Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"Boom, boom..." The sound of cannons sounded in the distance, and Guo Shao turned his head and watched for a while. An artillery array on the other side of the city wall seemed to be shelling the Liao army, but it was obviously useless. The stone lumps from a mile away were thrown with almost no precision, and a hole in the ground was completely useless to the cavalry. You can't scare the horses, the distance is too far; the sound of shelling hundreds of steps away is no louder than the sound of drums beating nearby.

Guo Shao looked at the situation from a distance, and the infantry phalanx on the periphery of the central army's Xingyuan seemed to have started to advance and counterattack.

The Liao army's attack on the camp obviously failed to break through the Zhou army's infantry battle formation that had been prepared; but Guo Shao did not report the results of the Zhou army's counterattack. Although the mounted infantry of the Huben Army is mobile, it is not easy to defeat the Liao army in horse warfare. It is only a temporary emergency reserve when the Zhou army in Youzhou lacks mobile forces.

So far, Guo Shao feels that this battle is very passive.

Ever since the Liao army unexpectedly took the lead in launching the offensive, all deployments seemed to be passively coping... Not only Guo Shao, but even many civil and military personnel including Wang Pu did not expect the Liao army to take such a risk!

After Zhou Jun learned of the situation, although he adopted an active defense strategy, he still couldn't get rid of his passiveness.

Now Guo Shao can only hope that Han Tong's left road will block the west in time, and Li Chuyun and Luo Yanhuan will free up their hands to copy from the east, forming an encirclement trend against the Liao army outside Youzhou city... and the Zhou army infantry in Youzhou can't count on it.

At this moment, the battle formation was full of dust and chaos. When Guo Shao thought about the overall situation in his mind, it was also a mess, as if countless threads were intertwined and entangled.

Countless preparations in advance, under the sudden change of the situation at this time, are in a mess; it seems that there are omissions everywhere, and there are uncertain risks everywhere.

Guo Shao turned his head and glanced at Wang Pu on the horse beside him, and couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "I suddenly felt that what Wang Zhang said made sense. We are using cavalry as infantry. The tactics of the Liao army are different from those of other countries in the interior."

Wang Pu frowned, agreeing casually with a serious face.

At this time, a cavalry soldier with a flag on his back ran to the front of the Chinese army's camp, got off his horse, ran over, knelt down on one knee and said, "Report! The Liao army has stopped attacking, and the majority are fleeing north!"

Guo Shaodao: "Order Yang Biao, don't rush in."

As for the infantry from all walks of life, Guo Shao ignored them... they couldn't keep up even if they wanted to advance aggressively.

It didn't take long for Guo Shao to realize that the order just now was superfluous. A general was reporting that Yang Biao's Huben Army cavalry infantry was trying to attack the Liao army's flank in the northeast, but they were attacked by the Liao army instead, and half of them were defeated!

At this moment, a group of chaotic horsemen came to the gate of the camp. The general guarding outside the camp of the Chinese army shouted to inquire, and a voice from afar said: "Duke Yang is back!"

The horsemen stepped aside one after another, and saw a man covered in arrows like a hedgehog on his horse, who was supported on both sides and walked over. That "hedgehog" drooped his head, it wasn't Yang Biao who it was!

When Guo Shao saw Yang Biao's appearance, he suddenly felt a "buzz" in his head, and hurriedly patted his horse and rushed over.

Yang Biao was covered in arrows all over his body, and his blood was blurring on the damaged armor... Can he still live?

"Yang Biao!" Guo Shao got off his horse, stared at him, and his voice changed, "Second Brother..."

The army was silent. Unexpectedly, two people came from behind carrying a chopping board, and Luo Mengzi lay on his back...

Guo Shao turned around and stared at Luo Mengzi lying there, tremblingly said: "Is he injured?"

A general lowered his head and said, "General Luo has been... killed in battle."

Guo Shao walked to the chopping board, and saw the blood on Luo Mengzi's face, he didn't move at all, where was there any sign of life?

Guo Shao stretched out his palm, wanting to touch Luo Mengzi's face, but when his palm touched his nose, he couldn't feel any heat. The breathless coolness suddenly penetrated from Guo Shao's palm to his heart!

Guo Shao's hands froze there, and gradually began to tremble. Yang Biao was shot so that his life and death were uncertain, and Luo Mengzi had completely become a corpse... Guo Shao has many generals in his hands, many of whom are stronger than the two sworn brothers; but no one can replace them.

In this world, people meet and get acquainted with each other at various times for various reasons, but it is not so easy to get a brother who treats each other with heart in times of poverty and poverty, after countless trials of life and death.

Lonely, Guo Shao suddenly felt an inexplicable chill of loneliness.

Self-blame, belated regret welled up in my heart. At this time, Guo Shao suddenly realized that the deployment of this battle was very complicated. He lost the initiative but failed to produce serious consequences. The biggest mistake... was to let the tiger and cardinal army ride horse infantry to attack the Liao army's elite cavalry! The horse-mounted infantry of the Huben Army faced the armies of Shu, Southern Tang and other countries and could be used as cavalry, but for the sake of mobility, it was obviously a big mistake to want to fight as cavalry and the Liao army's elite cavalry!

