Bianliang City, the imperial palace.

"What happened to the war in the south? Zhao Kuangyin took action personally. With Meng Chang's ability, he shouldn't be able to hold on for long."

Guo Hao asked Chen Xuan and Zhao Pu around him in his study. They were young in the cabinet, so Guo Hao liked to bring them with him.

At this time, a month had passed since the Song army attacked Shu, but no news had been heard back. Guo Hao was calm on the surface, but he was a little worried in his heart.

"Reply to Your Majesty, according to the information I understand, our army's attack in Shu was not smooth. The Shu army was defending with natural dangers, and various means emerged one after another. Although it could not cause much casualties to our army, it successfully stopped our army's advance."

Guo Hao stopped his pen when he heard this. As far as he knew, Zhao Kuangyin did not have much effort to attack Hou Shu in history. Why did it become difficult to get to him?

But Guo Hao felt that with Zhao Kuangyin's wisdom, he should be able to deal with it. After all, he actually commanded several battles in history. Now he has just changed his position, and Zhao Kuangyin is still Zhao Kuangyin.

Guo Hao thought so, but he didn't know that different positions and different visions were different, and sometimes with concerns, simple things would become complicated.

...

Yingzhou, the Song army camp.

"How is it, haven't found the water yet?"

Zhao Kuangyin sat in the main seat, and the generals below shook their heads. At this time, they had passed the Jialing River by themselves, and the Jiling Mountains were in front of them.

Logically speaking, a mountain range could not stop the elite of the Song army, but they suddenly encountered a problem, that is, the water in all the streams in front of the Jialing River suddenly became salty!

Tens of thousands of troops drink countless water every day. If there is no water source, the Song army would not dare to go deeper. They could still hold on without food, but they would not do without water.

"Mr. Governor, we have found out that the stream here is not a problem. Someone threw salt upstream, which made the stream salty."

"It is said that the salt is produced in Sichuan, but the entire stream turns salty, so how much salt is needed!"

The generals were talking about it, and Zhao Kuangyin was also thinking about this matter. After their investigation, their current location was the most suitable route to advance. If they wanted to change the route, they had to go to Xiduolao for dozens of miles.

In fact, it doesn’t matter if you take a detour, but the problem is that it is not safe to make a road. Originally, the ridge mountain is high in the west and low in the east. It is easy to be ambushed by the Shu army when marching to a high place.

At this time, behind them was the Jialing River, and there were several streams in front. Each stream had sacks upstream. Those sacks were not filled with sand, but bags of coarse salt.

Han Bao was in Xingyuan County. He was very happy to hear that the Song army was stopped and said to his subordinates: "It is still the Privy Councilor who is powerful. He can actually come up with such a solution. The Song army is not advancing or retreating at this time. Without water sources, their army will die of thirst!"

"General, this method is good, but why did I hear that this was not what the Privy Councilor thought of, but his concubine's idea.

Moreover, those salts are in stocks of the Salt Gang. The concubine was named Wu Meier. She was originally the daughter of the leader of the Salt Gang. Lord Wang married Wu Meier to the idea of ​​that batch of salt!"

Han Baozheng suddenly realized when he heard this. He also said that Wang Zhaoyuan had not got so much salt. His feelings were from Wu Meier. He needed a lot of salt to stop the stream. It was probably Wang Zhaoyuan would have a long time to hurt.

Rongcheng, Wang Zhaoyuan's Mansion.

"Mei'er, is there no other way? How much salt is needed to continue like this? It's all money!"

Wang Zhaoyuan looked heartbroken, but Kong Mingyue was indifferent. The salt was saved by the Salt Gang for so many years and was used to survive difficult times.

But now that the Salt Gang is gone, what's the use of her asking for that salt? Instead of letting Wang Zhaoyuan get it, it's better to be washed away by water.

"I've told you all the solutions. The Song army is now trapped by the river. It's a great time to take the initiative, but you are indifferent. What else can I do?"

