Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

At the beginning of April, it was just half a month after the Zhou army launched the offensive. The Xiongwu Jiedu Envoy of Qinzhou fled to Chengdu, and the Weiwu Jiedu Envoy of Fengzhou was besieged to death in Weiwu City. No one in Qin and Fengzhou could mobilize troops anymore. The garrison of Guzhen thought that the city wall of Jiezhen was too low, and Fengzhou was besieged in the east, so they rushed west to Chengzhou. Guo Shao's troops occupied Guzhen without bloodshed.

In Qinzhou in the northwest (near Tianshui City, known as Shangyu in ancient times), Han Jixun, the commander of the Xiongwu Festival, fled, and called the observation judge Zhao Yu to Qinzhou and ordered him to guard the city.

Zhao Ting felt very helpless, as soon as he took over the city defense, many rout soldiers came from the direction of Qinling and Weishui; He ordered the generals to arrest the rebels for questioning, only to find out that Zhou Jun was marching into Qinzhou from the north and the south.

At this moment, the Shu army seized a spy. Xizuo claimed to be the envoy of the Zhou army, so he brought it to Zhao Yu.

The envoy tore open his clothes, took out a letter, handed it over with neither humility nor condescension, and said with his head held high: "I am General Xiang Xun, the commander of the Western Expedition Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Zhen'an Jiedu..." He looked around and continued, "Zhang Qi, a member of the staff. Now the forwards of the Western Expedition Army have driven forward and captured more than 10,000 people, and have already occupied Gu Town.

The Fengxiang Army and the Zhen'an Army have approached Qinzhou in two ways. Why doesn't the general judge the situation and take Qinzhou down? Firstly, to prevent Qinzhou’s life from being ruined, and secondly, to make a personal promise to Jieshuai that he must first treat Qinzhou’s soldiers well, and then ask the imperial court for merit, and recommend Qinzhou’s general to be an official in the Great Zhou..."

Zhao Ting pretended to be angry, and before the envoy finished speaking, he said coldly: "It turned out to be the one who persuaded him to surrender, come here, take it down for me!"

The envoy raised his head and said: "Faithful words are hard to hear, if you don't listen to it and insist on going your own way, please leave the pot."

After Zhao Ting retreated to the hall, his cousin hurriedly followed him and said in a hurry: "Qinzhou is an isolated city, and the Zhou army is under pressure. What the envoy said is consistent with the description of the rout. The envoy from Chengzhou also confirmed that Guzhen is occupied...Why don't you take the opportunity to surrender the city? If the situation was not critical, why would Han Jixun run away overnight?"

"You come with me." Zhao Tiao led his cousin to the signing room, and said in a deep voice, "Although the generals in Qinzhou are panicked and have no fighting spirit, I am not familiar with them. If you publicly say that you want to surrender, what if some general orders you to rush up and chop us up, what will you do?"

The cousin hurriedly said: "Brother means..."

"The governors of Chengzhou and Jiezhou are good friends with me. You can leave Qinzhou secretly, run to Chengzhou and Jie at night, and bring my autographed letter to invite them to surrender together. Then you will have more credit." Zhao Quan pondered for a moment and then said, "Qinzhou let me do it. I will quietly let the envoys go out and ask Naxiang Jieshuai to come. When the Zhou army arrives, I will guard the east gate and open the city gate to let the Zhou army enter the city. The big thing will be settled!"

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A few days later, Weiwu City was captured by Wang Jing's department, and Wang Huan, the Jiedu envoy of the Shu army, died in battle; in April, the three prefectures of Qin, Cheng and Jie surrendered.

The isolated city of Fengzhou was surrounded by several armies and became an isolated city. Wang Jing ordered the siege on three sides, besieging frantically day and night.

Guo Shao rushed to Fengzhou himself, and hurriedly withdrew Hujie's first army from the left wing under the pretext of strengthening his defenses. As the troops moved westward one after another, Guo Shao couldn't help but look back at Fengzhou City. A familiar scene was in front of him. This scene was so similar to what Jin Yang saw!

Fengzhou is backed by mountains on one side, and the city walls on three sides are covered with people. Looking from a distance, it makes one's scalp tingle. Zhou Jun went up to the Forbidden Army and went down to the local Jiezhen Army. It seemed that there was no second way to attack the city, but only one method: climbing the wall without thinking.

In this situation, the whole city seems to be a piece of cake thrown on the side of the road, covered by a group of ants, with black figures falling down from it, thick smoke and dust billowing around, people's shouts can be heard clearly two miles away.

The wind seemed to carry a scorched smell of burnt hair, mixed with a disgusting fishy smell. Guo Shao didn't stay any longer, and led his army straight to Guzhen.

In the evening of the same day, the scouts reported that someone had come from Tokyo. Guo Shao hurried out of the barracks and waited outside the town. After waiting for a while, he saw an officer wearing black gauze and a green robe with a round collar coming on horseback. There were several followers behind him, more than ten cavalrymen.

