On the one hand, the Southern Tang Dynasty agreed to the envoy of Shu and was willing to restrain the Zhou army in the east; on the other hand, it had no intention of making any noise.

The prince and his wife were summoned by their father on the same day and attended a family banquet. Li Yu was originally loved by his father and was more trusted for this period of time. The father-son relationship was very good; his wife Zhou Xian was originally appreciated by the king first before she could marry Li Yu. For a time, the dining room was warm and a very harmonious family banquet.

The gorgeous and comfortable palace, delicacies and delicious wines, and even the palace maids who serve wine are wearing beautiful silks.

But the king Li Jing looked at the things on the table and suddenly sighed: "The war in Huainan was defeated, and the country was in a civil turmoil. People criticized me for being content with pleasure and not being enterprising, so I was defeated. I am really old."

Li Yu immediately said: "My father is not old or changed. He is still the king who conquered Fujian and Chu back then."

The king shook his head and said, "Of course you would say this, it was just to comfort your father with a loyal and filial heart."

"What my sons do not say is false, what they change is not the father, but the situation is changed." Li Yu said calmly, "When the Southern Tang Dynasty opened its territory, people praised his father because the opponents faced by the Southern Tang Dynasty were weak at that time. Zhou Shizong worked hard to govern a generation of powerful rulers, and our country was defeated, and the world criticized his father... If the opponents like Fujian and Chu were fighting in Huainan, would the father still lose?"

When the king heard this, he nodded slightly and clearly agreed with his son's words.

Li Yu looked at it and said, "This time and that time are the same, but people always judge heroes by the results. This is a forced adventure in the Zhou Dynasty's attack on Shu. The Central Plains are in troubled times. Wait for a moment, and the father will send troops to recover Huainan and annex Jingnan. Wouldn't it be revived again?"

The king's emotions were immediately aroused by Li Yu, and his decadent aura was wiped out, and he said seriously: "Do you really think the Zhou army will be defeated in Shu?"

Even Zhou Xian, who was sitting next to him, was infected by his husband's active and upbeat temperament at this time, and he cast some respectful eyes.

Li Yu said: "As I said, the Zhou court launched this battle, it was an adventure in itself. I went to Tokyo last year and saw along the way that the Zhou Dynasty had a decline in population and the people were in distress, but the situation was more troops than other countries, and the situation was almost impossible to support it. In addition, the powerful king Zhou Shizong died, and the superiors were not well-known and had unstable status. As soon as the new king succeeded to the throne, two Li immediately rebelled. Although it was quickly pacified, the problem was still far from being solved. In this dilemma, the Zhou court placed hopes to plunder other countries and take shortcuts to solve the problem in one fell swoop."

He continued: "If Guangsha, which was already in turmoil, was defeated in Shu, the original problems of the Zhou court would explode sharply. When they were unable to take care of their civil strife, their father took advantage of the emptiness of Huainan and took the opportunity to recover, strengthened his strength and thought that it would be impossible to make major events."

The king of the country said excitedly: "The ministers say that you have no military and political talents, ha! No one knows your son better than your father!"

Li Yu hurriedly said, "The one who understands the best efforts of his father is also a son minister."

Zhou Xian looked at the father and son with relief, but he always had a sense of intuition in his heart that Guo Shao was not so easily defeated... Maybe it was because he left a deep impression on her in Tokyo.

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At this time, in Wuxia Valley, Guo Shao was looking at the fortifications of the Shu army on the shore on the boat. Suddenly, a stone cannon flew over, but the range was a little low, and they all fell into the river, splashing white water.

The general advised: "This place is too close to the Shu army, so the lord will go back first."

Guo Shao nodded, and the general ordered the helmsman to turn back downstream.

Zuo You often followed Guo Shao, and the two often chatted even on the battle formation. At this time, Zuo You took advantage of the ship's return and said, "I just said yesterday that my lord was pushing himself to others and wanted to be safe. Today, he did not care about the cannon arrows and took risks, so why?"

The ancients' thinking was still a little different. Guo Shao and Zuo You said safety, and they could roughly understand the literal meaning; but when it comes to the word "sense of security", he still doesn't know how to explain it. However, when he met Zuo You, Guo Shao was still a ten general, and he had a lot of friendship. He usually had a relationship between his aides and friends, so Guo Shao was still very willing to communicate and talk to him.

