After the night of the Lantern Festival, I never saw Fu Ermei again. There was no news about her, as if she had never existed at all.

Spring seems to suddenly come overnight. In the late first lunar month, the weather turns clear, and the wind has brought the breath of spring. The snow on the streets, alleys, roofs, and steps gradually melts. When you look carefully, there is already green on the branches. You can find a layer of new green covered in the garden from a little farther away.

Everything has recovered, and everything seems to have a new beginning; but Guo Shao is nostalgic in that night when the snow is stagnant in the winter, blowing down the stars like rain.

He found that he was missing Fu Ermei... This familiar and strange woman. It was because she was too similar to Fu Ermei; it was strange that she had only seen one time, and only the moment the hat fell off, half of her face was unforgettable. Fu Ermei and the second sister were intertwined and merged in Guo Shao's heart, which made him a little confused. However, Fu Ermei and the second sister were still very different. The second sister was more playful and pure, and there was less heavy feeling; probably because of the different experiences.

If Guo Shao remembers correctly, the Fu Empress in history died of illness in the Battle of Huainan, and Fu Ermei was the emperor's second queen. Perhaps only the emperor can protect such a woman because she is easily missed when she appears.

What a woman who is loved and caring, she is a little annoying. She is planning to pretend to be a dancer and fool herself?

Guo Shao was in the ceremony hall outside the palace, and Fu Yanqing's mansion was really boring. It was better to be with a group of brothers, Zuo You.

He was thinking boredly, and suddenly he heard the sound of horse hooves in the street, "Dadada...". The sound of horse hooves in the city gives people the feeling that something urgent is something urgent.

Guo Shao took a few steps out of the gate and looked in the sound. He saw a tall and fierce man riding a horse with a black face. Wasn't that Lu Chengyong, a personal soldier who went to Youzhou with the Khitan generals?

The strong man also saw Guo Shao. He just held the horse down. Before the horse stood firm, he turned over and clasped his fists and said, "Lord! I have found where Mrs. Gao..."

Guo Shao was happy and hurriedly took his arm and said, "Come in and talk."

The strong man Lu Chengyong said in a deep voice: "Xiao Jin, a Khitan, risked his life to find the Liao general he knew in Youzhou. After several twists and turns, he learned about Mrs. Gao's whereabouts. She was forcibly robbed as a concubine by a Liao general, and the Liao general was transferred to a military camp in the south of Waqiao Pass. We were hiding in a mountain forest at night. Xiao Jin would speak Khitan language and pretend to be a Khitan peddler to investigate the village. There were dozens of Liao cavalry and hundreds of Xi infantrymen.

Xiao Jin decided to lead the crowd to attack the camp, rob the people and leave. But we only have eighteen cavalry, so we can only hope to make or fail."

"Go to the Liao army camp to grab people?" Guo Shao felt a little uneasy, thinking that those people were a little bit in danger. The main reason was that even if they broke through the military camp, it would not be easy to run out.

Guo Shao paced around the corridor. At this time, Zuo You, Yang Biao, Luo Mengzi and others also came out, and his personal soldier Lu Chengyong had to repeat the words just now.

If Fu Ermei herself is not considered, only alliances and rights are considered. Mrs. Gao and Fu Ermei are equally important... marriage can form an alliance, and the sister who saves Gao Huaide can also form an alliance.

With the strategic thinking that Guo Shao can do, he had a kind of intuition: Chai Rong ignored his invisible strength a little... Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin had the highest status and were defended to death; but Guo Shao felt that the strength of these two was actually not as good as Zhao Kuangyin. What defenses and constraints did Zhao Kuangyin have in the front office of the palace?

When he shot out his first bird, Guo Shao felt that his current status level no longer needed to be deliberately improved. On the contrary, he should win over people everywhere, lay a solid foundation and connections, and he should digest it. It is a crucial direction of effort.

Mrs. Gao must be rescued! Otherwise, how can I win over Gao Huaide, a big guy? I have nowhere to urge me.

"I want to go to the north and pick up Xiao Jin and others." Guo Shao said.

Zuo You hurriedly dissuaded: "Most people who go to Liao territory are useless, and they can only be fought unless a national war is launched. The lord must take risks without any use."

"If we don't go to Liao territory, we will wait to the Hebei border to get the news sooner." Guo Shao said urgently, "We have nothing to do in Daming Mansion all day long... If Xiao Jin and others fail and someone is captured, will they give their purpose of attacking the military camp?"

Everyone was silent and obviously would confess. As long as they were caught, there would always be a way for someone to confess... Then Mrs. Gao would not go to the southern part of Liao territory again and would lose the next chance to rescue.

Guo Shao couldn't sit still, so he asked to meet Fu Yanqing through the manager of the ceremony hall.

Fu Yanqing also advised him a few times, but when Guo Shao was anxious to go and answer, he wrote a letter of recommendation from the Jiedushi of Dingzhou, "General Guo can go to Dingzhou. Jiedushi Sun Xingyou has met several times. You are an imperial guard general, so he should send troops to support him when necessary. Dingzhou is across the river, and it is the closest place to Waqiao Pass in the Great Zhou territory; but occasionally Khitans ride across the river to beat Caogu, General Guo should be more careful. I will send you two people to lead the way."

Guo Shao thanked him and took the printed recommendation letter out of the Prince Wei Mansion.

After preparing with everyone, he borrowed twenty-one sets of armor from the royal palace officials, changed into military uniforms, and left with dry food and water bags. Everyone was accustomed to military careers, but they were very quick.

