo Du checked, this is about the same." Shi Yanchao said with a smile.

Zuo You nodded yes.

Shi Yanchao said again: "I think it's very suitable for a person. Tell Wang Zhaoyuan to go back and persuade him to surrender. ”

Wang Pu and Zuo You immediately looked at each other. Guo Shao touched his forehead, and said in his heart what Shi Yanchao said, he had never used it, anyway, this matter is not too important, just send someone to go through the motions, and immediately said: "I see it's okay." ”

The people present fell silent, and the atmosphere became a little strange, and after a long time, Wang Pu slowly spoke: "Wang Zhaoyuan returned to Chengdu, and the situation was too ......."

…… Sure enough, not long after, after Wang Zhaoyuan was summoned, his face changed immediately, and he stood in the middle of the hall and begged: "Guo Dashuai, you can't treat me like that......"

Shi Yanchao's shoulders shrugged, and his face was about to laugh.

Guo Shao glanced at Shi Yanchao, and then said to Wang Zhaoyuan: "Wang Jianjun, I see that you are not sincere in surrendering, and you are still not convinced." ”

"Nope!" Wang Zhaoyuan was stunned, "Why did Guo Dashuai say this? ”

Guo Shao said: "Then you should be a member of the Great Zhou Dynasty now, why are you unwilling to serve the imperial court?" ”

"This ......," Wang Zhaoyuan said angrily, "I didn't hold Kuizhou, and I surrendered, and now I will go back to Your Majesty...... The puppet Shu court, isn't it sent to death? Meng Chang will definitely cut me down when he sees me, how can he persuade me to surrender and how to work? ”

The more Wang Zhaoyuan spoke, the more annoyed he became: "Why didn't Guo Dashuai send Gao Yanyu to go, didn't you say that you should treat prisoners of war well and treat people fairly?" ”

Guo Shao said: "I said it, but the merit depends on what he did." Gao Yanyu has merit, the credit is not to dedicate Kuizhou, whether he dedicates Kuizhou or not, it will be captured by the Zhou army; Gao Yanyu's credit: If he hadn't surrendered, he could have burned the military rations and weakened the strength of our army in disguise, but he surrendered without a fight, and the 300,000 Hu military rations were his credit.

And what merit does Wang Jianjun have? You have to make it clear that you surrendered after the defeat and the collapse of the whole army, and if I don't kill you, I will treat the prisoners of war well. You didn't have an inch of merit, and you only survived by the mercy of our army, and now you are given the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, is it a disadvantage to you? ”

"Okay! Okay......" Wang Zhaoyuan said angrily, "It turns out that Guo Dashuai is settling accounts like this." ”

Guo Shaodao: "If you don't count it like that, how can you calculate it?" ”

Wang Pu sighed: "Asking this person to persuade him to surrender is probably not helpful." ”

Guo Shao said: "Wang Jianjun only needs to hand over my letter to the lord of Shu." He said with a straight face, "Wang Jianjun, you'd better not play tricks, you have to think clearly and do things in a down-to-earth manner." The general trend of Shu is now gone, and in the future, the whole territory will be owned by the Zhou Dynasty, and you and the Wang family will become the people of the Zhou Dynasty; Now I'm not just going to kill people with a rod, this is an opportunity, a chance for you. I won't give people rewards for nothing, I will only give people the opportunity to show themselves; If you don't take it, or if you have to pick and choose, there will be no second chance. ”

Shi Yanchao smiled, squinted his eyes and said: "Whether it is Wolong or not, it depends on whether it can be done or not." I want to call myself a flying dragon! Haha......"

Wang Zhaoyuan stood in the middle and was ridiculed, and his face turned black for a while.

At this moment, a soldier stepped into the threshold and bowed, "Mrs. Li, the Holy Hand of Wushan, asks to see her, and she is waiting outside the wall." ”

"That's it, if everyone has something, they will disperse." Guo Shao looked up at the door, "Let her come in and talk." ”

After a short time, Bai Mada hurriedly walked into the hall, made a blessing, glanced at Wang Zhaoyuan, and said: "I heard that Deputy Envoy Wang is going to be sent back to Chengdu, and I have something to ask for, and I want to go with Deputy Envoy Wang." My husband's new wife is the king's deputy servant, so it will be very convenient to find my husband here. ”

Wang Zhaoyuan was silent.

Guo Shao hurriedly said: "The white sage can't go, don't be impatient for a while, Chengdu is not far away, wait for a while and live in peace." He said a few words of persuasion, and said in his heart: Lu Xiaoniang went to Tokyo to treat Wang Pu, and when she finished her business, I threw her third aunt into the fire pit and asked me for my third aunt, and I couldn't explain.

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