That night, Joseph and the others set up camp on the banks of the Turan River, and although there were some small towns outside Moxi Pass, Joseph did not decide to rush forward. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After all, it has now reached the valley corridor, and Gould also said that the situation in the valley is chaotic at this time, and all kinds of enemy horse thieves are fighting against each other, which is obviously not safer than on the vast grassland. It's better to rest all night and set off tomorrow.

Of course, these days, Gould and others have also very competently reflected their qualities as professional soldiers, and two people take turns to keep vigil every night. Moreover, the fat man Gould is also very cunning, and every time he camps, he chooses some places that are low and flat and not easy to find, and he will carefully cover up the traces of camping the next morning.

That night, after Allocating the night duty, Gould was about to return to his tent when he suddenly heard someone calling behind him:

"Uncle Gould......"

When he looked back, it turned out to be the child who followed Joseph, and the fat man remembered that the child seemed to be called "Maudun".

"It's you little guy, what's wrong, is there anything looking for me?"

Gould smiled and waved his hand for him to come over. Xiao Maodun looked a little reserved, hesitated for a moment, and then said:

"It's the teacher, the teacher has something to ask you for, he asked me to come and talk to you, he is waiting for you in the tent now. ”

Gould looked at this clever little guy and couldn't help but step forward and touch his head with his big hand. Xiao Maoton was obviously a little dissatisfied with such teasing, and his face was bulging angrily, so he broke free from the fat man's big hand and hid next to the tent.

Gould laughed, paid no attention to the little fellow, and turned into José's tent. As soon as he entered the tent, Gould saw José sitting on a woollen felt in the middle of the tent, with a small table in front of him, and a heating stove beside him, on which a pot of water was steaming.

"Oh, Gould, you're here, sit down!" said José, smiling, took the teapot casually, poured a cup and handed it over.

"Taste it, it's something I got from the Southwest Elves. A kind of tea made from the nectar juice unique to the elves, the taste is very sweet and mellow, presumably there is no such flavor here in the northwest. ”

Gould took the teacup, and the tea in the cup was green and exuded a faint fragrance. He glanced at Jose, drank the tea in one gulp, and then put down the cup, and couldn't help but say:

"This thing is really sweet and smooth, I've never drunk this kind of tea, is it a specialty of the elves...... Sure enough, you magicians know how to enjoy it.

But this tea always seems a little lighter. When you arrive in Moxi, I invite you to drink the local soju in the northwest. Haha, that kind of liquor is what a real man should drink. ”

José took a sip, and then glared at the fat man with some amusement:

"You guy, how can anyone drink tea as if it were water? Besides, this flower juice is much more precious than soju...... Hehe, anyway, if you think of a soldier like you, you naturally prefer to drink wine and eat meat in large bowls. ”

He shook his head, his face seemed to be regretful, but there was a bit of nonchalance in his eyes and said:

"However, it's you, you, who have been walking all the way for a few days, and you are about to enter the war zone tomorrow. What are your plans in mind, or are you not ready to confess to me?"

When Gould heard this, his eyes suddenly tightened, and there was a trace of doubt in his eyes, but he disappeared in an instant, and casually snorted:

"What can I plan, you are my boss now, how to go this way, of course, is your arrangement. ”

Jose ignored it, but the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and his eyes fell on Gould's face. The fat man could clearly feel that there was a bit of undisguised playfulness and mockery in Jose's gaze.

Gould only felt like a child who had been seen through his mind, and the young magician's nonchalant but always playful eyes made him even more furious when he was looked at.

The fat man was in a cold sweat behind his back, and after a while, he finally couldn't help jumping up, and hurriedly waved his hand and shouted:

"Okay, okay, don't look at me like that...... Damn, Lao Tzu admitted, that, I am willing to follow you along the way, and I do have some plans of my own......"

When Gould said this, he saw that Jose's expression had become a little complicated, and he quickly explained:

"But I don't have any bad intentions! Although Lao Tzu is reluctant to work for others, he will never be stupid enough to attack a magician. Besides, we've been walking all the way for days, and if I wanted to, I would have done it a long time ago, so why wait until now?"

"Cunning fatty!"

José shook his head and glared at Gould unceremoniously:

"But I believe this, although you deliberately concealed a lot of things from me, but you shouldn't have any bad intentions, otherwise...... Do you think I can trust you rebels of unknown origin?"

