Chapter 122: The Manchu Dynasty is in an uproar
Su Yunlai was detaining Xiaoqing to learn needlework, but the little girl was the same as her mother, and she didn't have much talent in the matter of female popularity, so Su Yunlai began to worry, and it was really after becoming a mother that she understood Chen's good intentions back then.
"Mother doesn't force you to be more proficient, but at least you have to be proficient, right? You have to be able to make a purse out, right? Su Yunlai felt that she was already open-minded, at least the Chen family required her to be much stricter at the beginning.
"But mother, I don't want to be a purse." Xiaoqing pouted and said unhappily, "Why do I have to learn this kind of thing?" β
"This is the girl's family."
"Why does the girl's family have to have these things? Why is it so troublesome to be a girl, I won't, I'm not going to be a girl anymore, okay? The little girl said at once.
Su Yunlai thought for a while, and then nodded: "It's okay, then do you want to learn martial arts from Brother Xiaobao?" It could be harder. β
Gu Qinghao immediately wrinkled her face with a bun, and asked with some expectation, "Why do you have to learn things?" I'll just be able to eat......"
Su Yunlai: "......"
"Who bullied us Qing'er? This little face is wrinkled, tell your grandmother, and your grandmother will avenge you! Chen walked over and saw Xiaoqing's unhappy face, and he was about to do justice immediately.
The little girl was aggrieved: "Grandmother, my mother asked me to learn needlework, and other people's hands hurt, and my grandmother was whirring." As he spoke, he raised his white finger to complain.
Chen Shi was distressed, hugged the little girl, comforted her repeatedly, and then turned her head to Su Yunlai and said angrily: "How old is Qing'er, you can ruthlessly let her learn so many things?" β
Su Yunlai: "......"
Chen hugged the little girl and walked out: "Qing'er, don't be afraid, there is a grandmother here, so I don't listen to your mother, she hasn't learned how well she is." β
"Really? Grandmother? The little girl's eyes lit up at once.
Chen was seen by his granddaughter's clear eyes, and his heart softened, and he nodded without saying a word: "Yes, what grandmother said!" β
Su Yunlai: "......"
It's really not so eccentric! Su Yunlai's heart was depressed, her mother didn't say that to her at the beginning! The gap is too big.
After Gu Junyan came back, he saw Su Yunlai sitting on the side with an angry face, and his heart was angry: "Ah Wan, what's wrong, who bullied you?" Tell me, I'll get your revenge! β
Su Yunlai was aggrieved: "My mother is eccentric." β
"Uh...... This ......" The young general was stunned all of a sudden, he couldn't go to his mother-in-law's trouble, right?
Su Yunlai glanced at him unhappily: "Why don't you speak?" β
Gu Junyan was very calm: "Then it's good if I'm partial to you." β
Su Yunlai met his smiling gaze, and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, really, she is a mother, and she is jealous of her daughter, she is really living more and more, Su Yunlai secretly scolded herself for being so naΓ―ve.
Su Yunlai changed the topic: "How is it, have you met Master Xu?" You didn't have a conflict, did you? β
Gu Junyan grabbed Su Yunlai's hand and said lazily: "No, he is a scholar, what can I conflict with him, it's like I'm bullying him." After a pause, a flash of light flashed in his eyes: "As long as he honestly does his prison and does not mix and lead the troops, I can completely treat him as if he does not exist, but if he has some other thoughts, then don't blame me......"
Su Yunlai nodded.
However, in the next time, Xu Guanyi seemed to really just come to supervise the army, at least he kept to himself, and he didn't care about anything in the army, and his sense of existence was extremely low.
It made Gu Junyan feel a lot more relieved, and he didn't pay much attention to him anymore.
Su Yunlai asked a few times later, and Gu Junyan said nonchalantly: "Don't worry, Xu Guanyi is a smart person, when he comes to my territory, what tricks can he come up with, he came to Xuzhou just to please the emperor, and now I am at peace with him is the best result." β
Su Yunlai is not so optimistic, Xu Guanyi is not such an easy person to deal with, the calmer he is, the more calm he is, but a kind of peace before the storm, maybe he is planning something more terrifying, Su Yunlai does not dare to relax his vigilance at all.
However, after a long time, the war between the two sides was in a white-hot stage, and Gu Junyan did not have much energy to focus on Xu Guanyi.
This time, the Liao army was menacing, whether it was the number of troops sent or the number of formations was different from before, Gu Junyan suffered a few losses.
Every day, there was a sound of fighting outside the city, and Gu Junyan couldn't help but be worried every time he went out to fight against Su Yunlai.
On this day, Su Yunlai was at home, and he always felt a little uneasy, which may be related to Gu Junyan not coming back for several days, recently Gu Junyan was planning a general attack, and he was so busy that he didn't have time to go home, and lived in the barracks every day.
