In the stronghold of Guzhen (between present-day Hui County and Liangdang County, in the Gudao Valley), Guo Shao was pacing back and forth in a tiled house, and he looked restless. On a wooden table, covered with dirt that could not be wiped off, there was a drawing with folded marks.

The sky outside was dark, and the fire in the camp was shaking, and it was already midnight.

"Qingniling Nunnery was discovered by the Shu army, and all of them were kidnapped." The words of the middle-aged woman who came back lingered in his ears all the time.

Time is passing bit by bit, Guo Shao's heart is in turmoil, and he is so anxious. There was no sound of soldiers around, and the hustle and bustle of the battle array had subsided for many days, but he was more nervous and anxious now than when he was fighting the Shu army in Chencang Dao. Entering the Shu realm to fight, as Li Chuyun said, the worst result is nothing more than a quick battle, and the army will withdraw when the grain and grass are not enough; But this time it's not that simple.

After a while, the question and answer between Jing Niang and himself just now popped up in his mind. He asked: Can Chen Jun find it? Jing Niang said: I can only rely on chance, I only saw Qingxu last time, and it was purely a coincidence, I really didn't expect to know her traces in this life.

Guo Shao struggled to clear his head from the mess.

In the memory of her previous life, Empress Fu should have died early, and then Chai Rong could remarry her sister as the queen. How do Fu Hou die? It must have been a death from illness. The Zhou Dynasty is not dead, and Empress Fu is the daughter of Fu Yanqing's family, who can artificially threaten the life of the queen?

Life and death are fateful, but Guo Shao can't watch Fu Hou die, she has no hope at all in this era when she dies; It's good to be rich and peaceful, maybe one day you will offend the powerful and powerful, and you will be hacked to death by the rebels when you are in turmoil. This kind of wealth, which has no sense of security at all, makes him very unhappy......

At this time, Guo Shao can most truly feel that he needs her so much! Yes, this need is very real, as if something tangible can be seen and touched; Far away from those elusive, dreamlike feelings. Guo Shao's feelings for Empress Fu at this time were very vulgar, but it was because of vulgarity that they were very real...... It's as if his sister in his previous life was complaining that he didn't know how to be thrifty and spent too much, which didn't make people feel any emotional pleasure at all.

In the past, Guo Shao felt that the "young man" was too pale and naïve for Bai Fumei's Fu family, but now the Fu family is completely different in his heart. He needed Fu, not only for practical benefits, but also for emotional reasons...... She takes care of herself like a sister, and she gives Guo Shao the illusion that she is a part of her sister in her previous life, because only her sister in this world cares about her life and death...... Of course, my sister is not as powerful as Fu's, so noble, she is a layman.

Empress Fu can't die!

To disobey the mandate of heaven to save her? Guo Shao is not a doctor, he doesn't understand medical skills at all, and there are always millions of troops in hand, who can defeat the disease? He couldn't save her himself, so he wanted to find someone to save her...... In this era, Langzhong doctors are not good, if they do, can't the royal family invite Langzhong? How could the queen die?

Guo Shao remembered the Fuyao son Chen Jun, the Taoist priest who claimed to be half an immortal who rescued him from the pile of the dead. Guo Shao can't be sure whether these gods have the ability to do so, but when there is nothing to be done, people will always put their hopes into the mysteries...... And Fuyaozi is definitely not the kind of person who calls himself a holy aunt when he casually makes a Taoist temple; He can revive people who have "died", that is Guo Shao's personal experience.

But it is difficult to find a person like Fuyaozi, not to mention that he is said to be in Mount Emei, which is the territory of Shu. Chen Jian couldn't find it, but his apprentice Qingxu was really in Qingniling.

Guo Shao's plan was to lead the army to attack the Qingniling reinforcements and snatch and rescue Qingxu from the Shu army.

It is difficult to attack head-on from Qingniling, and it is estimated that it is more difficult than attacking the city. The trail of Baishui Road entered Guo Shao's mind, and if he could make a surprise attack on the Shu army around the trail, he would have a better chance of winning.

Jing Niang's retinue of female Taoist priests was arrested and may speak out of the White Water Path; And that path was also learned from the presiding officer of the nunnery. The Shu army should be able to torture out of the White Water Trail...... The surprise attack does not seem to be valid. If the Shu army fortified the path, it would be difficult to break through, and according to the personal soldiers, the road was too narrow in several places to be walked alone. If the surprise attack fails, even if they can win the Shu army, it is estimated that they will flee with Qingxu, or kill her after a long time.

The restless Guo Shao took a deep breath, rubbed his temples vigorously, and returned to the wooden table covered with dirt. The map only marked Qingniling, take a ruler and measure it, and estimate it to be forty miles south of Guzhen; A thin line is drawn on the west side of the Baishui path, but this picture was drawn by Guo Shao himself, and it is clear that there is no distance at all, just mark the meaning that there is a path there.

"Come in." Guo Shao greeted the soldiers and middle-aged women who were still standing outside the door.

