Rebel

At this time, Gu Ao was also leaving Longshan to prepare for the battle and train the army. With [-] soldiers, all the rations from the county were transported from the Hanzhong County granary, and all the swords, armor and swords were ready.In those days before, Gu Ao's garrison area had never been moved, and the food and grass needed were all obtained from the treasures hidden by the criminals in charge of the village and the sale of the village. Here comes the sword armor.

Before leaving, Gu Ao stood on the high platform and shouted at the troops who had been trained for more than a year: "Now, we, as the defenders of Hanzhong County, will share the worries of the imperial court and go out to fight for rebellion! Everyone, although in the past They all used to be from the mountains, but now that they are wearing this suit, they are officers and soldiers! Hanzhong County is different from other counties, it does not judge wealth by family background, but by military merits! Seed? If this battle is successful, all of you can be promoted to ranks, wives and sons! Those who kill ten people will get the millet of ten heads, and those who kill a hundred will get the title of centurion! First-class general merit award, have you explained everything clearly?"

Mei Zhao said from the audience: "Exactly! The chief of staff of the county told us yesterday that if we want to be a master, we must make meritorious deeds, and we will be promoted according to the degree of merit."

"Okay! Since that's the case, everyone, this trip, the battle must be won, the attack must be captured! Dried up this bowl of wine!"

"Strong and mighty!"

Mei Zhao led the cavalry as the front team, Dian Bushi led the guards as the left and right troops, Chen Jiang led the chiefs of staff and supplies as the rear guard, Gu Ao led [-] infantry as the central army, and marched out of Longshan in a mighty manner. , ran to Puyang in front of the battle on the battlefield!

On the eve of his departure, Gu Ao said goodbye to his wife Mei Jun. The two hadn't got together for a long time to communicate, but just after talking for a long time, Gu Ao was called out again because of something. Mei Jun looked at Gu Ao and left in a hurry. Going back, could not help but sigh.

Not long ago, Mei Jun successfully gave birth to a full-term baby boy, and now she is taking care of her body, so she cannot fight with Gu Ao.She swallowed what she wanted to say just now but didn't have time to say it to Gu Ao, and then looked at the empty door, there was some cool night breeze blowing in there, for a moment, she didn't know what it was like... Mei Jun simply called someone , took the son next door who was being looked after by the servant, and slept with her tonight.

Mei Jun pushed back the servant, coaxed her son to lie on the bed together, and got into the bed.She looked at her son's little hands and feet, and at the same time she was infinitely loving, but at the same time, there was also a touch of unreality... Her marriage with Gu Ao was thrilling at the beginning, but from their skin-to-skin contact to her pregnancy Unable to practice martial arts and swords anymore, when she became a mother for the first time, she became logical and extremely fast...

When she saw Gu Ao for the first time, she never imagined... When she saw him from a distance, when he lifted her hijab, when he stepped forward to save her and her younger brother, she... Why didn't my heart skip a beat... I thought, if there is still my beloved in this world, then it should be him...

But the sudden marriage life caught her by surprise.She grew up in the cottage, her temperament is unrestrained like a raging fire. For Gu Ao, she had expected their love to be hearty and unrestrained, even like glue, she longed for it so strongly, but since Gu Ao married her, So he devoted himself to the construction of the army and the people, as if he never had the same eyes as when he proposed to her, his eyes surrounded her...

Gu Ao went out early and returned late every day, no longer wearing the beautiful brocade clothes and sable fur as when they first met;

Gu Ao began to wear coarse clothes, sometimes returning home in the middle of the night, with a mixed smell of the fields on his body...

Gu Ao's eyes no longer follow her as they did when they first met, but seem to be thinking or concentrating all the time.

When she was left out in the cold, sometimes she would just stare blankly at Gu Ao working alone, but she didn't know what to do.

She was a bandit since she was a child. Although she never had rich clothes and fine clothes, she was also a young girl. She only felt... getting along with Gu Ao, the moment before and after marriage, was like a gust of wind, but it seemed to dissipate suddenly. She was so nervous that she was about to break the string, but she fell to the bottom of the valley in an instant... She didn't recover for a while, and then someone told her that she was pregnant with a child.

When Gu Ao was tired, he fell asleep when he got home, and never asked her if she was doing well all day alone, and what things did she do? ...and didn't greet her with care, let alone talk softly.

She endured it at the beginning, and she even tried her best to understand and observe Gu Ao, and then she found that Gu Ao always seemed to like to plan everything he planned to do, but no longer focused on On her body... She tried to dress up a bit more beautifully, and also tried to say to Gu Ao: "Husband, how about we have a drink?"

