Chapter 322 The Royal Expedition
"Your Highness, the Song army has been attacking Shu for more than a year. Most of their soldiers miss their hometown and their relatives, especially during the Spring Festival. This is one of them.
Second, there is a way of doing one thing, then it declines, and then it is exhausted. The Song army's attack was so fierce that it was nothing more than trying to directly attack Rongcheng and destroy our Shu Kingdom. Now that it is blocked by Jianmen, its morale is no longer as good as before.
Third, our army blocked the Song army with natural danger, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted. Now His Highness has come to the front line in person, greatly boosting morale. As long as we command properly, with our familiarity with the terrain, there may not be no possibility of retreating to the enemy!"
Once Kong Mingyue analyzed everything he said was reasonable. Zhao Kuangyin was most worried about. It was actually not difficult to save Shu Kingdom. It was enough to have a sensible person.
"In this way, Shu Kingdom still has hope? Although I don't understand military affairs, I think Miss Mingyue's words are very reasonable. What do you think, Lord Wang?"
At this time, Wang Zhaoyuan could no longer say anything. He had made the greatest contribution to defending the Jianmen Kong Mingyue, and all the soldiers saw it and could not be denied by him.
"What the Prince said is that Mingyue is indeed different from other women. If it weren't for her this time, I would probably not be able to defend the Sword Gate."
Meng Xuanzhe is a scholar and does not think that Wang Zhaoyuan is too embarrassed, so he smiled and said, "Miss Mingyue is your concubine. You are a husband and wife. It is also your blessing to marry a woman like Miss Mingyue. I will definitely report to my father and reward you both!"
Kong Mingyue listened to the conversation between the two and felt very different. It was clearly her credit. Why did she bring Wang Zhaoyuan with her? This era is so sad. Women are ultimately a men's accessory.
The two men had a conversation, and Meng Xuanzhe breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Now there are two here, so I can rest assured. The two of them will rely on the two to retreat in this way. I will support you behind the scenes!"
When Wang Zhaoyuan heard the words and deeds, Kong Mingyue followed. After that, Meng Xuanzhe really waved his hand and never interfered in the war. Wang Zhaoyuan also relied more and more on Kong Mingyue.
The Song army was stopped outside the Jianmen and lost the excellent opportunity. The Shu army got rid of the Song army's nightmare and knew that the Song army was not so invincible, and its morale became more and more prosperous.
In the Song army camp, the generals gathered together.
"General, now we are stopped here. Your Majesty has urged you several times. What should we do!"
At this time, the explosives they brought had been used, and they had tried all the methods they should use. If a sword gate had an insurmountable natural barrier, they would block them outside Shu.
"The Shu army is familiar with the terrain, has no shortage of troops, and has sufficient food and supplies. Now that they have recovered their morale, they are guarding Jianmen to the death. It is indeed not easy for us to capture it.
For the current plan, I just hope that Kuizhou can make a breakthrough. Kuizhou is the throat of Badong. As long as Kuizhou can be taken down, Rongcheng will be in front of you!"
Zhao Kuangyin could not take the Jianmen, so he placed his hope on the Eastern Army, but the Eastern Army was similar to their situation at this time. The Shu army set up a Suojiang floating bridge in the east of the city, and placed a three-fold wooden fence on it, and the cannons in the jungle river, which made it very strict in defense.
Liu Guangyi's army advanced 30 miles east of the floating bridge. In order to avoid the real and attack the weak, he planned to land on the boat, seize the floating bridge, cooperate with water and land, and break through the Shu army's defense line in one fell swoop.
However, the Shu army was very tenacious in resistance. The Shu army took advantage of the terrain advantage and did not give the Song army any chance. For a time, both armies were in a relatively embarrassing situation.
Bianliang City, the imperial palace.
Guo Hao looked at the report in front of him, his face full of doubts. He obviously fought so smoothly before, but why did he suddenly change?
"Li Hui, what's going on? Why did the Shu army suddenly change? In order to dismantle the fighting spirit of the Shu army, I clearly told them to treat the people in Shu well, why would they still be resisted?"
Li Hui pondered after hearing this and said, "Your Majesty has given me, but marching and fighting will inevitably hurt innocent people. Moreover, the changes in the Shu army are not without reasons. The appearance of a woman has changed all this!"
"A woman?"
Guo Hao racked his brains and tried his best to recall, but he didn't remember any powerful women in the Song Dynasty. At least there was no one in the Central Plains, and later there was one in the Liao Kingdom.
