Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The setting sun left the last afterglow in the west, and the light of the whole city gradually dimmed, but the setting sun is not the end of a day, but just the beginning of another. Outside the city in the northeast, the flames were burning into the sky, and the sound of drums and noise filled the whole city.

When Guo Shao and a group of cavalry went out of the city to watch, they saw a dozen piles of huge bonfires burning in the open space, and the heat was overwhelming. Numerous soldiers are surrounding the fire, and some common people are playing music and dancing there. The loud singing is full of ancient rough mines, and there are shouts and applause from the soldiers, and the whole flat area is full of noise, more lively than the night market.

The atmosphere infected Guo Shao, and he led his generals and soldiers to the largest bonfire in the middle, wanting to have a look.

The soldiers here were in high spirits, watching the lively performance while eating barbecue and drinking. Guo Shao rode on his horse and looked inside. I saw a group of exposed girls in animal skins dancing in a circle, the drums were beating, and they were singing and dancing with bells in their hands, laughing and joking.

The legs and waists of those girls were all exposed, and the breasts were wrapped in animal skins, and they wore short skirts, which were considered very revealing in this era, and their skin glowed with the oily and watery luster of sweat in the firelight. "Hey, hello..." The singing voice is full of rhythm in the accompaniment and is very pleasant to hear, but it seems that there are no words, and it may be that Guo Shao can't understand it, as if human beings had no language at the beginning of the Primordial Beginning.

"Good! Good!" All the soldiers shouted emotionally. Those ladies were also quite generous, encouraged by the applause, and even looked at the crowd.

"It's indecent." A civil servant said awkwardly, "It's too outrageous to be so dissolute in front of the public!"

Guo Shao laughed at him: "I think the scene is very dynamic."

The clothes of those dancing girls covered the vital parts, which is of course nothing to Guo Shao's knowledge. However, their dancing postures may indeed be a bit too bold for the Central Plains literati. Guo Shao noticed that many dance moves included swinging hips, intentionally sticking out breasts and other postures... The animal skin attire exudes a barbaric and primitive temperament.

Guo Shao, however, appreciates this kind of aura very much. This is what a vigorous and vital country should be like. He personally doesn't like Neo-Confucianism anyway.

At this moment, the two soldiers were suddenly pushed into the middle. They were usually careless, but now they were blushing like young men trying to push back, and they were pushed and pushed by a group of people again. It is normal for soldiers to be nervous and frightened in front of so many people, and they are not used to not appearing in front of everyone often. But they were caught by the mountain lady, and they danced in two circles respectively, and gradually let go. At first, they just followed the circle, and gradually learned to gesture. People are always easily agitated by the enthusiastic atmosphere. Everyone burst out laughing when they saw this, and they were even more eager to try and learn the fire dance.

"Marshal Guo." Finally someone turned around and saw Guo Shao riding a horse, stood up and clasped his fists to give a military salute.

Guo Shao waved his hand and said, "You can do whatever you want, don't worry about me. I see the excitement here, so come and have fun."

All the soldiers welcomed Guo Shao to the front, and the generals sitting next to him hurriedly took a bowl and poured wine to respect Guo Shao. Guo Shao picked up the bowl, looked at the men and women in front of them singing and dancing enthusiastically, and said happily, "Go!"

"Do it!" The surrounding soldiers followed suit.

Another soldier cut the pork with a knife and handed it over. There are mainly two kinds of meat for the reward army: goat meat, raw, roasted by yourself, half-cooked or half-cooked; pork is cooked cooked meat, probably people will get sick if they eat uncooked pork according to experience.

Guo Shao's face was full of red light, the sound of thumping drums and swaying jade stones, accompanied by the charming singing of the girls was very pleasant, and the surrounding soldiers were also in high spirits.

At this moment, a clever little lady saw Guo Shao was surrounded by a group of people, so she came forward and invited Guo Shao to dance. It was the first time for Guo Shao to meet such a warm and generous girl in this era, and he couldn't get rid of the feeling of hospitality for a while, so he could only refuse with a smile: "I don't know how to dance..."

The girl said with a dialect accent: "My sister will teach you."

