There were very few people killed by the Zhou army on the battlefield, and the contact surface was too narrow; but the panicked and dense crowd was very terrifying, and they would trample their own people to death and squeeze people into the river. There were many rivers in Shu Kingdom, and many soldiers could swim, but it was difficult to swim in armor. There were countless dead.

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

Wenwu, who had already come to watch the battle, was suddenly in an uproar, and people looked at each other, thinking that Guo Shao was suddenly nervous. Even his brother Yang Biao pulled his horse's face and said anxiously: "Brother, the Shu army has collapsed, and the gods cannot afford to order them now. As long as you take advantage of the opportunity to kill them, you can win with confidence!"

Guo Shao didn't look nervous and looked very serious: "Why are we fighting? To kill people? If we want to kill people, we shouldn't kill them..." He pointed to the chaotic Shu army ahead, "When this place is included in the territory of the Great Zhou, they are no different from the people of the Great Zhou, and they are all good families of Han people. I am the commander of the Eastern Route Army and the commander!"

Victory is right in front of you, and Wang Pu, the prime minister of the army, was anxious: "Don't act in an impulse, as the battle formation is like you and I will die, and there is no benevolence or righteousness to talk about."

Shi Yanchao also snorted: "Everyone said that Guo Du ordered the kindness of a woman, and he still did this after fighting so many battles."

Guo Shao ignored Shi Yanchao and said to Wang Pu: "Of course I am not intent. Now I can win, and I can win more thoroughly and gracefully. The Shu army fortress was destroyed in one fell swoop, and the rear army was defeated at the touch of the battle. They no longer have the morale and fighting spirit. What else can they do if they don't surrender?"

Seeing that the generals looked at him, he looked back and said, "The Hu Ben Army never claimed merit with its head. Our goal is to win and be famous. To achieve victory, we must first try our best to reduce casualties among our own people. On this basis, civil wars must also minimize casualties between the enemy. The population is not crops, and it will grow in a year. If the head is cut off, it will not grow. It is difficult to unify blood feuds. Remember, our battles in the south and north are to end the war, not to create tragedy."

Guo Shao was a military general, but after some words, even the civil servant Wang Pu refused speechlessly.

Wang Pu has seen a lot in the officialdom, and many people defend themselves with high-sounding reasons. Morality is the best article; no matter how splendid he says, he may just use the words of a saint as a tool. Wang Pu, an old official, completely believed that Guo Shao's words were not hypocritical words at this time. Guo Shao should have thought that way, because Wang Pu had made friends with him for so long and knew too much, and he was not a bureaucrat. Over time, people's hearts can certainly be seen as a person over time.

Wang Pu looked at Guo Shao's young face, his eyes clear on his face, and there seemed to be sunshine inside... The kind of thing that only a newborn calf who does not understand the world has, with hope, sunshine and love; but most of these people have a little ignorant knowledge, is Guo Shao ignorant?

...No matter what, the military power is in the hands of Guo Shao, "the great marshal of the world's troops", "the front camp of the Eastern Army is deployed", and "the front camp of the palace is inspected". Unless someone mutiny first, Guo Shao will do whatever he wants. He said that he should be kind to the Shu army, then he would be kind. He said that the world can be more sunny and he should do it according to his daydream, and everyone must recognize it. Who said that his strength and centralization are so great... And the practice is not unacceptable.

The heavy infantry of the vanguard Zhou army had stopped attacking, and the scene became even more strange. The heavy armored elite soldiers who were armed to the teeth of the Zhou army stopped moving, while the Shu army was in chaos on the other side, and the people who were trampled screamed everywhere, and there were endless calls for help on the river.

The general of the Zhou army shouted: "Our general, General Guo, ordered a ban on killing. You should be calm and don't squeeze." "Save the person who fell into the water..."

The generals of the Shu army also shouted loudly, and finally settled the chaos. The Shu soldiers in front of them stopped running back without being attacked, and the situation gradually improved. The soldiers of the two armies looked at each other face to face, looking at each other for a moment speechless.

Dong Zunhui stepped forward and shouted, "Your situation is over, please ask your chief general to come and surrender! General Guo promised not to hurt the lives of the Shu army soldiers."

Soon, the general of the Shu army came up to surrender. In this way, the speed of breaking through the Wu Gorge defense line was faster, and the generals were convinced.

The general of the Shu army, Li Dong, knelt down in front of Guo Shao on one knee, held the sword and seal up, and said, "The general was incompetent and was defeated by the three armies. He was ashamed of the emperor's kindness. He wanted to kill and cut him to the emperor. He only asked the general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, General Guo, to forgive the lives of my subordinates."

Guo Shao took the thing and helped him up and said, "Don't worry, if I lie to you to surrender, and then kill the prisoners; will the Shu army with many strongholds surrender behind him?"

Perhaps Guo Shao's words were too real, and he couldn't find a reason to doubt it. Li Dong was slightly stunned and moved. After a while, Li Dong couldn't help but say again: "The guard of Wushan County is my subordinate. If Marshal Guo believes in me, I will send someone to take the letter back and let him surrender."

"Very good." Guo Shao agreed immediately.

Shi Yanchao and others looked at each other, wondering whether to scold Li Dong for being too quick to betrayal or to praise him. No matter what, Guo Shao's sincerity played a big role, and even a fool could see it.

So the Zhou army collected the weapons of the surrendered soldiers and marched forward without bloodshed.

Guo Shao passed by the Suojiang floating bridge and saw iron chains locking river. The ship fences were built very strongly, which could be seen to take some effort. However, it was useless now. The Shu army above surrendered after their commander ordered; as long as the iron chain floating bridge was removed, the Zhou army navy could pass.

