When the young man walked over, the atmosphere in the main tent was solemn and grim.
Seeing that he was late and only wearing arm guards and skirt armor, his brother could not help but say sarcastically, "You usually refuse to report for duty and push military duties to others. You are a general after all. How can you set an example for your subordinates if you are so lazy?"
The young man's upward arc disappeared.
Just as he was about to answer, the old general sitting at the top started to scold his own son harshly, scolding him so much that his brother-in-law's face turned pale and blue. He gritted his teeth and apologized to the young man in public before letting the matter go.
The young man pretended to be generous and said that he didn't mind, but he couldn't help but sneer in his heart - he was laughing at his sworn brother who only cared about eating and not being beaten.
Knowing that he can't gain any advantage, he still makes provocative remarks.
Why bother
He sat down in his seat.
He asked, "Father, who is the offender?"
When talking about serious matters, the old general showed some worry, sighed and replied: "It's just a group of small thieves, nothing to be afraid of."
The young man understood the subtext as soon as he heard it.
The thieves were not large in number, but they had alarmed him, so the leader of the group must be a tough warrior. He clasped his fists and said, "Since they are just a group of thieves, I will leave it to my son to deal with. Gather more than a thousand soldiers and take off his head to appease my adoptive father."
Hearing the young man's murderous words, the old general couldn't help but smile with relief. He stroked his beard with satisfaction and scolded with a smile: "What nonsense are you talking about. You want to cut off people's heads all day long. It's more like scaring people, and you are not afraid of what others say about you."
The young man said confidently, as if "it's normal for me to say this": "Going into battle to kill the enemy is a matter of life and death. Let alone taking their heads, do I have to ask them in a fancy way whether they are willing to give their heads to their son? Even if my son asks, they won't give it to him."
His words amused the old general.
The old general laughed heartily, and the other generals followed suit.
One person flattered him: "The young general is very brave, and if he takes action, the thief will be captured without a fight."
The young man looked around, confused.
So I just smiled foolishly to please everyone.
But inwardly he rolled his eyes.
Another piece of news -
The leader of the thieves was probably stronger than everyone else, but weaker than him. Otherwise, he would not have achieved such a great feat. As he was thinking this, he heard the old general say, "It's good that my son has the intention, but you don't need to take action against that kind of thief."
The young man was slightly stunned.
He asked quietly, "Then why did the foster father call his son over..."
The old general glanced at the aide-de-camp.
The staff messenger came out and said, "Young General, please be patient."
The young man felt a little uneasy.
At this time, the old general had already started to call out the generals. The young man listened quietly, but found that the troops and horses dispatched by the old general were marching in the opposite direction of Xiaocheng, and in three different directions. Even the brother who had practiced "Yin Yang Qi" was arranged to lead a thousand troops to support.
The more the young man looked, the more confused he felt, and he couldn't see the battle situation clearly.
Why divide the troops into so many routes
Or—
A bold and absurd guess emerged in the young man's mind.
Are these divisions of troops intended to fight against different forces
The young man twitched the corners of his mouth inwardly.
If that's true, it's really fast.
How many days have passed since that strange movement late at night
After all the generals left, only the young man and a few of the old general's trusted veterans, as well as the Zhu King's staff and envoys were left.
The young man's brows twitched wildly.
The old general said in a deep voice: "Gong Xichou, listen to my orders!"
As the young man stood up, he transformed into a complete set of armor.
The clanging sound of metal colliding is crisp and powerful.
He said: "I will be here!"
The old general said, "I order you to lead 12,000 men to capture Xiaocheng before three o'clock today. The envoy will assist you."
This order was completely beyond the young man's expectations.
Xiaocheng's current defenses allowed him to lead 12,000 men to attack, and he had ample time to complete the attack before three o'clock in the morning? ?
The young man's intuition told him that this was not the case.
The old general knew his background very well.
This military order is too "easy".
The young man endured it, his Adam's apple rolled, and finally swallowed back the question he wanted to ask, and said firmly: "I obey your order!"
The old general continued: "After the city is captured..."
He said this while looking at the staff messenger.
He continued, "You will follow the messenger's instructions."
The young Gong Xichou nodded to show that he understood, even though he had already started to curse in his heart - Gong Xichou said that this staff envoy was really annoying. The latter was targeting him intentionally or unintentionally, and he didn't know what bad water this guy was going to make this time.
Seeing this, the old general changed his previous seriousness and repeatedly warned: "Anian, after the city is captured, you are not allowed to disobey the envoy."
The young man said, "Yes, my son knows."
The old general was very pleased.
"Okay, okay, father will wait here for my son's triumphant return."
The young man's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Is there any drink?"
