Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Guo Shao slept soundly during his long stay abroad. When I woke up, I found that it was already dawn, so I hurriedly got up to wash up, and when I walked out of the bedroom, I called "Miraculous Doctor Lu" twice, but no one answered.

He suddenly saw a thick bowl and a saucer on the table in the main room. He looked up and saw a bowl of porridge, a piece of cake and half a plate of pickles in the saucer. Guo Shao picked up a piece of pickled vegetables with chopsticks and tasted it, and found the taste was not bad; it seems that the salt in the Liao Kingdom ruled area is very cheap, but the cost of replacing it with inland pickles is not low, because the official salt is very expensive.

Guo Shao ate the vegetables and rice without any pressure, but he was not full, so he had to prepare to eat two more flatbreads when he arrived at the barracks. He packed everything up and went out, only to see Lu Chengyong waiting there.

Guo Shao said quickly: "Ask someone to go in and wash the dishes. Close the courtyard door to Doctor Lu."

"Yes." Lu Chengyong immediately arranged staff.

A sturdy two-wheeled carriage leaned against the side of the road, and Guo Shao got into the carriage from behind, because there were two large wooden wheels on both sides, and there was only a two-wheeled cart. They guarded Guo Shao's chariot and headed northward, heading for the camp of the Chinese army. There are wooden windows on both sides of the carriage, and as long as you sit up straight, you can see the wheels turning. Those wheels are really big.

A group of carriages and horses walked through two streets, and Guo Shao suddenly felt that a person on the side of the road looked familiar. When she turned her head and took a closer look, she saw that the person was the daughter of Miracle Doctor Lu whom she met last night. She was sitting on the side of the road rubbing her feet with a basket by her hand.

"Stop!" Guo Shao slapped the wooden board in front of him. The groom hastily reined in the horse, and the carriage moved forward more and more slowly for a while, the carriage tilted forward slightly, and finally stopped.

Guo Shao opened the bamboo curtain from behind and walked down, but saw that the girl had already stood up. He couldn't help but think of the food he found on the table in the morning. The old man Miracle Doctor Lu might not know how to cook, so he walked over with good intentions and said, "Miss Lu, what's wrong with your feet?"

He looked up and down, and saw that she was in her twenties, maybe only eighteen, dressed very simply, with dark cloth clothes, her hair tied with a piece of floral cloth, her body was tightly wrapped, her appearance was not amazing at all, but her face was fair, and her forehead was clean when her hair was combed up.

Unexpectedly, the lady of the Lu family ignored Guo Shao at all, as if she didn't hear her, she walked away with her head buried, but her steps were a little limp. Seeing this, Guo Shao thought to himself: Is it sprained or worn out?

He said again: "Where are you going, take my carriage, and I will take you there along the way."

Mrs. Lu still ignored it, and walked along the roadside without saying a word, carrying a basket. Seeing this, Guo Shao thought to himself: Hey, you girls are quite stubborn! Where did I offend her?

Guo Shao suddenly remembered what happened last night, Mrs. Lu said inside that she would not let Guo Shao live in her house, and later found out that Guo Shao heard it... probably that was the case. Otherwise, everyone has no grievances and no enmity, and they know each other well, so there should always be a few words of greeting and polite words... Guo Shao invited her to take a ride with good intentions.

But she didn't appreciate it, and Guo Shao had nothing to do, so he didn't bother to care about it at the moment, and got on the carriage again. Mrs. Lu on the side of the road walked slowly, as if she didn't know Guo Shao at all, and didn't even look at him.

The groom drove the cart slowly on the road for a while, Guo Shao knocked on the wooden board in front of him and said, "Let's go."

"Crack!" With a sound of the whip, the carriage accelerated again.

When Guo Shao opened the bamboo curtain at the back to look, he saw the Lu family's wife dropped the basket and sat down on the side of the road again.

...When it came to the big tent of the Chinese army, several generals came to see him. Li Chuyun came in with a sergeant he didn't know, and the sergeant stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and said: "Yesterday, the humble officers were ordered to go to Qigou Pass, and wanted to cross the river from the pontoon bridge to contact the people of the Privy Council. Unexpectedly, they encountered Liao army Qingqi along the way, and they chased and intercepted more than a dozen people.

Li Chuyun said: "Suddenly there are Khitan Qingqi everywhere in the south of Zhuoshui. It seems that Xiao Siwen released them after he occupied Gu'an in the east. It seems that the batch of food that should have arrived in the past few days may not come. He will definitely be harassed by Liao army Qingqi on the way."

At this time, another general said: "We must ask Zhang Guanghan (who is stationed in the left side of the Longjie Army in Qigou Guan) to send someone to repair the corridor. The predecessors defended the city to ensure the smooth flow of grain roads."

Guo Shao asked: "How to repair the corridor?"

The general said: "Dig wide ditches on both sides, build earthen walls and fences, and send troops to guard them."

After hearing this, Guo Shao took out a map and a ruler, made gestures on the map, shook his head and said, "Fix fifty or sixty miles of fortifications? How long will it take? Do we plan to build Zhuozhou for a year or a half, or two or three years?"

"The line of grain carts is very long, and as soon as they walk, there are always places where the guards are thin. The rangers attack and harass the weak ones. If they can beat them, they will come up and shoot the soldiers. If they can't beat them or encounter a magic hand, they will run away. It is really annoying. It can make a large army exhausted and miserable." Li Chuyun said, "The Liao people have only a few tactics, and the constant harassment of light cavalry is their common tactic."

