Rebel

Upon hearing the news of Lu Mouzhong's death, Yu Junfan was shocked.

Gu Ao opened his eyes wide: "Why... why..."

Yu Junfan gritted his teeth, and said to Gu Ao: "The eunuch knows that the imperial court spared his life just to lure you to help and wipe them out together. He committed suicide because he definitely didn't want to drag you and me."

Gu Ao's mind was shaken, but Yu Junfan quickly raised his horse and said, "Brother Gu, did you come out of Rongling Road?"

Gu Ao nodded, Yu Junfan gave Su Rong a cold look, and said, "Come when I go."

"I'm with you!"

Just met and talked to Yu Junfan, but in an instant, most of the troops behind Yu Junfan had arrived, and all the forwards were strong and brave.

Gu Ao also immediately brought a horse, got on the horse, and followed Yu Junfan to gallop into the dangerous place that he escaped just now.

Yu Junfan was followed by eight thousand elite cavalry of the Yu family, whistling past like a gale, and bumped into the Yingchuan defenders who had been fighting fiercely with Gu Ao's army for many days. , Like an unsheathed blade, Yu Junfan pointed at the bloody man with his whip and asked, "Is that brother Dian?"

Gu Ao shouted: "Exactly."

Hearing this, Yu Junfan pulled out a silver painted halberd from behind, and saw a silver dragon with its teeth and claws wrapped around it, fighting the halberd towards the sky, and the crowd behind him immediately blew a loud and abrupt whistle, and followed Yu Junfan's Hearing the sound, the cavalry gathered in formation in an orderly manner.

I saw Yu Junfan holding a silver halberd and leading his troops to rush to kill.

This is the first time that Gu Ao saw Yu Junfan wearing strong and persistent, charging into the battle; it was also the first time Gu Ao knew that Yu Junfan's martial arts was so powerful.

I saw that wherever he passed, he was invincible, and wherever he struck, his halberd was broken.

But seeing him raising his saber, he immediately galloped to Dian Bushi's side, as if he had said something, he grabbed Dian Bushi by the back of his neck and lifted him up. A guard cavalry galloped past and caught him. I don't know the code.Yu Junfan continued to charge forward, and the dragon-patterned silver painted halberd stabbed and danced like a wind in his hand. No one could beat him for a while...

Such a charge gradually opened a gap in the encirclement circle of the imperial army, and other scattered Hanzhong soldiers who were trapped in it before all escaped from the gap. When they saw Gu Ao, they all fell silent. Tears: "Master Juntong!"

After half a day of fighting, Gu Ao confiscated more than [-] remnants of his troops, Yu Junfan covered Gu Ao's remnants and returned to Rongling Road again.

Gu Ao paid the number of people and settled the wounded. Yu Junfan also wiped the blood all over his face at this time, came to Gu Ao's place, and said to each other: "Although the Yu family's trilogy is 30, it can only be saved for a while. , Yongchi's coalition forces are more than [-], and they have occupied all the land here. Hejian and Yingchuan are the lands that the Liao family has operated for a long time. I will return to Bashu, Hanzhong, organize the army, and plan further plans."

Gu Ao looked at the wounded, sick and disabled soldiers all over the mountains and plains, throwing away their armor and helmets, nodded, and said, "Okay."

...Now the army is in turmoil, the world is turbulent, the mountains are high and the roads are dangerous, and letters are blocked.

What Gu Ao didn't know at this time was that when he left Hanzhong with his whole army, Shan Yunzi, who was spending his old age peacefully on Yunshan Mountain in Jiangqu County, but at the beginning of spring, when the mountain flowers were blooming, he had gone all the way. The last days of the old man's life.He passed on the position of head of Shanyun Academy to Jian Pu, a disciple of the Jian family in Jibei.The funeral was solemn and desolate. Many of the disciples Shan Yunzi had taught were unable to attend because of the ongoing melee in the Central Plains, including Gu Ao.

Jian Pu took care of everything single-handedly, Yun Ying broke down in tears, and wrote letters to Gu Ao one after another, but they fell like stones into the sea.

At this time, Gu Ao led the remnants to flee day and night, and finally settled near the junction of Hanzhong and Shu, and sent a letter to Ye Xiongguan, the prime minister of Hanzhong County, to meet him, and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.The troops at Dian Dian fled and scattered on the road, and now there are nearly 5 soldiers left. Gu Ao brought out [-] defenders from Hanzhong, and now there are only [-] left in this department.The battalion was full of wounded in the army, and many seriously wounded had to be donated to the Tao... For a while, there was a lot of mourning, singing and crying.

