There is no outer Guo in Jiankang City, so there are no guards guarding the door here, and they have to temporarily go to the Danyang Mansion to report the case and transfer people over. The garrison could not be filled in a short period of time.

Ruyi temporarily ordered He Manduo and others to stay here for the time being to check the pedestrians, and wait for Fu Yin to send someone to deal with it.

She and Gu Jinglou entered the city first.

Gu Jinglou saw that the fence outside Jiankang was outdated, and the guard at the fence gate was loose, so he couldn't help but say, "Once the soldiers come to the city, how can they be defended by relying on these garrisons." ”

Ruyi also glanced at the fence, but he didn't care much, and said, "Jiankang's real garrison is in the Yangtze River and Stone City, of course, it doesn't rely on this kind of thing." ”

Gu Jinglou suddenly stopped and asked with interest, "What if the Yangtze River and Stone City defenses are broken through?" ”

Ruyi couldn't help but stop to look at him, and seeing that he wasn't joking, he lowered his eyes and said, "You can also retreat to Taicheng, the walls of Jiankang Inner City are still quite strong - but if it really comes to that point, what is the difference between guarding and not guarding?" ”

"The difference is still huge." Gu Jinglou said, "One more day, and one more day when there is a chance to rescue the soldiers." There have always been many cases of offense and defense, and there are many cases of reversing the decline at the last moment. ”

It was the first time Ruyi had heard such an argument - as far as she was concerned, it was certainly true that ordinary cities were so. But Jiankang is the capital of the country, and the meaning of the country's capital being broken and being under the city is of course different.

But Gu Jinglou's statement does sound more reasonable.

She thought about it for a moment, and finally said, "You're right. ”

Gu Jinglou smiled again, "However, who dares to guarantee that the reinforcements who came to the rescue will not become another Cao Mengde who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes?" ”

Wishful:...... Are you kidding me?!

But she still said calmly, "If you have to choose between Cao Cao's entry into the city and Shi Le's entry into the city 1, of course Cao Thief is better than Hu Thief." ”

Gu Jinglou looked at her, and she also looked at Gu Jinglou. The four eyes are facing each other, obviously there is no real knife and real gun, but there is no sense of competition. But it was Gu Jinglou who laughed first and said, "Of course, it's better that neither of them enters the city." If it really comes to a critical situation, it must be a loyal and patriotic general. ”

Ruyi didn't make a sound, she felt that Gu Jinglou's words were meaningful. Although she had never thought that Jiankang might face the crisis of heavy military pressure before, she couldn't help but think about it at this moment.

-- Jiankang is a heavily guarded city, but it is also an undefended city. On the one hand, it is guarded by the Yangtze River, Stone Town, Zhongshan, and Xuanwu Lake, and the army that intends to go south is firmly blocked on the other side of the Yangtze River. It's impregnable and unbreakable. But on the other hand, Jiankang doesn't even have a foreign Guocheng. Although Taicheng itself has a solid city wall, the real prosperous place of Jiankang, the densely populated area of the generation of Qinhuai River south and Shizigang north, is not guarded at all. Once the army crossed the Yangtze River, the area was feared to be razed to the ground in an instant. And just relying on the land of Taicheng projectiles, how long can it last?

But who would have imagined what would happen after the enemy broke through the Yangtze River? After all, the enemy is in the north of the Yangtze River, and under normal circumstances, people will only think of making every effort to stop the enemy in the north of the Yangtze River.

Unless......

She asked, "What news did you bring back from the north?" ”

――I'm afraid that this news is not only the reason why Gu Jinglou was hunted down, but also the reason why he is worried about Jiankang's city defense.

Gu Jinglou said, "It's a big deal, I can only say it to the Son of Heaven and the Prince." ”

Ruyi said, "But before you-"

Gu Jinglou pursed his lips and smiled, "Before?" Wasn't that a critical situation before? ”

Wishful:...... In other words, he deliberately mentioned the news from the north in front of those hat-bearers in order to involve her. In fact, I didn't intend to sue her from the beginning.

This bastard! --Ruyi couldn't help but curse secretly. It's rare for her to be provoked to gnash her teeth.

"So the news of the Northern Expedition—"

"Ah, this one didn't lie to you;." Gu Jinglou saw that she was a little annoyed, and explained with a smile, "I did inquire about some of them. Just ask, I know everything. ”

Ruyi's mood was slightly relieved. She said, "Xu Yi and Xu Xingqing should be a marching Sima of the Northern Expeditionary Army." Have you heard of this man? ”

Gu Jinglou said, "Xu Yi? He was also in the Northern Expedition? ”

Ruyi's heart sank, and he thought, since Gu Jinglou said so, I'm afraid he won't know Xu Yi's news.

Sure enough, Gu Jinglou said, "I haven't heard of him." He looked at Ruyi for a moment and asked, "Is he the one with whom you are engaged?" ”

Ruyi nodded.

This was to be expected, not to mention that she was used to being disappointed. She only had a little talk that was better than nothing, and said, "Then have you heard of Chen Ze'an's news?" Are the generals under his command who refuse to surrender to the enemy really ...... Martyred? ”

Xu Yi is just a marching Sima who has nothing to do with the overall situation, but Chen Ze'an is a first-class and heavy-name general, and sure enough, as soon as he was mentioned, Gu Jinglou immediately said, "Chen Ze'an's ugly things have indeed heard a lot - although I don't know if it's true or not, it's very inspiring." He said with great interest, "When the Eastern Wei Dynasty besieged Liang County, they wanted to persuade Liang County to surrender to Song Gongming-Song Gong was once a subordinate of Chen Ze'an, and the Eastern Wei people said that Chen Ze'an had surrendered, so why should you resist stubbornly?" Song Gong was humble and wronged, saying that he would only surrender if he saw Chen Ze'an with his own eyes. The Eastern Wei people asked Chen Ze'an to show up in front of the battle, but as soon as Chen Ze'an appeared, an arrow flew from the opposite formation, hitting Chen Ze'an in the cheek and helping him open a new hole in his face - you say it's painful! ”

Ruyi said, "Happy, happy!" ”

If it weren't for Chen Ze'an's defection and raising the butcher's knife against his former comrades, Xu Yi would not have ended up in a situation where he didn't hear from him. This little girl had lived sixteen or seven years, and had never wanted so much to see a man retribution.

