Xu Erniang had no place to live and had no meals for two days. Zhao Hu took out the wheat cakes and water bags he carried with him... The cakes were extremely difficult to chew, the water was cold, but it was enough for a hungry person.

She swallowed her voraciously, and then she cried with her dirty sleeves. There was also a Zhou army warrior in armor squatting beside her. The scene was a bit strange, and the Zhou army and horse soldiers passing by the main road were watching sideways.

Zhao Hu squatted on the ground without saying a word.

After Xu Erniang became quiet a little, he asked, "Where are you going?"

Xu Erniang looked confused.

Zhao Hu thought for a while and said, "There is a healing camp in the army. I will take you to the lieutenant of the army. You will help there first. When the wounded soldiers are about to be sent back to Yizhou, Erniang can follow the injured soldiers to Yizhou; then go home."

Xu Erniang's pale face was very empty and she murmured: "Can I go back like this...can I go back? What should I do?"

Zhao Hu pondered for a moment and said, "Go back and wait for me. I will ask the doctor to write a letter from my family and tell my mother to go to the Xu family to hire me first."

Xu Erniang was stunned when she heard this, and looked at him and said, "You... are you willing to marry me?"

Zhao Hu smiled bitterly and said, "As long as the second wife is willing to marry, I will marry you anytime."

Xu Erniang pursed her lips and whispered: "I've become like this..."

Zhao Hu said: "I am not the young man either."

He turned around (looked at him, got up and took a pair of bound fur blankets from the horse's back, and stuffed them into Xu Erniang's arms: "Hold it, it's still cold, and I can't freeze anything."

Xu Erniang said: "What should you do?"

Zhao Hu said: "We have charcoal fire, or are squeezing with our brothers from Shenhuodu. You don't have to worry about me. The army is very kind to the war soldiers, and maybe we can get another bed cover."

He said again: "Let's go, I'll take you to the doctor in the healing camp. I'll tell you that I'll rush back to the Shenhuodu."

Xu Erniang silently followed Zhao Hu, who was walking with the horse. She hugged the blanket in her arms tightly, as if she was afraid that others would steal her.

Zhao Hu had nothing to say. In the past, Xu Erniang was a very famous beauty in several nearby villages, so it was not easy to marry her. But now, everything is beyond recognition. Apart from the fact that her body is a little dirty and not injured, she seems to be covered in wounds with holes.

Rows of soldiers wearing strong and stalked sharp horses were moving in the opposite direction of theirs, and the ruins of the burned village gradually drifted away, as if they were glimpses.

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

Zhao Hu turned to look at her.

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

Zhao Hu shook his head and said, "My father was burned to death by the Khitans, and my family was destroyed... Your brother and Zhao Shuyuan's fellow villagers didn't provoke each other, so they were killed like this. I want to go to Youzhou to seek revenge on the Khitans, otherwise I will not be at ease in this life."

After hearing this, Xu Erniang couldn't say anything, but her face was very sad. It took her a while before she said, "You will definitely come back?"

Zhao Hu said: "The Emperor of Great Zhou was reincarnated by Dayi, and he was invincible and had never been defeated. Only we killed people, and no Khitans killed our imperial guards."

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

Xu Erniang turned her head to look at Zhao Hu from time to time. She had known Zhao Hu, but she had never seen him so close. Zhao Hu was no longer the younger generation who looked a little reckless and a little shy in front of a woman. In just two years, he was already a man. The wind and sun and the tempering of the battlefield left marks on his face, leaving a more resolute expression.

The armor made his tall and strong look more imposing. His every move was very regular, his tall figure, his correct facial features, and Zhao Hu's appearance were among the best heroes in Zhao Shuyuan's radius. (Almost all the imperial guards in the Great Zhou Dynasty were young and strong, and the heroes from all over the country were concentrated.)

"Brother Hu..." Xu Erniang called out again.

Zhao Hu glanced at her, but there was no following. He pondered: "When I conquer Youzhou and seek revenge on the Khitans, I will go back to Zhao Shuyuan. We will slowly forget about the past and rebuild a beautiful house to support our mother in the old age. As long as the land is still there, the house can be rebuilt!"

He said again: "My second mother gave me another baby."

After hearing this, Xu Erniang turned red.

Time is like water, it can wash away everything, but it is not long enough.

At this moment, the sky and the earth suddenly became brighter, dazzlingly bright. Zhao Hu and Xu Erniang looked up and saw the sun rising from the clouds.

...

In the middle army, Wang Pu looked up and said happily: "It's clear!"

Guo Shao raised his head and squinted his eyes at the dazzling sun, and whispered: "Everything is perfect."

