Chapter 614: What a clever man
The morning sun still jumped over the horizon, and Wu Gen led the dreadnought army southward out of the gates of Maojing City. After the last man left, the heavy gate slowly closed, and the shaft of the gate turned, making a long grinding sound, like the faint sigh of an old man who was about to die.
Riding on the horse and looking back, Wu Gan's expression was a little complicated. There were not many people in the city, most of the defenders had already joined the Dreadnought Army, and many members of the Lu family had also joined the army.
Birds that did not dare to fly over the city walls at will were cautiously falling towards the city, testing whether they could build nests and breed in this place that had suddenly fallen silent.
The city will be temporarily closed until the Ji family sends someone to take over. Meng Qian still stayed in the city, as the temporary lord of the city, waiting for further appointments from the Ji family.
In every city he walked through, Wu Gen left a corresponding person. And the list of these people has been provided to Ji Ye, if he has a heart, these people will become his help outside the court.
Ning Yuxi was sent back to White Cliff City, this woman was as calm as ever, and she didn't make any requests, as if she had just taken a trip to her relatives, which caused Yang Zheng to sigh for a while.
The team left Maojing City and walked calmly on the field. Thanks to this peaceful siege, the Lu family captives who were recruited in the Battle of Luling were much more settled, after all, more clansmen volunteered to join the Dreadnought Army, and the remaining sense of humiliation in their hearts slowly faded.
Soon after the dreadnought army left the city, a carriage left the city and headed west, and it was Lu Fengxi who drove the car, and Ning Nanlian was sitting in the car. After confessing everything, she went to Hanlu City alone to plead guilty, hoping to exchange this humble way for a life for her clansmen.
The entire Lu family, those who want to leave have already joined the Dreadnought Army, and those who are left behind are those who are difficult to give up their homeland. Whether these people can survive and how much they can survive depends on the outcome of Ning Nanlian's trip.
The horse traveled south, Wu Qian looked west, looking at the carriage in the distance and was speechless. Ning Nanlian's trip was a dead end, and Ji Xin would not let go of the people in charge of these rebellious families.
This confrontation between the various families and the Ji family, from their respective standpoints, is not wrong, but he, an outsider, inadvertently and indirectly adjudicates right and wrong.
In the future, who will judge himself, and decide the life and death of the dreadnoughts?
Shaking the reins slightly, Wu Yan approached a carriage, and it was Gao Jing and Gao Han sitting inside. Suddenly leaving the protection of the family, the two young boys and girls were naturally a little uncomfortable, and they curled up in the car and did not dare to show their faces.
Gently lifted the curtain with a horsewhip, revealing the two people in the car.
Unlike Lu Lie, Gao Jingsheng's complexion is fair, his facial features are handsome, and he looks like a handsome son. It's just that continuing the tall physique of the Lu family, his size is actually not small.
As for Gao Han, she is still young, she has a double bun, and her chubby round face can be broken, and there is a trace of sadness on her willow eyebrows at this time, which is quite inconsistent with her age.
Behind him, Lu Hui hurriedly followed, for fear that Wu Jian would be unfavorable to the two. Wu Gan deprived him of his military power, threw him in the Lingyun Eight Cavalry, and stood alongside Niu Chao and others, ready to polish his temperament.
"Gao Jing, what do you want to do in the dreadnought army, from literature or from martial arts. If you are from the text, you can assist Sun Dutun in managing logistics, or learn military strategy from Hu Sima. There are many martial arts, and they can be sharpened in any army." Wu Yan leaned over and asked, trying to make his face as amiable as possible.
Gao Jing bit his lip and thought about it, Fang said solemnly, "I am willing to join the martial arts."
"Why?"
Gao Jing looked back at his sister who was cowering in the corner of the car, a trace of imperceptible resentment flashed in his eyes, and he snorted: "Only by practicing martial arts can you not be bullied and protect your family."
Wu Yan sighed, straightened up and looked into the distance, his body rising and falling as the horse moved. Liang Jiufang turned back to Lu Hui with a nervous face and said, "Go and lead a horse and let Gao Jing enter the Lingyun Eight Horse." Since he wants to be a martial artist, from this day on, he will not take the car."
