Rebel

The delicacies were served one by one, Yu Jun Fan opened the chopsticks, and said to Gu Ao: "Brother Gu, please."

Gu Ao nodded, "Brother Yu, please."

Yu Junfan rolled up his sleeves and personally served Gu Ao with vegetables: "These days, ever since we repelled the Yingchuan defenders and returned to Hanzhong, Mr. Yong has sent me letters one after another, asking me to persuade you to surrender Mr. Lu and serve the court together. Declined. Mr. Yong is busy recently, and there are hundreds of clans in the capital, Da Sima, he wants to settle the grievances, and he also wants to organize the army and fight against the soldiers, so he can't take care of Hanzhong for the time being."

Gu Ao raised his bowl slightly, caught the dishes Yu Junfan had added for him, and said: "In his eyes, Hanzhong's righteous father is like a herd of beasts without a head, and he doesn't take me seriously." Gu Ao's voice sank, and he sighed: "...Yong Chi... is really a good plan... He first fought with Lu Taishou with all his pockets, and took advantage of the emperor's will to support the crown prince; now the new emperor ascends the throne At that time, Wang Da Sima proposed to cut down the vassal, and the Liao family united with the five counties, under the banner of the King of Jin, and the soldiers were pointing at Shangjing; The prestige of the soldiers washed the Wang family blood in the capital, and with this kindness, coupled with the generous salary of King Jiangqu, he subdued the heart of the Liao family; later, he joined forces with the Liao family, turned the gun back to the horse, and killed the foster father..."

As he said that, Gu Ao paused for a while: "In this way, the three ministers who took care of life left behind by the late emperor, Wang Da Sima, Yong Xiang, and Lu Taishou, now only the Yong family is left alone, and the Yong family is the leader again. Foreign relatives, coercing the emperor and ordering the princes, the conspiracy is dangerous, nothing is more dangerous than this."

Yu Junfan nodded, and said: "That's right. I expected Mr. Qiu to be in a mess when he marched and fought, so he might not be able to go to Hanzhong. How could Mr. Yong not know the difficulties of Qiu Mu's trip? So in my opinion, Mr. Yong is just sending the Chou family army to contain us, and when he appeases the Rong people and calms down the situation of the royal family in the capital, he will follow Mr. Chou and conquer Hanzhong himself."

Gu Ao nodded and said: "I think so too. Since Yong Chi is determined to make a plan, there is one thing we have to try."

"What's the matter?" Yu Junfan asked.

Gu Ao said: "Young Master Qiu and the Rong people have revenge for killing their father. As far as I know, there is no army in the North who does not want to go back to the North to take revenge. Their wives and children are now in the hands of the Rong people. Father, he died at the hands of the Rong people. He had a deep hatred and hatred. Now Yongchi does not order the northern army to fight against the army, but orders the northern army to conquer Hanzhong. If he goes against the will of the army, there is no one who is invincible."

Yu Junfan leaned forward slightly: "Brother Gu means..."

"If Qiu Mu's army comes, you can send a lobbyist to understand them with affection and move them with reason, and there will be great success."

Yu Junfan nodded thoughtfully, and said: "It is indeed possible to give it a try, then I will look for candidates."

Gu Ao said: "I recommend someone for Brother Yu."

"who?"

"This person used to be in Shanyun Academy, learning yin and yang arts from Mr. Xiao, the world's smooth tongue, for more than seven years. This person's surname is Tian, ​​and his name is Rong. On the day when Taishou Lu died, he rushed into the army and told me. It can be said that he is loyal and courageous. With both, he will be worthy of a great job. Now he lives in my residence."

"Okay, I will make a suggestion to Mr. Lu tomorrow. When the time comes, I will send someone to invite Mr. Tian. Thank you, Brother Gu."

"Same joys and sorrows, shared fate, why thank you?"

Yu Junfan laughed: "I made a mistake, don't blame me."

Gu Ao also smiled: "I don't blame you."

After the two had dinner, Gu Ao bid farewell and left.After Gu Ao left, Yu Junfan called people over, and carried out the green dragon painting halberd, and continued to wipe it carefully. An old member of the Yu family's trilogy praised: "My lord, if there is a former lord wind."

"But what's the use?" Yu Junfan raised his eyes and said lightly: "The courage of a man does not dare to be the enemy of a thousand troops." After speaking, Yu Junfan fell silent, thinking of his father who was schemed by the family, and Lu Mouzhong, who was betrayed and killed by the family.

