Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 2 Rampant Qilu

Chapter 7 The Raptors Cross the River and Fight Strong

Section 8 The Eve of the Decisive Battle

After Gu Xinghai decided to go out of the city the next day to fight to the death with the Hanwei battalion, the entire Shanxian county fell into extreme chaos: thousands of Gu family members in the city were all mobilized, and they were gathering and mobilizing in chaos, all kinds of weapons and horses were gathered to prepare for the next day's battle, while Li Zhenhai was standing on the city wall in armor and looking out of the city, his eyes were deep and very dim, and he didn't know what he was thinking; At the same time, Gu Hu is leading hundreds of families to catch the strong men in the city door to door, preparing to gather all the young and strong people in the city, and use them as the Gu family's shield and cannon fodder in the decisive battle tomorrow, and the whole city of Shanxian County fell into a panic for a while.

With the passage of time, more and more young people in Shanxian County were arrested by the Gu family and sent to the school field. By the early hours of the morning, the number of young people in the entire Shanxian County who had been captured by the Gu family had reached 3,000!

Gu Xinghai just slept lightly for a while, then cleaned up and came to the school field, and when he saw the young man in the school field, Gu Xinghai's heart had a little confidence. At this time, Gu Hu hurriedly ran over and said to Gu Xinghai: "Father, the child has already led people to arrest three thousand young people, do you think the number is enough?" If it's not enough, I'll take someone to catch it! ”

Gu Xinghai nodded and said, "That's it, we don't have time anymore." You take people to maintain order, and I'm going to give a speech to these young people. ”

Gu Hu was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't say anything, and hurriedly led people to maintain order.

Gu Xinghai paused, then climbed to the high platform in the school field, looked at the black crowd in front of him, and said loudly: "I am Gu Xinghai, the king of Gu in your mouth!" Now that Shanxian has been defeated by me, if you want to live, you must obey my Gu family's orders! But rest assured, I have not brought you here tonight to embarrass you, but to give you a fortune. Tomorrow, I will take all the people of the Gu family out of the city to fight the official army, and you are the vanguard of my Gu Xinghai! If you bravely move forward to fight for my Gu Xinghai, then no matter whether you win or lose the battle tomorrow, I will send one hundred taels of silver to your family, which is enough for your family to eat for a lifetime; However, if you hesitate tomorrow without a fight, or if you defect to the battle, then I will kill all your family members in the city, and all the people in Shanxian County! Now, if you will fight for me, stay here and obey my commands; If anyone doesn't want to, they can go home on their own, and think about it for yourselves. ”

After speaking, Gu Xinghai took Gu Hu and all the Gu family members and left, and there were only three thousand young people left in the school field, standing quietly in the school field. No one spoke in the night, everyone was hideous and extremely entangled, and everyone's heart was full of despair. Regardless of whether everyone agrees or not, the 3,000 people present are all dead, and that is against the official army, that is a rebellion! But if you don't agree, you, your family, and even the people of the whole city will die! Both horizontal and vertical are dead, and the three thousand young people in the school field slowly made their own choices.

That night, in the north of Shanxian County, the Hanwei Camp was in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Liu Yunwei summoned Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Li Tianhao, Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, Wang Gandang, and Gao Hongguang to discuss the big tent. Liu Yunwei first asked Wen Poyu and Gao Hongguang to talk about their gains during the day.

Wen Poyu took the lead and said: "Big brother, brothers, during the day, my Changshui soldiers have taken all the three ferries on the banks of the Yellow River in the south, annihilated a total of 1,000 Heding and dozens of family members arranged by the Gu family over there, and beheaded Gu Xinghai's third son, Gu Leopard. I have left a sentry guard at each crossing, and I will personally lead a sentry to maneuver between the three ferries, so it can be said that the back road of the Gu family has been completely cut off. ”

After that, Gao Hongguang continued: "Big brother, brothers, my Yingyang soldiers were ordered to attack Gujiazhuang at dusk, captured more than 40 wives and concubines and relatives of Gu Xinghai and his son, and seized 60,000 taels of silver, and now Gujiazhuang has been burned by me. Now, Nagu Xinghai is already homeless. ”

Liu Yunwei smiled and said to everyone: "Haha, now it's okay, all Gu Xinghai's thoughts have been cut off by us, I want to see how long he can stay in Shanxian County!" ”

The crowd burst out laughing.

