Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Guo Shao remembers hiding in the cabinet in the Peach Blossom Grove in the Prince Wei's Mansion and overheard Fu Yanqing bragging that when he was young, he was the tenth daughter of Ye Yu... and he claimed to be able to ride, shoot and fight at the age of thirteen. Fu Yanqing is about sixty years old now, but he actually only has one grown son, Fu Zhaoxu. The second son would have grown up if he hadn't died of illness, and the third son, Zhao Yuan, was only in his teens and unmarried. This time his elder brother Zhao Xu went to Luzhou to propose marriage for him.

Guo Shao saw Fu Zhaoxu in the main hall behind Jinxiang Hall, and Fu Jinzhan was sitting on it.

He had met Zhao Xu in Prince Wei's Mansion, but he was not very familiar with him, but he still recognized him when he met him. Seeing that Fu Zhaoxu was in his thirties and looked very "handsome", Guo Shao felt that he was much more handsome than himself, even though Fu Zhaoxu was ten years older than him.

Zhao Xu was wearing a military uniform, with a high crown tied in a bun on his head, making him look taller. Because he is a general, his face, neck and hands are a little dark because of the sun, but his skin is fair. Although he is a general, he is very personable, but lacks a bit of toughness.

His demeanor was very calm and calm, and he didn't talk much. After Guo Shao kowtowed to the Queen Mother, he clasped his fists and said, "I have seen Guo Du check."

"Brother Fu." Guo Shao called back cordially, "You and I are a family, so we don't need to be called by military ranks, but by brothers."

After hearing this, Fu Zhaoxu said, "Brother Guo."

Guo Shao suddenly felt that this person was really straightforward. He was not like Shi Yanchao, but he was not too strict.

Guo Shao turned his head and bent over and said to Fu Jinzhan: "Father-in-law actually sent brother Fu to Luzhou in person, but luckily Li Yun chose not to oppose him; otherwise, depending on what Li Yun did, brother Fu would be in danger."

Fu Zhaoxu said: "Father and I didn't realize that Li Yun was such a scheming person. Fortunately, I managed to deal with it, but I was a little scared afterwards. I don't know what kind of daughter is raised by this kind of person. It will be difficult for the third brother to marry in the future."

Fu Jinzhan's face was flushed, and he didn't even look at Guo Shao, let alone talk to him, as if he was someone he didn't know well at all... a bit trying to cover up. She asked calmly: "Did elder brother meet the envoys of the Northern Han Dynasty at Li Yun's residence in Luzhou?"

Guo Shao also wanted to ask about this matter, but when he heard Jinzhan's question, he listened silently.

Fu Zhaoxu said: "Going back to the queen mother, I didn't see her. The minister was placed in the ceremony hall in front, and there were Li Yun's people inside and outside, so he didn't dare to move, let alone inquire about it."

Jinzhan quickly said: "At this opportunity, the Northern Han Dynasty must send people to contact San Li, and none of them will be left behind. Li Yun even killed Li Jixun's eldest son, but he didn't just kill the Northern Han envoys to claim credit? He has different intentions and ambitions."

After hearing this, Guo Shao bowed in admiration: "The Queen Mother is wise."

Fu Jinzhan still ignored him, only looked at Zhao Xu and said: "Make the marriage first, it's hard to say whether you can marry the daughter of the Li family in the future, so don't worry about what kind of person Li Yun's daughter is."

"The ministers and others all obey the Queen Mother's order." Zhao Xu said.

Guo Shao was inexplicably neglected by Fu Jinzhan, and felt a little embarrassed, but fortunately Zhao Xu would not make things difficult for him, so he said: "Go to my house in a while, since Brother Fu is here, I will do my best as a landlord."

Fu Zhaoxu looked at Guo Shao with a smile: "Then respect is worse than obedience."

Guo Shao also smiled: "Second sister is okay in Daming Mansion?"

Zhao Xu looked at Guo Shao with a complicated expression: "I heard from the servants in the mansion that the second sister would read Brother Guo's letters several times a day. For a while, she lost her mind and didn't think about eating or drinking... Tokyo seems to be peaceful now. Why don't I send her back to Tokyo when I return to the Daming Mansion?"

Guo Shao pondered for a moment, then bowed and said to Fu Jinzhan: "When Brother Fu returns to the Daming Mansion, please ask the Empress Dowager to take a leave of absence for a few days, and go with Brother Fu to pick up his wife."

"Isn't the imperial army going to rectify?" Fu Jinzhan finally spoke to Guo Shao.

Guo Shaodao: "Returning to the Empress Dowager, there must be a process to rectify the imperial army. Right now, the organizational framework of the Huben Army has been determined, and the candidates for the Xiangdu Commander have also been appointed... This is the list of the Commander of the Military Capital, the Marquis of the Military Capital, the Commander of the Commander, and the Commander of the Deputy Capital. The minister is about to present it. Next, the generals at all levels can select and reorganize the troops within the specific range of the Iron Cavalry Army according to the plan; these matters can only be presided over by the generals at all levels. The minister only needs to wait for the results, and wait for this period of time to withdraw."

The eunuch came down and took away Guo Shao's roster, Fu Jinzhan flipped through it and said casually: "Put it here with me first, and I will reply you tomorrow."

"Yes." Guo Shao bowed.

Fu Jinzhan said again: "Li Yun broke with Li Jixun, when will Li Jixun and Li Chongjin rebel?"

Guo Shaodao: "From my point of view, I should send people to Jinzhou (southwest of the Northern Han Dynasty border) as soon as possible to order martial law against the Ministry of Training and guard the city carefully. I speculate that Li Jixun and others may raid Jinzhou to open up the passage with the Northern Han... As long as Jinzhou is captured, Li Jixun will first have a way out.

Fu Jinzhan said: "Fan Zhi also wrote a letter yesterday to defend Xijing (Luoyang). Li Jixun may go south to attack Xijing and make a strong force, cutting off the east-west water transport of the Yellow River."

Guo Shao hurriedly said: "Empress Dowager Mingjian, Fan Zhi is a civil servant who doesn't know anything about military affairs. He takes it for granted. Xijing is surrounded by mountains on several sides and there are Xiongguan towns. The total strength of the three towns of Heyang is only 20,000. The temporary recruitment of strong men is not enough to fill up the number. How can we fight Xijing? Besides, he gave up Heyang and crossed the Yellow River to the south. Does he want to fight with his back... Li Jixun is still very afraid of the strength of the imperial army. First of all, he wants to find a way out. If you don’t, you’ll really laugh the hell out of everyone in the world.”

Fu Jinzhan said: "I think so too, but someone said it, so I will mention it."

Guo Shaodao: "Xiang Xun's troops are weak. He sent Jinzhou from the Zhen'an army to defend the Northern Han Dynasty. He only brought 2,000 cavalry. In addition, the Jinzhou Jianxiong army has 10,000 troops. If he is not careful and caught off guard, he may be attacked by Li Jixun.

Or if the Northern Han army and Li Chongjin's troops attack through the Northern Han, Jinzhou is also quite dangerous. Li Jixun had 20,000 soldiers in the three towns; Li Chongjin had 6,000 soldiers in the town, and 20,000 Huainan surrendered German soldiers. "

Fu Jinzhan pondered for a moment, and said: "Cao Tai, you go to the Privy Council immediately, and order Wang Pu to send someone to Jinzhou to remind Xiang Xun." r1058