Chapter 66: The Squire's Calculations
The meeting in the main tent was held until dawn, and no one could sleep when such a big event happened.
Because all the grain and grass were burned, the Huotou Army had nothing to make for everyone to eat, and in desperation, everyone could only huddle together in the tent, complaining about the damn fire, and hoping that Lord Zhang would send someone to bring them some food as soon as possible.
"My lord, did the general discuss what results there?" As soon as Gu Qian returned to his tent, Gu Tai greeted him, at this moment the sky was just dawning, the cold wind blew people's scalps numb, Gu Qian rubbed his face, slowed down for a while, and then shook his head and said: "There is no result, if you want to fight, you have to let the soldiers eat their stomachs, yesterday the general has sent people to Yang Hewei overnight to ask for help, and the food and grass for emergency are about to arrive." ”
"Lord Zhang is still looking forward to General Yin's victory, and I don't know if being beaten in the head will discourage their sharpness. Gu Tai lowered his voice and gloated.
"I have long said that the soldiers on the border are fierce, they don't believe it, and now it is time to suffer a little. ”
The two of them whispered a few words, and then they heard the noise of people and horses outside, and when they walked out of the tent, they saw the firehead soldiers running out in groups, and it turned out that the emergency food and grass had arrived.
"I'll just say, those bunnies in the city want to starve us to death, that's a dream!"
"That's it, it's only a little bit of indiscriminate means, no wonder they have been guarding the side all their lives, blowing the wind and eating sand!"
"Let's follow Master Zhang and General Yin, and we are still worried about not having anything to eat? Isn't it just a few carts of grain and grass, and if it is burned, it will be burned, and we still have good food to eat!"
Everyone looked at the grain cart and smiled, and the firehead army drove the grain cart over and immediately began to make food, and as the smoke of the cooking stove rose, the camp was rejuvenated.
"Go, let the Huotou army dig a few big stoves under the city walls, and those grandsons to death!" Youshang Feng commanded arrogantly.
This order won the hearts of the people, and immediately someone rushed to the city with the cauldron.
In front of these three thousand Jingwei, Gu Qian and Gu Tai were absolute outsiders, and the two of them took advantage of the excitement to eat first, and regardless of the noisy soldiers, they hurriedly went back to the tent and snorted and ate breakfast.
As he was eating, he saw that the noise outside was getting louder.
"What's the matter?" Gu Tai wondered.
"Leave him alone, eat enough first. "Gu Qian is not as optimistic as the soldiers, according to Yin's temper, today is absolutely going to see blood, if you don't eat this meal, it is difficult to say whether you can eat at noon and night.
The two of them were stuffing vegetable cakes into their mouths when they heard someone calling outside, "Is Master Gu here?"
Gu Qian choked on a bite of the cake, he stretched his neck vigorously, and waited for the cake that was choked in his throat to slide into the esophagus, then he breathed a sigh of relief and raised his voice: "Please come in!"
Someone came to open the curtain, but it was a school captain, Gu Qian looked at him, and did not forget to drink the gruel in the bowl, "Something?"
"Master Gu, General Manager Zhang is here, please go to the main account to talk about it. "The captain is neither humble nor arrogant.
Gu Qian held the hand of the porridge bowl and said with a smile: "Since it was the chief master who called me, then don't delay." As he spoke, he picked up the remaining small half bowl of porridge, snorted and poured it into his mouth.
The captain watched Gu Qian finish drinking the porridge without an image, and then watched him take out a handkerchief and wipe his mouth, and then followed him out of the tent with the corners of his mouth twitching.
When I came to the main tent, breakfast was also being eaten inside, but seeing Zhang Yuan's calm face, everyone didn't dare to use it more, so they put down their chopsticks after eating a few bites, Gu Qian quietly rubbed into the corner, and secretly shouted in his heart that he was fortunate that he didn't die to save face, but came over after eating enough.
Last night's fire really angered Zhang Yuan, but Lord Shilang was not fake, Zhang Yuan's qi cultivation kung fu was good, although he had a calm face, he did not anger everyone.
After the generals of the camp put down their chopsticks, Zhang Yuan said lightly: "The grain and grass were burned last night, I don't know who did it, do you have any countermeasures?"
"Lord Hui, I have sent someone to investigate last night, and the burning of grain and grass is arson, and I suspect that it has nothing to do with the rebels in the city. Yin Da said in a deep voice.
"Since it was the rebels in the city, do you have any countermeasures?"
"The lowly will lead people to attack the city today, cut off the heads of those who rebel, and take revenge for today!"
"Ridiculous!" Zhang Yuan shouted sharply, "That Datong City is three feet high, and there are thousands of garrisons in the city, what are you going to take to attack the city? I'm afraid that if you fill in the lives of all the Jingwei, you won't be able to climb the top of the city!"
Yin Dayong was stunned by what he said, and said, "What does the adult mean?"
"The others stand down, and the officer has something to say to General Yin. ”
Everyone should be, Yuguan withdrew from the main account, Gu Qian didn't want to get involved in it, and walked out with low eyebrows. It's just that as soon as he walked out of the camp, he saw a small flag walking over with a young junior, Gu Qian looked at it, and sighed in his heart, isn't this person Zheng Xiaoliu?
Zheng Xiaoliu shrank his shoulders, and his eyes kept glancing around as he walked, and when he saw Gu Qian hidden in a group of five big and three thick soldiers, he raised his hand to say hello, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was dragged by Xiao Qi, "The main general is outside the tent, and you must not make loud noises." ”
Zheng Xiaoliu flattened his mouth, put down his hand in a proper manner, and didn't dare to say anything.
