On the day Zuo Mengeng received the news of Zuo Liangyu's defeat, he gave up the operation to continue southward, and after an emergency military discussion with Jin Shenghuan, Gao Jinku, Lu Guangzu, and Xu Yong, he ordered the whole army to stop resting, immediately pull out the camp and go to the northeast, and drive directly to Wuyang Pass. In the torrential rain, the roads were muddy, and before the collection and pulling of the fence was completed, it was dark before it could be opened.

The anxious Zuo Mengeng ordered it forcibly, which immediately caused mourning, and there was even a faint voice of insulting Zuo Mengeng. When it reached Zuo Mengeng's ears, he was angry, where could he swallow this breath, and immediately ordered Gao Jinku to be responsible for finding out the person who chewed his tongue, otherwise he was not allowed to move the army for half a step. Gao Jinku was helpless, and led a team and a battalion to investigate the past, during which for two whole hours, the whole army could only stop in place and endure the pouring wind and rain, waiting silently.

The soldiers covered each other, Gao entered the library and checked a few laps without results, for fear that Zuo Mengeng would be angry with him, so he simply dragged seven or eight people at will and tied them up and handed them to Zuo Mengeng. Zuo Mengeng didn't interrogate, and directly asked them to kneel in a row by the water, shouting loudly "Evil words confuse the people", regardless of the pleas, and killed them one by one.

This only aroused the anger of the soldiers, they began to cross the mountains and mountains from Xinyang Prefecture, slept in the open air, did not have a rest all the way, and were already dissatisfied, and when they arrived in Huguang, they did not have enough food and grass supplies to kill the robe for no reason, and they were even more angry. At that moment, there were a few petty officers who were irritable and clamoured, and hundreds of soldiers rushed up to ask Zuo Mengeng to give an explanation, and Zuo Mengeng was almost stabbed to death by a knife in the chaos, but fortunately, Jin Shenghuan and Lu Guangzu arrived in time, and tried their best to suppress them, killing those petty officers and appeasing them with good words, so as to stabilize the situation. By the time all this was settled, it was already early the next morning.

Zuo Mengeng was frightened and had no idea, so Jin Shenghuan and the others were able to surround him and turn the army. After walking all day and driving 40 miles of Kankan, the whole army was already complaining. Jin Shenghuan saw that Zuo Menggeng was depressed, and found that there was a Hezhi Temple nearby, so he led the army to the temple first. Only a few old monks were left, and the rest of the monks were all expelled, and the house was vacated for Zuo Mengeng and some officers and their families to rest, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were stationed around the temple.

Many soldiers were afraid of the heavy rain and did not want to bother to set up tents and make fires, so they simply dispersed and invaded people's houses. When there were not enough dwellings, they scattered to the periphery to find a place to go, in short, there was no order in the chaos. Because the mutiny had only been suppressed not long ago, Jin Shenghuan, Gao Jinku, and others did not dare to forcibly enforce military discipline, and only issued a military order to order the troops on time tomorrow and each department to count the heads on their own, and then let them go. Even if the soldiers burned, killed, and plundered, they just turned a blind eye.

Jin Shenghuan saw that Zuo Mengeng's health was not good and seemed to be infected with a cold, so he went to find an old monk in the temple who knew how to decoct medicine and cook soup. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the firewood room where the old monk was imprisoned, he saw no one, so he sharply questioned the soldiers guarding it: "Where are the people? A few old monks who are powerless can't stand it, what's the use of asking you a few wastes? ”

The soldier hurriedly said: "It's not that the villain can't stand it, it's that these old monks have all been lifted by the tall people." ”

"Tall?" Jin Shenghuan wondered, "What does he want a few old monks to do?" ”

"No, I don't know ......"

Jin Shenghuan left him, turned around and went to Gao Jinku. Gao Jinku occupied a large meditation room in the backyard, and before he entered the courtyard, several guards surrounded him and said, "Lord Jin, where are you going?" ”

"If you don't have a good trick, what else can you do when you enter this hospital?" Jin Shenghuan glared angrily, "Find Lord Gao!" ”

"Hey, hey, Lord Jin is slow, and ...... slow"

"Don't get in the way, it's really provoking Lao Tzu to rub the fire, and the tall man can't protect you and wait!"

Jin Shenghuan's status is relatively the highest among several generals of the Zuojia Army, and these soldiers couldn't help but panic when they saw that he was going to break through, and Ai Ai said: "Lord Gao, Lord Gao has something to do inside, and it is inconvenient to see people......

"Get out of the way!"

