Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The camp of the Zhuozhou Central Army is next to the government yamen, and the wailing and groaning from the yamen can be heard day and night. In this era, there are no drugs such as antibiotics. Wounded soldiers with torso injuries and infections can only wait for death slowly, and infected limbs can only be sawed off, which is very cruel.

The location of the Chinese army was chosen in consideration of the image of the army of the Zhou Dynasty so as not to disturb the people. Seeing that the place in front of the official gate was spacious, they set up fences to station them; in fact, it was very noisy.

Guo Shao was sitting in the big tent, listening to the mournful voices from time to time, and listening to the generals talking below... Xiao Siwen's troops had already entered Zhuozhou.

...Guo Shao was a little distracted, for some reason he suddenly thought of Empress Fu's family "with a heartbeat": the empress's eyes and ears are very powerful, he has seen it before; he was ordered to be stationed in Zhuozhou, the empress should know it?

She must be worried.

Rao Guo Shao had never experienced high-level power struggles at all, but the queen told him that he must return to Beijing, so he probably understood her layout.

When Emperor Chai Rong passed away, if the army supporting the queen was in an outer town, 20,000 troops would really be nothing, and any town in any place could gather 20,000 troops; what's more, Zhuozhou is too far away from Tokyo, more than a thousand miles... But if it is in Tokyo, the usage will be very particular! Once the 20,000 people have the support of the ruler and the Privy Council, their power will expand infinitely.

Even though there are more than 100,000 elite soldiers in Tokyo, those soldiers are usually scattered, and it will be troublesome to mobilize and there will be a lot of movement. Military generals have no right to deploy troops in Tokyo. The Privy Council has the final say on where and how many troops are stationed... But if the queen is regent and truly trusts Guo Shao, 20,000 people gathered together will be an absolute superior force in Tokyo, and they can calmly divide the various armies.

Guo Shao joined the Forbidden Army at the age of fourteen. He is twenty-two years old this year. He has worked in the Forbidden Army for eight years. He knows the situation of the Forbidden Army very well.

The armies are stationed in many places in the city, and more than half of the people are completely dispersed to go home to rest; as long as someone uses a certain army without authorization, it is immediately a crime of treason and a real handle. If you don't listen, you will be disobedient. It is no different from rebellion afterwards. It is not a wait and see but a choice. Therefore, generals who have no position will habitually abide by the military orders of the Privy Council.

Whoever directly rebels by force in Tokyo will be beaten by the entire imperial army as long as there is no accident. Unless he can replace all the generals of the four main forces of the Forbidden Army, at least most of them will be replaced by generals who support him... If the influence is so great, then no system will work.

Therefore, Guo Shao had to go back to Tokyo, and he had to bring his "direct line" Hu Jie army back to the left side, so as to help the queen control the situation as quickly as possible;

... The generals in the tent discussed for a while, and now they are complaining. Dong Zunxun said: "We were suddenly asked to guard Zhuozhou, and the army rations in the city were not prepared in advance. Now that the food roads are under attack, how can Zhuozhou be kept for a long time?"

Luo Yanhuan also echoed: "The large group of Xiao Siwen's cavalry left Gu'an and pressed against Zhuozhou. Our cavalry can't beat him, so we can only let the gang of rangers attack the grain road; the cavalry of the Long Jie army at Qigouguan did not move and did not send food. This situation is really strange. Are the officials going to sit and watch us in Zhuozhou?"

Another person said: "If the Lord of Khitan leads an army south to besiege Zhuozhou at this moment, what should we do?"

Li Chuyun said calmly: "The Liao people cannot encircle Zhuozhou, so dividing up the siege will not be enough to fight the main force of the Zhou Dynasty. Unless the officials stand still in the south of Juma Pass, it is impossible to lose the elite soldiers of the imperial army."

Guo Shao, who had been silent for a long time, wondering what he was thinking about by himself, suddenly said: "I have an idea, call the commanding envoys and generals, and arrange the troops."

...

Xiao Siwen's large group of people stood ten miles away from Zhuozhou to wait and see, and he was already tired of this kind of chase.

First, the Qingqi in the south of Zhuozhou were chased and chased away by the Zhuozhou cavalry, and then he led the army to deal with the Zhou army's cavalry in Zhuozhou; as a result, the Zhou army retreated to the city. Xiao Siwen's retreat was neither an attack nor an attack, and there was nothing he could do... It was obviously useless to attack the city.

Xiao Siwen's Khitan and Xi soldiers had more than ten thousand riders, and they were able to advance and retreat freely in field battles, but they still couldn't attack the city.

"I don't know who the general of the Zhou army guarding Zhuozhou is, but he is not in a hurry." Xiao Siwen said, "If there is no other way, first withdraw the light soldiers near Qigou Pass, and return to Gu'an to wait for a while."

He was bored when suddenly a soldier came in and said, "Brother Xi slaughtered a village in the south!"

Xiao Siwen was furious immediately, and said: "We are going to fight a war, and he has nothing to do with that stupid thing? Why did the guy provoke him?"

The soldier said, "I don't know."

Xiao Siwen shouted: "Call Brother Xi back, tell him to come to me and explain clearly!"

At this moment, another ministry came to report: "Zhuozhou horse soldiers have come out and are coming towards us."

