The news of Yujia's personal conquest spread to Taicheng, and the morale of the army was really boosted.
Kun Yuyang didn't even think that Yufu would go out in person. She was happy that the soldiers had rekindled hope, but worried about Yufu's situation.
"Are you saying that Yu Fu read the letter I wrote, and then decided to go to the imperial conquest?"
Kun Yuyang couldn't help blaming herself, and Lin Xuan imitated her usual tone and said with a smile: "Don't be too sentimental, why did Your Majesty decide to take the imperial conquest because of you alone? It can be seen that it is an unanimous arrangement between the DPRK and China."
He has been with Kun Yuyang for a long time, and he knows that she is not so easy to be persuaded by soft words, it is better to use hard words to stimulate her.
Kun Yuyang's complexion really looked good, and he gave him a blank look, "You understand."
Not good.
If it was because of her, then if Yufu made any mistakes, she would die forever.
In the anticipation of the officers and men in the army, Yujia set off from the capital in October, accompanied by 50,000 troops transferred from the capital, and soldiers and horses who were on their way from various places to join Yujia, the total number was as many as 200,000.
The emperor's expedition was no small matter. On the day of his departure, all officials of the court, Chinese and military officials set up a practice wine outside the city, and respectfully sent the royal driver away from Beijing.
The wind is rustling, and the yellow leaves are falling.
It's autumn, and the suburbs of Beijing are full of chilling scenes. Yufu is wrapped in a thick silver-red brocade robe, and the long skirt of the Chinese dress drags the floor, which is amazing in the autumn and becomes a spring light.
She raised her wine glass and took a sip, Tian Yunpo, who was pouring wine for her, knew that she was not good at drinking, so she only poured one bottom of the glass, Yu Fu lit the clean bottom of the glass to everyone, and all the ministers also raised their glasses drink up.
"I'll leave the matter to the Grand Master, as well as the Taibao and General Ouyang. It's a long way to go to Tianhan, and it's time for me to set off."
After Yu Fu finished speaking, he put down his cup, supported Yao Lan's hand and walked towards the carriage in the Minghuang ceremonial procession.
"etc!"
A mighty shout came from inside the city gate, Yu Fu turned her head subconsciously, and the eyes of all the officials also looked there.
I saw six horses with black bodies and white hooves, their strong manes flying in the wind, lined up, kicking towards the city gate.
Immediately, the man was dressed in armor, and he was full of heroism. There were only six people in the area, as if a thousand troops were coming, and the momentum was like a rainbow.
The horse's hooves crushed the autumn leaves and rolled up a cloud of yellow sand, Yufu heard someone gasp—
"Isn't that... Master Gu?"
The people who came were Gu Huaijiang and his five sons, together with Gu Shubai who was beside Yufu, all the sons of the Gu family had arrived.
Gu Hanmo rode out, reined in his horse and turned down, "Since the imperial army is out, how can I, the great commander, not be here?"
Yu Fu's eyes froze, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Liming excitedly stepped forward to hold Gu Hanmo's hand, "This is the best!"
The first five horses approached immediately, Yu Fu took a deep breath, looked towards Gu Huaijiang, "Father..."
Seeing Gu Huaijiang wearing a familiar armor, helmet, and saber, her eyes were wet and red, and she almost couldn't help crying.
How long has it been since she saw Gu Huaijiang go into battle
Since leaving Dong Ling, he has never been on the battlefield again. The war god of Dong Ling in the past seems to have become a rich old man with idle clouds and wild cranes, and he no longer has the heart to kill on the battlefield.
Now he took the initiative to put on this armor for her, and brought all the children of the Gu family to help her.
She couldn't bear this affection.
Gu Huaijiang smiled slightly: "I haven't been on the battlefield for many years, if you don't dislike it, you can take me to the battle together."
All the ministers looked at Gu Huaijiang in surprise, thinking that he would not even be rewarded with the title of Beili, but at this moment he was willing to take the initiative to go to war.
