The cold wind in the night came in through the window, and two booklets on the table were "huh" and flipped through. One of them was full of sloppy handwriting, mostly Guo Shao's summary and thoughts of the Jingkou Battle. In the past, the war was a battle and struggle in front of him, but now the war is a ink trace written on paper.

Another booklet is a specific observation of the water war tactics written by Guo Shao. He had never experienced a decent water war before, so he recorded some of his own experiences... In fact, he recorded a lot of things, but after the incident, he almost never looked back or sorted them out. Others couldn't understand his ghost painting talismans, but for some reason he always wanted to write them down.

Guo Shao was lying on the bed, feeling a little excited and not being able to adapt to the shaking of the ship, which made him unable to fall asleep for a long time.

"Cruff..." Guo Shao turned over and shook the wooden bed. He couldn't help but pick up the map of ink on the picture again to see. The ink filled with paper was very light in color, and the original lines and place names on it were still very clear.

The question is, are these things mine? Can I still have the final say in what I want to do in the future?

The more Guo Shao thought about it, the harder it was to fall asleep, so he put on his clothes and got up. Only after leaving the bed did he truly feel the chill of winter, especially floating on the riverside. However, winter went and spring came very quickly. He remembered his wife and concubine who were pregnant in Tokyo, so he sat down at the table and wrote a letter again.

The letter to Fu Ermei is easy to write, and you can also care about other family members in the letter. However, Guo Shao wrote two pages of the letter to Fu Jinzhan, but after thinking about it, he still tore it off... In the end, he only wrote about the progress of the war ahead, which was a good news.

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The 20th day of the twelfth lunar month is approaching, but this year's New Year is destined to be a peaceful festival for many people. The Zhou army and the 200,000 to 300,000 people from all over the Zhou army will definitely not be able to go home to reunite.

Good news kept flying towards Guo Shao's central army tent.

There were some surprises that had already established the victory. Cao Bin and Wuyue army successively captured Changzhou and Runzhou (Zhenjiang); Jingkou South Tang Army Navy was defeated by siege, with countless losses and surrenders, and it was difficult to know the number for a while.

Han Tong, Li Chuyun, Gao Yanqi and other generals all came to the Zhou army camp outside Jiangning City. Guo Shao and several people were waiting to meet in the camp. At this moment, a general and a few soldiers came first with a captive, and behind him was a horse holding something, as if it was the captive's horse.

"Reported to Marshal Guo, this man was caught by our scout ten miles away. He claimed to be Liu Cheng, the general of the Southern Tang Army, and came to surrender specially." The general clasped his fists and said.

After hearing this, Guo Shao and the few people around him were immediately attracted to the attention and looked at the man who was being held in the middle. The man was wearing armor, but his helmet was gone where he looked dejected.

Guo Shao walked up and asked, "Are you really Liu Cheng?"

The man said, "I have a seal on me... Is the famous commander of the Great Zhou army General Guo?"

"It's just me." Guo Shao responded casually, looked at Liu Cheng again. He thought about Liu Cheng's respectful title and politeness in his words, which was quite convincing. He thought to himself: After Huangfu Jixun was defeated, he returned to Jiangning City, and was said to have been slaughtered. The guy in front of him had no less success than Huangfu Jixun. Is he here for fear of his crime?

However, Liu Cheng led the battlefield on the eastern front of the Southern Tang Kingdom and performed very well. He first acted rashly and dispatched troops, resulting in the loss of Jiangyin, ambushed reinforcements, and then lost the entire battle. Guo Shao really didn't see any outstanding things in the war. No matter how high his official position in the Southern Tang Kingdom, he had lost interest.

Guo Shao's attitude towards Liu Cheng was obviously much worse than Lin Renzhao. He even said in a mocking tone: "General Liu is quite generous. He lost three big cities for us and ruined the entire downstream river of the Southern Tang Kingdom. The land and water lost 100,000 troops. Should I still thank you?"

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help laughing, and their mocking looks were not concealed.

Liu Cheng's face was gloomy and embarrassed. Finally, he was not angry, but said: "The defeated general is deeply admired by General Guo, who is using troops like a god..."

After hearing this, Shi Yanchao was even more disdainful and said coldly: "Li Yu is really blind. He lets such a person take charge of soldiers. This guy is simply inferior to a dog!"

Liu Cheng's face suddenly changed drastically, and he was as red as a pig's liver... Although Guo Shao mocked him, he was still quite tactful. Shi Yanchao's words were a bit ugly!

Shi Yanchao said again: "Why don't you go? Death, lose so many people and still have the face to live in one fell swoop?"

Guo Shao didn't say anything. Not only did he turn his head and look at the vast Yangtze River in the distance to the west, and under the vast water surface, how many lives and national strength have been ruined; but the people who control the lives of countless soldiers are living here. Guo Shao felt a little unhappy, but there was not much hostility at this time. After a while, he let out a breath to stop Shi Yanchao: "Forget it, forgot. Come on, find a place to settle General Liu."

After Liu Cheng was taken away, not long after, a group of military generals outside entered the headquarters of the Central Army. After greeting each other, the generals met and greeted each other, and went to the Central Army tent with Guo Shao.

