The city of Youzhou was besieged, and Dazhou did not even attack for half a month. It was a hot summer season, and the soldiers were exhausted physically and mentally. At this time, the reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom suddenly came to encircle and suppress them aggressively. The Liao soldiers swarmed continuously as if they couldn't see their heads, and Da Zhou's side was in disarray.
At the same time, the 8,000 remaining Liao soldiers who had been fleeing suddenly reined in their horses and were transferred to attack Dazhou from the southeast. In the city of Youzhou, seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the defender Yelu Xiong had bloodshot eyes and immediately led 5,000 elite soldiers out of the city. Come, go straight to the most conspicuous emperor's car in the vast Da Zhou army.
The sound of killing was soaring, and the Liao army's iron cavalry recklessly shuttled through the Dazhou army, as if entering a land of no one. Emperor Xuande stood on the chariot, and saw his soldiers fall one by one like a mustard. This is near, and then looking into the distance, there are Liao soldiers all around, riding on horses and wielding big swords, Da Zhou can't stop them.
A moment ago, he led the army to chase and kill the Liao soldiers, but the situation reversed in a blink of an eye. The generals around him rushed out one after another and issued orders to try to stabilize their positions. And those Liao soldiers are killing him from all directions...
"Your Majesty, Luan Jia is too ostentatious, please ride the horse, and the minister will escort the emperor away first!" Guo Boyan finally rushed over from a distance, got off his horse, and ran to Luan Jia, asking Emperor Xuande to abandon the car. Emperor Xuande had complained that Guo Boyan was always fighting against him before, but now Guo Boyan was the first to escort him at the time of crisis. Emperor Xuande immediately remembered Guo Boyan's loyalty to him, and got out of the car without hesitation.
Both the Liao and Zhou sides were insane. The Da Zhou soldiers only wanted to defeat the enemy in front of them to protect their own lives, but the Liao army was eager to make meritorious deeds, and rushed to the generals on horseback, the emperor of Da Zhou. When Emperor Xuande got out of the car, Guo Boyan directly tore off the dragon robe on Emperor Xuande's body, rolled it into his arms together with the emperor's crown, and held it in his arms. Then he helped Emperor Xuande on his horse. He and his eldest son Guo Xiao led a team of elite soldiers to escort Emperor Xuande to break through the encirclement and fight. Among them, he accidentally left the dragon robe in his arms.
Emperor Xuande disguised himself and fled, but the other Liao generals did not find out for the time being, and continued to fight Luanjia. Yeluxiong, the defender who had been besieged by Emperor Xuande for half a month, aimed at Emperor Xuande's team and chased after him with red eyes. Guo Boyan and his son finally protected Emperor Xuande to break out of the siege, and before he could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw Yeluxiong kill him from behind.
Going alone, Guo Boyan is not afraid of Yeluxiong, but there are few Zhou soldiers who break through the encirclement, and many Liao troops are catching up. First, they are outnumbered. Secondly, once they are entangled by Yeluxiong, the Liao soldiers in the distance will definitely re-encircle them. At that time, Emperor Xuande is afraid that It is difficult to fly with wings attached, so Guo Boyan whipped the horse under Emperor Xuande's crotch with a whip, and ordered thousands of soldiers around him to hurry up and whip, to protect the emperor first and not to fight with the Liao soldiers.
Liao Ma Xiongjian was good at running, but the horses of Guo Boyan and others were also carefully selected, and the speed gap was not huge. After chasing for a long time, they were about to reach Zhuozhou, which was already occupied by Da Zhou. Guo Boyan released his sentry arrow in advance to garrison Zhuozhou. The King of Chu asked for help. Yeluxiong saw behind him, his tiger eyes narrowed slightly, and he ignored the Liao soldiers behind him. He rode abruptly a few feet away, took out two feather arrows from the quiver behind him, and aimed at the snow-white coat in front of him. The Xuande Emperor shot out.
Guo Boyan and the others were all running forward, judging the distance based on the sound of hooves, no one knew that Yeluxiong had shot the arrow. Suddenly Emperor Xuande screamed, Guo Boyan looked over in horror, and saw that two feather arrows had been pierced in the right thigh of Emperor Xuande at some point. Come!
The body reacted faster than the brain, Guo Boyan swung his sword to stop it, and with a "ding" sound, the blade hit the arrow, sending an arrow flying. Yet another...
Guo Boyan looked forward before he put his arm down. At this sight, Guo Boyan's eyes were split.
It turned out that when Guo Boyan shot an arrow, Guo Xiao also rushed to the side of Emperor Xuande's horse, and then used his body as a shield to bear the arrow for Emperor Xuande. When Emperor Xuande heard the news, he turned around. Guo Xiao looked directly at the emperor with a cold and firm expression: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Guo Xiao will definitely escort the Emperor back to the city safely."
Looking at Guo Xiao's face that resembled Guo Boyan, Emperor Xuande felt a little relief while enduring the two arrow wounds on his thigh. He was about to look away, but his eyes suddenly fell on Guo Xiao's right chest. Seeing that half of Guo Xiao's armor was completely red, Emperor Xuande understood the meaning of Guo Xiao's promise just now.
Guo Boyan didn't know what the emperor was thinking now. He only knew that his eldest son was shot by Yeluxiong. Looking at the position, the arrow probably had penetrated the eldest son's chest, and he would probably die. He was deaf for a moment in both ears. When he heard the sound again, and heard the iron hoofs behind him, Guo Boyan suddenly roared and asked others to continue to escort the emperor.
