There were very few people killed by the Zhou army on the battle array, and the contact area was too narrow; But the panicked crowd is terrifying, trampling their own people to death and squeezing people into the river. There are many rivers in Shu, and most of the soldiers can swim, but it is more difficult to swim in armor. The dead are countless.

"Order Dong Zunzhi to stop the attack immediately!" Guo Shao suddenly shouted.

Wenwu, who had already caught up to watch the battle, was in an uproar, and people looked sideways, thinking that Guo Shao suddenly had a nervous heart. Even his brother Yang Biao pulled the horse's face and said urgently: "Big brother, the Shu army has collapsed, and the immortals can't command them right now, as long as they take advantage of the situation to kill them, they can win the battle!" ”

Guo Shao didn't look nervous, his expression was very serious: "Why are we fighting, in order to kill people?" If you want to kill people, you shouldn't kill them......" He pointed to the chaotic Shu army in front, "When this place is included in my Great Zhou territory, they are no different from the people of Great Zhou, they are all good sons of Han people." I am the commander of the Eastern Route Army, a herald! ”

Victory is just around the corner, and Wang Pu, the prime minister who is the supervising army, is also anxious: "Guo Du should not be rash, the battle array is your death and my death, there is nothing to talk about." ”

Shi Yanchao also snorted: "Everyone said that Guo Du inspected the benevolence of women, and he still did this after so many battles." ”

Guo Shao ignored Shi Yanchao and said to Wang Pu: "Of course I don't have any intentions, stop attacking now, and I can also win; You can also win more thoroughly and with more grace. The fortress of the Shu army was destroyed in one fell swoop, and the rear army was defeated at the touch of a button, they no longer had the morale to fight, what could they do if they didn't surrender? ”

When he saw that the generals were looking at him, he looked back and said, "The Tiger Ben Army has never been credited with the first rank, and our goal is victory and prestige. To achieve victory, we must first try to minimize our own casualties, and on this basis, we must also minimize the enemy's casualties in the civil war; The population is not a crop, it grows once a year, the head is cut off and it can't grow, and it is difficult to untie the blood feud. Remember, our war in the south and the north is to end the war with the unification of the world, not to create tragedy. ”

Guo Shao is a military general, but even the civil official Wang Pu was speechless to refute it.

Wang Pu has seen a lot in officialdom, and many people have justified themselves for standing on the high-sounding reason, morality is the best article; No matter how fanciful he may be, he may have only used the words of the saints as a tool. Wang Pu is an old fritter in officialdom, but at this time he completely believes that Guo Shao's words are not hypocritical, Guo Shao should think so, because Wang Pu has been friends with him for so long and knows him too well, he is not a bureaucrat in the first place. Seeing people's hearts over time, of course, you can see what kind of person a person is after a long time.

Wang Pu looked at Guo Shao's young face, the eyes on his face were clear, and there seemed to be sunlight flashing inside...... The kind of thing that only newborn calves and people who do not understand the world have, with hope, sunshine and love; But most of such people are shallow and a little ignorant, is Guo Shao ignorant?

…… In any case, the military power is in Guo Shao's hands, "the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses", "the front battalion of the East Route Army is deployed", and "the front of the palace is checked", unless someone mutinies first, Guo Shao can do whatever he wants. He said that he wanted to be merciful to the Shu army, then be merciful, he said that the world can be more sunny, and he should do it according to his daydream, then everyone has to recognize it, who called him so strong and centralized...... And it is not unacceptable.

The forward Zhou heavy infantry had stopped attacking, and the scene became even more eerie. The heavily armored elite soldiers of the Zhou army armed to the teeth on this side stopped moving, and the Shu army on that side was in a mess by itself, the people who were trampled on screamed miserably, and the cries for help on the river were endless.

The military general of the Zhou army shouted: "The commander of our army, Guo Dashuai, has ordered a ban on killing, so don't be impatient, don't crowd." "Rescue the ...... who fell into the water"

The generals of the Shu army also shouted loudly at all, and finally settled the chaos a little. The Shu soldiers in front were not attacked and stopped running back, and the situation gradually improved. The officers and men of the two armies looked at each other face to face, looking at each other and were speechless for a while.

