Emperor Ze's eyes widened and he said, "Want to kill Uncle Guo?" Uncle Guo is fighting for the country, the army is in full swing, and someone actually wants to kill Uncle Guo? ”

Lixia said: "Don't worry, the emperor, my brother said, this matter is unfounded, and it is difficult to say who did it." ”

Emperor Ze nodded and said to Gu Du, "How does Uncle Guo plan to investigate?" ”

Gu Du replied: "The minister doesn't want to investigate, this matter is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, time-consuming and laborious, and may not be able to get results." The minister just reminded the emperor that now Zeguo has a city and market town, and it is no longer as monolithic as before, and in the past three hundred years, the Spirit Kingdom has never been so weak. ”

"So the emperor should be careful, no courtiers betrayed Zeguo before, because Lingguo looked down on Zeguo people at all, and there was no way to betray him. But now it's different, maybe the Spirit Kingdom will buy the officials or generals of the Ze Kingdom, or even buy the dead with a lot of money. ”

Emperor Ze nodded thoughtfully, and Gu Du said: "The minister will return home to rest for the night, and he will return to Lingyu County tomorrow." ”

Zedi said: "Uncle Guo has worked hard, if there is nothing else, go back and rest early." ”

Gu Duying said: "The minister retired." ”

Leaving the palace, Gu Du went to Dongfang Bin's mansion, Dongfang Bin ordered someone to set up a family banquet in the back hall, and the two chatted while eating.

Gu Du first guessed that the two concubines were jealous of Lixia, so they bought the dead to harm Lixia, but Dongfang Bin said that the two concubines were selected from the people, and there was no court power, and it was a blessing to be able to ascend to the sky in one step, and there should be no more jealousy, and even if they had the heart, I am afraid that they would not be able to do things and have no courage to do things.

Gu Du asked about the situation in the court again, and Dongfang Bin said that since he killed He Xuzhuo's family, no one in the court dared to be rude to Lixia, and no one accused Gu Du, and all they discussed every day was building a city, recruiting troops, rewarding, and storing grain.

Gu Du nodded, he was right, no one dared to do it with him as blatantly as He Xuzhuo did, but Gu Du still felt that the one who wanted to kill him and Lixia this time was the people of Zeguo.

The next day, he returned to Lingyu County, and when he arrived in Zeming County, Di Qiuhan was waiting for Gu Du at the gate of the city, and when he saw Gu Du, he asked, "Are you okay?" ”

Di Qiuhan and the others were the secret guards arranged by Gu Du, and they had no companions, so when the post station was burned, Di Qiuhan and the others were in the inn.

I thought that if there was a stab, it would definitely be Jing Xuezhai, so I only paid attention to the protection on the road, and when I entered the city, I relaxed my vigilance, and I didn't expect someone to attack the post station.

Gu Du shook his head and said, "Let's go to the inn." ”

When he arrived at the inn, Gu Ducai said to Di Qiuhan: "I suspect that the people of Zeguo did it." ”

Di Qiuhan frowned and asked in a low voice, "Why?" ”

Gu Du replied: "If it's Jing Xuezhai, why do you have to follow you to the city? Isn't it better to fight in the wilderness? ”

Di Qiuhan said: "Maybe you thought that we have a secret guard? ”

Gu Du said: "If you want to fight, it will definitely be an ambush, and they will not chase after us to fight." ”

Di Qiuhan sighed, Gu Du was right, but this meant that Gu Du and Lixia were working for Zeguo like this, and there were still people who wanted to get rid of them.

When Gu Du heard him sigh, he knew what he was thinking, and said: "Not everyone is willing to serve the country loyally, let alone everyone can take care of the overall situation, me and Empress Xia are too eyesore, inside and outside the palace." ”

Returning to Lingyu County a few days later, Gu Du said to Dongfang Xia Lan: "In the future, all the food bought from outside will be tested for poison." ”

"Oh." Dongfang Xia Lan agreed and asked, "Someone poisoned again?" ”

Gu Du replied: "No, but you have to be careful." ”

At the beginning of the peach month, Gu Du led 30,000 troops to Linghe County. Gu Du is not in a hurry to take revenge, because Linghe County occupies the main transportation route, and if he takes Linghe County, he can go south and attack the first line of Zhenbei Pass, which is a battleground.

