Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The summer torrential rain comes just as it says, intermittently, from time to time, and from time to time, it has rained for three days without stopping.

When the rain curtain was blown by the wind, it was like a creamy white veil floating in the wind, and like a fog rippling in the air. Looking at Jinyang City from afar, the city wall seems to be shrouded in deep clouds of smoke. The rain extinguished the beacon smoke and washed away the blood stains left by the casualties on the walls.

The war was put on hold, and fences and fortifications were erected outside the city. Behind the fortifications I saw a large area of ​​tents, densely covered like countless umbrellas on rainy days.

After it rained, the weather became cooler, which wiped out the hot summer heat; but in addition to the coolness, the humidity also made people miserable, because there were not so many houses for all soldiers to live in. The tent cannot completely block the rain, and there is a shortage of dry firewood. Soldiers’ wet armor can only be roasted semi-dry with fire, and semi-wet, non-dry clothes are not so comfortable to wrap around.

The most inconvenient thing is the muddy roads. The roads connecting the camps are sloppy. People walking on it are like walking in a swamp, or like being in the mud of a rice field. They can’t walk a single step. The mud directly floods your ankles... …Post roads and highways are better. The land is compacted by horses and carts for a long time, and the rain has not been soaked too deeply; but the surface of the hard soil is covered with a thin layer of mud, like a lubricant, and the horses and horses are slippery when they walk on it. To fall.

The generals of the Zhou army went to the Chinese army camp every day, seeming to be arguing about whether to retreat.

General Xiang Xun once again sent someone to ask Guo Shao to meet at his big account. This time Xiang Xun looked a little embarrassed and walked away. Judging from the days when Guo Shao and him get along, Xiang Xun is actually a real person. However, it is inevitable that people will occasionally pat their chests with light words such as "I will take you to meet the official, and let the official give you another official." When seeing Xiang Xun's current look, Guo Shao knows this. It may not be that easy.

The Zhou dynasty is inferior to the Han and Tang dynasties, but it is also the strongest Central Plains regime in the world. Chai Rong is also the emperor recognized by the world... Even if the people of the Northern Han Dynasty and others do not recognize Chai Rong as the co-lord of the world, But he would definitely take the emperor Chai Rong seriously.

Is the emperor so nice to see?

Upon seeing this, Guo Shao hurriedly said: "To the general and corporal, to meet the end general many times, the end general is already flattered. At the end of this little skill, the court will definitely reward the merits, and there is no need to specifically ask for an official position. "

Guo Shao did not say this for the flattery of Xiang Xun, nor was he humble. It was true that Xiang Xun and his status were too far apart. When they met several times alone, it was indeed a lot of face and respect.

Xiang Xun asked, "By the way, Commander Zhang Du last time represented you for your merits. What position did you want to promote?"

"Commander." Guo Shao said.

Xiang Xun frowned and said, "The commander is only a big officer. There are no more than five hundred soldiers under his hand, and he may also specify the soldiers. Too low!"

Guo Shao answered according to the facts: "In the end, before this battle, I only did Dutou." Not only did he answer truthfully, but he didn't explain in detail: Dutou only spent one day, but he was actually a team leader.

Xiang Xun shook his head: "The slashing of Zhang Yuanhui's name is inconsistent with a commander. What's more, if others don't understand, can they not understand in the future? Xinkou rescued Shi Yanchao, if Guo Lang is not there, Shi Yanchao is dead. Rely on these credits. Not to mention the accumulated military merits of Wufang Town in Luzhou, and it will not only allow you to be a small commander."

Although Guo Shao also wanted to get ahead, he hadn't even thought of reaching the sky one step at a time.

Xiang Xun groaned for a moment and said: "I have been on good terms with Prime Minister Wang Pu. Let me tell him about this first, and I will give you news in a few days."

Guo Shao did not refuse, Xindao was still a small captain who was unknown and no one cares a few months ago. Can this be related to the prime minister?

Xiang Xun patted his chest again and said, "I can't guarantee anything else. You definitely shouldn't just be promoted to a commander! You should be a commander if you are the number one warrior of the Northern Han Dynasty and saved Shi Yanchao. You really want to laugh at the world. Human Fang..." He lowered the volume a little, "The official family killed more than 70 generals in Luzhou, and they have to govern the army when they return. At this time, there are a lot of vacancies. Please rest assured. I will talk to Prime Minister Wang. , As long as he nods, this matter is easy to handle."

Guo Shao hurriedly thanked him.

However, Xiang Xun's words are indeed a bit exaggerated, and he has not reached the level of laughing out the world. The battle of Zhang Yuanhui, the defeat of the Liao army in Wufang town and the rescue of Shi Yanchao are all big or small. The amount of credit depends on what the emperor thinks and what others say.

If it is small, these things have not reached the level of influencing the situation of the war, and it is not a great achievement; if it is large, it can be said that the "qi" can be used to make a fuss. The army needs heroes and needs specific things to talk about. Deeds, those who have such a reputation as the first fierce general, or those deeds that are easily understood by the soldiers at the bottom, can affect the morale of the army.