Jin Shenghuan slapped the soldier away, and rushed into the meditation room in three steps and two steps, but as soon as he pushed the door open, he was startled by the sight. But seeing that there were six people standing in the meditation room, three of them with round heads with crane skin and white eyebrows were not the old monks in the temple they were looking for. The other three were women, all of whom were in their thirties and forties, like women from nearby villages. The three men and three women were all stripped of their stripes, their eyebrows were low, their faces were flushed, and they looked at the coming with trembling.

Gao Jinku, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, said in surprise: "Brother Jin, why are you here?" ”

Jin Shenghuan knew that Gao Jinku was a person, and he knew what kind of moth was in the meditation room when he looked at it, and said angrily: "When is it, you still have the heart to do this!" ”

Gao Jindui stood up with a smile and said: "It's not a few days of aggrievedness, it's hard to be free, comfortable and comfortable." ”

"Comfortable? I think you're disgusting! Jin Shenghuan scolded, pointing at the old monk and the woman at the same time, "Get out of here, shameful things!" ”

Gao Jinku didn't stop him, he smiled and watched them pack up their clothes and run out in a panic, before he said, "Brother Jin, I'll give you a face." But you suddenly came over and disturbed my interest, if you don't give an explanation, the surname Gao is not afraid to marry you! ”

"Hmph, tie up with me? Aren't you afraid of marrying up with Zuo Shuai and Gongzi? ”

Gao Jinku heard this, coughed, turned back to the bed and sat down, and said casually: "The news from Henan is here, what makes the difference between knot and not?" ”

Jin Shenghuan frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

Gao Jinku smiled and said, "It's not interesting. Lao Jin, you are usually smart, why are you confused? ”

"What are you farting!"

Gao Jinku smiled and said coldly: "Lao Jin, although you and I have followed Zuo Shuai for many years, we are not Zuo Shuai's house slaves. Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, and they still fly separately when disaster comes, let alone us? ”

When Jin Shenghuan heard this, his heart was shocked, he turned around and closed the door first, took two steps closer, bared his teeth and glared at Gao Jinku angrily: "As soon as Zuo Shuai is defeated, your kid will stand up, right?" At the beginning, he scolded Zhou Fengwu for being greedy for life and afraid of death and having no faith, I think you and him are similar bastards! ”

Gao Jinku was scolded by him for a few words, but he still didn't care, and said slowly: "No matter what you say, Zuo Shuai's defeat is defeat, and it is a fact that there is no place for my Zuo family army to stand in Henan." ”

"What if you lose? Childe, there are still four battalions of you and me here, and no matter how defeated Zuo Shuai's side is, there will be a few battalions left. As long as they meet, looking at this Chu Yu, they are still one of the best characters? ”

"Rendezvous? Yo, that's a light way to say. ”

"I think you were frightened by Zuo Shuai's defeat, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and now the three passes of Yiyang are in the hands of my Zuo family's army, and it is not easy for Zuo Shuai to come over?"

Gao Jinku sneered: "The three passes of Yiyang belong to the three passes of Yiyang, don't forget, there is still a Li Chuang in the north, and there is a Zhao Zhen in the west." He added, "Li Chuang didn't mention it, just said that Zhao Dangshi, hehe, you and I have fought with Zhao Dangshi in Yunxiang, don't you understand in my heart, is Zhao Dangshi and our army less enmity than Li Zicheng?" ”

"How did I not know? It's just that I hate that Zhao Dangshi didn't know what kind of ecstasy soup he poured into his son, and deceived his son so much, I can't see it for a long time. ”

"Hehe, it's not that you haven't seen the four-room lady of the child, or that Zhao Dangshi gave it to the childe. The southeast wind, the northwest wind, the wind that does not reach the wife's pillow, with such a stunner by his side, what can he claim? ”

Jin Shenghuan pondered for a moment, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "What do you mean by talking so much?" ”

Gao Jinku said: "Zhao Dangshi is ambitious, from a small general in Zaoyang County, he dominated northern Chu in a few years, which can be seen to be powerful. The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, we have always been active in Henan, this time I want to enter Huguang, the surname Zhao is polite on the surface, and secretly I must hate itchy, I am afraid that I will be removed soon. Now that he has stepped on the shit luck and encountered Zuo Shuai's defeat, needless to say, he will inevitably seize the opportunity to dump us and others to preserve his control over Chudi. One thing to say, I think that even if Zuo Shuai can escape Li Zicheng's pursuit and cross Tongbai Mountain, Zhao Dangshi may not let my Zuo family army meet easily. ”

"The surname Zhao has such guts?"