Guo Shao had never been an official, and he only wore the official uniform issued by the governor once, but he also roughly knew the official costumes of the Zhou Dynasty, and the official rank here was not high. And he was very young, with a straight face, and his sitting posture on the horse was stable, his face looked yellow and thin, maybe it was because of the hard journey.

Guo Shao stood still with a hospitable smile on his face. Seeing a military general surrounded by the generals at the gate of the camp, the officer dismounted from his horse, clasped his hands and asked, "I am picking up Lu Duoxun on the left, and I want to see Guo Dushi, the forward of the Western Expedition. First in Fengxiang, Fengxiang's colleagues told Guo Dushi to be in Guzhen."

"I'm Guo Shao, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Guo Shao said directly, and then smiled, "It turns out that I'm a colleague from Tokyo. Please invite Dr. Lu to the camp."

Lu Duoxun hurriedly said: "Congratulations, Hexi, the Guo Du envoy has been promoted!"

After hearing this, the generals laughed and were elated. Yang Biao, who was present, completely disregarded etiquette, grabbed Lu Duoxun by the sleeve, and asked, "I don't want to tell the whole story, what position has my elder brother been promoted?"

Lu Duoxun was stunned, and could not shake off his robe sleeves, so he could only say: "Prime Minister Wang personally asked the subordinate officials to deliver the appointment letter. When he left Beijing, the court did not know that the three prefectures of Qin, Cheng and Tier had been recovered; this time the Privy Council's award is only for Guo Dushi's achievements in winning the Shu army in Weiwu City and Huanghua Valley. The subordinate officials have already informed the general of the Western Expedition, Wang Jieshuai..."

"Fuck! Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Yang Biao cursed. Everyone was smiling and didn't care.

Lu Duoxun was so scolded that he forgot what he said just now, so he could only say: "The commander of Hujie's left wing is also the commander of the Shangzhou regiment, and he is the camp supervisor of the Western Expeditionary Army."

"If you don't say it, it's over!" Yang Biao quarreled again cursing. Everyone didn't speak for a while, probably thinking about how many officials there are in the commander... The four elites of the Imperial Guards of the Zhou Dynasty, the Hu Jie Army is one of them;

Guo Shao laughed and said: "Doctor Lu, don't be as knowledgeable as a warrior, brothers are all rough people."

"No, no." Lu Duoxun followed Guo Shao into the barracks, and casually mentioned, "I hope that General Guo will say something nice in front of Prime Minister Wang." He just took the opportunity to say something casually when he saw that everyone was happy, and maybe the generals would not care about such a sentence.

Unexpectedly, after Guo Shao entered Xingyuan, he specifically mentioned the sentence just now: "I know Prime Minister Wang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites. He went to the Forbidden Army barracks to join the army, and I sent him back, so I got to know him face to face. If we can meet again next time, I will definitely talk about how Dr. Lu traveled thousands of miles and traveled the difficult Shu road to the front line to condolences to the soldiers."

A Zuo Shiyi, whose job is to check for omissions and make up for vacancies around the emperor and make suggestions. Guo Shao thought about it anyway, saying good things doesn't cost money, and his words are still polite.

After all, Lu Duoxun was young, and his demeanor seemed that he had just become an official not long ago. When he heard such a courteous reception from a general, he immediately said with sincerity: "To be honest, I came from a humble background. I was just a Jinshi. I was originally a secretary. I wrote a poem for Prime Minister Wang, and then I made Zuo Supplement. It is a real honor to be entrusted by Prime Minister Wang to send it to the public and reward the soldiers in front of the court. It is not hard work."

"Being a Jinshi is one in 10,000." Guo Shao said casually, thinking that although he is close to a high-ranking general, it seems that he can't accept a Jinshi as an aide.

Lu Duoxun was empty-handed, saying that the letter of appointment had been handed over to Wang Jing, the chief general of the Western Expeditionary Army. Guo Shao had no choice but to talk to him with his generals. After all, Lu Duoxun was an official who had read a lot of books, and he had nothing to say to the generals. Except for Guo Shao who talked to him, only Li Chuyun could say a few words from time to time.

After a while, the subordinate soldiers brought dinner. A large basket of wheat cakes, two barrels of vegetable soup, with a few pieces of bacon missing.

Unexpectedly, Lu Duoxun didn't pick anything at all, he ate three large pancakes and drank two cups of vegetable soup, chewing them with relish, completely throwing away his previous refined manners. He suddenly found Guo Shao smiling at himself, and hurriedly said: "My family is considered to have studied for generations, but it is a poor Confucian family. If the law of heaven is not good, it is common to eat bran and swallow vegetables. This wheat cake is made of fine grain, and it is quite delicious to eat."

After the generals listened, they looked at Lu Duosun with milder eyes.

Guo Shaodao: "Soldiers rush forward and fight bloody battles. As generals, we can't eat better than soldiers. Everyone eats the same food. There are really no dishes prepared. Doctor Lu just gets used to it."

Yang Biao snorted and said, "As long as we eat here, we still snatched it from the Shu army, otherwise we wouldn't even have to eat wheat cakes."