Zheng Xiaoliu's request made Gu Qian a little difficult, after all, he had just asked Yin Dayong to blow it out, and if he brought someone to find it, it was just to find something unpleasant for Yin Dayong, and it did not help things substantially.

Seeing his hesitation, Zheng Xiaoliu kowtowed, "My lord, let's make it convenient!"

Gu Qian gave Gu Xiaojiu a look, motioned for him to help Zheng Xiaoliu up, and said softly: "Little brother, don't worry, General Yin has already driven you out, I'm afraid that even if this official takes you there, he won't see you." ”

"Adult...... Zheng Xiaoliu's eyes showed sadness, and the whole person exuded an aura of despair.

"It's not that there is no other way to think of it," as soon as Gu Qian's words fell, Zheng Xiaoliu rushed over, he grabbed Gu Qian's reins and said eagerly, "What is the way?" My lord, even if you say that for the sake of my master, even if it is up the sword mountain and the sea of fire, I will not frown. ”

"It's not so strict," Gu Qian said with a smile, "The general minister who led the troops to quell the chaos this time is Lord Zhang Yuanzhang, the squire of the Ministry of War, Lord Zhang is waiting for news in the guard not far from here at the moment, I will ask Xiao Jiu to take you directly to him." ”

As soon as Zheng Xiaoliu heard that Zhang Yuan was an official who was even bigger than Yin Dayong, he couldn't care about that much, so he thanked Gu Qian, dragged Gu Xiaojiu and rushed forward.

"Wait, little brother, I still have a few words to tell you. Seeing that Zheng Xiaoliu was in a hurry to leave, Gu Qian hurriedly stopped him.

"Your Excellency has something to say, just command. Zheng Xiaoliu paused and raised his head.

"General Yin is now leading his troops towards Datong, and once the defenders in the city begin to resist, the shape will become complicated. When you go to Lord Zhang, be sure to hand over General Zheng's letter to Master Zhang, and know to him that he has a strong relationship with him, otherwise it will be difficult to suppress it when the two armies clash. ”

When Zheng Xiaoliu heard this, he saluted Gu Qian with a solemn expression, and then he stepped on the horse led by Gu Xiaojiu, and the two of them galloped towards Yang and Wei.

"My lord, will Master Zhang meet Zheng Xiaoliu?" Gu Tai looked at the backs of the two of them and frowned.

"After all, Zheng Zhen is the former chief soldier of Datong, and I think Zhang Yuan will sell him a face. Gu Qian turned the horse's head and said to Gu Tai while following the grain and grass cart, "I hope things won't come to the point of no return." ”

"But......" Gu Tai paused, lowered his voice and said, "That one is bent on fighting for merit, I'm afraid he won't accept the conditions in the city, right?"

How could Gu Qian not think of this, but there was still a little luck in his heart.

In the evening, the army came to the outside of Datong.

Yin Dayong first sent a few captains to shout loudly under the city gate, and there was a circle of soldiers on the wall of Datong City, and they silently looked at the captains who were shouting hoarsely below, and no one made a sound.

No matter what cruel words were put up, there was no response, and the lieutenants shouted that they were tired and retreated stupidly. Yin Da squinted at the tall walls of Datong City, smiled coldly, and ordered the following to set up camp and clean up the rebels in the city tomorrow.

The Beijing army thought that they were the guards of the Son of Heaven, and they didn't take the buns of Datong City seriously at all, they camped while laughing, and they didn't look like they were here to fight, but like they were here for vacation. Gu Qian looked at the giggling Beijing soldiers, and shook his head secretly, just with this group of young master soldiers, don't want to bargain in front of the Datong soldiers who have been fighting with the Tatars for many years.

After the main general's big tent was set up, Gu Qian came over to see a salute, and silently retracted his small tent, he planned to treat himself as an invisible person, and resolutely did not brush up on the zài sense in front of Yin Dayong, of course, the conceited General Yin did not want to reuse this seven-rank petty official.