"The owner of the village, but he is still young, and there is Gao Han to take care of." Lu Hui was a little hesitant.
", I'm his age, I'm already carrying a knife and slashing people all over the mountain." Wu Gen glanced at Lu Hui coldly, "The flowers are raised in the room,
In the end, it is just a flower, and it can only grow into a tree if it is thrown into the field. Go quickly. As for Gao Han, just find one or two women from among the people to follow."
Lu Hui had no choice but to choose a docile horse from the team and let Gao Jing ride on the horse. Seeing his brother get on the horse and clumsily follow behind Lu Hui, Gao Han bit his lip tightly, his eyes were red, and he clung to the window, trying his best not to let his tears fall.
Seeing her, Wu Yan suddenly remembered Chu Ji who was far away in Beizhou, and couldn't help sighing, "Gao Jing, after you are busy with business every day, you can go back to the carriage."
"Subordinates obey." Gao Jing moved his body, letting his tight legs relax a little, and said loudly.
The Dreadnoughts marched all the way south, and the speed of the march was not fast, because the ranks were mixed with some people. In desperation, Wu Gen had to let Baoxiang lead people to go out to investigate first, to clear the obstacles for the follow-up men and horses, and also to receive these surrendered cities faster, so that the people in the city would not flee with their wealth and goods.
After five days, when Wu Yan was sleeping on his horse, Zhuo Ke rode over, he is now the commander of the rear army, and Zu Yuantong is responsible for protecting the military resources and the people in the team.
"The owner of the village, the front is almost in Liu'an City, Captain Bao has already boiled water in the city and prepared the food and grass of the army, and he led the team forward." Zhuo Ke handed Wu a paper packet, which contained a pile of unknown wild fruits.
Wu Yan raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and casually threw a fruit into his mouth, "Let the horses rest in the city for two days, it's okay, these people can't stand such a long journey." After thinking about it, he turned around and shouted, "Gao Jing, come here."
Gao Jing, who was not far away, hurriedly hit the horse, but his body was a little stiff, and he spent the past few days on the horse, which made his inner thighs wear out a layer of skin, and it was quite difficult to walk, and his white face was also reddened.
"The subordinates are here." High rules and regulations are courteous.
Wu Gen looked helpless, this kid has a good character, but he is too restrained, which is a little inconsistent with the atmosphere of the dreadnought. casually handed over the paper bag containing the wild fruits, and Wu Yan said lazily: "Go to Gao Han, let her come out and shake it too, don't stay in the car all day."
"Thank you, owner." Gao Jing took the paper bag with both hands, and galloped towards the carriage where his sister was sitting. There, Le Yu was taking a few people, curiously looking at Gao Han in the car.
"Chaban." Wu Yan looked at Zhuo Ke with a distressed expression.
Zhuo Ke knew Wu Gan's thoughts, he thought Gao Jing was too serious, and although he couldn't see it on his face, he was actually still a little hostile to Wu Gan and the dreadnought. Scratching his head, he looked at a black dot running on the plain in the distance, and hesitated, "Do you want the cow to take the belt."
"Okay, no." Wu Gen was a little uneasy, in case he brought this child into the ditch, it would be troublesome.
"No, I'll take it." Zock also felt that his proposal was a bit unreliable.
"Forget it, let's Niu Chao, I'll talk to Niu Chao." Wu Yan shook his head, "As for Gao Han here, let Le Yu worry more."
As a result, there was another mastiff boy in the dreadnought army. Gao Jing sat tremblingly on the tall mastiff, listening to Niu Chao's foul words pouring down, his face was red and white for a while.
He was born in a family of 10,000 households, and his family education was very strict since he was a child, and he never even went to Goulan. Now he was ordered to drive these newly collected mastiffs with Niu Chao, like a clear stream that crashed into a quagmire, which was really miserable.
The so-called black who is close to ink, you can often see two teenagers tearing and beating in the camp, at the beginning you can only hear Niu Chao's vicious voice, and slowly you will hear Gao Jing's scolding, and in the end, the two of them are fiercely scolded by the whole camp.