The old general pretended to be serious: "Alcohol is prohibited in the army, but if you really want, your father can take you out to drink a few jars."
For a while, the atmosphere between father and son was very happy.
It doesn't feel like being in a military camp at all, it feels more like being at home.
The aide-de-camp had a sly smile on his lips.
Although it was a flash, Gong Xichou still caught it, and he felt very uncomfortable. After receiving the military order from the chief account, he had to start preparing for the siege. The staff messenger who was traveling with him suddenly asked him, "Why aren't you curious at all, young general?"
Gong Xichou asked back: "What are you curious about?"
The staff messenger: "Of course I'm curious about why you suddenly attacked the city?"
Gong Xichou sneered and said, "Isn't the purpose of marching and fighting to capture cities and plunder land? Just besieging without attacking like before is a waste of time and food. I only know how to obey military orders, and I don't want to know anything else and I'm not curious about it. What do you think, envoy?"
The staff messenger did not respond.
He changed the subject and asked a very strange question.
"The major general's family name is 'Gong'? This surname is very rare."
Gong Xichou was too lazy to even give him a look of contempt. With this level of ability, how could he be a trusted aide to King Zhui
It's really hilarious.
He said coldly: "My surname is Gongxi."
Not the surname "Gong"!
Of course, if the staff envoy's surname was "Mu", he wouldn't mind being teased about his surname being "Gong". Gong Xichou took a long step, increasing his pace, wishing he could throw the staff envoy away. However, the staff envoy asked again: "Is your father's surname 'Gongxi'? This surname is also rare."
Gong Xichou said: "Our clan only takes the mother's surname."
The aide-de-camp seemed to suddenly remember something.
"With this custom and this surname, could it be the 'Gongxi Clan' that lived in seclusion hundreds of years ago? I have heard of it occasionally, but I heard that this clan was not -" He didn't finish his words, a dagger with a faint purple light reflected on the tip was pressed against his throat. The staff messenger looked up at Gongxi Chou and pushed the dagger away with a sneer.
"The Major General is very concerned about this matter."
Gong Xichou shouted in a low voice: "Who are you?"
The staff messenger: "Who am I? I just happened to know some secrets. Did this hit the Major General's sore spot?"
Gong Xichou: “…”
Seeing that he didn't say anything, the staff messenger smiled slightly, revealing two rows of white teeth, and asked maliciously: "Young General, do you know what to do after the city is captured?" Seeing that Gong Xichou still didn't say anything, he smiled and said: "No one will be left alive in Xiaocheng!"
Gong Xichou: “…”
"Does this sound familiar to you, Major General?"
Gong Xichou said calmly: "I don't think so."
The staff messenger asked, "What does the Major General think of this move?"
Gong Xichou said: "We will follow your orders."
The implication is that he will do whatever orders he is given.
The staff envoy heard this and said: "Haha, very good, very good..."
Gong Xichou: “…”
Lin Feng heard Gong Xichou kicking open the tent while cursing with words like "sick". Tu Rong, who was applying medicine to himself with a grimace, also looked over and muttered to himself that someone had offended him.
Gong Xichou said, "Speak louder."
Tu Rong obeyed and said loudly: "Are you bullied by someone?"
Gong Xichou: “…”
Tu Rong was definitely one of the most stubborn boys he had ever seen. He would speak loudly and dare to say anything if asked. Although he would do the same, he was a fake tiger, while Tu Rong was the real tiger. He snorted heavily and said, "No one!"
Tu Rong muttered: "It doesn't look like..."
Gong Xichou: “…”
Lin Feng and Tu Rong watched Gong Xichou take his weapon and hang it on his waist. He came in a hurry and left in a hurry. Coupled with the constant sound of footsteps and the occasional collision of weapons outside the tent, they all smelled the dangerous atmosphere of an impending war.
Lin Feng asked: "Is there going to be a war?"
"Do you still remember where you are?" Gong Xichou sneered, and pointed out two trusted confidants, asking them to escort Lin Feng and Tu Rong away. Lin Feng and Tu Rong looked at each other, neither of them moved. Gong Xichou asked, "Are you two relying on me?"
Lin Feng said: "No, I just don't understand..."
There had been no signs before, but now it was suddenly arranged. Lin Feng always felt that something was going to happen, and it was something bad.
Gong Xichou said: "Either leave or stay."
He dropped a poisoned dagger.
Lin Feng stopped asking.
The two half-grown children changed into the worn-out clothes brought by Gong Xichou's confidants, and their clean cheeks were smeared with dirty mud. They set off with a small bag of money and dry food. Tu Rong had to bring more things, including money and dry food, as well as a box containing the ashes of his relatives.
Lin Feng didn't dare to cry, but when he turned around, he saw from afar a group of flags that looked like a dark cloud fluttering in the wind.
