He just has a time in his heart, and the more shocking things are, the more he realizes them.

Gu Xiao was busy with army deployment all day long, adjusting the troop dispatch plan, and after having a complete plan for the enemy, the Gu army, which had been languishing for many days, finally took on a new look, and the morale of the army was different from the past.

That evening, Gu Xiao, frowning lightly, tired all day, turned his head and asked Adjutant Liu beside him: "How is the arrangement over there at Wulong Pass?" ”

Adjutant Liu had already burst into tears with excitement: "Young Marshal Gu, everything is as you expected, Sun Qi and their side obviously knew that their plan had been leaked, and they withdrew their troops from Wulong Pass in a panic, and we ambushed the troops on the evacuation road, and caught them off guard, it was really a praying mantis catching cicadas, and the yellow finch was behind!" ”

Gu Xiaomei's eyes were obviously also dyed with a somewhat relaxed atmosphere, a little more youthful spirit, and no longer the gloomy and sad look of the previous two days: "You didn't study hard when you used to study, did you use this word like that?" ”

Adjutant Liu laughed twice: "Anyway, it's good." ”

"Then what is Young Marshal Gu going to do next? The main thing is Sun Qi's side, obviously they also know that their plans are all exposed in front of us, and they will definitely adjust some of their plans, and we will ...... when the time comes."

Gu Xiao raised his hand: "It's okay, do you know what the biggest benefit this plan has brought us?" ”

Adjutant Liu was stunned, but Gu Xiao didn't force him to answer, and continued to speak: "In fact, it let us know the opponent's strength and the approximate deployment of their military forces. ”

"What's more," Gu Xiao's lips raised slightly, and he looked determined to win: "Their army can quickly evacuate before we arrive, but their food, grass and munitions-"

"It's not that easy to evacuate."

Gu Xiao's eyes shone brightly: "If I can still be defeated after getting this plan, I, Gu Xiao, am not worthy of being the main general." ”

Adjutant Liu looked at the high-spirited young marshal in front of him, and couldn't help but have a little blood in his chest, and couldn't help but say with a little anger: "Sun Qi, who eats things inside and outside, still wants to calculate us, this time their plan is leaked, and he is afraid that he will be scared to death." ”

Thinking of Sun Qi, Gu Xiao's eyes were also a little more angry, but soon, Gu Xiao's eyebrows and eyes calmed down again, not only that, but even a little more gentle.

Adjutant Liu has become accustomed to Gu Xiao, and he is cloudy and uncertain all day long as his face changes with Sichuan Opera, seeing his rippling expression, he knows that he must be thinking of the young marshal again, so he touched his nose, exited the room very interestingly, and closed the door.

Gu Xiao actually didn't have the idea of calling Yu Tian, after all, this was not the time they agreed to contact on weekdays, but Adjutant Liu's operation made him feel a little uneasy.

After all, things are almost busy now, and it is time for dinner, maybe he can ......

Gu Xiao was very mobile, and after having this idea in his heart, he couldn't help but pick up the landline on the table.

"Toot, toot, toot—"

The long-term tranquility made Gu Xiao's heart sink for a minute, and he, who had always been dull, finally realized that something was wrong.

In fact, there was nothing abnormal at first glance, after all, this time was not the time when the two of them always called, and it was understandable that Yu Tian couldn't answer the phone, but at that moment, Gu Xiao's heart suddenly panicked a little.

He quickly went through the scene of the recent contact between the two.

At least last night, Yu Tian's tone was very normal when she talked to him on the phone, still reporting the recent situation step by step, telling him to pay attention to safety, or saying that she herself was reading books recently and chatting with Grandma Wang and her father.

There didn't seem to be anything wrong, but Gu Xiao suddenly thought of Yu De's phone call late last night.

A chill suddenly crept up into Gu Xiao's heart.

He finally knew something was wrong.

Yu De has long been out of power in Jiangcheng, and almost everything in the Yu family has been taken care of by Yu Tian recently.

So why did that phone call come from Yu De's mouth in the middle of the night?

