Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

After learning about Guo Shao's origins, Li Desheng warmly invited their brothers to move into their homes. But Guo Shao saw that Li's house was not spacious and had a wife and concubine, so he kindly refused.

A month later, a few shopkeepers came from Wufang Town. This is the first time people have seen someone from outside in many days.

The road in the town was very lively for a while, and suddenly there was some commercial atmosphere in this ruined town. It is said that the trade between countries is very frequent at this time, even if there are commercial exchanges between hostile countries; but it should be mainly concentrated in the relatively peaceful areas of the metropolis and the south, and in this almost abandoned town of Wufang, there is really not much business. Words.

The salesman is not very far away, from Luzhou, one old, two young, three people, two donkey carts. Selling all kinds of goods, most of which are things that the people cannot produce on their own. Guo Shao watched for a while. Not only could he buy it with coins, but he could also barter. Wheat, cloth, leather, beef tendon, and even cattle were the things that merchants were most willing to accept.

Guo Shao saw a bow on the stall, so he greeted him and reached for it. As soon as he touched the bowstring with his fingers, he put it down and put it back. The old man smiled when he saw it and said, "Hunting can be used. If a strong man wants to buy it, he has to place an order in advance."

Guo Shao said, "Do you only come here every month?"

The old man shook his head and said, "I don't know when next time... the streets and alleys of Luzhou are all talking about the Qidan soldiers going to plunder Luzhou by the Zhuozhang River. Have you heard the wind?"

After hearing this, Guo Shao shook his head and said in surprise: "I am encircling Taiyuan towards the army, where can the Khitan people go south from?"

"I don't know, I just heard that I will come to Luzhou, if I really want to come, it may be soon."

Guo Shao wanted to find out more about it, but unfortunately the old man didn't know much, so he didn't know much about it.

He had to greet both Shang Yang and Luo to leave. Yang Biao wondered: "I'm afraid the merchandiser is slanderous. The official army attacked Jinyang, and the Northern Han Dynasty was in danger. If the Khitan people did not save the Northern Han Dynasty, they went to Luzhou to do what?"

Guo Shao said: "If the Khitan people have a way to plunder Qin, Lu and other places, of course it will be useful. The purpose of this expedition of the Forbidden Army was originally to repel the foreign invaders, but after the Gaoping battle, they continued to encircle Jinyang. This caused difficulty in supplying; if the Khitan harassed my rear food road, it would definitely aggravate the problem of food shortage in the front. What I can’t figure out is where the Khitan army came from. They have already opened up the Daixin Basin? We don’t have a picture, so it’s hard to guess. what happened."

After listening, Yang Biao said, "Go and ask the town general Li Desheng to see how much he knows."

"Exactly." Guo Shao said.

The two of them discussed, Luo Mengzi couldn't talk behind and didn't interrupt. Compared with Yang Biao's knowledge, Luo Mengzi is much worse, and can only listen when discussing business matters.

A group of three people talked and walked to the door of Li's house, only to see large boxes and small boxes inside were carrying things out. Two mule carts leaned at the door, everything was almost full, and the battle seemed to be moving. After a while, Li Desheng came out to look at things, found them, and hurriedly came forward to meet. Guo Shao pointed at things and said, "General Li is moving to a new home?"

Li Desheng raised his eyebrows and said with a bitter expression: "What are you moving! The Khitan people are going to plunder Luzhou, I quickly let my wife and children take things to Luzhou to hide for a while... Just as I am about to send someone to tell General Guo, you personally Here comes the door."

In terms of rank, the town will be bigger than Dutou's official. Besides, Guo Shao's actual military system is actually only ten generals, but he has been promoted to Dutou. But a bare town general like Li Desheng would have no status without a soldier; he learned that Guo Shao had made extraordinary achievements, and even the officials and the commanders of the palace had praised him, so his words were very polite.

"That's it... General Li is going to Luzhou too? Who is in charge of Wufang Town?"

Li Desheng stomped his feet and gritted his teeth and said: "Hey! How dare I run! Don't you know, the new official came to the throne. In the Gaoping battle, the strange ministry will be greedy for life and fear of death. Settling the accounts. On this knife-edge, if I dare to hear the wind and run away, don’t I want to die? You have also seen that this Wufang town is a place where the old and the weak are waiting to die. It has long been deserted and has no soldiers... The Khitan soldiers know that we are poor here, so don't come."

Guo Shao said, "You are busy today, so I won't bother too much."

"Look, at least go in for a sip of tea..."

Guo Shao felt that the town would have nothing to do with the fat and fat body, but he didn't look like a bad guy. This calculation confirmed the news that enemy soldiers had come. The town generals started to send their wives and children away. There should be no falsehoods; if the news is completely unreliable, why should the town generals be so in a hurry?

Leaving Li's house, Yang Biao said: "It seems that our brothers should have made plans long ago. This Wufang Town is the site of Li Yun in Luzhou, and it is not a matter of the Forbidden Army; not to mention placing all of us here to recuperate. To defend the town’s military orders. Now the injury is almost healed. It is better to leave here with the wounded and go to Luzhou to find Zhaoyi Army’s military residence. Luzhou City’s high walls will make it much more stable in the city."

Guo Shao didn't comment.

Several people returned to their dilapidated residences, and the atmosphere was a little dull because of problems. Guo Shao pondered for a long time and finally broke the silence: "I think the Khitan people have not yet opened up the Daixin Basin, otherwise they will come to Jinyang as soon as they pass through Xinzhou; in this way, the officials cannot continue to encircle Jinyang and may have retired. It is impossible to come from Hebei. If the Khitan people ran from the east of Taihang Mountain, what would they be doing in Luzhou?