Carefully putting away the green dragon painting halberd, Yu Junfan waved his hand: "Take it down."

Gu Ao also returned to the house at this time, and called Tian Rong that night, and explained the situation in general, Tian Rong said happily: "This is indeed a golden opportunity, you said that whoever killed his father is not allowed to take revenge on the enemy, Want to go out to fight irrelevant people? Even if Mr. Chou is willing, the soldiers are still unwilling."

Gu Ao nodded: "Exactly, this is a good time for you to show your skills."

"I'm going to make preparations."

"it is good."

Gu Ao went back to the room that day and night, and seeing Mei Jun already lying on the bed, Gu Ao pushed the door open, and she asked sullenly: "Go back?"

Gu Ao nodded: "There are a lot of things, these days seem to be going to change a lot, I'm going to prepare tomorrow..." Before finishing speaking, Mei Juan said coldly: "It's tomorrow again, and preparations...you How long have you not been with Jiang'er?" Then, Mei Jun sat up suddenly and looked at Gu Ao: "Your satisfaction is your own business, why have you ever cared about our mother and son?"

Gu Ao was taken aback when he heard the words, he sat on the side of the bed, and said: "Of course I care about Jiang'er and you, but there are too many things to do, sometimes I can't take care of them... An ancient saying goes, the male dominates the outside and the female dominates the inside, you How can I worry about taking good care of Jiang'er and running this family well?" As he spoke, Gu Ao stretched out his hand to brush away the hair on her shoulders, bowed his head and gently kissed Mei Jun's side face.

Mei Jun saw Gu Ao approaching, but now he turned his face away.Gu Ao didn't care about that little refusal, his eyes fell on his wife's smooth neck that was visible in her pajamas... He leaned over and pressed it lightly.

But different from the tenderness in the past, even if Mei Jun was unhappy in the past, he always lay down on the spot with a half-push, but today Gu Ao suddenly felt a heavy blow in the abdomen, and when he regained consciousness, he had already been kicked by Mei Jun Kicked out of bed and went.

Clutching his abdomen, Gu Ao glanced at the angry face of the woman on the bed, turned around and went out to sleep in the side room.

Mei Jun began to cry on the bed, it was the first time she deeply regretted marrying Gu Ao...Even if the second uncle forced her back then, it would be good to pretend that she had fooled a few uncles, why would she really marry him?He is so indifferent, how unhappy she is, even the servant can see it and come to comfort her, she has explained enough to him, but he is so brazen!

Mei Jun sobbed, and she thought of the love letters that hurt her heart again. Was she angry because she was jealous?Yes and no.The love letter is like a trigger, making her truly realize that Gu Ao really treated her badly.It was written in the letter that the man and Gu Ao drank until the night, and they wrote poems under the moon. At night, Gu Ao personally sent him back to the house, and asked him if he was drunk the next day. To yourself?ever? !

But he is her husband.

It would be fine if he wasn't her husband.

Wiping away her tears, Mei Jun thought about it.

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On the second day, Gu Ao got up early in the morning and finished washing. He wanted to go to see Mei Jun, but was hesitating, when suddenly a piece from the Yu family came to report, saying: "Gu Juntong, the lord has faith!"

Gu Ao hurriedly took the bamboo tube and opened it, reading the letter, Gu Ao turned cold and shouted: "Prepare the horse!"

Yu Junfan said in the letter that he wanted to speak to Mr. Lu in the morning of the next day, but he was summoned by Mr. Lu to discuss matters that night. It turned out that Mr. Lu couldn't wait. Therefore, Jun Fan of Yu even made a suggestion based on Gu Ao's intention, but Mr. Lu did not accept it.Now he has led the only [-] cavalry in Hanzhong to intercept Qiu Mu halfway.

Gu Ao got on his horse, ordered his men to take dry rations and water bags, and before he had time to summon his subordinates, he galloped all the way from Chulong Mountain to the county town. After running like this for a day and a night, he finally caught up with Lu Dequan's army at the border of Hanzhong.

"Brother! Brother!" Gu Ao called out from behind.

Lu Dequan reined in the horse, Gu Ao stopped Lu Dequan's way out of breath, and said: "Brother! Now that Qiu Mu is about to set off, he has not yet approached Hanzhong, so long-distance raid, brother really plans?"

Lu Dequan said indifferently: "I have made up my mind."