"Huh?" Xiao Siwen immediately put Brother Xi's troubles out of his mind, and hurriedly asked, "How many people?"

The general who came to report said: "Five thousand, maybe two thousand."

Xiao Siwen smiled when he heard this, and immediately mobilized his troops, ordering some troops to detour north and one south, preparing to follow Zhou's retreat. Then lead the main force to fight head-on. At this time the general Xi Ge also came back, Xiao Siwen only cared about fighting and didn't care about him.

Unexpectedly, the cavalry of the Zhou army came out for a run that day. They may have discovered the movement of the Liao army's intention to encircle them, so they turned around and ran away again. Xiao Siwen led his army to chase to the city of Zhuozhou, and found that the horsemen of the Zhou army were still outside the city. Immediately, he ordered the heavy cavalry of the South Court to be the forward, and charged directly to fight.

In an instant, it seemed that both sides hadn't prepared much, and the front started to kill. The two armies rushed back and forth from different directions, fighting inextricably.

When Xiao Siwen stepped forward, he saw that the battle horses in the city were running like a whirlpool, and the hoofs of the horses on the plain were roaring like thunder, and the sound of killing was loud. He ordered more generals to lead troops to outflank the Zhou army from the left and right, and directly hit the Zhou army on both sides.

When the large groups of cavalry on both sides had just dispatched, they suddenly saw the gates of the city opened, and the Zhou army retreated into the city in a single file;

At this time, the general next to Xiao Siwen said: "The Zhou army opened the door to escape, and the Liao army's iron cavalry will definitely take the opportunity to follow and enter the city... Could it be that Zhuozhou was captured by this?"

Xiao Siwen said: "There are so many people in front, it's too late to order them back now. Besides, why can't we enter the city?"

None of the generals could tell why they couldn't enter the city, for fear of being ambushed? That incident was strange. The generals of the Liao Army who were present had never encountered a city defender, and would take the initiative to open the city gates to amplify the army to enter the city for an "ambush".

At this moment, a young general said: "If the Zhou army prepares an ambush in the city, we will suffer."

After hearing this, Xiao Siwen turned his head and said: "Going up the wall from the inside of the city wall is like walking on flat ground. How did Han'er ambush?"

The young general said: "The last general was assassinated three years ago in a place called Wuqi Town in Luzhou, Hedong. I thought so at the time. I thought it was easy when I saw the dilapidated town wall, but I rushed into the gate and found that Han'er had built fortifications in the town... What a hell, we have never seen a city defending a city without defending the wall, but building fortifications inside. I was besieged leading my troops, and dozens of people died to escape."

The Khitan generals were also surprised to hear that, indeed, they had never seen a city defending a city but not its gates and walls. On the whole land, it is the Han people who always build the city to defend it; the Khitan attack the city almost attacking the city of the Han people. I have always seen and heard that the Han people use everything on the city walls and gates. But it just happened that I have never seen the city gate opened to let others in before fighting.

Xiao Siwen twitched the beard above his lips, thought for a while, and said, "Send someone up to find Brother Xi, and tell him to beware of treacherous schemes and ambushes. Tell him that the Khitan people should be fierce and vigilant like tigers."

At this time, the gate of the city was in chaos, and the Khitan cavalry and Zhou Jun's rebellious soldiers rushed into the gate of the city while fighting. There are soldiers everywhere inside and outside the city gate, how can it be closed? Whoever moved the city gate would be shot into a hornet's nest or smashed into meat by the Khitan cavalry.

Xiao Siwen's entourage found brother Xi, surrounded by screams and the sound of horseshoes resounding, he had no choice but to say loudly: "The king told me to tell the general, beware of Han'er's tricks! The king told the general to be vigilant like a tiger!"

Brother Xi cursed and said: "What tigers and beasts? The city is broken, and this is the first time I have encountered a guard who 'uses treacherous tricks' to open the gate of his own city!" After saying that, he ignored it, flattered his horse and left, away from the personal entourage of the King of the South Courtyard. Then he said to the people around him: "The King is getting more and more timid."

Brother Xi followed a large group of cavalry and sent people to dismount to attack the tower along the stone steps of the city wall, while chasing the defeated Zhou Dynasty cavalry who were running wildly on the central axis of the city.

These cities were built by the Han people at the beginning. They are basically square with four gates, and the two main avenues in the shape of a "ten" in the middle are convenient for the army to quickly maneuver reinforcements to the four walls when defending the city.

More and more cavalry soldiers of the Liao army rushed onto the avenue, running very smoothly on the flat and wide central axis.

Countless horses were roaring, and the entire city seemed to be trampled under the trample of iron hooves! Brother Xi happily shouted after entering the city: "If you don't take the knife for three days, kill them all!"

People and horses spread everywhere like a flood, and the street was gradually filled like a ditch.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a red square flag was suddenly hung on a tower in the city, and then "bang bang bang..." Many fireworks flew into the air and bloomed in midair. Even many Khitan people couldn't help looking up. Unfortunately, the blue sky and white sun are not so beautiful, but the black smoke after the fireworks exploded lingers in the air for a long time.

"Not good!" Brother Xi's expression changed. He didn't know what was going on for a while, but this sign was very wrong, and his intuition was not good.