Taking advantage of the rest, Gu Ao, Yu Junfan, Mei Zhao, Tian Rong, Chen Jiang, etc. discussed matters together in the temporary tent; Dian Bushi was still recovering from his injuries and could not come.

After the separation between life and death, they reunited again, and everyone's faces were filled with silence.

Mei Zhao was the first to speak, his eyes were red, maybe he hadn't closed his eyes for a long time, maybe his eyes were red from murder, or maybe his grief and anger had no place to vent, it's unknown.

He questioned Gu Ao as soon as he opened his mouth, "...you promised me..." He raised his eyes and looked straight at Gu Ao, "You promised me that everyone in Longshan would have food, and everyone would have a home... ...But look now, look...do they still have a home? I brought out more than [-] good Erlang with the army, and now eight out of ten are buried in the wilderness, how do you let me go back to Hanzhong and explain to my elders?!"

The army lasted more than a year, life and death, fighting for several days, marching all the way, filled with blood, and now it also increased the hostility in Chen Jiang's eyes.

He slapped the table when he heard the words, and said angrily: "If the elder brother hadn't recruited you back then, you would have no place to be buried long ago, how can you still speak so shamelessly here?"

Mei Zhao sneered, and got angry, pointing at Chen Jiang said: "You are so bloody and spitting, I have always said something, I was talking to my brother-in-law, why did you interrupt?"

"Do you have the guts to say something about my elder brother again?" Chen Jiang's eyes turned red, "If it wasn't for recruiting the mob in your hands, my third and twelfth younger brothers would have died like this?"

The defeated general is now not only lacking in courage, but the hidden contradictions that were once suppressed by the upward atmosphere are now bursting out all over the place, and all kinds of dissatisfaction are falling like a snowflake...

"Shut up!" Gu Ao said angrily, "It's not proper for the enemy to complain to each other before they break me? Why are we sitting here today? Isn't it just to study why we are here? field?"

Mei Zhao burst into tears suddenly, tears streaming down her face: "What's the use of talking now, everyone is dead..."

Chen Jiang snorted coldly, gave Mei Zhao a quick look, and said nothing.

Gu Ao said: "Azhao, when we come out of Hanzhong with a strong soldier in our arms, we don't treat guests to dinner. If we win, we lose. If we live, we die. Because we are fighting for the world. There is a next time."

Mei Zhao grew up in the mountains, and was besieged by Lu Mouzhong's previous Hanzhong prefect several times when he left Longshan.In his impression, the word 'official army' is a guarantee, a symbol of invincibility, how could he expect it to exist today?

Mei Zhao wiped away her tears, and said in a daze, "You still told the soldiers...the rewards for meritorious deeds are all empty words, and you never win, how can you reward them?"

Gu Ao said: "The most important thing to discuss today is to come here. Where should we go in the future so that we can win and not repeat today's defeat."

Yu Junfan was sitting next to Gu Ao at this time, and had been quietly listening to the conversation between Gu Ao and his subordinates. Seeing what Gu Ao said, he answered, "That's right. If there is no boiling, the world will not change suddenly because we are not prepared enough. Now that the situation is changing, we have to discuss countermeasures for the next step."

Gu Ao said: "Exactly. What do you guys think?"

Yu Junfan said: "Let me talk about my opinion first."

Everyone's eyes fell on Yu Junfan's face, and Gu Ao also nodded: "We will listen carefully, brother Yu, please tell me."

Yu Junfan nodded and said, "This defeat, why did you lose?"

Everyone remained silent and waited for his voice. Yu Junfan said: "This defeat is due to the defeat of the poor family. Lu Taishou is kind-hearted and always considers the overall situation of the world. The calculations led to such a disastrous defeat. We were not defeated by the lack of soldiers and generals, but by the court's dishonesty and oppression of poor families."

Everyone nodded and said, "That's right!"

Gu Ao also said: "Brother Yu said well, one point is the failure of our Hanzhong army's failures, that is, from the very beginning, everything was under the control of the general. People are swords and I am fish, and it was from then on Qi. From now on, no matter where our troops are marching, we must never hand over the right to dispatch troops to others.”

Yu Junfan nodded and said, "Exactly."

Gu Ao said: "In the beginning the situation was very good, with a crowd of 20 people gathered, but I didn't expect that a war would break out and the crowd would be scattered. I've been investigating the cause these days, but I think it's because I don't have my own banner. The 20 people before that Thousands of people can recruit, and many of them see it as the banner of the imperial court. If the imperial court loses its trust, 20 people will be scattered. From now on, we cannot hand over the banner to others."

Everyone didn't understand what it meant for a while, but Chen Jiang took the lead and said: "Brother is right, we have to have our own banner!"

