Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The doctor in the healing camp handed Xu Erniang to Lu Lan, because Lu Lan was one of the girls.

Lu Lan followed Beishang by herself, but she didn't stay in the Chinese army, but stayed with her uncle and old man.

Before Lu Lan accidentally cured the illness of Wang Pu, the Privy Councilor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Guo Shao asked her relatives to come to the court to serve as officials in order to repay her; But the officials in charge of the healing camp are from Taichang Temple.

Lu Lan was dressed in men's clothes and met Xu Erniang in the tent.

The doctor who brought Xu Erniang in confessed: "There is no problem with the origin of this woman. She is from Zhao Shuyuan, and Zhao Hu, a soldier of the Huben Army, is the guarantor. She is Zhao Hu's unmarried daughter-in-law."

Xu Erniang could tell that the doctor was quite respectful to the young lady in front of him, knowing that although she was not very old, she must be from a family background.

At this time, Lu Lan was looking up and down Xu Erniang.

Xu Erniang hurriedly hugged the fur blanket Zhao Hu gave her to cover her dirty and torn clothes, lowered her head and stretched out her hand to stroke her messy hair, and said in a low voice, "I don't know medical skills, so it's fine for my wife to treat me like a slave."

She is also considered generous, otherwise ordinary people would not be able to speak well on such occasions.

After hearing this, Lu Lan hurriedly said: "You are the daughter-in-law of a soldier, how can I treat you as a slave...Did something happen to you and you became like this?"

When Xu Erniang heard this, her eyes turned red and she buried her head even lower.

Lu Lan immediately stepped forward to comfort: "If you don't want to say it, don't say it, don't cry, you are fine now."

Xu Erniang choked with sobs and said, "My home is in Zhao Shuyuan, Yizhou, and was snatched here by the Khitan people..." Soon she fell silent.

Lu Lan hurriedly said: "The Khitan people are really bad, and you are poor. My mother was also taken away by the Khitan people in Zhuozhou, and she hasn't come back for many years."

The two fell in love with each other for a while, so Lu Lan boiled water herself, took care of Xu Erniang to bathe and change her clothes, and cleaned her up.

Lu Lan was very kind to this woman she just met, and even found her a clean quilt. But Xu Erniang was still holding the dirty military fur blanket.

Lu Lan said casually, "That Zhao Hu's blanket?"

Xu Erniang nodded.

Lu Lan smiled and said, "Your heart has been taken away."

Xu Erniang buried her head in embarrassment, because Lu Lan was really kind to her, she finally whispered: "I have...didn't know how to get here these two days, it seems that I have already been in the hell of hell. As soon as Brother Hu appeared... the sky is clear, and the sun is very warm on my body."

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"Report!" Yiqi galloped into the barracks.

A civil servant at the door immediately went up to him and asked, "Where is the report?"

The knight clasped his fists and said, "The military newspaper of the forward general Shi Fudu."

The civil official turned his head and said, "Take him to the Qianying Military Mansion to hand in the report."

Not long after, Wang Pu got the report first, walked into the tent of the Chinese army quickly, and said: "Your Majesty, Shi Yanchao has arrived at the foot of Youzhou City. No soldiers and horses from Youzhou City have left to fight, and the four gates are closed."

"Okay." Guo Shao raised his head in response.

Lu Chengyong, who was standing by the side, went over to receive the military newspaper, returned it and placed it next to Guo Shao's desk.

Guo Shao picked up a map and directly overlaid it on the map below. He pointed with his finger: "Tell Shi Yanchao to station here and build the fortifications of the barracks. Order the Chinese army to speed up the march and arrive at Youzhou City as soon as possible."

Wang Pu stepped forward to see clearly, and said: "The old minister accepts the order."

Wang Pu also said: "As soon as the Chinese army arrived in Youzhou, they immediately began to build the siege fortifications. When the follow-up infantry arrived, the siege fortifications were almost completed, and the siege could begin after a short rest."

Guo Shaodao: "Exactly, we must hurry up and capture Youzhou!"

Wang Pu said: "The Liao army will cross Yanshan Mountain in half a month at the earliest, but it may take a long time if they want to gather enough troops."

Guo Shaodao: "The scouts scattered to Yanshan, Xishan and other passes. We also have undercover agents in Shangjing. We will know as soon as the reinforcements from the Liao army go south."

At this moment, a civil official strode into the large tent, bent down and said, "Your Majesty, Zhuozhou garrison general Ma Pengyi is asking to see you."

Guo Shao immediately looked at Wang Pu in blank dismay, and immediately said, "Bring it in."

Not long after, a civil official advanced to the account and said: "I was ordered to go to Zhuozhou as an envoy, and the mission went smoothly, so I took Ma Pengyi and went straight back to the camp."

Guo Shao personally commended.

Then a man with a big beard and armor came in, and "Plop" knelt down on the ground, crying loudly!

Wang Pu watched calmly.

The man cried: "The last general and the army and people of Zhuozhou have been looking forward to the Northern Expedition of the King's Division for a long time, and today it is finally here. How dare you not welcome your majesty! The last general welcomes your majesty to send troops to take charge of the military administration of Zhuozhou."

At this time, Zhou Jun’s vanguard army had passed through Zhuozhou for a few days, and the main force of the Chinese army had also passed through Zhuozhou. He just came to surrender... However, as long as he is willing to surrender, Guo Shao doesn’t care about it. He immediately said nicely: "General Ma understands righteousness, and loyalty is commendable. I still order you to be the defense envoy of Zhuozhou."

Ma Pengyi was overjoyed and kowtowed: "I thank Your Majesty for your grace!"

Guo Shao said again: "You can continue to be in charge of Zhuozhou, and the Qianying Army Mansion will send some more troops to assist the city defense."

Ma Pengyi kowtowed and said, "I accept the decree."

As expected, in the past two days, civil and military officials successively approached the Great Zhou Zhongjun to surrender. Some Guo Shao received them, and some asked the officials of the Qianying Military Mansion to handle them. Zhou Jun's army marched to the north in a mighty manner. The Han generals and officials in Youzhou hardly resisted and surrendered one after another. The soldiers in the southern towns took over without bloodshed.

The people of Youzhou were even more unresisting. Most of the people in this area were Han Chinese. The Northern Expedition of the Zhou army was as smooth as fighting in the interior. At that time, there was no concept of nation and nation, but the people obviously trusted their own people more and were more willing to be ruled by the Central Plains dynasty, and they also had righteous public opinion.

The weather had cleared up, and Guo Shao led his army to Youzhou smoothly.

Youzhou is the future Beijing|Beijing. Sometimes Guo Shao can hardly imagine that the place that became the capital later has been occupied by foreigners for decades, and according to history, it will be occupied for hundreds of years!

On the plain, a majestic city gradually appeared in sight. At first glance, it is completely inferior to the scale of Tokyo Daliang, and it is not even as powerful as Jinyang. The surrounding population is not too dense, and there are crop fields everywhere. But this city is still a great town, and has always been an extremely important fortress in Hebei.

Guo Shao withdrew his gaze and looked up at the banner with "Zhou" written on it. After decades, people from the Central Plains finally arrived at this place.

The eyes of the soldiers were almost all looking in one direction. On the horizon at the end of the line of sight, the shadow of the city was like a mountain, like a dream, half hidden.