Now that there is a garrison outside Rizhao Pass, the northeast front line is safe, as long as he is diligent in the northwest line, Lingguo will not have extra time and troops to do anything else.

Gu Du didn't let people attack the city at all, twenty trebuchets lined up in front of the battle, filled the fire oil canisters and threw them into the city, and another 3,000 soldiers went back and forth to Lingyu County and the front of the army to transport the fire oil tanks.

After an hour, Gu Du ordered him to retreat three miles and camp to rest.

On the other side, 10,000 Ze troops are coming to Sunset Pass, according to Gu Du's meaning, Zeguo will send 10,000 veterans to Lingyu County for every 10,000 recruits, as long as he has a good grasp of the time of attack, the troops will be continuously supplied, so that he can occupy the city, defend the city, and raise the city.

The northern city of Linghe County was already a sea of fire, with heavy casualties among the soldiers and civilians, Chu Qin made a rare appearance, standing on the head of the city, gritting his teeth and looking at Gu Du's camp.

Chu Qin knew in his heart that Gu Du was using his own way and giving back to him, this was the case when he fought Lancheng, he didn't attack the city, but only threw stones and oil cans into the city.

But at that time, there were no people in Lancheng, just a garrison, and now there are tens of thousands of people in Linghe County, Gu Du did this, making it clear that he would rather destroy the city and rebuild than take Linghe County.

Hou Ying said: "Marshal, you can't defend like this, let's go to war, our army has 80,000, and we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!" ”

Chu Qin shook his head and said: "Gu Du just lured me to fight, although he didn't bring many people, but Lingyu County and Sunset Pass still have at least 70,000 troops, besides, the Ze army has always been brave, and the field battle is not good for me." ”

Hou Ying frowned, thought for a while and said, "Then steal the camp and burn his camp!" ”

Chu Qin shook his head again and said, "You can't steal it." ”

Hou Ying became impatient and said loudly: "The last general is invited to fight!" Give me 5,000 soldiers, and I will burn his camp!" ”

Chu Qin replied expressionlessly, "Okay." ”

As the commander of the whole army, Chu Qin's situation is very difficult, he insists on not fighting, there is a danger of breaking the city, once the city is broken, he will be guilty of cowardice and fear of war, and even suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason.

But the battle can not be decisive, once the casualties are too heavy, the city will still be lost, and there is a precedent for the law of residence, a tragic victory is like a defeat, and the Spirit Emperor will be haunted.

Still with that sentence, Chu Qin began to envy Gu Du.

Hou Ying is a general, although nominally Chu Qin is a marshal, but Hou Ying also has the position of supervising the army, if he is determined to prevent the war, I don't know what Hou Ying will say to the emperor in the future.

Since Hou Ying wants to fight, let's go to war, anyway, whether he is dead or alive, and the impact on Chu Qin is not great, it is better to die, so as not to stand up to each other, hinder everywhere, and worry about whether he will be black.

In addition, Chu Qin still has a bit of luck, Gu Du knows him very well, but he doesn't know a general like Hou Ying, maybe Gu Du recognized that he would not steal the camp, and Hou Ying wanted to steal the camp, maybe he could really be surprised.

At night, Hou Ying led 5,000 soldiers out of the West Gate and went around to Gu Du's camp.

The east of Linghe County is relatively open, and there are mountains and forests in the west, which is convenient for concealed marching, so Hou Ying went out from the west gate and walked to the opposite corner of the city, when he suddenly flew in the sky with a rain of arrows, and screams came one after another.

Hou Ying exclaimed: "Retreat! Withdraw Simon! ”