Chapter 167: Struggle and Hesitation
The traces of Wu Da and his party disappeared not far from the scene where Gao Heyi and his party died, and the heavy snow in Western Xinjiang in this season can naturally cover up the traces, so Lu Shiyu's scouts searched the vicinity for a few times, but they could not confirm their whereabouts.
But one thing can be confirmed: they left in a hurry.
Because of the several female guards who died in battle, the bodies were not taken away, but they were hastily wrapped in clothes and buried in the forest, and there were inconspicuous marks nearby, which should be for the official burial in the future.
"Master Wu doesn't seem to know what we're doing nearby, or does he know but is afraid of bringing Gao Jiyi's reinforcements over?" Cheng Meizhu guessed, "I left in a hurry at this time, and I don't know if it was to lure the enemy away, or to rush back to Yizhou City to report the news?"
He hoped that it was the latter, "Although Na Fuzhen is at odds with Dengchen Liyu, his status and power in Ruru are not low, if he can take this opportunity to stay, it will be a great boost to the soldiers of Western Xinjiang, no, and the entire Da Mu." ”
"This is unlikely!" Lu Shiyu and Meng Jiaqian both shook their heads when they heard this, "Although the number of soldiers in Yizhou City is not small now, the cavalry is pitiful. The cavalry in the Western Xinjiang Army has long existed in name only, and even the mounts have been sold by Ni Jidao, and the Jishan Battalion has a group of good hands on horses due to the custom of looting like the wind before, but it is only a good hand right away, and it is not the same as Ruru growing up on horseback when he landed. No cavalry wants to leave that Fu Zhen, it's just wishful thinking! Even if Yizhou City receives the news at this moment and immediately arranges it, the time for the foot soldiers to come over will already be over!"
Cheng Meizhu thought about it, and couldn't help sighing: "If we want to protect the princess of the county and Mrs. Feng at this time, we also have to take care of General Yunlu, even if we can repel that Fu Zhen later, we are powerless to pursue, and we even have to prevent him from sneaking attack when crossing the smoke and waves!
"Let him be free for a while. Lu Shiyu said calmly, "This person has been at odds with Ruru's current Great Khan for a long time, and as far as Dengchen Liyu's means of ascending to the throne back then, then Fu Zhen is willing to expose it, and Dengchen Liyu can't rest assured! Even if we can't help him at this time, he won't have a good life when Ruru goes back!"
said so, but the people present are all old acquaintances of Ruru, who doesn't want to behead this powerful figure of Ruru?
It's just that the current situation is really impossible, and I can only comfort myself.
"General Yunlu, calculate the time, that Fuzhen will arrive soon. "Half an hour ago, the horse returned, found the traces of Fu Zhen and his party, confirmed the news of Meng Jiaqian, Lu Shiyu ordered people to find a favorable terrain between the position of Gao Jiyi and the route of Fu Zhen and his party, trying to ambush, at this moment the surrounding soldiers are nervously preparing for the battlefield, Lu Shiyu estimated the next Chenguang, turned his head to Meng Jiaqian and said, "The general is not healed from his injuries now, it is not appropriate to go into battle with us to kill the enemy, please move to the rear!"
“…… Oh good. It's just that Meng Jiaqian seems to be in a trance at the moment, looking at the snow not far away with blank eyes, Lu Shiyu raised his voice and said again, he seemed to wake up, a spirit stood up, dazed for a moment, Fang was under the signal of the soldier next to him, with a cane, and staggered away.
Cheng Meizhu looked at his back and sighed: "I really didn't expect Meng Boqin's son to make such a decision." ”
"It took a lot of effort to get Meng Boqin's favor. Because of his higher status and good relationship with Huaihua General Zhao Shi, Lu Shiyu knows more about the family situation of Meng Boqin, the commander of Northern Xinjiang, and said casually at this moment, "He seems to have gone into battle with his father and brother at the age of twelve. You know that Ruru's class of brutes, after crossing the border, they saw my Da Mu people, they never left a living mouth, and they touched the village or anything, except for the grandfather of the princess of Mizhen County, Old Man Sheng, in the years in northern Xinjiang, all of them were slaughtered!"
"Although General Yun Lu is young, he has been in the field for a long time. At his current age, he is still young, and he has always been under the protection of the Meng family, he has not suffered any setbacks, and naturally he can't have any cynical emotions, the blood in his chest is not cold, and he naturally hates Ruru. ”
"At this time, I know that the Meng clan actually colluded with Ru Ru for his own selfishness...... Young people, there are also impulses. ”
"Seeing him just like that, I should regret it, right?"
"But it's too late to regret it. ”
Lu Shiyu is right, Meng Jiaqian really regrets it at the moment.
Born in Meng, born well.
It's just that the human heart does not know contentment.
The unimaginable glory and wealth of ordinary people are at their fingertips, and the special favor of his father Meng Boqin has also attracted countless envy, jealousy and hatred, but because he is the son of the grandson rather than the eldest son, as he gets older, his position in the family is gradually embarrassing.
Meng Jiaqian once regretted it, but he believed more in his talent and ability, and could win the corresponding treatment and status for himself, prove his excellence, and his father Meng Boqin's vision.
However, for the first time in his life, he was alone in charge, and he was defeated under the secret card of Rong Sleeping Crane's surprise.
Now he has personally exposed the family's remedies that have defied the world's condemnation......
Meng Jiaqian didn't know, how should he face Meng when he turned around?
