The Reborn Widow's Husband Search

In the previous chapter, it was mentioned that Gu Xingji was going to fight with the Qiang people, so he left Qu Yu and Shaoer behind to guard the camp just to be on the safe side, thinking that the camp was much safer.However, Gu Xingji's calculations did not count, he took the brigade away with his front foot, and someone tried to plunder the food and grass with his back foot.

Of course, Qu Yu and the others were not vegetarians, and the thieves who came to steal food and grass were too inflexible, and the only old, weak, sick and disabled left in the camp caught everyone without any effort.

Pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, Qu Yu took the lead in interrogating, and there were more than a dozen people a few miles away, guarding the goods.

"Cargo? Aren't you Qiang soldiers? Bandits?" Qu Yu was very puzzled. Although he followed Gu Xingji out of the city, why did he come out, come out... to kill the Qiang enemies, he knew this.

"No, no, the villains are all passing caravans, not bad people!" The leading man was about to cry, he knew that he shouldn't use military rations, but he couldn't help it, if they couldn't find food, they would starve to death up!

"Aren't the bad guys coming to steal food and grass? Don't worry about anything else, just tie them up and wait for the general to come back to make a decision." Although Qu Yu has no official position in the army, he is close to the general. It was not a big order, so the officers and soldiers who stayed behind had no objection, obediently tied up a few men and explained them, and left them in the center of the camp to wait for the general to return.

Gu Xingji and the others didn't go there for as long as expected, and they came back in the middle of the night.

"So soon?" Hot soup had already been cooked in the camp, seeing Gu Xingji coming back, Qu Yu naturally filled a bowl and handed it to him.

"Well, today is a test, the enemy is not easy to be fooled, not to be fooled, it seems that tomorrow we have to be more ruthless." Gu Xingji held the hot soup, not only in his hands, but also in his heart.

"Well," Qu Yu nodded, and chatted, "After you left, a few people came and wanted to steal our food, but we caught them."

"Just those in the middle of the camp? I saw it when I came back, and I just wanted to ask you what's going on." Gu Xingji took a sip of the hot soup and made a homely interface.

Qu Yu didn't know much, so he told what he knew. "I'm a little strange. I heard that the Cangji River is a plain. If the enemy invades, this road can be regarded as a flat plain. Why didn't I set up a city here to block the enemy? There are caravans, why? Would you rather take a detour and pay tolls than take this route?"

After listening, Gu Xingji took out the map and said, "The Cangji River was not what it is now a hundred years ago. The current Cangji River was diverted. Do you know why there is no one planting or grazing the plain on the side of the Cangji River?" , but let it go barren?"

Qu Yu frowned, "Because of the old river course?"

Gu Xingji nodded, "Yes, the Cangji River has dried up for more than a hundred years, and the old river has been covered by wind and sand for many years. However, the old river did not just disappear, but turned into an underground river. If the army Passing by caused land subsidence, and the army never returned. Over time, this land became barren. Also because of the existence of underground rivers, it was inconvenient for the army to establish a state capital and station troops here, and the Qiang people did not dare to take this road to go south rashly. Regardless of the circumstances, there have been extremely ferocious Sand Bandits in this generation, caravans do not pass through here, one is afraid of falling into a dark river, and the other is afraid of encountering Sand Bandits, even losing their lives."

"There are always people who want money or life, aren't these few today!" Qu Yu curled his lips and asked again, "The Qiang people dared to go south through here with such a big fanfare this time, do you think they have something in their hands? rely?"

"You mean, the old water vein map?" Gu Xingji frowned and thought for a while, "It's possible, if there is such a thing, we must find a way to get it!"

"I'm afraid this matter will not be so easy. It's better to have a long-term plan, but how should the outsiders deal with it?" Qu Yu pointed to the outsiders.

"I'll ask again, if they are willing to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, we can't be too harsh on them." The implication is that if they don't know good from bad, they should be killed to avoid wasting food.

Gu Xingji was in a good mood when he left, at least in Qu Yu's opinion, but when he came back, Gu Xingji's face was covered with frost, "Song Xuan, take a few people to the place they told you, Bring everyone back to me, I want to ask clearly!"

"Yes!" Song Xuan's expression was also unusually serious, and he quickly took the order and led people away, making Qu Yu unable to ask what happened.

Qu Yu waited for a while, but Gu Xingji still had a cold face and no intention of speaking, so he could only ask shyly, "What happened? They don't want to join us?"

"Kang Dang!" Gu Xingji kicked over the water boiling rack on the bonfire, the iron pot fell to the ground, rolled half a circle, and the hot water spilled all over the floor. "This bunch of pigs, pigs!" Gu Xingji was so angry that all the demeanor and royal etiquette disappeared.

At dawn, Song Xuan brought people back.Gu Xingji had been waiting all this time, interrogating people one by one as soon as he saw them, but the results were more or less the same.Gu Xingji was so angry that he was speechless. At this time, the scouts came to report: "Report——report to the general, the enemy has already moved forward!"

"Follow up, these people..." Gu Xingji closed his eyes, "Untie them, take them with you!"

