Chapter 37: Opening the Door (I)

Not to mention the border rebellion in Youzhou for the time being, at this moment, far away in the northeast of the country, after Gu Xuan led people to successfully cross the Wei River at night and killed Wei Chi Lide, the commander of the defense of the country, in a battle, it can be regarded as a real victory.

Without the natural danger of the Wei River, which flooded in the rainy season, the remaining soldiers and horses of the Quartet did not dare to come to King Qin at all, especially after Gu Xuan successfully captured all the men and horses previously assigned by Wei Chi Lide through a well-designed ambush battle, the Wei Guo side could only watch them march all the way, and there was no way to do it.

This is why Lan Yunxuan must insist on crossing the river from here, because as long as he crosses the Wei River, the distance between this place and the capital of Weiguo is only four days.

Defending the capital of the country, this is the heart of a country, it is the foundation of the country, the foundation of the country's fortunes, its importance, naturally do not need to be too much to say, but if the capital is broken, the country is equivalent to death, even if it is recaptured later, it will still lose the national capital and hurt the root cause.

However, the tall city gate with scarlet rivets was tightly closed, leaving no gap, and the soldiers standing on the tower, estimated to be five stories high from the ground, looked down, their faces were obviously nervous and panicked.

After all, the patriotism of the country has lasted for hundreds of years, but I have never heard of an enemy hitting the capital, plus these people are some people who have not been baptized by war, have not been beaten by the wind and rain "Jiaohua", their psychological quality, naturally not as good as the people who have really been on the battlefield, it can be said that this is the first time they have been in battle in their lives, but look down and look at the foot, the strong, towering city wall, and the moat that has pulled up the suspension bridge, how much it still reduces some of the anxiety and burden in the heart.

According to the people above, the attacking enemy does not have any effective siege equipment in his hands, and it is difficult for the other party to directly cross these two artificial moats.

On this side, Gu Xuan led a group of people who were in the dust, and finally rode their horses all the way to the destination, especially when they were still out of range of the opponent's archers or ballistas, so he hurriedly reined in his horse and stopped.

After waiting for everyone to stand up, Gu Xuan turned his head and smiled to the side: "Mr. Lan, let's go next, right?"

When Lan Yunxuan heard this, he hurriedly bowed his hand on the horse and said, "This is the honor of his subordinates!"

Gu Xuan waved his hand lightly, signaling that he didn't have to be so polite, and then he and Lan Yunxuan rode two horses, crossed the crowd, broke away from the large army, and drove the horse towards the location of the south gate of the Patriotic Capital City in front of him, and slowly paced away.

The woods near the capital of Weiguo were cut down hundreds of years ago, and there was nothing to cover, and tens of thousands of people on the other side ran from a distance, black and pressed like a dark cloud, and they were not blind, so they naturally saw it at a glance, but then the other party suddenly stopped, and then saw the two people in front of them walking alone, and the people on the city wall saw it, although they were a little unknown, but they were not in a hurry to immediately release arrows to force them back.

After all, there are only two people on the other side, and there is a moat in the middle, unless the other party can fly, how can they come over, if they can't bear to release arrows like this, doesn't it seem that they are afraid of each other, this is also a loss of face for the Kingdom of David, isn't it?

Gu Xuan didn't care about this, he and Lan Yunxuan walked to the edge of the moat, looked at the green river in front of him, and there was a lot of green algae growing on it, and then immediately puffed up his breath and shouted to the opposite side: "I am Gu Xuan, the king of Daliang Hedong County, and ask you who are in charge here to come out and talk to this king!"

This voice is neither sharp, nor low, but it is not particularly high-pitched, but it makes everyone above hear it clearly, as if someone is talking in their ears, which requires a bit of ability, and the people above are frightened, and they turn their heads to look at each other, and they all read surprise and panic in each other's eyes, as well as some confusion.

I really didn't expect that the people who broke into their hinterland all the way to defend the country and ran outside their capital to show off their might would be the children of the royal family of Da Liang, and they were born so young, but they lost one eye and no handsomeness, but a little more vicious.

In fact, this kind of work should have been done by Lan Yunxuan, Gu Xuan, as the commander of this army, personally went up to call the battle, it was too cheap, it was really wronged by his identity, but because there was a moat in front of him, and the city wall of the patriotic capital was too high, if ordinary people wanted to communicate with the people above without hindrance, they had to shout hoarsely, which was too unsightly.

Because of this, Gu Xuan came over with Lan Yunxuan, he came to shout, once he came out, Lan Yunxuan would negotiate on his behalf, and at the same time, it was also to protect the other party, he was inevitably plotted by the other party, he was a literati, and the rain of arrows fell, and there was absolutely no reason to survive.

Half an hour later, he saw that there was suddenly a fat man wearing a golden helmet on the top of the city tower, he picked up the battlements, looked carefully at the bottom, there was obviously some dodging in his eyes, and after seeing that there were really only two people, he was a little calmer, he coughed lightly twice, cleared his throat, and then shouted.

