On March 28, Guo Shao captured Kuizhou. The next day, he left Yang Biao and seven commanders of the Third Army, which had the largest number of troops, to guard the prisoners and food and control the important exits. He led the main force up the river. Guo Shao recruited surrenders and rebels along the way and encountered no resistance. He also said that the army could not provoke resistance if it went deep into the enemy's territory alone, and issued a strict order that no one should be harmed along the way.
Kuizhou to Chongqing is more than 700 li away. The army relied on water transportation to transport baggage and heavy equipment, and marched quickly with light luggage. It took them twelve days to reach Yuzhou. It was the tenth day of April.
When the Great Zhou army was still hundreds of miles away, Yuzhou had already surrendered, so Guo Shao's troops entered the city only to take over the defense. Yuzhou is located at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Fu River, and its location is important. Guo Shao left two commanders with a thousand men to garrison and control the eastern route in a deterrent manner.
After Guo Shao divided his troops, he had only 15,000 soldiers left. He transferred the navy to the Fu River, and marched northwards, arriving at Suining, Suizhou on April 16. Now, if they wanted to go to Chengdu, the march would not be so easy. Although the plains were wide and flat to the west, there were no big rivers to connect them, so the navy could not pass; everyone had to march with baggage.
At this time, the army was in a difficult situation to continue advancing. The army was approaching Chengdu Prefecture, and the rear base camp of Suizhou, the end of the waterway and grain route, had to leave soldiers to garrison; there were not many troops left. More than 10,000 people seemed a little too few to attack Chengdu Prefecture. After all, it was a big city, and the capital of Shu must have a lot of imperial guards.
Guo Shao gathered everyone in the lobby of Suizhou government office to discuss the matter. He first asked Lu Chengyong: Has there been any news from Tokyo recently
Lu Chengyong stood by and replied: Not received yet.
Guo Shao said: Do the spies in Chengdu know that we have arrived in Suizhou? We need to find a few people to go to Chengdu to contact the spies we placed before and inquire about the military situation in the north from within Shu.
Wang Pu was the prime minister, sitting at the upper left, and he immediately said: Xiang Gong's army must not be going well, otherwise the two routes of the pseudo-Shu would have been lost. Now we should send someone to beg for surrender, but there has been no movement so far.
When Xiang Gong was mentioned, Shi Yanchao became excited and snorted coldly: We traveled more than 600 miles from Jingnan to Kuizhou on the east road, and then more than 700 miles from Yuzhou, and more than 300 miles from Suizhou. We traveled a thousand or two thousand miles and arrived at Chengdu. Is Xiang Gong still far away from here
No one spoke, and many people were even confused about what the feud between Shi Yanchao and Xiang Gong was. Guo Shao was very clear, as he had been in the Imperial Army for too long, and he knew a lot of little things between the generals. Thinking about it carefully, Shi Yanchao and Xiang Gong actually had no conflicts. The essential conflict was simply that Shi Yanchao was unhappy with Xiang Gong.
Wang Pu ignored Shi Yanchao's complaint and turned to Guo Shao and said: It is too risky for us to go to Chengdu now. We can first stabilize the waterway of the Yangtze River and Fu River, station troops in Suizhou, and make long-term plans. We should do two things at this time: send people to Chengdu to persuade them to surrender; and find out the current location of Xiang Gong's army. Then we can properly deploy the next step.
Shi Yanchao said: The Shu army is vulnerable. More than 10,000 elite soldiers are enough to defeat their imperial guards. Why waste time
Wang Pu said in a serious tone: "General Shi's plan is too aggressive. Using troops is like planning a battle. When the outcome is uncertain, you can make a surprise move. Now that you have secured victory, why take the risk?"
Guo Shao immediately felt that Wang Pu's words were a wise saying and made a lot of sense. He said, "Mr. Wang is right. At least we need to find out where Xiang Gong is. The 40,000 troops he has are a great threat to Chengdu."
In fact, Guo Shao also had 40,000 to 50,000 people, including 40,000 elite imperial guards and naval forces mobilized from various places; and more than half of Xiang Gong's troops were from the northwest. However, Guo Shao had 20,000 troops in southern Jing to defend against the Southern Tang. The Southern Tang looked submissive, but if it was not on guard at all, if someone was bold enough to take advantage of the situation and robbed them, wouldn't it be too late to regret it
In this war against Shu, the Zhou army has mobilized almost all its forces except for leaving troops to guard various places. The main reason why the Ten Kingdoms existed for such a long time is probably this: the strongest regime has to conquer all directions, and the attacking party cannot use its full strength because of the threat from other forces.
Shi Yanchao still didn't quite agree with Wang Pu's statement, but his words were not harsh. He just said: Instead of sending people to persuade him to surrender, it would be better to force him into a corner and then beg for mercy.
