Rebel

As soon as this happened, the world went into an uproar.

Soon, Concubine Yong, the biological mother of the new crown prince, was also promoted to the queen.

It is said that the new crown prince, Xiao Jijin, is very sensible and courteous even though he is young, and he respects Confucianism and Taoism more than the abandoned crown prince with his left coat.

And on the day when the edict of abolishing the establishment was promulgated, it was even rumored that the emperor was lying on the sickbed and recruited the eunuch who was close to the internal history. He only said: "I will never let the unworthy son be above the beloved son!" , waved his hand, and said: "This is the meaning of the imperial edict!"

Just when the whole world was talking about the replacement of the emperor's disease, Jiangqu County also followed, and another major event happened.Two things happened one after another, making one have to doubt their connection.

It was the day of early spring in the year Huai Xin left, when the ice was lifted and everything flourished.At that time, the news that the crown prince was deposed had just spread all over the world; at that time, Huai Xin had not left Shanyun Academy;

The reason why Gu Ao regarded it as the second major event that happened in the past five years was because the first event 'abolishing the establishment of the prince' shook the world, and this event shook the foundation of Shanyun Academy.

No one expected that this would happen so suddenly.

No one thought that the rogues who had been hiding in the middle and deep mountains of Jiangqu County would one day come out of the mountains.

Just like once people get used to something, they always think that it will never change; the sudden change caught everyone by surprise, including Gu Ao.

It was one night, Gu Ao and Yun Ang were sitting around the stove, while Huai Xin was sitting on the couch by the window, blowing the cool early spring breeze that leaked in through the window, the three of them had a drink after dinner, chatting and chatting. Regarding the matter of the crown prince Ben Rong, Huai Xin said: "I think this matter is not as simple as it seems on the surface..."

"Oh? What's so difficult about it?" Yun Ang asked while watching the servant add charcoal to the furnace, while closing the sable-haired gauntlet.

Huai Xin's weak and delicate face at that time was reflected in the dancing candlelight, the light and shade were unclear:

"It is said that the crown prince was abolished, and the guards in the palace were strictly guarded. How did he escape all the way to Beirong, changing horses without changing people, and it came at night. His uncle, King Rong, commanded 30 troops waiting to meet him, which is two strange things. Besides, the 30 soldiers took over the abolished prince and immediately returned to the north with his troops. Not wanting to fight, just dragging armor and dragging soldiers away, this is three strange things."

Gu Ao immediately thought about the edict issued during the emperor's illness, and said: "...Brother Huai, what does it mean that King Rong got advice from an expert who is close to the court?"

Huai Xin smiled slightly: "...That's right...This expert can not only reach out to Rongdi, but also know the changes in the court from afar. He is really not a simple person."

"Who on earth is so capable?" Yun Ang couldn't help asking strangely.

Huai Xin said: "Now that the emperor is sick, who is the most trusted by the emperor? Will you first ask his opinion on abolishing the crown prince?"

Yun Ying was startled, and asked suspiciously: "Isn't the Yong family the most trusted by the emperor? But his family's desire to make their grandson the crown prince is not something that happens overnight. The emperor will ask Prime Minister Yong?"

Huai Xin shook her head: "The emperor trusts the Yong family because Prime Minister Yong is incompetent. But even if he is incompetent, his family members may not be incompetent, so why don't they want Wang Da Sima to restrain him?"

Gu Ao pondered: "...Actually, if you want to say that the emperor really trusts, I think it is the poor family prefect who spent all his family's wealth to buy grain to serve the king when he was in danger, right? Anxin ordered him to guard? At that time, many aristocratic families impeached and said that the common people could not be in the right position, but today they insisted on appointing in spite of everyone's opposition. Could it be that Brother Huai is talking about him?"

Huai Xin nodded, and said: "That's right. The bodyguard agency and caravan he runs often travels along the tea-horse road, connecting Rong regions...Although all the money he gets every year is used to pay tribute to the capital...but..." Just as the three of them talked deeper and deeper, and they were getting better, someone suddenly broke into the door and said, "My lord, it's not good!"

Huai Xin looked up and saw the old lady who served her every day barged in without knowing when, with a terrified expression on her face, Huai Xin knew that although her servant was surprised, she was not a timid person, so she couldn't help asking : "...what's the matter?"

The old lady spoke very quickly: "Young master, do you still remember that since the beginning of spring, Mr. Liao led his troops to the mountains to suppress the bandits?"

Huai Xin doubted, "I remember, but what happened?"