Gu Ao was slightly stunned, and said: "I will soon go to see how many bamboo arrows are made on the back mountain... If you want to have a drink, I will accompany you to have a few drinks, but later someone will call me, I have to go again."

Mei Jun lost interest: "Forget it, you go."

Although she tries her best to endure, her nature cannot be suppressed forever... She can disregard Gu Ao's coldness towards her for a while, but she can't really extinguish her fiery soul.

The growth of dissatisfaction came with the pain of pregnancy,

...The gradually bloated body seems to tell her coldly that life is becoming increasingly bitter all the time. In the days when she couldn't wield knives and guns, she began to be depressed, because she was pregnant, and it was inconvenient for her to participate in the confidential affairs of the ancient army. .

She was born with a temperament like the wind, and boldly followed her feelings, and now this depression reached its peak when she was about to give birth.Gu Ao is getting busier and busier, talking to her less and less every day... also caring about her body, he hasn't been intimate with her for a long time... what she always sees is the figure who just sat down but left in a hurry ...and the gently swaying door, my heart was extremely cold.

This deep anger was silently suppressed, but she still didn't realize it, she just touched her round belly and thought bitterly: "Why is this?"

And Gu Ao has been so busy these days, he didn't notice his wife's abnormality at all... Perhaps it was because he got it too easily emotionally, and he himself had too little experience, was too young, and was too naive... After marriage , he let go of one thing on his mind, and devoted himself to making achievements, just like the corona finger time is not wrong, Gu Ao made himself cold and precise to the extreme, but ignored the closest woman around him.

Gu Ao has never had any experience with women. When he saw Huai Xin's parents getting along happily, how did he realize the devotion and love that supported their husband and wife so much?

——The only thing he can learn from is Gu Ben's way of getting along with the Gu family.

Gu Ben seldom took the initiative to talk to Gu Shi, but Gu Shi always carefully did all the trivial things for Gu Ben.Gu Ben either kept silent, or said exactly what he said, and the air in the house was always silent and quiet.Gu Ao didn't think there was anything wrong, and he didn't know that a woman is like a flower, and there is always a flower protector who takes good care of her...

There is a deep-rooted and wishful thinking in Gu Ao's heart, so-called wives are like Gu's with no complaints or regrets;

He has studied the art of war and the world at Shanyun Academy, but he has never learned how to get along with women.

So Gu Ao was busy preparing for the battle every day, and even the night when his son was born, he was too busy to go back... When he saw her again, her eyes were full of exhaustion, and her voice was hoarse. Said: "It's a boy, my husband should give me a name."

In those days, Gu Ao was busy with the livelihood of the people in the mountains, and at this time, he was also touched by the scene, happily embraced his son and said: "The country is thousands of miles away, and the Weimin people stop, let's call it Gu Jiang."

When Gu Ao went out to fight, Mei Jun carried the child to send her husband away. Looking at Gu Ao's back, she silently thought, the two of them started with a contract, and they married for profit. Secretly looking forward to so much, maybe it was wrong.

At this time, Gu Ao was unaware of all these quiet changes.His eyes looked towards the front of the journey that was about to set off a bloody storm.

After ten days of hasty marching, Gu Ao led his [-] men to Puyang, the place where the army was assembled, before the time agreed with the court.Lu Mouzhong arrived early with his soldiers and was waiting for Gu Ao in the big tent, Gu Ao lifted the curtain to enter the tent: "Master Taishou!"

Lu Mouzhong looked up at Gu Ao from the map of the battlefield, and beckoned: "Come here!"

Gu Ao rushed over quickly, and Lu Mouzhong said: "This time Yongchi personally led the [-] Hu Ben army as the front army; you led the Hanzhong defenders with [-] troops as the left army, and Qiu Mu led the Yuyang defenders with [-] troops as the army The right army. Jun Fan has already submitted to the imperial court and stayed behind in the two counties of central Guizhou and Bashu. After clearing out the rebellious party members in the counties, he will lead the army to come again. The imperial court has approved. Among the rebel army across the river, Liao Quji is commander The first is the vanguard army, the left army is Li Jing from the Li family in Hedong, the family of Concubine Li, the right army is the commander-in-chief of Liao Taishou in Yingchuan County, and the old man Liao Yong shrinks back and becomes the rear army!"

Gu Ao looked at the map and said, "The 5 troops from Hanzhong County brought by my subordinates are all set up now. I don't know when the war will start?"