"Why, Master Gu knows this descendant?" Someone saw Zheng Xiaoliu keep looking this way, and said to Gu Qian suspiciously.
Yesterday, Gu Xiaojiu didn't see the matter of sending Zheng Xiaoliu to Yang and Wei, so Gu Qian didn't hide it, and said with a smile: "This person stopped my horse yesterday and wanted to see the main general, but General Yin had already gone far, and there was no way, so I had to let the chief entourage send him to Master Zhang's account." ”
After explaining the matter, Zheng Xiaoliu was also summoned into the main tent, and everyone was talking in a low voice outside, Gu Qian was a civil official, and he had no common language with a group of generals, so he could only stand aside with his hands in his hands.
After waiting for some time, Zheng Xiaoliu came out, this time his eyes were obviously angry, Gu Qian took two steps forward to ask him what he said to Zhang Yuan in the tent, but before he could get closer, Zheng Xiaoliu was forcibly pulled away by Xiaoqi.
There was no order from above, and the bottom naturally dispersed, Gu Qian returned to the tent, just in time to see Gu Xiaojiu pulling Gu Tai to speak.
"Your Excellency is back?" Gu Tai looked up and smiled.
"Hmm. Gu Qian nodded, looked at Gu Xiaojiu who was jumping around, put down the worry in his heart a little, and said with a smile: "Xiao Jiu is back?
"Look at what the master said, what kind of crime can I suffer!" Gu Xiaojiu said with a smile, "Before the door was closed last night, Brother Zheng and I rushed to Yanghewei, and also met Butler Zhang, I heard that Brother Zheng was the family member of General Zheng's Mansion in Datong City, and Butler Zhang took Brother Zheng to the hall of Lord Zhang, they didn't let me follow up, and found me a wing room to settle down, but I was woken up before dawn, saying that there was an accident in the barracks, so I hurriedly followed back." ”
"Did you talk to Zheng Xiaoliu along the way?"
"Nope. Gu Xiaojiu shook his head and said, "Master Zhang is strict with me, I followed the grain cart, so I can't get close at all." ”
Knowing that Zhang Yuan had been guarding against himself, Gu Qian also knew that Gu Xiaojiu was being excluded, so he didn't ask much, but took the hot tea handed over by Gu Tai and drank it slowly in his hand.
"My lord, you have been gone for so long, is there something wrong with it?" Gu Tai asked with concern when he saw that Gu Qian's face was not good.
"Zheng Xiaoliu was called into the main tent by Master Zhang, and Lord Zhang kicked us out, and I don't know what they said inside, Zheng Xiaoliu's face was very ugly after he came out. ”
"Could it be that Master Zhang made some embarrassing decision?" Gu Tai speculated.
"Who knows. Gu Qian shook his head.
A few people were pondering, when they heard a commotion outside, only to hear someone shouting: "You stop me, who made you run around!"
"Lord Gu! Master Gu! Zheng Xiaoliu wants to see Master Gu!" The sound of Dong Dong's footsteps was near, Gu Qian was startled, and hurriedly opened the curtain to look out, only to see Zheng Xiaoliu running this way under the pursuit of the two small flags, and when he saw Gu Qian poking his head out, Zheng Xiaoliu shouted in a panic: "Lord Gu save me!"
"What's wrong?" Gu Qian stood up and said puzzled.
"The surname Zhang wants me to go into the city to persuade the master to set fire, isn't this harming my master's life!" Zheng Xiaoliu shouted breathlessly.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" The two Xiaoqi chased very hard, they gasped and chased to Gu Qian's tent, and said in a deep voice: "Zheng Xiaoliu, don't toast or eat and drink, Master Zhang asked you to do things because you can afford to look up to you, don't talk nonsense outside!"
"I'm not talking nonsense, the city is in such chaos now, if you let the master set a fire to the traitor's lair, you are not in any danger outside the city, but my master will be wiped out by the traitor!"
"These are just your speculations, Master Zhang is strategizing, you just need to be obedient. ”
"He's going to kill my master!" Zheng Xiaoliu shouted with a stiff neck.
"The surname Zheng, you dare to pour dirty water on Lord Zhang, I think you are tired of it, right?!" Seeing that Zheng Xiaoliu's shouting crowd was all around, a small flag came up and blocked Zheng Xiaoliu's mouth, "Hurry up and follow me, if you can't fulfill Lord Zhang's instructions, Lao Tzu will cut off your head first!"
"Hmm......" Zheng Xiaoliu's eyes glanced hard at Gu Qian, and the person kept struggling.
Gu Qian took two steps forward, and was just about to persuade him, but saw one of the small flags turn around viciously, "Lord Gu, do you have something to say?"
Seeing the threat in Xiaoqi's eyes, Gu Qian stopped and said, "No." ”
"Hmm......" Zheng Xiaoliu glanced at Gu Qian angrily, he still wanted to struggle, but he was dragged away mercilessly by the little flags.
"This Zheng Xiaoliu, the adult kindly sent him to the account of the general manager, but he was not grateful, and he caused trouble for the adult. Gu Tai said dissatisfied.
"Forget it, everyone is gone, and it's useless to talk about it. Gu Qian also knew that Zheng Xiaoliu's trouble would definitely give him a big eye shot in front of Zhang Yuan, but under the eaves, he had to bow his head, no matter how fierce Zheng Xiaoliu was, it was impossible for him to fight for Zhang Yuan for this matter.
After all, he is just a small seven-rank imperial history, and he can't control the direction of things.