Chapter 17: The Border Pass (Part II)

When Sun Zhongjing came, the pharmacy closed early. Three women and one man sat in the inner room, as if they were plotting some special operation.

"Zhenbei Sanguan" is the three passes in the north of China, which is heavily guarded by heavy troops all the year round, and there are also foreign enemies from time to time. Since last winter, Beirong Chen Bing has been menacing outside the pass, and now it is the British Gong Gu Ye and his son who are fighting the enemy on the front line.

The Gu family was born as a military general, and he has been loyal for generations. Today's British Duke Gu Ye was originally the second in the family, but because his eldest brother sacrificed his life for the country in his early years, he inherited the title.

"The British Duke, that is, today's Gu Ye Gu Lao Marshal, has been fighting for many years, guarding the northern border for many years, and has never been defeated against Beirong, and the "Gu Family Army" under his command is formed by his grandfather when he first led the troops to fight with Beirong and gradually grew stronger. ”

"Although Gu Ye is old now, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves,"

The three of us watched Sun Zhongjing drink half a pot of tea in one go, and continued to talk:

"The British Duke himself had five sons, and he adopted the two sons left by his brother as his own. Today, with the exception of his eldest son, who died in battle at the age of twenty, his four sons and two nephews are now following him on the front lines against Beijung. ”

"The Gu family has been a general for generations, and his sons and daughters have all been trained from the battlefield, from the martial arts training to the martial arts of war, and the martial arts training is very strict, and the text is specially asked to teach the Confucian, who is both civil and military, and at the age of ten they are put into the military camp to eat and train with ordinary soldiers, and they are going to go into battle to kill the enemy at the age of eleven or twelve, so although they are young, they are all experienced in a hundred battles. Especially the second son of the British duke, who dared to lead a team of cavalry to raid the Beirong Big Horde at the age of fifteen and capture the opponent's commander. ”

So the other half of the pot of tea was quickly empty, and Achu stood up and went to refill the teapot.

"And this British duke was a well-known beautiful man in Beijing when he was young, and his son-in-law's demeanor is not inferior to his father'......"

"Okay, Sun Gongzi, please drink tea and take a breath." Achu Chong Sun Zhongjing showed a kettle filled with boiling tea.

I raised my forehead and said: "The topic is getting more and more deviated, since this Gu family has been loyal and good for generations, all the soldiers are not soft persimmons, and it is not the first time to fight against Beirong, why is it that it is not the enemy now, and you still need to save it from this unreliable?" By the way, why didn't you mention your brother, isn't he a military doctor, do we have to look for him if we want to help in the future? Also, does the matter of Gu Jiajun's conscription in January have anything to do with what you just said? ”

Gu Xinyi agreed with my words very much: "Yes, some of them haven't said that what is the use for so long, what does it matter to us doctors?" ”

Ah Chu also chimed in: "That's right, don't you want the country girls we haven't seen the world to teach you what you said about how the generals and soldiers who have been in the army for many years lead troops to fight?" ”

Sun Zhongjing felt very faceless: "I say this to let you know that we are going to support a group of soldiers who defend the country and are a family loyal to the monarch and the country, do you feel very admired and more motivated?" ”

Xin Yi silently cupped his cheeks and shook his head.

Achu wanted to drink tea, but because the water was too hot, he could only blow it and put it down: "It doesn't seem to be ...... This, this will be honest, isn't it not a big face-saving? ”

I had to put down the teacup first when I saw Achu's movements: "What we should care more about than motivation is how high it is possible to throw our lives on the battlefield." ”

Sun Zhongjing was a little helpless: "Actually, I'm also very scared, otherwise I would have gone to their barracks alone and intercepted Shen Xiaoniang halfway." ”

"Call me by name, otherwise nothing will be discussed."

In order to prevent the topic from continuing to deviate, Gu Xinyi decided to stand up: "Sun Gongzi, please tell me what happened." ”

"Fill me with tea first."

In the next hour, in Sun Zhongjing's narration of the major battles experienced by the Gu family's army and the gossip anecdotes of the Gu family's sons, we finally got a general understanding of the situation on the front line.

Last year, heavy snowfall in northern China, including my own villages and towns, was even more serious, with more than half of the cattle and sheep of various tribes freezing to death, not to mention the countless incidents of storms and snowstorms destroying tents and houses, and injuring countless lives.

Beirong is the largest tribe outside the northern border of China, the people are especially good at arching horses, the battle is extremely fierce, and Beirong and China have fought countless times in the past, when the old leader was alive, coveted the land and grain of China, led the Beirong iron cavalry to raid the border many times, and the most enemies with it were the Gu family army led by the British father and son.

Naturally, the Chinese army is not vegetarian, so the old king of Beirong and Huaguo have been entangled and entangled for more than 20 years, and have never been able to get any bargains, and finally three years ago they sent a letter to negotiate peace, and the two sides ushered in a very short period of peace.

In fact, China has long been preparing for a rainy day, while using both soft and hard measures against this biggest enemy, while secretly selecting tribal forces that are enough to counterbalance Beirong and not threaten the country. Subtle political means and the Gu family's army guarding the north like an iron wall were originally enough to stabilize the north. But two years ago, the old king of Beirong was killed, and the new leader Hu Yanlu succeeded to the throne, the new khan was resolute and resolute, and as soon as he took office, he wiped out several small tribes around him who had never been very obedient, and his power became stronger and stronger, which was naturally what China did not want to see, so the game methods of the two sides gradually became tougher, and the relationship between the two countries became tense again.

This year's snow disaster has become the final fuse.

Due to the small tribes annexed by Beijung, the losses in the snow disaster were not too heavy. When the wind stopped and the snow stopped, Hu Yanlu unilaterally tore up the peace book and led the army to rush towards Huaguo.

Originally, the people in power in Huaguo also expected this matter, although they did not expect Huyanlu to break the contract so impatiently and blatantly, but they were also fully prepared, so in early March this year, the Gu family father and son led the troops to Zhenbei Sanguan to fight against the enemy.

It's not that Gu Jiajun is greedy for merit or overly underestimates the enemy, but this battle is not unexpected and the whole army has already been prepared, plus although Hu Yanlu is more ruthless and capable than his father, Gu Jiajun has already become a familiar enemy with him in the previous friction, and he is not afraid, so although this battle is much bigger than the small battle after the peace, the whole army is fearless, and Beirong, who vows to kill, loses his armor.

The first month was indeed as Gu Jiajun thought, the two sides were fighting in the north, and Beirong couldn't get a bargain at all, let alone step into the territory of China, and Gu Jiajun felt that when the enemy army returned to the court, he might be able to catch up with his sweetheart to spend the Qixi Festival.

Who knew that before June arrived, a plague broke out in Sanguan in the north of the town.

"Plague? Is that why you're looking for a doctor? ”