Chapter 080: Night Falls
The two of them fell in love for a long time, and Gao Jun suddenly asked, "Since you have followed me, do you dare to go to Uncle Guo's with me?" Maybe we'll be able to get a few more foals from him. ”
"Tall man, can you afford it...... Just ......"
"Hehe, as long as I think of the foal, I can't care about anything!"
The two hit it off, got up after getting dressed at that time, and saw that Lot Dao was sleeping peacefully, Gao Jun and Siqing quietly came out to cover the door, led their respective horses, brought weapons, and went out of Xizhou Street.
The sergeant on night duty at the south gate saw a man and a woman riding and hurriedly stepped forward to ask. Gao Jun took out the official certificate he was carrying, and when the other party saw that it was just a young man in his twenties, it was clearly written on the official certificate that this was a guerrilla general from the fifth grade, and the fiery red official robe would not be fake. Thinking that there was a military situation ahead and that they were out of the city, they did not stop them, and immediately opened the city gate and let the two out.
Gao Jun and Luo Dao chatted for a long time after dinner, and when the two fell asleep, it was already the middle of the night, and they lingered for more than half an hour, and it was the beginning of the hour when they came out.
But the last time Gao Jun sent the tiger to Songzan, he had run half of this road, and at this time he was familiar with the road, and he was used to the horse, so Gao Jun and Siqing were like flying horses, leaving a series of crisp horses' hooves on the mountain road in the middle of the night. Siqing's horse is not as fast as the tall man's charcoal, but his superb riding skills are not far behind.
The sky was just like dawn but not bright, and the two of them heard a shout of killing in front of them, and in a mountain col, the torches shone like day, and the voices of the people were boiling, and a shout came: "Brothers, Nu worked hard to get closer, and everyone captured Guo Xiaoke together to receive the reward."
When Gao Jun and Siqing heard this, they immediately whipped up and galloped into the mountain col, and at a glance saw that several lonely tents in front of them were surrounded by a team of thousands of people in the core. Those people were like wild bees returning to their nests, slamming up layer by layer, and the sound of swords clashing was endless.
In front of the large tents surrounded in the middle, behind the wooden fences, a small number of guards were wielding swords and guns to resist the enemy's frantic attack. A big flag fluttered in front of the big tent, and the flag was written with the words "Xizhou Metropolitan Governor Guo".
Gao Jun Chong Siqing said, "Follow me." Give them a trick! With that, he drew his oolong knife and urged the horse to rush forward. Siqing also swung her twin knives and followed closely.
At this time, Guo Dudu was standing at the door of the largest tent, with a knife in his hand, looking at the enemy troops on the outer three layers of the fence. I didn't expect the other party to be so brave. He abandoned the main city and besieged it with no life.
Looking at the situation outside the tent, Guo Xiaoke thought that if it was a little later, I was afraid that even he would have to swing his knife forward. He wanted to get out just now. But the captain of the guard stood in the way, "Lord Guo, how can I let you go before I die?" In case you are accidentally injured by a stray arrow, the eldest prince will not cut me when he comes back! ”
For this use of troops, Guo Xiaoke has been preparing for a long time. Since yesterday, the army drove to the city of Yanqi during the day, and two battles have been fought with Yanqi. Although the opponent's combat strength is not as good as that of the Tang army, Yanqi City is built on a high place according to the mountain, and the other party closed the city gate after retreating in two defeats, and only shot down sharp arrows like rain in the air.
The eldest son Guo Zhizhao, who came with him, wanted to bring men and horses to attack hard, but Guo Xiaozhi did not allow it, in that case, the casualties would be too great! None of his 3,000 Tang soldiers could sacrifice their lives in vain. The father and son calculated that the other party would come to attack at night. So he decided to take advantage of the situation and enter the plan, and Guo Zhizhao led most of the men and horses to hide in the shadows, and his Chinese army's big tent was brightly lit, making a celebratory move of winning the first battle. Only wait for the enemy army to dispatch, and when the city is empty, the army will rush into and occupy the enemy city.
Sure enough, in the middle of the night, the other party came over. But the other party is also very cunning, obviously did not come out of the nest, at best only the elite of a thousand people. The problem is that Guo Xiaoke is worried that his son's troops are insufficient, so he has allocated most of his men to him. His own Chinese army only left about 200 personal guards, so the situation became serious.
Guo Dudu knows that the battle situation at this moment is no longer what it was designed at the beginning, and it can be said that there have been many unexpected changes. If you can't support it on your side. Then these enemy troops were killed, and Guo Zhizhao soon became a situation where the enemy was attacked on his back.
It has been supported for a long time on his side, because most of the other party has not been attracted, and Guo Zhizhao's side is only evenly matched, and it will still be very difficult.
