Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

As the weather warmed up in early summer, Guo Shao and others were worried that the corpses would rot in the town and a plague would break out. They wanted to bury the dead in the back mountain as soon as possible, but the town general Li Desheng tried his best to stop it. He asked someone to cut off the heads of the Khitan soldiers and loaded them into a car, and hurriedly sent them to Luzhou to ask for credit.

Not long ago, officials from Luzhou came to Wuqi Town with six pigs and sheep and two sacks of copper coins to reward the generals. Only then did Guo Shao finally understand why Khitan soldiers appeared here.

The news first came from officials in Liaozhou who surrendered.

After the Battle of Gaoping, the Khitan army retreated, or they did not expect that the Zhou army would immediately take advantage of the victory to attack Jinyang (Taiyuan). A group of people was stranded in Liaozhou, southeast of Jinyang, before leaving in time. Its military strength is not large, the real Khitan cavalry has only one or two hundred cavalry, and there are thousands of foreign servants and infantry. When they learned that the army of the Zhou Dynasty was going north, they couldn't go away... The line from Jinyang to Taihang Mountain in the north has been controlled by the Zhou army, and the east of Taihang Mountain is also the towns in Hebei under the rule of the Zhou Dynasty.

The Khitan soldiers' retreat was blocked, and then the situation became worse. At that time, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty ordered the four-way army to attack the outskirts of Jinyang to support the main force. Among them, the right wing was Kang Yanzhao, the defense envoy of Laizhou, and the soldiers attacked Liaozhou. All the officials in Liaozhou sent people day and night to ask for surrender.

The Khitan soldiers were about to break through, but they soon received a secret order from the north, strictly ordering them to go straight south from Liaozhou to harass the grain road of the Zhou Dynasty. Surrounded on all sides, advancing instead of retreating, it was obvious that this army had become abandoned, and the upper echelon of Khitan just hoped that they would play a role in the end.

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Zhou Jun’s logistics supply is indeed a huge problem. It is said that the states near the east of the river, including Xi, Ci, Jiang, Ze, Jin, Lu, Xing, Zhao, Zhen, Ding, and many other counties, have been required to requisition the grain supplies of the Minzhuang. The right servant shot Li Gu to temporarily replace Fu Yanqing, sentenced Taiyuan to run the government affairs, and tried his best to adjust the grain.

Not long after, on the main road near Luzhou, there was an endless stream of grain transport convoys, like a long dragon, with no head in front and tail in back.

Guo Shao discussed with the generals and decided to go north to Jinyang with the army escorting food and grass, and return to the Xiaodi army.

So Guo Shao led the forbidden army team and began to walk northward. Except for the three brothers and the civil servant Zuo You, there were 20 wounded soldiers who had recovered. There were forty or fifty wounded soldiers of the banned soldiers who were originally placed in Wuqi Town, but some were disabled, some were seriously injured, and seven or eight died in the battle in Wuqi Town.

Another long, heavy-duty hike. Guo Shao came out of Tokyo, and walked a long way, and several pairs of boots were ruined. On the way, he met the right servant who was patrolling the grain road and shot Li Gu's men and horses. Li Gu heard about Guo Shao's achievements and praised him greatly.

After Guo Shao and others got the horses, they transformed into cavalry troops.

In mid-May, when Guo Shao's team arrived in Jinyang, they were immediately stunned by what they saw.

Thick smoke billowed in the sky above the towering Jinyang City, and the sound of killing shook the sky, surrounded by countless large armies, attacking from all directions. I saw people crawling everywhere on the high city wall. Watching this battle, the Zhou army was using the most conventional siege tactic: ant-attachment. Swarm up like ants to attack, the main tool is the ladder.

Countless rockets were flying in the air, and the whole city exploded like a fireworks tube, and the rockets were like dense sparks splashing. Flames flickered above and below the city, and black smoke billowed everywhere. The ladders were full of people, rolling logs and stones fell down one after another, and people kept falling from mid-air; the most unbearable thing to look at was that oil was poured down from the city from time to time, and they would catch fire when they touched the fire. Those soldiers who were burned were rolling desperately under the city wall.

A group of people pushed a cowhide cart close to the city gate. There were stone holes on both sides of the city gate, which were specially poured with oil. After a while, the cart turned into a pile of raging firewood. Zhou's army went on and on, and people were killed and injured constantly. The battlefield looked extremely tragic.

...Guo Shao and the others stood there stunned, until they saw a group of peasants carrying the screaming and moaning wounded soldiers approaching, they hurriedly led the horses away to make way.

With thousands of troops fighting like this, where can we find Zhang Yongde?

When the group of peasants passed by, they soon saw a large group of cavalry from the Zhou army marching towards this side. There was a word "Xiang" on the banner in front of them, but they didn't know which army it was.

This group of cavalry ignored Guo Shao and others at first, because they were also dressed in Zhou Jun's armor, and they were obviously friendly troops. However, some people still feel strange, why are there more than 20 people standing here watching the play?

A general in front left the main road, reined in his horse by the side of the road, and pointed his whip at Guo Shao who was leading the way: "Whose soldiers and horses are you?"

Guo Shao replied: "The infantry commander of the Xiaodi Army is the people under Wang Degong's command."

"There are so many horses in the infantry squad?" the general asked.

Guo Shao hurriedly said: "These horses were shot by the right servant, and they were awarded by Li Gong, the governor of Taiyuan. We came from Luzhou, and met Li Pushe on the way. Li Pushe heard that we killed Zhang Yuanhui and defeated more than a hundred Khitan Rangers. He rewarded the last general and presented them with horses..."

"Your name is Guo Shao?" the general asked hurriedly.

"It's the last general."

At this moment, the general in front of the cavalry turned his head to take a look, and immediately turned his horse and walked towards this side. I saw that the general had a thick face, thick bones, yellow and rough skin, and was very tall; the general was also looking up and down at Guo Shao.

The general asked, "Are you really Guo Shao?"

Guo Shao replied calmly: "We all have military memberships; in addition, a general named Zhao Kuangyin in the Forbidden Army met the last general in Gaoping and rewarded him face to face. The last general dare not lie."

Others whispered: "There is indeed Zhao Kuangyin, Marquis of Yu, the capital of scattered members."

"Haha!" The general suddenly laughed, "If you said it was Guo Shao, it would be easier!"

"The general has seen the last general?"

General said: "I haven't seen it, I have heard it. I have heard a arrow to death Zhang Yuanhui, you can also be famous for stepping on his corpse." He looked at Guo Shao again and said, "The small base of the army is in Gao Ping, who do you find? I see, you first go back to the king of the guard, and come back to see the official family. The former envoy and the former army of Hedong Bank are under training. "

"Long-awaited to the general's name!" Guo Shao hastily cupped his hands and bowed. In his heart, he has been in the army of the Five Dynasties for several years, but he still doesn't fully understand the various official positions above, and he is only familiar with the positions of generals and school at the bottom. But once he heard that Xiang Xun's official title was so domineering, he must have a high position.

Xiang Xun said: "Would you like to go with me? Wei Wang Fu Yanqing blocked the Liao army in Xinzhou, and his strength was not enough to send people to ask for help. He was ordered by the official to go to reinforce Xinkou.

Guo Shao clasped his fists briskly and said, "The general is willing to go."

When it was time, he didn't have time to ask his brothers and subordinates for their opinions, so he agreed first before speaking. Everyone should also understand such a decision: they are all here, and there must be a war... Is there any more tragic errand than climbing the wall in Jinyang City over there? Look at the wounded soldiers brought back, they were all roasted by fire oil.

So everyone followed Guo Shao and joined Xiang Xun's army with their horses.