Shi Shouxin was worried that he had not read enough books and would not be able to talk to people like Luo Youdu.
But they didn't want to talk to each other without any barriers. Luo Youdu never pretended to be profound when talking to them, and what he said was the most straightforward things.
Especially when talking about cavalry, things like penetrating deeply, dividing the battlefield, running thousands of miles, etc. are easy to understand from his mouth.
Shi Shouxin is a good rider. He understands many things and knows how to fight, but he can't explain them.
When Luo Youdu said this, Shi Shouxin was enlightened. It turns out that it can be explained this way.
Shi Shouxin finally understood why Han Lingkun said that dealing with Luo Youdu was like drinking fine wine, with a long aftertaste.
Drinking and chatting with my rough friends is just for the sake of drinking. During the dinner, they laugh, yell, brag and spank, mostly nonsense that ordinary people can't listen to. When they get drunk, they end up showing fists and kicks, and then go to sleep.
Drinking and chatting with Luo Youdu, drinking to the point is the second best. He can always find a topic to talk about, and it is not just an awkward chat where one person is bragging. He can get the people around him involved and stir up the atmosphere, so that as soon as he regains consciousness, time passes.
It passed unconsciously.
The key is that Luo Youdu talked about nutritious topics, and looking back, I learned something.
This surprised Shi Shouxin.
For two days in a row, Han Lingkun was dragged to drink with Luo Youdu.
Luo Youdu did not refuse, and even called on Gao Huaide, Cao Bin, and Pan Mei to make Shi Shouxin completely integrate into his circle.
They might talk about military affairs, or about the upcoming Huainan campaign, or about how happy or unhappy they are in martial arts.
Shi Shouxin didn't like Gao Huaide at first. He was disgusted with his insistent character and felt that he didn't give him face.
But under Luo Youdu's mediation, Shi Shouxin had a slight change in his view of Gao Huaide. He realized that it was not that Gao Huaide was denied face, but that he would not give face to anyone else when his temper broke out.
Of course, when discussing martial arts, it would be better for him to be gentler.
Shi Shouxin, not to mention Dazhou, was a first-rate general in the world, but the gap between this first-rate and super-first rate was an insurmountable chasm.
Seeing Gao Huaide knocking Shi Shouxin down with three strikes, Luo Youdu couldn't help but think to himself: Brother Gao's strength is so terrifying, how tyrannical is Zhao Kuangyin, who is only slightly more powerful than him?
Let’s wait and see!
Shi Shouxin was ready to be embarrassed, but he soon discovered that he seemed to be overthinking, and no one was laughing at him at all.
On the contrary, most people think that he knows his mistakes and can correct them, like the ancients.
Some narrow-minded people only dared to say a few words behind their backs. With Luo Youdu's current momentum, most generals no longer dared to talk openly.
Luo Youdu's military exploits in Western Shu have silenced most people.
In the face of military achievements, everything is vain.
On this day, Guo Rong suddenly ordered Luo Youdu to enter the palace.
Luo Youdu knew in his heart that it was for military reasons.
Compared with the past when good news came like snowflakes, in recent days, there has been no good news.
Of course there was no failure.
But Shouzhou City is really difficult to fight.
Sun Tzu's Art of War does not write the sentence "Besieging a city is the first step" for no reason.
As fortification technology advances, but firearms have not kept pace, siege warfare is the most deadly.
There have been countless fortified battles against cities in history, and some fortified cities can last for more than ten or twenty years as long as they are defended at all costs.
In particular, Shouzhou City was specially reinforced by Li Min, the founding emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Li Min, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, can be described as a hero of his generation.
During his reign, he insisted on a truce externally to protect the country and the people, and internally he promoted advantages and eliminated disadvantages. He was able to treat the virtuous and corporal at the top, but humbly accepted advice at the bottom. Due to the continuous wars, there were many refugees living in the Jianghuai area from the Central Plains, and Li Min actively took care of this.