"Xiao Siwen..." Guo Shao pondered for a moment, and said, "This man has just arrived in Gu'an, and he started to attack. It seems that we don't have to be polite, and we can start to compete with him now. We don't need to build tunnels for defense. We will use cavalry against cavalry, mobile against mobile, and dispatch cavalry to hunt."

While referring to the map, he said, "Qigou Pass is in the southwest. We can divide our cavalry into two groups; the main force will go south along the Zhuo River from the east, and after they disperse, they will advance to Qigou Pass to encircle them and wipe out the wandering Liao cavalry..."

Li Chuyun said: "The key is that Gu'an is too close to the east. Once we disperse and enclose, I am afraid that we will be counterattacked by Gu'an reinforcements from behind; after we disperse, we will not be able to fight the Liao cavalry."

Guo Shaodao: "A large number of people from the Liao army came from the east. We can retreat to Zhuozhou on the north road and go to Qigouguan on the south road. It is very difficult for the enemy to surround our cavalry. As soon as Xiao Siwen's large army comes, we will run away; as soon as they retreat, we will continue to encircle and suppress the rangers on the southern plain of Zhuozhou."

After hearing this, everyone thought it was feasible. Li Chuyun said again: "There is also the army led by the Khitan Lord of the North Road, which is only about a hundred and eighty miles away. It is also a great threat. We must always pay attention to their movements."

After hearing this, Zuo You said: "Once the Khitan Lord's army goes south, we don't have to do anything. The only thing we need to do is go back to the city and defend the city."

Guo Shao murmured: "Therefore, the food road cannot be interrupted. We need to stockpile more food. Once we are surrounded, the more food we have, the longer we can keep it... If the Khitan Lord's army goes south, it may not mainly care about us, but will focus on the main force of Zhou in the south of the Juma River."

After discussing for a while, Guo Shao immediately ordered Qi Tingxun, Yang Biao and others to stay in Zhuozhou to monitor the movement of the main force of the Liao army in the north;

He ordered Luo Yanhuan to go west and block the north of Qigou Pass. I ordered more than a thousand cavalry to prepare... I ordered nearly 2,000 horses, but there were only more than 1,200 knights. The horses of the Hujie army are scarce, and it is impossible for one person to be equipped with two horses. However, since it is a mobile operation, the horses will inevitably be damaged, so each of them has to be given some reserve horses to supplement the damaged horses.

They will be dispatched before dawn in the morning, and Guo Shao will spend the night in the barracks that night. He was preoccupied with fighting Xiao Siwen, so he ignored other things.

...After nightfall, seeing that Guo Shao hadn't come back yet, Doctor Lu couldn't help muttering in the main room: "Could it be that the general was overwhelmed when he heard those words last night, thinking that our Lu family is not hospitable and doesn't welcome him?"

In front of her father, Mrs. Lu said, "It's better not to come! You can't be a good person at first glance, and if you don't have anything to do, you can either rape or steal."

"Shut up!" Miracle Doctor Lu said angrily, "Why do you suddenly speak so meanly?"

Lady Lu lowered her head and said, "It was originally, I was right."

"If he doesn't want to live in our house, he has to say something." Miracle doctor Lu took out the gold jewelry from his bosom and played with it for a while, "The general is from a wealthy family and knows how to behave... There are guards living next door, so I'll go ask what's going on."

Old man Lu went there for a while, and when he came back, he saw that the young lady was still grinding medicinal materials with a wooden pestle in the main room, so he said: "I will do the work tomorrow during the day, and the courtyard is closed for rest."

The little lady said, "Father, where is your General Guo?"

Old man Lu said: "It is said that we are going to fight tomorrow morning, and we may come back in a few days or a day."

"Where are you going to fight?" the little lady asked curiously.

Old man Lu said: "I'm not sure. After asking for my father, the general only said a few words, saying that Xiao Siwen, the great king of the Southern Academy, is here, and he might fight Xiao Siwen. I hope the Zhou army wins, and don't let the Liao people take Zhuozhou back...General Guo's illness just happened, and he is about to go out, alas."

So the little lady put away the things in her hand and went to fetch water to serve the old man.

The next morning, before dawn, the little lady was awakened by the sound of horseshoes. She was wearing a middle coat and her hair was loose. She quietly walked out of the main room with a wooden stool, climbed up on the stool and looked out by the wall.

I saw bright torches on the street, and a large number of horsemen rushed past. Although the little lady was very wary of the tall man, she still couldn't help being curious about what he did.

There were too many cavalrymen on the road, and they kept passing the main road in front of the door. I saw the iron armor shining in the torches and clanging, but they couldn't see people clearly. But at this moment, he suddenly saw a general riding a horse in front and back; and when the general passed by the Lu family's gate, he turned his head to look at this side, and immediately found the Lu family's lady with half of her head sticking out of the wall.

Who is Guo Shao if the general is not? Miss Lu didn't pay attention, and accidentally fell off the stool. She groaned in pain, and hurriedly rubbed her lower back with her hand.

Her face flushed immediately, thinking of the embarrassment when they met again... He actually found herself peeking at the wall. She sat on the ground for a while, then thought again: The sound of the horse's hooves was so loud, I was just looking at the cavalryman, not him specifically.

At this moment, old man Lu also came out. Seeing his daughter standing by the wall, he hurriedly told him, "Don't open the door, there are chaos outside, who knows who you are? Don't forget how your mother died back then!"