The best situation is to disperse the enemy on your side in one fell swoop. Hurry to meet with the eldest son as soon as possible and help him. Just looking at the situation in front of him, it is not easy for his two hundred people to get out easily, and the other party rushed up like crazy, and he has already shown that he will not give up.
He thought that he would send someone back to Xizhou in the evening, and asked Beijia Wang Da to send another 2,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce him, but he didn't know what the situation was, and he didn't see anyone. Thinking of this, Guo Dudu couldn't help but get anxious, he parted the handsome seal to his waist, stretched out his hand and grabbed a stack of marching plans that were being polished after being written on the handsome case, tore it up and threw it to the ground with a "click", and walked outside the handsome tent with a knife, he wanted to go into battle to kill the enemy in person.
But he immediately saw two horsemen protruding from behind the enemy. I couldn't see what the two people looked like when they were far away, but these two people were like two torrents, and the embankment that surrounded them suddenly collapsed!
Seeing that there is no brigade behind these two people, I wonder if it is not the reinforcements from Xizhou who have arrived, so who is it? Is it that the edict is not worried about his own side, so he sent someone? You can't just send two people, right?
In front of him was a red horse, which rushed to the front of the wooden fence in an instant. When Guo Xiaoke saw the person sitting on the horse clearly, the horse rushed to the right again. He saw that the black knife in Gao Jun's hand was silent, and only made a clicking sound when he cut off the enemy's weapon. Many Yanqi soldiers who had besieged the big tent and attacked only heard the sound of horses' hooves behind their heads, and their heads flew out in the air after the sound of the wind.
When the enemy found someone sneaking up, they shouted and turned back, with a cluster of spears and swords. And Siqing's horse also rushed in, and a pair of scimitars slashed left and right, and they were also unrelenting.
"Oh no, they're here to help!" Some people were shocked, and they didn't know how many people came from the other party at this time, so they thought about killing them quickly. If you can't kill someone, you have to rush out desperately.
Guo Dudu was overjoyed, strode out of the tent with a knife and shouted at his subordinates, "What are you waiting for, go out with me and kill them!" ”
The 200 guards under his command were all selected from one in a hundred, and there were no major casualties in the resistance just now. At this time, everyone saw that someone was helping, and the crowd was excited, and they opened the wooden fence and rushed out brandishing knives and guns.
The situation on the field was immediately reversed because of the sudden appearance of Gao Jun and Siqing, as Xue Rengui said, it was not bad at all, one was not very bright, and the other was already shouting to escape. These less than a thousand people are like leopards chasing elk behind them, and some of them don't even want the guys anymore, and they are like a torrent of water.
Gao Jun drove his horse to see Master Guo and saw that he was fine. Said. "Uncle Guo, we can't give them a chance to breathe, we should catch up quickly." After that, he said to Siqing, "You just need to protect Uncle Guo, and leave the rest to me." Remember! ”
Gao Jun said, pat the horse and chase after him. Guo Xiaoke divided thirty people to protect himself, and the rest were all driven to help Gao Jun. Siqing listened to Lord Gao's words, followed Master Guo step by step with a knife, and followed behind these people.
With these deserters leading the way, Gao Jun and the others soon saw the ancient city of Yanqi that they had thought about countless times. It's just that the city at this moment has already rolled up the banner of the Tang Dynasty. Guo Zhizhao stood at the head of the city, he couldn't leave the city, just sent 800 people out of the city to help his father, he saw a group of routs not far from the city, only chasing 100 or so people, and the red horse headed by Liu Zhongmu was the tall man.
There aren't many people in either place. But the enemy's spirit has been taken, and he no longer has the intention of fighting, except for a few horses who fled quickly, most of the rest have thrown their weapons to survive.
After the governor Guo Du arrived, he went into the city to appease the people in the city, arrested the wrongdoers, posted notices, and took care of the old monarch of Yanqi, wrote a chapter, and sent people to Chang'an to ask for instructions on how to deal with and report the war.