"Haha..." All the generals laughed and booed one after another. Guo Shao had no choice but to stand up and walk to the front, and was pulled into a circle by a group of women, watching their steps while following them, and imitating clumsily. He also learned how to twist his waist and swing his hips, which immediately made the surrounding soldiers lean forward and back with laughter.

...Guo Shao was drunk and wandered around. Besides the soldiers, there were also many people watching, men, women and children. This open space is like a party tonight, which is really very interesting.

After a little fun, he didn't stay any longer, and returned to the city with his entourage on horseback; the soldiers can play until midnight tonight, but Guo Shao can't.

He was still "humming" while riding on the horse, humming a tune that those mountain people could not understand. It was only after entering the city gate that I realized my status, so I hurriedly stopped humming, and when I looked back, the soldiers were also smiling.

Back at the gate of the county government, I saw the dilapidated and dark classical building in front of me, like a haunted house, which was completely different from the happy atmosphere just now. Guo Shao's mood also gradually cooled down.

When he returned to Qintang, seeing that it was still early, he dug out a bunch of things from the package to have a look. There are reports of military rations and supplies, lists of credits sent by generals, and scribbled terrain, scenery, enemy deployments, etc. recorded by myself.

At this moment, he found that several letters he had written could not be found...the letter to Fu Jinzhan. He hurriedly rummaged through the package and thought about it, remembering that it seemed to be on his body. I searched again in the clothes, where else?

Maybe it fell somewhere while wandering outside the city just now. Guo Shao frowned, and hurriedly recalled the contents of the letter. It was nothing more than writing some love words when he thought of Fu Jinzhan, and recording what he saw and heard along the way...Of course he didn't address the Queen Mother or Jinzhan, but "you" and "I" instead. Recalling what he wrote, it is difficult for others to guess who he wrote the letter to; but because he mentioned ordering a certain person to do something, and other information, others may guess that it is Guo Shao's thing... If it is picked up by a soldier, it may be returned tomorrow; the mountain people do not know the words.

Guo Shao felt that the problem was not serious, but he always felt uneasy, and his happy mood was completely ruined. He picked up the map, recalled the conversation with the county magistrate today, and tried to outline the general direction of the road leading to Kuizhou on the map, but he couldn't calm down and became very impetuous. I have to give up now.

... The faint noise outside the city can still be heard faintly, the county town is really not big, and the county government office is to the north. Guo Shao felt a little tired, maybe it was the fatigue caused by drinking or high emotions, somehow the tiredness of many days was released all at once.

It's not physical fatigue, Guo Shao is much better than the soldiers, he mostly takes boats, and occasionally goes ashore and rides horses when the road is slightly flat; it's mainly mental fatigue... Now that the battle has been fought, victory is within reach, but he still can't relax.

And victory is not secure. Now the plank road in Qutang Gorge has been burned, and there are several sections of rapid water and dangerous shoals, making it difficult for the navy to sail against the current; But I don't know what the other road is like... If it doesn't work, is it really necessary to wait for Dong Zunhui's men to repair the plank road one by one with wood? Will it take a year of the monkey to advance to Kuizhou?

Guo Shao felt very tired, so he asked Lu Chengyong at the door to put away his things and go back to bed early.

This place is cloudy|humid, and Guo Shao went to bed too early, and couldn't fall asleep even after tossing and turning. Tonight, he actually thought of his elder sister who was a thousand years later, and his emotions became more and more complicated.

It really seems to have been "in the past" for a long time. Guo Shao came to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in the year when Li Shouzhen was killed in the rebellion, and it has been eight years now. Haven't seen her in eight years...he doesn't even dare to think about what Big Sister is doing "now" because she doesn't exist yet.

Countless past events came to mind. In the past, Guo Shao had a strange mentality. When he was very tired, when he felt that he could not hold on... he would blame his elder sister for being too kind to him; otherwise, he could relax himself and not have to live so tired. Someone who is too kind to himself is a psychological burden when he is weak. Although he is never willing to admit it, he often feels that way.

Emotions are in the entanglement of guilt and cherishment, and even become a little distorted. But now nothing exists anymore, only those thoughts remain in the memory.

Guo Shao fell asleep in a haze.

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