Late at night, the big victory was over Yancheng.

This is the northernmost city of Huaguo, where the Gu family army is stationed, and it is also the front line of the war with Beirong.

The night in the north of June was still a little cold, and at this time, in the side tent on the right side of the main tent in the Gu family's barracks, the dim oil lamp was burning lonely, and a young man was leaning against the table with a gun and napping.

The young man looked no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, and his face was still a little childish, but he couldn't hide the fatigue of the border battle.

A corner of the tent door was opened, and a young general in armor walked into the tent with a spear still dripping blood, his steps were very light but steady, with the coldness of the night dew and the murderous blood that had just come down from the battlefield.

The sound of gold and iron in the armor was particularly clear in the camp tent, and before the young general could sit down, the young man had already woken up, and put the spear in his hand to make a posture against the enemy.

The young general didn't care, and dodged the young man's sluggish movements because he was not yet fully conscious, and the second move followed, and the spear was already in his hand.

The young man was a little annoyed and a little dazed when he was robbed of his weapon, and when he saw the person who came clearly, he wanted to get his gun back and knew that he would never succeed, so he suddenly became embarrassed.

The young general looked at the young man's appearance, a little funny, and a little distressed, smiled and handed the gun back, and took a silk cloth to wipe the blood on the tip of his gun: "The vigilance is still a little worse, if the enemy attacks at night, when the Tartars enter the tent, they will only be captured." ”

The young man's face was a little red, but when he saw the young general coming back, he was happy again, and hurriedly grabbed the teapot on the table and poured water: "Fourth brother, are the Tartars harassing people again tonight?" ”

Gu Chenyi took the tea bowl and drank it all, and said, "There are five squads that came to sneak attack, and they retreated in less than an hour." ”

"It's just that Beirong doesn't want us to defend the city safely, so we will make some stumbling blocks and take the opportunity to drag it out into a protracted war." Speaking of the war, Gu Chenyi's expression became serious: "If it is ordinary, they dare to do this, they are killing themselves." But at present, the plague in the north will not be extinguished day by day, and the number of brothers who can fight on the field is getting fewer and fewer day by day, and the victory or defeat is unpredictable. ”

He paused, then looked up and asked the young man, "Xiao Qi, can the military doctors make progress in researching the medicine for the treatment of the plague?" ”

Speaking of this, the young man known as "Little Seven" lowered his head a little discouraged: "No." The drugs now prescribed by the military doctors can only barely hang the lives of the infected brothers, but they have no effect on relieving the symptoms. ”

The young man's name is Gu Shan, and he is Gu Chenyi's seventh brother, who is only fifteen years old this year, and has not yet taken a table word. Now that his father and brother are busy with the war, and there is a shortage of patients in the army due to the epidemic, the task of urging the military doctors and the Langzhong in the city to study the prescription has fallen to him, and he is busy running around with the military camp medicine tent in the city every day.

Gu Chenyi's hand holding the tea bowl tightened, and seeing Gu Shan so depressed, he smiled and reached out and rubbed his head with a little messy hair: "Even if it is a plague, there will be a way to solve it, and the men of the Gu family can't be so depressed." ”

Gu Shan lowered his head and let his hair be "ravaged" by his fourth brother, his eyes were wet, like a little beast that was tired from opening his teeth and claws outside during the day, and finally took off his guard when he returned home at night: "Fourth brother, the third brother vomited blood again today, and the military doctors stopped me from entering, but I heard them say that the third brother vomited out all black blood clots......"

"There is also the sixth brother, and the wounds on his body are ...... I fainted several times during the treatment, and the military doctor didn't dare to look closely. ”

Every time Gu Shan said a word, Gu Chenyi's brows tightened, and then he grabbed the cloth and wiped the spear carefully.

"Fourth brother, I have never been afraid of following my father, you and other brothers into battle to kill the enemy, but today, I am just listening to the military doctor speaking on the sidelines, but I am very scared."

"Especially, especially, when we first set out on the expedition, the third brother said that the third sister-in-law was already two months pregnant, and the sister-in-law is still waiting for him to go back at home......" Gu Shan's voice brought a whimper.

Gu Chenyi looked at the seventh brother, as if he saw himself when his father disappeared five years ago, and the eldest brother and five hundred elite soldiers died unjustly, and thought of the third brother Chen Yao and the sixth brother Chen Sui, who were already sick, and only felt tightness in his chest.

But he could no longer comfort his fifteen-year-old brother at this time, because their brothers had too much to do and too many responsibilities to bear, so they were not qualified to be weak.

Gu Shan also understood this, and he quietly wiped his eyes.

Thinking of what happened during the day, he became angry again: "The most hateful thing is Wang Xi's bastard, who said that he was a prisoner, but in fact he didn't do anything every day except blindly commanded, and he also chattered for a long time at the door of the third brother's room, saying that even if the third brother and the sixth brother survived, he would ...... It's also a waste. ”

"I asked him not to disturb the third brother's rest, he scolded me for daring to use chicken feathers as an arrow before my hair grows, I ......" The table was shaken twice by his "snap", "He didn't know where he was when the master went to the battlefield!" ”

Gu Chenyi gently "greeted" Gu Shan's head, stopping his indignant shouting: "Little ancestor, you dare to make such a noise late at night, tomorrow morning, the soldiers who were woken up by you around here will have to come and beat you." ”

Gu Shan looked a little aggrieved, but he still sat down obediently, and his voice was a little lower: "Anyway, they can't beat me...... No, brother, I'm just angry! and the Prince Yi who came with Wang Xi, saying that he had been on the battlefield to help us defend against the enemy, and when it came to the battle, he didn't even see a figure, and I could see that he was ...... to our Gu family."

Gu Chenyi patted his younger brother on the shoulder: "Be cautious in your words and deeds, don't cause trouble, have you forgotten what my father and I warned you before?" That Wang Xi is not just a prison army. ”

"I didn't forget. Fourth brother, don't worry, I know it in my heart. ”

Gu Chenyi smiled with some relief: "You should be tired after running outside for a day, go to bed early, I'll go see the third brother and the sixth brother." After that, he leaned closer to Gu Shan's ear again, and there was a hint of fierceness in his voice: "Seventh brother, don't worry, as long as the fourth brother lives, one day he will make those animals pay the price!" ”