Everyone nodded, Yu Junfan said: "Brother Gu, I would like to hear the details."

Gu Ao said: "In the past, there were many sages from Chencun who were the chief of staff of the Hanzhong Army. More people died in battle than they were defeated. 'The division of the world', 'the world is not fair', these few words. But if you understand these, the army will not be easy to disperse."

"Then brother Yigu's intention?"

"Each department in the army should have a chief of staff to restrain the small commanders. The power of command belongs to the military command, and the power of mobilization needs to go through the chief of staff. The chief of staff usually also educates soldiers and soldiers that the world is different."

Yu Junfan nodded and said, "That makes sense."

Gu Ao said: "Now we are unable to compete with the aristocratic family in the Central Plains. It is better to hide in Bashu Hanchuan in the middle of Guizhou, set up a banner, cultivate the local area deeply and carefully, raise the head of the cold family, build high walls, and accumulate food widely."

Yu Junfan said: "There are many aristocratic families in Bashu in the middle of Guizhou. Brother Gu said that he wants me to expel them from the aristocratic families?"

"No, the word 'ping' lies in the peace of the world. If a family wants to be an official, they should pass the imperial examination."

Yu Junfan fell silent for a while, but shook his head and said, "It's not right."

Mei Zhao suddenly snorted coldly: "You are also from the family, of course you are wrong."

Yu Junfan frowned and didn't reply, Gu Ao said: "This is just one of my thoughts, please discuss."

Yu Junfan nodded, and Gu Ao said: "The 20 people came and went quickly this time, but they still provided a way for me and other poor families to gather troops and sweep the counties. We should rely more heavily on the word 'Nong'."

Yu Junfan nodded and agreed: "This is a way."

While the few people were talking, someone suddenly came to account—"report—report—three thousand remnants of soldiers rushed here from north to south, and the distance was only a few miles. On the flag, there was a word'Huai' written ! Look at the clothes, they are all the army of the Northland."

Gu Ao was startled when he heard the words, and stood up quickly, Yu Junfan raised his head and said: "If you want to meet him, take my part."

Gu Ao nodded and said: "Thank you!" He called Chen Jiangmeizhao and others: "Let's go!"

The people from the meeting got on their horses and galloped northward with Gu Ao leading the Yu family trilogy. After a while, Gu Ao saw from a distance a group of remnant soldiers on the vast land in front of them. Dragging armor and dragging troops away, many people were wounded and bloody, and they described it as a mess. How could there be Gu Ao's purge of the army when he first saw Huai's trilogy?

I saw that the leader riding on the horse was Huai Xin who was covered in dust and dirt and was crumbling!

"Brother Huai!" Gu Ao galloped closer, Huai Xin saw that it was Gu Ao, suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood, Gu Ao hurriedly reined in his horse and turned over, and stepped forward a few steps, Huai Xin also wanted to get off the horse, but got off the horse as if he had lost his strength Falling down, Gu Ao hurriedly reached out to catch him, Huai Xin bumped into Gu Ao's arms, Gu Ao thought that he was afraid of the heat, so he hurriedly let go of his embrace, and put one arm against his back, He asked, "Brother Huai, brother Huai, what's wrong?"

Huai Xin took a breath, opened his eyes, his face was filled with bitterness, he grabbed Gu Ao's sleeves tightly, his eyes were bloodshot, and he said angrily, "...Brother Gu... My father stood on the tower at the end and said to me, "A man must die, but the country will die?" Then he took my mother and led the soldiers to rush out..." Huai Xin was crying as she spoke Flowing all over his face: "The reinforcements promised by the court...until I escaped, not a single soldier was sent to the Northland!"

"Then your father ordered the hall..."

Huai Xin covered her tear-filled eyes, and hissed: "——[-] soldiers, all of them are pieces of jade, the Rong people have won the Northern Land."

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...The death of King Qin was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, and the ripples spread round and round. It not only made the wind in the Central Plains tremble, but also made the blood flow in the North, and even the people far away in the river Tianjiazhuang in the Mangdang Mountains of Qujun County also smelled the faint smell of blood wafting from it.

On this day, Tian Song rushed into the house, out of breath, and said to Mr. Tian: "Father, something is wrong!"

Master Tian shook the hot tea in his hand, almost ironing his sleeves, he wiped his palms hurriedly, raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Tian Song was out of breath and said: "I am a friend of the county official in the county seat, and I just reported to me that Gu Ao has become the leader of the rebel army outside! The county guard ordered the county magistrate to lead troops to arrest the nine tribes!"

Master Tian was startled, and stood up tremblingly: "When?!"