Gu Ao said: "waiting for work with leisure, Qiu Mu's expeditionary army went from the north to the central plains, and participated in the battle of Pingjin. Now it is the time when the soldiers are exhausted. As long as I wait to defend in Hanzhong, even if it cannot be settled with one blow , procrastination can also drag it down. Why do you sacrifice your own strengths and pursue others' weaknesses? Brother, listen to Ao's words!"

Lu Dequan said: "Juntong only commands the troops with peace of mind, and is not allowed to talk about strategies. Have you forgotten? The defeated generals, don't speak loudly in front of me!"

Gu Ao gritted his teeth and said: "Brother indeed said so to Gu Ao, but this time is different, behind him is the only cavalry in Hanzhong, and he is the elite division of Hanzhong! Don't use it like this! How can the lives of soldiers be used?" Such a joke!"

As soon as Gu Ao's words came out, the faces of the soldiers following Lu Dequan changed. They naturally knew who Gu Ao was, but Gu Ao's rude words still surprised everyone.

Lu Dequan raised his whip and pointed at Gu Ao: "You are presumptuous! It is you who escaped and shrank! That made father die in peace! Waiting for work with ease?! I think you are as cowardly as a mouse! Get out!"

After Gu Ao received such accusations, his face was ashen, but his body remained firm: "Gu You died of remonstrance, I can't watch the soldiers be buried in vain like this, if my brother wants to leave, I have to step on Gu Ao's body!"

"You think I don't dare?" Lu Dequan waved his whip, "Snack! ' With a sound, it hit Gu Ao's body.

In fact, all generals who are well versed in military affairs know that Gu Ao led more than 30 troops, regardless of the mob, and was besieged by [-] defenders such as Yongchi, Yingchuan, Hejian, Jiangqu, etc., and he was able to stand out from the encirclement. a miracle.They asked themselves if they could do it, but it might not be possible. Among the defenders in Hanzhong, there were even rumors that "the righteous son of the prefect led his troops to break through the general of Yingchuan Pass alone, and Tian Zhen, the servant of Dianjin, shouted the savior with two axes" and other deeds.But I didn't expect that when I returned to Hanzhong, this department would not be rewarded, but would be suspected first.

Some people even thought that this would not be the case if Prefect Lu was still around.If Lu Taishou, he would blame himself deeply, but reward the soldiers.If you want to talk about why so many people from poor families in Hanzhong follow him, it is precisely because Lu Mouzhong has treated each other wholeheartedly for many years, with clear rewards and punishments; if he had gone to a family for the sake of glory and wealth, why stay in Hanzhong?

Now that Lu Dequan insists on intercepting and killing halfway, Ye Xiongguan is still dissatisfied, let alone some young generals who have been promoted all the way through military merit.At this time, a person grabbed Gu Ao: "Gu Juntong, why bother?"

After Gu Ao was pulled away, Lu Dequan galloped past: "Let's go!"

Thousands of horses behind him raised their hooves, and a burst of dust clouded Gu Ao's eyes.

Looking at the person who pulled him just now, he has also disappeared in the yellow dust.

In the yellow dust, Gu Ao jumped off his horse and shouted loudly: "Brother, you can't go!"

"Out of Hanzhong, where the world's aristocratic families are entrenched! How can there be a chance for us to expand?!"

"Brother!"

"Brother!"

The loess choked Gu Ao's nasal cavity, Gu Ao rubbed his eyes full of yellow sand, and suddenly felt that the road ahead was tortuous.

The yellow dust dissipated in the distance, and it dissipated cleanly.

Gu Ao rode one by one in silence, and returned to the county city. At the gate of the city, he saw Ye Xiongguan coming out of the city to meet him from afar.He immediately asked: "Second Young Master, have you gone to look for Eldest Young Master?"

Gu Ao was a little surprised by the title of 'Second Young Master', but still nodded his head: "It's a pity that brother doesn't accept my words."

Ye Xiongguan led Gu Ao into the city, and said: "Come in, the army is in chaos now, alas! There was a quarrel last night, and Mr. Yu came in again and said what you meant. All the generals, including me, also I think it's very good, especially the story about Qiu's trilogy as a lobbyist, it can be described as a magical pen, it has a lot to do, but it was a pity that it was rejected by Mr. Lu yesterday. Now that the poor family lives and dies, I don't care about the dignity. They were all reprimanded as 'braveless and cowardly'. Mr. Lu does not allow you to discuss matters. Now that the old man is in charge of the county, I will be the master, and you will come with me. Discuss, if Mr. Lu wins this battle , how to do, how to lose, what to do."

