Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The thick smoke from the other side of the city wall diffused into the barracks in the wind, black smoke drifted in the air, and the whole sky seemed to be full of haze... just like Guo Shao's mood at the moment.

The smell of these black smoke is very strange. Guo Shao smells like an illusion, as if he is not in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, but in the outskirts of a modern heavy industrial city. Because what smelled in the air was a smell similar to cars and factory exhaust, mixed with the smell of burning plastic, which was very weird.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the Zhongjun Xingyuan, he saw the emperor in a purple round collar official robe coming out of it. Those who don't know him may think that they have met some kind of high-ranking official. The emperor's dress is not much different from the prime ministers and ministers around him. Then he was followed by a group of civil and military personnel.

Guo Shao hurriedly knelt by the side of the road and shouted: "Guo Shao, the captain of the left wing of the Chenhu Jie army, was ordered to lead the army to Huainan. I will bow to your majesty, and your majesty will live forever."

"Pingshen." Chai Rong replied casually. He obviously knew Guo Shao, and I'm afraid he still had a deep impression.

So Guo Shao got up from the ground and waited for the emperor and other ministers to go first. He knew several people inside, such as Li Chongjin, whom Guo Shao had met more than once when he and the general of the guards confirmed the order to dispatch troops; there was also Shi Yanchao, who was the tallest. Shi Yanchao was the Marquis of Sima Budu, the bodyguard. Guo Shao thought that he was the Xiangdu school, and his rank was not much different, so he jumped in line behind Shi Yanchao and followed the group of people.

As soon as he left the gate of the camp, Chai Rong saw a pile of stones piled up outside. Without saying a word, he went up to pick up a big one, and walked forward calmly. Seeing this, all the generals stepped forward to hug stones one after another, and Shi Yanchao picked the biggest one. Guo Shao had no choice but to hug the stone.

The scene became very funny in an instant. A large group of monarchs and ministers became porters, carrying stones to a catapult and dropping them one after another.

Chai Rong turned his head and looked at the Shouzhou city tower for a while, and said: "I will go to Chuzhou tomorrow, and Li Chongjin will be deployed in Huainan.

"The minister is here." Guo Shao hurriedly responded with cupped fists, lowered his head, feeling very bad.

Chai Rong said: "You also have merit. I will first entrust your bodyguard, Sima Budu Yuhou, as the envoy of Shouzhou. If you can capture Shouzhou, I will reward you heavily."

The emperor said in a golden voice, he didn't ask you if you would like it. Guo Shao bit the bullet and said: "The minister leads the decree, thank you for your majesty's kindness."

Why did this drudgery happen to me? If Shouzhou can be captured, it has been fought for more than a month from the end of May to July. When the number of people was the largest, hundreds of thousands of people surrounded here, and they would have been defeated if they could be defeated... Guo Shao thought that he could only surround the reinforcements on all sides, and then wait for the people in the city to eat up the food, so there is no way to surrender.

How long does it take to fight a war by starving each other to death?

The battle of Chuzhou seems to be won by Zhao Kuangyin, he should be in Chuzhou; Li Gu also said that the detectives learned that Yangzhou, the eastern capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, did not have many defenses. Will Zhao Kuangyin marry and participate in the battle of Yangzhou? This is simply a great contribution to the door, and maybe they can wipe out a few Southern Tang reinforcements in the field... The Zhou army's field battles were already strong, and the people on Zhao Kuangyin's side were almost certain to win.

Compared with Yangzhou's fat meat, Guo Shao feels that Shouzhou is not even a bone, but a hard rock. Guo Shao was planning to come to Huainan to make meritorious service, and in this situation...he felt the deep malice of this world.

Chai Rong must have thought that he was not pleasing to the eye, so he assigned this kind of war to destroy the place. Now Guo Shao is not only disappointed with Huainan and his party, but also worried and afraid... Seeing Chai Rong, he couldn't help but reflect on his performance when he rescued the queen in Chenzhou. At that time, my mental state was not good, and I was anxious, and I said some wrong words, especially when I expressed my loyalty to the queen, my words were too much.

Guo Shao couldn't help recalling what he said at the time. Although those words sound like an expression of loyalty, if Chai Rong likes the queen very much, he will definitely feel jealous... The more a man cares about his woman and loves her, the more possessive he will be, and he will not tolerate any sand. For a queen like Fu, Guo Shao felt that the emperor had no reason not to love her.

At this time, Guo Shao became more and more afraid. If Chai Rong really wanted to kill himself, he would kill him with a single word in his heart. Would there be any charges? Those small actions in Tokyo are also very dangerous, but it is impossible for Chai Rong to know.

He had to think of a sentence: Companion to a king is like companion to a tiger. He was very scared in his heart, and he thought: Be careful when attacking Shouzhou, this place is really a dragon's pool and a tiger's den.

A group of people patrolled around, and Chai Rong got on his horse and went back. Li Chongjin stayed and saw that the sun was setting, so he said to Guo Shao: "I will take you to the camp in front, let the generals recognize you, and I will leave the deployment of Shouzhou siege to Guo Dushi."

