After the night of the Shangyuan Festival, I never saw Second Sister Fu again. There was no news of her either, as if she had never existed at all.

Spring seems to have come overnight. At the end of the first month, the weather clears up, the wind has already brought the breath of spring, and the snow on the streets, alleys, roofs, and steps is gradually melting.

Everything has been revived, and everything seems to have a new beginning; But Guo Shao is nostalgic for the night when the snow was stagnant in the winter and the stars were blowing down like rain.

He found that he was actually missing Second Sister Fu...... This familiar and strange woman. is familiar because she is too similar to Fu Hou; Strange, it is only once, and it is only the moment when the hat falls off, half of the face is unforgettable. Empress Fu and the second sister intertwined and fused in Guo Shao's heart, making him a little confused. However, Empress Fu and the second sister are still very different, the second sister is more playful and pure, and has less heaviness; Probably because of the different experiences.

If Guo Shao is not mistaken, the Empress Fu in history fell ill and died in the Battle of Huainan, and the second sister of Fu was the emperor's second empress. Perhaps, only the emperor can protect such a woman, because she is really easy to be remembered as soon as she shows her face.

What a beloved and worrying woman, and a little annoying, is she going to pretend to be a dancer all the time to tease herself?

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

He was thinking boredly when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves in the street, "Da Da Da ......". The sound of horses' hooves in the city gives the impression that there is something urgent.

Guo Shao walked a few steps out of the gate, followed the sound and looked, only to see a tall and fierce man riding a horse with a black face. Isn't that Lu Chengyong, a pro-soldier who went to Youzhou with the Khitan generals?

The strong man also saw Guo Shao, just reined in the war horse, and before the horse could stand firmly, he turned over and came down, hugged his fists and said: "Lord!" I've already found where Mrs. Gao is......"

Guo Shao was overjoyed, and hurriedly took his arm and said, "Come in and say." ”

The strong man Lu Chengyong said in a deep voice: "Xiao Jin, a Khitan man, risked his life to find the Liao general he knew before in Youzhou, inquired about Mrs. Gao, and after several twists and turns, he happened to learn the whereabouts of Mrs. Gao. She was robbed as a concubine by a Liao general in Youzhou, and the Liao general was transferred to a military village in the south of Waqiao Guan. We hid in a mountain forest day and night, Xiao Jin could speak Khitan dialect, pretended to be a Khitan merchant and went to explore the stockade, there were dozens of Liao riders, and hundreds of Xi people.

Xiao Jin decided to lead the crowd to attack the camp and leave after robbing people. But we only have eighteen horsemen, and we can only hope for surprise, and we don't know whether we will succeed or fail. ”

"Robbing people in the Liao army barracks?" Guo Shao felt a little uneasy in his heart, feeling that those people were a bit fierce and unlucky. The main thing is that even if you break through the military village, it is not easy to escape.

Guo Shao paced up and down the corridor. At this time, Zuo You, Yang Biao, Luo Mengzi and others also came out, and Lu Chengyong, a personal soldier, had no choice but to repeat what he had just said.

If you don't consider Fu Ermei herself, only the alliance and rights are considered. Mrs. Gao and Second Sister Fu are equally important...... Marriage can form an alliance, and so can the sister who rescued Gao Huaide.

With Guo Shao's strategic thinking, he had an intuition: Chai Rong was a little ignoring the invisible strength...... Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin had the highest status and were guarded to death; But Guo Shao feels that the strength of these two is actually not as good as Zhao Kuangyin, what precautions and constraints does Zhao Kuangyin have in front of the palace?

The gun shot the first bird, Guo Shao felt that his current status level no longer needed to deliberately focus on improving. On the contrary, attracting people everywhere and laying a solid foundation and connections is the most important direction of his efforts.

Mrs. Gao must be rescued! Otherwise, how can you win over Gao Huaide's big vote? There is nowhere to go.

"I want to go to the north and pick up Xiao Jin and them." Guo Shaodao.

Zuo Yu hurriedly dissuaded: "It is useless to have many people in Liao, and you can only fight it unless you launch a national war." The lord must not take risks without profit. ”

"We don't go to Liaojing, we will go to the Hebei border and wait, so that we can know the news as soon as possible." Guo Shao said urgently, "It's okay to do it all day long in the Daimyo's Mansion...... If Xiao Jin and the others fail and someone is captured, will they confess their purpose for attacking the military village? ”

Everyone was silent, and it was clear that they would confess. As long as you catch someone alive, there is always a way to get people to confess...... That Mrs. Gao will not go back to the southern region of the Liao Realm, and she will lose the next chance to rescue.

Guo Shao couldn't sit still, so he asked to see Fu Yanqing through the steward of the hall.

Fu Yanqing also persuaded a few words, but seeing that Guo Shao was anxious to answer, he repaired a book, giving a letter of recommendation from the envoy of Dingzhou, "General Guo can go to Dingzhou, and Sun Xingyou has had several relationships with the old man, and you are a general of the forbidden army, so he should send troops to respond when necessary." Dingzhou is the border across the river, and it is the closest place to Waqiao Pass in the territory of Dazhou; But occasionally the Khitan rangers crossed the river to hit the grass valley, and General Guo had to be more careful. I'll send you two men to show you the way. ”

Guo Shao thanked him and walked out of the Weiwang Mansion with a sealed letter of recommendation.

He and the others made preparations, borrowed twenty-one sets of armor from the palace officials, changed into military uniforms, brought dry food and water bags, and left. Many people are accustomed to military life, but they are very neat.

