After dressing as a widow

Gu Lin woke up at noon the next day. It just so happened that one of them had a doctor who escaped with him. The doctor said that he had no fatal injuries, but was too exhausted. In addition, there were many small wounds on his body, and the blood was bleeding a little. Much lead.

Lin Zhen guarded him every step of the way. When he woke up, he was almost too happy to speak, and only held Gu Lin's hand.

Gu Lin held him back, and sat up on his own.

"Master Gu."

"Master Gu, please lie down for a while."

"Master Gu, the other military masters are all fine, most of them are awake."

As soon as he woke up, the people gathered around and called him.

Gu Lin glanced at those people, looked at Lin Zhen and said, "Clean up and go back to the state capital."

Lin Zhen looked at him: "Have the thieves from Che Luo retreated?"

Gu Lin said: "When I came to Lizhou City, there was no reason to tell them to go back, and they all stayed in Lizhou." Shan;Three; evening.

The mighty Che Luo Kingdom, known as the [-] army, also paid a heavy price after destroying Lizhou City, and the [-] army was nowhere to be seen.

His words were very soft, but they seemed to hold a thousand ounces of force, which made Lin Zhen and the people feel unbelievable at the beginning to ecstasy.

Their Lord Zhizhou really led the soldiers to win this battle where the number of enemies was outnumbered, and those thieves who dared to invade Lizhou City paid for their sins with blood.

"Whoah oh oh oh!!!"

"Master Gu!"

"Master Gu!"

Lin Zhen held his hand tightly and sat beside him. He admired Gu Lin and felt sorry for Gu Lin. Who would have thought that the child in the past would become the magistrate of Lizhou today.

On the second day, Gu Lin himself moved a little slower, got on his horse, and brought Lin Zhen and a group of people who had fled here back to Lizhou City.

In order to stop the enemy that day, Gu Lin ordered explosives to be planted in the city, so the houses in Lizhou City at this moment collapsed, the streets were messy, and there were still debris left by the people on the ground, which was very different from the prosperous Lizhou City before.

But for the people, there is nothing better than Lizhou City is still there. The houses can be rebuilt, the streets can be cleaned up, and the most important thing is that their homes are still there and their roots are still there.

The common people spontaneously moved the obstacles on the street for Gu Lin and the sergeants so that they could pass through safely, and then gave a deep bow to Gu Lin and others who left.

Lin Zhen rode on Hongzao's back. When he fled that day, he was worried that Hongzao would be caught by Che Luo Guofa's men, so he simply took its reins and let it run by itself. Unexpectedly, it followed his team all the time, so well-behaved.

When there was no news about Gu Lin before, Lin Zhen didn't have much interest in riding him, but now he looks at Gu Lin next to him and touches its ears. It's very interesting to see him flapping his ears.

After the city was broken, the thieves of Che Luo Kingdom were eager to destroy Gu Lin and the others. Except for the place destroyed by explosives, other parts of the city were well preserved, just like the state government office near the west city gate, which was blocked on the left. It collapsed, and the rest of the place is exactly the same as the day Lin Zhen left.

Lin Zhen asked the people below to take out the food that was only covered by firewood, which was too late to take away, and lighted a fire to cook.

The people in the city also found food in the place where their own food was stored, and the smell of food wafted away.

Three days later, most of the soldiers who had been sent out to search for the people returned, and five or six out of ten of the scattered people returned.

One day, Lin Zhen was counting how many pigs were left in the pig farm, when Lu Lu suddenly ran in with a flushed face: "Boss, the people from the imperial court have arrived!"

Lin Zhen: "?"

It's a damn coincidence that the Lizhou sergeant didn't see anyone when he was working so hard, but now he's here.

Lin Zhen clapped his hands: "Are there many people?"

"Much, when the servant girl came, she had already entered the government office."

"Let's go, let's go back and have a look." Lizhou resisted the [-] troops of Che Luoguo, and Gu Lin, the magistrate of Lizhou, was also rising. Even if the court came, Lin Zhen didn't think Gu Lin would be afraid of him.

If the words are not good, I am afraid that the people from the court will run into trouble with Gu Lin.

Lin Zhen washed his hands and rode red dates back to the city. Before he reached the city gate, he saw that the equipment was the same as that of the Lizhou sergeant before it was replaced. camped on the plain.

At a glance, there were quite a few people.

Lin Zhen pinched the horse's belly and let out a hey, the reinforcements from the imperial court had finally arrived.

He drove his horse towards the Yamen of the state capital, and when the servants of the Yamen of the state capital saw him coming, they rushed up to hold Hongzao: "Boss Lin, are you back?"

