Chapter 223: Suspicions are rife
Let's say that after Gu Siduo led the army out of the city before, Wan Hong walked to the mansion with a lot of worries. He was faintly uneasy in his heart, what is the current situation, Sima Bao, Chen An, Pu Hong, and even the Huns who temporarily went east, and even unexpected opponents, are all peeking fiercely at the side, always ready to pounce and take a bite, where can he take it lightly, but fortunately he sent troops out of his spare time, weakening the city defense force for no reason, just for the vanity of a woman!
He is the lord of the city, if there is a mistake in Xinxing, even if Gao Yue doesn't say it, the sin of dereliction of duty will not be easily washed away. Wan Hong walked wordlessly, thinking sullenly, so that he couldn't help but secretly regret it, if only he adhered to his principles and didn't agree to Gu Siduo's request. He said ruthlessly in his heart, only this once, and there will be no next time.
Fang returned to the mansion, sat down and just took a sip of tea, Wan Hong suddenly found that under the inkstone, there was a piece of notepaper that seemed to have character marks. This desk is where he is in the office and when he reads in private, the desktop is sorted out by hand every day, over the years, what objects are placed in what position, he can figure it out with his eyes closed, and when he leaves, the desk is still the same, so under this inkstone, how can the paper come out of the paper now!
Wan Hong was a little hesitant, so he took out the paper and shook it open to see what was going on.
On the paper, the handwriting of a few words was scribbled, and there were traces of large and small lamp twists and burning, as if they had been written in the middle of the night. The letter only said that he was willing to abide by the agreement, and would deceive him out of the city to surrender at the right time, and that it would be best if he could capture Wan Hong, and if he couldn't, he would bring out as many soldiers as possible to present to the king to show his sincerity, etc.
After Wan Hong read it in an instant, a cold sweat immediately poured out. At the bottom of the letter, it was actually stamped with the big seal of General Gu Siduo, and he recognized that this was indeed Gu Siduo's handwriting!
Shocked, Wan Hong stood up suddenly, subconsciously about to shout something, but stopped stiffly, he sat down suddenly, picked up the teacup, ignored Sven's coodong and poured a few big mouthfuls, thought about it, and whispered outward: "Someone!" Which letter is here? ”
After asking a few times outside, a miscellaneous official hurriedly ran in: "Back to the county, this is what the villain picked up on the edge of the threshold when he was cleaning the hall." The villain guessed that most of it was inadvertently lost by the county honor, so he didn't check it privately, so he put it on the case again. But what's wrong......
Seeing Wan Hongyuan's eyes open, his face was full of anxiety, thinking that he had done something wrong, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried. Wan Hong asked a few times, and when he knew that no one had seen it, he waved his hand and let the little official retreat first. He sat alone motionless, closed his eyes and thought to himself, combing through the words and deeds of Gu Siduo for days, back and forth from beginning to end. When he thought of Gu Siduo opening to him to take a thousand people out of the city, that kind of evasive eyes and very unnatural expression, Wan Hong's heart sank, this person must have a ghost in his heart.
Although Gu Siduo is an old subordinate who met Gao Yue at the end of Weimo, it stands to reason that he should be loyal. But the key is that in today's world, nothing comes according to the normal routine. Knowing people and faces but not knowing their hearts, people's hearts are fickle, and they are the most elusive. In principle, anyone can sell their soul in front of interests, and sometimes, they are not loyal enough, but there are not enough chips for betrayal.
Wan Hong also knew that Sun Long had only been dead for half a year, and the bones were afraid that they had not yet decomposed. How did he die? It's not that he was stabbed by his own people without expectation, and he died of great grievances. The teacher of the past and the future is the master of the next step, and he would rather be cautious and cautious and take more precautions, rather than die when the time comes.
The heart of defense is indispensable! Thinking of this, Wan Hong immediately made up his mind and opened his eyes. He urged repeatedly, and asked people to call the two lieutenants and several captains and other officers at all levels in the city. When everyone heard that it was the city lord who summoned him urgently, they were all very surprised. Under normal circumstances, the military is the sole responsibility of the city guards, and the city lord will only intervene when the war has already started. At this time, Xinxing was not attacked, but Wan Hong suddenly acted like this, and people couldn't help but be dissatisfied. After arriving one after another, Wan Hong immediately ordered the door of the mansion to be closed, which made all the officers extremely nervous.
So Wan Hongtie blushed, and he said that he wanted to rebel and want to trap me and other colleagues. shook off the secret letter and let everyone circulate it one by one, and everyone couldn't help but be stunned. Wan Hong also told Gu Siduo in detail about going out of the city to accompany his family to worship his ancestors, but he insisted on taking more soldiers to go. At this moment, all the officers present, even those who resolutely did not believe it, became bottomless in their hearts, and they couldn't help but look at each other, as dumbfounded as a cicada.