Resettlement, light corvee and scant taxation developed the Southern Tang Dynasty into the strongest existence among the ten kingdoms.
But it would be a big mistake to think that he is the master of preservation.
Not only was Li Min not the master of defense, but he also had a particularly long-term vision.
His success can be compared with Zhu Yuanzhang's accumulation of grain and his slow succession to the throne.
He is gathering strength and waiting for the world to change.
It's a pity that Li Min didn't wait until the world changed. He died at the age of fifty-six due to sores on his back caused by poisoning with elixirs.
Before he died, Li Min gave his son Li Jing a brilliant plan to influence the world: "Today the enemy is in the north, and the north is peaceful, then all the countries can summon them with rulers, so why use military force? Those who do it lightly are taboo in military affairs. It is better to accumulate wealth."
Keep sharp to prepare for the time."
As a result, Li Jing did not listen. After taking the throne, he began to use large-scale foreign troops to eliminate Chu and Fujian. Although they snatched a lot of land, they missed the great opportunity to conquer the world.
Yelu Deguang of the Liao Kingdom defeated the Central Plains and drove the people out of the Central Plains.
During this period of time, the Central Plains had no owner. As long as the Southern Tang sent out a strong force, they could recover the Central Plains rebels and seize the Central Plains without any effort.
At that time, the Southern Tang Dynasty had the wealth of Jiangnan and the Central Plains. Who in the world could stop it?
Not even Liu Zhiyuan of the Later Han Dynasty had a chance, let alone Liu Zhiyuan's general Guo Wei.
But Li Jing fell into the quagmire of war and had no time to go north, so he missed the opportunity. This led to the emergence of the Later Han Dynasty and the current Hou Zhou Dynasty.
This Shouzhou was Li Min's specially fortified base camp in order to resist the Central Plains going south or going north to the Central Plains.
In history, the campaign against Shouzhou lasted for a full year and a half. In the end, the generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty were at odds. The reinforcements of the Tang army in Zijin Mountain were defeated. There was no food in Shouzhou city. Liu Renfan, a famous general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, suddenly fell seriously ill and was unable to command. All of this
What happened at the same time caused Shouzhou to lose its backbone, and the deputy general Xiancheng surrendered.
Guo Rong made three expeditions to the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, both of which were aimed at conquering Shouzhou.
From the Great Zhou Dynasty to Guo Rong and above, they kowtowed and failed to capture Shouzhou. How could Li Gu capture Shouzhou in a short time even though he was both civil and military?
But Guo Rong is impatient, Luo Youdu is waiting here, he will definitely not be able to do it.
When they arrived at the Yanhe Hall, Guo Rong angrily cursed Li Gu in the hall: "I will play this trick with me because I will not accept my life. It's unreasonable. I can't do it the other way around."
Prime Minister Wang Pu and Fan Zhi shrank their heads and did not dare to say a word.
Wang Puzai looked at the military report in his hand carefully, and when he saw Luo Youdu arriving, he handed the military report to him.
Luo Youdu received the military report, and it was exactly what he thought on the way.
After Li Gu pulled out Shouzhou's square nails, he began to launch an offensive against Shouzhou City.
After more than ten days of testing, he found that Shouzhou could not be attacked by force, so he proposed the strategy of besieging the city, cutting off food, and encircling the point to send reinforcements.
Use Shouzhou to lure Tang army reinforcements to come to rescue, and constantly eliminate the opponent's reinforcements to achieve the purpose of weakening the Southern Tang Dynasty and seizing Shouzhou.
However, Guo Rong was too impatient to wait. He was unwilling to surround Shouzhou and asked Li Gu to divide his troops to attack other places in Jianghuai.
At this time, Li Guwen's stubbornness grew. He felt that dividing his troops to attack other places would reduce the strength of the troops besieging the city, giving the Southern Tang the opportunity to send grain and grass supplies to Shouzhou, and rejected Guo Rong's opinion.