"It was originally scheduled to be tonight, but the old mother of the county magistrate held her [-]th birthday, so it was postponed for a few days!"

"This this this..."

Tian Song wept with a sad face: "Who would have expected that Gu Ao would become the leader of the rebel army? The Gu family sent him a job, not to mention the Tian family village, everyone knows the village below the mountain! Our Tian family is not clear... "

Master Tian raised his hand, stopped Tian Song, and said, "Quick! Quick! Invite Mr. Gu!"

Gu Ben couldn't see and couldn't move, so Tian Song ordered him to rush into the inner courtyard of the farm with a small sedan chair.Master Tian retreated from the crowd, he helped Gu Ben into the room by himself, and closed the door carefully.

Tian Song came to Tian Bai, and the two of them stretched their necks to look inside, trying to eavesdrop on what was said inside, but the voice inside was too low for both of them to hear clearly, Tian Song said: "What's wrong with our sister?" Do it..."

Tian Bai said: "What should I do?" Tian Bai raised his voice: "What else do you want to do?"

Tian Song looked inside and said, "Couldn't father be trying to persuade the Gu family to quit the engagement?"

Tian Bai trembled like a hedgehog whose hair has exploded: "Break the engagement? It's all caused by their family, how dare you call it quits?!"

But after a while, Master Tian came out with Gu Ben, and said to Tian Song and Tian Bai who were guarding the door: "Quickly go and inform the members of Tian Jiaxin's family at the foot of the mountain. There is room for Tian’s family, let’s go! Pack your bags, young and strong will follow, and set off for Hanzhong County tonight!”

Tian Song took a breath, and thought to himself: "Isn't it a divorce..."

What Tian Song didn't know was that, unlike the young master who was born with rich clothes and fine food, Master Tian used to be a peddler who ran a business when he was young, and he also suffered from starvation. After graduation, I can't control my appetite and get fatter.Mr. Tian knew very well that his background was not noble, and the time when the carp leaped over the Dragon Gate was the 'Eight Kings' Rebellion'.Troubled times are an opportunity for all those who want to change their destiny.In Master Tian's mind, the word "troubled times" not only represents danger, but also opportunity.

Master Ruotian is a person who is content with the status quo, he would not have invited Jian Pu to the mountain, let alone subsidized Tian Rong Guao to go out of the mountain to study.

Although Mr. Tian is short-sighted, his vision is long-term.

...At this time, not only Tianjiazhuang was affected by the gradually rising ripples in the world, but even Shanyun Academy, which was once relatively calm, was no exception.

It turned out that since the death of Shan Yunzi, the students of the Liao family in the academy have become more arrogant and domineering, and today they even made trouble in the Chengyuan Hall. The essence of Shanyun Academy's painstaking efforts over the past century is the wisdom foundation of Shanyun Academy's establishment. Yunying stayed there, and he wanted to protect this belief for his father... So on this day, the student of the Liao family who caused trouble came Face-to-face met Yun Xi.

Yunyang snorted coldly: "I said no entry, but no entry!"

"I'm waiting under King Jiangqu's tent, get out of the way!"

During the pushing and shoving, all the troublemakers wielded weapons and there were so many people, they pushed Yun Ang down the stairs at once. When Jian Pu heard the news and hurried over, he saw that Yun Ang had already passed out. Under the jade-colored clothes, there was a bloodstain.

All the members of the Liao family left in a hurry, Jian Pu urgently called for medical attention, but the person who came touched Yun Ang's already cold body and shook his head.And the Chengyuan Palace that was broken into was empty, only densely packed dirty footprints remained, and the roster of Shanyun Academy's past generations of disciples that had been rummaged a long time ago...

I saw that one of them fell out, and Shan Yunzi's handwriting on it was vigorous and powerful, and it said "first judgment":

——"Disciple Gu's Ao Zhe knocked on the door on the fifteenth day of the summer month in the leap year. He was born in a farmhouse in Mangdang Mountain. He is talented and resolute, which is very rare."

But on the epilogue that was originally vacant, it was messed up by someone already, and the handwriting was newly dry.

——"Learn to suppress bandits and become a bandit yourself. The so-called deceiving teachers and destroying ancestors is nothing more than this."

Jian Pu looked at the line of writing on the silk, and then at Yun Ang who was lying beside him, who was no longer moving, and suddenly felt a little dazed.

"Look at the world for 3000 years"

"I want to plant a big wooden pillar to grow the sky"

The couplet is still quietly hanging high in the Chengyuan Hall, the once long and long meaning, like a curling jug hanging upside down in Liang Qingleng, but now it has become a majestic forest...

Jian Pu took out a breath of sad air from his chest...

The cold feeling spread to his limbs bit by bit.