In the early summer, the weather was warmer, Guo Shao and others were worried that the corpses would rot in the town and the plague would break out, so they wanted to bury the dead in the back mountain as soon as possible, but the town general Li Desheng tried his best to obstruct them. He found someone to cut off the heads of the Khitan soldiers and load them into the car, and sent them to Luzhou to ask for merit.

A few days later, officials came from Luzhou, bringing six pigs and sheep, two sacks of copper coins to Wuzhen Town to reward the generals. At this time, Guo Shaocai finally understood why there were Khitan soldiers here.

The news initially came from the Liaozhou officials who had surrendered.

After the Battle of Gaoping, the Khitan army retreated, or did not expect that the Zhou army would immediately take advantage of the victory to attack Jinyang (Taiyuan), and a group of men and horses were stranded in Liaozhou, southeast of Jinyang, and did not have time to leave. Its strength is not much, the real Khitan cavalry is only one or two hundred horsemen, and there are a thousand foreign servant infantry. When they learned that the Zhou Dynasty army was heading north, they couldn't leave...... The line from Jinyang to Taihang Mountain in the north has been controlled by the Zhou army, and to the east of Taihang Mountain are also Hebei towns under the rule of the Zhou Dynasty.

The retreat of this Khitan soldier was blocked, and then it made matters worse. At that time, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty ordered the four-way army to attack the periphery of Jinyang and plan the main force to fight. Among them, the right flank is the Laizhou defense envoy Kang Yannuma, and the army attacks Liaozhou. The officials of Liaozhou sent people day and night to ask for surrender.

The Khitan soldiers were ready to break through, but soon received a secret order from the north, strictly ordering them to go south from Liaozhou to attack the Zhou Dynasty's grain route. Surrounded on all sides, not retreating but advancing, it is obvious that this army has become an outcast, and the Khitan upper echelons just hope that they will play a role in the end.

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It is said that the prefectures near Hedong and Zuo, including Xi, Ci, Jiang, Ze, Jin, Lu, Xing, Zhao, Zhen, Ding, and countless other prefectures and counties, have been required to levy and distribute the people's grain to the front. The right servant shot Li Gu temporarily replaced Fu Yanqing, sentenced Taiyuan to do government affairs, and used his whole body to adjust food.

It didn't take long for the grain convoy to be seen on the main road near Luzhou, like a long dragon, with no head in sight and no end in sight.

Guo Shao consulted with the generals and decided to follow the army escorting grain and grass north to Jinyang and return to the Xiaodi army.

So Guo Shao led the forbidden army team to start walking north, except for the three brothers and the civilian official Zuo You, twenty wounded soldiers were healed. Originally, there were forty or fifty wounded soldiers of the forbidden soldiers who were placed in Wuzhen Town, but some were disabled, some were seriously injured and did not heal, and seven or eight died in Wuzhen Town.

It's a weight-bearing hike for a long walk again. Guo Shao came out of Tokyo, I don't know how many ways he walked, and a few pairs of boots have been rotten. Halfway through, he met the right servant who was patrolling the grain road and shot Li Gu's men and horses, Li Gu heard about Guo Shao's achievements, praised it greatly, and ordered the grain generals to give supplies along the way, and rewarded more than 20 war horses.

After Guo Shao and the others got the war horses, they turned into cavalry troops.

In mid-May, Guo Shao's team only walked to Jinyang, and they were immediately stunned by what they saw.

Thick smoke billowed in the sky above the standing Jinyang City, the sound of killing shook the sky, and countless large armies surrounded it, attacking from all sides. I saw that there were people crawling everywhere on the high city wall, watching this battle, the Zhou army was using the most conventional siege tactics: ant attachment. Like ants, large swarms up to attack, and the main tool is the ladder.

Countless rockets flew in the air, and the whole city exploded like a fireworks, and the rockets were like a dense spark of flying fireworks. The fire flickered above and below the city, and black smoke rose everywhere. The ladder was full of people, rolling wood and stones were falling one after another, and people kept falling from mid-air; The most unbearable thing is that the city pours oil down from time to time, and the fire ignites, and those soldiers who are burning up are desperately rolling under the city wall, and the clothes and armor that are on fire will not be able to take off for a while.

