Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

After the night of Shangyuan Festival, I never saw Fu Ermei again. There is no news of her, as if she never existed at all.

Spring seemed to come suddenly overnight. In the second ten days of the first lunar month, the weather turned fine, and the wind brought the breath of spring. The snow on the streets, alleys, roofs, and steps gradually melted. If you look carefully, there is already greenery on the branches. If you look at it from a little distance in the garden, you can find a new layer of green covering it.

Everything has been revived, and everything seems to have a new beginning; but Guo Shao is nostalgic for that night that was stagnant in the winter, covered with snow and falling stars like rain.

He found that he was actually missing Fu Ermei... a familiar yet unfamiliar woman. Familiar, because she is too similar to the Empress Talisman; unfamiliar, because she has only met once, and it was only the moment when the hat fell off, half of her face was already unforgettable. Empress Fu and Second Sister are intertwined and integrated in Guo Shao's heart, making him a little confused. However, Empress Fu and the second sister are still very different. The second sister is more playful and pure, and less heavy; probably because of different experiences.

If Guo Shao remembers correctly, Empress Fu in history died of illness in the Battle of Huainan, and Fu Ermei was the second queen of the emperor. Perhaps, only the emperor can protect such a woman, because she is really easy to be remembered by others when she shows her face.

She is really a woman who is loved and cared about, and also a little annoying. Is she going to pretend to be a dancing girl to fool and tease herself?

Guo Shao is in the ceremony hall outside the palace, Fu Yanqing's house is really boring, it's better to be with a group of brothers and Zuo You.

He was just thinking wildly in boredom, when he suddenly heard the sound of "da da da..." very rapid horseshoes on the street. The sound of horseshoes in the city gives people the feeling that there is something urgent.

Guo Shao took a few steps and stepped out of the gate. Following the sound, he saw a tall, strong man with a dusty face riding a horse galloping towards him. Isn't that Lu Chengyong, the personal soldier who went to Youzhou with the Khitan general?

The strong man also saw Guo Shao, and just as he reined in his horse, before the horse could stand still, he rolled over and clasped his fists together and said, "My lord! I've found Mrs. Gao's place..."

Guo Shao was overjoyed, and hurriedly held his arm and said, "Come in and say."

Lu Chengyong, a strong man, said in a deep voice: "Xiao Jin, a Khitan man, risked his life to find a Liao general he knew before in Youzhou, and inquired about Mrs. Gao. After many twists and turns, he just found out about Madam Gao's whereabouts. She was forcibly taken as a concubine by a Liao general in Youzhou, and the Liao general was transferred to a military stronghold in the south of Waqiao Pass. We hid in a mountain forest day and night. Xiao Jin could speak Khitan dialect, and pretended to be a Khitan merchant to inquire about the village. Hundreds of infantry.

Xiao Jin decided to lead the crowd to attack the camp, and left after robbing people. But we only have eighteen riders, so we can only hope that we are caught off guard and don't know success or failure. "

"To rob people in the Liao army barracks?" Guo Shao felt a little uneasy, thinking that those people were a little bit ominous. The main thing is that even if you break through the military stronghold, it is not easy to escape.

Guo Shao paced back and forth in the corridor. At this time, Zuo You, Yang Biao, Luo Mengzi and others also came out, and the soldier Lu Chengyong had no choice but to repeat what he had just said.

If you don't consider Fu Ermei herself, only consider alliances and rights. Mrs. Gao and Second Sister Fu are equally important... Marriage can form an alliance, and the sister who rescued Gao Huaide can also form an alliance.

With the strategic thinking that Guo Shao can do, he has an intuition: Chai Rong is a bit ignorant of invisible strength... Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin have the highest status and are guarded to death; but Guo Shao feels that the strength of these two is actually inferior to Zhao Kuangyin. What defenses and constraints does Zhao Kuangyin have in the front office?

Guo Shao feels that his current status level does not need to focus on improving deliberately. On the contrary, attracting people everywhere, laying a solid foundation and connections is the most important direction of his efforts that he should digest.

Mrs. Gao must be rescued! Otherwise, how to win over Gao Huaide's large votes? There is nowhere to go.

"I want to go to the north to meet Xiao Jin and the others." Guo Shao said.

Zuo You hurriedly dissuaded: "It's useless if there are too many people in the Liao territory. You can't fight there unless you launch a national war. My lord, you can't take risks without benefit."

"We don't go to the Liao border, but go to the Hebei border and wait, so we can know the news earlier." Guo Shao said urgently, "There is nothing to do in the Daming Mansion all day long... If Xiao Jin and others fail and someone is captured, will they reveal the purpose of their attack on the military stronghold?"

Everyone was silent, obviously they would confess. As long as the living ones are caught, there will always be a way for people to confess... Then Mrs. Gao will no longer go to the southern part of the Liao border, and will lose the next chance to rescue.

Guo Shao couldn't sit still, so he asked to see Fu Yanqing through the steward of the ceremony hall.

Fu Yanqing also persuaded a few words, but seeing that Guo Shao was anxious to go to meet him, he wrote a letter of recommendation to the Jiedu envoy, "General Guo can go to Dingzhou. You send two people to lead the way."

Guo Shao thanked him and left Prince Wei's Mansion with a printed letter of recommendation.

After making preparations with the others, he borrowed another twenty sets of armor from the officials of the palace, changed into military uniforms, and left with dry food and water bags. A group of people are people who are used to military life, so they are very agile.