"Respect is worse than obedience."

"Please!"

Under the leadership of Lu Mouzhong, Gu Ao discussed with the generals for two days, but the battle report has not yet come back from the front, and Ye Xiongguan's command has been determined, and he has redeployed all the passes.The Jiange Pass at the very front also sent defenders to set up camp not far away three miles away, forming horns with each other.On the contrary, Li Chongde, the chief clerk, was very dissatisfied with Ye Xiongguan's dispatch of troops without Lu Dequan. Ye Xiongguan only sneered at this: "The prefect has spent his whole life making money for a poor family. The private property of Li Chongde's family!"

Li Chongde originally wanted to refute Ye Xiongguan: "You have called Yu Taishou the young master, so I don't know where your heart is?!" But looking at the many generals standing behind Ye Xiongguan, it seems that they all followed Yu's father to conquer Bashu. His nephew, Li Chongde swallowed those words again.

After discussing with you, Gu Ao made a plan, and returned to Chulong Mountain to regroup the army. Gu Ao ordered Chen Jiang to create a roster of the 1000 people who had followed him to break through the encirclement, which was called the "Battle Book of Thousands of People", and included them all in the The army of the guards is under the jurisdiction of the Code Ignorance.They all admired Dian Bushi during the war, and they are also happy this time.Gu Ao hosted a banquet for them that night, Dian Bushi was still recovering from his wounds, and the banquet was bustling, but unfortunately there was no honor to confer, Gu Ao could only confided his heart and comforted everyone, "Everyone will live and die with me, Ao will live forever Don't forget."

Gu Ao and the others drank until the night, and after breaking out of the siege, each of them was given a monthly ration.

I went to visit Huai Xin again, but saw that Huai Xin was still weak in the courtyard, but her complexion improved a lot. When Huai Xin saw Gu Ao enter the door, she sat up from the bed, "Ao...Brother Ao."

Gu Ao quickened a few steps: "Lie down, it's okay, don't get tired..."

Huai Xin nodded on the bed, Fang lay back, looked up and asked: "...that Brother Dian who came to Shangjun with Brother Ao before, where is he now?"

Gu Ao said: "He was seriously injured in this battle and is recuperating."

Huai Xin said: "Brother Gu, please pass on the word to him. My Huai family's martial art has been passed on for a hundred years, but it is finally broken when I come to me. If you want to say that in the world, who still has this martial arts, that is Brother Dian. Look forward to it." He must not forget my father's gift of martial arts, if one day he can defeat the army with this martial arts, it will be the best consolation to my father's spirit in heaven."

Gu Ao nodded: "Okay, I'll tell him."

"Big brother! Big brother!" While talking with Huai Xin, Chen Jiang hurried over, knocked on the door and said, "Big brother is not good! A thousand commanders and their families have gone in and out of Longshan Mountain! I'm afraid the officers and soldiers are not good enough." If you go down, you will go back to be a bandit again!"

"..." Gu Ao and Huai Xin looked at each other, Gu Ao said: "Brother Huai, you should rest well, I will come as soon as I go."

Walking out of Huai Xin's residence together with Chen Jiang, Gu Ao quickly walked towards the barracks, asking as he walked, "How many people left in total?"

Chen Jiang replied: "The leader of a thousand people took away a thousand soldiers, plus the family members who shared the fields at the foot of the mountain, the old and the young, there are more than five thousand people in total. The Chief of Staff found out, and came to report the news, I'm afraid he didn't know if they were all gone!"

Gu Ao said angrily: "...Who is on duty today, so derelict?"

"It's Mei Zhao, Deputy Commander Mei."

"...What about others?"

"It's really not easy to make people look at him. There are many bandit soldiers who came out of Longshan outside, calling for their subordinates to let Mei Zhao go."

"How is Mei Zhao now?"

"He was stubborn and said he would wait for the eldest brother to let him go."

"I'll go right here and lead the way."

"Wait..." Gu Ao thought for a while, "No rush, let's go to Dianbushishe first."

"Yes."

Gu Ao pushed the door open, and saw Dian Bushi sitting on the bed gnawing on the leg of lamb, Dian Bushi heard the sound of the door, looked up, and immediately called out: "Brother!"