The old lady said heartbrokenly: "There are rumors outside that a group of rogues came down the mountain from who knows which mountain was suppressed by Mr. Liao, but they managed to catch up on the small road in the mountain and did not meet Mr. Liao's trilogy. Now it is only 40 meters away from the academy. It's been a long time! It's a mess outside the house, why is the young master still sitting inside and enjoying himself!"

Gu Ao Huaixin glanced at each other, Huaixin immediately asked: "...Since Mr. Liao has taken away the trilogy, what about the defenders of Jiangqu County? Why don't they come to help?"

The old lady said: "Prefect Liao took the magistrate to the capital to participate in the canonization ceremony of the new crown prince. Young master Liao led the army to suppress the bandits. Now there is no one in the county who can make up his mind! Who said he didn't report it The defenders? They ignored them all, and only said that they were stationed in the county, and they could not send troops to the academy, otherwise they would not dare to take the responsibility of defending the county! He also said that all the students should take refuge in the county, and they would be responsible for the guards! My son! It’s up to now , you don't want to stay in the academy!"

When Gu Ao heard the word "don't care at all", his sword eyebrows moved slightly. There must be reasons for the unreasonable things, but he didn't know how true what the servant said...

Huai Xin frowned upon hearing this, "Have you found out clearly, is it really forty miles?"

"Exactly! The students in the academy are all scattered, and they all say that they should go to the Liao Mansion in the county town to hide for a while."

Huai Xin thought for a while: "...you go out first."

As soon as the door was closed, Yun Ang's face turned pale and said: "...Could it be that Mr. Liao fell into the bandit's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain? The academy is my father's life's work, how can this be good?"

Gu Ao's thoughts raced, he thought for a moment, and said: "Don't panic, I don't think that's the case."

"What's the matter?" Yunxi asked.

Gu Ao said: "I'm just surprised that the rogues are not so difficult to suppress among the elite trilogy of the Liao family..."

Huai Xin took a look at Gu Ao, covered her sleeves and coughed for a while, and finally calmed down: "...the world has changed, it seems that Liao Quji can't wait!"

Gu Ao stood up suddenly, Huai Xin said: "Brother Gu, what's the matter?"

Gu Ao said: "...I can't sit here and wait for death, I want to go out and find out what's going on outside."

Huai Xin sighed: "...what are you going out for, can't you believe it? Just now the old servant made it clear that she used to be a scout for my mother's rehearsal, and she never missed anything when she sat down and said .”

Knowing that Huai Xin was telling the truth, Gu Ao couldn't help taking a breath: "...then... about the Liao family, do you really think so?"

Yun Ang frowned: "What kind of charades are you two playing, and what's going on?"

Gu Ao said: "Let's not talk about that, anyway, the bandit is here, since there are still [-] miles left, no matter how we go on this mountain road, we will have to go tomorrow morning... If the bandit was really suppressed by Mr. Liao and forced to go down the mountain, If you rush towards the academy indiscriminately, you will be nothing but a defeated army, so it should not be difficult to deal with, you have to think of a way..."

Before he finished speaking, Yun Yang interrupted Gu Ao, and said anxiously: "You are talking lightly, if the rogues really come to Shanyun Academy, what should we do?"

Gu Ao frowned: "...I'm thinking about it too."

Huai Xin said on the side: "I guess, Liao Quji has already set up a net, waiting for the bandits to enter the urn!"

Yunxi gritted her teeth: "What do you mean? 'Urn' is Shanyun Academy?"

"I'm afraid it is..."

Before Huai Xin finished speaking, Yun Ang suddenly stood up, knocked open the door and rushed out, Gu Ao raised his eyes, hurriedly called a few times behind him, Yun Ang ran away without looking back.Huai Xin sighed: "Mr. Shan Yunzi's place, it must be chaos now, and Yunying is going to add trouble again, isn't it just adding to the chaos?"

Gu Ao thought about it, and said carefully: "...I don't know how many of them there are. Shanyun Academy overlooks the cliff, and it is extremely difficult to attack if they occupy an important position, and there is Liao's army behind them. If it is really planned properly, it will not be difficult. Repel the bandits..."

Huai Xin slightly raised her brows: "...repulse? It sounds like you have soldiers in your hands?"

Gu Ao said: "There are more than a hundred servants in Shanyun Academy."

"Then you have a gun?"

"The wooden sword and wooden spear used for teaching in the treasury can also be used."

Huai Xin asked: "...Then do you have a general?"

Gu Ao nodded: "Not only are there generals, but there are more than [-] generals. I'm just afraid that they won't come..."

