April of the sixth year of Tianhe, Zheqi County.

Gu Jinglou entered the room with a full of papers, and smashed it on the table angrily. "Do you have to amuse me with these trifles?" ”

Ruyi raised her head from behind the pile of papers, rubbed her forehead tiredly, and said, "How can I entertain you?" ”

Gu Jinglou patted the pile of documents and said, "I started to practice martial arts when I could walk, riding and shooting with chariots and horses, swords, guns and halberds. I think I went to Jiangbei back then, and I went deep into the enemy camp alone to listen to secrets. When he was about to come back, it was ten steps and one kill, and he didn't stay for a thousand miles. A young hero like me, you just let me be a swordsman and pencil?! ”

Ruyi said helplessly, "On that day, you said that you wanted to repay me for a meal, and I used it as I sent." ”

Gu Jinglou saw that she had a calm attitude, and she was actually very good at talking, her eyes flashed, and she said step by step, "It's up to you to send it-since I gave you a knife, wouldn't it be a waste if you used it to kill chickens?" ”

Ruyi held his forehead and closed his eyes to recuperate - dealing with Gu Jinglou and others really requires excellent cultivation. You see how quickly he changed his face, obviously he wasn't so angry before. The reason why he made an unbearable appearance was just to take the lead. Suppress her momentum first, so that you can bargain with her.

She didn't have the energy to rub her skin with Gu Jinglou anymore, and asked directly, "Then what do you want to do?" ”

Gu Jinglou's arm pressed against the stack of papers, and the whole person leaned forward. Although he was still a little pretending, he couldn't hide the ostentatious spirit between his eyebrows, "I said that I wanted to repay you, of course, I will do whatever you send." Ruyi really wanted to directly stretch out his hand and ask him to get out immediately, Gu Jinglou immediately changed his tone, "But I can't waste my talent, I have to choose something that must be done by me......" He reluctantly copied a volume of documents, opened it in front of her, and pointed at her, "You see that so many things have to be sent to the front line, how can you rest assured that there is no reliable person to escort you?" ”

Ruyi thought to himself, you also know that you have to send reliable people - then tell me what you have done that will make people feel reliable!

"If you want to go to the front line, I will recommend you to go in a book. It's just that the king of Linchuan is the king of Linchuan, and I am me. Doing things for him is not a reward for my kindness. ”

Gu Jinglou was about to refute, but he suddenly heard something in her words, and his eyes couldn't help but hook it, and said, "Why do you need to share such a request between your sisters and brothers?" ”

Ruyi didn't pay attention to him, but said, "It's not my job to escort the military quartermaster, if you want to go, you should not consult with me, you should go to the governor's mansion to recommend yourself." As for the agreement between you and me, it will not be in the way if it is postponed for half a year or a year. When you pay it off, when you count it. ”

She was tired from sitting for a long time, so she got up and moved her muscles and went to the courtyard to breathe.

Gu Jinglou complained in his mouth, "Hey, why are you ......" and followed out.

-- In mid-to-late March, Xiao Huaishuo personally led his troops out to attack Guyi. Fight a decisive battle with Li Hu.

By April, the two armies had clashed many times. Judging from the news from the front line, Xiao Huaishuo has not suffered defeat yet, and he will win in every battle. On the contrary, Li Hu's several attacks were repulsed, and he suffered losses one after another. Although they were only small defeats, they did not affect the situation of the battle. But it also broke the myth that Li Hu must overcome every battle and is difficult to defeat, and now Jiangdong people no longer have a fear when they talk about Li Hu.

It's just that the two armies are facing each other, and the consumption is huge. The day before yesterday, the Governor's Mansion sent a letter to the main book, asking Ruyi to assist in supervising the production of feather arrows.

Ruyi thought that the supply in the rear could not keep up with the consumption in the front, so the Governor's Mansion asked her for foreign aid. I went to find out that it turned out that the officials were envious of the efficiency of the caravans and craftsmen in her hands, and wanted to ask her for the truth.

Wishful:...... Xiao Huaishuo's staff, these staff, are really generous when they ask for things!

She certainly wouldn't be left alone. He personally looked for an old craftsman to go to the archery camp to see if there was anything that needed to be improved in the process, and he taught the superintendent how he had been motivating and managing the workshop in his daily life.

Therefore, she didn't have enough time, so she caught Gu Jinglou to help--as a hostage sent by Gu Huai, Gu Jinglou couldn't lead the troops because of his poor credit earlier, so he became the most idle person in the whole city - but he was still picky?

Gu Jinglou was still pursuing, "I'm also your senior brother......

Ruyi said, "Yes, yes, yes......"

The weather outside is warm and the spring is bright. In late spring and midsummer, the yard is full of flowers and greenery.

Ruyi raised his eyes to look at the sky, and Gu Jinglou followed suit. Then I saw a bird flying from the sky, and I looked after it. Those eyes that had always been calm also revealed anticipation.

Gu Jinglou lowered his head and thought for a while, and saw that the bird was flying closer and closer—as if it was coming to this courtyard—he jumped up, stepped on the guardrail and eaves, and flew up like a harrier, holding the white dove in his hand. He fell from the sky and crouched on the black-tiled roof, his dark eyes crooked and smiling at Ruyi, and waved his prey.

The white dove was clearly well trained, and turned his head calmly in his hands, and did not flutter and struggle.

