Xu Erniang had no place to live or eat for two days. Zhao Hu took out the wheat cakes and water bags he had brought with him...... The bread is extremely difficult to chew, and the water is cold, but for a hungry person these are enough.

One moment she gobbled it up, and the next she cried with her dirty sleeves and trembled. There was also a Zhou army warrior in armor squatting next to him, this situation was a little weird, and the Zhou army horsemen passing by on the road looked sideways.

Zhao Hu squatted on the ground without saying a word.

When Xu Erniang was a little quieter, he asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Xu Erniang looked dazed.

Zhao Hu thought for a while and said: "There is a healing camp in the army, I will take you to explain to the army Langzhong, you help there first, and when the wounded soldiers are about to be sent back to Yizhou, Erniang can follow the people who escorted the wounded soldiers to Yizhou; Then go home. ”

Xu Erniang's pale face was very hollow, and she muttered, "I'm like this...... Can I go back? What do you do when you go back? ”

Zhao Hu pondered for a moment and said, "Go back and wait for me." I asked Lang Zhong to write a letter to my family, and told my mother to go to Xu's house to hire first. ”

Xu Erniang was stunned when she heard this, looked at him and said, "You...... Will you still marry me? ”

Zhao Hu smiled bitterly: "As long as Erniang is willing to marry, I am willing to marry at any time." ”

Xu Erniang pursed her lips and said in a low voice: "I've become like this......"

Zhao Hu said: "I am not the original descendant. ”

He glanced back, got up and took down a pair of bound fur blankets from the horse, and stuffed them in Xu Erniang's arms: "Take it, it's still cold, and I can't freeze something." ”

Xu Erniang said: "What should you do?" ”

Zhao Hu said: "We have charcoal, or we are crowded with the brothers of the Divine Fire Capital. You don't have to worry about me, the army treats the soldiers very well, maybe you can get another cover. ”

He said again: "Let's go, I'll take you to Lang Zhong in the healing camp, and I'll hurry back to the Shenhuo Capital after explaining that I'm going to hurry back to the Divine Fire Capital." ”

Xu Erniang silently followed Zhao Hu, who was leading the horse on foot, and she hugged the blanket in her arms tightly, as if she was afraid that others would rob her.

Zhao Hu didn't have anything to say, Xu Erniang used to be a very famous beauty in several nearby villages, and it was not easy to marry her. And now, everything is unrecognizable. She was not injured except for a little mess on her body, but she seemed to be covered in wounds with thousands of holes.

Columns of sturdy soldiers on horseback marched in the opposite direction, and the ruins of the burned villages faded away as if they were flashing in the light.

Xu Erniang suddenly called softly: "Brother Tiger......"

Zhao Hu turned his head to look at her.

She bowed her head and said, "Can you go home with me?" ”

Zhao Hu shook his head and said, "My father was burned alive by the Khitans, and my family was destroyed...... Your brother and Zhao Shuyuan's fellow villagers didn't provoke anyone, and they were killed like this. I want to go to Youzhou to find the Khitan people for revenge, otherwise I won't be at ease in this life. ”

Xu Erniang couldn't make sense after hearing this, but her face was very sad. It was a long time before she said, "You're going to be able to come back, aren't you?" ”

Zhao Hu said: "The Great Zhou Emperor is the reincarnation of Dayi, invincible, never defeated, only we kill, there is no Khitan killing of our forbidden army." ”

The two walked for a long time, and the army on the road seemed to have no head and tail, and the healing camp that Zhao Hu said was at the back of the army.

Xu Erniang turned her head to look at Zhao Hu from time to time, she had known Zhao Hu before, but she had never looked at him so closely. Zhao Hu is indeed no longer the offspring who looked a little reckless and impulsive before, and a little shy in front of women, he has been a man in just two years, and the wind and sun and the grinding of the battlefield have left traces on his face, and he has also left a more resolute look.

The armor makes his tall appearance more imposing, the pitch is very regular, the tall figure, the upright facial features, Zhao Hu's appearance is one of the best heroes within a radius of Zhao Shuyuan. (The Great Zhou Forbidden Army was almost all young and strong, and the heroes of the whole country were concentrated.) ）

"Brother Tiger......" Xu Erniang called again.

Zhao Hu glanced at her, but did not follow. He muttered: "When you take revenge on the Khitan people in Youzhou, I will go back to Zhao Shuyuan, and we will slowly forget about the past, build a good-looking house, and send our old lady to the end." As long as the land is still there, the house can be renovated! ”

He said: "Erniang will give me another child." ”

Xu Erniang's face turned red when she heard this.

Time is like water, it can wash everything away, but it can't be washed away, but the time is not long enough.

At this moment, suddenly the heavens and the earth suddenly brightened, dazzlingly bright. Zhao Hu and Xu Erniang looked up and saw the sun emerging from the clouds.

……

In the Chinese army, Wang Pu looked up and said happily: "The sky is clear!" ”

Guo Shao raised his head and squinted at the dazzling sun, and said softly, "Everything is perfect." ”

There was a horn sound of different lengths in the army, and Guo Shao seemed to feel a grand melody, and flew rapidly into the sky, as if the hidden dragon was high-pitched out of the water.

