Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Xu Erniang had no place to live or eat for two days. Zhao Hu took out the wheat cakes and water bags that he carried with him...the cakes were extremely hard to chew, and the water was cold, but these were enough for a hungry person.

She gobbled it up for a while, and cried tremblingly with her dirty sleeves. There was also a Zhou army warrior in armor squatting next to him. This situation was a bit weird, and the horsemen of the Zhou army passing by on the main road looked sideways.

Zhao Hu squatted on the ground without saying a word.

When Xu Erniang became quieter, he asked, "Where are you going?"

Xu Erniang looked at a loss.

Zhao Hu thought for a while and said: "There is a healing battalion in the army. I will take you there and tell the army doctor. You can help there first. When there are wounded soldiers who are about to be sent back to Yizhou, Er Niang can accompany the wounded soldiers to Yizhou; then go home."

Xu Erniang's pale face was empty, and she murmured: "If I'm like this... can I go back? What are you going to do?"

Zhao Hu pondered for a moment and said: "Go back and wait for me. I will ask the Langzhong to write a letter to my family, and tell my mother to go to Xu's house to hire first."

Xu Erniang was taken aback when she heard that, she looked at him and said, "You...are you still willing to marry me?"

Zhao Hu smiled wryly: "As long as Er Niang is willing to marry, I am willing to marry anytime."

Xu Erniang pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "I've become like this..."

Zhao Hu said: "I'm not the original young man either."

He glanced back, got up and took a pair of bundled fur blankets from the horse's back, and stuffed them into Xu Erniang's arms: "Take it, it's still cold, I have something I can't freeze."

Xu Erniang said, "What should you do?"

Zhao Hu said: "We have a charcoal fire, or we are crowded with brothers from Shenhuo. You don't have to worry about me, the army treats soldiers very kindly, maybe we can get another bed cover."

He said again: "Let's go, I'll take you to the doctor in the healing camp, and I'll hurry back to Shenhuo after I've told you."

Xu Erniang silently followed Zhao Hu who was leading the horse on foot. She hugged the blanket in her arms tightly, as if she was afraid that others would snatch her.

Zhao Hu had nothing to say. In the past, Erniang Xu was a well-known beauty in several nearby villages. It was not easy to marry her. And now, everything is beyond recognition. Apart from being a little messy, she was not injured, but it seemed that her whole body was riddled with wounds.

Rows of soldiers on horseback marched in the opposite direction to them, and the ruins of the burnt villages gradually drifted away, as if they were fleeting.

Xu Erniang suddenly called softly: "Brother Hu..."

Zhao Hu turned to look at her.

She lowered her head and said, "Will you go home with me?"

Zhao Hu shook his head and said: "My father was burned alive by the Khitan people, and my family was destroyed... Your brother and Zhao Shuyuan's folks didn't provoke anyone, they were killed like this. I'm going to Youzhou to seek revenge from the Khitan people, otherwise I won't be at ease in this life."

After hearing this, Xu Erniang couldn't make any sense, but her face was very sad. It took her a long time before she said, "You must be able to come back?"

Zhao Hu said: "Emperor Da Zhou is the reincarnation of Dayi, he is invincible and has never been defeated. Only us kill people, there is no such thing as Khitan people killing our imperial army."

The two walked for a long time, and the army on the road seemed to have no head or tail. The healing camp that Zhao Hu said was at the end of the army.

Xu Erniang turned her head to look at Zhao Hu from time to time. She knew Zhao Hu before, but she had never looked at him so closely. Zhao Hu is indeed no longer the young man who looked a little impulsive and a little shy in front of women. In just two years, he has become a man. The wind and sun and the tempering of the battlefield have left marks on his face, and also left a more determined expression.

The armor made his tall and strong appearance even more imposing, and his throws were very regular. With his tall and straight figure and regular facial features, Zhao Hu's appearance was one of the best heroes within a few miles around Zhao Shuyuan. (The Forbidden Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty is almost all young and strong, and there are heroes from all over the country.)

"Brother Hu..." Xu Erniang called out again.

Zhao Hu glanced at her, but said nothing. He pondered and said: "When the Khitan people who conquered Youzhou have avenged, I will go back to Zhao Shuyuan. Let's gradually forget about the past and rebuild a beautiful house for our old|mother's retirement. As long as the land is still there, the house can be rebuilt!"

He said again: "Er Niang will give me another child."

Xu Erniang blushed upon hearing this.

Time is like water, it can wash away everything, but it can't be washed away because the time is not long enough.

At this moment, the sky and the earth suddenly became brighter, dazzlingly bright. Zhao Hu and Xu Erniang looked up and saw the sun emerging from the clouds.

...

In the middle army, Wang Pu looked up and said happily, "The sky is clear!"

Guo Shao raised his head and squinted his eyes to look at the dazzling sun, and said softly: "Everything is perfect."

Horns of different lengths came from the army, and Guo Shao seemed to feel a grand melody, and he whirled upwards rapidly, as if a potential dragon emerged from the water with high pitch.

