1

"Who are you?"

"Xing Tao's subordinate foot lieutenant." Zhong Li took out the waist tag he had previously found in Xing Tao's tent from his waist and showed it to the guards.

On the fifth day of the first month of October, after breaking through Xingtao's camp, Zhong Li led his troops to march to the banks of the Daling River. When they were about to reach the Daling River, a scout came to report that they saw a town by the river guarded by Beifeng soldiers, named Fuli. Although the city is not large, and there are not many soldiers and horses, it is heavily guarded, and it is likely that Dai Ying kept it as a stronghold to retreat to the Daling River. Although Zhong Li could lead troops to capture the city, he wanted to get some front-line information from the city, so he ordered the soldiers and horses to gather on the side of the mountain, leaving Qin Lang to guard, and went to the city to investigate by himself, and called Gu Yu to cover it.

The city gate guard carefully looked at the waist card, and then looked at Zhong Li's clothes and saber, then clasped his fists and saluted: "It turned out to be the captain, why is he not in the army, and came to this Fuli City?" ”

"You still don't know that this Zhong Li has broken my barracks?" Zhong Li deliberately threw out this sentence to test the guards' reaction, and judging from the shocked expression on his face, Fuli City still didn't know what had happened in the previous two days. "At the moment, General Xing Tao's life and death are uncertain, and I have been separated from the army, so I will defect here first, so it is my own camp."

"That's right, then don't bother the captain, you can go to the camp in the city and report this matter to the general."

"It turns out that there is also a general of the Northern Forward in this Fuli City." Zhong Li thought about it and walked towards the city, but was suddenly stopped by the guards again.

"Who is this?" It turned out that the guards saw Gu Yu who was following Zhong Li, although she was wearing plain clothes and covered her head with a hood, her face alone was still very attractive. "Isn't it the lady of the school captain? This little lady is so handsome, adults are so blessed. ”

Gu Yu heard someone praise the positive appearance, so he heard Zhong Li say on the side: "I misunderstood, this is the sister." ”

I didn't want the guard to apologize, so I heard Gu Yu shouting, "I'm not her sister!" ”

As soon as Gu Yu said this, Zhong Li was shocked, it was not this guy who wanted to buy him here. The guard hesitated, and Zhong Li's hand had already pressed on the hilt of the knife, but he heard Gu Yu say again: "Which of you has ever seen such a brother?" As soon as my sister came, she was in a rebellion, and then she had to run a hundred miles a day, and she said that this is how it is. ”

After a while, the guards laughed, and Zhong Li also hurriedly took over the words and said: "She was attacked by Zhong Li when she first arrived, and she fled with me all the way. ”

"That's a bad thing." The guard scratched his head through the helmet, "Your Excellency, let's settle Sister Ling first." ”

Walking into the city, Zhong Li Fang breathed a sigh of relief, and the sweat that had just accumulated on his forehead could only be wiped at this time.

"As for being so nervous?" Gu Yu was so cold on the side.

"Who told you to add such a play?"

"Is it so easy to take advantage of being a brother?"

"Then the husband and wife are even more difficult to act, right?"

Gu Yu pouted and smiled, "Yes, yes." Brother Zhong Li. She snorted deliberately in a snort.

"It's okay, you and I in the city should only be friends."

2

Zhong Li and Gu Yu stayed at the inn outside the city market, one was responsible for inquiring about news in the city's wine stores and other places, and the other was responsible for collecting intelligence between the markets. At the end of the day, I probably learned that there were about 1,000 defenders here, and the commander was a partial general named Xiao Ming. In addition, Dai Ying had already led a large army to cross the river to Tuhe City, and Yuan Xian also led 60,000 troops to Tuhe City.

"How, knowing the situation of your sweetheart, maybe you are at ease now?" In the evening, Gu Yu went to Zhong Li's room to exchange information and discuss the next step. "She confronted Dai Ying in Tuhe, if you set foot in this city, you can get there in the next day, this place is only sixty miles away from Tuhe."

"This is not a matter of urgency. Although I can capture this Fuli in the blink of an eye, it will not help me to go there sooner. What's more, if after the capture of this city, there are remnants of the army retreating to Tuhe, then Dai Ying will know that I have broken the siege of Shicheng, and will transfer troops to attack me. The opportunity that I had worked so hard to get before was returned at once. ”

"Heh, it seems that our General Zhong is more rational than emotional. If your sweetheart knows you're here, he'll be eager to get there tonight. ”

"If she knew that you were joking with me like this at this time, I was afraid that she would really have to come over overnight."

"Excuse me, I'm afraid of misunderstanding." Gu Yu smiled and turned the conversation, "Seriously, what are you going to do now." ”

"Judging from the current situation, if Yuan Xian successfully wins Tuhe, then all your and my previous concerns can be dispelled, just look at whether Dai Ying is dead or alive. If he dies, the battle of Liaoxi will end, and Fuli will definitely surrender the city. If they live, eighty percent of them will withdraw their troops here, in a vain attempt to kill some more time here, and wait until the heavy snow covers the mountain. At that time, he will need to take this place one step ahead of him, so that he has no way back. ”

"What if she doesn't go well with the siege?"

"If she didn't attack the city well, it was probably because you and I guessed that Dai Ying had cut off supplies, then it would depend on what she decided. If she is desperate to attack the city, I will need to quickly conquer Fuli, and then do whatever it takes to bring food to her from the stone city. If she chooses to withdraw her troops to wait for reinforcements from Shanhaiguan, I will also need to conquer this city, and then use it as bait to hang Dai Ying to ensure her retreat safely. ”

"In this way, although we want to capture Fuli, we must wait for the opportunity and be clean."