"My lord, I think it will be difficult for the Beijing army to bargain this time. Gu Qian could see that the Jing army was arrogant, how could Gu Tai, who was a native of the Dajing Dynasty, not see it, he took dinner in silence, and couldn't help but sigh as soon as he entered the tent.

"Let's see what to do with it tomorrow. Gu Qian took the chopsticks and ate them with his head bored, anyway, he was just the eyeliner that Xu Pai put next to Zhang Yuan, and there was nothing to put his beak in the military.

Gu Tai looked at Gu Qian's depressed appearance, and he didn't say anything, the two of them ate with their heads bored, and for a while, only the sound of teeth chewing rice grains could be heard in the tent.

Because they camped outside the city, they didn't have any other pastime except to sit and sit, and after eating, the two of them rested early, Gu Qian had something in his heart, and he couldn't sleep over and over.

"My lord, what's wrong with you?" Gu Tai asked puzzled as he listened to him keep turning over.

"It's nothing, I always feel unsteady. Gu Qian saw that Gu Tai had woken him up, so he simply didn't sleep, surrounded himself with the quilt, and sat on the pillar used to set up the tent in a daze.

In the dark, Gu Tai couldn't see his expression, and when he heard his tone was very dull, he also sat up and whispered, "Are you too cold?" It is the middle of winter, and for safety reasons, the brazier in the tent is extinguished before going to bed, so now there is a biting cold wind blowing outside, and there is no warmth in the tent.

Gu Qian was not cold, but after being reminded by Gu Tai, he felt that his body began to feel cold, he tightened the quilt, and said softly to Gu Tai: "Zihe, do you think the soldiers in the city today are not quite right?"

"What's wrong?" Gu Tai wondered.

"The captains don't have any scruples when they shout under the city today, it stands to reason that the soldiers at the head of the city have to distinguish a few points for themselves, but have you noticed it? They didn't say a word, this thing seems a bit unreasonable!"

Hearing Gu Qian say this, Gu Tai also came to his senses, yes, even when he heard the shouts and scolding of the captains in the city, he couldn't help but scold them too much in his heart, but why didn't the soldiers in the city react at all?

Gu Tai sensed that something was wrong, he pulled the quilt and squeezed it to Gu Qian's side, and whispered, "My lord, they won't have any conspiracy, right?"

"It's hard to say. Gu Qian shook his head, and said in his heart that he was wearing a single one, how could he understand the thoughts of the local natives? Besides, the rebellion of the soldiers in Datong City was not once or twice, who knew what those soldiers were thinking in their hearts? Although he was a little uneasy in his heart, Gu Qian also understood the feelings of those soldiers, and he went to the battlefield with his head on his head, but he couldn't even eat a full meal.

It's a pity that the superior doesn't know how to sympathize with the hardships below, not only did not spend great efforts to rectify the border defense, but instead sent troops to forcibly suppress it after the soldiers mutinied.

The two of them sat speechless, Gu Qian was shivering with cold, and just wanted to huddle together with Gu Tai to warm up, when he suddenly heard a commotion outside.

"It's water! It's water!"

Gu Qian was startled, and hurriedly got dressed and ran out of the tent with Gu Tai, only to see that the grain and grass cart not far from their tent had already caught fire, and the fire was burning with the wind, seeing that the grain and grass of the entire army were about to be burned.

"My lord, the grain and grass are all burning!" Gu Tai looked at the raging flames and dragged Gu Qian upwind one by one, "You go to the upwind and hide." "In the wilderness, there is a cold wind raging, and the grain and grass are burned and the matter is small, if the adults make a mistake, the gain will outweigh the loss.

Gu Qian tightened the cloak on his body, looked at the raging fire, and then looked at the soldiers who were rushing to fight the fire, his eyes sank, and he said in a sullen voice: "This fire can't be saved." ”

Gu Tai was stunned for a moment, turned his head in disbelief and asked, "Why?"

"Look at this wind, there is no stopping this fire at all. ”

Gu Tai looked in the direction of his finger and found that sure enough, the fire had burned to the edge of the station, and a fire dragon was raging in the darkness, and sure enough, no one could stop it.