"This time is different from the past, Zuo Shuai is newly defeated, and the soldiers have no heart to fight. We are waiting to follow the son, running around and working hard for a few days, how the military spirit can be seen without me saying it. Zhao Dangshi is close at hand, waiting for work, our army has no roots and no foundation in Huguang, how can we compete with it? Once there is a conflict between the two families, you and I know in our hearts what the outcome will be. Speaking of this, he said earnestly, "Lao Jin, I also admire your old feelings for righteousness, but one yard is one yard, and when it comes to life and death, you have to think about it for yourself, right?" ”

"And what do you want?" Jin Shenghuan's face turned pale, "Do you want to carry Zuo Shuai?" ”

Gao Jinku shook his head and said, "Then you are too underestimate me." Although the surname Gao has many hearts and eyes, he is not the person who has no skin and no face. ”

"Let's talk about it, it has to be reasonable, and it may not be impossible to consider." Jin Shenghuan's voice was obviously soft. Although Zuo Liangyu has the grace to support him, when he thinks of his mother, wife and children at home, he will not give up his life and his life.

"For today's plan, the best way is to go directly south and occupy Wuchang Mansion as the foundation for revival."

"You're a cliché."

"Definitely!" Gao Jinku shook his head and said, "I said that I would go directly to Wuchang Mansion, but I didn't mention that I had to go to the north." ”

Jin Shenghuan was stunned and said: "Do you want to abandon Zuo Shuai, but also disobey Gongzi's military order?" ”

"To this day, the only military order I received was to open up Huguang, Brother Jin, does Zuo Shuai have any other orders?"

"No ......"

"That's it. I waited for Wuchang and followed the order, even if Zuo Shuai arrived in Wuchang at that time, we will have no merit. ”

"Where did you leave your son? There is a son, how do you go to Wuchang? ”

"Childe?" Gao Jinku smiled dumbly, touched his beard and said, "Lao Jin, are you really confused or pretending to be confused, do you think I will still have a way to live if I blindly obey my son's words?" ”

"Look at what you're saying."

"To tell the truth, Childe Flying Eagle is a lackey, marching and fighting, he is not that material at all. Zuo Shuai also knew very well in his heart that if it weren't for the urgency of the military situation this time, he would definitely not rush the ducks to the shelves and put the son out...... Hey...... Who called Zuo Shuai only such a precious son? ”

"Seriously!" Jin Shenghuan said unhappily, "You want to go to Wuchang, what should the son do?" If you want to kill the son, I'll tie you up first! ”

"Fuck you, who's going to tie up the son?" Gao Jinku replied, his eyes sharpened, "It's only been you seen in the past few days, the son is in charge, like a headless fly, changing the order day and night, and tossing the big guy into something." If you want to retain the strength of our four battalions and even successfully take Wuchang, you can't listen to Gongzi anymore! ”

"What do you want to do with Childe?"

"Not very good. The son eats and drinks well and has fun with his wife, so the military doesn't have to bother him. ”

When Jin Shenghuan heard this, he roughly understood Gao Jinku's thoughts, and pursed his lips into deep thought.

Gao Jinku said with a smile: "Do you believe it, now call Lao Lu and Lao Xu, they will be on my side!" He said, "The situation in the north is complicated and dangerous, and there is no way to go." But when you get to the south, it's a different story. ”

Jin Shenghuan sighed, and said a little unbearably: "What about Zuo Shuai?" ”

Gao Jinku pouted and said, "I don't have time to take care of myself, and I can use it when I go." Zuo Shuaiji people have their own natural appearance, if they want to be able to meet us in the south, I don't say a word in the second year of high school, and I still bow down to him. But if it's ...... Hey...... Then we can also help Zuo Shuai continue the incense, which is also a great achievement. What else do you want to keep up? ”

Jin Shenghuan was speechless by his words, and never imagined that he could embark on another path in his life.

What he did before was out of passion, and it was not mixed with other personal feelings. But Gao Jinku is a pragmatic person, starting from reality, the words are simple, and they are more deafening. In the final analysis, he is just a layman, compared to his future and the safety of his family, the loyalty and filial piety he adheres to are completely insignificant.

If Zuo Liangyu really dies, then as a heavy general who assists Zuo Mengeng, it is not an exaggeration to say that he will cover the sky with one hand in the Zuo family army in the future, and at that time...... Suddenly, his heart sank, and he really didn't dare to continue thinking about it. It was only at this time that he realized that the sentence that people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants will indeed become a reality at a certain time.

At this time, a soldier knocked on the door, and Gao Jinku shouted: "What are you doing, I didn't see Lao Tzu and Lord Jin discussing the military situation!" ”

The soldier reported from the other door: "Two adults, my son, please, I have very important news to say." ”

The two glanced at each other, and Gao Jinku slanted and smiled: "Let's go, Lao Jin, keep the words in your heart, and you have to be tense in front of the son." ”

Jin Shenghuan nodded coldly and did not say a word.