Wang Pu laughed and said: "General Shi is right, but it is easy to say. If it really comes to that, we won't bother to negotiate with the pseudo-Shu."
Zuo You asked: Who should we send to persuade them to surrender
Zuo Shaoqing, don't go this time. Guo Shao said, the last time we were in Kuizhou was for the 300,000 hu of military rations. Now our army is at ease and can eat to their heart's content. This time, Meng Chang can choose to surrender or not. If he doesn't surrender, we can continue to fight.
"That's more like it," said Shi Yanchao with a smile.
Zuo You nodded in agreement.
Shi Yanchao said again: "I think of someone who is very suitable. Let's ask Wang Zhaoyuan to go back and persuade him to surrender."
Wang Pu and Zuo You looked at each other in bewilderment. Guo Shao touched his forehead and thought that he had never adopted what Shi Yanchao said. Anyway, this matter was not too important, just sending someone to go through the motions, so he said: I think it's okay.
Everyone present fell silent and the atmosphere became a little strange. After a long time, Wang Pu slowly said: The scene when Wang Zhaoyuan returned to Chengdu was too weird. I dare not imagine it.
Sure enough, not long after Wang Zhaoyuan was summoned, his face changed immediately. He stood in the middle of the hall and begged: Marshal Guo, you can't do this to me.
Shi Yanchao's shoulders shook and his face was about to burst with laughter.
Guo Shao glanced at Shi Yanchao, then said to Wang Zhaoyuan: General Wang, I see that you are not surrendering sincerely and you are not convinced.
No, Wang Zhaoyuan was stunned. Why did Marshal Guo say that
Guo Shao said: Then you should be a member of the Great Zhou Dynasty now. Why are you unwilling to serve the court
Wang Zhaoyuan said angrily, "I failed to defend Kuizhou and surrendered. Now if I return to His Majesty and the pseudo-Shu court, I will be asking for death. Meng Chang will definitely chop me to pieces if he sees me. How can I persuade him to surrender and serve you?"
Wang Zhaoyuan became more and more annoyed as he spoke: "Why didn't Marshal Guo send Gao Yanchou? Didn't you say that we should treat prisoners of war well and treat people fairly?"
Guo Shaodao: I did say that, but his merits and demerits depend on what he did. Gao Yanchou had merits, but his merit was not in offering Kuizhou. Whether he offered Kuizhou or not, it would have been captured by the Zhou army. Gao Yanchou's merits: If he had not surrendered, he could have burned the military rations and weakened our army's strength in disguise, but he surrendered without fighting, so the 300,000 hu of military rations was his merit.
You need to know clearly what merit Wang Jianjun has made. You surrendered because your whole army collapsed. I am treating prisoners of war well by not killing you. You have made no merit and you survived only because of the mercy of our army. Now I am giving you a chance to make meritorious contributions while you are guilty. Am I treating you unfairly
“Okay,” Wang Zhaoyuan said in shame and anger. So this is how Marshal Guo settled accounts.
Guo Shaodao: If not, how else should we calculate it
Wang Pu sighed and said: Asking this person to persuade people to surrender may be useless.
Guo Shao said: Wang Jianjun just needs to give my letter to the Lord of Shu. He said seriously, Wang Jianjun, you'd better not play tricks, think clearly and do things in a down-to-earth manner. Shu is now doomed, and the whole territory will belong to the Zhou Dynasty in the future. You and the Wang family will become citizens of the Zhou Dynasty. Now I am not going to kill you directly. This is an opportunity, an opportunity for you. I will not reward people for no reason, but only give people the opportunity to show themselves. If you don't seize it, or are picky, you won't get the chance again.
Shi Yanchao smiled and squinted his eyes and said: Whether you are Wolong or not depends on whether you can get things done. I also want to call myself Feilong, haha
Wang Zhaoyuan stood in the middle and was laughed at, his face turned black for a moment.
At this moment, a soldier stepped over the threshold and bowed, saying: Madam Li, the Sage of Wushan, wants to see you and is waiting outside the screen wall.
That was the business, and those who had things to do left. Guo Shao looked up at the door and asked her to come in and talk.
Soon, Bai Lao walked into the hall quickly, bowed, glanced at Wang Zhaoyuan, and said: "I heard that Deputy Envoy Wang was going to be sent back to Chengdu. I have a request and want to go with Deputy Envoy Wang. My husband's new wife is Deputy Envoy Wang's daughter. It will be very convenient to find my husband this time."
Wang Zhaoyuan remained silent.
Guo Shao hurriedly said: "Bai Shengshou can't go, please be patient, Chengdu is not far away, it will be much safer if you wait a little longer." He tried to persuade her with kind words, thinking: "Mrs. Lu went to Tokyo to treat Wang Pu's illness, and she will have done her business by then, but I threw her third aunt into the fire pit, and asked me for my third aunt, I can't explain it."
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