Dong Zunzhi stepped forward and shouted: "When the general situation is gone, let your lord come and surrender!" Guo Dashuai promised not to hurt the lives of the soldiers of the Shu army. ”

After a short time, the general of the Shu army really came up to ask for surrender. In this way, the speed of breaking through the Wuxia defense line is faster, and the generals are obeyed.

Li Dong, the general of the Shu army, knelt down on one knee in front of Guo Shao, held up the sword and the seal letter, and said: "The sin will be incompetent, trapped in the defeat of the three armies, ashamed of the emperor's grace, if you want to kill, you must listen to the respect, I only ask the general of the Great Zhou Dynasty Guo Dashuai to forgive the lives of my subordinates." ”

Guo Shao took the thing, helped him up and said, "Don't worry, if I lie to you to surrender, then kill the prisoner; Will the Shu army, which still has many strongholds behind, surrender? ”

Maybe Guo Shao's words were too real, so real that he couldn't find a reason to doubt it, Li Dong was slightly stunned, and was suddenly moved. After a while, Li Dong couldn't help but say again: "The guard of Wushan County is my subordinate, if Guo Dashuai believes me, let me send someone to bring a letter back and ask him to surrender the city." ”

"Very good." Guo Shao immediately agreed.

Shi Yanchao and the others looked at each other, not knowing whether to scold Li Dong for betraying too quickly or to praise him. In any case, Guo Shao's sincerity played a big role, and even fools could see it.

So the Zhou army collected the weapons of the surrendered troops, and the soldiers marched forward without blood.

Guo Shao passed by the pontoon bridge on the locked river, and saw that there were iron chains to lock the river and the ship fence was very firmly constructed, and it took a lot of effort to see it. But now it is useless, and the Shu army above all surrendered after their main general gave the order; As long as the chain pontoon bridge is removed, the Zhou army sailors can be allowed to pass.

The next morning, Dong Zunzhi advanced first, and Guo Shao led the army to Wushan County. I saw that the city gate was opened, and the military generals and officials of the county town led the crowd to kneel at the city gate and respectfully greet them.

Guo Shao rode to the gate of the city, and looked up to see that the tiger flag embroidered in blue and yellow had been hung on the city tower.

An official in a round-necked robe kowtowed: "When the lower officials heard that the king was coming, they didn't dare to meet each other with soldiers, so they sealed the treasury and waited for the king." Wushan Shimin, I have heard of the prestige of Guo Dashuai, and often leads the teachers of benevolence and righteousness, I and others kneel here, lead the Wushan army and people to surrender to the Great Zhou, and pray that the Zhou army Marshal will love the people and not kill innocent people indiscriminately......"

Guo Shao turned around and said: "Zuo You, you should go down to the list of the people as soon as possible and strictly apply for military law." ”

After that, Guo Shao led the army into the city on the one hand, and ordered the vanguard to take advantage of the victory to march non-stop to Qutang Gorge. Qutang Gorge, the last line of defense of the Three Gorges, used to be the key to Kuizhou.

On March 20 of the fifth year of Shi Xiande (958), the Eastern Route Army set out from Jiangling Mansion on the second day of the third month, and only 18 days had passed, marching 660 miles to Wushan County.

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Kuizhou of Shu (now Fengjie, Chongqing), the base camp of Wang Zhaoyuan's East Road defenders. Wang Zhaoyuan didn't know about the fall of Wuxia for the time being, and he was scolding Han Baozheng of the Northern Route Army.