Wu Gen stood in front of Liu'an City, and Lu Qing had already prepared the army's meals in front of the city, steaming everywhere, making the whole city look steaming. Naturally, so many people could not all enter the city, except for a few generals, the rest of the people only camped outside the city.
"Pacify, this is the household post and the money and grain booklet of the people in the city." As soon as he arrived at the gate of the city, Lu Qing respectfully presented two thick booklets with both hands, and a large box behind him contained such booklets.
Wu Qing took it casually and flipped it over, and handed it to Sun Hong, this Lu Qing is really a smart person, and he does things beautifully. In any place, the name of a capable official is indispensable.
"City Lord Lu, why do you need it
was so polite, he was taken care of here at the beginning, and Wu Yan knew it in his heart. Don't worry, if the army doesn't enter the city, you can still be your city lord with peace of mind." Wu Qian jumped off the horse, grabbed the other party's arm with both hands, and said with a smile.
Seeing that Wu Gan's iron claws were still so sharp, Lu Qing smiled bitterly: "What did the Zhenfu say, at this time and that time, the Lord is already the calmer with heavy troops in his hands, and a city is about to be wiped out in the snap of a finger, how dare Lu Qing hold it up. Knowing that the adults miss the old days, I have moved here from the people on the Wing Mountain, and I can save the town and detour."
Wu Yan turned his head to look at a large camp not far away, the people inside were staring at this side with happy faces, many of them were familiar faces, and they couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, "I will protect the Ji family to you, and you will still be the city lord in Liu'an City."
"No, Zhenfu, Lu Qing is willing to follow the adults into the dreadnought army, and the whole family wants to relocate, so this position of city lord should be left to others." Lu Qing turned around and pointed to the few women and children behind him who were busy boiling water for the army, these people were all dressed plainly, and at first glance they thought they were people's husbands.
Wu Gen sighed and patted the other party's shoulder, "Why is this so, since the City Lord Lu is willing to follow Wu Gen to endure hardships, then the Dreadnought Army is your home. Again, I, Wu Gan, am not an unrighteous person, as long as I have a stutter, I will not let my brothers go hungry."
Zhuo Ke, Lu Hui and others behind him were all dumbfounded, and asked their wives and children to boil water for the army, what Lu Qing did was indeed speechless. Judging the situation, it is crisp and neat, and it is impeccable, no wonder people can be the lord of the city with the identity of a distant branch.
I think that at the beginning, even Lu Zhan's nephew Lu Yuan had to get a transition from Wu Ganjun's army before he could hope to be a city lord. People like Lu Qing, no matter where they are placed, as long as they give him time and opportunities, they will stand out.
Since he took the initiative to vote, Wu Gen naturally would not drive such a person away, it just so happened that Liangsha Mountain was in ruins, and there was a place for him to play.
"Calm down, I don't know if Lu Yuan is good." On the way into the city, Lu Qing suddenly asked.
Wu Yan was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that he had been fighting all the way, and the time he had stuffed Lu Yuan in the room was not short, "He's fine, what's wrong."
"I see that the adults have taken in a lot of people from the Lu family like me along the way, to be honest, these people have just joined the army, and people's hearts are uncertain, so you might as well use the Lu family like Lu Yuan to calm people's hearts." Lu Qing cautiously suggested.
Wu Yan smiled slightly, Lu Qing's move was to seek officials for others, and why not pave the way for himself, he was also a serious Lu family.
"Lu Yuan's temperament is a little cowardly, and the commander of the army may be unsatisfactory, so it's okay, you all go to follow Sun Dutun, coordinate all the logistics in the army, and wait for the army to settle down, and reuse you." Wu Yan turned his head to look at Lu Qing with a playful expression.
Beads of sweat oozed from Lu Qing's forehead, knowing that his thoughts were being seen by Wu Gan.
At this moment, two giant mastiffs squeezed away from the people and horses, roaring forward, and two teenagers on the mastiff were scolding each other, leaving behind a bunch of tiger and wolf words.
Lu Qing's eyes widened, and he looked at the two people who were far away in surprise, "Isn't this Young Master Lu Jing."