Chapter 353 - Not allowed to enter the city
The night of early spring was still cold, and he took the young man all the way north to Gordon, leading 4,000 patrol guards, and he could already see the towering city wall of Yanbei City in the distance.
Looking back at the patrol sergeants who were already exhausted, Gordon felt guilty, this group of brothers, since they followed him, not only had their reputation damaged, but they were nicknamed "straw bales" by their comrades in the Yanbei Army, and even their families misunderstood that they were helping their "straw bastards" to become ghosts. Look at the book
In order to capture the young man, he even raised the saber that was supposed to protect the people to the people of Mo County, and now he has been on the road for days without rest, and now he is extremely tired.
Fortunately, it is close to Yanbei City, as long as you enter the city, you can rest, and you can also read the holy decree on this, and announce that you will take over as the general of the northern border.
In this way, you can mobilize troops and horses, temporarily stop the chaos in Yanbei, find the two escaped bandit leaders, and interrogate the young man, let him hand over the defense map, and then send people to find the whereabouts of Yang Hucheng.
These two points alone are not enough to make Gordon work so hard, the most important thing is to find the person who kidnapped His Royal Highness King Ning, and the saint has set the heart of Yi Chu, then His Royal Highness King Ning is not only the safety of the prince, but also the future of the entire Qi Yun.
Having settled his mind, Gordon asked Xu An at his side with concern: "Old Xu, hurry up this way, what's wrong with your injury."
"We are in the army, this kind of injury is not worth mentioning..." Xu An didn't care, and opened his mouth with a grin, which saw the general's inquiring eyes and reported truthfully.
"General rest assured, the wound of the flesh and skin has been healed for the most part, and Doctor Chen is not only good at medical skills, but his medicine is like an elixir, and the medicine will cure the disease, I think in another three or five days, this wound will be healed." Xu An was a tough guy, and besides, the entire patrol army gritted his teeth and hurried away, and General Gao was also injured on his shoulder, how could he drag his feet.
Gordon smiled knowingly, this old Xu didn't need to say it, but what he needed to worry about in this army was still the young man in the carriage, and then he asked again: "It's been a few days, I haven't seen Lao Chen and Commander Yan, they..."
"General, Lao Chen said, that young man's martial arts are superb, and he is not an ordinary person in the rivers and lakes, in order to prevent him from recovering his strength, he needs to be fed every two hours... Yan commanded him, and guarded the carriage every day, guarding the young man with Lao Chen."
Xu An came truthfully, feeling guilty in his heart, not to mention that the young man had saved the lives of hundreds of brothers and himself in the hands of bandits, that is, Mo County was willing to be captured for the sake of the people, so he deserved the word "chivalrous", but now he has become a prisoner who is on guard day and night.
How could Gordon not know the character of this upright general, sighed slightly, and asked Xu Andao: "Old Xu, I know that you are ashamed, but we enlisted in the army, not for the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, nor for a moment of peace, but for eternal peace."
The embarrassed look on his face was coping with Xu An's state of mind at the moment, and Gordon saw it in his eyes and continued to speak: "Old Xu, I don't want to embarrass you, I just want you to let go for a while..."
Before the words fell, he saw the front of the march, a horse stepped on the smoke and snow curtain, and the voice of the herald soldiers shouted together.
"Newspaper—"
Gordon raised his eyes slightly, looked at the "single" chess on the back of the herald, and there was some doubt in his eyes, but after a moment, he still straightened his armor and ordered Xu An to stop the march, while he rode his horse out of the ranks to meet the herald.
"Gordon listens." With a disdainful tone, the herald spoke to the ushering Gordon.
Gordon didn't care about the arrogance of the herald's soldiers, and now that he was still the "straw bag general" in the eyes of everyone in Yanbei, he naturally wanted to continue to perform, so he immediately turned over and dismounted, and greeted him with a military salute.
"The commander of Yanbei, Shan Bin, has an order, ordering Gao Deng to lead the patrol army to retreat thirty miles back and camp for garrison, no generals, and no near Yanbei City."