Almost all the generals who sent troops gathered together, happily narrating their contributions in the tent. Even the ordinary soldiers outside the tent were filled with a joyful atmosphere. Some pigs and sheep were carried in, and the army was going to have a tooth sacrifice tonight.

Wang Pu said slowly as if he was calm and calm, "Jiangning City is captured by our country on all sides, and it is difficult to have reinforcements from far and near. It has become an isolated city. It is time to completely destroy the Southern Tang Kingdom."

Zuo You asked, "The prince thought, how long can Jiangning City be maintained?"

"Vulnerable." Wang Pu said without hesitation.

After hearing this, the generals turned to Wang Pu's head and looked at Wang Pu. Guo Shao also agreed with Wang Pu's opinion and listened to his following with great interest. If you say such words in public, others might be considered arrogant and suspicious of underestimating the enemy, but Wang Pu has always been tricky.

Shi Yanchao said: "The city of Jiangning has high walls and strong walls. If they defend it to the death, it will not be easy to attack the big city."

"Ha!" Wang Pu smiled, "The Southern Tang army must gather heavy troops outside the city to fight with me; otherwise, it will be faster to trap the city. If General Shi does not believe it, let's see the future."

He paused and said, "It is easy to defend the city, but it is difficult to defend the morale. At this time, the Southern Tang Kingdom suffered many defeats, and the people in the country were separated and disintegrated, leaving only an isolated city. How many people are willing to defend the country's lord? Let's send people to persuade the surrender first, then gather all kinds of people to surround the city and attack, and we will surely defeat the city!"

After hearing this, everyone nodded and thought it was very reasonable, and Guo Shao nodded. He thought that no matter what city, people had to be guarded and fought. The morale and confidence of the army were very important. Wang Pu was a civil servant, but he could directly point out the key points and was considered a person who had the heart to understand. If he had morale, the Hukou reinforcements of the Southern Tang Kingdom did not hurt their muscles at all in Ankou, and the losses were very small. In theory, even if they suffered a little loss, they could soon rebuild their combat power. But the fact is that there was a chaos over the past period, and it was difficult for the various troops to integrate them, and they completely lost the threat.

Wang Pu turned to look at Guo Shao sitting in front of him, "The battle against the Southern Tang Dynasty is in this respect, using troops is no longer the most important thing. General Guo should be considering other things?"

Guo Shao felt that Wang Pu's small eyes were very penetrating and was not comfortable all over. He immediately remembered the matter of "persuading to enter" and asked immediately: "What are you thinking about?"

Wang Pu touched his chin and said calmly: "To conquer a country, of course, we must defend and govern it."

After hearing this, Guo Shao suddenly said, "It's reasonable, what Wang Envoy said is very..." But he always felt that Wang Pu seemed to be teasing something, and of course Wang Pu would not say that in public.

Wang Pu said: "General Guo destroyed Shu Kingdom, and his actions were effective. He strictly prohibited random killing and temporarily maintained the status quo of all parties. From my opinion, this kind of action can be copied to the Southern Tang Kingdom."

Guo Shao nodded seriously.

After a while, Guo Shao got up and left his seat, and said that he would gather with everyone in the evening to hold a banquet at the Central Army tent to celebrate.

Zuo You then followed and said, "The lower official has something to say, can you use one step to speak?"

Guo Shao had probably guessed what Zuo You wanted to say, and looked around. There were people everywhere in the central army's headquarters, and the tent was just a layer of oil cloth. Two rows of soldiers were patrolling around with long weapons. He said calmly: "At this time, I was interested in exploring the momentum of the river. How about Mr. Zuo accompany me to the riverside?"

Zuo You clasped his fist and said, "I wish to follow the lord."

The two of them took a carriage and walked out of the barracks under the escort of a team of personal soldiers. On a road to the riverside, Guo Shao said to Qin Shitou: "Take the groom and the soldiers and brothers around."

Qin Shitou tactfully called other people to leave the carriage. Soon, the carriage stopped alone on the side of the road, with only one horse left except for two people.

Guo Shao lifted the bamboo curtain and looked at the water surface of the Yangtze River in the carriage.

Zuo You said, "The situation in the Southern Tang Dynasty has been a foregone conclusion. It may be several months before returning to Beijing, but major events are very involved. The lord should have made a decision early. At this time, the lord will bring a large army outside and return to Beijing with great victory and great achievements is a good opportunity!"

Guo Shao didn't say anything right away.

Zuo You hurriedly said, "The generals dare not mention such a big thing easily, but they have long been looking forward to it. It will be unfavorable for the lord to delay it for too long."

Of course Guo Shao understood, he didn't want to. He thought about it for a long time last night... He even felt that there was no emperor in modern society, and that people had become noble. It was really the result of the environment not allowing it, and the multiple battles, fighting and compromising. People who don't want to think about it are mostly unable to reach that position, or even unable to see it. And now there is a chance, why should you give power as yourself, let others check and balance and threaten? The throne means that there are many things, and almost no one can resist such temptations and desires.

However, since ancient times, there have not been too many people in the world who want to be emperors. There are very few people who can really sit on it and sit firmly, and Guo Shao has to be extra cautious.

His performance at this time was very different from usual, so he asked Zuo You carefully: "Mr. Zuo thinks that our time is really ripe?"
Chapter completed!