"What? Forty warships and 20,000 troops have only been back for a few thousand people!"

When Li Jing learned of Liu Yanzhen's defeat, he almost fainted. Li Yu next to him had a pen in his hand and ruined his good words.

"Come here, Liu Yanzhen's capture is unfavorable. I'll be imprisoned in prison and obey the sentence!"

At this time, the Jianghuai area had not experienced war for a long time. After Liu Yanzhen was defeated, the Southern Tang Dynasty was panicked, and Zhang Quan made an appointment to bring Liu Yanzhen's remnants to Shouzhou.

Liu Renzhan predicted that the Zhou army would attack the city with all its might next, so he strengthened the defense of the city wall. He submitted a letter to Li Jing and requested the appointment of Zhang Quanyue as the commander of the left wing of the horse stairs.

Huangfu Hui and Yao Feng's two divisions retreated to Qingliu Pass, but when Chuzhou Governor Wang Shaoyan heard that Zhou's army had entered, he actually abandoned the city and fled.

Guo Hao first won a great victory, but Shouzhou City was still not broken. He asked the guards around him to go outside Shouzhou City to appease the local people and return to their homes to continue their previous production operations.

But Shouzhou City is still a difficult problem.

"Now that Shouzhou cannot be captured for a long time, we should change our strategy, first transfer the camp to the south side of Feishui, then order each army to besiege Shouzhou, and let the reserve troops move the floating bridge located in Zhengyang to Xiacai Town."

Zhou Jun's actions always touched the heart of Tang Jun, and Guo Hao did this just to set up a formation and prepare for the next attack.

In the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Jing sent tens of thousands of Tang troops to move on the Huai River and stationed at the foot of Tushan Mountain.

When Guo Hao heard this news, he was worried that he would not be able to catch you. He didn't guard the city and dared to come out.

"Zhao Kuangyin!"

"The last one will be here!"

"I ordered you to lead our troops to attack the Tushan Tang army. You only need to win but not lose. Do you have confidence?"

"have!"

Zhao Kuangyin was proud at this time. He had just won a battle before. He thought he was going to calm down for a while, but he didn't expect Guo Hao to be so arrogant and give him another chance.

The other generals didn't say anything about Guo Hao's orders, because in the army, Zhao Kuangyin had the highest position.

Zhao Kuangyin led his troops to Tushan, and Guo Hao had to figure out how to attack Shouzhou. At this time, they had been out for more than two months, but they had only fought a few battles because most of the time was spent waiting for news.

Guo Hao spent another Spring Festival outside, and he seemed to be used to it.

In this era of underdeveloped communication, news is crucial. Guo Hao dared not be careless, so he sent a large number of spies to understand the trends of all parties.

The garrison of Shouzhou City was stable, and with the troops he had at hand, it might be difficult to capture. Guo Hao had thought about using explosives, but there was not much explosives, so good steel should be used on the blade.

He didn't want to rely too much on explosives. There were smart people in this world. His secrets would be revealed sooner or later. Once someone else developed explosives, he would be the one who was unlucky in the end.

So Guo Hao was not in a hurry and asked for support. Or he would grant him permission to collect civil servants from nearby prefectures and counties!

At this time, Chai Rong was firmly in the middle of the capital, and good news kept coming from the south. He was unhappy that it was fake. In history, he was the emperor who attacked the Southern Tang Dynasty in person, but because of Guo Hao's appearance, he replaced his position, and some people had no chance to play.

Perhaps it is a coincidence that sometimes some of the decisions made by Guo Hao coincide with him. Judging from the historical evaluation of Chai Rong, it is enough to prove that Guo Hao's military ability is already very strong.

Guo Hao didn't want to increase his troops, but he could mobilize civil servants. He knew that Guo Hao would not waste civil servants' efforts. It was not the farming season at this time, so there was no restriction. He let him take care of it and gave him the right to mobilize troops and military governors.

With Chai Rong's permission, a few days passed again and again. Without further ado, Guo Hao immediately sent Yang Guangyi and others to mobilize Ding Fu to the surrounding prefectures and counties.

Yang Guangyi and others went there separately. Half a month later, they brought 200,000 Dingfu from Songzhou, Haozhou, Chenzhou, Yingzhou, Xuzhou, Suzhou, Xuzhou, Caizhou and other places. Guo Hao immediately ordered the siege to attack the city day and night.

Such a huge scene is like climbing a tree with words, and there are densely packed people under the city walls, but Guo Hao's heart is not at all turbulent.

At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin also began to attack the Southern Tang Army of Tushan. After sending more than 100 cavalry to his camp, he pretended to be repelled and set up an ambush on the path that the Southern Tang Army must pursue.

In the end, he successfully defeated the Southern Tang Army at Wokou. He Yanxi, the chief supervisor of the Southern Tang Army, and others were killed in battle. More than 50 warships were captured by the Later Zhou army.