Hearing the order, Gordon's small eyes flashed sharply, and the momentum of the general was suddenly revealed, so that the herald in front of him was also aware of it, and he couldn't help but take a step back and look at Gordon with incredulous eyes.
Gordon also felt that he had not suppressed the anger in his heart, and it was not time for him to change into his previous straw bale appearance, put on a smile on his face, and got up and spoke to the herald: "Brother has worked hard all the way, it is really hard to come to me to patrol the herald, come here..."
There were already patrol sergeants, holding a plate of gold and silver to hear the order, Gordon stuffed the gold and silver into the hands of the herald soldiers, and then asked: "The patrol guards are back to the city to resume their lives, isn't this the middle of the month, and the Yanbei camp is also approaching the day of the military routine, so Gao Moucai led the army to the north, why did the single commander let me retreat and camp... There is no war at the moment, which is not in accordance with military precedent..."
Hands on the gold and silver, the herald's expression softened slightly, and even the fierce appearance of the right talent was left behind, and he saluted with a smile: "General Gao, don't be embarrassed, you only obey the order to come to pass the order, you can camp outside Yanbei City with peace of mind, don't displease my general."
When Gordon heard this, his eyes lit up slightly, and he only noticed something strange in the few words of the herald, and said with a smile: "Then please reply to General Shan, Gao received the order and led the army to retreat thirty miles and camp, but this way, the sergeant is tired..."
The reputation of General Gordon's straw bag is outside, don't say that Shan Bin's subordinates, even in the entire Yanbei, no one puts Gordon in his eyes, and at this moment, he sees Gordon's humble appearance, let alone puts this patrolling general who relies on his brother in his eyes, but for the sake of gold and silver, he still slows down his tone and speaks.
"In my opinion, Lord Gao still waits for camp, and tries to enter the city to see my general in person, or can ask for it, after all, General Gao did not get a military order, so he led the army north without authorization, which... But it's a big taboo in the military."
Busy pretending to be sad, Gordon rubbed his hands and said, "Okay, after camping, I will personally enter the city to meet General Shan, and please pass it on."
The herald put the gold and silver into his arms, clenched his fists and said, "What General Gao asks, I will pass it on in the next return to the city, as for whether my general will agree..."
"This is easy to say, as long as it is passed on, Gao will discuss the rest with General Shan." Gordon spoke in unison.
The herald looked at the gold and silver surface, saluted Gordon, and then turned over and returned to Yanbei City to resume his life.
Behind him, Xu An patted the horse closely, Gordon didn't need to look back, just from his heavy breathing, he knew that his face was full of anger, but what made Gordon relieved was that even if he was angry, Xu An did not angrily reprimand the herald on the spot, and he had grown a lot from the previous inflexible General Geng Zhi.
"General, Shan Bin deceives people too much! Although my patrol army has not received a military order, but now it is the middle of the month, even according to military regulations, it is within the duty of the patrol army to return to the Yanbei camp to report on their work, what power does he have to prevent the patrol army from entering the city, not to mention that General Gao has a holy decree..."
Xu An was so angry that he couldn't help but speak, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Gordon's words.
"Old Xu, don't be impatient, today's matter, in my opinion, is not a matter of not being able to enter Yanbei City." Looking at the back of the herald in the distance, Gordon's small eyes rolled and muttered.
Xu An had been following Gordon for a while, and when he saw Gordon's expression, he immediately knew that this was not simple, so he hurriedly restrained his anger and stepped forward and asked, "What does General Gao mean?"
"As you said, even if there is no warrant for the transfer of troops, it is close to the day of military regulations, and you will never give such an order to prevent our army from entering Yanbei City, what is the mystery of this, I don't know." Gordon pondered for a moment before expressing his doubts.
Xu An has been in Yanbei for many years, and has experienced many things in Mojun, and has also experienced a lot, and he saw General Gao's concerns, and immediately said: "What's so difficult about this, it's better for Xu to lead three hundred cavalry from his headquarters and enter the city to see Shan Bin.
"No, I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Shan Bin's gourd, after Wan Jun was taken into custody, he is now the highest-ranking general in Yanbei City, if you are charged with disobeying the general's order, not only will you not be able to find any news, but you will put yourself in danger."
