Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"Yo, the teacup is still full...the small one is for the two of you to exchange heat." Dr. Tea came over and put two empty cups quickly, and poured it out with the teapot in hand.

Guo Shao sat across from him, and saw Zhou Xian's angry face, frowning coldly. Guo Shao asked, "Does it look good?"

Dr. Cha suddenly came back to his senses, followed Guo Shao's voice, his face turned pale, and he fell to his knees: "Damn the small ones, damn the small ones..."

Guo Shao was a little surprised to see this appearance. He was dressed in a cloth robe with his hair on his head, as if there was nothing to reflect his identity; he also rarely went to teahouses and other occasions, and it was impossible for a teahouse waiter to recognize him. But Dr. Cha was frightened like this... Just now he was a little upset, so he didn't say anything harshly, after all, there was no need to make trouble with a buddy; the buddy didn't do any unforgivable evil.

"Wipe the table dry." Guo Shao said casually.

"Yes, yes." Dr. Cha hastily pulled the towel off his shoulders, wiped off the water on his sleeves a few times, and bent over to face Guo Shao, not daring to look at Zhou Xian again. Guo Shao waved his hand lightly, and Dr. Cha escaped from the private room in relief. .

Zhou Xian's eyes flickered, he sized Guo Shao up, and said softly: "General Guo scared him."

Guo Shaodao: "The tea doctor doesn't know who I am..."

Zhou Xian blushed and said, "You don't need to know your identity, you can tell at a glance that you are not easy to mess with." Guo Shao smiled and said, "I look like a bully?" Zhou Xian shook his head: "I have never been to this kind of place, but I also understand that people come and go here every day; don't underestimate that Dr. Tea, he has seen more people than us, how can he not see what kind of person General Guo is..."

But Zhou Xian was clean, even when he was angry, he wasn't scary, on the contrary, he was charming and cute.

She frowned again and said, "Let's get out of here, I don't want to be stared at by messy people."

Guo Shao nodded, got up and walked to the side of the bamboo curtain, and waited for Zhou Xian to pick up the curtain hat and put it on and get up. She looked slightly sideways and saw that the bamboo curtain had been lifted, she lowered her head and walked out without saying a word. The two quickly disappeared from the hall.

They got into Chen Jiali's carriage and rode together. Zhou Xian said: "I want to go to my cousin's house first, the entourage and groom who accompanied me are still over there."

Guo Shao then shouted: "Go back to the Chen Mansion in the west of the city."

Zhou Xian rubbed his hands lightly, covered his mouth and took a deep breath.

"Drive!" The person in front yelled, and slapped a whip. As soon as the carriage moved, the people in the carriage leaned back slightly. Guo Shao stretched out his hand to hold Zhou Xian's shoulder. As soon as his hand touched her body, her shoulders trembled slightly. She stretched out her hand and gently lifted Guo Shao's hand... In this era, although Confucianism has not yet risen, it is still incomparable with modern times, and it is not fashionable to touch women's body casually.

Zhou Xian whispered, "Your hands are still so hot in such a cold day."

Guo Shao boldly stretched out his hand to hold Zhou Xian's slender jade hand, she shrank back without breaking free, and did not struggle anymore. Guo Shao simply held one in each hand and said nicely, "Is it warm?"

Her side face was flushed red, her beautiful eyes were soft and downcast, and she didn't speak a word. At this moment, Guo Shao remembered Zhou Xian's previous question, and was interrupted by Dr. Cha; but after Zhou Xian didn't ask again, he stopped mentioning it.

After saying goodbye, Zhou Xian left Tokyo the next day with Li Yu, the envoy of the Southern Tang Kingdom and others.

...

At this time, in late October of the fourth year of Xiande, Xiang Gong had mobilized thirty-nine troops to approach the important place on the Shu Road: Qingniling. The 20,000 troops and tens of thousands of civilians were constantly flowing along the several roads of the Shu Road. At this time, the signs of using force could no longer be concealed.

Zhou Jun went south from two roads, all the way to Chencang Road, Chencang (Baoji), Dashanguan, Fengzhou, Guzhen, Qingniling; all the way to Qinzhou (Gansu Tianshui), Chengzhou, Guzhen, Qingniling. ..

(Going south from Qinzhou, you can go straight from Longyou to Shu Kingdom from "Yinping Road", but Yinping Road is a narrow narrow path that is not suitable for large army movement; and Xiang Gong's goal this time is Hanzhong, so the two armies have to meet at Guzhen to attack Qingniling...or if you don't take Qingniling, you have to take the "Lianyun Plank Road" to the south of Baoxie Road in the east, and go directly to Hanzhong. But as the name suggests, Lianyun is like connecting to the sky. For marching, it is best to take the Chencang Road, which is a bit detoured, but relatively flat.)

Xiang Gong led the vanguard quickly to the north of Qingniling, and immediately launched an offensive, intending to break through this dangerous place in one go.

It's a pity that the weather is not beautiful, although it is cold at the foot of the mountain, it is sunny; only that piece of mountain, it is raining halfway. The climate of this place seems to be cursed by the gods. There are very few dry times throughout the year, which is very evil.

