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The Great Zhou side was besieged the city of Youzhou, but it didn't even take the attack for half a month. It was the hot summer season again, and the soldiers were exhausted and their fighting spirit was depressed. At this time, the reinforcements of the Liao Kingdom suddenly surrounded and suppressed them with great momentum. The horse's hooves splashed dust and smoke. At first glance, the Liao soldiers were swarming as if they were invisible. The Great Zhou side was immediately in chaos.
At the same time, the eight thousand remaining Liao soldiers who had been fleeing suddenly stopped their horses and transferred them to attack Dazhou from the southeast side. In Youzhou City, when they saw reinforcements had arrived, the guard general Yelu Xiong was covered in bloodshot eyes and immediately led 5,000 elite soldiers out of the city and headed straight for the most conspicuous imperial car in the vast Great Zhou army.
The sound of killing soared into the sky, and the cavalry of the Liao army was freely traveling through the Great Zhou army, as if entering a no-man. Emperor Xuande stood on the imperial carriage and saw his soldiers falling down like grass. Only a few generals remained calm in the face of danger and fought bravely to kill the enemy. This was near, and looking into the distance, the periphery was full of Liao soldiers, and they rode on horses and waved their swords, which the Great Zhou could not stop them at all.
The moment before, he led his army to chase the Liao soldiers. In a blink of an eye, the situation reversed. The generals around him rushed out one after another to issue orders to try to stabilize the position. The imperial carriage under him was pulled around by the shocked horse, and even the coachman could not control it. The Liao soldiers were coming to him from all directions...
"Emperor, the imperial carriage is too arrogant. Please ask the emperor to ride a horse. I will escort the emperor away first!" Guo Boyan finally rushed over from a distance, turned over and got off the horse, ran to the imperial carriage, and asked Emperor Xuande to abandon the carriage. Emperor Xuande had a little complaint about Guo Boyan's old fight with him before. Now in a critical moment, Guo Boyan came to protect the carriage first. Emperor Xuande immediately remembered Guo Boyan's loyalty to him and got off the car without hesitation.
Both Liao and Zhou sides were crazy. The soldiers of the Great Zhou were now just trying to defeat the enemy in front of them to protect their lives. However, the Liao army was eager to make contributions and went to the generals riding horses and the emperor's carriage. As Emperor Xuande got off the car, Guo Boyan directly pulled off the dragon robe on Emperor Xuande, and carried it into his arms with the emperor's crown, and then helped Emperor Xuande get on the horse. He and his eldest son Guo Xiao led a team of elite soldiers to escort Emperor Xuande to break through. During the battle, they accidentally left the dragon robe in his arms.
Emperor Xuande fled while changing his clothes. The other Liao generals did not find it yet. They continued to fight to the side of the imperial carriage. Yelu Xiong, the guard who had been besieged by Emperor Xuande for half a month, stared at Emperor Xuande, and chased after him with red eyes. Guo Boyan and his son finally protected Emperor Xuande and broke through the siege. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw Yelu Xiong coming from behind.
Guo Boyan was not afraid of Yelu Xiong, but there were few Zhou soldiers breaking through, and there were many Liao troops catching up. First of all, outnumbered. Secondly, once he was entangled by Yelu Xiong, the Liao soldiers in the distance would definitely be surrounded again. At that time, Emperor Xuande was afraid that he would be unable to fly. Therefore, Guo Boyan whipped the horse under Emperor Xuande's crotch with a whip, and ordered the thousands of soldiers around him to whip the horse, protecting the emperor first and not fighting with the Liao soldiers.
The Liao horse was a good horse, but Guo Boyan and others were also carefully selected. The speed difference was not huge. After chasing for half a day, he was about to arrive at Zhuozhou, which was already occupied by the Great Zhou. Guo Boyan fired a whistle arrow in advance and asked for help from the King of Chu who was stationed in Zhuozhou. After seeing Yelu Xiong, he narrowed his tiger eyes slightly, and ignored the Liao soldiers behind him. He rode alone and rushed out several feet away. He took out two feather arrows from the arrow bag behind him, aimed at Emperor Xuande in front of him, and shot it out.