Now, as long as there are people who survive in the city, who doesn't know that Boss Lin made a thing called explosives, which played a big role in taxiing Luo Guo's thieves. I heard from those sergeants that if it weren't for the explosives, what would they do in Lizhou City? What about two.

Not to mention that Lin Zhen was sticking to Lizhou, trying his best to turn the tide, and Fu Lang, who had never been a master of Zhizhou, rushed here, and no one in Lizhou dared to disrespect him.

Lin Zhen threw the red jujube reins to him, and asked in a low voice as he passed by, "When did the lord from the court go in?"

"It's been a while since I went in. It's so majestic. I heard that it's a general of the third rank."

"It's a high official." Lin Zhen nodded.

The yamen servant snorted: "No matter how old an official is, he won't want to shake his face when he comes to Lizhou. Our folks in Lizhou don't agree."

Lin Zhen nodded and walked in.

As soon as his husband walked in, he attracted the attention of the officials who came with the general and are now in the Lizhou Yamen.

They frowned, and were about to call out this husband who appeared here for some reason, when they saw the yamen servant clasping his fists at Lin Zhen and saluting: "Boss Lin."

"I'm here to enjoy the shade, you are busy." Lin Zhen was very interested in the court official who had just arrived, and sat on the horizontal board on the side of the corridor openly, vaguely hearing voices from the main hall.

"Lord Gu, you really didn't lie about the military situation. There are [-] troops sent by Che Luoguo?" Bao Mo confirmed it again and still didn't believe it. It was impossible for the [-] troops to be resisted by Lizhou.

Because his official position is higher than Gu Lin's, he is sitting in the first place at the moment, Gu Lin sits on the same line with him, and said with a serious face: "The soldiers are cleaning the battlefield, when the time comes, [-] heads will be brought back to Beijing to ask for credit. "

"If the general can't wait, you can go around to see if the corpse is real."

The general Bao Mo is a little watery, but he has never seen the blood in the court. It is better to be a general by relying on the favor of his father. When he heard Gu Lin say this, he remembered that when he led the army to Lizhou, he was on the city wall. The corpses that I saw below almost filled the outside of the city wall before I had time to deal with them.

I shuddered all over.

He looked at the young man in front of him who was probably not yet 20 years old, "One hundred thousand troops..."

"When does Mr. Gu plan to return to Beijing to report on his work?" Bao Mo is over 40 years old and was born in a noble family. He not only has a son, but also a grandson. Looking at Gu Lin, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth and thought, how could he There is no such son in the family, if there is, you can carry him on your shoulders!

So don't mention the feeling of looking at Gu Lin.

Gu Lin said: "After the city has been rectified, we can go to Beijing. In addition, we must collect the heads of one hundred thousand thieves from the Cheluo Kingdom."

Old Bao Mo blushed, and suddenly sighed, "Master Gu, it's not that I don't want to come, it's really... hey..."

It was too late for my [-] troops to come, and I felt ashamed. Bao Mo couldn't help nagging Gu Lin, saying how much effort it took to get the rations and the household department together, and because of the issue of military pay, they were beaten again. How many verbal battles and the combination of several factors caused the time for the army to move out to be pushed back and forth.

To be honest, on the way here, Bao Mo felt that he would not be able to keep up with the difficulties in Lizhou, and he only hoped that when he would bump into Che Luo's army, he would avenge the soldiers and people in Lizhou.

But everything after entering Lizhou was like a dream, Lizhou was actually defended, and the [-] troops of Che Luo Kingdom were all lost here.

At first, he thought that Qian Zong from Lizhou was a great military genius, but that Qianzong and several hundred households personally admitted that the commander of this battle was Zhizhou, a civil servant from Lizhou.

Lin Zhen, who was listening to the corner outside, did not expect that this court official had such a merit, so he was relieved.

On the fourth day after the imperial reinforcements arrived, Gu Lin temporarily handed over the affairs of Lizhou to the officials and friends, and took the vice president, several hundred households, and Lin Zhen to Beijing to report on his duties.

It is August at this moment. According to the situation of last year and the year before, it is the time for a good harvest of grain. However, due to the invasion of the Cheluo Kingdom this year, in order to prevent the remaining crops from becoming the food and grass of the Cheluo Kingdom, the crops everywhere were burned. , The vast expanse of land was pitch-dark.

Yesterday, the state government government issued an order to issue Lizhou bonds, and the grain collected was used to buy grain seeds. People who were short of grain seeds could borrow on credit as in previous years, and then return it after the autumn harvest next year.

One policy after another was issued. Although the war had just ended, Lizhou was not in chaos. The people seemed to have a backbone to continue their production and life in an orderly manner.

