Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Guo Shao set off the next day and passed Bagong Mountain. Most of the right wing of the Hu Jie army was stationed on the east side of the mountain. After Li Jixun resigned from the imperial army, Zhao Chao, the commander of the wing capital, led this army; Guo Shao decided not to see Zhao Chao for the time being, but to go to Shouzhou first.

As far as the camp in the left chamber outside Shouzhou City, all the generals spontaneously came to the camp when they heard about it.

Guo Shao also didn't appear in front of the generals for a while, pacing up and down in the houses in the small village surrounded by the army camp, feeling very bored. Two things: the first thing is to ask for meritorious service and be promoted to the military rank for the general, and there is no chance to speak in Yangzhou. Besides, there are not one or two meritorious soldiers; The second thing is about the Fu family.

In Fu Yanqing's letter, it was very vague, and he just invited Guo Shao to talk about his old friendship. Last night, Guo Shao analyzed their relationship again, and felt that the Fu family's attitude was not optimistic.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were many high-ranking and powerful families, and there were also many capable young generals. Why did Fu Yanqing write letters alone and her attitude was ambiguous? It must be the queen's intention that Fu Yanqing could choose Guo Shao.

Now that the queen has spoken... Guo Shao is also an unmarried bachelor, does Fu Yanqing need to be vague? The only reason is that the Fu family may still look down on Guo Shao and want him to go to Hebei to observe and review more.

Guo Shao only started to make a fortune at the beginning of last year, and in less than two years, of course, his family was not as good as those of the warlords; Ordinary wealthy families may think that his status is high enough, but the Fu family, where the daughters of generations of kings can marry the emperor, is obviously not so satisfied with Guo Shao, a family with equal status and a small population.

Fu Ermei is already twenty-three years old, and she was a daughter of the "leftover fighter" level in ancient times. If Fu Yanqing could look up to any person of status, he would probably have married long ago... The "leftover fighters" of this era are ordinary girls' problems. The marriage of a lady depends entirely on her parents, and it has nothing to do with her.

After thinking about it, Guo Shao didn't think there was anything wrong with Fu Yanqing.

With Fu Yanqing's attitude giving him a basin of cold water, Guo Shaocai reflected on himself. His foundation is indeed fragile and he feels very insecure. Like Guo Shao, a military general and a rookie in the Forbidden Army who are single-handed and only rely on military merits, once they miss, the Guo family will have to become nothing, and their reliability and security are too low.

But he is not willing to give up his marriage with the Fu family easily... It is precisely because of his weakness that he wants to join forces with a family with deep roots! Furthermore, the queen once said that the second sister looks very similar to her, and Guo Shao is purely full of longing for the second sister, even if he has never met her. This kind of mood is like a brother-in-law who naturally likes his aunt. Of course it is just a mood. In fact, Guo Shao is certainly not Fu Ermei's brother-in-law.

A Westerner once said that if you really fall in love with a woman, you will feel that all other women in the world are bleak.

Guo Shao felt that this sentence was a bit exaggerated, but it seemed to make sense. The Yang family that the emperor rewarded did not show his face at the time, so many people on the scene were stunned. Objectively, if he was not very beautiful, he would not have been treated extra by the Emperor of Zhou and Zhao Kuangyin, like a rare treasure; there are many women in the world, but real beauties are still scarce.

But even for a beauty like Yang Shi, Guo Shao only thought that she looked good, but he didn't feel much... Even when he went back that night when he was rewarded, he even forgot that there was Yang Shi. This is his own problem, not that Yang's beauty is not enough.

But Fu Ermei is completely different in Guo Shao's mind.

At this moment, Zuo You walked into the house and asked, "My lord, what's bothering you?"

Guo Shao said: "Go to Yangzhou to face the saint, but I have no chance to ask for merit for the soldiers."

Zuo You said disapprovingly: "The future will be long. Isn't my lord promoted to be the Commander of the Infantry Division and concurrently the Xuzhou Jiedu Envoy? This is already a very good result."

Guo Shao nodded in agreement, and then went to the main room with Zuo You in the main hall of the army. I saw dozens of people standing here, seeing Guo Shao coming in, all eyes were on him, and they all bowed.

Guo Shao raised his hand to signal for everyone to excuse himself. He first looked back to the left and right. There was a regular army in the left wing of the Hujie army. Most of the generals of the first and second armies defected to the camp, and a few brothers were also installed. Moreover, these people have served under his command since Qin and Feng.

If a group of generals can be promoted through Guo Shao's hand, the situation will be even more different.

Guo Shao said directly: "Two things, first, according to the military order of the Privy Council, Hu Jie's left wing and right wing vanguard attacked Haozhou; later, I will ask the generals of the left wing to confirm with me the order to dispatch troops. Three days later, Luo Yanhuan led his troops to dispatch one day earlier, and sent out more scouts along the way.

The second thing is for the generals who have made great contributions in Shouzhou. Let's discuss it and ask Zuo You to make a report and report it to the Department of Guards for approval. "

At this time, all the generals congratulated Guo Shao on Jianjie and his promotion to the Commander of the Guards and Infantry, and the atmosphere in the main room gradually became noisy. Guo Shao didn't care, and only asked during the commotion: "Whoever knows the right wing will command Zhao Chao?"