"Ha ......" The inspiring shouts of countless warriors came from afar, and the man's voice was simple and full of blood.

Guo Shao looked back at this flat land, and said in a somewhat excited voice: "The whole territory of Hebei has been the land of the Han family since ancient times. ”

Shi Yanchao approached Youzhou, and Guo Shaozhong's army did not have any fighting. That night, the camp was set up, and the whole army set up camp and set up defense in order.

As soon as the sun came out during the day, the clouds dispersed quickly, and when the sun went down, the clouds almost all dissipated, and the sky changed beyond human imagination.

After nightfall, the sky is full of stars. Echoing the light of the ground up and down, everything is more open.

Guo Shao walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army and was quite shocked to see the stars in the sky so clearly. In any case, the sky of this era is cleaner and brighter than it is in modern times. Guo Shao had seen stars in distant memories, but he had never seen such a clear starry sky.

He felt a sense of dizziness for a while, because all of a sudden it seemed as if he had suddenly merged into the starry sky, and there was a feeling that he was not on the ground, as if his body was already floating in the starry sky.

Guo Shao calmed down, and then calmed down.

Only then did he realize that there was no one beside him, and when he looked back, Wang Pu and other entourages were standing at the door of the tent and did not follow. Guo Shao stood alone in the barracks.

The temporary fence of the barracks is so low that it is completely impossible to block the view of people. The sky is high and the earth is wide, Guo Shao does not feel that he is standing in the square inch of the military camp at this time, but feels that he is standing on the vast plains of Hebei, standing on the spherical surface of the earth, looking up at the endless universe.

The world is really big, and the time is really long...... People are sometimes confined to the light of their minds, and fall into chaos and greed for a small profit; But as long as he looked at this grand scene, Guo Shao felt that his mind was as vast as the starry sky.

Countless bright lights flashed one after another, and Guo Shao's thoughts were also flying aimlessly.

He thought of a future that he might not see, with civilizations of trains, airplanes, high-rise buildings, and even endless futures...... And the past that I still can't see, I don't exist yet, but the world is still happening, there are countless major events that are forging ahead, and there are many sages who can only be remembered now.

Are those stars the eyes of the sages? They are full of broad minds and ambitions, and they have created a period of civilization, and they are still looking down on the people of the same land, whether they are suffering from internal friction or actively pioneering......

Achievements and achievements are brilliant in history, and most of the time Guo Shao is just a concept, but now it has suddenly become very intuitive.

Youzhou is a stumbling block that restricts the confinement of the Great Zhou to open up farther places, it is a "big mountain", if you don't climb over this mountain, your vision and mind will be imprisoned in a closed space!

Guo Shao paced there without saying a word, looking at the sky for a long time.

He felt a little cold outside, so he walked back to the big tent of the Chinese army. Wang Pu and others also followed.

Guo Shao sat down on the stool above, and Lu Chengyong and one of the guards stepped forward, unfolded a large picture and spread it on the wooden table in front of him, and then placed a copper candlestick on the picture. Several military officials also gathered around, because there was no place in the tent to hang such a large map.

Everything in the tent was rudimentary, even old. Guo Shao himself demanded that court officials not buy luxurious things in the army. Not only did he do it for the sake of saving, but it also gave the impression that he shared the weal and woe with the soldiers.

And he doesn't care about that pleasure. When a person's heart grows bigger, he loses interest in a little material comfort; After a person's prestige status is high enough, he does not need to be arrogant and extravagant.

There are a few words written on it: Map of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

Guo Shao stretched out his hand to pick up the candlestick and slowly moved on the map, looking at it while pondering something.

Wang Pu pointed to the map and said: "Gao Yanyan (Jiannan Army) is from Xiangzhou, and Liu Renzhan (Gande Army) is from Luzhou, and it should be in this position now." They marched slowly, but a little earlier, and within ten days of the main force of the forbidden army arriving in Youzhou City, the two groups of men and horses should also arrive one after another. That is, within half a month, the elite of the Great Zhou in Youzhou City will reach 200,000! ”

Guo Shao said: "We have enough troops this time. ”

The estimated 200,000 people to be mobilized and deployed are the actual number of formed rosters, not the claim, which is a huge number of troops at any time! In the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao may have only 200,000 people, so he claimed to be 800,000; At this time, Guo Shaojun claimed that five or six hundred thousand was no problem.

Wang Pu said: "The early stage is very smooth, the Qianying Military Government has sent envoys to persuade the southern cities of Youzhou to surrender, and there should be news in the next two days." The ministers have already inquired clearly, and the guards in Zhuozhou and other places are still Han generals, and it is expected that they will definitely surrender the city after they are sure that the Great Zhou army will be dispatched. ”

Guo Shao nodded: "Let's ignore these cities, let's go to Youzhou City first, and hurry up to build siege fortifications." Even if the territory in the back is stubborn, it will be left to the rear army and Liu Renzhan and Gao Yanyu to solve. ”

Wang Pu clenched his fists and bowed, "Your Majesty is wise." ”

Guo Shao's fingers touched the location of Youzhou along a line, and then the entire palm of his hand pressed there.