In the next few days, the sky was snowing and they were all trapped in the cave. Gu Jiao practiced bowing and archery in the cave when she had nothing to do.
After Tang Yueshan gave Gu Jiao a few pointers last night, he regretted it when he woke up. This girl is the enemy of the Tang family, and he should not teach her to anyone.
It was also a coincidence that Gu Chengfeng knew how to shoot arrows, so he saw Gu Jiao pulling a bow in the cave and came over to give her pointers.
He didn't have any reservations about Gu Jiao, but he was not stingy with what he knew. He also made a simple target with a shield and dry wood and hung it on the rock wall for Gu Jiao to shoot.
Gu Chengfeng's archery skills are not bad. After all, he is the son of the Hou family. Even the weakest Gu Chenglin can ride and shoot since he was a child. However, Gu Chengfeng's level is only a high level among ordinary people. , that's a bit underwhelming.
It's not Tang Yueshan blowing, just picking out a soldier from the Tang family's bow and arrows can compare Gu Chengfeng's archery skills to the scumbag.
The worst archers in the Tang family are required to be able to penetrate Yang with a hundred paces.
As far as Gu Chengfeng pointed at Gu Jiao, Tang Yueshan really couldn't see it.
"You must listen to me!" Gu Chengfeng said to Gu Jiao.
Tang Yueshan rolled his eyes in disgust. Can the bow be drawn like that? Can arrows aim like that
This is simply more intolerable than Gu Jiao pulling the wrong bow.
Then Tang Yueshan made a donkey again.
Tang Yueshan is a donkey every day.
Donkey until the snow stops.
The old Houye's postoperative infection disappeared. He was a little older, but because he practiced martial arts all the year round, his physique was not inferior to that of the young guy, and his wounds healed well, not to mention Tang Yueshan's.
Gu Jiao removed the stitches from the two wounds on Tang Yueshan's thigh.
A few people walked through the woods together and came to a small village on the edge of Lingguan City. Gu Jiao bought an ox cart from the villagers, exchanged the ox for two horses of her own, and gave the other horse to Tang Yueshan.
Tang Yueshan got on his horse and said to the two of them, "You can go straight along this road and you will reach the ancient city of Yue."
Gu Chengfeng led the horse, hesitated for a moment, then looked at Tang Yueshan and said, "You... really want to go to Yecheng alone? Why don't you——"
He wanted to say, why don't you go back to the ancient city of Yue with us first, and when my grandfather is settled, I will go to Yecheng with you.
Gu Chengfeng was not very interested in helping Tang Yueshan, but after all, it was the imperial army that was trapped in Ye City. He was not the young boy who came to the frontier. The border war was raging, and the mountains and rivers were broken. As a son-in-law of Zhao Kingdom, he had already Unable to stay out of it.
Gu Chengfeng didn't say these words, but Tang Yueshan understood what he was going to say, Tang Yueshan said: "If there are few people who can solve it, I can solve it myself, if there are few people who can't solve it, it won't help with the two of you, so don't do it. Follow to die."
There is a difference between the combat power of one person and three people in the arena, but there is almost no difference in front of the tens of thousands of troops on the battlefield.
Gu Chengfeng felt that what he said was very reasonable, but he could not refute it.
Several people parted ways.
Gu Jiao and Gu Chengfeng took the old marquis back to the ancient city of Yue, while Tang Yueshan rushed to Yecheng.
"You said, what will he do?" Gu Chengfeng asked worriedly.
Gu Jiao actually wanted to know what method Tang Yueshan had in mind. Tang Yueshan was not like the kind of person who would die impulsively. He must have a plan in his heart.
Gu Jiao and Gu Chengfeng returned to Yue Ancient City.
The situation in Yuegucheng was three points more tense than before they left. Almost all the shops on the street were closed, and the pedestrians on the road disappeared.
"It's about to fight, isn't it?" Gu Chengfeng said in a complicated mood.
Gu Jiao hummed lightly.
The battle of three cities started first, and the people of Yuegu City were almost fully prepared. However, this did not change the fact that it eventually became a purgatory on earth. It was the one with the most tragic ending among all the cities in the frontier.
Chen Guo's army slaughtered the city here.
Men and women, young and old, women and children are weak, and even livestock are not spared.
The carriage arrived at the Prefect's Mansion.
It was still Master Hu who came out to greet them.
After not seeing him for a few days, Master Hu was more haggard than before. He hurried out with an expression on his official hat, and said excitedly and surprised: "Oh, the two adults are back! That night, the two adults left without saying goodbye, frightening the little one. Now! The little one thought something happened to the two adults..."
Gu Chengfeng frowned impatiently: "Okay, stop talking, hurry up and enter the manor."
It was windy outside, and they blew all the way, almost freezing to death!
"Yes yes yes!" Master Hu hurriedly responded. He led the way in front of him, and with a casual glance, he found a person lying on the trolley that was temporarily set up.
When the old marquis came to the frontier, he and Tang Yueshan once settled in the prefect's mansion. Master Hu received them both. Master Hu quickly recognized the old marquis, and he couldn't help being surprised: "Gu Laohou! You... You went to Yecheng to save people?"
