Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Back in Xinzhou, King Wei summoned the generals overnight. Shi Yanchao was injured in many places, so he hurried to see a doctor for treatment when he came back, but he didn't see him; Xiang Xun valued Guo Shao very much, regardless of his low position, he insisted on taking him to see King Wei.

In the battle of Xinkou, in Guo Shao's humble opinion, Wei Wang Fu Yanqing should bear a lot of responsibility for the four thousand soldiers lost in the battle.

But Fu Yanqing was not only crowned king a long time ago, but his daughter was about to be crowned empress. Brothers and sons were all generals in charge of the army. He intends to participate in the summons and not say anything, unless there are questions that must be answered.

Seeing Fu Yanqing for the first time, Guo Shao remembered Zhang Jianxiong's words: King Wei is getting old.

Fu Yanqing's hair and beard were all gray, and his eyes were slightly slackened. He looked very tired, which may be due to the fact that older people can't stay up late. There are many wrinkles on his face, and age spots on the cheekbones, but upon closer inspection, his face and facial features are very correct... Maybe he was a capable person when he was young, but at least now, Fu Yanqing's face can no longer see anything inspiring, and some are just dull.

It is not only the women who lament the perishability of spring flowers and the perishability of youth. Occasionally, Guo Shao also thought that when people are old, I am afraid that they will no longer have an excited state of mind. Half of their bodies have been buried in the ground, and the years are numbered. What can we achieve by working hard for a long time?

In addition to Xiang Xun, there were several generals present. Guo Shao didn't know each other, but guessed that Guo Congyi, Bai Chongzan, Sang Gui and others might be among them, because Xiang Xun had mentioned the military generals stationed in Xinzhou before. But Guo Shao didn't know who was who.

Soon the people present also noticed the unfamiliar Guo Shao. This question was finally asked by Fu Yanqing, pointing to Guo Shao and asking: "Who is he?"

This question made Guo Shao feel that the world is full of vicissitudes... In his memory, the young man named Guo Shao who really belonged to this era was in Yanzhou many years ago, suffering from hunger and cold. It was the old man in front of him who accepted his daughter's plea and ordered his subordinates to rescue the young man. Of course, it is impossible for Fu Yanqing to remember that event and that person.

Guo Shao replied: "If you go back to King Wei, the last general will be Guo Shao."

Xiang Xun said, "King Wei, he is the one who shot Zhang Yuanhui to death in the Battle of Gaoping."

"Oh!" Fu Yanqing nodded, and then said, "I think back then, this old man was able to open a ten-stone bow..."

After hearing this, Guo Shao thought that Fu Yanqing had a high-tech motor tied to his arm, or that he himself was a powerful Transformer, someone who could use his arm strength as a jack and play with a catapult as a crossbow.

But the incident of shooting Zhang Yuanhui seems to be very famous. Because it is difficult to do in itself, this kind of fierce general may be covered with two or three layers of heavy armor, and it is difficult for a bow and arrow to shoot through him and cause fatal injuries to him, unless it hits a small area such as the face; it is really difficult to hit that kind of place with people rushing around in the battle formation, otherwise Shi Yanchao would have died long ago, and it would not be possible to stage a straw man borrowing an arrow. Even Guo Shao felt that he was partly lucky. Even after practicing thousands of times, he still couldn't guarantee to hit the bull's-eye every time.

Xiang Xun said again: "We were able to rescue Shi Qianfeng this time, and Guo Lang also made a great contribution...First, we tried our best to rescue Shi Qianfeng, but at that time Shi Qianfeng was full of courage and anger, and fell into the enemy's line again. If we rescued him again and again, I am afraid that our troops will be exhausted, our spirit will be frustrated, and we will be powerless in the end. Guo Lang told me a truth, that to save a person who fell into the water, you have to wait until he can't move. When the troops were exhausted, the Liao army had many generals, and it took some time before Shi Qianfeng was seriously injured."

Fu Yanqing said: "Fortunately, it was in time."

However, Xiang Xun praised him greatly: "I think Guo Lang is very good at seizing the opportunity. If he hadn't listened to him today, Shi Qianfeng would have fallen into the battle again and again. How could our army rescue him again and again? When we finally rescued Shi Qianfeng, our army was already at the end of the battle. It was thanks to Guo Shao's courageous help that we managed to break through the Liao formation."

Guo Shaodao: "The last general dare not take credit for the bravery of his subordinates."

