In early summer, the weather became warmer. Guo Shao and others were worried that the bodies were rotten and plague broke out in the town. 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 him. He found someone to cut off the heads of the Khitan soldiers and load them with the vehicle, and rushed to Luzhou to ask for merit.

An official from Luzhou came soon, and brought six pigs and sheep, two sacks of copper coins and sacks of sacks of copper, and rewarded the generals. At this time, Guo Shao finally understood why Khitan soldiers appeared here.

The news first came from the surrendered Liaozhou officials.

After the Battle of Gaoping, the Khitan army retreated, or they did not expect that the Zhou army would immediately take advantage of the victory to attack Jinyang (Taiyuan). A group of people and horses were stranded in Liaozhou southeast of Jinyang and did not have time to leave. Their troops were not large, and there were only one or two hundred real Khitan cavalry, and there were also thousands of foreign servants and infantrymen. When they learned that the Zhou army was heading north, they could no longer leave... The line from Jinyang to Taihang Mountain to Taihang Mountain was controlled by the Zhou army, and the east of the Taihang Mountains was also the towns in Hebei under the Zhou Dynasty.

The retreat of this Khitan soldiers was blocked, which made it worse. At that time, the Zhou emperor ordered four armies to attack the periphery of Jinyang to support the main force in the battle. Among them, the right wing was Kang Yanzhuo, the defensive commander of Laizhou, and the troops attacked Liaozhou. The officials of Liaozhou sent people day and night to surrender.

The Khitan soldiers were preparing to break through, but soon received a secret order from the north, which strictly ordered them to go south from Liaozhou to raid the Zhou Dynasty's grain road. They encircled on all sides and did not retreat but advanced. Obviously, this army had become abandoned sons, and the Khitan upper class just hoped that they would play a role in the end.

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The logistics supply of the Zhou army was indeed very problematic. It is said that the left prefectures near Hedong, including Xi, Ci, Jiang, Ze, Jin, Lu, Xing, Zhao, Zhen, Ding, etc., have been required to collect grain transportation for the people. The right purse Li Gu temporarily replaced Fu Yanqing, sentenced Taiyuan to the affairs of the prefecture, and used all the solutions to adjust the grain.

Not long after, there were endless convoys of grain transport vehicles on the road near Luzhou, like a long dragon, with no head in front and no tail in the back.

Guo Shao discussed with the soldiers and decided to follow the army carrying food and grass north to Jinyang and return to Xiaodi Army.

So Guo Shao led the imperial guards to walk north. In addition to the three brothers and the civil servant Zuo You, twenty wounded soldiers were recovered. The illegal soldiers originally placed in Wuqi Town were forty or fifty, but some were disabled, some were seriously injured, and seven or eight died in Wuqi Town.

It was another long-distance hiking trip. Guo Shao walked out of Tokyo, and he had walked a few times, and his boots had been broken. He met Li Gu, the right servant who was patrolling the food road. When Li Gu heard about Guo Shao's achievements, he praised him and ordered the generals to provide supplies along the way, and rewarded more than 20 more horses.

After getting the war horse, Guo Shao and others transformed into cavalry units.

In mid-May, Guo Shao's team arrived in Jinyang and was immediately stunned by the scene he saw.

The sky above the Jinyang City was full of smoke, and the sound of killing sounds shook the sky. There were countless large groups of troops surrounding them and attacking from all sides. I saw people crawling everywhere on the high city wall. Looking at this formation, the Zhou army was using the most conventional siege tactic: ants. Large pieces rush up like ants to attack, and their main tool was the cloud ladder.

Countless rockets were flying in the air, and the whole city was like a fireworks bomb. The rockets were like dense Mars splashing. The fires flashed on the city and the black smoke rose everywhere. The ladder was full of people, and the rolling wood and stones fell down one after another, and people fell from mid-air. What they couldn't bear to look at was that the city was pouring oil from time to time and was filled with fire. The soldiers who were burning on their bodies rolled around under the city walls, and the armor that caught fire would not be taken off for a while.

A group of people pushed cowhides to approach the city gate. There were stone caves on both sides of the city gate, which were specially poured oil. After a while, the rushing car turned into a pile of firewood. Zhou Jun went on one after another, and people were killed and injured. The battlefield looked extremely tragic.

...Guo Shao and others were stunned, until they saw a group of civilians carrying wounded soldiers screaming and moaning towards them, they quickly led the horse away to make way.

Where can I find Zhang Yongde when there are thousands of troops fighting like this?

When the group of civilians passed, they soon saw a large group of Zhou cavalry moving towards this side. There was a word "天" on the current flag, but I don't know which army it was.

The cavalry at first ignored Guo Shao and others because they were also dressed in Zhou's armor and were obviously friendly forces. However, some people still found it strange, why were there more than 20 people standing here to watch the show?

A general in front left the main road, pulled his horse on the side of the road, and pointed at Guo Shao with a horse whip: "Whose soldiers are you?"

Guo Shao replied: "The Xiaodi Army Infantry Commander of the People under Wang Degong."

"There are so many war horses in the infantry squad?" the general asked.

Guo Shao hurriedly said, "These horses are the right purse, and Li Gong was awarded the reward for the Taiyuan Administration. We came from Luzhou and met Li Pushe on the way. Li Pushe heard that we were beheading Zhang Yuanhui and defeated more than a hundred Khitan cavalry. We praised the last general and gave them a war horse..."

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

"It's the last general."

At this moment, the general in front of the horse soldiers turned around and looked at it, immediately turned his horse and walked towards him. He saw that the general had a thick skeleton, yellow and rough skin, and was very burly; the general was also looking at Guo Shao up and down.

The general asked, "Are you Guo Shao?"

Guo Shao replied calmly: "We all have military status; in addition, there is a general named Zhao Kuangyin among the imperial guards who met the last general in Gaoping and commended him in person. The last general dare not deceive him."

Someone whispered: "San Yuandu Yuhou Zhao Kuangyin, there is indeed this person."

"Haha!" The general suddenly laughed, "You said it was Guo Shao, wouldn't it be easier!"

"The general has seen the last general?"

The general said, "I haven't seen it, I have heard of it. If you shoot Zhang Yuanhui with an arrow, you will become famous by stepping on his body." He looked at Guo Shao carefully and said, "The small army infantry has been completely defeated in Gaoping. Who are you looking for? I think so, you come with me to reinforce the King of Wei first. After the battle, I will take you to the official family and ask the official family to give you another official... Ha! By the way, I am the envoy of Xuanhui South Courtyard and Xiang Xun, the chief military chief of the Hedong camp."

"I have long admired the name of General!" Guo Shao hurriedly bowed. He said to himself that he had been in the army of the Five Dynasties for several years, but he still did not fully understand the various official positions above, and was only familiar with the positions of generals and schools at the bottom. However, when he heard that Xiang Xun's official position was so domineering, he must have a high position.

Xiang Xun said: "Would you like to follow me? King Fu Yanqing of Wei blocked the Liao army in Xinzhou, and his troops were not strong enough to send people to ask for help. I will follow the order of the official family to reinforce Xinkou.

Guo Shao clasped his fists readily and said, "I will go there in the end."

When that was the case, he had no time to ask for opinions from his brothers and subordinates, and agreed first. Everyone should understand this decision: I have come, and I must fight... Is there any more tragic job than climbing the walls in Jinyang City over there? Look at the wounded soldiers who were carried back were roasted with tinder oil.

So everyone joined Xiang Xun's army with Guo Shao.
Chapter completed!