But even though Chen Ze'an suffered retribution, Xu Yi's whereabouts are still unknown. And Liang Jun has also lost as far as she knows, and Song Ming's fate is not optimistic. She asked, "Is Song Gongke still alive?" ”

Gu Jinglou said, "It's still alive." It's just that after this arrow, the Eastern Wei people knew that he would rather die than surrender, and the siege was more urgent. He had to abandon Liangjun and retreat south across Suishui, hearing that he first went to Pengcheng, and then went south to relieve the siege of Shouchun. Earlier, the world said that Song Gongyong was cowardly, and thought that he would inevitably follow Chen Ze'an's example and join the enemy, but who knew that he had such courage at a critical moment. Now the routs scattered in the north have defected to him, and when he heard that Pengcheng, his army had expanded to nearly 100,000—"

As he was talking, he suddenly remembered something, and the words stopped for a moment. Just looking at Ruyi, it seems that he wants to ask something.

Ruyi looked at him suspiciously, his eyes blinked slowly, and said, "Xu Yi, he-"

Ruyi's eyes unconsciously appeared with hope again, and she looked at Gu Jinglou eagerly like a fledgling. Gu Jinglou's eyes flashed, and he said, "--His father is Xu Gongmao, the assassin of Xuzhou, right?" ”

Ruyi hurriedly said, "Yes! Her eyes darkened again, and she added, "...... My uncle is in Shouchun, and his situation is also quite difficult. Cousin, he-"

Gu Jinglou said, "At least...... With the 100,000 reinforcements brought by Song Gong, the siege of Shouchun will not be solved in the future. You don't have to worry too much about your uncle. ”

Ruyi was disappointed again, but she didn't say much. He said, "Yes." ”

As they spoke, they had reached the helmsman. Ruyi stopped, and was thinking about whether to put another set of secrets from Gu Jinglou's mouth that he called "can only be said to the Son of Heaven and the Prince", or what, when he saw a carriage stop in front of the helmsman, and Erlang jumped down from above.

Before he could stand firmly, he looked up at Ruyi, his face sank, and he strode forward.

Ruyi thought to himself - just in time.

Erlang had already raised his hand to grab her cheek, and his nails rubbed lightly.

Even between sisters and brothers, they didn't talk so close and moved their hands and feet, Ruyi was taken aback by him first, and pushed, "What are you doing?" ”

Seeing that her cheeks were only splashed with blood and there were no wounds, Jiro let go of her and said, "Are you hurt?" How could it be assassinated? Don't you go out with anyone? The assassin took it? Seeing that Ruyi also had blood stains on her hands, she had to open her hand to check it again.

Wishful:......

Ruyi could only quickly pull his hand behind his back, "Don't look at it, I'm not injured." ”

Erlang squinted his eyes and examined her for a while, making sure that her face was indeed ruddy and healthy, so he snorted softly and said, "What are you doing to provoke such an enemy?" ”

Ruyi decisively pointed at Gu Jinglou, "I didn't provoke him—it's him." ”

Gu Jinglou felt very bad—quite bad.

Although Ruyi clarified that she was not Liuli, and her fiancé was someone else, Gu Jinglou still subconsciously felt that there must be some misunderstanding in this, not necessarily that he was mistaken.

As a result, before he had time to clarify the misunderstanding, he suddenly killed a teenager halfway, not only did he move his hands and feet to Ruyi, but he also did not shy away from speaking - who is he!

Gu Jinglou asked with an unkind face, "Which one is this?" ”

Jiro: ...... Who are you?

Ruyi hurriedly introduced them, "This is the king of Linchuan, the second son of the Son of Heaven, the younger brother of the crown prince - and my half-brother. ”

Gu Jinglou was still on fire, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but take a closer look at Erlang. Inadvertently blurted out, "...... You don't look like each other. "It is said that the two sisters and brothers are so beautiful, and there should be some similarities between each other.

Pasta is red. But he didn't say much.

Gu Jinglou confirmed Erlang's identity and bowed down.

Ruyi turned to Erlang and said, "This is the youngest son of Gu Gong, the assassin of Jiangzhou, Gu Jinglou, the word Lingyun." ”

Erlang looked at Gu Jinglou quietly, smiled, and said, "It looks a little like Gu Gong." ”

Gu Jinglou: ......

The first time the two met, although they didn't say that the dark tide was turbulent, they didn't have a good impression of each other.

Now that Erlang is here, Ruyi didn't bother anymore, and said directly, "Gu Gongzi brought back confidential military information from Runan and was about to meet the Son of Heaven." Take him into the palace. ”

- She has the heart to let Erlang and Wen. This is actually deliberately setting up a situation for Gu Jinglou.

Gu Jinglou only glanced up at her, clearly knowing her thoughts. But he still smiled at Erlang, "Then it will annoy His Royal Highness." He presented the seal letter to Erlang and said, "This is a token given to me by my father before leaving, and I ask His Highness to present this thing to His Majesty." ”