"Ha..." The inspiring shouts of countless warriors came from a distance, and the man's voice was simple and full of enthusiasm.

Looking back at this flat land, Guo Shao said with a somewhat excited voice, "The whole of Hebei has been the land of the Han family since ancient times."

Shi Yanchao approached Youzhou, but Guo Shaozhong's army did not fight. The camp was set up that night, and the whole army set up camp and deployed defenses according to order.

As soon as the sun came out that day, the clouds dispersed quickly. When the sun went down, the clouds almost all disappeared. The changes in the sky were beyond people's imagination.

After nightfall, the sky is full of stars. Echoing up and down with the dots of fire on the ground, everything is more open.

Guo Shao walked out of the Chinese army tent and was quite shocked to see the stars so clear in the sky. In any case, the skies of this era were cleaner and brighter than modern ones. Guo Shao has seen stars all over the sky in his distant memories, but he has never seen such a clear starry sky.

He felt dizzy for a moment, because it seemed that he had suddenly merged into the starry sky, and he felt that he was not on the ground, as if his body had been floating in the starry sky.

Guo Shao settled down, and then he calmed down.

Only then did he realize that there was no one around him, and when he looked back, Wang Pu and his followers were standing at the door of the tent and did not follow. Guo Shao stood alone in the barracks.

The temporary fence built by the barracks was very low, completely unable to block people's vision. The sky is high and the earth is wide, Guo Shao does not feel that he is standing in the square inch of the military camp at this time, but that he is standing on the vast plain of Hebei, standing on the spherical surface of the earth, looking up at the endless universe.

The world is really big, and the time is really long... People are sometimes confined to an inch, and fall into chaos and greed for a little profit; but just looking at this grand scene, Guo Shao feels that his heart is as vast as the starry sky.

Countless bright lights flickered, and Guo Shao's thoughts were flying aimlessly.

He thought of the future that he might not be able to see, the civilization of trains and airplanes, high-rise buildings, and even an endless future... and the past that he still couldn't see, he didn't exist yet, but the world was still there.

Are those stars the eyes of the sages? Full of broad minds and ambitions, they created a section of civilization, and now they are still looking down at the people on the same land, are they short-sighted internal friction, or are they actively developing...

Making meritorious deeds and making great achievements throughout history was just a concept to Guo Shao most of the time, but now it suddenly becomes very intuitive.

Youzhou is a stumbling block that restricts the development of the Great Zhou to further places. It is a "big mountain". If you don't climb this mountain, your vision and heart will be imprisoned in a closed space!

Guo Shao paced back and forth without saying a word, staring at the sky for a long time.

He felt that it was getting a little cold outside, so he walked back to the Chinese army tent. Wang Pu and others also followed in.

Guo Shao sat down on the stool above, and Lu Chengyong and a guard stepped forward, spread out a large picture on the wooden table in front, and then put a copper candlestick on the picture. Several staff members of the military government also surrounded them one after another, because there was no place to hang such a large map vertically in the tent.

Everything in the big tent is very simple, even very old. Guo Shao himself asked court officials not to buy luxury things in the army. He is not only for saving, but this can give people the impression of sharing weal and woe with soldiers.

And he doesn't care about having fun. After a person's heart grows bigger, he will lose interest in a little material enjoyment; after a person's prestige and status are high enough, he does not need extravagant and lustful luxuries to set off his status.

There are a few words written on it: Map of the Sixteen States of Youyun.

Guo Shao stretched out his hand to pick up the candlestick, and moved slowly on the picture, thinking about something while looking at it.

Pointing to the picture, Wang Pu said: "Gao Yanchou (Jiannan Army) marched from Xiangzhou, and Liu Renzhan (Gande Army) dispatched from Luzhou. They should be in this position now. They marched slowly, but they walked earlier. Within ten days after the main force of the forbidden army arrived in Youzhou City, the two groups of troops should also arrive one after another. In other words, within half a month, the elite of the Zhou Dynasty in Youzhou City will reach 200,000!"

Guo Shao said: "We have sufficient troops this time."

The 200,000 people expected to be mobilized and deployed are the real number on the organizational roster, not the so-called one. This is a huge number of troops at any time! In the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao may have only 200,000 people, so he claimed 800,000; at this time, Guo Shaojun's claim of 500,000 to 600,000 is completely fine.

Wang Pudao: "The early stage went well. The Qianying Army Mansion has sent envoys to persuade the southern cities of Youzhou to surrender. There should be news in the next two days. I have asked people to find out that the guards in Zhuozhou and other places are still Han generals. It is expected that they will definitely sacrifice the city after the Great Zhou army is dispatched."

Guo Shao nodded: "We don't need to pay attention to these cities, first go to the city of Youzhou, and seize the time to build the siege fortifications. Even if the territory behind is stubborn, it will be left to the rear army, Liu Renzhan, Gao Yanchou and others to solve it."

Wang Pu clasped his fists and bowed, "Your Majesty is wise."

Guo Shao's fingers touched the position of Youzhou along a line, and then pressed his entire palm there.

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