The most serious decisions are often covered in too many trade-offs and red tape.

The veins on Guo Shao's forehead tensed up, he clenched his fists tightly, his eyes glistened, but he finally gritted his teeth to keep the tears from coming out, but he felt a salty hot stream in his throat.

He suddenly felt that the world seemed to be shaking, and he staggered under his feet.

"Your Majesty..." All the ministers hurriedly supported him.

Several generals in front prostrated themselves on the ground together: "The last general deserves to die for his crimes!"

Guo Shao looked back at the hedgehog-like Yang Biao, walked up to him, and grabbed his hand, but got no response. Wang Pu hurriedly said: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and take General Yang down for treatment, we must save him!"

"Obey!"

Guo Shao looked at Yang Biao who was sitting on the horse and was moved away, and he lost his composure at this moment.

Wang Pu hurriedly persuaded: "Wait for Han Tong and Li Chuyun to form a siege, wipe out the Liao army on the South Road, and avenge General Luo!"

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This time, the Liao army marched and risked their lives to rush to the Zhou army's camp for the sake of the Great Zhou emperor. The Zhou army also suffered a lot of casualties, and many wounded soldiers were carried into the healing camp by the Sanggan River. The doctors, miscellaneous soldiers, and civilian husbands inside are busy.

Surgical treatment at this time is naturally very backward, but doctors also have a lot of means to treat trauma. In the Guan Gong era, bone scraping was used to heal injuries, and splints for fractures were one of them... But the most useful thing is to clean the wound in time and simply disinfect it with herbs. This simplest treatment can also avoid many deaths from traumatic infections.

Xu Erniang and some women washed the cloth by the river, and then boiled it in a pot.

At this time, another group of wounded soldiers were brought in. Xu Erniang immediately dropped the wet cloth in her hand, ran over and asked when she saw someone, "Do you know Zhao Hu? Zhao Hu from Huben Army Shenhuo... Who knows Zhao Hu?"

At this moment, a soldier lying on the board turned his head and said: "I don't know Zhao Hu, but I have seen Shenhuo. They are holding firearms, which are very different."

Xu Erniang hurried over, and asked anxiously, "Did you win the battle? Did Shenhuo win..."

The soldier said: "The Great Zhou army has won, anyway, the Liao army was repelled anyway. But Shenhuo Capital, it's a bit miserable. They set up firecrackers in front of the pike phalanx, and they only had carbine guns to defend... The superiors said they would counterattack, so they didn't care about repairing the fortifications. Besides, we didn't have time to come out of the barracks to form a formation.

The cavalry soldiers of the Liao army rushed up desperately. As soon as the firecrackers were released, they were almost like burning sticks. I saw it with my own eyes, at that time I was in the first row behind Shenhuo Capital, otherwise how could I come back lying down..."

Just as he was talking, another person said behind him: "I know Zhao Hu."

Xu Erniang followed the reputation and found that the speaker was a man who had just entered the camp and was carrying wounded soldiers. The man asked again: "Who are you, Zhao Hu?"

Xu Erniang didn't care much, and immediately said, "I'm him...my lady!"

The man frowned, and beckoned to a civilian husband who came up to pick up his shelf. He moved to the side of the road and said, "Zhao Hu is dead."

"Dead?" Xu Erniang stood there blankly, staring blankly at the strange man in front of her.

The man nodded and said, "Yes, he's dead. I'm a soldier from Shenhuo City. When I saw him die, I was the one who carried his body...I'm just a soldier. I was at the back of Shenhuo City. At that time, the entire army collapsed, so I naturally wanted to run away."

Xu Erniang was at a loss, let alone where she was. She just felt that she had no strength in her body, and she almost had no strength to speak. She shook her head and said, "I don't believe it."

The man rubbed his palms together, frowned and said, "I'm a soldier from Shenhuo Capital, why would I lie to my brother's wife if I have nothing to do? Sister-in-law, let's just let it go." His tone didn't fluctuate too much, maybe he saw too many dead people, and Zhao Hu was no different to other soldiers who died in battle.

Xu Erniang bit her lip hard, almost bleeding from the bite, she choked up and said, "Where is he? I have to see it with my own eyes to believe it..."

The man looked back to the left and right, and pointed: "In the camp over there, all the dead are there, and the corpses will be sent back to China... Sister-in-law, come with me, and I will take you there."

Xu Erniang staggered, silently following the sergeant along the side of the road, and there were people pushing carts or carrying wounded soldiers on the road. She couldn't remember exactly how she got to the camp where the dead bodies were released.

Walking in, it's like walking into the Hall of Yama from the world! There are many corpses on the ground inside, which are everywhere at a glance; there are also many coffins piled up. In addition to the dead, there are many living people, some are soldiers in armor, most of them are civilian husbands, they are busy stripping the armor of the dead, cleaning the body, smearing lime and so on.

The soldier in front suddenly asked: "Sister-in-law really want to watch it now? I think it's better to wait and watch..."

"Why?" Xu Erniang asked blankly.

Jun Han didn't answer, and didn't ask any more questions. He searched around, and finally came to a place where he stood in front of a corpse on a wooden frame.

Xu Erniang went up to take a look, and immediately knelt down on the ground, covering her face with her hands, tears streaming down her face.

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