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From the Daimyo Mansion to Dingzhou, it is about 600 miles, which is farther than Guo Shao and others from Tokyo to Hebei. But fortunately, most of the roads are relatively spacious and flat, and the Hebei Plain is a good place for horseback riding, Guo Shao is also anxious, and he arrived in Dingzhou in three days...... If you have to find a ferry to cross the river a few times, it may be faster.

It seemed that it was relatively peaceful along the way, and there was no grass valley as Fu Yanqing said, and the border between Liao and Zhou was calm, and even farmers and ploughing cattle were seen everywhere working in the fields.

Guo Shao inquired about the route of the pro-soldiers, and first deployed the pro-soldiers to ride nearby; It was a dilapidated ferry, with only three small ferries, which were supposed to be used by merchants and civilians who came and went, and there were only a few outposts set up by the old and weak Zhou army. The distribution was appropriate, and Guo Shao and others entered Dingzhou City to send a post.

The Dingzhou shogunate entertained Guo Shao and his entourage, and there was a banquet that night, as well as an official accompanying table. On this occasion, Guo Shao has experienced many times from Guanzhong to Hebei, and others have done their best to be a landlord, at least the first meal of wine is inevitable. Guo Shao handed Fu Yanqing's letter to the shogunate officials, and sure enough, he saw Sun Xingyou the next day.

Fu Yanqing has been an envoy in Hebei for many years, and it seems that his name is quite effective. Sun Xingyou was willing to send troops to assist in the Dingzhou territory, but he didn't want to go to the Liao border to provoke a conflict, and then sent a general to assist Guo Shao.

As soon as the group left the shogunate, they saw a personal soldier waiting anxiously there: "Someone from the Xiao Jin Department has arrived on the riverbank!" ”

Guo Shao hurriedly rode out of the city, and soon saw two strange men riding over. Guo Shao hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Just a few of you?" Did you rescue Mrs. Gao? ”

One of the men said: "We have seen the place, and in the early hours of the morning, we suddenly entered the village and grabbed people, but we could only run immediately." In order to disperse the goals of the Khitan and pseudo-Han soldiers, General Xiao divided the men and horses into three routes, and Mrs. Gao was not in our hands. A few of us were chased all the way and three of us were shot! ”

Guo Shao led the people to the ferry, only to see that there were already about twenty or thirty enemy horsemen wandering there on the opposite bank, and there was no one else.

"Can the general mobilize the horsemen and scatter the Khitan ranger pioneers on the other side?" Guo Shao asked, "It is very likely that Mrs. Gao will also take this ferry all the way." ”

The general of Dingzhou said: "I'm going to report to the festival marshal!" As soon as the commander gave the order, the last general brought his troops over. ”

At this moment, he suddenly saw the Khitan rangers on the opposite bank turning around and riding away, Guo Shao looked into the distance, only to see three horsemen faintly running from the end of the line of sight, he said in a hurry: "Not good!" ”

Guo Shao wanted to cross the river to respond, but Zuo You persuaded again. He saw whether this matter was a failure and the last step was missing, so he couldn't care about it, so he got on the three ferries of the ferry with Yang Biao and others, and only passed nine horses for the first ferry. There was no one to stop this river, and those Liao cavalry had spread out to the two wings, outflanking those in the distance.

After Guo Shao and others came ashore, he rode away.

Running wildly at all costs, Guo Shao had already seen a man in white sitting on one of the horses. I sighed in my heart: Most of them are Mrs. Gao! Xiao Jin and others raided the Liao camp in the early hours of the morning, only Mrs. Gao could run away wearing only a white middle coat, who is okay with those soldiers wearing white clothes?

He stared at the man in white, and galloped away. The three riders were running in the opposite direction, and they seemed to turn around when they found Liao riding blocking the road in front.

The three groups of men and horses galloped back and forth, and suddenly saw that there was dust in the distance, and there was another cavalry of the Liao army! The three horsemen quickly turned around and rushed out to the west, as if the Liao cavalry on the west side was relatively sparse. Seeing this, Guo Shao also led his army to the left.

Suddenly a horse roared, and a knight fell from his horse. Han Bing and Mrs. Gao had a total of three horses, and only two were left.

The situation was already very critical, and when he rushed closer, Guo Shao shouted: "Mrs. Gao, I am here to pick up your own people, go this way!" I heard "pop" again...... Bang", the situation is very critical.

Guo Shao visually measured that the distance was within 100 steps of a Liao horseman, so he took a bow and arrow, and shot an arrow, but he didn't hit!

The brothers around him, Yang Biao and Luo Mengzi's archery skills are sparse, and Guo Shao knows them too well. There was also a group of the oldest pro-soldiers, who were wounded soldiers collected by Wuzhen Town, and these people belonged to the infantry army of the Xiaodi Army (Iron Cavalry Army) at that time, and most of them were not good at riding and archery. I knew that I was here with Li Chuyun or Luo Yanhuan!

"Smack!" There was another string sound, and one of the Khitan cavalry cavalry shot very sharply, and shot another horseman. In the end, Mrs. Gao was left to ride, and she hurriedly ran towards Guo Shao's side.

But the Khitan soldiers who followed her did not shoot her, but shot her horse to her knees with another arrow. There was another Khitan knight who was only a few dozen steps away from Guo Shao, and he shot two arrows in a row with his bow and missed. Several horses surrounded Mrs. Gao, who had fallen on the ground.

Guo Shao opened his bow while running, and several arrows were biased, and the horse was running and shaking very much, but he didn't find that feeling, and the arrows out of the string were slightly deviated, and they were even farther away from dozens of steps and hundreds of paces.

Seeing that three or four Liao horsemen had rushed to Mrs. Gao...... More cavalry on the right flank flanked Guo Shao's side, and the situation was very bad.

One of the soldiers shouted: "Lord, we are going to be surrounded, let's retreat first!" ”