The scenery outside Jiangling Prefecture (now Jingzhou) is very pleasant. The vast plains of rice fields are lush and green. Village houses can be seen everywhere, and the smoke from cooking is small, the peach and plum trees are already blooming, and the red and white colors are dotted in the vibrant green are particularly beautiful.

Guo Shao was looking at the scenery in the distance at the top of the city. He had repeatedly forbidden his soldiers from disturbing the people. If this rare and prosperous scene was destroyed, it would be a pity. Jingzhou has been a strategic location since ancient times, not because its terrain is so dangerous, but on the Jianghan Plain. However, its status as a water and land transportation hub connecting north and west to north is very important, and its terrain is flat and rich in resources is convenient for rule. It is a good place to station troops and raise troops.

Now Guo Shao plans to use Jingzhou as the base camp of the Eastern Route Army, where there are food and transportation are convenient, and will become the rear center of the army. Luo Yanhuan led 20,000 troops from the Tiger Army and the Left-Checked Army are also heading south, and will enter here with elite troops, firmly controlling Jingzhou to stabilize the rear of the Eastern Route Army.

The horses' hooves were clattering on the road beneath the city, and the soldiers were running happily on the road between the fields. Some people found Guo Shao standing at the top of the city nearby, and some people waved their weapons and shouted at the city, and the troops started to cheer.

"Everyone is very morale!" Zuo You said from the side.

Wang Pu said: "I easily occupy such a good place. The soldiers are having a good meal and drink every day. Just like that, who is unhappy if they have money?"

After hearing this, Guo Shao looked west and said casually: "The good days won't be too long."

On a sunny afternoon, everything was so bright and bright, with peace and joy shrouding inside and outside the city. But Guo Shao's tone and eyes suddenly made the atmosphere feel a little depressed.

Zuo You and others followed his gaze and looked west, and there was still an endless and open field scenery... However, everyone knew that as long as they kept going west, they would soon enter the dangerous mountainous areas of Songshan Mountain, Xiling and Bashan blocked them, as if they were adding layers of thick armor to Shu.

At this moment, Guo Shao suddenly smiled and said, "We will travel hard, but we will definitely win."

"The Shu army cannot stand the battle, so it will definitely not be able to stop the elite soldiers of the Great Zhou." Wang Pu also agreed, and everyone gradually recovered their relief for a while.

Guo Shao no longer affected everyone's mood, but this kind of mentality of placing the hope of victory on the weak opponent's mind made him feel uncomfortable. But what could he do... From Tokyo to Jingzhou, Guo Shao learned in detail about the terrain and customs around Shu Kingdom, and believed that as long as Shu Kingdom could really try his best to defend, almost no ancient army could fight in at once! Therefore, most of the time when they quickly attacked Shu Kingdom, they had problems within themselves; for example, the former Shu emperor liked to worship Buddha everywhere and abandoned military and political affairs.

What if Meng Chang and the king and his ministers suddenly stop being stupid?

If the war is delayed, the various problems and contradictions between the Zhou Dynasty itself will intensify and ferment.

On the contrary, as long as you defeat Shu, one of the great powers at this time, the prestige of Guo Shao and even Fu Jinzhan regime will rise rapidly. Victory will be like giving the Zhou Dynasty a dose of heart-warming agent, and will also give substantial national strength enhancement, and all hidden dangers can be solved easily...

Guo Shao turned around and walked down the city wall and returned to the central army headquarters not far from the city gate. He walked into the shade from the warm sunshine, and felt the remaining chill in spring, a little cold.

He asked Lu Chengyong to come to Aunt Sun's people, and several leaders of the merchant gang often traveled to Shu Kingdom and Jingnan. Before the war, the Privy Council and the Palace Front Office had sorted out a lot of things on the road to Shu, including road maps and some officials' experiences and articles written by officials; but Guo Shao still wanted to talk to those who had actually walked through it.

Guo Shao talked with him, and the merchants were very excited to speak. The truth of the two or three brave people showed their faces in front of Guo Shao.

"It is best to use a cart boat to sail against the current. The water wheel and the oars can be faster, but there are more boatmen. It is best to avoid going against the current and upwind. When the wind is in the wind..." "The water is generally fast in the narrow river surface, and the oars and sails are not very useful. At that time, you have to use a train. When you go to the Three Gorges, the most important thing is to avoid dangerous shoals and reefs. If you hit the boat, it will be destroyed."

Guo Shao listened very seriously and asked carefully: "Do you know the location of those dangerous shoals and reefs?"

A man said: "There are also dangerous shoals in the shops in Jiangling Mansion. The young man asked someone to go back and bring them to Marshal Guo."

"That's good." Guo Shaoxi said.

The man took the initiative to ask for an order: "There is no picture alone, so Magistrate Guo takes me with me. I am familiar with this waterway and I can recognize it in many places. I also know how to find a familiar guide along the river. We have walked many times, but we still have to find a guide every time."

Guo Shao didn't take it as an air and asked gently: "Can you directly connect to Kuizhou by land along the river from Jiangling Prefecture?"

