Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

When Guo Shao and the others returned to the barracks, they happened to be passing by the pharmacy where Miracle Physician Lu was sitting in Qianjie, and Deng Fei, an injured general under his command, was together again, so they stopped by to find their acquaintance, Miracle Physician Lu.

Unexpectedly, just at the door, I heard a woman calling for help. Everyone in the lobby heard it too, an old man hurried in; Guo Shao thought it was the voice of a lady from the Lu family, so he also hurried in through the back door.

The old man stood under the eaves and shouted: "Da Lang?"

Guo Shao heard movement in a wing not far away, so he hurried over, but seeing that the door was ajar, he stretched out his left hand and gently opened the wooden door. Sure enough, a man and a woman were entangled inside. Who is that woman, not the wife of the Lu family?

The old man in the pharmacy took a look, scolded, and seeing Zhou Jun general Guo Shao looked cold, he hurriedly said: "General, calm down, the dog and Miss Lu's family are already engaged."

When Guo Shao heard this, although he was upset, he couldn't say anything more. Since the young man was messing with his fiancée and staying at his own home, it would be hard for an upright official to decide.

The lady of the Lu family broke free and ran out, grabbed the neckline with her hands, looked at Guo Shao pitifully with tears in her eyes, then lowered her head and walked out. The old man shouted to the juniors in the house: "You beast, get out!"

The young man was extremely embarrassed, and without talking back, he hurriedly slipped out of the wing. When he walked out the back door, he saw Lu Lan stuffing things into the basket, and suddenly said angrily, "I heard that there is a general living in your house? Humph, I understand!" Lu Lan choked up and said, "What's the matter with me? My father brought it back. He's more gentleman than you."

When Guo Shao came out, he didn't care about the matter just now, and asked that the genius doctor Lu was healing the wounded soldiers in the army, and immediately left the pharmacy with Deng Fei. Another soldier was sent to call Doctor Lu.

He also told Li Chuyun to send out more scouts to watch the movements of Xiao Siwen's men.

Li Chuyun said: "The captive cavalry in the north are more difficult to deal with than the countries in the south. Even if we can defeat them, it will not be easy for us to do so. The captive cavalry will run away if they cannot be defeated, and they will not be able to catch up with them. The two thousand cavalry of the Hu Jie army will be chased out, and they will be counterattacked, so they dare not chase them... It would be great if we could lure Xiao Siwen into the city."

After hearing this, Guo Shao remembered Li Chuyun's idea of ​​swindling surrender to lure the enemy, and he couldn't help muttering: "Brother Li's strategy is good, but the way is not satisfactory, maybe Xiao Siwen won't be fooled."

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At the Zhou army camp on the south bank of the Juma River, the scouts also inquired about the news that the Liao army in Gu'an County was dispatched to attack Zhuozhou. At that time, Chai Rong's palace was located in Xiongzhou (Waqiaoguan), and all the generals gathered in the lobby one after another, discussing a lot.

But the emperor did not come to see him, and there were only a few eunuchs on both sides of the public seat in the hall.

Some people commented: "The Great Zhou army can cross the Juma River again, reinforce Zhuozhou, and deter the troops of Nanyuan King Xiao Siwen, so as to force the Khitan Lord to go south for a decisive battle. If the battlefield can be planned before the city of Zhuozhou, it may be possible to fight from both inside and outside!"

General Shi Shoudao of the cavalry army: "If you are in a hurry to send troops now, Xiao Siwen will probably retreat. Unless we wait for the Khitan lord to lead the Liao army to Zhuozhou, we can make a show of reinforcements in Zhuozhou, and we can fight decisively under the city."

Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin who were standing in front remained silent.

Because the emperor has not come, it is useless to say anything now.

Emperor Chai Rong was in the inner hall, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, eunuch Wang Zhongzheng carefully dipped his face with a hot towel, and his movements were very careful. Wang Zhongdao: "Officials, why don't you let the imperial doctor come in and have a look?"

Chai Rong shook his head thoughtfully, and said, "Go outside and listen to what civil and military officials are talking about."

"Here." Wang Zhong hurriedly put down the towel, walked to the door, and asked another eunuch to go in and serve him.

When Wang Zhong was leaving, Chai Rong took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, the handkerchief was pinched into a ball, and there were faint bloodstains. He threw the handkerchief directly into the fire of the clay stove next to the water.

A few days ago, he lost the decisive battle in the south of Youzhou. He was very disappointed and angry. When he retreated, he rode the horse for dozens of miles. But Chai Rong didn't want anyone to know for a while... Once the people around him leaked the news of his health, it would definitely affect the morale of the army and he had to retreat.

Chai Rong was unwilling to give up the Northern Expedition like this. Although the first decisive battle was not smooth, and it was not as easy as winning the three passes and five states (including Yi and Zhuo), the main force was not damaged. He wants to choose another opportunity to fight again after taking a break. What he needs now is to boost morale and get the support of more generals.

But he found that his body couldn't stand it anymore.

So now Chai Rong is in a very hesitant mood. On the one hand, he felt that he needed recuperation, and he had reached the point where he could no longer be brave; on the other hand, since the Gaoping War, the biggest wish of the emperor for several years was to achieve the achievement of recovering the sixteen states of Youyun. He had longed for a few years, thought about it countless days and nights, and prepared so much for it. Now that he has setbacks, he will easily give up?

The strength of Zhou Jun's reckless efforts is slightly inferior, mainly because there are few elite cavalry, but Chai Rong believes that it is not completely hopeless, and can make up for this gap with other efforts.

If it weren't for the untimely collapse of the body, with Chai Rong's willpower, he would not hesitate as he is now.