But today's feeling is different, flustered, always feeling like something is going to happen, she walked back and forth, and finally couldn't sit still, let the kitchen prepare food, and found two changes of clothes for people to send to Gu Junyan.
But when the person who delivered the things came back, he didn't see Gu Junyan, saying that Gu Junyan had left the barracks.
The panic in Su Yunlai's heart is getting stronger and stronger, not only Gu Junyan, but also Yi Wen and Yi Wu are not there, this must be something wrong, otherwise Gu Junyan would not have taken these two people away.
Jun Yao saw that she was uneasy, and said comfortingly in a gentle voice: "Miss, don't worry too much, the young general can fight well, and he will be fine." β
Jun Yao's words did not reassure Su Yunlai, being able to fight well does not mean that he will not be injured, nor does it mean that he will not have an accident, the battlefield is unpredictable, where is there any victorious general?
Su Yunlai didn't sleep all night, and then when she received the shocking news, she always thought that she had heard it wrong.
"Young lady, young lady is not good!" Jun Yao ran back in a panic: "Young lady, the young general ran into an ambush when he went out on an expedition, and the 50,000 army was wiped out!" β
"What did you say?" Su Yunlai stood up suddenly: "What about the young general?" β
"Fortunately, the major general rushed out with people at the end, and he should be in the barracks now!" Jun Yao hurriedly said: "Young lady, don't worry, the young general said that he was injured, but it sounds like it should be fine, otherwise he would not go back to the barracks directly, but will be sent back to the mansion." β
Su Yunlai knew that what Jun Yao said made sense, but it was about Gu Junyan's safety, how could she sit still, and hurriedly asked people to prepare carriages and horses to go to the barracks, Jun Yao knew that she couldn't stop her, so she had to take the order.
Gu Junyan was indeed injured, and the injuries were not light, but they were all external injuries during the fight, and there were no fatal injuries.
As soon as Gu Junyan returned to the barracks, he directly rushed into the camp of Yun Zheng, the commander of the Imperial Army.
The so-called imperial army was selected from a group of recruits recruited by Xu Guanyi, this army was specially under the command of Li Sheng, and only obeyed Li Sheng's dispatch, including some children of official eunuchs.
However, this time Gu Junyan went on an expedition, Li Sheng still sent this army over, the main purpose was to let them accumulate more actual combat experience, but Gu Junyan only had the right to command, but not the right to dispatch, but it seemed a little nondescript, which also showed Li Sheng's jealousy of Gu Junyan.
Gu Junyan really doesn't look down on this army, but it's just a group of recruits, the second ancestor, and people with good lives are extremely desperate for their lives, especially this group of people, who came to the army just to get credit, facilitate promotion, and let them go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, I'm afraid they will run faster than anyone else.
So from the beginning of the war to the present, Gu Junyan has not used this army, so that Yun Zheng was dissatisfied and came to Gu Junyan, saying that he was the one who looked down on their imperial army, so he didn't send them to fight.
Although this is true, the major general can't admit it, right? So Gu Junyan thought about it, and really found a job for them, this time he sent a general attack and asked the people of the imperial army to support.
In this attack, Gu Junyan was very well prepared, and he didn't need support at all, but just in case, so handing it over to the imperial army did not respond to the overall situation.
But Gu Junyan didn't expect that their plan was wrong, his army was ambushed, in a hurry, he thought of the reinforcements he had arranged before, and sent a signal to ask for support, they waited and waited, but they didn't wait for reinforcements, and in the end, he had no choice but to lead his troops to break through, and the lives of 50,000 soldiers fell in a battle.
Gu Junyan's eyes were red, and he returned to the barracks with murderous aura, he came directly to Yun Zheng's camp tent, and the guards outside the door wanted to stop him when they saw Gu Junyan, but Gu Junyan kicked him aside and broke in directly.
Yun Zheng didn't care when he heard that Gu Junyan was back, anyway, he was Li Sheng's brother-in-law, could Gu Junyan still kill him? He had no fear, but when Gu Junyan raised his sword and broke into his tent, full of murderous aura, Yun Zheng still couldn't help but feel weak in his legs.
Gu Junyan had just come back from the battlefield, he had died nine times, he was full of anger, and he had lost 50,000 soldiers, full of pathos and anger, naturally it was not something that a boy like Yun Zheng could resist.
"Gu, Gu Junyan, what are you going to do? Don't mess around, this is the barracks......" Yun Zheng said with a trembling voice.
"Why don't you send troops?" Gu Junyan's voice was low, as if he was suppressing something, and he walked towards Yun Zheng step by step, exuding a terrifying murderous aura all over his body.
