Lang Zhong in the healing camp handed Xu Erniang over to Lu Lan, because Lu Lan was a girl.

Lu Lan herself followed north, but she did not stay in the Chinese army, but was by her uncle Bai Sue.

Previously, Lu Lan accidentally cured the illness of Wang Pu, the privy envoy of the Great Zhou, and Guo Shao, in order to repay her, asked her relatives to come to the court to be officials; There is no one in the Lu family, but the people from the Bai family of my maternal uncle entered Beijing, and Bai Sue became the Imperial Medical Department, and now he is also a powerful official in the army. However, the official in charge of the healing camp was a person from Taichang Temple.

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

Lang Zhong, who brought Xu Erniang in, explained: "There is no problem with this woman's origin. She is Zhao Shuyuan's person, and she has Zhao Hu, a soldier of the Tiger Army, as a guarantor, and she is Zhao Hu's daughter-in-law. ”

Xu Erniang could see that Lang Zhong was quite respectful to the young lady in front of him, and knew that although the little lady was not very old, she must be a person with a background.

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

Xu Erniang hurriedly hugged the fur blanket given to her by Zhao Hu to cover her dirty and torn clothes, lowered her head and reached out to stroke her unkempt hair, and whispered: "The slave family doesn't know medical skills, just use the slave family as a slave and maid." ”

She is also generous, otherwise it is not good for ordinary people to speak on such occasions.

Lu Lan hurriedly said: "You are the daughter-in-law of the soldiers, how can I be a slave and maid...... Did something happen to you, become like this? ”

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

Lu Lan suddenly stepped forward to comfort: "If you don't want to say it, don't say it, don't cry, you're okay now." ”

Xu Erniang choked up and said: "My family is in Zhao Shuyuan, Yizhou, and I was robbed here by the Khitans......" Soon she was speechless.

Lu Lan hurriedly said: "The Khitans are indeed very bad, and you are also a poor person. My mother was also snatched by the Khitans in Zhuozhou, and she hasn't come back for many years. ”

The two had the same illness for a while, so Lu Lan personally boiled water, took care of Xu Erniang's bathing and changing clothes, and cleaned her up.

Lu Lan was very kind to the woman she had just met, and found her a clean quilt. But Xu Erniang always held the dirty military fur blanket.

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

Xu Erniang nodded.

Lu Lan smiled: "Your heart has been taken away." ”

Xu Erniang buried her head embarrassed, because Lu Lan was really good to her, and she finally opened her mouth and whispered: "I've been ...... for the past two days." I don't know how to get here, it seems that I am already in the underworld of no return. As soon as Brother Tiger appeared...... The sky was clear, and the sun was warm on my body. ”

……

"Report!" A horse galloped into the barracks.

A civil servant at the door immediately greeted him and asked, "Where is the report?" ”

The knight clenched his fists and said: "The military report of the forward general Shi Vice-Capital." ”

The civil official turned his head and said, "Take him to the former camp military mansion to deliver the report." ”

It didn't take long for Wang Pu to get the report first, walked into the big tent of the Chinese army quickly, and said: "Your Majesty, Shi Yanchao has arrived at Youzhou City, and there are no soldiers and horses in Youzhou City to meet the battle, and the four gates are closed. ”

"Okay." Guo Shao raised his head and answered.

Lu Chengyong, who was standing on the side, walked over to pick up the military report and returned to Guo Shao's table.

Guo Shao picked up a map and overlaid it on the map below. He pointed his finger: "Tell Shi Yanchao to be stationed here and build military camp fortifications." Order the Chinese army to speed up the march and reach Youzhou City as soon as possible. ”

Wang Pu stepped forward to understand and said, "The old minister has the order." ”

Wang Pu said: "As soon as the Chinese army arrived in Youzhou, they immediately began to build siege fortifications. By the time the infantry arrived, the siege fortifications were almost complete, and the siege could begin after a short rest. ”

Guo Shaodao: "That's right, we must seize the time to capture Youzhou!" ”

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

Guo Shao said: "The scouts are scattered to Yanshan, Xishan and other passes, we also have undercover agents in Shangjing, and we will know as soon as the Liao army reinforcements go south." ”

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

Guo Shao and Wang Pu immediately looked at each other, and immediately said, "Bring it in." ”

After a while, a civil official entered the tent and bowed: "Weichen was ordered to send an envoy to Zhuozhou, and the mission was completed smoothly, so he took Ma Pengyi straight back to the camp." ”

Guo Shao personally commended.

Then a bearded man in armor walked in, and "plopped" and fell to his knees, crying loudly!

Wang Pu watched quietly.

The man cried: "The last general and the soldiers and civilians of Zhuozhou have been looking forward to the Northern Expedition of the Wang Division, and today they are finally looking forward to it, and they dare not welcome Your Majesty!" The last general welcomed His Majesty to send troops to take charge of the military administration of Zhuozhou. ”

At this time, the forward army of the Zhou army had passed through Zhuozhou for a few days, and the main force of the Chinese army had also crossed Zhuozhou, so he came over to surrender...... However, as long as he is willing to surrender, Guo Shao does not care, and immediately said: "General Ma understands righteousness and is commendable for his loyalty." I still ordered you to be the defense envoy of Zhuozhou. ”

Ma Pengyi was overjoyed, bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Guo Shao said: "You can continue to be in charge of Zhuozhou, and the former military government will send some additional men and horses to assist in the defense of the city." ”

Ma Pengyi kowtowed and said, "The minister's decree." ”

As expected, in the past two days, civil and military officials have successively found the Great Zhou Zhongjun to surrender to Cheng, some Guo Shao has met with them, and some have asked the officials of the former camp military government to deal with it. The Zhou army marched northward, and the Han generals and Han officials in Youzhou almost did not resist, and surrendered one after another, and the southern towns were occupied without blood.

The people of Youzhou did not resist, most of the people in this area were still Han Chinese, and the Northern Expedition of the Zhou army was as smooth as fighting in the interior. At this time, there was no concept of a country or a nation, but the people obviously trusted their own people more, were more willing to be ruled and governed by the Central Plains Dynasty, and also had righteous public opinion.

The weather has cleared, and Guo Shao led the army to Youzhou smoothly.

Youzhou is the Beijing of later generations. Sometimes Guo Shao can't 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 came into view. At first glance, it is not at all comparable to the scale of Tokyo Daliang, and even the momentum of Jinyang is not as good. The surrounding area is also not too densely populated, and there are fields of crops everywhere. But the city is still a big town and has always been an extremely important fortress in the Hebei region.

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

The eyes of the soldiers were almost all in one direction, and on the horizon at the end of the line of sight, the shadow of the city was like a mountain, like a dream, looming.