Gu Ao looked at the scars all over Dian Bushi's body, sat down on the side of the couch, and asked with concern: "Does the wound still hurt?"

Dian Bushi said: "It doesn't hurt much when lying down, but if you get out of bed and walk, it's still a bit uncomfortable to pull the wound."

Gu Ao said: "You take good care of your injuries." As he spoke, Gu Ao patted his shoulder lightly: "I'm still waiting, and I will fight the world with you."

Dian Buzhi laughed, with greasy lips, and said, "Brother, don't worry. I'm less injured! I heard from the military doctor who looked at my wounds that when the Yu family went west to Bashu, the wounded Bing... heh, more than a hundred times more serious than mine."

As he spoke, Dian Bushi showed Gu Ao the thick and winding bloody scars on his arms and chest: "I like fighting. Hey, people who are afraid of war are scared to death, and those who like it are so fond of it." If not, I like it."

Gu Ao smiled and looked at Dian Buzhi: "Okay! If you want to conquer land in the future, do you dare?"

Dian Buzhi patted his chest: "Why don't you dare?! I haven't killed the Rong people yet! Big brother let me try something new!"

Gu Ao nodded: "Do you still remember Mr. Huai who entertained us in Shangjun? He also came here," Gu Ao's voice sank as he spoke, "His parents died fighting against the army. Now you have such martial arts skills. I'm afraid it's the last line of his pregnant family, you're feeling better, go and see him."

Dianbushi was stunned: "...OK."

Gu Ao patted Dian Bushi's shoulder again, then got up and left with Chen Jiang.Dian Bushi is still injured and can't be used this time. While thinking about why Mei Zhao is like this, Gu Ao is thinking about how to deal with it. Then under the guidance of Chen Jiang, he walked to the place where Mei Zhao was imprisoned. .

I saw that it was an ordinary house, and now there are three floors outside and three floors outside, surrounded by many soldiers.The innermost layer is the thousand guards, their aura is a bit tense, and someone from the outside shouted: "Let go of the deputy commander!"

When Gu Ao arrived, the voices of the crowd faded away. Gu Ao took a glance and said, "Everyone, leave. After I ask, I will know."

Some people hesitated, Gu Ao said: "I led you through life and death, and shared prosperity and humiliation with you. Now you can't trust me? Today you are reckless and don't follow the orders of the chief. Hurry up and leave?"

The people around the outer circle looked at me and I looked at you, and said: "Of course we can trust the commander... We were just afraid that the chief of staff would not know the truth. Since the commander-in-chief is here, we will leave now."

Only then did the crowd gradually disperse, leaving only Gu Ao's army of one thousand guards, Gu Ao nodded, and the guards opened the door for Gu Ao, Gu Ao walked in, and Mei Zhao got out of the chair. Jump up: "Brother-in-law!"

"what happened?"

Mei Zhao had a bitter face: "Brother-in-law, what do you want me to do... More than half of the army has been damaged in battle, and now some people don't love to fight anymore, and I don't want to march and fight like this."

Gu Ao said angrily: "This is your explanation, you released the deserters privately?"

Mei Zhao said: "Brother-in-law, you are the military commander, but I am also the deputy commander."

"Have you asked me about this?"

Mei Zhao was at a loss for words, Gu Ao said: "You don't need to go back to the dormitory today, sleep here first, I will come back tomorrow to ask you something."

"..."

When Gu Ao was about to leave, Mei Zhao suddenly called out behind Gu Ao: "Hero..."

Gu Ao stopped in his tracks, and Mei Zhao's voice sounded softly behind him: "Hero... What are you going to do with them, keep them to death? I've already felt ashamed of them, and now they want to go back to the mountains, can I Say no?"

Gu Ao said: "I misjudged you before. I thought you were a bandit. It turns out that you are not even a bandit. But what bandits want most is to sweep the world. No one can beat me. Now is the right time to sweep the world. , but you let it crumble, you are really rotten wood."

"..."

"...Yeah...you have never been a bandit, you are a little ranger."

"..."

"I'm not a hero either. I'm one of the 15 defenders in Hanzhong County. I can't act like you, little ranger."

The conversation came to an end, and Gu Ao walked out of the house...

On the other side, a young servant ran up to Mei Jun out of breath, and said, "Little lady, it's bad! It's bad! The young master was captured by the soldiers sent by the Gu Juntong and locked up!!"