Gu Xiao almost didn't dare to think deeply, when he received the call yesterday, it was already late at night, under the pressure, his brain was not very clear, and there was such a sudden surprise, Gu Xiao's first reaction was to quickly change the reasonable deployment of those headquarters in the army, he was busy for almost a whole day, and only now did he give full play to the advantages of having that plan, and only then did he have time to relax for a while.

It was also at this time that he finally got out of the hustle and bustle of the war, and he suddenly realized what an important message he had overlooked.

It shouldn't be Yude's.

What he had been thinking before, he didn't even notice anything wrong.

How could this matter come from the mouth of Yu De.

At that moment, Gu Xiao only felt that his hands and feet were cold.

All day, Yu De didn't give him any information.

Or maybe he was so engrossed in the deployment of the war all day that he didn't receive any information from Jiangcheng at all.

Can you imagine the feeling of being in anticipation one second and falling into an ice cave the next?

After a long time, Gu Xiao recalled the memories of that evening, and felt that it was chaos.

It was hard for him to recall the mood he had dialed Yu De's number, and how he had asked the question that might have hurt him.

"Yes, that telegram was sent to me by Ah Tan, and she never heard from her again."

"This morning, an announcement was posted outside the Dutch embassy saying they ......"

Yu De seemed to be unable to speak, and after a long silence, he continued: "The embassy said that they captured an agent of Huaguo last night, named Nightingale. ”

"After Ah Tan went abroad, I don't know a lot about her anymore."

"I don't know if this person is her or not."

"Or maybe I'm still thinking, maybe she missed you too much, and she was afraid that I would stop her, so she secretly went to the coast alone."

Yu De's voice was hoarse in the end, and his tone was almost without a little confidence, and he could clearly hear the choked voice: "I don't know, I don't know anything." ”

"Ah Xiao, you are busy sending troops to fight along the coast, I know all this, so I stayed at home alone and didn't dare to contact you all day."

Yu De has been tough and brave in front of outsiders all his life, and finally showed a rare vulnerability when Gu Xiao asked him about his daughter's whereabouts.

He doesn't know, he really doesn't know anything.

He just vaguely understood that his proud daughter might never come back.

"I sent a lot of people to inquire throughout the day."

"But those old friends who used to have a good relationship began to be vague when they heard that I was inquiring about the agent from last night."

"In the end, it was a young man who worked at the embassy who looked at my old man, and he was really pitiful, and secretly told me that he said that the nightingale had been placed in the most secret prison, and that it was even more difficult to get in than to climb to the sky."

Maybe it's because I finally have someone to talk to, or maybe it's because of these things that happened today, the impact on him is too great, Yu De, who has always been taciturn and practical more than words, said a little more at this time: "Gu Shaoshuai won't hide it from you, my old man Yu seems to have gained fame and fortune in the first half of his life, as if he has everything, but when I grow old a little bit, when your generation grows up, my thoughts will change, and I am no longer full of thoughts about serving the motherland as I did more than ten or twenty years ago. I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood, I really just want to see my daughter and Meimei live her life, I used to be always busy with work, I couldn't take care of Ah Tan at all, Ah Tan has been obedient since he was a child, sensible, never troubled people, and I didn't like to trouble others the most. ”

"But I can't help it, I now find that all my connections combined may not even see my daughter at all."

"So even if you don't call me today, Gu Shaoshuai, I will definitely not be able to hold on myself, reason tells me, don't bother you, the situation you are facing along the coast is much more complicated and dangerous than the one I am facing, and you may be anxious enough."

"But emotion tells me that I only have one daughter, and I can't pretend not to see her in prison......"

At that time, it was still winter, and outside the window there was still a depressed appearance, two men who were so important in China were thousands of miles apart, but their eyes were the same red.

At that moment, Gu Xiao's heart hurt as if it was torn apart.

He felt like he had never been so close to despair as he was at that moment.

Pain pounced on him with teeth and claws, and he was powerless to resist.

He was almost swallowed up in pain.

But he can't be swallowed up yet.

He tried to calm down and try to play himself as the most calm and reliable son-in-law.