Guo Shao thanked him, followed Shangfeng Li Chongjin, got on his horse and marched forward along the road together. Li Chongjin was in his thirties, with a medium build, thin and strong, with an ordinary face with good features, a raised nose bridge, and a small beard on his mouth. According to Guo Shao's aesthetics, he looked a little handsome.

Before he had gone far, he suddenly saw a group of soldiers leading a large group of people, at least more than a hundred people. Li Chongjin paused to ask, and one of the generals said: "These people are 'sub-soldiers' (soldiers who were eliminated during the reorganization of the forbidden army and went to farm for half-plow and half-war). We managed to fill in a section of the moat and let them attack the city with a ladder. Unexpectedly, they turned around and fled after a while. Fearing the law of the army, they wanted to flee westward without authorization. The last general brought people back and sent them to the Chinese army to ask for orders to deal with them."

Li Chongjin was furious, and said: "The deserters are all cowards! If the officials know it, they will kill it. There is no need to go to the Chinese army, and the Fa will be executed on the spot!"

These tied up people were indeed not very strong, either they were older, or they were short and not strong. A grey-haired old pawn fell to his knees on the road with a choking voice, "I have fought in battle for most of my life, and I rarely escape, but there must be a way to die! The place is so big, and Tang soldiers gathered on it. They were already prepared. Don't say that they couldn't attack, even if they climbed to the top of the city, they would be killed by a group of people! I didn't think I could climb up. As soon as I climbed the ladder, black oil was poured on it. A rocket shot, life and death are not as good as... that fierce fire, oil and water can't be put out. Burned alive!"

Hearing his miserable words and his weather-beaten appearance, Guo Shao could tell at a glance that he had suffered a lot in his life, but now he was going to be beheaded by his own people with humiliation, he felt sympathy and felt very uncomfortable.

Guo Shao stepped forward and saw that a soldier's clothes were still stained with that kind of black oil, so he took a little bit with his fingers and smelled it in front of his nose... Isn't this oil? No wonder the smell of exhaust fumes amidst the smoke.

He couldn't help turning around and pleading: "Mr. Li, can you forgive them for a while?"

Li Chongjin looked puzzled, and snorted coldly: "How can military law be a joke?"

Guo Shaodao: "Just give me a face, write down the crimes of these people, let them go to the front when they have the opportunity, it will be regarded as a worthy death."

After hearing this, the old pawn and a group of people all fell to their knees: "Give us another chance."

Li Chongjin stopped insisting, and said: "You are the recruitment envoy of Shouzhou. In your favor, these people are up to you! But Guo Dushi, we are generals who lead the army. How can women's benevolence make things happen for the officials? Let's do it ourselves!" Li Chongjin shook his head.

After hearing this, Guo Shao was also panicked.

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Chai Rong has already arranged matters in Shouzhou, and decided to rush to Chuzhou tonight in advance to avoid delaying the battle. He didn't think Shouzhou could be captured, but he needed someone to keep putting pressure on Shouzhou City and lure reinforcements from Southern Tang to help, mainly for the purpose of fighting reinforcements.

A siege general who exerts pressure is obviously not a good job, and he doesn't need to be very capable. The only ones who can really make meritorious deeds are those generals who fight in the field for reinforcements, and those who attack the weak links of the Southern Tang Dynasty...for example, this time they will attack Yangzhou.

The job of beating Shouzhou was assigned to Guo Shao, and Chai Rong took care of it. He remembered that Guo Shao had participated in the Battle of Gaoping and Jinyang, and he did a good job beating Houshu, so I felt a little sorry for him.

As for expressing loyalty to the queen, although Chai Rong felt faintly unhappy... This was also the direct reason why he appointed Guo Shaoshouzhou recruit envoy; but Chai Rong didn't care too much. It is impossible for Fu Shi to have that courage.

Letting the empress take charge of the harem can relieve Chai Rong's worries, and Chai Rong also felt that she couldn't completely let her toss about, so he installed an eunuch in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to watch over it. It's not to keep an eye on Fu's family, but mainly to monitor other concubines, those concubines who can give birth to themselves. Chai Rong felt that this was enough, because the concubines would also intrigue and stare at each other out of jealousy.

If Guo Shao could work hard in Shouzhou City, Chai Rong didn't intend to embarrass him; after all, people in the court said that he was very talented in using soldiers when he attacked Shu. Chai Rong needs such a person, and he will not abandon it just for a little thought out of nothing. Guo Shao didn't do anything to actually embarrass the emperor, and Chai Rong thought that his perception of him was just a personal preference... If it was completely according to his preferences, Chai Rong felt that Li Chongjin was the one he disliked even more.

Chai Rong sometimes speculates that Li Chongjin is the real person who might threaten his power.

Even Li Chongjin can be reused, Chai Rong is too lazy to argue with Guo Shao because of some careful thinking... After so many years of fighting, Chai Rong's wife, concubine and children were killed, and he might have been humiliated before his death.

When the emperor Shi Chonggui of the Jin Dynasty was defeated, his wives and concubines were captured by the Khitan people and played with them in front of Shi Chonggui. At that point, what could he do? Maybe those concubines still think that other people's things are better than their own men's, who knows what they think. Chai Rong has long been numb to these things.