A general said: "The last general worked under his command. Zhao Dushi...is very capable. A few months ago, Huainan deployed Li Chongjin to defeat the Southern Tang Army in Zhengyang, captured 3,000 people, and handed them over to Zhao Chao. Unexpectedly, he slaughtered all 3,000 unarmed people in one night. The pile of dead bodies is really horrible."

Guo Shao was stunned, and thought: Last time in Jinyang, Shi Yanchao killed a few rebels and a few women, it was nothing at all; I don't know why Shi Yanchao got a reputation for bloodthirsty, but Zhao Chao didn't.

At this moment, a report came from outside the door, and a young general sent a letter. Guo Shao tore it apart and passed it to the generals.

Li Chuyun frowned after seeing it and said: "Zhao Chao's army is short of food, so if he wants to eat in Shouzhou City... The general thinks that he can't be allowed to enter the city, so he can transfer some stored grain from Shouzhou to him first."

Guo Shao thought it was a good idea, and immediately ordered: "Send someone to see Zhao Chao, and order him to set off in five days. I will help him deal with the military rations. Strictly order Zhao Chao not to kill the soldiers and civilians in Huainan indiscriminately, otherwise he will never be lenient!"

A general came in again: "There will be a word at the end. Zhao Chao and Zhao Hongyin are family friends and family members. It is said that the friendship is very good..."

Guo Shao is not familiar with Zhao Chao, but he is very familiar with Zhao Hongyin.

The impression of Zhao Chao only stays on the eve of the Battle of Gaoping. Zhao Chao was a general in the Crane Army at that time. On the road of the emperor's personal conquest, he suggested that a decisive battle should not be taken lightly. As a result, he was locked up in a city on the road and was released when the Zhou army returned to the court... Guo Shao thought that this man was not good at seizing opportunities.

The Battle of Gaoping was such a good opportunity, a pawn surnamed Ma in the inner hall was promoted straight up; Zhao Kuangyin and others were even more like riding on the clouds, reaching the sky in one step. Even Guo Shao, a low-level general who hovered between the ten generals and the capital, got up because of this battle. And Zhao Chao was a person who could talk to the emperor before the Gaoping War, but now he has become a subordinate of people like Guo Shao.

And the reason why Zhao Hongyin is so thunderous...he is Zhao Kuangyin's biological father! Guo Shao pays extra attention to Zhao Kuangyin, of course he knows that his father, Zhao Hongyin, is in the cavalry army as a Xiangdu school; but now Zhao Hongyin's son is more promising.

Guo Shao didn't like Zhao Chao, the capital school on the right wing of the Hu Jie Army, but he had no choice for the time being, and he didn't want to have any grudges with him.

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The list of meritorious promotions was reported to Li Chongjin, and Guo Shao had expected that this fellow would not be so cheap to him.

Sure enough, three days later, just as the army was about to move out, Li Chongjin sent over twenty generals! The leader held the letter of appointment from the Guard Division and said, "I am here to take up the post under the order of the Guard Sima Infantry Division."

Guo Shao said angrily, "Where are the appointment certificates for the meritorious officers and men of the Hu Jie Army?"

The visitor said: "The appointment of the military capital school and the deputy general needs to be submitted to the Privy Council for review, and then the bodyguard department can make a decision. Commanders at the first level, Marshal Li thinks that Guo Du envoys rely on cronyism and exaggerate military achievements, so they cannot be promoted."

"Then what military merits do you have?" Guo Shao was furious in front of dozens of generals in the left wing.

All the generals were indignant when they saw this.

The visitor was about to say what military merits they all had, when Guo Shao suddenly grabbed the appointment from the person and tried to tear it up!

The noisy main room suddenly fell silent, this scene is simply extremely weird! Everyone looked at the piece of paper in Guo Shao's hand... No, it was not just a piece of paper, it was Li Chongjin's face first, and then the prestige of the bodyguard department!

Guo Shao took a deep breath, gently let go of one hand, handed it back to the general coldly, and said: "The official said well, the vanguard army is directly under the official's orders! Now that the army is going to fight, a temporary change of department will not be conducive to the stability of the army; please return it to the commander of the guard Ma Busi, Marshal Li! Forgive me, I will not be able to accept orders."

The visitor was stunned, backed away and said: "Marshal Guo actually disobeyed Shangfeng's appointment in public, so let's take our leave first."

At this moment, all the generals recovered from their surprise just now, and said in a hurry: "Mr. Li is deceiving people too much!" "It's the first time I've heard that the Great Zhou army can't be rewarded for their military exploits!"

Someone also persuaded: "Li Dushi is in charge of the bodyguard department. Now that the army is out, it's okay for the emperor to conscript himself. When there is no war, all the troops of the bodyguard department will have to go through the command of the Mabudu commander. Let's bear with it."

Guo Shao said with a stern face, "I said before, I know who is sincere to me, and I will never treat the soldiers badly. If Li Chongjin is in the way, I still have a way to report it to the Privy Council directly!"

Guo Shao said bluntly: "Wei Renpu, the privy envoy, and Wang Pu, the deputy envoy, have friendship with me. This matter will definitely be dealt with fairly. Zuo You, you can write another memorial to ask for credit."

He said again: "The army will set off on schedule, you don't have to worry about other things, you just need to fight with all your strength. The court only has justice!"

Guo Shao turned around and walked out of the main room, thinking of Fu Ermei again, the girl who was said to look similar to the queen, she was already twenty-three years old and couldn't wait. Secretly thought: This battle can only be successful, not failed!