Everything he has is given by the Meng family, and the Meng family may have owed many children, such as Meng Guiyu, such as Meng Biyun, but it definitely does not include Meng Jiaqian.
The biological father Meng Boqin is destined to his status in the Meng family, and the son is valuable because of his father.
The biological mother is also Meng Boqin's wife, who accompanied Meng Boqin through ups and downs for decades when she was a teenager, even if her face has grown old, she has also had an irreplaceable relationship with Meng Boqin when she is young and beautiful, and her position is stable, and she has always firmly grasped the power of Meng Boqin's backyard.
With such a background, Meng Jiaqian has never felt any oppression, use, blows and other harm from the Meng family, and what he has received has always been cultivation and support.
Meng is cruel and cold-blooded to Meng Biyun and Meng Guiyu, but for him, he is always full of love.
He is not a person without conscience, and he naturally has a lot of affection for his family.
Even if the Meng clan wanted to kill the monarch and let him take the lead in the battle, he would definitely not frown!
After all, he didn't have any feelings for the Son of Heaven in the Imperial City of Chang'an.
But colluded with Ruru......
The young general Yunlu seemed to have bloody scenes in front of his eyes: the slaughtered villages, the mutilated bones thrown on the side of the road, the disheveled female corpses, and the heads of children built into the Jingguan...... Those eyes that could not be blinded or innocent or angry or confused or frightened......
Since he joined his father and brother at the age of twelve, Meng Jiaqian has seen too many such scenes.
At first, he couldn't even hold the reins and howl uncontrollably.
Crying about Ruru's atrocities, crying even more about his own powerlessness.
This kind of behavior was ridiculed by many veterans who had long been commonplace, thinking that he was too weak in temperament, and that he was not a woman and not the strength that a man in the army should have.
However, Meng Boqin disagreed, stroked the top of his son's hair, and gently encouraged: "Ruru is brutal, so Jia Qian, your bow and horse martial arts skills must not be slack, lest he meet on the battlefield in the future, not only can he not avenge the innocent people of my Damu, but he will put himself in it!"
This is very effective, originally Meng Jiaqian, because of his noble background, knew that he didn't need to work very hard and would have a brilliant future that ordinary people could not reach, whether he practiced martial arts or did things, it was inevitable that he would be a little careless, but under such words, he became more diligent and attentive day by day.
There was even a time when he emulated Sheng Shixiong's practice in northern Xinjiang, and treated Ruru's behavior more cruelly and bloodily than Ruru's treatment of Damu's people, and he hoped to use this method to stop Ruru's massacre of villages...... It's a pity that he was quickly stopped by Meng Boqin.
The reason is very simple: Sheng Shixiong noblely does not care about the future, does not care about the impact of repeatedly killing, capturing, and abusing prisoners, and cares about Meng Boqin, who has high hopes for Meng Jiaqian.
Under pressure from his father, Meng Jiaqian had to stop.
However, the hatred and disgust for Ruru are increasing day by day.
Today, is it a long-standing vent, or is it from the loyalty of the people of Damu to their home and country...... Meng Jiaqian himself couldn't confirm it.
"If Daddy knew that what he said to encourage me to make progress back then has become the reason for my betrayal of the Meng clan today, I don't know if I will regret it?" He was taken to the rear, which was a mountain col, and a small tent was temporarily set up, which could only accommodate Meng Jiaqian and two soldiers.
He was brought into the tent like a walking corpse, and the soldier whispered to him to sit, and he sat obediently.
In fact, he didn't know where he was at this moment, so he only subconsciously clenched his cane, and thought blankly, "Lu Shiyu is a subordinate of General Huaihua, and General Huaihua has always been known for his affection and righteousness...... I don't know if they can see it for the sake of my report and promise to blame the Gao family for colluding with Ruru, instead of me, the Meng family?!"
Although he repeatedly recalled Zhao Shi's style of "moving people with emotion", the instinct from Meng's years of painstaking cultivation made Meng Jiaqian clearly realize: King Gaomi will never let go of this excellent opportunity to kill political enemies!
At most, after the victory, let Meng Jiaqian himself go.
However, Meng Jiaqian didn't care about his life or death now, he only hoped that his actions would not hurt anyone in the Meng family.
But in a hurry, he had already handed over all the cards, but now what did he have to negotiate with Lu Shiyu about the conditions?!
Recalling the last time he met Gao Jiyi before his death, his cousin shouted angrily: "It's because of your defeat that we want to go sideways!"
Meng Jiaqian's whole body was shocked, curled up in pain, ignoring the worried inquiries of the soldiers on his side, he covered his forehead with his hands, and there was only one thought in his mind: "I hurt the Meng !!"
If it wasn't for his defeat in Western Xinjiang, the Meng clan didn't need to make this risky move to contact Ru Ru; if the Meng clan didn't collude with Ru Ru, how could he personally remind Lu Shiyu?!
Gao Yiyi's words seemed to sound in his ears again: "Do you want to learn from the maiden grandfather of Princess Mizhen County, and follow the example of Sheng Shixiong who will do whatever it takes to serve the country and the people?!"
When he made a decision half an hour ago and persuaded his subordinates to come to Lu Shiyu...... He is also hot-blooded, putting life and death out of the way.
It's just that......
Meng Jiaqian can't confirm at this moment, if he is given another chance, what will he choose?
"Princess Mizhen County?" Meng Jiaqian was stunned for a long time, suddenly raised his head, and asked the soldier in a dumb voice, "Can I meet Princess Mizhen County?"