Gordon didn't want Xu An to take risks, frowned and thought for a moment, and continued to speak: "Old Xu, you go and ask Doctor Chen and Commander Yan to meet, and at the same time pass on my military order, and retreat thirty miles back to camp."
"Ordered." Xu An took the order and left.
The patrol army was ordered to slowly retreat, regardless of cavalry or foot soldiers, in an orderly manner, if other generals in the army saw it, they would be surprised that the patrol garrison brought out by the "straw bag general" would have such a military appearance.
When the army was retreating, there was a carriage that was very conspicuous in the army, and all the soldiers passing by were attracted by the laughter and laughter in the carriage, as if they did not know what was in the carriage
Who it was, he would definitely think that there were people in the patrol army who did not abide by military discipline, but when he saw several elite guards in the patrol army waiting by the carriage with grim expressions, he remembered that the young man in Mo County was still in custody in the army.
"Mu boy, I said that you are cheating, you said that there are three glasses of wine for one person, and you only have two, so you hide the wine, what kind of system, no, no, drink it quickly." The sound of laughter and scolding in the carriage came from the curtain of the carriage that was blown open by the wind from time to time.
The soldiers who had retreated were attracted by this sound, and turned their heads to look at the carriage, but they did not stay long, only stared for a moment, and continued to give the order to retreat.
Outside the carriage, in addition to the elite of the patrol guards guarding the carriage, there was also a young man, riding on a good horse with a solemn face, and a pair of tiger eyes kept scanning the patrol sergeants who were gradually retreating.
Yan Qingchuan didn't know the order to retreat thirty miles, and was looking at the patrol sergeant who was slowly retreating with vigilance and doubts, and saw the carriage curtain next to him open, Lao Chen stretched out his head and said to himself: "Commander Yan, it's cold outside, why don't you get into the carriage and drink together."
"Chen... Medical officer, it's only more than ten miles away from Yanbei City, why did you withdraw from the army?" Yan Qingchuan asked in a low voice.
After Yan Qingchuan's reminding, Lao Chen found out about the retreat of the soldiers, and when he was also curious about why he would retreat, he only heard the voice of the young man in the carriage: "Senior Chen, let's invite Brother Yan into the carriage and drink a few together."
Gu Xiao in the car, since he was caught, although he was forcibly poured into the soft tendons, sealed the internal force, and could not exert it, but Gordon and the others were eating and drinking all the way to serve the young man.
Gu Xiao has made up his mind, wanting to use the power of the patrol garrison to go north and find the whereabouts of Yun Gongzi, since the people of Mojun are out of danger, plus they have come all the way, they don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and they don't have to worry about the hurry, but the young man is idle, and he stretches out his hand to eat all the way to open his mouth...
In addition, what made Gu Xiao speechless was the soft tendons sent by the medical officer Lao Chen from time to time, and if he didn't accept it, a few people in the army would not rest assured... Now it is a "chopping board fish", so I just take it on time.
However, what Gu Xiao is worried about now is not the poison of the soft muscles, nor what he will do with him after arriving in Yanbei, but what he is worried about is why Yan Qingchuan, as the guard of Yun Gongzi, suddenly turned against him and was used by Gordon.
Inducements? Gu Xiao didn't believe it, although he was not familiar with Yan Huwei, but just because he had the same palm technique as Yan Bin, he would never be bought by money, not to mention that these days, his words were tempting, and Yan Qingchuan always avoided all the topics with Yun Gongzi.
In this way, it seems that Gordon is threatening him with something, which made Yan Qingchuan help him capture himself.
In addition to being at ease, Gu Xiao has also been constantly recalling in his mind what happened in Mo County before, before Brother Yan separated that night, he was obviously eager to find the whereabouts of Yun Gongzi, and even almost turned his face for Yun Gongzi.
But in just one night, not only did this Gordon's attitude change suddenly, but Yan Guard's also defected... Now that I think about it carefully, although the order was made to hostage the people in Mo County that day, when he was ordered to withdraw from Mo County, his expression was full of relief.
Thinking of this, Gu Xiao already had some inferences in his heart...