Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Chapter 78 Mighty City (4)

Tangcang Town discovered the garrison of the Shu Army's garrison. Guo Shao heard the news and entrusted Li Chuyun with the command of the forward, and rode to Tangcang Town himself on horseback. On the way, he met Du Yuhou of the First Army and ordered him to take four commanders to leave Huanghua Valley and return to Weiwu City.

In the southwest of Tangcang Town, leaning against the mountains and facing the ancient water, there is a large camp of the Shu army with many houses; all the officials and generals left behind have surrendered. Guo Shao, Wang Zhang, Luo Yanhuan and others rode horses across the valley and arrived at the granary, which had been guarded by soldiers.

Guo Shao couldn't wait any longer, strode into a room, and saw seven or eight cylindrical huts inside, surrounded by dense bamboo strips. Guo Shao pulled out the barrier knife, stabbed it from the side with a knife, and then pulled it to the side. Immediately, the bamboo strips were torn, revealing the sack inside, and the wheat flowed out. Guo Shao reached out to catch it, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and turned around and said, "How many granaries like this are there, and how much grain in total."

An official of the Shu Kingdom hurriedly stepped forward and said: "If you go back to the general, there are 20,000 hu of grain stored in Tangcang Town, which can supply Tangcang Jinzuo Army and the people for more than a month."

Guo Shao's eyes lit up, his face turned red, and he couldn't suppress his excitement... Just when there was a shortage of food, these food really came in handy!

The official said hastily again: "Wang Jian, the guard, found out that Zhou's army had entered Taniguchi. He thought that Tang Cang's army had been defeated when they came out of the mountain, so he ordered the humble officer to burn the granary. The humble officer made a plan to lure him into the house, and the ambush captured him. Only then did the grain be saved."

"You did well." Guo Shao said casually.

Twenty thousand dendrobium! For the time being, there is only this number hovering in his mind. The Shu army in Tangcang Town wanted to supply the army and the people with rations, but Guo Shao would not consider supporting the captives and the people of Shu at all... It would be considered benevolent and righteous not to send troops to plunder and slaughter. The captives were escorted out of the Qinling Mountains directly, and the burden was thrown to Wang Jing. Guo Shao only needs to consider the rations of the army, and the soldiers can continue to fight when they are full.

Since the Tang Dynasty to the present, ten buckets of dendrobium are equivalent to stones. Guo Shao was thinking in his heart for a while, supplying thousands of infantry could theoretically last for more than a hundred days.

"Hey." Guo Shao still laughed out loud.

Wang Zhang, Luo Yanhuan and others also smiled when they saw this. Guo Shao turned around, slapped Luo Yanhuan on the shoulder, and looked at Wang Zhang again: "Send someone to guard, let's look at other granaries."

Guo Shaoxin said: Please allow me to be intoxicated for a while, let's see the full warehouse of grain and feel refreshed for a while before talking.

At that moment, in front of the Shu officials and others, he said loudly: "Be kind to the Shu people who surrendered, and the captives will be sent to Fengxiang first. Zuo You, record those who have made meritorious service."

At this time, Guo Shao swept away the melancholy of the previous period. At that time, although he acted quite calmly, he was not at ease after all; it was like when he was away to study, and his living expenses could only last ten days, and he was always unable to feel at ease... The panic should be worse than this, because a large group of people will ask you for food, and you can't save it; Warriors have no reason to say, everyone can't tell the truth, but they understand it very well.

For a while, he also swaggered when he walked, and his tone of speech was also different. No way, Guo Shao doesn't like to put on airs very much, so he doesn't have to hold back when he's happy.

When he returned to the outside of Weiwu City in the evening, Guo Shao didn't panic when he saw the city. It doesn't matter if the Shu army shrinks inside, anyway, I have food to eat, so I will slowly find a way. Due to the ups and downs in his mood, he suddenly relaxed from worrying, Guo Shao looked at Weiwucheng and uttered obscenities, and cursed: "Mother|Wang Huan, let's see how I can kill you!"

Don't say that sometimes it's not bad to be full of foul language, but when you say it, it's like spitting out bad breath, which is refreshing.

After hearing this, the generals burst out laughing.

Guo Shao pondered for a while, then said: "Send someone to report the victory to Wang Jieshuai, and then ask him to send troops to follow up."

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It doesn't take Guo Shao to send someone to report the victory, Wang Jing will know the situation ahead within two days. The generals and officials in Fengxiang Town were all surprised, and they looked at each other in blank dismay in front of Wang Jing.

"We won tens of thousands in ten days or ten days? Could it be that the people in front deliberately exaggerated and reported falsely?" Nian's staff who often followed Wang Jing looked puzzled, "Is there still such a battle?"

The general said: "A few days ago, more than 2,000 prisoners were sent back. This time, they said that thousands of Shu troops were defeated in Huanghua Valley and Tangcang Town, and the prisoners will be sent back. There are more than 8,000 people alive. What's wrong with reporting the number of people who captured 10,000 people?"

Wang Jing said calmly: "The striker is fighting smoothly, and the entire Western Expeditionary Army has saved trouble. This is not a bad thing. The old man thought that he could mobilize Fengxiang Town soldiers to enter Chencang Road for reinforcements, hand over Weiwu City and Fengzhou City to us, and order Guo Shao's troops to drive directly to Gu Town."

The staff suddenly said: "As long as you occupy Guzhen, you can threaten the throat of Qingniling and prevent the Shu army from going north to reinforce. Qin and Feng will become the turtles in the urn!"

Wang Jingdao: "In this case, you can give an order. Xiangxun's troops will pass through the Qinling Road and enter Qinzhou. One part of the Fengxiang Army will go to Qinzhou along the Weishui River; the other will go to the Chencang Road and leave the Sanguan Pass to attack Weiwu City and Fengzhou in place of the vanguard. Guo Shao's vanguard will go straight to Guzhen and quickly block the throat of the Shu army!

All the generals worshiped and sighed that Wang Jieshuai planned a strategy, talking and laughing to decide the battle.

…But Zan Jurun, envoy of the Hakka Province, doesn’t see it that way. He now believes that the person who decides the battle is Guo Shao, the forward Hu Jiejun. The vanguard swept the main force in Fengzhou on the 10th, quickly used troops, and then seized 20,000 hu of grain and grass, which fundamentally made up for the lack of poor preparation of grain and grass in the early stage of the Western Expeditionary Army.

Zan Jurun thought that he was not biased towards one side, but just played the report in a proper manner. He first wrote a memorial, and then immediately prepared to set off and go to the front line in person to see is to believe.

Zan Jurun paced back and forth in the house for a few steps, feeling that the officials and the Privy Council would happily celebrate this great victory, but his memorandum was too plain and had no outstanding impact at all.

Of course, I hurried to the book case, picked up the brush and re-wrote the ending, using the lyrical sighing technique of Tai Shigong, predicting that the recovery of Qin and the phoenix will be swept away like autumn winds, and the day is just around the corner! Then he said that the emperor had a great strategy in governing martial arts and found a breakthrough to dominate the world; he also praised the prime minister of the Privy Council for his well-planned planning and proper recommendation of talents. There is a wise ruler in the country, and there are loyal and brave generals in the country.

Zan Jurun finished writing quickly in one breath, and after reading it himself, he also found it brilliant and bold. He was very satisfied at the moment, and while he was busy transcribing, he called his entourage to come in, and confessed: "When I finish writing the good report, I will send it to Tokyo in a hurry!"

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