On the hillside, the army is in a piece, and the team looks crooked and crumbled. It was also very difficult for Xiang Gong to try the mountain road by himself, so he couldn't scold the soldiers for no reason. It is impossible to ride a horse, and it is very difficult to lead a horse.

Things in the sky, the rain is mixed with ice particles, the patter is not heavy, but it is very slippery when it falls on the ground. The road is muddy with more people stepping on it. There is a layer of icy mud floating on it, and there is firm hard soil underneath.

After walking less than two miles, Xiang Gong asked a general stationed in Gu Town all the year round, "is it sunny here?"

The general said: "Yes, sometimes it is sunny, there are ten or so days in a month, no more than fifteen days at most. But usually the clouds are thick in the sky, especially in winter when it is cold. After the clearing, the road is not dry yet, and it rains again. I have been in Guzhen for more than two years. I often send out scouts to spy on the movement of the Shu army, and it is rare for the road to be dry... Summer may be better."

After listening to Xiang Gong, he thought to himself: I can't wait half a year until summer to use soldiers, can I? When the weather clears, the head feels better, but the road is still difficult to walk.

He slipped so that the soles of his feet hurt, sweating profusely, after thinking about it, he decided to overcome the difficulty and force the soldiers to attack... Just arrived at Qingniling, maybe he can take advantage of the lack of preparation of the Shu army.

Xiang Gong straightened his waist and looked around again. Most of the sergeants fell down countless times, and they were covered in mud and miserable; in addition, they had just arrived here after several days of marching, and the soldiers were exhausted.

After walking for a long time, I finally saw a line of defense on the mountainside. The Shu army was digging ditches and setting up camps on it, watching the Zhou army chaotically on the hillside from a distance. Xiang Gong held a wooden stick to watch closely, and the general persuaded: "General, be careful."

Xiang Gong ignored it, and trudged for a while before stopping when he could see more clearly. I saw that there were many drains between the ditches, and a fence was built behind them, and some simple grass and wood sheds were also built. It looks very organized.

Xiang Gong thought that bows and arrows would be damaged when used in rain, and the Shu army hid in the grass and wood shed to avoid the rain, so they could use long-range condescending throwing. Because of the slope, the Shu army only needs to shoot a few dozen steps away, and they can shoot more than a hundred steps... However, the Zhou army can't use a bow and crossbow in the rain, so they still have to be shot at a distance of more than a hundred steps;

He looked at it and felt that the odds were not good. So he suppressed his depression, gave up the plan to attack, and immediately ordered: "Tell everyone who followed to withdraw, and go down the mountain to rest today."

... Xiang Gong had no choice but to send someone to inquire about the condition of the Baishui Road, while waiting for the Qingniling to clear up.

Not long after, the scouts came back to report that a section of the cliff plank road on Baishui Road had been destroyed and could not pass through... Back then Guo Shao used this road to surprise the Shu army behind Qingniling.

Xiang Gong was worried; the only way to go was to follow the paths opened by the predecessors, otherwise he might get lost. Now I have to try Qingniling first.

Fortunately, two days later, I learned that the sky was fine on the mountain, and Xianggong didn't wait for the road to dry, because the information provided by the generals in Guzhen couldn't do it. Immediately ask people to prepare fire, tung oil, cloth strips and other things, and lead the army up the mountain again.

The combat effectiveness of the Shu army was not as good as that of the Zhou army, so Xiang Gong still wanted to try, thinking that those grass and wooden sheds were a weakness. Before the fortification, he ordered the soldiers to gather the army to prepare for the war.

Zhou Jun barely organized into an army two hundred steps away, with swords and shields in front and archers in the back slowly approaching to the sound of "dong dong" drums. The mud gradually became noisy, and the sound of drums, shouts, and shouts resounded through the mountains. As expected, Zhou Jun was covered by arrows and ballistas from above when he was still more than a hundred steps away.

"Brothers, as long as we attack Qingniling, the road ahead will be easy! Now we have to suffer a little bit, let's go straight in!" Xiang Gong shouted from behind the formation. The generals of the various ministries were also shouting, and the flag was moving forward while shaking.

"Ah!" There was a scream right in front, and a soldier with less armor behind was hit by an arrow and fell into the mud screaming. People around were injured by arrows one after another, and Zhou Jun advanced more slowly; the muddy road under his feet was very slippery, and there were arrows flying in front of his head, and everyone had no chance to fight back... The upward shooting distance was far away, and it was not within the range.

However, Zhou Junzhenbing still showed a relatively tough endurance, and braved the arrows to push forward dozens of steps with difficulty. At this moment, the generals in the army shouted: "Light up the fire..." Shaoqing bangs a gong, and the generals shouted at the top of their voices: "Let the arrows! Let the arrows..."

Hearing a "cracking" sound, when Xiang Gong looked up, a swarm of rockets whizzed away like fireflies. Sure enough, the sheds inside the fortification fence were ignited, and flames gradually appeared in many places, and the smoke spread from above, making a lot of noise.

"Whoosh..." A cluster of rockets flew away again, and Zhou Jun fired several rounds in succession. The inside of the fence was already full of flames, thick and dense.

But because it was a sunny day, those Shu soldiers were not in the shed, and they were still hiding behind the half-man-high fence and shooting back with arrows. The two sides shot arrows at each other within fifty steps, and the battle was noisy.