Chapter 78 Mighty City (4)
Tangcang Town discovered the grain of the Shu army garrison. After hearing the news, Guo Shao gave the command of the vanguard to Li Chuyun and personally rode his horse to Tangcang Town. Halfway through the road, he met Yuhou, the first army capital, and ordered him to take four commanders to leave Huanghua Valley and return to Weiwu City.
To the southwest of Tangcang Town, with the mountains facing the ancient road, there was a large camp of Shu army, with many houses inside. At this time, all the officials and generals left behind had surrendered. Guo Shao, Wang Zhang, Luo Yanhuan and others rode horses and wade through the river valley, and went straight to the granary where troops had been guarded.
Guo Shao couldn't wait and walked into a house. He saw seven or eight cylindrical stockpiles standing inside, surrounded by dense bamboo strips. Guo Shao pulled out the threshing knife, stabbed it from the middle with a knife, and then pulled it to the side. Suddenly, the bamboo strips were torn to reveal the sack inside, and the wheat flowed out. Guo Shao reached out to catch it, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and turned around and said, "How much is this kind of granary, how much grain is there in total."
An official from Shu hurriedly stepped forward and bent down and said, "If you go back to the general, Tangcang Town will store 20,000 hu of grain, which can be supplied to Tangcang's neighboring Left Army, and the people will have more than one month."
Guo Shao's eyes shone, his face turned red, and he couldn't help but feel excited... Just because there was a shortage of food, these foods were really a timely help!
The official hurriedly said: "The guard general Wang Jian found that the Zhou army had entered the valley entrance and thought that the Tang Cang army had been defeated after leaving the mountain. He ordered the Beiyi to burn the granary. Beiyi gave a plan to earn him into the house and took the ambush, so he saved the food."
"You did a good job." Guo Shao said casually.
Twenty thousand hu! There is only such a number in his mind for the time being. The Shu army in Tangcang Town needs to supply the military and the people’s rations, but Guo Shao would not consider providing for the prisoners and the Shu people… It is considered benevolence and righteousness without robbing soldiers and massacre. The prisoners were directly escorted out of the Qinling Mountains and threw the bags to Wang Jing. Guo Shao only needs to consider the military’s rations, so that the soldiers could continue to fight after they were full.
Since the Tang Dynasty, one bucket of ten buckets is equivalent to stone. Guo Shao has made a lot of thought in his mind and supplies 6,000 infantry, which theoretically can exceed one hundred days.
"Hehe." Guo Shao still laughed out loud.
Seeing this, Wang Zhang, Luo Yanhuan and others smiled. Guo Shao turned around and slapped Luo Yanhuan on the shoulder. He looked at Wang Zhang again: "Send someone to guard him, let's take a look at other granaries."
Guo Shao thought to himself: Please let me be intoxicated for a while, look at the grain in the warehouse to enjoy it for a while before talking about it.
At that moment, in front of Shu officials and others, he shouted: "Treat the surrendered Shu people well, and the captives will be sent to Fengxiang first. Zuo You, those who have made contributions, have recorded them."
Guo Shao swept away the melancholy of the past. At that time, although he was calm at that time, he was not at ease; just like when he was studying abroad, his living expenses could only last for ten days, and he was always unable to feel at ease... That kind of panic should be even worse than this, because a large group of people would ask you what you want to eat and cannot save it; if you owe the soldiers' belly, the soldiers would lack efforts in the battle formation. There is no reason for the warriors, and everyone can't tell the truth, but they understand it very well.
For a moment, he was swaying and his tone of speaking was different. There was no way, Guo Shao didn't like to pretend, and he didn't have to hold back his happiness.
When he returned to the outside of Weiwu City in the evening, Guo Shao was not panicked when he saw this city. It doesn’t matter if the Shu army was huddled inside. Anyway, I have food to eat, so I slowly figured out my solution. Due to the ups and downs of mood, I suddenly felt relieved from my worries. Guo Shao looked at Weiwu City and even swearing, cursing: "Mother Wang Huan, let me see how I can kill you!"
Not to mention that sometimes it’s not bad to speak dirty words, it’s like vomiting bad breath when you say it, it’s light and refreshing.
After hearing this, the generals laughed loudly.
Guo Shao thought for a while and said, "Send someone to report the victory to Wang Jieshuai, and then ask him to send troops to follow up."
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Without Guo Shao's special trip to send someone to report the victory, Wang Jing would know the situation of the battle ahead within two days. The military generals and officials in Fengxiang Town were all surprised and looked at each other in front of Wang Jing.
"Ten days, ten days to earn tens of thousands? Could it be that the people ahead deliberately exaggerated and the report was untrue?" The middle-aged aide who often followed Wang Jing looked puzzled, "There is such a battle?"
The general said: "I sent back more than 2,000 prisoners a few days ago. This time, I said that I would defeat 6,000 Shu troops in Huanghuagu and Tangcang Town, and wait for the prisoners to be sent back. There were more than 8,000 living people alone. What's wrong with one being killed by one?
Wang Jing calmly said: "The vanguard fought smoothly, and the entire Western Expedition Army was all right away. This is not a bad thing. I thought that I could mobilize Fengxiang Town troops to enter Chencang Road to reinforce, hand over Weiwu City and Fengzhou City to us, and ordered Guo Shao's troops to drive directly to Guzhen."
The staff member suddenly said: "As long as you possess Guzhen, you can threaten the throat of Qingniling and block the Shu army from going north to reinforce. Qin and Feng became a turtle in the jar!"
Wang Jing said: "Since that's the case, you can order. Go to the Xun Department from Sanguan, and walks Qinling Road to Qinzhou. One of the Fengxiang Army went along the Wei River to Qinzhou; the other of the Fengxiang Army walked out of Sanguan, and took over the vanguard army to attack Weiwu City and Fengzhou. The vanguard of Guo Shao's army went straight to Guzhen and quickly blocked the throat of the Shu army! The Western Expedition Army attacked the entire line and caught it off guard!"
The generals admired him and sighed that Wang Jieshuai was planning and made a great battle between chatting and laughing.
...But the envoy of the guest province, Zan Jurun, did not think so. He now believes that the person who decided the battle was Guo Shao, the vanguard Hujie Army. Although he was risky, he caught the fighter jets well and his luck was not bad. The vanguard swept the main forces in Fengzhou in ten days, used troops quickly, and then seized 20,000 hu of food and grass, which fundamentally made up for the lack of poor food and grass preparation in the early stage of the Western Expedition Army.
Zan Jurun believed that he did not favor one side, but just reported in a proper manner. He wrote a memorial first, and then immediately prepared to set off and go to the front line to see it in person.
Zan Jurun paced back and forth in the house for a few steps, feeling that the officials and the Privy Council would celebrate happily during this victory, but his memorial was too peaceful and had no prominent influence at all.
Of course, he hurriedly walked to the desk, picked up the brush and rewrite the end, using the lyrical and sighing technique of Taishi Gong, predicting the recovery of Qin, the phoenix was like the autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves, and the sun was ready to be defeated! Then he also said that the emperor had a broad mind and found a breakthrough to unify the world. He also praised the prime minister of the Privy Council for his good planning and recommended talents. There were wise kings in the country and loyal and brave generals under him, which was unprecedented and present.
Chapter completed!