One person rushed to say, "Yes! But there are many places such as Qutang Gorge, where there are cliffs on both sides of the shore that have no way to access, so you have to walk on the plank road, which is very dangerous."

"There is a picture on the plank road?" Guo Shao asked.

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. Guo Shao turned to Zuo You and said, "I have to send someone to go first and find out the specific location of the plank road." He expanded the map in his hand and looked at the lines above, "It is mainly the plank road from the east of Kuizhou to the confluence of Wuxi. This part is under the control of the Shu army. There is no need to ask about Gui, Xia and other states. There will be no resistance in the hands of the Jingnan garrison."

Guizhou, Xiazhou (near Yichang City) is also a dangerous place. It used to belong to Shu, but now it is under the control of Jingnan. Guo Shao has not yet figured out the historical origins of it, but he thinks that Shu is indeed doing a bad job... Shu is also a big country, and it is understandable that it did not occupy Jingzhou in the east to form an offensive situation. However, in Guizhou, Xiazhou, which originally belonged to Shu, can also be lost, shortening the depth of defense, which should be considered a strategic mistake of the Shu regime.

So much so that Guo Shao only needs to break through one place: Three Gorges, and then directly threaten Kuizhou, the throat of Shu Kingdom.

The two words Kuizhou in this picture are blurred. The ink traces have been touched by Guo Shao many times, but I can't see what they are writing. Kuizhou, a city in the mountains, has now become the place where Guo Shao's dream yearning for.

At this moment, there was a noise at the door, and a group of military generals walked in with laughter. When the merchants saw the military generals, they were afraid and hurriedly avoided the wall... Guo Shao was also a military general, but they seemed not so afraid of Guo Shao.

When Guo Shao looked up, a general shouted to the man in a civilian by the wall: "Where did you come from? Why did you run to the lobby of the Central Army?" One of the men bent down and said: "Master Guo asked us to come."

"Meet the lord." The generals held their fists very casually to Guo Shao. All the generals were very familiar with Guo Shao and got his temper. As long as they were not in the official position of generals, Guo Shao never punished the generals for private matters, and even scolded them. Therefore, everyone was casual... Zuo You also advised him to take an opportunity to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys, so that the generals would be in awe. Guo Shao never took action and felt it was unnecessary.

Shi Yanchao was even more stressed and sat down without saying a word. He looked for a chair and sat down in a big way. He immediately looked at Yang Biao and said, "Oh, what happened to Li Dazhu today? He was walking with his legs clamped."

Luo Mengzi suddenly laughed and said to Guo Shao: "Brother, I'm about to tell you this. Li Dazhu went to drink flower wine a few days ago, and there were a lot of meat lumps on his thing..."

Li Dazhu, the commander of the Second Army, looked embarrassed. This guy turned out to be just a commander, because he fought with Guo Shao in the north and formed the Hu Ben Army. He looked at Luo Mengzi with a very unhappy look, but he couldn't speak rudely... Luo Mengzi was higher than him, and everyone knew that Luo Mengzi was Guo Shao's brother.

"Flower willow disease, flower willow disease." The generals started to cheer and said in a lingering manner, "Shi Shi Li has a lump of flesh, but I still heard that there are pus..." Some people said that flower willow disease is no big deal, while others said that it would not be cured properly, and that thing would be ruined.

Guo Shao rolled up the map and asked Li Dazhu nicely: "Have you found a doctor to treat me?"

Li Dazhu said depressedly: "It's been cured, but it hasn't been cured yet."

Guo Shao turned to look at the business leaders, "Is there any famous doctor in Jiangling Mansion good at medical skills?" These people have been staying in Jiangling Mansion's shop for a long time and are more familiar with the local area.

"Jiangling Mansion... I have never heard of it as a powerful person. However, he is famous and has a god of medical skills. He must be the 'Wushan Bailao'." A man said.

"What does Wushan Bailao do? It sounds like a charlatan." Guo Shao said, "Where is she?"

The man said: "Wushan Bailao is in Wushan. Marshal Guo has never heard of him in Tokyo. It is reasonable that this person's reputation has just been revealed for less than two years. However, if you have been to Jingnan or Dongchuan area earlier, you should have heard of her."

Guo Shaoluo thought about it and said casually: "Wushan is so far away from Jiangling Mansion, and it is blocked by high mountains and ridges. His reputation has spread so far in one or two years. It should be of extraordinary significance."

"Of course, this person has another name called 'Wushan Holy Hand'. As long as the person has a breath, there will be no disease she cannot cure! It is said that she has saved the person who died and put it in the coffin..." The man spoke happily, and was very angry.

Of course Guo Shao didn't believe it. Although he had indeed seen miracles... a Taoist priest's pill saved Fu Jinzhan, Fu Jinzhan had no serious illness at all, probably because it was caused by heatstroke.

If it is a real terminal illness, let alone the ancient saints, even modern and more developed medicine dare not claim to cure all diseases. Can leukemia be easily cured? This man must have a boastful element, but it may sound like Wushan Bailao may be really clever. After all, there is no instance of curing difficult and complicated diseases. Others will not spread her reputation, let alone spread it quickly thousands of miles away.
Chapter completed!