Kong Mingyue had no expression on her face. Wang Zhao was far away before, and she still felt a little resentful, but as if she could see her today, she still felt a little disgusted.

"Hey, I don't know that this is a good opportunity, but the Song army is divided into two groups, and the Guizhou side is fighting Zhenghan. As long as the Song army is held here, it will not be easy for them to conquer Guizhou!"

Wang Zhaoyuan looked like he was in control. In Kong Mingyue's opinion, he was just self-righteous. The stream was endless, but there was a quantity of salt. Even if he consumed some food and grass in the Song army, he could only stop it for a while, but could not stop it for a lifetime.

The best way is to take advantage of the dilemma of the Song army and attack the Song army camp. As long as you can take the opportunity to defeat the Song army, the dangers in Yingzhou will be resolved.

However, Wang Zhaoyuan claimed to be as talented as Kong Ming, but did not have the courage of Wuhou. Moreover, it was not only Wang Zhaoyuan, but the generals of Shu Kingdom were like him, who only wanted to defend themselves and did not take the initiative to attack.

Kong Mingyue used some martial arts methods to temporarily help Shu block the Song army. Although Zhao Kuangyin was quite talented, he was not a man in the martial arts world after all.

Looking at the mountains in front of you, there were countless enemies hidden inside. As the Grand Marshal of the Southern Expedition, Zhao Kuangyin felt a little uncomfortable on his face at this time.

"I don't believe it. They can't use up all salt, Wang Zhengzhong!"

"exist!"

"I ordered you to bring a thousand men and look for me along the upstream, take care of the hidden action, and find that the Shu army can do what they can!"

"yes!"

"Pan Mei!"

"exist!"

"I ordered you to lead three thousand men and horses to inquire about the facts of the Shu army. When you encounter the Shu army, you should not force yourself. You should adapt to the situation!"

"Abide by the order!"

Zhao Kuangyin issued a series of instructions. Now that the enemy is secret and we are open, it is easy to have major problems if we are not careful. In order not to let Guo Hao down, he must be cautious, so he has been reluctant to advance because he is afraid of the vicious plan of the Shu army.

He has not reported the situation on Zhao Kuangyin's side to Guo Hao yet. If Guo Hao is here, he will definitely laugh at him for being too careful. The Shu army is actually not that powerful.

Although Zhao Kuangyin did not report, Guo Hao had other channels. In a few days, the Beggars' Gang sent back news that there was a problem in Xingzhou.

"Water ghosts, streams become salty, poisonous smoke, poisonous insects..."

Seeing the report sent back, Guo Hao was a little amused. Shu has many mountains and forests, and it is understandable to use some martial arts methods according to local conditions. However, the Shu army is so small that it seems that it doesn't take the Song army seriously!

"Come on, I'll send my order to let Zhao Kuangyin go and fight. The Shu army is not as powerful as he thought. Although these methods are powerful, there is no way to deal with it..."

Guo Hao said that he gave Zhao Kuangyin some solutions, which could use masks to filter poison gas and then use sulfur to drive away poisonous insects. In short, he was very familiar with those methods in the world. After all, he had wandered around the world since he was a child, and he had seen all kinds of religions.

When Zhao Kuangyin received the letter, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Guo Hao had no intention of blame. He was indeed a little restrained. This was the first battle of the founding of the Song Dynasty, and he was a little unable to let go.

"Come on, I'll send my orders to the three armies to set out into the mountains and prepare some things at the same time. Since the Shu army is hiding from us, we will go to find him. I don't believe that they don't drink water themselves!"

"yes!"

Yang Ye slapped his thighs when they heard this. They just thought about themselves, but forgot who the enemy would be with, so there must be water sources near the Shu army's camp.

As long as the Shu army is found, there will be a source of water. Unless the Shu army does not want to stop them, they will definitely be in front!

Thinking about this, the Song army accelerated the marching speed, and as a result, more than 20 cities in Xingzhou were all paper tigers, and they could not resist the Song army's tiger pounce!
Chapter completed!