Huai Xin glanced at Gu Ao knowingly: "...you are right..."

"Yes, in Chencun." Gu Ao said.

Huai Xin raised her eyebrows, Gu Ao stood up and said, "I'll go tonight. When the bandits come, they're at the foot of the mountain. They're the ones who will suffer. My students are all in the village, so I can't leave them alone."

"Can you persuade them to come to the academy together?"

"Do your best... After all, the village does not have such a good location as the academy. I will explain my interests to them, and they should think about it on their own."

Gu Ao opened the door and went out, walked around a few small paths, and saw that Shanyun Academy was full of people running around, many students, old and young, with their servants, were carrying their luggage, it seemed that they wanted to go to Shanxia County City run.

Gu Ao went all the way down the mountain and saw more students on the way.

After walking through the dirt road, we finally came to Chencun.Sure enough, the village was in chaos. It seemed that there were rumors of rogues not far away. Gu Ao summoned them with the beating of golden gongs and loudly said: "You can't guard against danger here, Shan Yun There are many people in the academy who have fled to the county town. If you have free houses, you can go to Shanyun Academy with me if you want! The academy also has food in stock, which can last for several days! Reinforcements are waiting for you!"

As soon as Gu Ao finished speaking, everyone in the village looked at each other, thinking: "The academy is closer than the county..." Then he thought: "Besides, the county is far away. I don't have a carriage, so I might not be able to get in... ...and it is said that the rogues are not far away, and will arrive tomorrow morning..."

Just when everyone was hesitating and whispering, Chen Jiang stood up and said loudly: "Everyone listen to Mr. Gu! Let's go to Shanyun Academy! The terrain is good there! Otherwise, the bandits have knives and guns. We have nothing to do, we can't let others slaughter us...!"

"...But..." Someone asked doubtfully, "Can the academy want us...?"

"Don't you dare?" At this time, Dian Bushi's rough voice rang out in the crowd like a bell: "Don't you dare fuck me!"

Finally, the final decision was made, so nearly [-] people from Chen Village followed Gu Ao to Shanyun Academy.Now that the academy is in disarray, where there are still people who uphold the responsibility of guarding the gate, a group of people walk in without hindrance.

Gu Ao wanted to place them in the open space in front of the Yizheng Hall, so he led them through. When passing by the Yuanmeng Courtyard, Gu Ao looked up and saw his teacher, Shan Yunzi, leading people on a winding high platform to look into the distance. .Gu Ao ordered everyone in Chen Village to wait for a while, then he stepped up three steps at a time and called out: "Teacher..."

When Shan Yunzi saw Gu Ao, the worried look on his face lessened; and when he saw the crowds of people below, he asked, "Who are these people...?"

Gu Ao said his thoughts again, Shan Yunzi nodded again and again, after hearing Gu Ao's plan, Shan Yunzi took off the token from his waist, handed it to Gu Ao and said, "Just do it. , don't seek success, only seek to be worthy of heart!"

Gu Ao took the token, gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!"

Gu Ao hastily got off the high platform, led all the villagers of Chen Village to settle in front of the Yizheng Hall, and picked out the young and middle-aged men among them, and gathered them in an open place, and asked the women who are good at handicrafts to wait on the other side, and then searched for them. A servant from Shanyun Academy came and asked him to find Huaixin and Yunying.

After explaining this, Gu Ao returned to the crowd, pulled out those who had studied with him in Chen Village, and formed a team at the front; he also selected a hundred strong servants from Shanyun Academy, and went to the internal affairs hall of the academy together, Use the token of the head of the hospital to open the treasury, and move out wooden swords, bamboo armor, and dyeing cloth and pigments needed for the celebration.

There was a lot of commotion, many people stopped to watch, and at this time Huai Xin and Yun Ang also rushed over after hearing the news.

Gu Ao made people search houses and scrape houses, finally found several iron weapons, which were all left behind by the family members in a panic.Gu Ao distributed them all to Chencun students.

Gu Ao organized 200 people into [-] sub-teams, and asked all the students to lead a team and serve as the chief.

Yun Ang heard Gu Ao's plan from Huai Xin, at this moment she couldn't help but stepped forward and asked, "Brother Gu, can this be done?"

Gu Ao replied: "Whether I can do it or not, I can't just die; I can only do this when I am in a hurry."

Among all the iron weapons, Gu Ao weighed the heaviest weapon again, it was a big axe, picked it out and handed it to Dian Bushi, asking him to try it out.

Dian Bushi held it in his hands and weighed it for a while, then swung his arms around, frowned and said, "It's so light, it's like a leaf!"