Guo Boyan and others were running forward, judging the distance based on the sound of horse hooves. No one knew that Yelu Xiong had shot an arrow. Suddenly, Emperor Xuande screamed in terror. Guo Boyan looked over in horror and saw two feather arrows stabbed on Emperor Xuande’s right thigh at some point. Guo Boyan’s face changed drastically, frowned and turned around, but saw Yelu Xiong firing two more arrows in succession!
The body reacted faster than the brain. Guo Boyan waved his sword to stop it. With a "ding" sound, the sword blade hit the arrow, knocking one arrow away. However, the other one...
Guo Boyan looked forward before he put his arm down. When he saw that Guo Boyan's eyes were bloodshot.
It turned out that just when Guo Boyan knocked an arrow, Guo Xiao rushed to Emperor Xuande's horse from one side, and then used his body as a shield to bear the arrow for Emperor Xuande. Emperor Xuande turned around when he heard the movement, Guo Xiao looked straight at the emperor, with a cold and firm expression: "Don't worry, Master, Guo Xiao will definitely escort the emperor back to the city safely."
Looking at Guo Xiao's face that looked very similar to Guo Boyan, Emperor Xuande felt a little relieved while enduring the wounds of two arrows on his thighs. Just as he was about to withdraw his gaze, his eyes suddenly stopped on Guo Xiao's right chest. Seeing that half of Guo Xiao's armor turned red, Emperor Xuande understood what Guo Xiao had just promised.
Guo Boyan didn't know what the emperor was thinking now. He only knew that his eldest son was shot by Yelu Xiong. Looking at the position, the arrow probably had penetrated the eldest son's chest and was about to die. He felt deaf for a moment. When he heard the sound again, he heard the iron hooves behind him. Guo Boyan suddenly roared and asked the others to continue escorting the emperor. He turned his horse's head and headed straight for Yelu Xiong with a long knife in his hand.
The city gate of Zhuozhou was already open, and the King of Chu came to rescue him first. Yelu Xiong knew that he could not kill the old thief Xuande. Seeing Guo Boyan fighting with red eyes, Yelu Xiong didn't know that the person who blocked the arrow for Emperor Xuande was Guo Boyan's son, so he thought that Guo Boyan wanted to trap him. He knew that he had defeated Guo Boyan's plan, Yelu Xiong made a quick decision, ordered the retreat, turned around and ran away.
Guo Boyan chased after a few miles in one breath, but in the end he was worried about his son, so he ran back halfway through the pursuit.
Emperor Xuande and others had already entered the city. Emperor Xuande ignored the arrows on his legs and must have the imperial doctor pull the arrows for Guo Xiao first, and watched from the side. The armor and clothes on Guo Xiao were cut open. When everyone looked, they found that the arrows on Guo Xiao's body had only slightly pierced the front chest. If they really wanted to pull the arrows, they would pull the arrows from the front. The sharp blades of the arrows would have to pull the arrows open Guo Xiao's chest again, pull them from behind, and the arrows penetrated deep into Guo Xiao's body. Pulling them back would definitely hurt the internal flesh and blood again. If you accidentally stuck the bone and broke it inside, then the miracle doctor would useless in this world.
"Who may survive is greater?" Guo Xiao asked sweating profusely. It hurts. He could not yell or yell, but he could not control the sweat on his forehead.
The imperial physician looked at his wound, hesitated for a moment, and told the truth: "If you pull it from the front, you may have 30% chance of getting it from behind. If you take it from behind, you will only have 10% sure."
Emperor Xuande looked at Guo Xiao and felt that his chest was also hurt like a sharp arrow. If Guo Boyan hadn't protected him in time today, he might have been captured by the Liao army. If Guo Xiao hadn't helped him block an arrow, the person who was only 30% alive at most should have been him.