All this made Bao Mo feel novel. He ignored the stench from the carloads of people's heads, and drove to Gu Lin's side: "Gu Zhizhou, I heard people say that in the battle with Che Luoguo, you used different weapons to fight against Che Luoguo." Nothing new."

"What can fire four crossbow arrows, a four-shot crossbow that can be used by one person, a thorn that is extremely useful when charging, and what else, do you bring any explosives?"

"These are not equipped by the imperial court. Where did you get them?"

It’s the fourth day on the road, and Lin Zhen finally understands the nagging nature of Bao Mo’s talk. Except when eating and sleeping, he never stops for a moment. Surrounding Gu Lin is like surrounding a big girl with yellow flowers. body.

And he is different from ordinary people, he seems to have not seen Gu Lin's cold face.

Suddenly, Gu Lin with a serious face turned his head and said, "It's all made by my husband."

I have long seen that the general who is pestering Gu Lin is not pleasing to the eye, the vice president led the horse and squeezed in abruptly, the horse's buttocks squeezed Bao Mo's horse, and said like a thunder: "General, what are you doing?" What is your idea, do you want to be equipped with these things like our sergeants from Lizhou?”

Bao Mo bared his teeth in a grin and nodded: "Yeah."

The vice president stretched out a few fingers, and did the math: "The body of the four-shot crossbow, plus the crossbow-arrows of three rounds, a set costs 17 taels of silver."

"The thorns are all made of 12-refined iron. One piece costs 100 taels. We know that the two in Zhizhou are more expensive. Add up to [-] taels."

"And the explosives, Boss Lin shot them himself, there is no second share in the world."

"Look, if the general wants to equip 1 horses, he needs..."

Bao Mo's face was turned pale by the calculated amount of silver, the imperial treasury was so empty that he could run away, so how could he bother with these things, let's stop asking.

Just be so greedy!

Bao Mo glanced over the hundred soldiers brought out by Gu Lin, sighed, and turned his gaze to Lin Zhen at the same time.

In fact, the people in the government office of the state government, the vice president, and others know very well that Gu Lin's words are not adulterated.

Raising soldiers is a job that burns money. They are as high-ranking and powerful as some princes in the court.

The sergeants in Lizhou ate dry food, wore armor, and used newly forged sharp weapons. Most of the huge wealth Lin Zhen earned in the past two years was invested in it, and it was only then that more than 1 sergeants in Lizhou were rehabilitated. With complete equipment to the feet, the combat effectiveness has been greatly improved.

Otherwise, it would be like the current court soldiers and horses, where three or five people would share a notched broadsword, eat slightly dry coarse grain rice and porridge a day, and sew and mend the straw sandals on their feet.

I'm afraid that on the day when Che Luo Kingdom attacked, they would not be able to withstand such a fierce attack.

In the autumn of the 48th year of Qianhui, Gu Lin, the magistrate of Lizhou, went to Beijing to report on his work.

It happened to be noon when they arrived in the capital, and the sun was shining brightly. Since they had handed over the papers in advance, all the officials from the emperor Qin Zhong, all the court officials, down to the messengers and related yamen knew that the danger of Lizhou had been resolved.

But it wasn't the imperial court's [-] troops, but Gu Lin, the magistrate of Lizhou, who led a thousand generals, hundreds of households, sergeants, and militiamen from Lizhou.

The [-] troops sent by the imperial court ran for nothing, and slapped many people invisibly.

The news also leaked into the city. When many people saw the inner eunuch leading hundreds of people out of the city, they knew that the Lizhou magistrate who had retreated [-] soldiers and horses was coming. Both sides were crowded with people.

"Da da da……"

The sound of the hooves of the hooved hoofs was louder than that of ordinary horses. The eunuch standing at the gate of the capital city slightly bent his waist and raised his head. He saw dozens of people riding fine horses heading towards this side amidst the fluttering banners. Yu knees come.

There are two people at the front, one is Bao Mo, the general he is familiar with who led an army of [-] to support Lizhou, and the other is ruthless but handsome. A young man who has transformed from a teenager to a young man who smells the bloody and murderous aura on his body.

He was dressed in the crimson official robes of a fifth-rank civil servant, with a black gauze cap on his head, and he looked like the one he had seen in the palace three years ago, a full-fledged literati appearance.

No one dared to think that it would be him who solved the predicament of Lizhou.

The person riding on the steed was getting closer and closer, and the inner prisoner bent his waist more than before, looking down at Gu Lin who seemed to be looking at him, cold sweat broke out on his back layer by layer.

He endured it and unfolded the imperial decree in his hand.