What is even more shocking is his love for his daughter.
Yu Fu finally couldn't hold back the tears, "You are the chief general of the Gu family army, the undefeated god of war, if you don't mind, please guide me how to fight..."
The father and daughter looked at each other and smiled, no matter how many words they said, they would be blank.
The army guarded the bright yellow guard of honor and marched eastward all the way.
On the way, Gu Shubai and Gu Jiuge drove together, "You are all gone, what will happen to the mansion?"
Gu Jiuge smiled, "I am also worried about this issue. Originally we planned to go by ourselves, but my father insisted on going too. Brother, you know, since my father left Dongling, he has seen a lot of wars in Beili. This is the first time he has offered to play."
Of course Gu Shubai knew that no one could stop Gu Huaijiang from making a decision.
If there is such a person, it is not any of his sons, but Yufu.
Gu Huaijiang knew that if Yufu blocked him, he would not be firm, so he simply didn't tell Yufu, and he didn't show up until the day of the expedition.
Gu Jiuge shook his head, and said helplessly: "Everyone wanted to go, and in the end we decided to draw lots to keep one person in the house to look after. Guess who caught it in the end?"
Gu Shubai didn't even think about it, "Of course you caught it."
Gu Jiuge stared at him in surprise, when did he learn how to calculate
"I'm not in the mansion, you are the eldest brother. If the third brother and the others catch you, you will definitely stay in the mansion according to them, and only if you catch yourself can you play tricks as the eldest brother, right?"
As Gu Shubai said, he snorted disdainfully, "When I was in charge of the mansion, I never did such a disrespectful thing, no wonder the third brother and the others are not convinced by you."
Gu Jiuge coughed in embarrassment, and said with a guilty conscience: "Then what would the eldest brother do? Could it be possible to really stay in the mansion and watch Yufu watch you go to the battlefield to fight?"
Gu Shubai smiled faintly, and squinted at him, "If it were me, I wouldn't use lottery at all, just let the sixth brother stay."
Gu Jiuge: "..."
This method is really elegant, but it is a bit insidious.
"Fortunately, Ji Kui is steady. In the past two years, she has been running the house in an orderly manner. With the current status of the Gu family, nothing will happen. I have already told her to send someone to find General Ouyang or Tian Yunpo if anything happens. , Zhang Taibao...they will definitely help."
In the ranks of the Royal Forest Army, Gu Hanmo and Li Ming were also talking quietly.
"Do you know? You caused me to lose my salary for three years."
As soon as Li Ming opened his mouth, Gu Hanmo immediately smelled a conspiracy.
This Liming seems to be a serious and kind person, but he is becoming more and more rascal to him. At first, he forced his sister to him, and now he is charged with inexplicable crimes.
What does his three-year salary have to do with him
Liming saw his vigilant face, and raised the corners of his mouth proudly, "Before going out, Tutu said, you will definitely follow, and you will never stay in the capital honestly. I said that there is no you in the imperial decree, so if you dare to follow." Resisting the decree, Tutu said that she doesn't know what is against the decree, she knows that you will definitely come. I bet her three years of salary, and when you marry her, her dowry will have at least two boxes gone."
Gu Hanmo was a little surprised, "How could she know?"
Li Tu's brain was injured, and he was more dull than ordinary people, so how could he know the foresight
Li Ming said: "If I knew, would I still bet her three years' salary? Maybe she knows you too well, and knows that you are a good brother like me."
Gu Hanmo pursed his lips, lowered his head slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth for a long time.
I don't know whether Li Ming is praising him or herself.
Li Ming said with a smirk: "I suddenly realized that you don't dislike me saying that you are marrying Tutu now. Since you have agreed to marry her by default, why don't you set a date earlier?"
Gu Hanmo frowned upon hearing this, "When is this, you still have the heart to think about this? I'm just surprised that she didn't cry when she knew I was leaving Beijing, and she didn't force me to stay."
"Then set the date of marriage earlier?"