The next morning, Dong Zunhui's vanguard went ahead, and Guo Shao led his army to Wushan County. The city gate opened and the military generals and officials in the county town led their troops to kneel at the gate to greet them respectfully.

Guo Shao rode his horse to the city gate and looked up. He saw that the tiger flag with green and yellow embroidered color was hung on the city tower.

An official with a round official robe kowtowed and said, "When the king's army came, he did not dare to meet with soldiers, so he sealed the treasury to wait for the king's army. Wushan scholars and people have always heard of the reputation of General Guo and often lead the benevolent and righteous army. We knelt here for a long time and led the Wushan army and civilians to surrender to the Great Zhou Dynasty. I pray that General Zhou's army would love the people and not kill innocent people indiscriminately..."

Guo Shao turned around and said, "Zuo You, you should go to the Anmin List as soon as possible and strictly observe the military law."

After saying that, Guo Shao led his army into the city, and ordered the vanguard to take advantage of the victory and headed towards Qutang Gorge. Qutang Gorge, the last line of defense that the Three Gorges had in the past was Kuizhou, the key to Shu Kingdom.

On March 20, 958, the Eastern Route Army set out from Jiangling Prefecture on the second day of March. It had just passed eighteen days and marched 660 miles to Wushan County.

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Kuizhou, Shu Kingdom (now Fengjie, Chongqing), Wang Zhaoyuan's Eastern Defense Army base camp. Wang Zhaoyuan does not know that Wuxia has fallen, and he is cursing Han Baozheng, the Northern Defense Army.

Not long ago, it was heard that the leader of the Northern Army, Han Baozheng, had lost Hanzhong. The commander of the Zhou army, Xiang Gong and another military general named Cao Bin, broke through Qingniling in two groups. Han Baozheng led a large army of 20,000 to form a decisive battle in Xingzhou, and was defeated. Han Baozheng was only spared. After fleeing back to Hanzhong, he abandoned the city and rushed south with the deployment to retreat to Jianmen Pass. (In history, the person guarding Jianmen was the stupid military general Zhao Chongtao; however, Zhao Chongtao was unfortunately caught by Guo Shao in Qingniling a few years ago. Guo Shao blamed him for killing the nun who reported to the Zhou army indiscriminately, and had already been cut off.)

Wang Zhaoyuan spoke in public in anger in the lobby: "Han Baozheng is so bragging about the sky, but in fact he is full of grass. The chief general recommended by Prime Minister Li Hao is such a virtue. He threw it easily in such a big place in Hanzhong, so he only stayed for more than ten days. He is, for more than ten days, even if the Zhou army soldiers are not allowed to go there without bloodshed, it is not necessary to hurry up."

The staff immediately agreed, "It's a pity that Dongchuan is thousands of miles apart in Hanzhong, and Wang Jianjun cannot take care of both routes."

After hearing this, Wang Zhaoyuan shook the goose feather fan in his hand and sighed: "It has been more than 700 years since Zhuge, and only 700 years in Shu has one person called a Wolong. How can we find another Wolong to guard the North Road? If there is another person as famous as me, Great Shu will be as solid as a golden soup."

The Jiedushi Gao Yanqi was stunned and speechless when he heard this. But the counselors around Wang Zhaoyuan agreed seriously.

Gao Yanqi couldn't help but ask: "Can the Three Gorges defense line really block the elite Zhou army? How long can it last?"

"General Gao, are you questioning my deployment?" Wang Zhaoyuan sneered, "Wuxi defense line, Wushan Village becomes an offensive and defensive force. Wuxi defense line is like a copper wall on both water and land. Unless the Zhou army grows wings and flies from the sky, it will never break through my formation. This is defense; the flanking Wushan Village is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and can harass the Zhou army at any time, this is attack. I have thought about Wuxia for three or five years, hahaha..."

"Report!" Suddenly a young general rushed into the lobby and knelt on one knee and said, "Report to the deputy envoy of the king, the magistrate of Wushan County, and the town general raised the city to surrender. The Zhou army's vanguard advanced along the water and land, and was coming towards Qutang Gorge!"

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

Wang Zhaoyuan had a dark face: "Aren't you lie about military affairs?"

The young general said fearfully, "I dare not... the last general came from Wushan County. After receiving the order of the general to report the letter, he saw the Zhou army's troops with his own eyes. This is a letter written by the general, please ask Deputy Envoy Wang to take a look."

Wang Zhaoyuan hurriedly tore it apart and looked at it, his face even more incredible: "Wuxi Li Dong surrendered in defeat? Wushan Fortress was captured by the Zhou army a few days ago... It didn't hold it for a long time?"

"Is he?" Wang Zhaoyuan was furious, "The Zhou army from Jiangling Prefecture to Wushan County for more than 600 miles. Ge Laozi didn't send a soldier and a soldier to let them go for more than ten days, and they might not be able to go to Wushan County. These idiots!"

Gao Yanqi hurriedly said, "This is not the time to ask for guilt. The roads in Qutang Gorge are narrow and difficult to move around, and it is impossible to deploy troops. Wang Jianjun quickly ordered to send people to burn the plank roads along the way to block the Zhou army!"

Wang Zhaoyuan sat there and couldn't accept the reality and kept scolding: "I'm sorry to me! I'm so perfect. How did they do it, ah?"

Gao Yanqi advised: "The army of Wang Jianjun does not need to blame himself. The way of using troops is really a sword. Even if the gun is released every seven hundred years, there is no way to kill the Wolong. Guo Shao destroyed the two Li 100,000 troops last year, and it took him fifteen days to attack thousands of miles away! The opponent is not an idiot, so let's not underestimate the enemy anymore."

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