"Look at the fire...... Gu Qian pointed to the fire dragon, and then pointed to the tents of the soldiers, the fire rose with the wind, but this fire only ignited the grain and grass, and did not spread in the direction of the soldiers' camp, such a critical situation, it even saved the lives of the soldiers, if it was a coincidence, he didn't believe it first.

"Hurry up and put out the fire! Hurry up and put out the fire!" Everyone was still busy, and Gu Qian and Gu Tai were not good at watching the excitement on the side, they were discussing in a low voice, and at the same time helping to pass the bucket or something.

Everyone was in a hurry, the Lord General Yin Dayong had already ridden over, looking at the grain cart that had been burned to black ashes, Yin Dayong's face sank suddenly, he sat on the horse, and shouted: "What's going on?!"

"General Qiqi, two quarters of an hour ago, the grain truck suddenly caught fire, although the lower official led people to fight with all his might, but, but ......" The grain and grass officer knelt on the ground, wanting to cry without tears and said: "But the stored grain and grass have all been burned!"

"I can't even look at the grain and grass, what does this general want you to do!" Yin Da whipped the grain and grass officer's back, and he looked at the grain cart that was burned to the point that only a frame remained, and his face was so gloomy that he could drip water.

"General, it's a dry day, and the lower officials have used all the fire prevention methods, but the wind is too strong, and the little ones are really powerless!"

"Hmph, let me ask you, how did this fire start?"

"This ......" The grain and grass officer hesitated, he glanced at Yin Dayong carefully, and snorted: "I don't know why the small one started." ”

"What?" Yin Da was so angry that his eyebrows were raised, he snapped the whip of the grain and grass officer, and said angrily: "You say it again!"

"Back to the general's words, the villain really doesn't know how the fire burns," the grain and grass officer quibbled, "the little one was guarding the grain and grass cart at that time, and he was really a little sleepy until midnight, and it was only a squint of his eyes that the fire started." Seeing that Yin Da's whip was about to be drawn again, the grain and grass officer hurriedly said, "But when the little one was extremely tired, I vaguely saw a few figures touching the grain cart. ”

"Why didn't you call someone at that time?" Yin Da said sharply.

The little one thought that he had seen it wrong, and the little one and his men circled around the grain cart, but they didn't find any traces. ”

"It's not like you're negligent!"

"Please be clear, general, there is wind today, and this fire only burned the grain and grass but did not affect the camp tents where the soldiers stayed, and the strangeness in this must be investigated!"

"You mean, there was another reason for this fire?"

"This ...... The subordinate did not dare to speak presumptuously, and asked the general to investigate in detail. "The grain and grass officials don't dare to say that this fire was set by outsiders, but not far from here is Datong City, and if this fire is not planted on the heads of the rebels in the city, then he will be unlucky!

Yin Dayong's expression sank and sank, and he looked at the grain and grass officials who were kneeling and trembling for a long time before ordering a few knowledgeable veterans to check the cause of the fire.

That night, because the grain cart was burned, the atmosphere in the whole camp was very low.

After arranging the aftermath, Yin Da returned to the camp with a tiger face, Gu Qian knew that it was not good to hide aside when such a big event happened, so he also followed into the camp of the main general.

The main tent was quiet, and Yin Dayong sat on the main seat, with a calm face and did not speak.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Gu Qian found a corner and sat down, learning from everyone to make a bitter and bitter appearance, as if he had a grudge against the arsonist.

The suffocating atmosphere did not last long, and the cronies sent to find out the cause of the fire returned.

After hearing that someone deliberately set the fire, Yin Da stood up with a few strokes, "These traitors in the city are simply too deceitful!"

"General, those Qiu Ba are really desperate, they dare to do such a big rebellious thing, we have to give them a little color!" Yin Dayong's subordinates said indignantly.

For a while, there were many people in the main tent, Gu Qian sat in the corner and listened to the impassioned discussions of these generals, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.