Not long ago, I got the news that Han Baozheng, the leader of the Northern Route Army, had lost Hanzhong. Xiang Gong, the commander of the Zhou army, and another military general named Cao Bin broke through Qingniling in two ways; Han Baozheng led an army of 20,000 to form a decisive battle in the back city of Xingzhou and was defeated. Han Baozheng was only spared, and after fleeing back to Hanzhong, he abandoned the city and ran south with the deployment, and retired to Jianmen Pass. (Historically, the person who guarded the Sword Gate was the mediocre military general Zhao Chongtao; However, Zhao Chongtao was unfortunately caught by Guo Shao in Qingniling a few years ago, and Guo Shao blamed him for indiscriminately killing the nuns who reported the news for Zhou Jun, and he had already cut them down. ）

Wang Zhaoyuan spoke angrily in public in the lobby: "Han Baozheng is this person, the cowhide blows loudly, but in fact, he has a stomach of grass, and the chief general recommended by Prime Minister Li Hao is such a virtue." In such a big place in Hanzhong, he lost it easily, and he only guarded it for more than ten days. He's right, in more than ten days, even if Zhou Junbing doesn't have to go bloody, he may not be able to catch up. ”

The staff immediately chimed in: "It's a pity that Hanzhong and Dongchuan are thousands of miles apart, and Wang Jianjun can't take care of both roads. ”

Wang Zhaoyuan immediately shook the goose feather fan in his hand after hearing this, and sighed: "Zhuge has been more than 700 years ago, and there is only one person in Shuzhong who can be called Wolong in 700 years, where is it easy to find another Wolong to guard the North Road?" If there is another person with the same name as me, Dashu is as solid as gold. ”

The festival made Gao Yanyu stunned and speechless. But the strategists around Wang Zhaoyuan agreed seriously.

Gao Yanyan couldn't help but ask: "Can the Three Gorges Defense Line really block the elite of the Zhou army?" How long can it be blocked? ”

"General Gao, are you questioning my deployment?" Wang Zhaoyuan sneered, "The Wuxi defense line and Wushanzhai have become offensive and defensive. The Wuxi defense line is like an iron wall on both land and water, unless the Zhou army has wings and flies from the sky, it will never be able to break through my formation, this is the defense; The flank Wu Cottage is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it can attack the Zhou army at any time, which is an attack. I've thought about Wuxia for three or five years, hahaha......"

"Report!" Suddenly, a young general hurriedly rushed into the lobby, knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to the deputy envoy of the king, Wushan County will order and the town will surrender the city, and the Zhou army will advance by land and water, and is coming towards Qutang Gorge!" ”

Suddenly there was an uproar in the lobby, and Gao Yanyan stood up in shock.

Wang Zhaoyuan's face was blue: "You didn't lie about the military situation?" ”

The young general said fearfully: "Don't dare...... The last general came from Wushan County, and he was ordered by the town general to report the news, and he saw the men and horses of the Zhou army with his own eyes. This is a letter written by the town general, please take a look at the deputy envoy Wang. ”

Wang Zhaoyuan hurriedly tore it open and looked at it, his face was even more incredible: "Wuxi Li Dong was defeated and surrendered? Wushan Fort had been breached by the Zhou army a few days ago...... Didn't hold it for half a day? ”

"What the hell!" Wang Zhaoyuan was furious, "The Zhou army traveled more than 600 miles from Jiangling Mansion to Wushan County, and Ge Laozi just didn't send a single soldier and let them go once in ten days, and they might not be able to reach Wushan County." These bales! ”

Gao Yanyan hurriedly said: "This is not the time to ask for guilt, the Qutang Gorge road is narrow and difficult to navigate, and it is impossible to deploy troops. Wang Jianjun quickly ordered to send people to burn the plank road along the way to stop the Zhou army! ”

Wang Zhaoyuan sat there and couldn't accept the reality, and scolded vigorously: "Yong will mistake me!" Lao Tzu deployed seamlessly, how did they do it, huh? ”

Gao Yanyan persuaded: "Wang Jianjun doesn't need to blame himself, the way of using soldiers, the real knife and the gun can't beat even Wolong, who comes out once in seven hundred years." That Guo Shao destroyed two Li 100,000 troops last year, and it took fifteen days to attack thousands of miles away! The opponent is not an idle person, let's stop underestimating the enemy. ”

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