Xiang Xun shook his head and said disapprovingly: "Your subordinates are brave and you don't try to be the first. This is what I admire about you. But I noticed that Guo Lang was able to strike at the right time and save the vital points every time. If Guo Lang is not behind today, your subordinates will die several times in battle. How can you be brave?"

"Praise the general, I don't dare to be the last general." Guo Shao is more modest today, one is because the people present are all generals, it is inconvenient to be too condescending; the other is that he came up with a way to save Shi Yanchao, so that Shi Yanchao completely broke his own soldiers, and he himself became a hedgehog and almost died... Will Shi Yanchao and these people present really thank him after knowing this? It's hard to say.

Fu Yanqing listened to the two of them with great interest, and then said: "Let's go back to Jinyang tomorrow."

Guo Shao was stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't hold back his words with great difficulty, and listened silently.

"This..." A general next to him turned ugly.

Fu Yanqing turned her head to look at the general with an ugly face and said, "Sang Gui, it's enough for your people to stay and defend Xinzhou."

Na Sanggui was a military general in the Northern Han Dynasty. He was in Xinzhou himself and later surrendered to the Zhou army.

Fu Yanqing looked around again: "What do you think?"

No one answered, neither agreeing nor agreeing, this awkward silence itself is a kind of euphemistic objection.

Fu Yanqing said: "Shi Yanchao was seriously injured and his fine cavalry was damaged. Our army suffered heavy losses and was unable to fight against the Liao army. To defend Xinzhou to the death, so many horses and horses don't have enough food and can't play an important role. Sang Gui can defend Xinzhou. Therefore, the old man decided to go back to Jinyang for the time being and wait for the officials to make a decision."

Several generals had no choice but to take orders.

...

So Guo Shao walked back to Jinyang with Xiang Xun's remaining troops. I went to Xinzhou once, and killed three brothers in a battle; but I always felt that nothing meaningful was done. The Liao army was neither repelled nor blocked, but only saved Shi Yanchao's life... But if Shi Yanchao was not sent out to die with a small force, why bother to save him?

The battle to besiege Jinyang City has temporarily ceased, and the Zhou army is waiting and watching instead of attacking. Guo Shao thought of the "Ant Attachment" a few days ago. I'm afraid Zhou Jun's mindless wall-climbing siege tactic is not very effective, and the casualties must be high... But it seems that there are not many other methods, such as digging tunnels.

After returning to Jinyang, Xiang Xun patted his chest and said that he would fulfill his promise before sending troops to Xinzhou, and tried to take Guo Shao to meet the emperor, so that the emperor would reward him with an official for his meritorious deeds. Between Guo Shao's words of thanks, he also mentioned that he planned to meet Zhang Yongde first.

Zhang Yongde once took care of him specially, and he is also a powerful general of the Forbidden Army, so it would be great to say hello first if we can meet.

Xiang Xun was suddenly surprised, he didn't expect Guo Shao and Zhang Yongde to still be in touch. Guo Shao thought he would ask, and was thinking about how to answer more sincerely...but Xiang Xun didn't ask, and Quan pretended not to know.

Xiang Xun only talked about some recent things about Zhang Yongde, saying that Zhang Yongde is currently very popular in front of the new emperor.

At the Battle of Gaoping, Fan Aineng and He Hui, the cavalry commanders of the Right Army, were the first to flee...it was in front of the Xiaodi Army where Guo Shao was. Later, the Zhou army turned defeat into victory and pursued the Northern Han army, and the two men spread false news on the road.

Of course the emperor was very angry. After the Battle of Gaoping, he wanted to settle the score and kill these two men as an example, but he hesitated (when Guo Shao listened to Xiang Xun's narration, he guessed that Chai Rong still hadn't completely controlled the army at that time, and was afraid that after killing the general, other generals would feel resentful).

With Zhang Yongde's firm support, the emperor immediately did what he wanted, not only beheading Fan Aineng and He Hui, but also killing more than 70 generals who were unhappy with him at one go... and publicly scolded those generals who were killed, saying that they " regard me as a rare commodity, and want to sell it to Liu Chong, the leader of the Northern Han Dynasty, for a good price", which means treason, whoever dies?

Zhang Yongde was immediately appreciated by the new emperor.

Many generals have faults, whether they are greedy for money, lustful, alcoholic, beating and scolding soldiers, and some of them bear the reputation of "injustice", or are bloodthirsty like Shi Yanchao... But it is difficult to find obvious shortcomings in Zhang Yongde, who holds a lot of power.