He asked his soldiers: "How much time did it take you to return to Guzhen from Baishui Road, and how far did it take?" ”

"We've been walking for more than two hours, but we're walking fast, it should be sixty miles...... It is southwest of Guzhen. "Qin Bing said," From Baishui Road, there are still thirty or forty miles to the south, and you will reach Shu Road. Along the Shu Road and then turn to the northeast, it will be far, at least seventy or eighty miles to reach the Qingniling Nunnery. ”

Guo Shao listened carefully, and then hurriedly marked on the map. Then he inquired about the road conditions of Whitewater.

He pondered in his heart that as long as he crossed the Baishui Road (sixty miles) and then rushed to the Shu Road (more than thirty miles), he could cut off the retreat of the Shu army in Qingniling. Calculate that it takes a hundred miles to send troops from Guzhen in one go...... The Shu army went south from Qingniling (eighty miles) and then to Baishui Road (more than thirty miles), the distance was slightly longer.

"When were the people in the nunnery arrested?" Guo Shao asked.

The soldier said, "This afternoon." ”

Guo Shao pondered: The reinforcements of the Shu army to Qingniling are unlikely to want to attack, if Shu is so aggressive, it will not hide in the basin for decades; Baishui Trail, the Shu army may know that it will send troops to defend.

If you defend, you are not in a hurry to be a day or two earlier, they didn't know that way for so long. Therefore, Guo Shao judged that the Shu army might not send troops to Baishui Trail to fortify it until tomorrow at the earliest...... Set off tomorrow morning, you have to walk more than 100 miles; If it is not a rapid march and the road is uneven, it will take at least two or three days.

The fighter is still there!

Guo Shao turned around and said: "Send a few more waiters to follow you, after crossing the trail, investigate the military situation along the Shu Road, and see if there are any reinforcements from the southern part of Qingniling." I'll remember your credit. ”

"Humble command!"

Guo Shao said again: "Beat the drum and summon the commander to the Chinese army to discuss matters." ”

Guo Shao turned around and sat down on the bench next to the wooden table, and after a while, the generals arrived one after another, placing their sabers on the knife stand at the door of the hall one by one, and then walked into the hall and stood in high and low order.

"In the southwest of Guzhen, there is a small road that can be detoured to the belly and back of Qingniling." Guo Shao said straight to the point, "But today I got the news that our detailed work of infiltrating the territory of Shu has been arrested, and this road may have been known to the Shu army in Qingniling this afternoon." If we march now and run for hundreds of miles, we can cut off the retreat of the Shu army in Qingniling and annihilate this force in the belly of Qingniling! ”

The generals listened silently, and someone asked: "Guo Du, how many men and horses are there in the Shu army?" ”

Guo Shao said: "There should only be a few thousand people, this is the first batch of Shu army reinforcements to arrive." ”

Seeing that the generals didn't react, he was anxious and didn't think much about it, and said without hesitation: "These reinforcements are all forbidden troops from the hinterland of Shu, and their families are in Chengdu Mansion, and there are many generals and civil officials in them. Shu has had a bumper harvest of grains for decades and is very wealthy; Let's arrest these, and then release them back to Shu and extort money from their families...... What do you think? ”

Yang Biao smiled: "Then we are not doing the work of mountain bandits?" ”

Guo Shao said: "Shu is originally an enemy country at war, blackmail them, and no one will cure our crimes." Unless the emperor of Shu can take care of the affairs of our Great Zhou forbidden army. ”

Wang Zhang echoed: "Among the people in the Western Expedition, we rushed to the front, but we didn't catch anything, and all of them were divided between the Fengxiang Army and the Zhen'an Army." They own the city. ”

One after another, some generals began to be tempted, and they discussed there: "I heard that the drowning vessels used by the emperor of Shu to pee are all made of gold......

The generals echoed one after another: "What the mountain bandits do, can't we do?" Qingniling has no city, as long as we can go over and open the field battle, who are we afraid of, mother, let's do it! ”

Li Chuyun stood up and said in a deep voice: "Please also think twice." ”

Du Yu Hou of the First Army also said: "Since it is a small road, in case of disadvantage, the retreat is too slow; Rushing is like going deep into the ...... alone For the sake of things outside his body, he put a large army in danger, and Guo Duzhi needs to think more. ”

Li Chuyun said again: "If the lord decides, the last general will be willing to be the forward." ”

Guo Shao groaned, and he felt that the advice of the two generals was very reasonable; This is different from rushing to the mighty city, the retreat path is too narrow. But Li Chuyun and others didn't know their considerations...... The relationship between the queen and Chen Shu is a mess, not to mention that everyone doesn't know, even if they tell them that they can't tell it for a while.

Should 6,000 elite soldiers be put in danger for the sake of personal affairs? Of course not. Guo Shao rarely hesitated.

At this moment, Luo Yanhuan said: "If the lord wants to do it, let's do it, we can trust you!" ”

Guo Shaoyi gritted his teeth and frowned: "If he is defeated, he will first apologize for his crimes, and be a good companion with his brother who died in battle on Huangquan Road!" This battle is by no means a deployment of the imperial court, nor has it been approved by Wang Jieshuai, the chief general of the Western Expeditionary Army, only for my heart, I can't force everyone. If you are willing to go, follow me; If you don't want to, stay and guard the town. If you get money, whether it's the person in charge of attacking or defending, you have a share. ”

The generals looked at each other, and Li Chuyun, who originally raised objections, was the first to stand up and say: "The last general is willing to go!" ”