Lu Mouzhong said: "At noon, I went to the big tent of the Chinese army together. Several other commanders in the army were there, and they said they were listening to General Yongchi's orders."

"Yes."

Following Lu Mouzhong through many barriers and roadblocks, Gu Ao finally came to the camp of the Huben Army's central army. Looking sideways, he saw that the Huben Army's military discipline was being rectified, and all the swords and armor were as new as new. Scorching and dazzling like scales.Gu Ao secretly observed and saw that the patrol queue was orderly and orderly, and he couldn't help feeling ashamed for a moment: "My army is not as well-equipped as Tiger Ben, secondly, it is not as disciplined as Tiger Ben, and thirdly, it is not as many soldiers as Tiger Ben Jiang Guang...it seems that we need to work harder in the future..."

In his thoughts, Gu Ao had already followed Lu Mouzhong through the gate and entered the main tent of the Chinese army.Among them, the generals were lined up, all the warriors were armed with swords and armor, Lu Mouzhong walked up to the stage in a few steps, Gu Ao and his subordinates stood under the stage together.

The sun is getting higher and higher, and it will be noon.

Gu Ao looked in the tent, and saw the great general Yong Chi sitting in the wide chair in the center, with a serious expression, and a coldness in his magnificent complexion, showing a strong contrast, the tent was silent .

Yong Chi glanced at the visitor, a smile gradually appeared on his face, he got up and greeted him, "Prefect Lu, please!" Lu Mouzhong nodded with a little arrogance, and with a flick of his sleeves, he sat down on Yong Chi In the empty chair on Chi's left.

At this time, Yong Chi's gaze passed through Lu Mouzhong inadvertently, and fell on Gu Ao's face. He looked at Gu Ao for a moment, Yong Chi smiled slightly, and Gu Ao was slightly startled. He didn't miss the flash in Yong Chi's eyes. shadow.I saw Lu Mouzhong sitting on the seat to the left of Yongchi, while Qiu Mu was sitting on the seat on the right.

Gu Ao looked at the people in the tent one by one, but found a familiar face. The middle-aged man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks standing in the middle of the generals of the Huben Army, who was slightly hunched over, was Mr. Xiao, Tian Rong's mentor. what?Could it be that Tian Rong is also here this time?

Yong Chi looked at the benchmark hourglass outside the tent and asked, "Is it past noon?"

A guard reported: "General, it's past noon."

Yong Chi asked, "Why hasn't Supervisor Wang arrived yet?"

Someone said: "I'm afraid it was delayed on the way. Wang Jianjun went out for the first time. It is said that there are many old relatives and friends seeing off."

The corners of Yong Chi's mouth curled slightly when he heard the words, and he couldn't see any joy or anger: "Is that so?"

After waiting for a long time, Wang Jianjun still hadn't arrived, so Yong Chi beckoned: "Bring me the general book! Command!"

When the point was about to reach Gu Ao, Gu Ao agreed: "Gu Ao is here." Qiu Mu, who was sitting in the upper seat, sat up straight in surprise, looked in Gu Ao's direction, and his eyes met. Ao smiled, and Gu Ao nodded.

After finishing the order, Yong Chi threw the order book aside, and asked again: "Is Wang Jianjun still here?"

"Not yet."

"Wait a little longer..." Yong Chi said.

Gu Ao had also heard about this Wang Jianjun.It is said that he is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager, who was originally asked by Yongchi to the little emperor before the expedition.

At that time, Yongchi said: "I am a son of the Yong family, not the head of the line. Now the imperial court promotes the minister to the army, entrusts the minister with the important task of rebelling against rebellion, and entrusts the minister with the high position of a general. Above the doctor, the common people If you don't believe me, people have little power. I hope the emperor can send his favorite ministers to supervise the army, so that the ministers dare to fight."

So the imperial court obeyed and sent the queen mother's brother-in-law, Wang Da Simazhi's brother-in-law to supervise Yongchi.Gu Ao glanced at the empty chair next to Yong Chi, and thought: "Since it was about noon yesterday, it's time to come at noon, if it's not before noon, isn't this Wang Jianjun violating military discipline? "

Thinking of this, Gu Ao took another look at Yong Chi's leisurely appearance, and then thought: "Could it be that Mr. Yong wants to use this emperor's favored minister to establish his military prestige? Is it really possible... I heard that Concubine Yong Being promoted to noble concubine is what the Empress Dowager prefers, and it is said that the two families of King Yong are all ministers of the late emperor... What exactly does Yongchi want to do..."