Yun Zheng hated himself for not being angry, and hated that he was intimidated by Gu Junyan's momentum, he tried hard to stand firm, looked at him coldly and said, "Why did the young general question General Ben?" This general is the commander of the imperial army, and he only needs to return to the saint, and the young general can't control me! β
"I ask you why you don't send troops!" Gu Junyan shouted loudly, "Do you know how many people you killed?" Why not? I won't let you do anything, but you can't do it just by asking you to send troops to support! β
"What do you mean I killed?" Yun Zheng said with an unhappy face: "This is obviously a mistake in the command of the young general, which killed so many soldiers, is it possible that you still want to push it on me?" β
Yun Zheng said, paused, jumped up, and didn't care about being afraid: "Okay, Gu Junyan!" You are worried that you will be blamed by the Holy God for your own miscommand, so you want to put all the blame on me, so vicious! What a young general, undefeated myth, I bah! It's just a fame and reputation! Those soldiers are also unlucky, following such a vain person as you, which killed them, you don't want to rely on the general! β
When Gu Junyan heard this, his eyes suddenly ached, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Yun Zheng's neck tightly, and then lifted him up!
Yun Zheng was shocked, his face turned red, and he looked at Gu Junyan and wanted to shout for help.
Yi Wen and Yi Wu followed, and they were also shocked when they saw the situation in the house, and hurriedly rushed over to hug Gu Junyan's body, Gu Junyan threw the two away in anger, he stared at Yun Zheng tightly, Yun Zheng felt that something in his chest was slowly passing, leaving his body, and fear overwhelmed him for a moment.
"Jun Yan!" Suddenly, a soft voice sounded, like a spring rain, extinguishing the burning fire.
Su Yunlai hurriedly pounced, hugged Gu Junyan's waist, and said anxiously: "Junyan, let him go, okay?" β
Gu Junyan heard Su Yunlai's voice, slowly lowered her head, met her pleading gaze, her eyes were watery, she cried, who made her cry?
She told him to let go, and his attention was diverted at once.
Su Yunlai felt Gu Junyan's stiffness, she slowed down her voice, and held his hand holding Yun Zheng's neck, he relaxed little by little, his fingers opened, and Yun Zheng fell to the ground all of a sudden.
Su Yunlai breathed a sigh of relief and slowly hugged Gu Junyan, the familiar smell on her body filled the tip of her nose, which seemed to dissipate the smell of blood on his body, Gu Junyan was in a trance.
"It's okay, it's okay, Jun Yan." Su Yunlai soothed softly, patting his back over and over again, and his body finally gradually relaxed.
Once the crisis was lifted, Yun Zheng, who was not in danger of his life, coughed for a long time before he finally caught his breath, the first thing he did when he stood up was to take a step back, and then pointed at Gu Junyan and said, "Okay, you, you still want ...... Ahem, kill Ben, General Ben will kill his mouth! General Ben will definitely make you unable to eat and walk around! β
Gu Junyan was stabbed by him, his eyes immediately glared, Yun Zheng was startled, and hurriedly pointed at Su Yunlai and said, "You, you hurry up and look at this madman, don't let him come over!" β
Su Yun looked at him and said coldly: "The general is so majestic, why did he come to ask for help from a weak woman with me?" β
Some people really think that he is redundant to live, 50,000 soldiers died, a good man, but the damned are alive and well.
Su Yunlai secretly hated in her heart, this Yun Zheng was thanks to his surname Yun, if it was someone else, she would definitely not stop Gu Junyan!
Yun Zheng didn't dare to say much, and secretly said in his heart, a good man doesn't eat the losses in front of him, Gu Junyan looks like crazy now, it's not easy to mess with, wait for him to go back and write a book, and go to Gu Junyan with his brother-in-law, how arrogant will he be when the time comes?
Thinking like this, Yun Zheng stopped talking.
Gu Junyan's body shook, and he suddenly fell down, frightening Su Yunlai.
"Jun Yan!"
Yi Wen hurriedly stepped forward and picked up Gu Junyan and walked out.
Gu Junyan was lying in the camp tent, and the military doctor had already checked his pulse, and he had also applied medicine and bandaged his wounds.
"Young lady, the young general's external injuries are not serious, the young general's health is very good, as long as he cultivates well, he can be healed."
"But he's still unconscious!" Su Yunlai said anxiously, "When will he wake up?" β
"This ...... The major general's coma has nothing to do with his external injuries, his subordinates look at the pulse of the major general, and the qi and blood are tumbling, which is excessive pathos, and the body is in a state of extreme fatigue, so he will fall asleep. The medic explained.
Yi Wen on the side had red eyes: "Can you not be tired?" In order to lead us to break through, the major general has not closed his eyes for three days and three nights, and so many people have died......"
So many soldiers died in front of him, but he couldn't do anything, self-blame and heartache all tortured Gu Junyan's mind, he was such a proud person, but he experienced the feeling of helplessness, how big a blow should this be to him?