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It is about 600 miles from Damingfu to Dingzhou, which is farther than Guo Shao and others from Tokyo to Hebei. Fortunately, most of the roads are relatively spacious and flat, and the Hebei Plain is a good place to ride horses. Guo Shao was also anxious, and he arrived in Dingzhou in three days... If he hadn't found a ferry to cross the river a few times, it might have been faster.

The road seemed to be relatively peaceful, without seeing the grass-threshing valley that Fu Yanqing mentioned, the border between Liao and Zhou was peaceful, and farmers and cattle were even seen everywhere working in the fields in spring.

Guo Shao inquired about the route for the soldiers to come back, and first deployed the rangers nearby; this is a dilapidated ferry, with only three small ferry boats, which should be used by merchants and civilians, and there are only a few sentries set up by the old and weak Zhou soldiers. After the distribution was complete, Guo Shao and others went to Dingzhou City to send the greeting card.

The Dingzhou shogunate entertained Guo Shao and his party, and there was a banquet that night, accompanied by officials. Guo Shao has experienced this kind of occasion many times from Guanzhong to Hebei. At least the first drink is unavoidable for others to show the friendship of the landlord. Guo Shao handed Fu Yanqing's letter to the shogunate officials, and sure enough, he saw Sun Xingyou the next day.

Fu Yanqing has served as a Jiedu envoy in Hebei for many years, it seems that his name is quite useful. Sun Xingyou was willing to send troops to assist in the border of Dingzhou, but he didn't want to go to the Liao border to provoke conflicts, so he sent a general to assist Guo Shao.

As soon as the group left the shogunate, they saw a soldier waiting there anxiously: "Someone from Xiao Jin's department has arrived at the river bank!"

Guo Shao hurriedly rode out of the city, and soon saw two strange men riding over. Guo Shao hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Just how many of you? Have you rescued Mrs. Gao?"

One of the men said: "We spotted the spot. In the early hours of the morning, we suddenly entered the stronghold and captured people, but we had to run away immediately. In order to disperse the targets of the Khitan and puppet Han soldiers, General Xiao divided the troops into three groups. Mrs. Gao is not in our hands. Several of us were chased all the way, and three of us were shot dead!"

Guo Shao led his men to the ferry, only to see about twenty or thirty enemy riders wandering there on the other side, but there were no other people.

"Can the general mobilize the cavalry to disperse the Khitan cavalry on the other side first?" Guo Shao asked, "Madam Gao will most likely take this ferry along the way."

General Dingzhou said: "I'm going to report to Marshal Jie! As soon as Marshal Jie gives an order, the last general will bring his troops here."

At this moment, he suddenly saw the Khitan cavalry on the other side turning their heads and riding away. Guo Shao looked into the distance and saw three cavalry running indistinctly from the end of his sight. He said urgently: "Not good!"

Guo Shao wanted to cross the river to meet him, but Zuo You persuaded him again. Seeing whether the matter was going to fail or not, he was short of the last step, so he didn't care too much, so he boarded the three ferry boats at the ferry with Yang Biao and others, and the first ferry only took nine rides. There was no one blocking the river, and those Liao cavalry had already spread their wings, outflanking the people in the distance.

Guo Shao rode his horse and ran after he got ashore.

He ran wildly without hesitating his horsepower, and Guo Shao had already seen clearly that a man in white was sitting on one of the horses. My heart skipped a beat: It's probably Mrs. Gao! When Xiao Jin and others raided the Liao camp in the early hours of the morning, only Mrs. Gao could run away wearing only a white tunic. Who among those soldiers was fine in white clothes?

He stared at the man in white, and galloped away. The three riders were running in the opposite direction, and it seemed that they turned around when they found Liao Qi was blocking the road ahead.

The three groups of people galloped back and forth, and suddenly they saw dust in the distance, and another cavalry from the Liao Army came over! The three cavalry quickly turned around and rushed to the west, as if there were relatively few Liao cavalry in the west. Seeing this, Guo Shao also led his army to rush to the left.

Suddenly, a horse blew, and a knight fell from his horse. Han Bing and Mrs. Gao had a total of three riders, and there were only two riders left.

The situation was already very critical, and as he rushed closer, Guo Shao shouted: "Madam Gao, I'm here to meet your own people, go this way!" Hearing the sound of "pa...pa", the situation was already very critical.

Guo Shao visually estimated that Liao Qi was within a hundred steps, so he took his bow and arrow, and shot it, but he missed!

The brothers beside him, Yang Biao and Luo Mengzi's archery skills are poor, Guo Shao knows them too well. There is also a group of the most senior soldiers, wounded soldiers from Wuju Town. At that time, these people belonged to the infantry of the Xiaodi Army (Iron Cavalry Army), and most of them were not good at riding and shooting. If I had known earlier, I would have brought Li Chuyun or Luo Yanhuan!

"Crack!" There was another sound, and one of the Khitan cavalry shot very sharply and killed another cavalry. In the end, Mrs. Gao was left to ride, and hurriedly ran towards Guo Shao.

But the Khitan soldiers who were following did not shoot her, they shot her horse to kneel with another arrow. Another Khitan knight was only a few dozen steps away from Guo Shao. Zhang Gong shot two arrows in succession, but missed. Several riders surrounded Mrs. Gao who fell on the ground.

Guo Shao stretched his bow while running, counting the arrows were all off. The horse was shaking a lot while running, but he didn't find that feeling.

Seeing that three or four Liao cavalry had rushed to Madam Gao... More cavalry from the right flank came to outflank Guo Shao, and the situation was very bad.

A soldier shouted: "Master, we are about to be surrounded, retreat first!"