Gu Jinglou turned over his hand and saw that a small bamboo tube was tied to the pigeon's leg. He untied the bamboo tube and raised his hand to release the pigeon.

"Hongyan teases, this carrier pigeon must have come from Soochow." He smiled and asked, "When the world is in chaos, you still have the leisure to pass on books for thousands of miles, which is really affectionate." ”

Ruyi said, "This is news coming back from the front line. I'm afraid something happened, you give it to me quickly. ”

Gu Jinglou jumped down from the opposite roof, but he was still skeptical, "Really? ”

Ruyi said, "The carrier pigeon can't fly to Dongwu, and the farther you go, the slower you will return, and it is not as safe as a boat or horse to Dongwu." She half-took the letter and unfolded it.

Gu Jinglou narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "...... Are you really in touch? ”

Ruyi paused before saying, "Yes." "It's only once, though.

Gu Jinglou felt a little bored, and said, "Let's see what's going on." ”

Sure enough, the letter came from my aunt.

-- Li Hu divided his troops and made a detour to the southwest, but he still did not know the purpose.

Ruyi pursed his lips and pondered, Gu Jinglou also pinched his chin and thought for a while, and said, "Divide the troops in a roundabout way-is he trying to sneak attack King Linchuan from the back?" ”

Wishful:...... The two armies have been facing each other for more than half a month, and at this time, they are going deep into the enemy formation to play behind the scenes in broad daylight?

"I'm afraid it's not the King of Linchuan who he's going to attack," Ruyi said, "but Nanling." ”

Li Hu is not good at water warfare, and he has lost to Xiao Huaishuo in the last few encounters, and it may be difficult to change in the short term. If he wants to break through the predicament, he will have to find another way. And Xiao Huaishuo Chen soldiers are in Gu, and Nanling is bound to be empty. Taking advantage of the opportunity to divide troops to attack Nanling by land, cut off Xiao Huaishuo's rear supplies, force him to return to reinforcements, and then wait for work to attack from both sides -- this is exactly what the Art of War says: "encircling Wei and saving Zhao".

Gu Jinglou was also able to understand it at one point, and asked, "How many soldiers are there in Nanling City now?" ”

"Three thousand?" Ruyi only knows about the number - and these 3,000 people are probably not elite soldiers, "However, Li Hu still has to resist the king of Linchuan, and the troops that can be dispatched will not be too many." And this time the division of troops is betting on the 'sneak attack', as long as Nanling is well prepared, there is nothing to fear. ”

It was impossible for Li Hu to attack Nanling with all his might. Otherwise, once Gu Yu is broken, Xiao Huaishuo will go down to force Jiankang, but it will be self-defeating. He must not be stupid enough to exchange Jiankang for Nanling.

Gu Jinglou disagreed, and said, "Li Hu used 8,000 people to take Taicheng, 200 people to take Guangling, and 2,000 people to take Wanling." The cities in the southern Xuzhou and southern Yanzhou areas were all captured by a few hundred or a thousand people......"

Ruyi said, "Yes." But he invested nearly 30,000 troops before and after, and still failed to take Yixing. ”

And the person guarding Yixing is Xu Yi.

Gu Jinglou was a little unrighteous. I didn't know what I thought, and suddenly said with a smile in my eyes, "Hypothesis, just hypothesis - do you guess if the situation in Nanling is critical, will the King of Linchuan return to the army to save you?" ”

He said it innocently, as if it was just a temporary test of human nature, without the slightest intention of provoking.

Of course, this kind of problem is actually not provocative. When Xiao Huaishuo ordered her to leave Nanling, since she dared to make fun of his mother-in-law, of course she would not complain that Xiao Huaishuo did not come to save her. She is prepared to be self-reliant.

She just couldn't help but ask, "If it were you, would you return to the army to save Nanling at this moment?" ”

Gu Jinglou didn't expect her to ask such a question, so he couldn't help but pause - the answer was obvious. In fact, he had already made a choice, and that time he chose to raise his own dignity and let Li Hu consume Taicheng. Of course, the end result wasn't in his design - at least he didn't intend to put Ruyi in the hands of an adversary.

He couldn't help but look at Ruyi's arm again, the elbow was slightly bent, and he really couldn't notice anything unusual if he didn't look closely.

He had seen the doctor who had slashed Ruyi's flesh to heal her wounds, and knew how she had come back from the Ghost Gate. If you still say beautiful things in front of Ruyi at this time, it will be too brazen.

He thought about it for a while, and finally said, "If Jiankang City is already in sight, of course you can't give up the good situation for the sake of just Nanling." But when I take Jiankang, I will definitely ......"

Ruyi smiled and said, "At that time, the siege of Nanling will be relieved without help, but you don't need to come back to help." ”

Gu Jinglou was silent.

She then ordered her to prepare horses, saying, "As you say, there will be no reinforcements at the front." I want to assist Nanling Mansion in defending the city, what are your plans? ”

Gu Jinglou asked rhetorically, "What do you say!" ”

Ruyi raised an eyebrow and only looked at him and smiled.

Gu Jinglou was a little annoyed for some reason, and said, "I'm not such a capricious person. Since I said that I want to repay you for saving your life, of course, I will tide over the difficulties with you. ”

Ruyi smiled and said, "Then thank you." ”