Gu Ao said: "Just give it a try, protect yourself and don't let others hurt you!"

Dian Buzhi nodded and answered yes.

Everyone learned to line up, shouting slogans in unison, and so on. Huai Xin and Yun Ang directed the servants to move the dyes, etc., to the women and mothers of Chen Village who were waiting on the side, and taught them to paint wooden swords and bamboo armor. .

After practicing like this all night, everyone sat on the ground to take a rest in the middle of the journey, and the wooden shields and swords were also painted with colors at this time, and distributed by Shichang to the servants and villagers to wear.

After a short rest, Gu Ao led them into Yunshan Mountain under the cover of night, and lurked in a very hidden narrow path, which is a good place to ambush, Gu Ao said: "Don't be afraid, you should know, These people are rogues, originally a mob, and now they have been chased by the Liao family for more than a hundred miles. It is the end of the defeat! Everyone cheer up, we can defeat them only by our momentum! If the academy is really attacked In this situation, none of us will be able to retreat completely! If we are lucky this time, it is best to win with one blow; if not, we must grab more weapons in our hands, so that we can count for a long time!"

All the elders said: "Mr. Gu, we can all wake up!"

Gu Ao ordered again: "Convey it!"

"Yes!"

After familiarizing themselves with the terrain, Gu Ao ordered them to walk lightly, and the teams patrolled in the night to prepare for the guards. He also ordered everyone in each team to find a rock and get ready.And just when Gu Ao led them to lurk until dawn when the sky was about to break, someone came to report: "Here we come!"

In the twilight of night, the mountain was dark, but scattered hurried footsteps, panting, and the sound of clashing swords could be vaguely heard...

When it got closer, the dense fog in the mountain dispersed, and a group of rogues saw the only narrow road leading to Shanyun Academy in the mountain, but it had already been climbed by others... As the night was approaching, the face that gradually emerged from the darkness, It turned out to be a leopard-headed strong man with a black face and tiger eyes holding a double axe. Seeing the strong man stare with his eyes, it was heartbreaking, and he shouted loudly: "——Long wait! The defeated general, where to go!!"

As soon as the words fell, in an instant, countless torches rose from the mountains, shining brightly, and rolling stones fell one after another... And with the torches, there were also banners all over the mountain!I saw the soldiers vaguely holding swords and armor, and shouting in unison. Gu Ao knew that the leader was called 'Jiao Da', so he made people wave their swords and shouted in unison: "Jiao Da Son! The chess misses a move! Ambush in the middle of the mountain! The whole army is wiped out!"

Dian didn't know how to stand in front of the pass, shouted several times, and swung his big axe to chop.Those rogues were already dazed by the sudden rolling stones. At this time, they heard the sound of drums and gongs piercing their ears. They couldn't tell the real from the fake. When they looked up, they saw a mountain full of burning torches!Banner hunting!In addition, there are constantly people in front of the pass, who are occupied by the ignorance of the Dian, and they come to chop one by one!The screams of ghosts and wolves spread all over the place: "Ouch! Ghost!" For a moment, the gangsters turned pale with fright, and the team, which had already been frightened, fell into chaos in an instant!

But at this moment, the people on the mountain shouted in unison: "Jiao Da has escaped! Jiao Da has escaped! The defenders have surrounded this place! Throw your sword and don't kill me!!!"

These words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back. The rogues, who were in disarray, turned their heads for a while, and ran out of the mountain...

Gu Ao waved the command flag in his hand: "Come on!"

He said again: "Pretend to cover up with the army! Don't love to fight!"

"They were scared away by us once, and they found out later that it was a fraud. They will definitely come back, pick up the left armor, and return to the team immediately!"

All the elders responded: "Yes!" He led the crowd shouting "Tiger down the mountain!" and rushed down the mountain.

Gu Ao was concentrating on watching the battle situation, but at this moment, he didn't know that he had no chance to have a second confrontation with the rogues.

The three thousand Liao family tribes that were originally entrenched at the foot of the mountain are now led by Liao Quji, waiting outside the mountain... But for some reason, his name has been called out in the mountain, "Jiao Da has escaped! The defenders are gone!" Surround this place!" Seeing that torches were lit in the mountains ahead, Liao Quji thought that the whereabouts of his troops had been revealed, so he slightly raised his hand, "Get up!" Liao Quji also saw thousands of torches lit behind Liao Quji , In an instant, the dawn is illuminated as bright as day!Under the fierce flames, there were all the Liao family trilogy that had not yet been purged—fine armored cavalry!