Everyone thought that the old man was imprisoned in Yecheng.
Gu Jiao and Gu Chengfeng stayed for one night and then disappeared. Master Hu and the prefect had suspected their identities, guessing that the two might not have been sent by the imperial court, but just two impostors who came to the prefect's mansion to inquire about the news. of.
Seeing them bring back the old marquis now, it has overturned the previous doubts.
Gu Jiao and Gu Chengfeng didn't say that they rescued people in Lingguan City.
However, from the reaction of Master Hu, it can be seen that at least there is no collusion between the prefect's mansion and the army of Chen Guo and the remnants of the previous dynasty.
The current prefect's mansion is relatively safe.
"Enter the manor." Gu Chengfeng said to Master Hu in a deep voice.
"Ah, yes yes yes! This is the entrance to the mansion! The yard was reserved for the two of you last time!"
It was impossible to keep the yard for the two of them. Master Hu kept winking at the servants, but the servants were also clever, and rushed in front of the two to drive the people out of the yard.
"I haven't lived in the house for a few days, and the house has fallen into dust. I'll have someone clean it up first, and a few of you will go to the study first." Master Hu said with a smile.
Gu Jiao and Gu Chengfeng didn't tell the truth, they took out the stretcher first, and asked the servants to carry the old man into the study.
The house was quickly tidy up, and the innermost room was still where Gu Jiao lived. Gu Chengfeng and the old marquis lived next door, which was where Gu Chengfeng used to live.
This time, the prefect of Yuegucheng was in the mansion. He personally came to visit the two of them, and tried side by side to test their identities, but unfortunately they didn't say a word.
The prefect probably couldn't figure out the details of the two, but seeing that the two rescued the old marquis from the crisis-ridden Ye City, he understood that the two were not ordinary people, and did not dare to offend the two for a while.
The prefect, whose surname is Cheng, is thirty-nine years old this year. I don't know if the frontier is suffering. His face looks mature compared to his actual age.
Cheng Taishou rushed to the two sitting on the chair and cupped his hands, saying: "I'm sorry, Yue Gucheng is about to go to war. I wonder if the two adults know when the reinforcements from the imperial court will arrive?"
Gu Chengfeng said indifferently: "The imperial army is already on its way, and it will naturally arrive when it should arrive. How many defenders are there in the ancient city of Yue?"
"Five thousand." The prefect said embarrassingly.
"Only five thousand?" Gu Chengfeng said in surprise, "Why so few!"
The prefect said helplessly: "The ancient city of Yue is just a small city, there is no army stationed there, and half of the five thousand people are temporarily recruited."
Temporarily recruited, on the battlefield is basically to give away the head.
Gu Chengfeng was silent. He really didn't expect the situation in Yuegucheng to be so difficult. With just such a few people, if the remnants of the previous dynasty and the army of Chen Guo attacked Yuegucheng, Yuegucheng would be completely defeated.
"Go on down, we'll call you again if something happens." Gu Chengfeng said to Prefect Cheng.
Cheng Taishou cupped his hands: "If there is anything wrong with the two adults, you can call the next official at any time."
After Cheng Taishou left, Gu Chengfeng said to the servants guarding the door: "You are no longer needed here, so you should also step back."
"Yes." The people left the courtyard one after another.
Gu Chengfeng poured a cup of hot tea for Gu Jiao and said, "Drink first."
Gu Jiao picked up the teacup and took a sip.
Gu Chengfeng also poured himself a glass, and when he was halfway through, he put down the glass and said with a sigh, "I don't know when my eldest brother's army will arrive. If they attack the ancient city of Yue now, these 5,000 people will be guarded. don't stop."
In the dream, the ancient city of Yue was indeed lost, and the Gu family arrived after the ancient city of Yue was massacred.
The tragedy of Yuegucheng is no wonder the Gu family army. After receiving the order from the imperial court, Gu Changqing has already rushed back to the capital as quickly as possible, and has used the fastest speed to integrate the Gu family army and lead a hundred thousand troops north.
It's a pity that not all of the 100,000 troops are cavalry. Under the current road conditions and armament conditions of Zhao Kingdom, the speed of the infantry's rapid march should not exceed 100 miles a day, otherwise it may affect the combat power of the infantry. And due to the influence of the climate of the frontier fortress, the closer to the north, the slower the marching speed, and it is not even ruled out that the mountain will be blocked by heavy snow.
Not to mention that the speed of the army's march is not determined by the fastest cavalry, or the second fastest infantry, but the slowest baggage.
The baggage includes food and grass, tents, weapons and weapons for siege.
An army without baggage is like an unarmed soldier.
In this way, it was a miracle that Gu Changqing was able to arrive with the army a few days later.
"Five days." Gu Jiao said.
"What five days?" Gu Chengfeng asked.
"Your elder brother." Gu Jiao said.
If she remembered correctly, Gu Changqing arrived with the Gu family army five days later.
But two days later, the army of Chen Guo will come to slaughter the city.
Today is also Fang Fangzai who wants a monthly pass!
(End of this chapter)