Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"Hey..." Jun did not know who shouted at the high mountain across the Jialing River, and there was an echo immediately, and Jun burst into laughter. Just after leaving the customs, everyone is in a relatively good mood.

The road is not very narrow, but there are high mountains on both sides, and people can't see it in the valley. It feels like being closed and oppressive, and it feels very cramped. There is a big difference in height between the main road and the Jialing River, and the road above can accommodate two carriages in parallel; the army walks against the mountain, with four people lined up horizontally, and an empty road is left outside for traffic.

Below the outside is the Jialing River. The water has not yet risen in spring, revealing a riverbed covered with pebbles and stones. Horses can run on the river bed, and the retrograde messengers and others will pass through the river bed.

There is only such a big road, and the army stretches forward and backward for three or four miles. It is impossible to travel fast, and it can only march forty miles in a day. The mountains on both sides are towering, and the sun goes down quickly, and we have to camp before you.

In the evening, the soldiers went to the river to fetch water and piled stones on the stove for cooking. At this moment, everyone is working together, some are fetching water for cooking, and some are collecting firewood to start a fire... Guo Shao has an illusion, as if he is having a picnic. If it wasn't for thinking about fighting, maybe this kind of journey would be quite interesting.

Such tranquility did not last long. The army camp of the Shu Army was not far from the Separation Pass, and there was a battle ahead the next day... In the valley, the sound of fighting mixed with the rushing of the river could be faintly heard. Sergeants on the river bed continued to come back on horseback to report the military situation, and the main force had temporarily stopped advancing.

As Guo Shao expected in the first battle, the strength of the Shu army's stronghold was weak, and the front army fought very smoothly with the strong bullying the weak. In three days, all eight camps of the Shu army were pulled out.

Guo Shao sent an order to Li Dazhu: It is forbidden to kill prisoners. The military order only needs to be executed and does not require any explanation... Guo Shao's idea for issuing this order is not only to avoid the death of the Shu army, but also to understand: after all, it is a civil war.

Of course, such remarks will affect the killing intent of the army, and he will not say it.

At dusk, Li Dazhu and others returned to the army, and the generals also gathered happily to listen to their bragging. Li Dazhu’s excitement has not subsided so far, and he said loudly: "We got up in the morning, walked to the front of the Shu army stronghold, set up an formation, charged on three sides, and rushed into the stronghold. The killing was like a chicken flying dog, haha! The camp was here, and the brothers behind said that they won before they saw anyone. We ate some dry food with the river water, and took another one away. This time when the Shu army saw everyone rushing in, without saying a word, they dropped their weapons and surrendered..."

Another general talked eloquently there: "The Shu army is nothing more than that, much weaker than the Northern Han army and the Khitan army. I will lead the charge, and one is worth ten!"

While talking, everyone looked at Guo Shao who was sitting on the other side of the river... According to the habits of fishermen who live by the water, the direction of the river is higher. Guo Shao seemed very silent at this moment.

Winning the first battle will naturally boost morale, Guo Shao has no intention of pouring cold water on everyone.

But at this time, he stopped from the turbulent military affairs, and gradually recalled the words and expressions of Wang Jing and others... Wang Jing and others seemed to feel that they were aggressive and were not optimistic.

"General Guo, should our former army go straight to Weiwu City?" Li Dazhu asked.

Guo Shaodao: "Strengthen the guard day and night, and disperse the scouts. Set up camp at the Shu army camp on the spot, and I will send someone to pass the order tomorrow."

Li Dazhu and others clasped their fists seriously and said, "Here."

Guo Shao's eyes swept across the faces of Yang Biao, Zuo You, Luo Yanhuan and others, and finally paused for a while on the face of Hu Li Chuyun.

Guo Shao learned about Li Chuyun's resume from Luo Yanhuan. He followed Jieshuai Zhecong Ruan to work in Jiezhen, Deng, Hua, Shan, and Bizhou. It was night, Guo Shao invited Li Chuyun to meet alone in the military tent.

Li Chuyun voted under his own account, but for the first time to go out together, Guo Shao said somewhat implicitly at the beginning: "When I was in Fengxiang, Commander Wang Laojie said that I underestimated the enemy and rushed forward. At that time, I was only thinking about combat strategy, and I was busy, so I didn't care about modesty; Wang Jieshuai said a word, and did not try to dissuade me, so I took the military order."

Guo Shao glanced at Li Chuyun through the firelight outside the tent, and said in a deep voice: "These two days led the army into the Qinling Mountains, and the high mountains on both sides made me feel depressed, and I gradually became a little flustered..."

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Li Chuyun suddenly said: "Wang Jieshuai is old. He has already established a festival and became a servant. Those who have achieved success and fame only seek stability and have no edge. The same is true of Mr. Zhe."

Guo Shaodao: "Brother Li, what do you mean by that?"

Li Chuyun's tone was vague and earnest, causing Guo Shao to have the illusion for a while that he was talking like an elder. "My lord..." Li Chuyun said calmly, "The Shu army is unbearable and not fully prepared, so it can't defeat the elite of the Tiger Army. The worst case for this expedition is to retreat."

Guo Shao nodded, his heart was wide open, and he asked: "In Brother Li's opinion, our first battle is so easy, shouldn't we immediately take advantage of the victory and go straight to Weiwu City?"

Li Chuyun was silent for a moment: "My lord has a lot of ambitions, you just need to do what you think is right. The last general is willing to follow to the end regardless of success or failure."

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What do you think is right? Guo Shao pondered in the middle of the night. He thought about it. The people of Shu may not have expected that the Zhou army would immediately launch a strong attack with the most elite troops as soon as they arrived in Fengxiang. Otherwise, it will be troublesome to spend in the Qinling Mountains.

Early the next morning, Guo Shao ordered the whole army to march, and approached Weiwu City.

The valleys along the Shu Road vary in width and width, and occasionally there are wide valleys, and the population is relatively dense to form villages or towns. Huanghua Valley is such a relatively flat and wide place... When the army passed through Huanghua Valley, Luo Yanhuan asked Guo Shaojin, "Do you want to stay here?"

There is a road to the west of Guo Shaowang. According to the map drawn earlier, this road will fork in the past ten miles, all leading to Tangcang Town.

He sat on the horse and looked at it for a long time. Although the Yellow Flower Valley had a wide terrain, it had no fortifications. He said in his heart: "There is no need to divide the troops, set up a sentry point." Then he secretly ordered the two personal soldiers to stay at the Huanghua Valley sentry point.

The army was unimpeded all the way, and the strongholds of the Shu army along the Shu Road fled after hearing the news. Three days later, the main force of Guo Shao's troops came to Weiwu City, only a few miles away. After exploring the horse and reporting back, thousands of reinforcements from the Shu army went to build a fence outside the mighty city.

The date that Wang Jing promised to supply food was halfway through; most of the time was spent on the march.

Guo Shao immediately ordered to rest on the spot, looking back at his generals and said: "In this case, tomorrow we will start a field battle and defeat the Shu army!"

At this moment, he had no choice but to fight quickly or retreat, otherwise he would run out of food and retreat... This time the troops were not well prepared and the food and supplies were insufficient, but he judged that the opponent was rushing to fight;