After a while, Yong Chi asked again: "Has anyone sent someone to invite Wang Jianjun?"

Someone reported: "Report to the general, and I have gone to invite you."

Everyone waited for another two hours. Yong Chi had changed from sitting upright in the center to leaning on the back of the chair, with his legs raised and playing with a dagger in his palm. Lu Mouzhong also looked impatient. On the one hand, it is even more boring.

Yong Chi asked: "How long has it been? Can you still invite Wang Jianjun? Where is the person you sent to invite? Have you returned?"

"General, the person who went to invite has returned. The Wang Supervisor has not yet arrived."

"How many people came back?"

"All three are back."

"The three of them disobeyed the military order, dereliction of duty, and beheaded."

"General Zun, launch the beheading of three people outside the account!"

There were cries of grievances outside the tent, and there were only a few clicks, and the heads of the three fell to the ground.

Yong Chi said: "Send someone to invite again! If you don't invite Wang Jianjun, you will be dealt with by military law!"

After a while, the sound of guards of honor clearing the way was heard outside the tent, and Wang Jianjun was helped out of the carriage drunkenly, and then he smoothed the ribbon of his official uniform and came to the barracks slowly.

Lifting the curtain to enter the big tent of the Chinese army, the messenger shouted loudly: "Master Supervisor is here!"

Yong Chi raised his eyelids, got up and asked, "Wang Jianjun, what did you do, the generals have been waiting for you for a long time."

Wang Jianjun smiled nonchalantly, and waved his hands: "My friend sees you off, it's been a while, it's been a while."

Yongchi asked: "Military judge, according to the military law, what should be done with those who do not observe military discipline, do not respect military regulations, and do not enter the barracks on time as agreed?"

The military judge was a lieutenant from Huben. Hearing Yong Chi's question, he took a step forward and said, "Beheaded according to the law!"

Yong Chi laughed, his shoulders shrugged, and he didn't speak. He looked at Wang Jianjun with a smile, and Wang Jianjun also laughed, with a hint of drunkenness on his face, and said: "General, Look, look...this...hahaha..."

Yong Chi raised his eyes, and said leisurely: "The military judge Shicai said that Wang Jianjun should be executed according to the law."

Wang Jianjun was taken aback for a moment, his eyes widened, and he was mostly sober, and then he came back to his senses, and said: "Boy of the Yong family...you...!!" The two tiger guards standing beside him suddenly stepped up. Before, he dragged Wang Jianjun out like this, until he was dragged out of the tent, Wang Jianjun shouted belatedly: "You dare! This old man is a close minister of the emperor! He is the supervisor sent by the emperor. You can deal with all military affairs during wartime! Who dares to touch me! Boy of the Yong family...Yong Chi! Yong Chi! General Yong!"

Yong Chi looked ahead and uttered a word coldly: "Cut!"

Everyone watched this scene, all of them were shocked, and Lu Mouzhong and Qiu Mu also showed shock on their faces.Gu Ao also watched quietly from the side, thinking: "Is it really intended to stand up...it's just the capital...could it be..."

In the blink of an eye, Gu Ao suddenly thought of a possibility... King Jin played the name on the side of Qing Jun, and the most treacherous and rebellious king in the list was Wang Da Sima...

No... How dare Yong Chi...

...But if that's the case...

Gu Ao cast his eyes on Yongchi again, this time Gu Ao looked at him differently from before...

Gu Ao seemed to let it take its course and understood the meaning behind that faint smile on the corner of Yong Chi's mouth... It was a downright gloomy, accidentally, Gu Ao and Yong Chi's eyes met , Yong Chi raised his eyebrows slightly, stood up from his seat, passed through the crowd, walked straight to Gu Ao, and suddenly asked, "Little General Gu, do you know who he is?" They all condense on Gu Ao.

"General, I know." Gu Ao replied.

"Little General Gu looks strange, do you think I did something wrong?"

"Military law is like a mountain, the general did the right thing."

Yong Chi nodded, and reached out to pat Gu Ao on the shoulder.At this time, Wang Jianjun's head was presented bloody, and Yong Chi came to the side of the head, took a look, and said: "It really is Wang Jianjun, all of you here, who among you is more honorable than Wang Jianjun? "

Everyone is silent.

Yong Chi said: "But he violated my military law, that's the end. From now on, if anyone says that this general is too young, or lacks qualifications to command the armed forces, or refuses to obey my orders, please think about today!" "

Everyone answered yes.