When everything is properly assigned, there will be time to talk to Gao Jun. Guo Xiaoke patted Gao Jun on the shoulder and said, "Virtuous nephew, thanks to you for arriving in time." Otherwise, the battle will be entangled. ”
Gao Jun told him how he and Siqing went to Xizhou, and said to Uncle Guo, "Since I have already called for reinforcements, why did Siqing and I stay in Xizhou for most of the night." Don't see a single soldier or horse mobilized? ”
Guo Dudu was stunned when he heard this, and his heart turned. This don't drive Wang Da has been very abnormal recently, and he is also careless, and he did not make good arrangements before sending out the troops. Gao Jun said in a low voice, "Uncle Guo, you don't know anything. Wang Beijia and his brother intervened in the transformation of the ranch village, and they couldn't get out of it! ”
Guo Dudu thought for a while and said, "You don't have to worry too much, if I hadn't been entangled in military affairs, I would have freed up my hands to rectify Jiaohe Mu a long time ago." Wang Da is so selfish, how can I tolerate him, doesn't he know that I, Guo Xiaoke, am raising troops for the Tang Dynasty? ”
smiled and said to Gao Jun, "This kid you brought is also very skilled, worthy of a top-class general under me!" Why didn't you tell me such a good thing earlier? ”
Gao Jun then remembered to introduce Siqing to Uncle Guo. Knowing that Siqing turned out to be the sister of Simo of the Jieli Department, Guo Xiaoke was overjoyed and said, "This is exactly the same as not fighting, so we can be regarded as married to the desert in the north, which makes the pressure on Yizhou a lot less." ”
Guo and other edicts also came in to meet Gao Jun and the two, and greatly recognized the performance of the two of them, Gao Jun said, "Big brother, you can't just make some false feelings, who comes out to work when the farm is busy, don't you need some wages?" ”
Guo waited for an answer without waiting for an answer, and Guo Dudu smiled and said, "I knew that you let these war horses seduce you." Wait for the edict, you go and count how many horses we can give away in this battle. ”
Guo Zhizhao replied, "Father, the inventory has been completed, and there are eight hundred and sixty war horses that look like them. ”
Gao Jun pouted and said, "Not much, a dignified Yanqi country, only so little?" I don't believe it, don't it's Brother Guo, you are in ambush. ”
Before the father and son of the Guo family could speak, they amused Siqing, "Lord Gao, why don't you know how to be satisfied, you just waved a few knives, in our Jieli, eight hundred and sixty war horses, why can't a leader do it." ”
Guo Xiaoke said, "Virtuous nephew, you are also a guerrilla general now, don't always think about horses, for my uncle to see that you have some talent for fighting, maybe one day I will pull you into my big tent, you have to be prepared." ”
Gao Jun said, "Uncle Guo, when it comes to fighting, I am too far behind one person, if you give me a whole number, I will introduce him to you." After the joke, Gao Jun immediately told Guo Dudu about the performance of his sworn brother Xue Li and Xue Rengui since he appeared. Guo Xiaoke said, "If there is such a talent, I will collect it, and when he comes again, you will definitely introduce it to me." ”
Yanqi City is 500 miles away from Xizhou, located on the southeasternmost slope of the southern branch of the Tianshan Mountains, built according to the steep mountain terrain, it is indeed an easy place to defend and difficult to attack. Guo Dudu has been planning for more than half a month, and now he is in a good mood, of course, he agreed to Gao Jun's request, and then collected one hundred and forty horses everywhere, and gave him a whole number of one thousand.
Then the uncle and nephew set up a banquet, and did not wait for Guo Zhizhao to take people to the city to inspect and inspect, and raised their glasses, accompanied by Siqing. The two said a lot, and Gao Jun said, "Wang Yunda lost the five hundred horses of Jiaohe Mu, I don't know what Uncle Guo wants to do with this matter?" ”
Guo Xiaoke said, "Where did Fang Yuan come from without rules, he couldn't do it himself, and he couldn't blame others for how to deal with it." "Let's talk about it to Gao Junyi.
Gao Jun heard it and had the bottom in his heart, and he had to admire Liu Yuru in his heart. Seeing that Uncle Guo seemed to be dealing with the matter after the class teacher, Gao Jun remembered the bet Liu Yuru made with him, and had the intention to let Uncle Guo slow down for a few days, but felt that although it was a joke with Liu Yuru, he couldn't do it. He thought, "It's not a shame to lose a bet with your wife." ”
When Lot Dao and his wife Wang got up in the morning, they bought a ready-made breakfast from Xizhou Street, and saw that there was no movement in the tall man's room. Lot said in the heart of the knife, is it too early? The tall man and the new lady came from afar, and they must have not gotten up yet.
The husband and wife sat for a while and did not see any movement of the tall man, so they had to tell the Wang family to wait at home, eat breakfast by themselves, and go to the mansion first. According to the will of Lord Gao, he granted a large piece of wasteland behind the north mountain of Ranch Village to Liuzhong Ranch, and only waited for Lord Guo to confirm it after he returned, and the matter was completed.
It was noon when he returned home, and when he saw that Wang was still at home, and he didn't see Gao and Siqing, Luo Dao asked where Gao was, and Wang said, "I haven't left the house yet." ”
Lot felt that something was wrong, and went over to tap the door to hear that it was silent, not like someone, and then he saw that the door was brought from the outside, and blamed himself for being careless. When I went in, there was no one in the house, and I said where did Master Gao go? The two of them were thinking wildly, when they heard the gongs and drums beating on the street, and it turned out to be Master Guo's teacher.
After a while, the tall man happily brought Siqing in, and when he saw Luo Dedao, he shouted, "It's really unprofitable, Steward Luo, I can make a big profit!" (To be continued.) )