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The rain still had to go down from time to time. It took many days for Guo Shao to return to Jinyang City, and Zhou Jun never attacked the city again. After it finally cleared for a few days, news came from the army that the emperor ordered the army to retreat in batches.

The siege of Jinyang should end here. Although the Zhou Dynasty did not directly annihilate the Northern Han Dynasty, Gaoping severely damaged its main force. After arriving in Jinyang City, it drove all the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty. Except for Jinyang City, no other prefectures and towns had surrendered to the Zhou army. This time the Northern Han Dynasty may have to stop for a long time, and dare not take any more actions. It's still a question of whether it can recover its vitality.

The infantry of the small bottom army is no longer an established system, and there are only a few defeated generals in the skirmish; but the horsemen have little loss, and the main force still exists. Guo Shao and the others attached to the Xiaodi Army and horsemen were commanded by envoys and retreated with them.

The class teacher still walks back to the dynasty. The horse needs something to support, but he rarely rides. Guo Shao couldn't calculate, but felt that he had walked thousands of miles on foot in a few months. He quickly discovered that his small group of men was not controlled by him. Shangfeng had neither a head nor a commander, and no one was concerned about the troops that he did not manage. They had only one commander, the small bottom army, horsemen and soldiers.

When the army arrived in Luzhou, the formation of troops in front was chaotic and blocked the road, and the ministers were going to coordinate, and the troops behind temporarily stopped to rest.

The weather in Luzhou has cleared up, and Guo Shao then greeted the two brothers to revisit their old places nearby, but no one cares about them anyway.

The three of them rode out to Wufang Town, and Luo Mengzi asked, "Brother, do you want to go in and see?"

Guo Shao thought for a while and found that Wufang Town had no one he wanted to meet. See Li Desheng? The town general Li Desheng is actually not a bad person, but Guo Shao has no interest in making friends; he feels a little intimacy with the people in the town, but he is not very familiar with and caring about a single individual. Thinking about it this way, I couldn't find a reason worthy of nostalgia after bleeding here. So what do you do when you go in, do you want to see if the people have erected a monument to extol their merits?

He shook his head, and adjusted the horse to continue walking slowly south with the two.

By noon, due to the sultry weather, the water in the water bags of the three of them had been used up and no wells could be found nearby. They decided to find a village to replenish some drinking water, and then returned to the station after eating some dry food.

There was smoke on the half **** not far from the road. It seemed that there were several households, so they led horses along the road.

As soon as I approached, I heard the noise of people on Banpo, and then I heard the voice of Xiao Niang calling for help. The three of them heard clearly, and when they looked at each other, Guo Shao hurriedly took down the second stone bow and prepared an arrow; Yang Luo and the other two had no soldiers, and immediately took out the knives carefully.

They continued to walk up, and they heard someone yelling in the dirt yard above: "Food! Where is the food?" Another voice said, "Good guys, my family is really out of food. The soldiers who returned to Jinyang came to collect it again, wishing to scrape all the land away... The child and her mother were sick and starved to death. My family can only eat bark and roots, and the good guys just let me go... …"

"Can I live such an old age by eating bark? Grain! Cook this little lady without food!"

Guo Shao et al followed the sound and walked into the broken courtyard, which contained a small earth dam and several huts. Two scrawny people in ragged clothes were standing at the door~www.readwn.com~ They looked like refugees. Seeing Guo Shao waiting in armor, their expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly shouted inside: "The officers and soldiers are here! "

As soon as the voice fell, Yang Luo and the other two leaped forward and put their knives on the necks of the two refugees. The two were shocked and did not dare to move their eyes. At the same time, Guo Shao had rushed into the house.

There were four people inside. An old man knelt on the ground and turned his head and looked at Guo Shao in a daze; two rags next to him were holding a little girl and pressing on the stove. The little girl was wearing a patched torn dress and was so thin that she was unimaginably thin. Her head was facing a pot on the stove. The water inside was so hot that "bobo" was only bubbling, already boiling, and she was steamed by the water. Gu crying, his face was dirty and black and white.

Yang and Luo also led them into the house. The old man kneeling on the ground moved his knees and hugged Guo Shao's leg: "The army master save me!"

Upon seeing this, the people by the stove said with a stern voice, "Don't move! Otherwise, I will cook her if I let go!"

"Be calm, I'll put down the bow and arrow first." Guo Shao carefully dropped the arrow first, then closed the arrow on the string, and then said, "We have food and three fast horses. They are all in the yard. in."

"Let go of them!" The expressions of those who made the noise were the most fierce, and the other refugees were so scared that they dared not speak out.

Guo Shao said, "You let the little girl go, and my people let them go."

The human said: "You|mother| be stupid! Let me go, can we beat you, can we live?"

Guo Shao kept calm and said, "You let her beg for mercy and can still live if you kill her? Do you think we have anything to do with this family? We just came up to ask for water."

The man with his neck hurriedly said: "Soldier, please spare your life, please spare your life!"

Guo Shao ignored him, only staring at the man with a fierce expression: "Beware of slipping your hands and hurting innocent lives. It's not easy for you to live."