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It is about 600 miles from Daming Prefecture to Dingzhou, which is further from Guo Shao and others to Hebei. Fortunately, most of the roads are spacious and flat, and the Hebei Plain is a good place to ride horses. Guo Shao was also anxious and arrived in Dingzhou in three days... If he had to find a ferry crossing a few times, it might be faster.

The road seemed quite peaceful, and I didn’t see the Caogu, Daogu, Liao, and the surrounding border was calm. I even saw farmers and oxen working in the fields everywhere.

Guo Shao asked about the route of his personal soldiers' return and first deployed his personal soldiers' cavalry nearby; this was a dilapidated ferry with only three small ferries, which should be used by the commuters and civilians, and only a few sentinels set up by the old and weak Zhou army. The dispatch was made, and Guo Shao and others entered Dingzhou City to send their greetings.

The Dingzhou shogunate hosted Guo Shao and his party, and there was a banquet that night and officials accompanied him. Guo Shao had experienced many occasions from Guanzhong to Hebei. Others had the friendship of landlords, and at least the first drink was inevitable. Guo Shao handed Fu Yanqing's letter to the shogunate officials, and he met Sun Xingyou the next day.

Fu Yanqing worked as a military governor in Hebei for many years, and it seemed that his name was quite effective. Sun Xingyou was willing to send troops to assist in Dingzhou, but he did not want to provoke a conflict in Liao territory, and then sent a general to assist Guo Shao.

As soon as the group left the shogunate, a personal soldier was waiting anxiously: "Someone from Xiao Jin's army has arrived at the river bank!"

Guo Shao hurriedly rode out of the city, and soon he saw two strange men riding over. Guo Shao hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "You are the only ones? Have you rescued Mrs. Gao?"

One of the men said, "We saw the place right, and suddenly killed the generals into the village in the early morning and grabbed the people, but they could only run away immediately. In order to disperse the Khitan and the pseudo-Han soldiers, General Xiao divided the troops into three groups, and Mrs. Gao was not in our hands. Several of us were chased all the way and three people were shot to death!"

Guo Shao brought people to the ferry and saw that about twenty or thirty enemy cavalry were wandering there on the other side, and no one was seen.

"Can the general mobilize the horse soldiers and drive away the Khitan cavalry on the other side?" Guo Shao asked, "Madam Gao is likely to be walking along the way."

The general of Dingzhou said: "I want to report to the commander of Jieshuai! The commander of Jieshuai will take his troops here."

At this moment, suddenly, Khitan cavalry on the other side turned around and rode away. Guo Shao looked into the distance and saw three cavalry vaguely running from the end of his sight. He said anxiously: "Not good!"

Guo Shao wanted to cross the river to respond, but Zuo You advised him again. Seeing whether the matter was successful or not, he didn't care much about it, so he and Yang Biao and others boarded the three ferries at the ferry, and the first time they ferryed were only nine cavalry. There was no one stopping the riverside. The Liao cavalry had spread to their wings and surrounded the people in the distance.

After Guo Shao got ashore, he rode his horse and ran away.

He ran wildly without hesitation, and Guo Shao had already seen one of the horses sitting in a white dress. His heart skipped a beat: It was probably Mrs. Gao! Xiao Jin waited for the early morning to raid the Liao camp. Only Mrs. Gao could run away with only white clothes. Who would have nothing to do with those military men wearing white clothes?

He stared at the man in white, rode his horse and ran. The three riders ran forward and opposite direction, as if they had found that the Liao riders were blocking the road ahead before turning around.

Three groups of people rushed forward and back, and suddenly they saw dust spreading in the distance, and Liao cavalry came over! The three cavalry quickly turned around and rushed out to the west, as if the Liao cavalry in the west were relatively sparse. Seeing this, Guo Shao also led his army to run to the left.

Suddenly, a horse was heard and a knight fell down from the horse. The Han soldiers and Mrs. Gao had three cavalry, but only two cavalry were left.

The situation was very critical and rushed closer. Guo Shao shouted: "Madam Gao, I am here to pick you up and walk here!" Hearing the "bang...bang" string sound again, the situation was very critical.

Guo Shao saw that he had been within a hundred steps of a Liao cavalry, so he took a bow and arrow and shot it away, but it failed!

The brothers around him, Yang Biao and Luo Mengzi's archery skills were poor, and Guo Shao knew them very well. There was also a group of oldest personal soldiers, the wounded soldiers collected by Wuqi Town. At that time, these people belonged to the infantry of Xiaodi Army (Iron Cavalry Army), and most of them were not good at riding and shooting skills. I had known that they would bring Li Chuyun or Luo Yanhuan!

"Bang!" Another string sounded, and one of the Khitan cavalry shot very sharply, and another one was killed. In the end, Mrs. Gao was left and ran around to Guo Shao in a hurry.

But the Khitan soldiers who followed her did not shoot her, but shot her horse with another arrow. Another Khitan knight was only a few dozen steps away from Guo Shao, and he shot two arrows in a row, but failed. Several riders surrounded Mrs. Gao who fell on the soil.

Guo Shao ran while tilting his bow, and the number of arrows was tilted. The horse was running very hard, but he couldn't find that feeling. The arrow that had a string was slightly deviated, and it was even further away from dozens of steps and hundreds of steps.

Seeing that three or four Liao cavalry had rushed to Mrs. Gao... More cavalrymen on the right wing surrounded Guo Shao, and the situation was very bad.
Chapter completed!