Yufu sent a letter to the border about the movement of the court, and at the same time, the first frontal battle on the border began.
With the smoke of the bamboo pass, the surrounding cities were panicked. General Xu, who was next to Xiaozhuguan, led his army to stand ready for support at all times.
"General, are you too nervous? When did the Gu family army need our support when they fought?"
The people below whispered, General Xu thought for a while, turned around and walked down from the city wall.
"You're right, it's just that I've been stationed at Xiaozhuguan for five years, and I see the smoke of war every year. This is the first time I can hear the sound of artillery fire from such a distance..."
Listen to this movement, how many troops are invested in the war by the two sides!
If he hadn't been responsible for guarding Xiaozhuguan, he really wanted to rush to the front line to take a look at this rare and spectacular sight.
The soldier followed his line of sight and looked into the distance, but saw nothing but billowing smoke.
"At this time, I don't know if Weizhou and other frontline cities have sent reinforcements."
General Xu suddenly thought of something, "If there is an order for reinforcements from the front line, please notify this general immediately!"
Until the afternoon, Xiaozhu Pass did not receive an order for reinforcements, only a good news of the victory came, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were beaming with joy.
"General Gu will go out in person, of course he will win! With the General here, the people of Xiaozhuguan will be able to live in peace for decades!"
The common people rejoiced, and the soldiers in the army also commented, "The Gu's army on the front line fought bloody battles, so we can have a peaceful life in Xiaozhuguan. If the front line doesn't do anything, we... will be exhausted."
One will succeed and all will die.
General Xu chewed on this sentence, thinking that the price of success in the heart is ten thousand bones, so he would rather guard Xiaozhu Pass for the rest of his life and be an ordinary general with no military exploits.
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The Xikun army was driven out of the Zhushan area all the way from outside Zhuguan. Gu Shubai, as a forward, waved his arms and was about to lead the army to pursue the victory, but he heard the voice of the herald behind him.
"The general has an order, don't chase after the poor, and all the vanguard battalion will go back the same way!"
"Call—"
The cavalry at the front of the team reined in their horses, their heads held high, and yellow sand splashed under their feet.
The morale of the soldiers was low. They had never seen the border town of the Xikun people for so many years, and they just drove them away every time.
Their eyes looked at Gu Shubai, and Gu Shubai looked at the herald.
No, that's not what Gu Huaijiang told them before.
It was agreed to use offense as defense, so that the people of Xikun would no longer dare to attack at will, so why didn't they let them take advantage of the victory to pursue it
Gu Shubai's gaze was like a nail, and he stabbed hard into the Xikun army.
The herald repeated again, "Major General, this is an order from the General!"
Gu Shubai glanced unwillingly at the Xikun army. They were less than a hundred paces away in front of them. If they caught up now, at least half of their troops could be killed.
Just because there are national boundary stones separated by hundreds of steps, they can't cross those short stones, and can only watch the Xikun people escape.
This kind of unwillingness and resentment was almost used to by the members of the Gu family army.
This is the case every year, especially after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries this year. The decrees of the DPRK and China always say that peace is the most important thing.
Pooh!
Gu Shubai decisively withdrew his gaze, turned his horse's head, "All the Qianfeng Battalion, return the same way!"
Seeing the Gu family's army returning, one of the Xikun generals who ran away with his head in his arms was quite proud, and his horse speed gradually slowed down.
"See? Even if they win this battle, so what? Dongling people are cowardly rabbits, they dare not attack us at all. As long as we cross Zhushan and return to Xikun territory, they will not dare to attack us at all!"
Whoosh—
A long arrow pierced through the air, and before everyone had time to react, the triumphant general had already been pierced through his throat.
Looking back, Gu Shubai was riding alone, standing inside the boundary marker and slowly lowering his bow and arrow.
His handsome eyes are like stars, heavy and resolute, "If you don't go abroad, I can kill you. Don't believe me, try it?"
The soldiers of Xikun did not expect that he would disobey Gu Huaijiang's military order. They only knew that Gu Huaijiang was Dongling's God of War in the past. They didn't expect this young and handsome major general to have such courage.
It is not appropriate to provoke him at this time, what if his bloody Fang Gang leads the army to rush over in a fit of rage
The Xikun people discarded their helmets and armor, hesitated for a moment, and immediately fled in all directions.
The herald rode his horse behind him, without saying anything, and continued to lead the army back the same way, Yan Zheng rode his horse and approached Gu Shubai.
"Major General, are you disobeying military orders?"
The general's military order was that the poor should not chase after them, all listened to the Qianfeng camp and went back the same way, but Gu Shubai stopped and shot the enemy general with an arrow.
He even pierced his throat with an arrow, which made him afraid.
Gu Shubai turned his horse's head, with a complacent expression, "Think about it, why did the General tell us to go back the way we came?"
"Hey! What else could it be because of?!"
Yan Zheng said those truths like dropping his bookbag, "Because there is a national border ahead, our Dongling is a state of etiquette, and we have never violated neighboring countries. You must not cross the boundary markers, as long as you can drive the Xikun people back..."
"It's no wonder. You eavesdropped outside the big tent that day, and you were driven away by Uncle Yan halfway through, so you don't understand father's intentions."
He rode his horse back, and Yan Zheng followed curiously, "What did the general say after I was driven away? Young general, just tell me!"
"Father said, this time we will turn the defense into an offense, defeating Xikun so that they will not dare to attack at will for at least ten years in the future. Think about it, since father has this ambition, why does he want to prevent us from pursuing?"