A group of people pushed the cowhide cart close to the city gate, there were stone caves on both sides of the city gate, specially poured oil, and after a while, the cart turned into a pile of blazing firewood. The Zhou army went forward one after another, and there were constantly casualties. The battlefield looked extremely tragic.

…… Guo Shao and the others were stunned there, until they saw a group of people carrying the screaming wounded soldiers walking towards this side, and they hurriedly led the horses away to make way.

With thousands of troops fighting like this, where to find Zhang Yongde?

When the group of people passed, they soon saw a large group of cavalry of the Zhou army marching towards this side, and the current banner had the word "Xiang", but I didn't know which army it was.

This cavalry ignored Guo Shao and the others at first, because they were also dressed in armor of the Zhou army, and they were obviously friendly troops. But some people still think it's strange, why are there more than 20 people standing here watching the play?

A military general in front of him left the road, reined in his horse on the side of the road, and pointed at Guo Shao, who was taking the lead, with a horsewhip: "Whose soldiers and horses are you?" ”

Guo Shao replied: "The infantry army of the Xiaodi Army commands the people under Wang Degong. ”

"There are so many horses in the infantry team?" The general asked.

Guo Shao hurriedly said: "These horses are the right servants to shoot and sentence the Taiyuan government affairs Li Gong as a reward." We came from Luzhou, and we met Li Fu on the road. Li Fu heard about the deeds of Zhang Yuanhui and defeated more than 100 Khitan rangers, rewarded the last general, and presented him with a war horse......"

"Your name is Guo Shao?" The general hurriedly asked.

"It's the last general."

At this moment, the general in front of the horsemen glanced back, and immediately turned his horse and walked this way. I saw that the general had a thick face and bones, yellow and rough skin, and was very burly; The general was also looking Guo Shao up and down.

The general asked, "Are you indeed Guo Shao?" ”

Guo Shao replied calmly: "We all have military status; In addition, there was a general named Zhao Kuangyin in the forbidden army who met the last general in Gaoping and commended him in person. The last will not dare to deceive. ”

The others whispered: "The scattered members are all Yu Hou Zhao Kuangyin, there is indeed this person." ”

"Haha!" The general suddenly laughed, "You said it was Guo Shao earlier, it would be easier!" ”

"The general has seen the last general?"

The general said: "I haven't seen it, I've heard it." Kill Zhang Yuanhui with an arrow, and you can be regarded as stepping on his corpse and becoming famous. He took a closer look at Guo Shao and said, "The Xiaodi Army Infantry Army is all lost in Gaoping, who are you looking for?" I think so, you go with me to reinforce King Wei first, and then come back after the fight and take you to see the official family, and let the official family give you another official ...... Ha! By the way, this will be the envoy of the Xuanhui Southern Yuan and the former military supervisor of the Hedong Camp. ”

"Long look up to the general's daimyo!" Guo Shao hurriedly bowed. In his heart, he has been mixed in the army of five generations for several years, but he still has not fully understood the complicated official positions above, and is only familiar with the general positions at the bottom. However, when I heard Xiang Xun's official title being so domineering, he must have a good position.

Xiang Xun said: "Will you go with me?" Wei Wang Fu Yanqing blocked the Liao army in Xinzhou, and the troops were not enough to send people for help, so he would have been ordered by the official family to reinforce Xinkou.

Guo Shao happily clasped his fists and said, "The last general is willing to go." ”

When it was, he didn't have time to ask for the advice of his brothers and subordinates, so he promised to come down first. Everyone should also understand the decision: if you are here, you will definitely go to war...... Is there a more tragic errand than going to Jinyang City over there to climb the wall? Look at the wounded soldiers who were brought back, they were all cooked in the oil.

So everyone followed Guo Shao and led the horse to join Xiang Xun's army.