At the moment, this Khitan soldiers and horses do not know where they came from. Maybe it was from Liaozhou? But in any case, as long as there is no pass on behalf of Xin, its strength will never be too much. It should be just taking advantage of the false harassment and waiting for the opportunity to rob food. "

Yang Biao said, "My eldest brother meant that he wanted to stay in Wufang Town and not leave?"

Guo Shao frowned and punched the palm of his left hand twice with his right boxer, gritted his teeth and said, "I think so. I have waited for many times before holding my head to battle. Which time is not more dangerous than this one? This place is close to Luzhou. But not on the road, the number of Khitan soldiers may not be many, and it is very likely that they are just stragglers. Are we still afraid of him?"

Yang Biao immediately cut the line: "You are the eldest brother, as long as you say a word, you can say how to decide!"

Guo Shao looked at Luo Mengzi who was unable to speak again, and Luo Mengzi rounded his head: "We are brothers, where are the eldest brothers, can you still follow?"

Guo Shao was very pleased when he heard that, his eyes showed a strange brilliance, "What are we selling our lives for? In the (later) Han Dynasty and now serving the Zhou Dynasty, the people of the race who fought for power and profit the most were the ones who fought the most! And today! , Why don’t we voluntarily fight it once in order to protect the Han people and to repay the people’s frugality, food, tea, and food. We fought like this. One day when we hear the people’s gratitude for their righteous deeds, we will remember the passion of the people. Do you regret today's decision?"

Luo Mengzi was very excited: "Big Brother!"

Yang Biao also looked solemn, and looked at Guo Shao with a pair of tiger eyes and nodded slightly.

Guo Shao stretched out his palm again and said high-five: "Good brother, it is a great honor for me to fight side by side with my brother!"

Guo Shaoping settled down, walked a few steps back and forth, then suddenly turned around and said, "Now that we have made up our minds, we must do some preparations. First, let the town general Li Desheng assist and gain the right to control the use of local human and material resources; , Repair weapons; third, organize soldiers; fourth, prepare fortifications and tactical plans."

Yang Biao said in a salute to the army: "Even though the eldest brother ordered, the brothers wait until they are ready to go and work hard!"

Guo Shao nodded: "Then you don't have to wander around, let's split up. I'll go to the town general first. The second and third brothers will go to the town to spread news, shake out about the Khitan soldiers, and let everyone go to the town general's house. Listen to the news at the door."

The town’s general Li Desheng is naturally incomparable with the rich in Tokyo, but in this shabby town of Wudou must be the richest person. The front door of Li's house can be seen, there is a wall and a hallway with a wall.

The three mule carts that had been parked at the door had already left. Li Desheng invited Guo Shao to sit down in the hall and called for two cups of tea. Guo Shao sat down and said, "I don't know whether to ask a question or not."

Li Desheng raised his hand and gestured, "Guo Lang has something to say, but it doesn't matter."

Guo Shao asked calmly: "If General Li died for the country and sent to the wife, children, and property association in Luzhou City..." He paused for a while, just to give Li Desheng time to think in his mind. It is normal for women to remarry in this era, but they are not as exquisite after the rise of Neo-Confucianism. However, Guo Shao was inconvenient to say that he only hinted at such a prospect, and then he continued, "Why not worry about leaving the green hills without firewood, why does General Li not want to think?"

Sure enough, the fat on Li Desheng's face was wrinkled together, "It's true that the general has never brought a soldier, let alone what can be done in this ruined place in Wufang Town."

"As long as there is a place for living people, UU reading www.uukanshu.com will be able to find a way." Guo Shao said flatly, "If General Li can trust our brother, we would like to help."

Li Desheng hurriedly asked, "What good strategy does Guo Lang have?"

Guo Shao calmly said: "It is rumored that (later) Emperor Yin of the Han Dynasty loved money and hid a lot of his belongings in the deep palace, and did not even pay the soldiers and soldiers. When Zhou Jun invaded the beam, no one under Emperor Yin followed the orders. , In the end, the country will die, what is the use of billions of wealth?"

"The meaning of Guo Lang's words..."

"General Li, why don't you put out some money and buy ordnance in Luzhou. The armored soldiers can't buy it, so you can get some raw materials back. If you can buy a batch of food, it will be even better... It is impossible to be a god. Then General Li can order the mobilization of the people to save themselves, and get some old and weak to build fortifications and form infantry. In this way, you can fight against the enemy and don't need to be reduced to fish."

Li Desheng got up and paced, seemingly hesitant... Why hesitate to send him to the door to help him guard the town? Is it reluctant to disperse his wealth?

Guo Shao hit the railroad while it was hot: "All the military positions below the command and envoy can be handled directly by Shangfeng. General Li can appoint me to concurrently lead Wufu Town as a deputy, and then order me to defend Wufu Town. You go to Luzhou to purchase military supplies and send someone back. "

"How could the general dare to give the banned generals a position..." Li Desheng said hurriedly.

Guo Shao smiled and said: "If the Zhaoyi army is to be held accountable in the future, General Li has at least something to say that he has tried his best to arrange defense and prepare military supplies, and he has not dereliction of duty."

I'm afraid Li Desheng originally wanted to run, but it was just recently that he was clearing the door and the atmosphere was terrifying. He was afraid of harming the pond fish. Listening to what Guo Shao said, Li Desheng suddenly showed fascination.

At this moment, the domestic slave came in and whispered: "Many people gathered outside. They heard that the Qidan soldiers are coming."

"Go out and have a look." Li Desheng said.