The gate of Zhuozhou was opened, and the king of Chu came to rescue him. Yeluxiong knew that he could not kill the old thief of Xuande. Seeing Guo Boyan fighting with red eyes, Yeluxiong didn't know that it was Guo Boyan's son who was blocking the arrow for Emperor Xuande. Guo Boyan wanted to trap him. Since he realized Guo Boyan's strategy, Yeluxiong made a decisive decision, ordered the army to retreat, turned his head and ran away.
Guo Boyan single-handedly chased for several miles in one go, but in the end he was worried about his son, so he ran back halfway after chasing.
Emperor Xuande and others had already entered the city. Emperor Xuande ignored the arrows on his legs and had to draw the arrows for Guo Xiao first, and watch them personally. Guo Xiao's armor and jacket were all cut off. When everyone looked at it, they found that the arrow on Guo Xiao's body had only slightly pierced his chest. If he really wanted to pull the arrow, he would pull it from the front. Open Guo Xiao's chest, pull from behind, and the arrow goes deep into Guo Xiao's body. Pulling it back will definitely hurt the internal flesh and blood again.
"Which one is more likely to survive?" Guo Xiao asked, sweating profusely. It hurt, he could not scream or cry, but he couldn't control the sweat on his forehead.
The imperial doctor looked at his wound, hesitated for a moment, but told the truth: "If you pull it from the front, you may have a 30% chance. If you pull it from the back, the lower official has only 10% confidence."
Emperor Xuande looked at Guo Xiao, only to feel the same pain as his chest was penetrated by a sharp arrow. If Guo Boyan hadn't escorted 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 has at most 30% of his life now should be him.
"Ping Zhang..."
"Pull it from the front, do it right away, don't delay." Guo Boyan suddenly came over from behind and said coldly.
Guo Xiao looked up and looked at his father.
Guo Boyan stopped in front of the eldest son, with water in his eyes, he leaned over, held the eldest son's shoulder with his right hand, stared into the eldest son's eyes and said, "Pingzhang, as long as you come forward, the father can promise you one thing, anything." He knew what his son wanted most, and that was wrong, but Guo Boyan couldn't just watch his son die, he had to give his son a hope for survival.
Guo Xiao raised his head slightly and looked at the father who had transferred him away from the capital. He didn't ask anything, but he saw the answer in his father's eyes. It was a promise from a father to his son, a promise from a man. man's promise. Through these bloodshot eyes, Guo Xiao saw a girl who was wearing a peach pink dress and was taken down from the carriage by her father and brought to him. Since that day, she has been his, only his.
Guo Xiao turned to the imperial physician on the side and nodded.
The imperial physician asked Emperor Xuande and others to retreat, and then said to Guo Xiao: "Master Shizi, the lower official will cut your chest with a knife until the arrow can be successfully removed. During this period, the emperor must remain motionless. How are you tied to the post?"
"No need." Guo Xiao didn't move, looked at the wound, and said calmly, "Just take it."
The imperial physician was startled, and immediately gave birth to infinite admiration for the little general. After salute, the imperial physician took out a piece of cork and asked Guo Xiao to bite it. When he was ready, the imperial physician held Guo Xiao's shoulder with one hand, and pointed a sharp blade drenched in wine at Guo Xiao's chest with the other hand, and cut upwards first along the point where the arrow broke.
The dazzling blood continued to pour out, Guo Xiao bit the cork tightly, clenched his hands tightly, and exposed the blue veins on the back of his hands. He closed his eyes, and his memory suddenly returned to that June when he took her up the mountain to hunt, back to the scene where he pressed her under him. She was soft and plump, and she looked at him in horror and despair. Guo Xiao spared her at the time, but now Guo Xiao doesn't want to forgive her. He imagined him tearing off her skirt, imagining himself like this sharp arrow, ruthlessly penetrated her!
The bone-piercing pain and the joy that entered the marrow came at the same time. Guo Xiao opened his eyes, but before he could see the figure clearly, his eyes suddenly darkened.
Guo Boyan hugged his son, and finally burst into tears.
Guo Xiao lost too much blood and passed out, and his life and death were uncertain. Emperor Xuande asked Guo Boyan to take good care of his son. He returned to the main hospital and asked the imperial doctor to fetch arrows. The two arrows of Emperor Xuande were shot on the right thigh, not as dangerous as Guo Xiao, but one arrow also went into the bone, and it couldn't be pulled hard.
Does it hurt? It definitely hurts, but there is no way it doesn't hurt.
Emperor Xuande was lying on the bed, biting the cork in his mouth, his body trembling with pain, as if he might jump up at any time. King Chu's eyes were splitting, he knelt beside the bed and pressed his father's father fiercely. Emperor Xuande turned his head and saw the tears on King Chu's face, but Emperor Xuande suddenly thought of King Shou, who was thousands of miles away, his old man. three.
At the court that day, he listened to what the third child said, and he also knew that his son was telling the truth, but he was overwhelmed by the victory of the Jin Dynasty. He wanted to do what his elder brother, Emperor Gaozu, could not do to recapture the Fourteen Youyun Provinces and unify the Central Plains, so he reprimanded the third child and went his own way.
Now, he is lying on the bed injured, and the dignified emperor was chased by Liao soldiers and lost his dragon robe and crown. After the word spread, he would definitely become a laughing stock in the mouths of the people, right? Not only that, this matter will be recorded in the annals of history, and he will become an incompetent emperor in the eyes of future generations...
Emperor Xuande closed his eyes. Compared with Qianqiu's reputation, the arrow wound on his leg was nothing.