Hearing the sound of the horn coming from the Tubo military camp, Su Dingfang pulled Wei Chigong and shouted, "General, withdraw!" Instead of confronting him, let's take a detour, retreat to the middle of the Hexi Corridor, and wait for the DPRK to come with reinforcements! ”

"No withdrawal!" Wei Chigong roared angrily, "If you want to withdraw, you take your people to withdraw!" The old man has never flinched from the battle for so many years. ”

Su Dingfang looked at Wei Chigong as if he was going to die, and glanced anxiously at the Tubo army that was constantly integrating in the distance, "General, offended!" I can no longer watch so many brothers die in vain, let alone watch the general die. ”

According to the words, Su Dingfang picked up a stone from the rubble on the ground, knocked him unconscious without Wei Chigong noticing, and shouted to the soldiers around him, "Withdraw!" ”

"Withdraw!" Echoes came from the army.

The soldiers began to withdraw from this battlefield in an orderly manner, Su Dingfang carried Wei Chigong and looked at the cloudy sky, and then looked at the direction of Chang'an, his eyes were unyielding and regretful, "Gu Qing, come on, you really can't hold on if you don't come again." ”

Not a single drop of rain fell from the overcast sky, and the Tibetans used horses and sheep to clear the mines, and then let the elephants charge towards the Hexi corridor.

Until the night breeze blew up this silent battlefield after the smoke of gunpowder, Su Dingfang knelt down on one knee in front of Wei Chigong in the middle of the Hexi Corridor, "General! Dispose of me if you want, and don't trouble the soldiers. ”

"You're so daring!" Wei Chigong roared angrily, "Do you still have military law in your eyes?"

The armor on Fang Yiai's body was stained with blood, the first time he came to the Hexi Corridor to experience the battlefield for the first time, he listened to the words of Su Dingfang Wei Chi Gong in the camp tent, leaned on the bracket of the camp tent and closed his eyes, he wanted to sleep so much, he hadn't slept for two days and two nights when he came to the Hexi Corridor.

Su Dingfang knelt on the ground and didn't speak, letting Wei Chigong scold himself with a sword, the soldiers in the barracks were all tired, those who could sleep were lying on the ground in armor, and some of the soldiers were gnawing on half-baked potatoes with blank eyes, everyone was so tired that they really couldn't move.

Changan

After Gu Qing and Li Er finished speaking, they walked step by step in the magnificent palace, Li Tai heard that his father summoned Gu Qing and had been waiting outside the palace gate, and he had been waiting outside the palace gate until he saw Gu Qing's figure, "Gu Qing, what did my father say?"

"I'm going to the Hexi Corridor." Gu Qing looked at Li Tai and said, "Don't worry, this time I will let Songtsan Gampo no longer hold the knife, and wait for me to catch him alive in front of the Taiji Palace and apologize to us." ”

"Are you sure?" asked Li Tai.

"Don't worry." Gu Qing smiled and patted Li Tai's shoulder, "If I really can't beat me, I will definitely be the first to escape back to Chang'an." ”

"Hehehe......" Li Tai also smiled.

Walking all the way out of the palace, Gu Qing came to Fang Xuanling's house, and came to Fang Xuanling again, "Teacher, I'm going to the Hexi Corridor." ”

"I expected you to do it too." Fang Xuanling looked at his students and said, "A generation of old people for new people, you should also stand up." ”

"Teacher, do you need the students to explain a few words about the matter of Second Brother Fang?" Gu Qing asked again.

"Not much." Fang Xuanling whispered, "Tell him to save his life and come back alive, and so are you." ”

"Yes! Students get it. Gu Qing bowed to Fang Xuanling.

Back home, Gu Qing said things to Wu Mei, Wu Mei looked at her husband, "Husband, the Hexi Corridor is windy and sandy, pay attention to protect your eyes." ”

"Hmm." Gu Qing nodded.

The atmosphere at home was very heavy, Gu Qing was going to war again, Wu Mei asked the maid at home to buy things for Gu Qing to travel away, Gu Qing had been with Wu Mei for the past two days, and the two were warm before parting.

Yang Sheng brought his horizontal knife and took Wang Yuan and the child to Gu Qing's house and prepared to leave.

Gu Qing said patiently to Wu Mei, "You can ask Wang Yuan and Di Renjie to help with the affairs of the family, the monk will keep an eye on the eldest grandson Wuji, Zhang Yugong and our people will stay in the village to protect the family and the village, if anyone comes to covet the village, you will let Di Renjie pass the word to Zhang Yugong, and you will not tolerate it." ”

"For the affairs of the court, you can find my teacher Fang Xuanling, as well as Li Tai, Uncle Cheng, Uncle Niu, our family's connections are still good, Sister Yue in the Lake Building, you can move around more, but if there is something that you can't decide, look for Fang Xuanling or Fang Xuanling, don't trouble Sister Yue until you have to, you are not familiar with her."

"The concubine understands everything." Wu Mei looked at Gu Qing, "Come back safely." ”

"Well, I'll be back safely." Gu Qing also replied.

Sun Simiao took a bunch of medicines and handed them to Gu Qing, "These are all medicines for treating trauma and wind cold and driving away heat, you must save your life." ”

"Master, don't worry!" Gu Qing said with a smile, "I will definitely come back alive and set up a Great Dao Temple for you, and I will prepare a large group of teachers for you to serve you." ”

When Sun Simiao heard this, he waved his sleeves stupidly, "Go early and return early." ”

"Good!" Gu Qing echoed and agreed.

After explaining everything at home, Gu Qing and Yang Sheng turned over and got on the horse, Princess Changle stood outside the Taoist temple and looked at Gu Qing who was about to be inside, Gu Qing also noticed Changle, and the two looked at each other with their eyes met.

Gu Qing came back to his senses and patted the horse under him, "Drive!" ”

"Drive!" Yang Sheng also rode up.

The villagers all walked out of their homes to see the county candidate leave the village.

"What should you do with the eldest grandson Wuji," Yang Sheng said as he rode his horse.

Gu Qing's face was calm, "Some people are alive, but he is dead, some people are alive, he should have died a long time ago, and some people are alive He is not far from death." ”

Three miles away from Chang'an, the troops of the government and the guards from all over the country gathered here, and all 50,000 soldiers had arrived.

Gu Qing grabbed the reins and asked the horses under him to stop and turn over and dismount, seeing that Wang Qin was also coming with a large group of people, Wang Qin smiled and said to Gu Qing, "Gu Hou Ye, these people are all from the Firearms Bureau, and now they are all handed over to Gu Hou Ye, as well as 3,000 catties of explosives and more than 5,000 mines." ”

"Good!" Gu Qing nodded.

In this group of people from the Firearms Bureau, another eunuch came out and said to Gu Qing, "Master Gu, under Wang Jin!" ”

Wang Qin also introduced, "Gu Houye wants to make something and tell Wang Jin." ”

Li Er was still on guard against himself, it seemed that only Wang Jin could command these people who made firearms, Wang Jin said to Gu Qing, "Gu Houye, these eight thousand people are all dumb and illiterate, Gu Houye is afraid that it will not be easy to use, so he will command on his behalf." ”

The eight thousand people are all mute, Gu Qing looked at them Li Er was really well-intentioned, and he didn't know if these eight thousand people were born dumb or were tossed into mute, looking at them Gu Qing felt sorry in his heart.

Yang Sheng saw the strangeness and said to Gu Qing, "These are the military slaves of the tyrannical Sui relics, and it was said that Emperor Yang of the Sui had an army of thousands of dead soldiers in his hands in the early years, all of whom were dumb. ”