"Uncle Yu, don't be afraid, you haven't eaten well all day, I'll let the orderly who takes care of you cook some light meals for you, I will go to contact the hands of Ah Tan, I am in Jiangcheng, in fact, I still have some connections, you can rest assured, as long as I Gu Xiao is alive for a day, I will never give up Ah Tan."

Gu Xiao used all his strength to keep his emotions from collapsing.

Finally appeased Yu De, he called the military headquarters in Jiangcheng again, first instructed the orderly soldiers around Yu De to take care of him, and then began to ask about the situation at the Dutch embassy with a trembling voice.

The people in the Jiangcheng Military Department actually knew the news of the Nightingale accident early this morning, but the high-level military officials all knew that the person in charge of the organization behind the Nightingale was actually Gu Xiao, and they only thought that all this was Gu Xiao's deployment.

"Gu Shaoshuai, let's not hide it, when we knew that Nightingale was arrested, we had already used many contacts and began to inquire about the news from the embassy, but we all felt that Nightingale might not be able to save it this time."

"The prison guarding Nightingale has a high level of secrecy, we do have a few nails in the embassy, but this time if you want to go out of the nightingale, if you are lucky, you will also expose it, our connections in the embassy, after the matter is completed, it will be okay to withdraw our people, but if the situation is not so lucky, I'm afraid not to mention the nightingale, and our people will all die in the embassy."

"All things considered, I don't think it's a good choice to go to work."

"I don't think the nightingale is worth saving."

Gu Xiao listened numbly to the people of the Jiangcheng Military Department like this, assessing to him in the most rational and calm tone, the feasibility of the plan to save the Nightingale, and then came to a cold conclusion in the end.

Say she's not worth saving.

At that moment, Gu Xiao was unprecedentedly glad that he was now in a high position and had the right to stand up and speak up for the people he loved.

"It's not worth it."

Gu Xiao sneered: "Do you know how important the telegram sent by the nightingale to the coast is? ”

"Do you know why the Dutch embassy has set the level of secrecy in the prison where the nightingale is guarded so high?"

"You don't know this, you just narrowly judge this matter with your own eyes, and then say three words coldly, it's not worth it."

"You're even telling me now that Nightingale was caught, and that's what I asked about."

"Not worth it?"

"So how unworthy is the nightingale?"

Gu Xiao's last sentence was almost shouted.

He knew that his current mood was very wrong, and he knew that he shouldn't be so angry with his subordinates.

They have their positions.

But Gu Xiao also has his own position.

"I don't care what you're thinking, and I don't want to hear you repeat to me over and over again whether it's worth it."

"I have only one order, to rescue the Nightingale at all costs."

The people on the Jiangcheng Military Department obviously wanted to say something more, but Gu Xiao interrupted him: "There is no room for negotiation in this matter. ”

"Plus, it's not worth those three words, I don't want to hear it anymore."

Gu Xiao's voice contained anger, and even a little threat, and the people from the Jiangcheng Military Department were stunned, and then nodded yes.

After Gu Xiao hung up the phone, the whole person seemed to be detached and fell on the chair.

But he didn't sink for too long, or he wasn't qualified to sink in such a situation, he quickly spoke: "Liu Feng." ”

Adjutant Liu was guarding the door of the study just now, and he couldn't hear exactly what was being said inside, but he also noticed that Gu Xiao seemed to be angry.

Adjutant Liu felt a little uneasy in his heart, but when he walked in, he saw that Gu Xiao's face didn't actually have too many traces of anger, but instead had a gloomy and pale feeling.

Adjutant Liu was a little flustered in his heart: "Young Marshal Gu, what's wrong?" ”

Gu Xiao took a deep breath, and then slowly spoke: "How many nails have we arranged in the Dutch Embassy, what positions they are, what are their character and ability, and the specific structure of the Dutch Embassy, you have sorted out these situations tonight, the sooner the better, I need to take a look." ”

Adjutant Liu didn't understand what was going on at this time, but looking at Gu Xiao's face, he also knew that things must not be simple.

"Yes, I'll go."

Adjutant Liu just wanted to turn around and leave, but Gu Xiao stopped him again: "Wait, this is still too slow, you first bring me all the information we have on hand about the Dutch Embassy, and I will study it too." ”

(End of chapter)