Li Ming still said the same thing, Gu Hanmo gave him a blank look, and stopped talking.
Yu Fu was wrapped in thick fox fur and sat in the carriage, opening the cotton curtain to look out from time to time, seeing Gu Huaijiang and the others on horseback, he put down the curtain with confidence.
Yaolan and Lianbi were sitting in the carriage, seeing her smile so dimpled.
"Your Majesty has been smiling all the way from Beijing, what's so happy about it?"
"Of course it's because Lord Hou and the young masters are here."
Lianbi added silver scrap charcoal to the hand stove, not to mention Yufu, even when she, a servant who came out of Guhou's mansion, saw Gu Huaijiang and the others, her heart was warm.
Thinking back when Yu Fu just came to Guhou's mansion, all the young people in the mansion from Gu Huaijiang to Gu Yi and the others, who didn't care for Yufu the most
Times have changed, so many years have passed, and this love has never changed.
Yao Lan couldn't help sniggering, "That's right, that year the Eldest Young Master was outside Lin'an City, the ice and snow almost ran out of food and grass, and I didn't see Lord Hou and they rushed to help."
Lianbi paused word by word in a low voice: "Because the Gu family's family motto is to teach children with strictness and treat daughters with favor."
After finishing speaking, he rewrapped the hand stove filled with charcoal and handed it to Yufu, "Your Majesty, let's put this on, but do you still feel cold?"
Yu Fu shook her head with a smile, her smile was as sweet as honey, she touched her heart with one hand, "I feel warm in my heart, not cold at all."
Lianbi smiled knowingly when she heard the words, Yaolan also smiled and covered her mouth.
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Ten days later, the vanguard army arrived at Taicheng first, and the bright yellow flag fluttered in the sea breeze.
"Your Majesty's Royal Cavalry is behind, and they will arrive in about three to five days. When the Sanyi people hear the news, they will definitely think that we will start deploying troops after the Royal Cavalry's army arrives. We can just take advantage of their slack and catch them by surprise. ,how?"
Gu Jiuge brought Gu Wenqing, Gu Xiang, and Gu Yi to Taicheng first. Gu Jiaerlang's prestige has always been resounding in the army, and Yujia is right behind, and the morale of the soldiers is high.
"Just listen to General Gu, how do you say to fight?"
The last time the Sangyi fleet withdrew to victory was commanded by Gu Jiuge. He already had a basic understanding of the tactics of the Sangyi people. Seeing that the lieutenant officers did not object, he ordered someone to produce a topographic map of the Taicheng sea area.
Pointing his fingertips to every place on the map, his movements are light but powerful. His voice gave everyone peace of mind, "Sangyi captured Goryeo, and now Goryeo has become a subsidiary state of Sangyi. Although Goryeo was captured, it also gave us an opportunity, and the Sanyi people are now defenseless against Goryeo."
When Kun Yuyang heard his words, he immediately understood, "You mean, we can pretend to be Koreans and attack them?"
Gu Jiuge nodded, and pointed to the direction of Goryeo on the map, "This is Goryeo, and this is a small island of Goryeo. The Goryeo people on the island make a living by fishing. I know about their fishing boats, and the cabin is just big enough to carry artillery. "
The soldiers in the tent began to discuss, unable to believe Gu Jiuge's crazy thoughts, "General Gu, do you mean that we use Korean fishing boats to load artillery? Even if we pretend to be Korean fishermen, they won't be suspicious if we approach the Sangyi fleet. But how can this fishing boat be loaded with artillery? What if it blows up..."
Not to mention the fishing boats of the Goryeo people, even the fishing boats used by the people of Beili could not withstand the pressure of the artillery, and if one was not careful, the boat would be destroyed and people would die.
Gu Shubai smiled, "It takes at most two or three people to control one cannon on a ship. However, if one cannon blows up the Sangyi fleet, it will cause more losses than that. This is a good deal for us. What's more, even if The ship was destroyed, we had prepared in advance, jumping into the sea may not necessarily lead to death."
