The two couples were dumbfounded, and the old woman was about to burst into tears.

"Fighting, fighting?" The old woman grabbed Gu Yunyan's hand and said eagerly, "Why is there a fight at this time?" Didn't they all say that the Di people would retreat to the grassland at the end of autumn, and they would not go south again until the next day's spring? ”

Seeing that the old woman was rude, Zou Laohan hurriedly persuaded: "Isn't this that you haven't entered Yumen Pass yet?" It's still out of the gate! ”

"The northern land is lost, isn't Yumen Pass just around the corner?" The old woman turned her head, her voice trembling, "I don't know if Da Lang and they are doing well at this time, even if the Di people can't enter Yumen Pass, but so many suffering people poured in at once, I don't know if there is enough food at home, don't be able to buy it with silver money at that time." ”

The old woman was a passer, chattering endlessly and discussing with the old man to buy some food and daily household things along the way and take them to Yumen Pass.

Zou Laohan comforted Jiang Muyuan and others with a smile on the one hand: "Then you still go north?" Oh, yes, my family is in the north, so I'm worried that my family will rush back, right? Hey, the war is in chaos, and it is our people who are suffering, so I won't delay you, I hope everything is fine for your family. ”

The two compartments gave up their hands and scattered.

Xue Ping stroked the horses of the Zou family, and said with the handlebar: "It's not easy to raise a horse, treat it well, the horse grass will not be fed in vain." ”

The handlebar style regards Xue Ping as a master at this time, and he should do whatever he says, even if his horses and the horses of the master's party are worlds different from the naked eye, the handlebar style still feels that his own horses are much more pleasing to the eye.

Gu Yunjin was about to turn over and get on the horse, when he heard Ge Shi sigh beside him.

Ge Shi said: "Xue Ping is a horse lover. ”

"If you don't love horses, how can you raise horses?" Zhu shook his head with a wry smile, "It's too difficult to raise a good horse." ”

Gu Yunjin pursed his lips and rubbed Chaiyun's mane.

She knew that the two sisters-in-law were lamenting the horse that Xue Ping was riding when he hurried into Beijing.

Ordinary people's horses, in the winter say that if they don't go, they won't go, military horses are not like that, every military horse is a rider who says when to go and when to stop, never lose his temper.

Night roads, snowy roads, storms, all the same.

And the horse that entered Beijing was one in ten thousand horses, domesticated since childhood, and trained in speed and endurance.

Xue Ping was ordered to leave the Northland at that time, and it was a long way to go back and forth, and Gu Zhiyuan was worried that he would delay the heavy snow on the way, so he handed over the horse to him, so that he could go and return early.

I never thought about it, and finally became a herald who rushed back to Beijing to report the news.

It is said that at such a distance, you should change horses in the post station after a journey, but the horses in the post house are not as good as military horses in terms of speed and endurance, and they are not raised by Xue Ping since childhood.

I heard that when he arrived in Beijing, the horse was not well, and fell to the ground with a convulsion.

The house found the best horse doctor, and his life was saved, but his four legs and heart and lungs were injured, and he could no longer gallop as before, and could only occasionally step on the grass like an old horse.

For war, both the population and the horses are expendables, and there are few names and surnames.

But for their relatives and masters, how can the meaning be the same?

Gu Yunjin tightened the reins and followed behind and continued to walk.

She didn't know anyone else, but she knew that her grandmother, her uncle, her siblings, in her heart, were different.

In the next few days, the heavy snow came and went, all the way to the north, and the snow was more, and this area was far less prosperous than Gyeonggi or Gangnam, and the official roads were very ordinary, and it was not easy to walk.

The news of the loss of the northern land has been spread in this area, and the people who met along the way can see a little sadness on their faces, and they have not seen the joy of the approaching wax moon at all.

This change is even more obvious when traveling to the vicinity of Yumen Pass.

The garrison during the war was stricter than usual, and the town under Yumen had to be carefully inspected when entering and leaving.

Jiang Muyuan handed over the customs clearance document and the token of the Ningguo Mansion, and the officers and soldiers widened their eyes for a moment, and looked at it carefully several times: "Little, little grandfather!" ”

"Where's Lord Xiang?" Jiang Muyuan asked.

Xiang Wei is the guard of Yumen Pass, and since the accident in the north, he has not slept for a day in the past half a month.

Hearing that Jiang Muyuan and the Gu family brothers were coming, he didn't delay at all, and hurriedly welcomed people to the mansion.

Xiang Wei was stationed at Yumen Pass, he knew Gu Zhiyuan, and he also knew the Gu brothers, the three big and five rough men saw someone, choked up, and said: "Mourn." ”

Gu Yunyan patted Gu Yunqi's shoulder and said to Xiang Wei: "Uncle Xiang, this is my sixth brother, can you recognize it?" ”

Xiang Wei Wenyan, stared at Gu Yunqi busily, and patted his head for a while: "The son of the fourth child of the Gu family!" It's been five or six years, right? It's all grown so big, look at this strong body, it's really not bad to practice! ”

To say a few words about homely things, that is, I don't want to be immersed in sadness, but after all, the battle situation in the north and the situation of the Gu family are issues that cannot be avoided at the moment.

"On the fifteenth night, the Di people suddenly invaded the territory, and I received the news at the fourth watch, and immediately ordered troops to go to the north to rescue," Xiang Wei said, "Just out of the pass, I met General Gu's herald, and he said that General Gu's last words were not to be rescued by Yumen Pass, and that when the Di people moved the tiger away from the mountain."

Once I lead my troops out of Yumen Pass, if the Di people raid and Yumen Pass is lost, the consequences will be unimaginable.

I had no choice but to retreat, and only sent a small group of cavalry to the north, and got the news that the Di people had retreated to the mountain pass.

The third child of the Gu family and Yun Su were found by them, and they originally wanted to stay in the north, but they were afraid that the Di people would recognize them when they robbed the northland, and they would be humiliated after death, so they took them back to Yumen Pass.

Now it is in the suburbs, you can go and see it at any time.

As for the bodies of General Gu and the old lady, they were not found.

In the past half a month, the Di people have harassed the nearby cities several times, and they have also returned to the northland, and I want to make people look for them again, but they are afraid of accidents. ”

Gu Yunyan wiped his face heavily, held back his tears, and said, "As long as it doesn't fall into the hands of Di Ren......

Gu Yunjin's heart was also heavy.

For a general like Gu Zhiyuan, if his body falls into the hands of the Di people, all dynasties and dynasties will have to redeem it, and they can't ignore it, so that it chills the hearts of the border soldiers.

But the court ransomed, and what was handed over was real gold and silver, and these silver would become weapons in the hands of the Di people, and they would violate the border again.

Gu Yunjin thought that her eldest uncle definitely didn't want him to be used by Di Ren like this after he died in battle.

She also secretly thought in her heart: as long as it doesn't fall into the hands of Di Ren......