The military doctor sighed, looked at Su Yunlai worriedly, and said, "Young lady, my subordinates can only treat the young general's external injuries, but not the heartaches, the young general's injuries are not outside, they are in the heart." β
After the military doctor finished speaking, he shook his head and turned around and walked out.
Su Yun looked at Gu Junyan, who was lying unconscious on the bed, and her heart ached, and she said to Yi Wen and Yi Wu: "You guys also go to rest, and talk about anything later." β
Whether it's a sin or a fault, it shouldn't be dealt with now, she doesn't want to do anything now, she doesn't want to say anything, she just wants to be with him well.
Yi Wen and Yi Wu glanced at each other and walked out.
Su Yunlai sat on the edge of the bed, holding Gu Junyan's hand, his injury turned out to have a burn scar, which was the same as her hand, but his hand was full of new wounds, covering the scar.
Her tears fell at once, and the tears fell on the back of his hand, and he seemed to feel her distress and sadness, and his muscles contracted slightly.
"Some people, he is very strong, but it doesn't mean that he won't fall, you are the support of Gu Jiajun, the support of the dynasty, the support of me and Qing'er, we all know that because of you, this country is safe, and the world is peaceful, but you forget it, you will be tired, and you will feel heartache." Su Yunlai said in a low voice.
She was suddenly very tired of these things, this war, this defeat, all of this, and thought, if he could sleep like this, it would be good.
"But I know you won't, you never run away, whether it's difficulty or pain, you won't choose to run away, you're so proud, you've always been brave......" she murmured, tears running through the corners of her eyes, she wiped them away casually, and held his hand tightly.
Gu Junyan slept for a whole day and a night, the medicine prepared by the military doctor was cold again and again, Su Yun came and went to serve the medicine, but when he came back, he found that Gu Junyan was no longer in the camp.
Su Yunlai hurriedly looked everywhere, and finally found Gu Junyan on the training ground, he was desperately hitting the wooden stake, again and again, his hands were broken, and he didn't feel it.
Su Yunlai stepped forward to stop him, Gu Junyan glanced at him, and that glance made Su Yunlai cry again, his eyes were empty without the slightest hint of brilliance, like a dead man.
"Ah Wan, ninety percent of the people who went to the battlefield with me didn't come back...... Gu Junyan said indifferently: "Those people, some of them know their names, some don't know, they died, and they didn't even find their bones, 50,000 people, a full 50,000 people......"
His empty eyes were dry, and he wanted to shed not tears, but blood.
But his heart hurt so much that he didn't know what to do.
It's not that Gu Junyan can't face his own failures, "Those people don't actually have to die, they obviously don't have to die......"
If Yun Zheng had sent troops to support, everything would have been different.
"I told them that we had reinforcements, and I arranged reinforcements, and the reinforcements would definitely come, and I told them that as long as we held on a little longer, our reinforcements would come." Gu Junyan muttered.
But no reinforcements came.
"Why did I give such an important matter to Yun Zheng, I killed them."
Why didn't he think it through a little more thoroughly, why didn't he plan a little more thoroughly? It was he who was too conceited and proud, always thinking that everything was under his control, and did not take the Liao people in his eyes.
"I killed them, those people, some of them haven't married yet, Ah Wan ......" Gu Junyan gasped and trembled all over.
Su Yunlai hugged him tightly, at this time she didn't know what to say to make him blame herself a little, everything she said was wrong, and everything she said was superfluous.
"Jun Yan, I will hurt with you, we will hurt together, it is the two of us who make mistakes, I am with you, all the guilt, all the remorse, we will bear it together." She whispered, "So, can you get a little better?"
Gu Junyan's defeat shocked the government and the opposition, everyone was used to the fact that the Gu family's army would win the battle, and everyone was used to it, this fiasco was really a long time gone for the dynasty.
50,000 soldiers, the whole army was annihilated, and the whole country was in an uproar.
Yun Zheng's impeachment of Gu Junyan added fuel to the fire, and he added fuel to the fire of Gu Junyan's behavior of trying to force him to admit his guilt, shirk responsibility, and want to kill people.
It seems that Gu Junyan is worried that he will be punished, so he intends to push the matter to him. οΌ
And there are many voices in the DPRK and China about this defeat.
Many people are questioning: "The young general is an undefeated general, a young hero, how can he lose the battle?" Isn't there something hidden in this battle? β
"Yes, yes, how can you lose with the ability of the major general, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple!"
"I heard that 50,000 soldiers died in this battle and the whole army was wiped out, but the young general came back safely, is this too unbelievable? How did he come back alive? β
"I have fought so many victories before, how can I say that I am defeated if I lose, is this Liao people so powerful?"
"Stop being a bitter trick that should be combined inside and outside!"
All kinds of voices are questioning Gu Junyan's defeat, the most sinister of which is the collusion between Gu Junyan and the Great Liao State, this defeat, he deliberately fled without a fight!