"The woman's name is Wu Meier. She was originally the daughter of the leader of the Salt Gang in Shuzhong. Later, she married Wang Zhaoyuan. Wang Zhaoyuan regarded her as a think tank and did not listen to her at the beginning until the Battle of Jianmen..."
"Wu Meier..."
Guo Hao felt that the name was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment, but when he heard the daughter of the leader of the Salt Gang, a phantom suddenly appeared in his mind.
Back then, he and Qiunan were newly married by the Bian River. It was originally a beautiful memory, but this woman was stained with blood.
"What a saying, "The Great Wall is still missing Qin Shihuang back then!" This young master told the rise and fall of the world in one sentence, which was a fair word for the ancients!"
"Little girl Kong Mingyue, I have met the young master. "This lady is polite. I am Guo Jing, this is the inner son Huang Rong."
"Mingyue has seen her wife, so she is disturbed by her rashly. Please forgive me..."
Guo Hao had a good first impression of Kong Mingyue, and everyone had a love for beauty. If Qiu Nan hadn't been by his side at that time, something might have happened to the two of them.
Later, Guo Hao discovered her identity but did not kill her. In fact, he was a little pity for her. He was a woman who wanted to support the Salt Gang.
But what he didn't expect was that when he let her go, it has now become the biggest obstacle to recapturing Shu Kingdom. Guo Hao himself did not know that the destruction of the Salt Gang could not be separated from him.
"Kong Mingyue, I am a beautiful lady, how can you be a thief..."
Guo Hao did not hate Kong Mingyue, but felt a little regretful. When Li Hui heard Guo Hao's sigh, he couldn't help but think a lot.
After spending a long time with Guo Hao, he naturally understood Guo Hao. On the surface, he was still confused, but he would still look at the beauty a few more times, and in private he called it pleasing to the eyes.
But he also looked closely. Those people in the harem were enough for him. In the past two years, he was busy with government affairs and did not dare to have another son. Qiu Nan advised him to choose a concubine, but how could he dare?
"Your Majesty, do you want me to send someone to attack her..."
Li Hui didn't finish his words, but in fact he couldn't figure out the relationship between the two. Guo Hao shook his head and said, "I heard that the prince of Later Shu Meng Xuanzhe went to the front line in person, which greatly boosted the morale of the Shu army.
It just so happened that I have been out for a long time. I plan to go to the imperial army to experience the mountains and rivers of Bashu, and see where Mr. Taibai once walked!"
"yes!"
After a year, the operation of the six cabinet departments finally became normal. Although they had been fighting, Shu had sufficient food and the treasury did not provide much food and salary, which was considered to have achieved the goal of fighting to support the war.
Guo Hao decided to lead the army in person. He did not plan to bring many troops. He handed over the capital to Guo Ran. As Guo Hao's younger brother, he has also learned a lot in the past two years.
The news of Guo Hao's expedition reached the harem, and the three women had their own plans. At that time, Guo Hao said that he would not establish a queen or a prince, but as the three children grew up day by day, there was a competition and struggle.
Guo Hao turned a blind eye to this, and as long as he didn't make a big deal, he wouldn't say anything. The strength behind the three empresses was already clear. Even Guo Yongning had won over a group of old ministers in the previous dynasty.
Guo Hao didn't say anything about this. They were all considering the children. As long as they did not interfere in political affairs, Guo Hao would not have too many restrictions.
After Guo Hao left, Fu Yanqing found Qiu Nan. He had opposed Guo Hao because of Empress Dowager Fu, but he regretted it very much afterwards.
In order to appease the old ministers of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Guo Hao did not make things difficult for him, and still allowed him to be an official in the court and his status was not low.
"The old minister has met the Empress."
"Sir, please get up quickly. This time, the boss attacked me and I don't know what happened!"
Fu Yanqing stood up and looked up, and smiled and said, "Empress, I don't know if Your Majesty agrees to what I said last time."
Qiu Nan did not answer immediately after hearing this, but gently picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip of water, and then gently put it down. This action made Fu Yanqing feel up and down.
"How old is your little daughter this year?"
"Grandma, the little girl is twenty-two years old this year, and she is already a big girl."
"It's twenty-two, it's time to get married. Her age is about the same as King Jing, and King Jing doesn't happen to be a family either."
After Qiu Nan said this, Fu Yanqing immediately understood that Guo Yongning was in charge of the affairs of the harem, but Qiu Nan was the one with the highest status.
"The old minister understands. I will send my little girl's birthday and horoscope when I go back. Thank you for your success!"
Qiu Nan nodded and continued to speak: "It's okay to give birth date, but it's not here for me. After all, there are people who make decisions about the matter in the harem, so I can't overstep my authority, right?"
Chapter completed!