"Ladies and gentlemen, a man is alive, and loyalty is the foundation. The lord treats us well, so it is the duty of the lord to guard the city. Now Gu Siduo is very suspicious of rebellion, and we can't wait to be careful. From now on, the defenders in the city will be divided into three shifts, rotate on duty, and then send people to Shawa Township to investigate, and randomly investigate Gu Siduo's movements. I personally stayed on the top of the castle tower, keeping an eye on whether Gu Siduo had returned, or if there were any other changes. In short, I hope that you will work together with me to ensure that nothing goes wrong in this city. If you don't want to, you can propose it now, and the county will not be embarrassed, so I will let you go. But when it comes to the critical moment, which one comes to drop the chain, or eats inside and outside, once it is found, the whole family will be beheaded! ”
Wan Hong stood up, his eyes blazing and glancing, his face was full of vicious colors, and there was a loud response from below. Literati? jokes, if you don't show some momentum, who can you suppress just in the name of a Shangguan?
Besides, Gu Siduo was in pain, and with the wounded soldiers and remnants, he rushed all the way to Xinxing City. A large group of enemy soldiers were in hot pursuit, but they always followed dozens of paces away, and did not completely exert their strength to kill them all. But the defeated soldiers, where do they still think of a lot, just to flee back to Xinxing City, so as to ease their breath and then reason.
In the city, Wan Hong had to report that Gu Siduo's department did not go to Shawa Township from the official road, which confirmed the suspicion in Wan Hong's heart. At that moment, I saw behind Gu Siduo's department, closely followed by countless soldiers with swords and guns in bright armor, although I couldn't see who the enemy was, but the murderous aura had made people know at a glance that it was definitely not good. Wan Hong secretly thought that these enemy troops either wanted to capture the city because of Gu Siduo, or they wanted to take advantage of the chaos and rush into the city after Gu Siduo's rout. Therefore, no matter what the situation is, at this time, this city gate must not be opened, and all opportunities for the enemy to take advantage of it will be prevented.
Gu Siduo's department finally rushed to Xinxing City with his life, but let everyone scream and cut his throat, the city gate would not be opened. Gu Siduo was so anxious that his body was sweating and turning into oil, and his green tendons burst out, and he yelled and scolded Wan Hong for why he suddenly had a bad mind and didn't save him, but Wan Hong heard it in his ears, and only felt that this was another temptation to earn the city, so he didn't answer at all, and scolded the soldiers with a cold face to release arrows quickly.
So there was an interception in front, and there were chasing soldiers in the back, Gu Siduo had no way to go to the sky and no door to the ground, only hated the smoke of the seven orifices, and the two red eyes seemed to be about to jump out. Seeing that it was not a problem, he hurriedly greeted him, took the remnants of more than 200 people left, bypassed the city wall, and rushed to the south in a panic.
However, there are no roads on the north and south sides of Xinxing City, just mountain walls of different heights. Turning over the peaks and peaks to the south, you will reach the northern border of Wudu County. Gu Siduo didn't know if he was in a panic for a while, or if he really planned to flee to Yang Mao's territory at all costs, in short, he led his troops to run towards the south, but the huge natural barrier was in front of him, where did he still have the strength to go over the mountains, so after a while, the exhausted two hundred or so people were tightly surrounded by the swarming enemy army on a low mountain.
Gu Siduo leaned against an old tree, dizzy and panting, both of his lungs almost bursting. A feathered arrow was still prominently inserted into his left shoulder, and the old blood dried up and turned black at the place where it entered the flesh, and new blood continued to seep out. But until now, it's like he's in a nightmare, and he doesn't know what's going on.
When he left the city in the morning, everything was still so easy and comfortable, but it was equivalent to a safari-like operation, who would have thought that after just a few hours, everything had changed, as if the world was turned upside down, ambush, rout, massacre, death, etc., one after another, so that he was caught off guard as if he had been beaten with a dull stick, and suddenly, inexplicably, he fell into such a bleak situation.
and Xue Shu, I don't know where the person is now, whether he was taken captive by some bandits, and whether he has been cruelly insulted and abused. Thinking of this, Gu Siduo's heart was pulled up fiercely, as if he couldn't help moaning, but the beloved woman couldn't protect him, which was really a piercing pain for a man.
"General, what should we do?"
The voices of the soldiers around him sounded, revealing deep horror, panic, and anxiety. Gu Siduo raised his face mixed with sweat, blood and dust, and glanced around, many people were still injured, and everywhere they entered, there were desperate and helpless faces.
Gu Siduo licked his dry lips, stood up, and was about to say something, but he heard a voice from under the mountain: "Please General Gu Siduo come and answer with his head." ”
The people all looked at him silently. Gu Siduo's heart moved, fuck it! If you show your head, you have to see which damn turtle grandson is driving Lao Tzu to this point of urgency.
"Below...... Which bastard the hell? Grass you mother, why is there no ...... Come and beat Lao Tzu for no reason! ”