"That's true." Zhong Li said again: "The most important problem at the moment is how to pass on the situation to Qin Lang first, so that he can lead the troops to cooperate at any time. Although I made an appointment with him to order the scouts to hand over the situation to the woods north of the city at the time of the arrival of the city and the time of the city, the question of how to get out of the city is now a problem. You also saw it when you came at noon, and the city gate was heavily guarded, and if it weren't for the waist card, I was afraid that you and I would not be able to bring the guy in. ”

"If you think it's easy to get suspicious when you come and go, I have another way." As she spoke, she took out a piece of wood carved with dark patterns of orchids from her spacious cuffs, and Zhong Li looked at it and realized that it was a crossbow bed. Then she took out from the other sleeve two pieces of hardwood that fit the horns of the ox, and in the middle were a rope twisted from the tendons of animals, which looked like two halves of a bow and a bowstring.

"This is the crossbow you used to attack me that day?"

"Recognize the goods."

"But how can it be like this?" Zhong Li said as he fiddled with the pile of things.

Gu Yu saw that he was serious and puzzled, and he felt interesting, "Don't think it's broken." As she spoke, she took out another trinket from her sleeve, and saw that there were two bundles of hemp rope on it, which were held parallel to the metal frame outside, and each bundle of hemp rope was also wearing a hardwood sleeve, and the opening seemed to be able to catch two bows. Install it and try it. ”

Zhong Li pointed the bow at the curtain cover as Gu Yu said, and firmly buckled it in with a light push. Because the hemp rope is loose, the other half of the bow can be attached without tightening the bowstring. "This is a miniature version of the Roman Scorpion Crossbow?"

"Almost, except that the hemp rope bow is also elastic."

Zhong Li pulled the assembled bow, which was only one foot and six inches long, and felt very loose. "Is there something missing?"

"Gotta tighten the twine." Saying that, Gu Yu threw out a small iron rod with a hexagonal turn, "Three buckles on the left and right sides, and then insert this thing into it, and it will be connected to the crossbow bed just in time." After installing it, shooting two or three hundred steps should not be a big problem. ”

Zhong Li was pondering when he heard someone knocking on the door, he hurriedly hid the half-filled things in the inner room, and sat back in the distance. "Come in."

"Come on!" It turned out to be the shopkeeper, and I saw him come in with two plates of steaming things. "Two guest officers, you want two plates of dumplings." He put the things down, and Gu Yu stared at the dumplings on the plate that were crystal white and tender, and the red color in the middle. "If you have any needs, you two are ready to greet you." With that, he left the room as it was.

"How do you think of eating dumplings?"

"Don't you know that today is the beginning of winter?" Zhong Li saw that although Gu Yu was staring at each other, he didn't move his hand, so he took the chopsticks and handed them over. "Come on, eat it while it's hot."

When Zhong Li also picked up the chopsticks, Gu Yu hurriedly pinched the most marginal one, and just wanted to swallow it raw, but immediately decided to take a small bite. She bit off half of the dumpling with one hand, and then swallowed the other half, but the enthusiasm of the dumpling still burned her somewhat.

Seeing Gu Yu covering his breath, Zhong Li smiled and asked, "Can it still be the same taste?" ”

"You ordered such a fishy thing at night."

"Eat some mutton dumplings." Saying that, Zhong Li walked to the door of the room again and called the second child downstairs, "Is there vinegar, preferably laba vinegar?" ”

After a while, the little boy came up with the small pot of vinegar, and when he came to the door, he still said: "Guest officer, you are really good at picking, this boss's newly submerged laba vinegar will let you want it." However, this vinegar is still slightly new, and the taste is light, so you can take it first. ”

Zhong Li poured a plate for each of them, and Gu Yu dipped it lightly. But as soon as the dumplings entered the mouth, Zhong Li obviously saw Gu Yu stunned for a moment, and her eyes, which were originally bright and cunning, became warm in an instant, as if something had flashed in front of her eyes. However, after a few moments, the feeling of being as crystal clear and tough as a spar returned.

"Whose house is it reminding you of?" Zhong Li took the opportunity to ask.

"It's been too long for me to remember."

"What?"

"It's just a joke." Gu Yu came back to his senses and put down his chopsticks, and instead picked up the teapot and poured water. "The general really knows how to enjoy here."

"Aren't you delicious?"

"It's good, but don't forget, general, I'm here for one thing, so I don't have time to search for food. Of course, no one took me with me. ”

"That's it. Speaking of which, there is a self-proclaimed friend named Chongyi on your side, and there is no one you know here? ”

"Work needs, I don't have the energy to be distracted."

"That's what you said." Zhong Li did not forget to clean the dumplings on the plate while talking. "If it's just for work, you don't have to go with me to this city of Fuli. Now you're not only here, you're busy with me all day long. With your ingenuity, if you don't want to do it, you can't shirk it. ”

"I also realize that this kind of world really attracts me to some extent."

"How?"

Gu Yu's index finger inadvertently tapped the lower edge of the ear, "How to say it, although it is not real, it is also true; Although there is no life and death, there is a parting. Speaking of this kind of realism that is about to leave, it is a pity to fight in the battlefield, and it may be more fun if it is used as a martial arts world. ”

"Why are you talking about martial arts again?"

"Because life and death are fake, the gains and losses of life and death can be looked down on a lot, and it is easy to do it with a free and easy pleasure. However, the moonlight flowers, wine delicacies, etc. are extremely realistic, and the love that is born is also true affection. In this way, isn't it more like the world of martial arts? ”

After listening to Gu Yu's explanation, Zhong Li seemed to realize what she was talking about. This may be the success of Lao Yuan. Speaking of which, are you planning to pursue a grudge with a smile? ”

Gu Yu smiled faintly, "I just want to be able to easily get away." ”

"Oh, it's easy to say."

"Yes, even if there is no life and death like this, it won't be disrespectful, right?"