The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 878
"Guo Chongtao is quite a good general. I admit this. I didn't expect that the so-called Guo family is actually his descendant. I think he can rest in peace after his death."

Zhao Xu immediately thought that Guo Chongtao died in a court struggle, but who would have thought that after his death, his family would become so powerful here.

"My lord, I didn't expect you to know this Guo Chongtao. He is a general in the later Tang Dynasty. Many people don't know this person. How did you know, my lord?"

To say that Zhao Xu cared about the generals of the Shu Kingdom, it was not surprising for Mi Xiaxuan, but now he cared about a person in Later Tang, Miao Xun felt that this Zhao Xu was a bit incredible.

"Not to mention that I also heard about this person by chance again, so I also got to know it a little bit. I didn't expect that this person is actually a famous general. This is a pity."

"That's right, a general didn't die on the battlefield, but died in internal fighting. It's really a pity for a person like Xin."

Miao Xun also expressed emotion.To say that he and Guo Chongtao really have a close relationship with Houshu.

This Guo Chongtao, like Meng Zhixiang, is Li Cunxu's confidant, but the emperor's confidant is not so easy to be.

In particular, Meng Zhixiang felt that being with the king was like a tiger, so he wanted to leave the court and go to other places to be an official.

But Li Cunxu was unwilling, and Meng Zhixiang had talent himself, so it would be troublesome if he could not be controlled in other places.

So I wanted Meng Zhixiang to be the middle gate envoy. The previous middle gate envoy was killed because he offended Li Cunxun, so I wanted Meng Zhixiang to be the middle gate envoy.

Meng Zhixiang was also killed because he was afraid that he would be the middle door envoy, so he was afraid that he would also be killed, so he asked for a foreign appointment.

Even if the emperor disagrees, he has his own way. Isn't he Li Cunxu's niece and son-in-law, so he also asked his wife to cry for the queen mother's permission
Li Cunxu had to give his mother face, so he agreed even if he disagreed, but Li Cunxu had one request.

That is to ask Meng Zhixiang to recommend someone to replace him. Since you don't want to be in charge, you need to find someone.

It is impossible for the door envoy to be vacant. At this time, Meng Zhixiang recommended Guo Chongtao. From then on, Guo Chongtao was in charge of important affairs, and followed Li Cunxu to fight everywhere, diligently and without complaint.

Meng Zhixiang's recommendation this time also made the former deputy envoy of the Zhongmen become the envoy of the Zhongmen. From then on, he was also grateful to Meng Zhixiang.

"Sir, you must know that Guo Chongtao let the world know his name because he was in the battle against Khitan, but I admire him for this."

Zhao Xu said to Miao Xun, Miao Xun held the information of Guo Chongtao's belief in his hands, who told him to bring the Tang army into the territory of Shu country!

Miao Xun didn't want to pay attention to this person. Although Miao Xun was still young at that time, his family had found out everything about Guo Chongtao at that time.

Eighteen generations of his ancestors have been found out clearly, so Miao Xun can just read the ready-made materials, and he doesn't need to ask more questions about other things.

What they said about Guo Chongtao's confrontation with Khitan is true. They said that when Guo Chongtao followed Li Cunxu to conquer Zhang Wenli in Zhenzhou, Khitan also came to have trouble.

The Khitan has never given up on peeping at the Central Plains. Taking advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains, the Khitan took the opportunity to send troops to invade.

The garrison troops were very panicked, and all the generals asked to retreat and give up resistance, and to give this land to Khitan, so that the battle would not be fought.

At this time, Li Cunxu was hesitant, and even he seemed to give up this Zhenzhou, and he couldn't make up his mind.

At this time Guo Chongtao stood up and said to Li Cunxu:
"The Khitan's A Baoji led the troops south this time, not to save Zhenzhou, but for property. If the forward is defeated, he will definitely retreat."

Because Guo Chongtao analyzed the actions of the Khitan army to grab things in one place, and showed his desire for land.

Li Cunxu still didn't make up his mind. If he won the battle with Khitan, it would be fine. If he lost, it would definitely affect morale. He still has a strong enemy like Back Liang!
Seeing this, Guo Chong took another step forward and said:
"Your Majesty, don't hesitate. We have just arrived at a victory, and our morale is strong. We can take advantage of this opportunity to defeat Khitan, so that our Tang Dynasty's reputation will be spread here."

"If we can take this opportunity to completely expel the Khitan army, then our reputation will definitely be greatly shaken. Not to mention recovering these places, many people will willingly surrender to our Tang Dynasty, and the general will be willing to lead the army there in person. Drive Khitan out, and the general will come to see you at the end."

Li Cunxu saw that Guo Chongtao was so resolute, so he gave him full responsibility for the expulsion of Khitan.

Guo Chongtao led the soldiers of the later Tang Dynasty into battle in person, winning consecutive battles, expelling the Khitan out of the Central Plains, and beheading countless enemies.

Greatly increased the military power of the Tang Dynasty, Guo Chongtao was also paid attention to by the forces of all parties, and at the same time he was more and more reused by this Li Cunxu.

"Guo Chongtao is not ambiguous at all in terms of fighting against foreigners. If I lived in that era, I would definitely want to meet such a person. He is worthy of the title of a man."

Although the battle with the Khitan was said lightly, the thrill of it was far from that.

You must know that Guo Chongtao fell down directly after the war, with more than 100 knife wounds all over his body, all of which were injuries suffered in the battle.

You think about how scary it is with more than 100 wounds all over your body. Such a person is scary.

At the same time, it is more of admiration. He really deserves to be a soldier, a role model for a giant, and he will never retreat in the face of the enemy.

"Young master, if you want to say that the most glorious thing for this person is not the battle against the Khitan, nor the leading the Tang army to destroy the former Shu. These can only be counted as his achievements. His other most brilliant thing is the eight days of the Houliang."

What Miao Xun said was that Li Cunxu proclaimed himself emperor, and this Guo Chongtao was appointed Minister of the Ministry of War and Privy Envoy. ?
It can be said that he has the power of the military formation. At this time, Guo Chongtao proposed a surprise attack on Bianzhou, which was approved by Li Cunxu.

This battle was also commanded by Guo Chongtao himself. As a result, the army of Later Tang saw the capital of Daliang tightly surrounded and destroyed Liang in eight days.

You must know that Liang Tang has been feuding for decades since Zhu Wenwen and Li Ke used that time. He did not expect that Liang Tang would be destroyed by this Guo Chongtao.

Guo Chongtao, who destroyed the country and opened up the territory for the country, also conferred meritorious service on the servants, the Jizhou Jiedu envoy, and was granted the title of Zhao Jungong, with two thousand households in the city.

"The descendants of Guo Chongtao are not bad, they have become the big family of Hou Shu. I just have something to talk to them about. It seems that the future of Shu is about to be decided."

Zhao Xu knew about the Guo family because he wanted to have a good chat with the Guo family.It is impossible for the future of Shu to be in the hands of Meng Chang alone.

You must know that this big family can determine the fate of a country to a large extent.

(End of this chapter)