At the end of February, the imperial court dispatched Zhao Heng, the king of Shou, to lead the 100,000 forbidden army to suppress the rebellion in Shu. The news that Jianmenguan will be reached in ten days.
Li Shun, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Shu, panicked. Although he was in Shu, he also heard about King Shou's defeat of the Liao Kingdom's iron cavalry. Even the Khitans couldn't beat King Shou. Can the army of the army be able to resist the elite forbidden army who came to Beijing from all over the country and trained quickly
"Third brother, what should we do?" In a hurry, Li Shun forgot his status as the emperor, and went to the court to meet Brother Guo Xiao again.
Guo Xiao had long expected that the imperial court would send troops one day, without a trace of panic on his face, walking to the center of the hall, Guo Xiao raised his head, and said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. In Shu, you can only go through Jianmen Pass. Jianmen Pass occupies a natural danger, with cliffs on both sides, and the front and rear mountain roads can only accommodate two or three people in parallel. It is difficult for the Zhou army to attack on a large scale. Stay out of the sword gate. The Zhou army has come from a long way, and if they cannot attack for a long time, they will retreat."
As soon as this statement came out, some of the newly appointed Shu officials nodded in agreement, but some did not believe it, including the emperor Li Shun on the red gold dragon chair, who frowned and said: "If the sword gate is really that powerful, Why was Emperor Gaozu able to break through Meng Shu?" He believed that the sword gate could block the imperial army for a period of time, causing the court to suffer a bit, but with Meng Shu's lessons learned, it was only a matter of time before the sword gate was broken.
Guo Xiaosheng was in the house of Jiangmen, and he had heard about the great and small wars of Emperor Gaozu's unification of the Central Plains, and even some wars were used by his father as homework to teach him, so Guo Xiao certainly knew that battle, and calmly explained: "When Meng Shu was defeated, It was because the monarchs and ministers of Meng Shu indulged in enjoyment and neglected to train their troops, and the soldiers who had not been in battle for a long time suddenly faced the attack of the enemy, and they were in disarray.
Li Shun listened, and he was even more worried. Emperor Meng Shu was a royal inheritance for several generations, and he sent troops to surrender. He was a commoner, and the real prince came to beat him. Those guards would betray him even more, right
The new emperor, in his early twenties, still had a bit of majesty when he was winning all the way. At this moment, he was sitting on the dragon chair sweating all over, looking at the privy envoy below, as if he had turned into a country village. Husband, I completely count on his third brother.
Guo Xiao saw Li Shun's useless behavior a lot, and he was not surprised. After thinking for a moment, Guo Xiao clasped his fists and said, "If the emperor can trust him, I would like to lead 5,000 troops to guard the sword gate, so that the emperor can rest easy!" The gate of Shu, once the gate of Jian falls, these guards in Shu are really not the opponents of the imperial imperial army. The gate of Jian is so important, Guo Xiao is not worried about arranging others to guard it.
The person Li Shun trusted the most in his life was his dead brother-in-law, followed by Guo Xiao. When he heard that the great military advisor and general who helped him ascend to the throne were going to guard the sword gate, Li Shun was finally not afraid and said happily: "Okay, Okay, third brother, go to me... I am most at ease, five thousand is too little, I will give you ten thousand... "
"No, this minister goes to guard Jianmen, the emperor continues to lead people to besiege Zizhou. Once the emperor captures Zizhou, please send someone to send the head of Zizhou guard Gao Zai to Jianmen, so that I can invite King Longevity to play Cuju." Above, Guo Xiao contemptuously said, he was so sure, Li Shun and other Shu officials felt more at ease, and they all applauded their privy envoy.
That night, Li Shun set up a banquet for Guo Xiao and drank with a group of incompetent people. Guo Xiao had no interest in it. In the early spring, the evening breeze in Shu was cool, with the faint fragrance of peach blossoms. In the carriage, Guo Xiao closed his eyes and hadn't drank much, but a fire gradually burst into his chest.
Why did Zhao Heng come to Shu? Did he guess that he robbed her of coming to Shu, or did he simply want to make a living
But no matter what, he would not let Zhao Heng succeed, nor would he let Zhao Heng take her away again.
The carriage stopped, Guo Xiao opened his eyes abruptly, without waiting for the driver to help open the curtain, Guo Xiao jumped down and strode to the backyard of the mansion. Eyes, glowing faint light.
In the backyard, Song Jianing had already slept, and whenever Guo Xiao returned late, she would turn off the lights early, lest Guo Xiao would come back to see her lit again after returning to the house, which would increase the danger. But Song Jianing wasn't sound asleep when he suddenly heard a movement in the courtyard. Song Jianing woke up suddenly and subconsciously grabbed the quilt.
"grown ups… "
Song Jianing's whole heart was cold when the doorkeeper's wife's low salute came, she quickly jumped out of bed and put on her coat. Before Guo Xiao stepped into the inner room, she grabbed the scissors that had been hidden under the pillow and put them into the cuffs. Be careful, Song Jianing tried to calm her breath, but at the same time, someone knocked on the door.