At this moment, a soldier came to report and said: "General Qiyu, according to the night, there was a sudden chaos in the city of Shanxian County, and now the city is full of light, as if all the people in the city are doing something, and the shouts from the city can be heard for a mile outside the city. ”

Liu Yunwei immediately became alert when he heard this, and after a little silence, he suddenly exclaimed: "Gu Xinghai is about to break the cauldron and sink the boat!" ”

Everyone was also surprised when they heard it. Lu Ying hurriedly asked, "What does the eldest brother mean that Gu Xinghai is going out of the city to fight with us?" ”

"That's how it should be!" Liu Yunwei said affirmatively: "But I'm starting to worry a little now, I'm afraid that Gu Xinghai will jump off the wall in a hurry!" Now I don't know what happened in Shanxian County, if Gu Xinghai coerced the people out of the city to fight, it would be difficult for us to do it. ”

Gao Hongguang and the others hurriedly asked, "How can that be?" ”

Liu Yunwei frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Hmph! If Gu Xinghai really does such a thing that everyone is angry about, then I will destroy his entire clan and make his life worse than death! ”

Lu Ying asked, "When does the eldest brother think Gu Xinghai will come out?" Will it be tomorrow? ”

"It must be tomorrow!" Then, Liu Yunwei said loudly: "The generals will listen to the order!" Wen Poyu immediately rushed back to the bank of the Yellow River, guarded the three ferries in the south, and strictly prevented the remnants of the Gu family from fleeing south; The rest of the men and horses will follow our soldiers to the city of Shan County early tomorrow morning to exterminate the traitors of the Gu family! ”

"Order!"

Gradually, a round of rising sun rose from the horizon, bringing light to Shanxian County, which had been chaotic all night.

At this time, there was still a sea of people in the school field in the city, and none of the three thousand young people left without permission. Although the morning sun is rising at this time, and the summer breath has begun to exert its due heat, the hearts of these three thousand young people do not feel the slightest warmth, and some only have a biting cold and despair.

It didn't take long for Gu Xinghai to return to the school with Gu Hu and two hundred family members, and everyone saw that all the three thousand young men in the school were there, and they were resting on the spot at this time. Gu Hu was amazed when he saw this, and exclaimed: "It's still my father's methods, my father just said a few words, and he made these young people so obedient!" ”

Gu Xinghai sneered and said, "Hu'er, you have to remember, this is human nature!" After finishing speaking, Gu Xinghai walked in with everyone. After ascending the high platform, Gu Xinghai saw that all the three thousand young people spontaneously gathered around the high platform, so he said loudly: "It seems that you have all thought about it, so it is the best!" Next, my subordinates will reorganize you, and when you are on the battlefield, I will issue you weapons. You just need to remember one thing, no matter what happens, just rush at the opposing officers and soldiers, do you remember? ”

The three thousand young men under the high stage nodded one after another, all of them were silent and silent.

Gu Xinghai was very satisfied with this, and then left on his own, leaving only Gu Hu and his subordinates to start reorganizing the three thousand young men in front of him.

As soon as Gu Xinghai walked out of the school field, he saw Li Zhenhai walking over in a hurry.

"Master, the spies just reported that the Hanwei camp had already pulled out of the camp and headed south early in the morning, heading towards Shanxian County." Li Zhenhai looked at Gu Xinghai anxiously, waiting for Gu Xinghai to give an order.

Gu Xinghai paused for a moment, and then said: "This Liu Yunwei is really difficult, the timing is so good, he doesn't give us any time to prepare." ”

"Master, it must be that the movement in the city last night was discovered by the night of the Hanwei camp, so Liu Yunwei led his troops to come to check at this time. What shall we do? ”

Gu Xinghai said: "Master Li, immediately gather all the family members, and after an hour, let's go out of the north gate to line up and fight to the death with the Hanwei battalion!" ”

After finishing speaking, Gu Xinghai didn't feel worried or excited, but his heart was very calm, and even had a feeling of imminent relief.

Li Zhenhai hugged his fist at Gu Xinghai with a grim face, and then gave the order without saying a word.

Gu Xinghai looked up at the scorching sun and clear sky in the sky, and sighed: "It's such a blue sky, I don't know if I will have a chance to see such good weather again after today." ”

At this moment, Gu Xinghai even faintly regretted it in his heart: "If my Gu family was like the Gao family in Jinan, maybe I wouldn't have come to this point, right?" But I'm not reconciled! My Gu family has always been smooth sailing, this Hanwei Camp is actually a grandson monkey that jumped out of the flat ground, if it weren't for the Hanwei Camp suddenly appeared, how could my Gu family be forced into such a desperate situation? I'm not reconciled! ”

An hour later, Gu Xinghai, Li Zhenhai, and Gu Hu led four thousand Gu family members and three thousand young men from Shan County to form a formation at the north gate. As soon as Gu Hu distributed weapons to the three thousand young men, he saw dust rising on the ground north of Shanxian County, accompanied by bursts of majestic battle songs:

"Wearing iron armor and carrying a long knife. The battle with the son is long.

Fight with the enemy, die and live together. Fight with your son, and your heart will not be slack.

Step on the swallow and chase the beard. Fight with the son, and sing fearlessly. ”

The army of the Hanwei battalion has arrived!