Having said that, if this method was used before, perhaps the soldiers would be eager to try it. But now there are too many casualties in the army, no matter how brave the soldiers are, they will feel timid.
What's more, it is different now than before. In late autumn, the sea water is freezing, and it is possible to freeze to death without being drowned in the water. Who wants to go
As if she knew what everyone was thinking, Gu Wenqing was the first to stand up, "Second brother, count me in, I can control artillery, and I'm not afraid of the cold, let alone death."
When he spoke, he was smiling, with a calm and clear appearance, as if this trip was not to die, but to go sightseeing in the mountains and rivers.
"I am coming too."
Lin Xuan took the initiative to stand up and said before Kun Yuyang said: "General Kun, don't go, you are a woman, although you have high martial arts skills and lack physical strength, it is too dangerous."
Even the generals took the initiative to ask to go, and the soldiers under them no longer had any scruples, and they all took the initiative to ask Ying to go.
Gu Jiuge laughed and said, "It's not like you can go if you want, fourth brother, Lin Xuan, you go. As for the others, I want the one with the best water quality and the best physical strength."
As soon as this remark came out, the soldiers who had just asked to go were afraid of being underestimated, and they all said enthusiastically:
"General, my water skills are the best, and I can hold my breath underwater for a stick of incense!"
"I'm good at water! I can hold back for half an hour!"
puff.
Kun Yuyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said that he could hold his breath for half an hour, was it a human or a shrimp
At the darkest time before dawn, the sea is calm, and only hardworking fishermen set off early and set off from the coast with oil lamps.
There were faint lights floating in the sea, and the soldiers on duty on the Sangyi fleet saw this familiar scene and didn't pay attention.
That was the fishing boats of Goryeo fishing. If there were no fishermen fishing, where would their soldiers fighting at sea get fresh fish and shrimp
Gu Wenqing stood on the deck and looked towards the distant sea. The soldiers stood behind him and put on clothes for him, "General, what are you looking at? You can't see anything."
Gu Shubai shook his head, tore off his clothes, and stood still wearing a single shirt in the sea breeze, "I can see that the arrangement of the Sanyi fleet is the same as what we studied last night, so I'm relieved."
It was the layout plan sent back by the spies who sneaked into the Sangyi fleet risking their lives. The twenty or so fake Korean fishing boats looked scattered, but in fact they were all in the same position.
The soldier looked at the sea in confusion, but couldn't see anything clearly, so he looked at the clothes that Gu Wenqing had thrown away, "General, the sea breeze is so cold, aren't you cold?"
Gu Wenqing looked back at him, and said with a smile: "The more you wear now, the more you will be able to jump into the water for a while. I advise you to take off your coat too. If you don't adapt to the temperature now, you will get cramped in the water after a while. I can't help you."
The soldier shuddered, only to realize that Gu Wenqing was joking to scare him.
He breathed a sigh of relief, "General, I thought you were the most serious person, why did you scare me?"
"Who frightened you?"
Gu Wenqing looked towards the sky, and changed his face in a second, "It's time, fire!"
It was their signal, and being heard would only mean that they were cooking breakfast on the fishing boat, no one thought they were firing, it was artillery...
"boom!"
With a loud noise, the artillery on Gu Wenqing's ship immediately flew out, drawing a blazing arc in the sky, and accurately landed on a large ship of the Sangyi fleet.
At the same time, the artillery of the remaining twenty or so fishing boats fired at full force, and the flashing arcs landed on the ships of the Sanyi fleet like shooting stars.
The few that fell into the sea exploded with huge splashes, and the sea suddenly became choppy. Gu Wenqing heard the creaking sound, and the fishing boat under her feet finally couldn't withstand the threat of artillery and huge waves, and split from the middle.
"Jump!"
He shouted loudly, his usual gentle tone suddenly changed at this moment, and he was so decisive that it was irresistible.
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Last night I dreamed that you said I was a stepmother... My heart hurts.