On this day, Gu Xingji kept his face sullen all the way, as if carved from ice.Shao'er was very sensible and didn't make trouble with him, but asked her little aunt in a low voice, "Uncle, what's wrong with him? Someone robbed him of money?"

Qu Yu shook his head, it would be fine if it was silver, it would be the lives of tens of thousands of people!If it's just that, that's all. To defend the country, one must have the awareness to die for the country, but without them to stop the Qiang army, when the enemy drives straight in, there will be more than tens of thousands of casualties?

During a break on the way, Gu Xingji gathered several generals with military ranks, "Song Xuan, send people to investigate by the Cangji River, I don't believe that Jiang Zhong dared to disobey my order!" Jiang Zhong, Jiang Zhong!Don't make me believe you wrong!Gu Xingji recited silently in his heart. "Also, send people to search around to see if there are any remnants of my North Army!"

Gu Xingji was still unwilling to believe the words of those businessmen.If what they really encountered was coming out of a ghost town to aid the remnants of the North Army, then there must be something wrong with the people led by Jiang Zhong.Originally, it was very difficult for these 5 people to fight against the enemy's 20 troops. If something went wrong... Gu Xingji didn't dare to think about it.

"The plan has changed! Tomorrow we will arrive at the intersection leading to Yuanming Valley and Cangji River. Tonight, we will defeat the enemy at any cost and lead the enemy to the direction of Yuanming Valley!" Gu Xing said with a halberd face. The above is as tragic as a sinking boat.

The seriousness on Gu Xingji's face infected all the generals, "General, don't worry, we will complete the mission if we fight to the death!"

Seeing the big rough faces with unshaven beards, Gu Xingji felt a dull pain in his heart. Tonight, these guys will never return!

"Okay, good brother! Let us fight side by side tonight and have a good time!" That night, Gu Xingji once again led his men into the enemy's camp. This time they did not retreat in a hurry, and fought fiercely. Gu Xingji ordered to retreat in the direction of Yuanming Valley when the number of casualties exceeded half.

Thirty thousand soldiers, after this battle, the remaining number is less than [-]. However, after paying such a huge price, the enemy is still not fooled. After chasing in the direction of Yuanming Valley for half a day, the enemy stopped pursuing and returned to the fork. , the whole team headed towards the Cangji River.

When he lost sight of the enemy behind him, Gu Xingji stopped and slammed the whip in his hand.Since the first time he went to the battlefield a few years ago, he didn't know anything about martial arts at that time. Even so, he never felt so frustrated and...frightened when he charged and killed in the enemy's line.

Yes, fear, one of the few fears in Gu Xingji's life.This plan was proposed by him. He is not afraid of taking responsibility for the failure of the plan. He is afraid that the great rivers and mountains of the Wu Dynasty will be caught in the flames of war, and the lives of the people will be ruined.

"General, don't blame yourself, there is still a way, let's think about it again, there is always a way!" A school captain who had been rushing beside Gu Xingji comforted him, but he only said this, and he also found that How pale and powerless my own words are.What else can I think of?They still have less than 1 people, how to destroy the enemy's 20 army?

"Report——, report to the general, the enemy camped in yesterday's camp, and did not move forward!" The scouts came to report good news, but what's the use, even if they had an extra night, they couldn't stop the enemy footsteps.

"General!" Song Xuan's voice came from far away, and the horse was riding fast all the way. Even the iron-clad man was shaking a little on his horse, and he could hold the reins in front of the general's horse, "report to the general, my subordinates I have already gone to the predetermined location by the Cangji River to investigate, and although General Jiang Zhong arrived later than expected, he has indeed arrived at the designated location."

Song Xuan's words made everyone's eyes shine. Although the 20 army has no chance of winning against the enemy's [-] army, at least they can support General Zuo and Marshal Kou to send reinforcements!

"It's just..." Song Xuan was not as optimistic as his colleagues, his face was full of pain, "It's just that Vice General Jiang only brought 2 horses!"

"What? What about the other 3 people?" Although Gu Xingji hadn't had much hope since seeing Song Xuan, he couldn't help asking at this moment.

"These 3 people were originally the Gyeonggi Reserve Army. After joining the North Aid Army, they were under the command of the partial general Wang Jingdong. This Wang Jingdong was originally the deputy general under the general Guo Hong. After joining the North Aid Army..." Song Xuan first said the 3 people Gu Xingji couldn't listen to the origin of the person.The Aid to the North Army was assembled by soldiers from different walks of life, and Gu Xingji knew that people were not in harmony.

"I flattened his position, and he is not convinced!" Gu Xingji roared, "Get to the point!"

"Yes!" Song Xuan sorted out his thoughts, "Wang Jingdong defied General Jiang's order in public at the instigation of Zhao Yuansheng, the supervising army, and led 3 people into the ghost city by force. General Jiang originally planned to be punished by military law, but the 3 people It is Wang Jingdong's direct descendant, and General Jiang has only 2 people under his command. Because he is afraid of disposing of Wang Jingdong and causing a mutiny, there are not even 2 people left, so we can only let them go to the ghost town..."

"Zhao Yuansheng, it's Zhao Yuansheng again!" Gu Xingji vowed that this time he would go back alive and not only want his claws, but also his head!