"Pingzhang..."
"Pull it from the front and pull it out immediately, don't delay any more." Guo Boyan suddenly walked over from behind and said coldly.
Guo Xiao looked up and looked at his father.
Guo Boyan stopped in front of his eldest son, with a faint look in his eyes. He leaned over, held the eldest son's shoulder with his right hand, stared at the eldest son's eyes and said, "Pingzhang, as long as you survive, you can promise you something, anything for your father." He knew what his son wanted the most, and that was wrong, but Guo Boyan could not watch his son die, and he had to give his son a hope of survival.
Guo Xiao raised his head slightly and looked at the father who transferred him from the capital. He didn't ask anything, but he saw the answer in his father's eyes. It was a father's promise to his son, a man's promise to his man. Through these blood-tight eyes, Guo Xiao saw a girl who was taken from the carriage by his father in a peach pink dress and brought to him. From that day on, she was his, only his.
Guo Xiao turned to the imperial physician on one side and nodded.
The imperial physician asked Emperor Xuande and others to retreat a little further, and then said to Guo Xiao: "Criminal Master, the lower official will cut your chest with a knife until the arrow can be removed smoothly. During this period, the crown prince must remain unmoved. Look, how about the lower official tie you to the pillar first?"
"No need." Guo Xiao remained motionless, looked at the wound and said calmly: "You just need to take it."
The imperial physician was shocked and immediately admired the young general. After saluting, the imperial physician took out a piece of cork and asked Guo Xiao to bite it. After preparing, the imperial physician held Guo Xiao's shoulder with one hand and pointed the sharp blade of the wine-sinking hand at Guo Xiao's chest. He cut it up along the arrow.
Glamorous blood kept pouring out. Guo Xiao bit the cork tightly, clasped his hands tightly, and the veins on the back of his hands were exposed. He closed his eyes, and the memory suddenly returned to the scene when he took her up the mountain to hunt, and back to the scene when he pressed her under him. Her body was soft and plump, and she looked at him in horror and despair. Guo Xiao spared her at that time, but now Guo Xiao didn't want to spare her. He imagined that he pulled her skirt open and imagined that he penetrated her like this sharp arrow!
The bone-thoracic pain and the pleasure of entering the marrow came at the same time. Guo Xiao opened his eyes and had not seen the figure clearly, but suddenly it turned black in front of him.
Guo Boyan held his son in one hand, but he still cried.
Guo Xiao fainted from excessive blood loss, and his life and death were uncertain. Emperor Xuande asked Guo Boyan to take good care of his son. He returned to the main courtyard and asked the imperial physician to take the arrow. Emperor Xuande shot both of these two on his right thigh, not as dangerous as Guo Xiao. An arrow was also pierced into the bone. It was impossible to pull it hard. He had to split the wide bone gap before it could be taken out.
Does it hurt? It must be painful, but there is no way to not hurt.
Emperor Xuande lay on the bed, biting the cork in his mouth, and his body trembled in pain, as if he could jump up at any time. The King of Chu was so angry that his eyes were so loud that he knelt on the bed and pressed his father hard. Emperor Xuande turned his head and saw the tears on the King of Chu's face. Emperor Xuande thought of King Shou, who was thousands of miles away, his third brother.
In the court that day, he listened to what the third brother said. He also knew that his son was telling the truth, but he was stunned by the victory of the Jin Dynasty. He wanted to gain a hope of one in ten thousand. He wanted to regain the fourteen states of Youyun and unify the Central Plains. He wanted to do what his brother, Gaozu, could not do, so he scolded Lao San and insisted on his own.
Now, he is injured and lying on the bed. The dignified emperor was chased by Liao soldiers and lost his dragon robe and his imperial crown. After it is spread, he will definitely become a laughing stock in the mouths of the people, right? Not only that, if this matter is recorded in history, he will also become an incompetent emperor in the eyes of future generations...
Chapter completed!