Guo Shao pondered for a moment, and saw Zuo You looking at listening with a respectful look, he said, "I'm not afraid of being hit by a cannon arrow. Sometimes I feel unsafe, it's a mood and state. Sometimes when I feel depressed, I always worry about something going wrong, and if I do something wrong, I will have serious consequences. At that time, I will not feel safe. Soldiers are a place of life and death, a way to survive and die, and any war will take risks, let alone the dangerous and difficult road to Shu.

However, now I feel that I have good physical strength, high fighting spirit, and the soldiers are also very combat-ready. We have the strength and keep moving forward, so naturally we don’t have to worry about anything. At this time... 'Thinking too much is not a good thing'." Guo Shao said and smiled: "What we should think about is what we want after obtaining Shu Kingdom? How to satisfy our wishes..."

Both of them lowered their heads and thought about what they wanted, looked up at each other, and laughed "hehe" together. Guo Shao smiled and said, "The scenery ahead is better."

At this time, the ship had just arrived, and Shi Yanchao and Yang Biao greeted him on the shore. Just as Guo Shao and Zuo You were laughing, Yang Biao said loudly: "Brother came back from the camp and talked with Zuo You, and he must have thought of a way to break the defense."

Guo Shao said: "Let's go to the Zhongjun camp to talk."

...The vanguard and the generals of the central army were summoned to the camp in the valley. Guo Shao said directly: "The fortifications in the front of the Shu army are after all, a row of earthen forts. Forts are built in high terrain and wide trenches are dug in front; our army attacks from the front as sieges are the same as sieges. The vanguard Dong Zunhui's siege equipment is simple, and due to the terrain, he can only attack from one place. The Shu army on the opposite side is dense, so it is naturally difficult to break."

Guo Shao took out a picture and stood among the soldiers. Everyone was confused. Guo Shaoqing knew that he had not drawn well, so he explained: "This is a deep trench, behind which is a fortress. Two layers of arrow holes, the top nun wall, and the Shu army defended with dense infantry. It seemed that a hidden weapon hole was dug by the mountainside to avoid the ejection of our equipment by the defenders. There were also a large number of stone cannons at the end of the Shu army, and there might be a navy on the side of the Suojiang Floating Bridge to counterattack our navy at any time.

Dong Zunhui's troops attacked from a narrow front, and were first killed by stone cannons and arrows. When they arrived in front of the fort, they set up wooden bridge ladders, and finally some soldiers rushed to the female wall, but they had to face a dense infantry in a queue. The result was clear to everyone."

Guo Shao said: "But this kind of fortification is different from a city. The advantage is that it has only a short fortress, which is conducive to the concentration of troops by defenders. The disadvantage is also obvious. Its temporary construction is not as high as the city wall, and it can only rely on digging wide ditches to trap attacking people; it also limits its own mobility and is in a passive defense situation. Gunpowder can be broken."

When the generals heard about using gunpowder, they immediately became more confident because Guo Shao used gunpowder to explode the city in Shouzhou.

Guo Shao smiled and said, "Li Jixun wanted to learn from me to bomb the city when he attacked Jinzhou, but he didn't succeed. Today I changed my tricks and used that thing... After the explosion, I needed elite soldiers to seize the opportunity to attack fiercely. There were no need for many soldiers, but elite generals needed to take the lead!"

After looking back at the generals, Yang Biao immediately stepped forward to ask for a fight: "I am willing to go!"

Shi Yanchao stood up on his thigh with a palm, and said with his eyes slanted: "I'd better go, teach the junior how to lead the troops."

Dong Zunhui played for several days but failed to make a fortune. When he heard this, he looked ashamed. Yesterday Shi Yanchao said: Only when the striker could not play, he should play... It seems that this would highlight his strength.

"The second brother and General Shi are not suitable. Your position is too high. It's a bit of a loss of identity to lead a few hundred people to kill." Guo Shao said something that made the two of them refute speechlessly. He turned to look at Dong Zunhui: "Would Dongdu School be willing to try again?"

Shi Yanchao immediately said, "If it doesn't work, it won't work. Why did Guo Du ask him to go and trouble?"

Guo Shao ignored Shi Yanchao and looked at the young Dong Zunhui with encouragement: "Where you suffer, get up from wherever you suffer."

"Uncle..." Dong Zunhui was moved by this sentence, and he was moved. He knelt down on one knee and said, "I am willing to go. If I fail this time, I will be dealt with by the former boss of the self-bound army!"

"There is no joke in the army." Guo Shao said seriously, "There are only generals and schoolmen here, and no uncles."

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Chapter completed!