When the battle between Zhenghan in Shouzhou was a big fight, Guo Hao felt that this was still a bit slow, so he appointed the Wuping Jiedushi and the Secretary-General Wang Kui as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Camp, and ordered him to lead his troops to attack Ezhou of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

When Wang Kui led his troops through Yuezhou, the Yuezhou regiment commander Pan Shusi respectfully provided Wang Kui's troops with property as military pay. However, Wang Kui's subordinates were insatiable and some did not get enough, and they slandered Pan Shusi in front of Wang Kui, saying that Pan Shusi was going to rebel.

Wang Kui seemed very angry, and Pan Shusi became even more uneasy, but the news did not reach Guo Hao.

In the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Jing heard that the soldiers in Hunan would also attack with the Later Zhou Dynasty, so he asked the Wuchang Jiedushi He Jingzhu to move all the people into the city and prepare to defend.

He Jingzhu rejected the proposal and cleaned the entire city into a ready for battle, saying, "If the enemy comes, he will fight the enemy to the end!"

This approach also won the praise of Li Jing.

When the floating bridge in Xiacai Town was completed, Guo Hao went to check it out in person. The floating bridge was used as a back road. Guo Hao attached great importance to it and ordered to be kept under strict vigilance.

Two days later, the inspector of Luzhou, Baizhou, Guangzhou and Huangzhou came to news that the Southern Tang army, which had defeated more than 3,000 people in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, captured generals such as Gao Bi, the governor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and seized more than 40 warships.

The battlefield in Huainan is full of flowers, but Shouzhou still cannot be captured for a long time. Guo Hao feels that this cannot continue, so he must find a way.

The governor of Chuzhou fled when he saw the wind. Guo Hao set his target in Chuzhou. He ordered Zhao Kuangyin to speed up his marches and directly attack Qingliu Pass.

Huangfu Hui and others led their troops to form a formation under the mountain. As soon as they fought with the vanguard of the Later Zhou army, Zhao Kuangyin led his troops around the mountain and sneaked into the Southern Tang army from behind.

Huangfu Hui was shocked and led his troops into Chuzhou City, preparing to cut off the bridge to defend the city. Zhao Kuangyin led his troops to cross the river directly and came to the city of Chuzhou.

Huangfu Hui sent a message to Zhao Kuangyin: "Everyone is the one who is his own. I hope he can fight with you in a formation."

Zhao Kuangyin agreed to the request with a smile. Huangfu Hui led his troops out of the city. Zhao Kuangyin suddenly rushed into the Southern Tang army alone and shouted: "I only kill Huangfu Hui, and no one else can do!"

After saying that, he swung his sword and hit Huangfu Hui in the head. Huangfu Hui and Yao Feng were captured alive, and Chuzhou was successfully conquered.

After receiving the news of Zhao Kuangyin's success, Guo Hao felt that the court needed to send troops to guard the city, otherwise he would be divided into troops to defend the next battle and the next battle would be impossible, so he submitted a report.

Chai Rong received Guo Hao's letter and ordered Zhao Hongyin, the deputy commander of the Ma Army, to go south, and sent Hanlin scholar Dou Yi to Chuzhou to inspect the treasures in Chuzhou City.

After Guo Hao learned the news, he immediately sent someone to secretly tell Zhao Kuangyin that he would take whatever he wanted, otherwise it would be too late for Dou Yi to come.

When Zhao Kuangyin learned that his father was coming and brought me a check of the accounts, he felt a little speechless and didn't take it to heart.

It was just night when Zhao Hongyin arrived at Chuzhou City. Zhao Kuangyin came to the top of the city and saw the one-eyed dragon father. He shouted loudly: "Dad, military rules are difficult. You should deal with it outside the city for one night and enter the city tomorrow morning!"

Looking at his son who is now older than his official position, Zhao Hongyin was a little amused. They were all soldiers, and there was nothing wrong with Zhao Kuangyin doing this.

Thinking about when Guo Hao and Zhao Kuangyin went to the Zhao family, he thought Guo Hao was extraordinary. Now it is true. In a few years, Guo Hao has become powerful and unparalleled.

With a little emotion, Zhao Hongyin could only camp outside the city. It was not until the next morning that Zhao Kuangyin put Zhao Hongyin into the city. Guo Hao was amused and crying when he learned about it.

Dou Yi entered the city and began to inspect the treasures in the city. Zhao Kuangyin saw that there were a few pieces of silk that were good, so he wanted to send his confidants to take them away.

Unexpectedly, Dou Yi said to Zhao Kuangyin: "You took whatever you want when you first came down from the city; now the emperor wants it and will be taken back to the country. If you don't have an edict, I can't give it to you anymore."
Chapter completed!