Not long after, Wang Zhong came back again and reported the situation and discussions in the hall. After hearing this, Chai Rong said after a while, "Tell everyone else to go down." His voice was deep and weak.

The fat and white eunuch retreated as he said. At this moment, Chai Rong invited him to listen to him, and said in a deep voice: "Go and call Imperial Doctor Sun in for me to have a look, and tell him not to reveal my condition for the time being."

Wang Zhong took the order and hurried out to find the imperial doctor. Then the old man who carried a medicine box calmly walked through the small gate. The palace, the palace, was the expropriated Xiongzhou government. Things are done very silently, but it is difficult to keep it completely confidential, and there are always a few people who will notice when they come and go.

Imperial physician Sun bowed into the room, first checked the pulse, then asked him to observe Chai Rong's face and facial features, and asked some questions. Chai Rong truthfully said that he had vomited a mouthful of blood out of breath and described some other symptoms.

The imperial doctor knelt down and begged: "Your Majesty, you'd better put the dragon's body as the most important thing, and return to the imperial court first, so that you can take good care of your body."

Chai Rong frowned and said, "What's wrong with me?"

"This..." the imperial doctor said, "I dare not make a judgment alone, it is better to go back to the court and ask the imperial doctors to consult together. But in my humble opinion, your majesty's noble body... ahem, you can't work outside and procrastinate."

Chai Rong was immediately annoyed when he heard the imperial doctor's vague speech. In fact, he himself knew the condition of his body, but he was a little unwilling. Seeing the imperial doctor's hesitation to speak, Chai Rong woke up and realized the seriousness of the matter.

Suddenly Chai Rong thought of death!

If he dies, how will future generations judge himself? And the remaining foundation, where should we go?

In an instant, some consciousness poured into Chai Rong's heart suddenly, and he suddenly felt panicked.

Chai Rong thought for a while, and said sternly: "You must not reveal my physical condition, otherwise I will not let you down!"

The imperial physician and eunuch Wang Zhong hurriedly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed in agreement.

...Wang Zhong suddenly thought of the emperor's oldest son, Chai Zongxun, who was only four years old in real life! Then there is Chai Zongxun's "mother queen" Fu Shi, he felt chills down his spine for a while, why did the officials say no?

Wang Zhong thought about it, and felt that it was hard to say what happened in the future, but the queen is not a fuel-efficient lamp, at least she should not be too offended. At the moment, she secretly wrote a secret letter, and wanted to send it to Tokyo to take the opportunity to make a contribution in front of the queen. But the letter must be sent by the most trusted person, so he found his godson eunuch Wang Jien, and told Wang Jien to return to Beijing secretly and hand over the secret letter to the queen himself.

Wang Jien was a young eunuch in his twenties, with a big face, the flesh on his face was loose as if it was swollen, his face was very broad, but his facial features were crowded together. Usually loyal, but now that he got the secret letter, instead of returning to Beijing immediately, he went to Zhao Kuangyin's camp to meet Zhao Pu privately!

Zhao Kuangyin quickly returned to the residence, and the three of them looked at the secret letter on the table.

I saw that the credit was sealed with burnt varnish, and it was very firm, and it would definitely leave traces if it moved. Wang Jien was helpless, and said: "The old man Wang Zhong asked the miscellaneous family to go back to Tokyo to deliver a letter to the queen... The miscellaneous family saw Sun Yuyi going to the palace earlier. Could this letter mean that the official's family is ill?"

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhao Pu suddenly picked up the secret letter and tore it apart rudely. Wang Jien was anxious, his eyes widened, and when he reached out to grab it, it was already too late.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Wang Jien calmly and said, "Don't you really want to report the matter to the palace?"

Wang Jien was speechless after hearing this.

Zhao Pu read the secret letter for a while, then passed it to Zhao Kuangyin and said, "This eunuch Wang Zhong is really on two legs, now he has to think about himself." After finishing speaking, he glanced at Wang Jien.

Wang Ji'en said: "The Zajia has no other intentions. I'm afraid that Wang Zhong will find out that the Zajia didn't deliver the letter, and the Zajia will be in danger."

But the matter has come to this point, the letter has been torn like that, and there is really no way to send it again.

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However, Fu Shi also heard the news very quickly. She did not get the most accurate information from Wang Zhong, but Minister Wang Pu still asked the servant to return to Beijing to reveal something. There are two main things. Guo Shao was transferred to Zhuozhou to guard the city. The emperor did not see anyone for several days and may be ill.

Fu Shi was very disturbed after hearing the news.

It's been raining heavily in Tokyo for a while, with wind and heavy rain. In the precarious wind and rain, she just felt as if the tall and majestic Miyagi was about to be overturned, and the lightning and thunder made her heart jump.

Is the emperor in good health? That should be back soon. This kind of news may not have spread yet, and even Prime Minister Wang Pu's people are vague; I don't know if Wang Pu will disclose it to Guo Shao.

But Guo Shao doesn't care about the emperor now, he has to find a way to go back to Tokyo!

Fu Shi was also concerned about one more thing: how bad is the emperor's health? I hope the emperor can hold on, at least come back to Beijing first! Otherwise, hundreds of thousands of troops and the most elite troops of the Zhou Dynasty were outside, and when the emperor died, who should those troops listen to?

If it gets to that point, will Zhao Kuangyin summon Guo Shao to the central army to ambush him without Guo Shao's knowledge... Even if he does not ambush him, the left wing of the Hujie army in Zhuozhou is not the main opponent of the Zhou army.

The Fu family immediately called the eunuch Cao Tai, and asked him to send Jing Niang of Guo's mansion to the palace immediately.