The sound of horns of varying lengths came from the army. Guo Shao seemed to feel a grand melody and swirled upwards quickly, as if the hidden dragon had a high pitched appearance.

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

Guo Shao looked back at this flat land and said excitedly: "The entire Hebei region has been the land of the Han family since ancient times."

Shi Yanchao entered Youzhou, and there was no battle in the middle of Guo Shao's army. The camp was arranged that night, and the entire army set up camps in accordance with order.

When the sun came out during the day, the clouds dispersed very quickly. When the sun set, almost all the clouds disappeared, and the changes in the sky exceeded people's imagination.

After nightfall, the stars in the sky echoed the tiny lights on the ground, and everything became more open.

Guo Shao walked out of the central army's tent and saw the clear stars in the sky. In any case, the sky of this era is cleaner and brighter than modern ones. Guo Shao has seen the stars in the sky in distant memories, but he has never seen such clear stars.

He felt dizzy for a moment because he suddenly felt like he had suddenly merged into the starry sky, 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 around him. When he looked back, Wang Pu and other entourages stood at the door of the tent and did not follow. Guo Shao stood alone in the military camp.

The temporary barriers built by the military camp were very low and could not stop people's vision at all. The sky was high and the earth was wide. Guo Shao did not feel that he was standing in the small area of ​​the military camp at this time, but felt that he was standing on the vast plains of Hebei, standing on the sphere of the earth, looking up at the endless universe.

The world is really big, the river of time is really long... Sometimes people are limited to a short time, and they fall into chaos and greed for a little profit; but just look at this grand scene, Guo Shao feels that his mind is as vast as the starry sky.

Countless lights flashed, and Guo Shao's thoughts were flying aimlessly.

He thought that the future he might not see would appear, trains, planes, high-rise civilization, and even endless futures... And what he still couldn't see before, he did not exist, but the world still had countless enterprising events happening, and there were many ancestors who could only be remembered now.

Are those stars the eyes of the ancestors? They have created a period of civilization with broad minds and ambitions, and are still looking down at the people on the same land, are they pursuing or actively developing...

Making achievements has been dipped in history. For most of the time, Guo Shao is just a concept, but now it has suddenly become very intuitive.

Youzhou is a stumbling block to restrict the development of places further away from the circumference. It is a "big mountain". If you do not cross this mountain, your vision and mind will be imprisoned in a closed space!

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

He felt that it was a little cold outside, so he walked back to the central army tent. Wang Pu and others followed him in.

Guo Shao sat down on the stool above, and Lu Chengyong walked forward with a guard, spread a large picture on the wooden table in front, and then placed a copper candlestick on the picture. Several military staff members also surrounded him because there was no place in the tent to hang such a large map.

Everything in the tent was very simple and even outdated. Guo Shao himself asked the imperial officials not to buy luxurious things in the army. Not only to save money, but also to give people the impression of sharing weal and woe with the soldiers.

Moreover, he doesn't care about that little pleasure. When a person's heart becomes bigger, he will lose interest in a little material enjoyment; when a person's prestige is high enough, he will not use luxurious luxury goods to highlight his identity.

There are a few words written on it: Picture of Sixteen Prefectures in Youyun.

Guo Shao reached out and picked up the candlestick, moved slowly on the picture, looking at it and thinking about something.

Wang Pu pointed to the picture and said, "Gao Yanqi (Jiannan Army) set out from Xiangzhou, and Liu Renzhan (Ganda German Army) dispatched from Luzhou. They should be in this position now. They marched slowly, but walked earlier. Within ten days after the main force of the imperial army arrived in Youzhou City, two groups of people should also arrive one after another. In that is, within half a month, the elite troops of the Great Zhou City in Youzhou City will reach 200,000!"

Guo Shao said: "We have sufficient troops this time."

It is expected that the 200,000 people who have been mobilized and deployed are real numbers in the establishment list, not claiming, but this is a huge number of troops at any time! In the Battle of Red Cliff, Cao Cao may have only 200,000, which is 800,000; at this time, Guo Shaojun claimed that he was 500,000 or 600,000, which was completely fine.

Wang Pu said: "The early stage was very smooth. The Qianying Military Office has sent an envoy to persuade Zhucheng in southern Youzhou to surrender. News should be heard in the past two days. I have already handed over my information that the guards in Zhuozhou and other places are still Han generals. It is expected that they will definitely offer the city after the Great Zhou army is dispatched."

Guo Shao nodded: "We don't have to pay attention to these cities. Let's go to Youzhou City first and seize the time to build the siege fortifications. Even if the territory behind is stubborn, it will be left to the Houjun, Liu Renzhan and Gao Yanqiu and others to solve it."

Wang Pu bowed with his fists and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Chapter completed!