"You two listen to me! I am the general of my David Kingdom, how dare you come to attack Tianwei, and you will not retreat quickly, otherwise God will punish you, and you will die without a place to be buried!"

In fact, these words can't be regarded as scolding, it's just the most common kind of reprimanding the enemy, although this person seems to be fat-headed and big-eared, but he also has a bit of scheming and reservations, after all, maybe this city will not be able to hold it in the end, then he will be killed because of his quick mouth for a while, just a matter of one sentence, it is too worthless, don't say it too ugly at this time, and then there will be room for maneuver, isn't it?

When Gu Xuan heard this, he just grinned and smiled very disdainfully, and he didn't seem to take the other party to heart at all.

Don't look at the five words "General Jinwu", it sounds a bit imposing, but in fact, he is just a high-ranking official in the Beijing Praetorian Guard, and the position of the Qianhu Chief, one of the three armies of the Xiaocai Guards who guards the Daliang Palace, is just better, and the combat effectiveness of the Patriotic Praetorian Guard, needless to say, they both know each other.

Moreover, not to mention that the closer they are to the central government, the less the status of the military attache is compared to that of civilian officials, just this small head of the Imperial City Praetorian Guard, what can he be considered in this kind of patriotic capital where the three princes and nine secretaries gather?

Therefore, Gu Xuan responded unceremoniously: "You kid is not qualified enough to talk to this king, hurry up and call an official to come over!"

When the fat man above heard this, his expression froze, and then he shouted in annoyance: "Presumptuous! What kind of thing are you, and you dare to talk to General Ben like this?"

Gu Xuan leaned back, rode on the horse obliquely, and interrupted the other party in a good time: "Don't blame this king for not reminding you now, if you delay this king's business, you don't need this king to do it himself, this king guarantees that there will be many people in it who will take your head tonight!"

"You!"

The fat man pointed to the bottom, he was angry, and he wanted to scold again, but after thinking about it, if there was really something important that was delayed by himself, then he really couldn't afford it, so he called someone else and let the other party make a decision, so he could shirk his responsibility, plus the attitude that the other party had been showing was too confident, so he couldn't help but believe Gu Xuan's words a little, but there was no surprise, he still wanted to ask more clearly, so he pretended to be a little impatient and said:" Don't talk nonsense, what the hell are you doing, make it clear now, don't play dumb riddles with General Ben!"

Gu Xuan smiled, knowing that the other party had actually been frightened, and he no longer played any tricks with him, as soon as he stretched out his hand, Lan Yunxuan next to him saw this, agreed, and quickly took out a tightly wrapped strip of cloth from his sleeve, like a scroll.

"It's not a big deal, in fact, I just want to show you a little list of the prisoners under this king. ”

As he spoke, he moved his right hand as if for a moment, and then saw that the strip of cloth had been thrown upwards by him.

"Pick it up!"

The fat man only felt that there was a flower in front of him, and he hadn't reacted at all, his face had already been hit firmly, although the strips of cloth were soft, but when they were rolled together, they also had a bit of weight, plus Gu Xuan threw it with the technique of a big smasher, which contained a masculine force, which smashed on his face at once, so that he was directly knocked unconscious.

"Ouch, you bastard。。。。。。 ”

He stretched out his fat hand like a pig's trotter, covered his nose, slowed down, barely opened his eyes, looked down, and was about to command his subordinates to release arrows directly and teach this daring bastard a lesson, but he didn't expect that the two people below had already turned their horses' heads and began to go back to the way they came, and at the same time, a word fluttered down the wind to his ears.

"Once you have thought clearly, send someone out of the city to find this king!"

The fat man had already raised his other hand, but after thinking about it for a while, he finally put it down hatefully.

"Damn, don't let Lao Tzu catch you, or you'll have good fruit to eat!"

He cursed in a low voice, then leaned down with great difficulty, reached out and picked up the strip of cloth from the ground that looked like a scroll, straightened up, glanced left and right, and couldn't help but suddenly slap the soldier next to him who was still stunned.

"What are you looking at, don't you know how to pick it up for General Ben? fuck!"

The poor soldier next to him didn't care about being slapped by him, and quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "The general forgives the sins, the general forgives the sins!"

The fat man pursed his lips, and didn't bother to deal with this kind of nobody, and then unfolded the strip of cloth in his hand, at first he was a little careless, but then his eyes immediately widened, and the list of prisoners shocked him no less than another beat.

The list is simple, the top half is the identity of the person concerned plus the name, and below is a rough and direct red fingerprint.

After just a cursory glance, he directly closed the scroll in his hand again, because the first person in front of him was his immediate boss, the grandson of Lieutenant Jingo Guardian!

The fat man was so frightened that he was trembling all over, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he suddenly understood, no wonder, no wonder the other party was so bold and arrogant, because what he was holding in his hand was the life* of most aristocratic families in the capital!