He only listened to Liao Quji's order on Weibo: "Come in!"

All of a sudden, the neighing of the horse was heard, dust was flying, the cavalry of the Liao family rushed in, and encountered the people and horses who had escaped from the mountain by the upper class bandits. Annihilated to the ground.

At this time, Gu Ao was gathering his troops on the mountain, counting the number of people, gathering his weapons, and taking up a good position again.At this time, a guard flew in to report: "The following is fighting with the Liao family army!"

Gu Ao nodded: "Understood." Then he said to everyone: "Leave the one at the bottom of the mountain to Mr. Liao, we will guard it well!"

Just now everyone was victorious, and it was the time when their morale was getting stronger. Now that they had weapons in their hands, they couldn't help but feel more courageous.They all shouted, "Yes!"

What Gu Ao didn't notice was that in the moment of lightning and flint, Dian Bushi swung a big axe, splitting a person in half with the first cut, and Dian Bushi didn't recover for a while , I felt the splattered blood and the warm things that flowed out, falling on the face one after another, sticky and wet.

Dian Bushi kept yelling, fearing that he would be blocked by blood. Now that the battle was finally over, Dian Bushi found that his hands were trembling slightly. He didn't know if it was excitement or fear...he just randomly pulled a piece of it in the chaos. He wiped his mouth with a clean corner of the cloth, and his eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes... I still felt awkward when I was swinging the big ax on the mountain, but once the beasts saw blood, once they swooped up with their arms, they had the courage to kill them. Even the movements became smooth and flowing!I only feel raised eyebrows and beards, blood rushing!

Dian Bushi breathed out a turbid breath from his nose, his bloody face showed his white teeth!

Shan Yunzi was on the high platform of the Yuanmeng Courtyard, watching the battle situation from a distance. He was holding the letter that Liao Quji had sent before, which said that the reinforcements would arrive immediately. Waiting at the foot of the mountain...

At that time, Shan Yunzi saw that this was the case, so he only ordered the rest of the old and weak servants to guard the books in the palace, and also ordered that if someone really attacked, they would not take any gold, silver and jade articles, and just keep the books and slips, because that is what he really cares about.

At this time, Gu Ao was still guarding until the end of the battle, but Liao Quji had already left the army. A white horse took an unknown path and went up the mountain with a sword, followed by a group of personal followers, and soon broke through the door and left. After entering the academy, he flew to Yunzi, the first mountain in the courtyard.

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In fact, if you want to know why this battle started, you have to go back to Gu Ao and Huai Xin, who talked about the Liao family in the house after Yun Ang left:

At that time the door was still shaking, leaking in the evening wind, Gu Ao got up and walked to Huai Xin, sat sideways, frowned and said: "Imagine, there is a bunch of rogues who live in the deep mountains. What kind of instigation did they dare to set up the idea of ​​Shanyun Academy, and led their troops to copy the trail... But the rogues usually never leave the mountain where they live. How did they plan to invade Shanyun Academy? Shanyun Academy was originally It was rebuilt as a summer resort for the imperial family in the Southern Dynasties, and later wars broke out in the world, and many fortifications were added, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack... This place is not full of gold, so how can it attract the covetousness of bandits?"

Huai Xin nodded, and leaned forward slightly: "That's right...the Liao family has wanted this feng shui treasure for a long time, but it's a pity that they have never been able to enter it, fearing that they will be reprimanded by the world and ruin the reputation of the Liao family as a courteous lover." ...But now that the world is in trouble, the world may never be peaceful again. The Liao family has great ambitions and has always wanted to use the academy for its own use... Now that it has changed suddenly, I can't care so much... If I were Liao Family, I also have to hold Shanyun Academy in my hands as soon as possible... If so, what else is better than misfortune?"

Gu Ao worriedly said: "If this is the case, the bandits are not a serious problem... Even if the prefect enters the capital, Liao Quji guards the county, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't make any arrangements for the defenders, saying that he has no right to mobilize troops, isn't that true? Is it ridiculous? Besides, it happened that Master Xun and the prefect went to the capital, and many masters also returned to their hometowns for the New Year, but they were not in the academy... There is no plan left, the more so, the more people can't help guessing that the Liao family has something Take precautions. Since you have taken precautions, the Academy should be safe from rogues, but the Liao family is in serious trouble."

"Now, we can only hope that this is all our wishful thinking..." Huai Xin couldn't help sighing.

Gu Ao nodded and said: "The most urgent thing is to drive back the bandits first."

"Exactly."