She opened her mouth, as if she guessed something.
Tu Rong said: "Junior sister, don't look."
The two confidants had received favors from Gong Xichou before, and they admired the young general's invincible prowess on the battlefield and loved him wholeheartedly. After receiving the escort mission entrusted by Gong Xichou personally, the two were extremely excited and patted their chests to promise to complete it.
One of them asked, "Do you two have anywhere to go?"
For convenience, Lin Feng was also dressed up as a boy.
Lin Feng thought for a moment and said, "Yes."
She didn't know where her husband was at the moment, but she knew where she should go to try her luck. However, she didn't know who was the enemy, and she couldn't lead the two of them to the village for fear of bringing the war there.
They decided to go halfway up the mountain and walk the rest of the way on their own.
Thinking that I will be going home soon, I feel much more at ease.
The man smiled and said, "That's good."
The troops stationed in Xiaocheng were totally unable to laugh at this moment.
The soldiers on the sentry tower detected the approach of tens of thousands of rebels from a distance and immediately passed the news down. The soldiers on the city gates could not see that far and could only vaguely see the dust rising in the distance.
He looked up at the sky and said, "Isn't it time yet?"
The rebels threw the bodies of civilians into the city on a regular basis every day.
The people were in a state of panic. Hundreds of people had developed the same symptoms over the past two days, and some had a more rapid onset, with only three days between the onset of symptoms and sudden death. In Xiaocheng, the people were in a state of panic. If the county government had not stepped in to rectify and appease them, the situation would have been even more serious.
Come again today.
The soldiers guarding the city thought that they were here to dump corpses again.
But when the rebels approached, they saw that they were fully armed and knew something was wrong, so they immediately sounded the warning horn. But what they never expected was that the rebels' style today was very different from before.
It used to be slow and delayed, but today it is like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath.
As soon as they formed their battle line, a rain of arrows fell from the sky.
Some soldiers were unable to react in time and were shot by arrows and fell to the ground, falling off the city wall.
After three breaths, the second wave of arrow rain is about to hit.
The soldiers despaired.
"How dare you, you thief!"
At this moment, a loud shout was heard! The soldiers in the garrison suddenly lifted their depressed spirits!
"Don't panic, everyone. Fight the enemy with me!"
It turned out that he was a brave warrior who was temporarily taking over the duties of Captain Yang and commanding the garrison. He was tall and burly. Although his strength and cultivation were only that of a seventh-class official, he was experienced and calm. He was best at defense and liked to use defense as an offense. As soon as he appeared, the garrison soldiers had a backbone and their morale soared.
The morale gathered into a vortex, and the Wudan warriors' momentum rose steadily under this blessing. At the same time, the Wudan warriors' martial energy was divided into three or four hundred channels, and each of them entered the soldiers' bodies. These three or four hundred people were united in momentum.
"This is Xiaocheng, thieves are prohibited!"
As the loud shout spread, the city wall beneath his feet suddenly rose by dozens of feet—no, it wasn't the city wall that rose, but a martial energy wall more than ten feet thick rose outside the city wall. The rain of arrows fell on the wall with a clanging sound, stirring up dense ripples.
After this wave of arrow rain, there was not even a crack left.
However, no one showed any joy about this.
Everyone knows that this is just a test by the enemy.
Judging from the size of the enemy, there could be as few as 10,000 people.
Although he had the convenience of the city, Xiaocheng had been destroyed several times before and could only be used with some repairs. If he encountered a tough guy again, he would probably be completely destroyed. When the brave warrior saw the rebel army coming down from the city, his face turned even more livid.
At this time, the rebels all stopped, the two rows of people separated neatly, and a young general rode out on his horse.
He is Gong Xichou.
Gong Xichou doesn't talk nonsense at all.
"If you surrender now, you can keep your life!"
His voice was not loud, but it could be heard clearly by everyone on the city wall, and the garrison guarding the city was furious.
The brave warrior who led the troops was also enraged.
You can save your life by asking people to open the city and surrender as soon as you arrive.
This kid is really arrogant!
He said, "How dare you, little brat!"
No need to talk, just fight!
For a moment, rhythmic and loud war drums sounded on and under the city walls, the sound soaring into the sky, stirring up the energy of heaven and earth into chaos.
The noise alarmed several people.
"Report—the enemy led more than 10,000 soldiers to attack the city!"
The messenger soldier delivered the news to the county governor's office in the city.
Wu Yuan's expression suddenly changed.
Gu Chi looked in the direction of the city wall with an indifferent expression and stood up.
"Don't panic, go and have a look."
The ones who moved faster than Gu Chi were Shen Tang and his group.