Speaking of this, Joseph's expression also turned a little cold:

"In the final analysis, you are just deserters from the chaotic army, and even if you are forcibly suppressed by my means, you will definitely be unwilling. Even if I am a magician, I will not be arrogant and think that I have some kind of domineering spirit, and at the touch of my fingers, a large group of younger brothers will cry and shout for allegiance...... Hmph, Lao Tzu is not the male pig's feet in those YY novels.

Especially you, Fat Gould!

If it were an ordinary group of horse thieves and robbers, who had never seen much of the world, they might be willing to follow me. But you, a former officer commander in the army, although you are a little cunning and tactful, you are definitely not an assertive, but a somewhat arrogant guy!

Such a person would never voluntarily commit himself to being my little brother just because he was a magician...... Am I right?"

The fat man's expression changed a few times, and his gaze at Jose was a little more surprised and complicated, and then he was silent for a moment, and suddenly laughed loudly:

"You are right, I was really reluctant to be a subordinate to others at the beginning, Lao Tzu is an imperial officer! He is the commander of a county, for so many years, even if I am in the army, I will pat the sycophants of those stupid bosses, and I will also play some tricks and tricks, but if I really respect the people, there are few people.

But if you can say such a thing, my fat man looks down on you, and you are indeed different from those arrogant magicians, which makes me a little convinced. ”

Joseph was noncommittal to Gould's words, but stared at Gould's eyes with blazing eyes, and his expression became a little serious:

"Now, are you willing to follow me, do you want something from me?"

Gould shook his head, but ignored Joseph's question, and said as if to himself:

"Lao Tzu was a soldier in his twenties, this year is the fourteenth year, he has shed blood for more than ten years in the service of the empire, and today he has fallen into such an embarrassing appearance, do you know why?"

The fat man's tone was a little bitter, and he couldn't help but drink another cup of tea, and slapped the teacup on the table:

"On the day the city of Sadland County was broken, Lao Tzu never thought of escaping alive, if it weren't for the brothers of my subordinates fighting for their lives, where would I have the opportunity to drink tea here?!"

Gould's eyes were as deep as water, and the whole person seemed to be caught in a memory, where was there still half a minute of cunning and flattery in his usual days?

"Do you know how Sadland fell?

It's not because those Macedonians are fierce and difficult to fight, it's not because there are few soldiers and the city is in danger, and it's not because Lao Tzu's brothers are afraid of fighting and surrendering to the enemy!

The city of Sadland was besieged for two months! The garrison of 3,000 men was surrounded by tens of thousands of Macedonians, and in two months, Lao Tzu's troops organized more than 80 times to break through the siege! The messengers and scouts asking for help were changed in 16 batches, but Moxi did not send a single soldier!

But do you know what the news was in the end?

The Central Military Headquarters issued an order for the Northwest Army to withdraw to Moxi Pass on all fronts!

Damn, what do you mean by withdrawing the whole line to the Guannei?! Four of the six counties in Moxi are in the river valley corridor outside the Guan!

There is Moduocheng, an important town in the northwest gateway, as well as more than sixty percent of the population of Moxi, fertile arable land in the Qianli River Valley, and tens of thousands of imperial soldiers in more than a dozen towns and cities!!

Just because of a military order from the military department, could it be that these lands and people were abandoned in this way? Lao Tzu fought bloody battles on the front line, and almost half of his 3,000 men were killed! Those were all the children of Moxi and the people of the empire!

It is because of the decisions of those big men in the imperial capital, those military bigwigs who are high up on weekdays, and the nobles. So the lives of our imperial soldiers and civilians, the territory of the empire for thousands of miles in the northwest, have been abandoned like chess pieces?!!"

Gould's eyes were red, and he cursed angrily.

Joseph remained silent all the time, and even when he heard this kind of military insider, he did not interrupt Gould's words. He could see that these angry fat men had probably been holding back for a long time, and now he needed to vent it.

"On the day of the destruction of the city of Sadrand, the city was already in danger. As early as half a month ago, we had already received the exact news of the withdrawal of troops, and with only more than 1,000 soldiers in the city defense, it was only a matter of time before the city was broken. The county guard governor and the commander of the city defense army decided to surrender the city, hum, although Lao Tzu was unwilling to die in vain, but he was never willing to be a general, so on the day the Macedonian army entered the city, he took a personal guard of his subordinates and escaped in the chaos......"

Gould was silent for a moment, looked at Jose with a somewhat complicated expression, and finally gritted his teeth and spit out a sentence from his mouth:

"Lao Tzu wants revenge!"