Chapter 587: Coming by Stepping on the Ice
Cai Yan poked his head into the door, only to smell a strong smell of medicine coming to his face, and immediately felt a little displeased, and turned back to Gao Yishui and said: "I heard that there are a lot of 'good things' in the back garden of Lufu, do you want to go to ...... together?"
Who knew that Gao Yishui's eyes slipped, and he grinned and said that he was tired from walking all the way, and was about to go back to the room to lie down and drink two cups to sleep, so the two quarreled again, and they didn't pay attention to the Qingzhou ghost riders with a disgusted look on their faces.
Qin Ke hung his hands in the air, wanting to stop Cai Yan, but he didn't know what to persuade, so he could only watch the two chase and walk away all the way with tears and laughter.
When the door behind him was closed, Qin Ke's ears actually heard the word "shame" full of disdain.
However, of course, he didn't have the heart to argue with Xiao Hei now, so he tried to take his steps as lightly as possible, and came to the couch in the depths of the room.
Gao Changgong, who was half-asleep and half-awake lying on the couch, for a moment, Qin Ke thought that what he saw was not a real person, but a white marble carved portrait.
His face was as pale as paper, almost lifeless and bloodless all over his body, and if it weren't for the slight rhythmic prostration of his chest, he might have been mistaken for a corpseβwhich shows how shocking Lu Fuzi's previous actions were.
"Coming?" Gao Changgong, who was lying on the bed, didn't open his eyes, but Cai Yan was babbling outside the door, as if he was deliberately greeting him, how could he not notice it.
Hearing Gao Changgong speak, Abu's nervous mood finally eased a little, and asked softly, "Brother Changgong, are you feeling better?"
Gao Changgong twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, and his lips like ice leaves were covered with tiny dry cracks, and at this time, a little red came out because of this reluctant smile, which looked really sad.
But the tone of his voice was the same as usual: "It's better, but the guy surnamed Lu is really rough, and I have a rough skin and thick flesh because of my practice...... Now that the qi and blood in my body have stabilized, at least I won't vomit blood indiscriminately, don't worry. β
Qin Ke and Abu glanced at each other, they both smiled helplessly, the blood was almost drained, even if Gao Changgong wanted to vomit, where could he vomit?
In order to suppress the strong qi and blood, he simply let go of most of the qi and blood in his body......
"What are you going to do when you call us over?" Qin Ke shook his head and said, "With the way you are now, it is better to sleep well......
"I slept every day all the way, and I was sleeping before you came back, do you want me to sleep every hour of the twelve hours a day?"
"A patient, what else can you do besides rest?" Otherwise, I'll call Lao Gao over and play a song for you?" Qin Ke pondered: "Although Lao Gao is not usually very reliable, his skills in playing the piano are indeed not bad, and listening to it can calm the mind and calm the mind......"
After speaking, Qin Ke wanted to turn around and go out to find Gao Yishui.
But Gao Changgong quickly stopped him: "Come back, I have something to ask you two." β
So Qin Ke had no choice but to walk back honestly, and reluctantly continued to look at his face as pale as a dead man.
Gao Changgong finally opened his eyes slowly, there was still a touch of gold in his deep eyes, and he said calmly: "Is there something wrong outside?" I seem to hear the people of the Lu Mansion talking about something in private, but the Lu Yue people have driven them to other places several times. β
Qin Ke suddenly realized, so he and Abu glanced at each other, although both of them knew that Lu Yue people had good intentions and didn't want these troublesome things to affect Gao Changgong's recuperation, but now that they were living in another country, they couldn't tolerate the slightest carelessness, so they could only tell the truth.
When the two of them finished talking about what happened in the Jishang Palace and what happened about the loss of Hongguan, Gao Changgong's good-looking eyebrows finally wrinkled: "Hongguan was lost, Wenliang died in battle, this is really surprising news, and even ...... It's almost impossible for that to happen. β
"Why?" Qin Ke asked: "Isn't the army of Canghai very strong? And there are so many fierce generals, it is not ...... to cut off Wen Liang's head with a knife among thousands of troops."
"The problem is that Wenliang will not fight with the Canghai Navy at all. Gao Changgong's voice gradually deepened: "Mojia Hongguan, more than ten zhang high, two zhang wide, the terrain is towering, even by the mountains, the terrain is dangerous, it can be called the world's first Xiongguan, and there are three cities in the rear that can supply grain and grass, and the big river flows down from the height to the outside of the pass, and is not afraid of the enemy's poisoning, let alone being cut off from the water flow, such a Xiongguan, Wenliang can sit in it, even if Cao Meng sends more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, can he really grow wings and fly in?"
"That's the same as Guo Kai, taking the enemy lightly?" Abu pondered.
"Wen Liang is not Guo Kai, although Guo Kai understands military affairs, he lacks actual combat experience after all, and can only be regarded as a Confucian general who is content in a corner, and Wen Liang studied under the Guigu faction and is a diehard loyalist of Wang Xuanwei's faction, now that Wang Xuanwei has died, he is directly ordered by Sun Boling, how could he make such a mistake?"
"Then what happened?" Qin Ke was also a little confused, "Could it be that Xiahou was bluffing in the Ji School Palace?" Hongguan didn't lose it at all, everything was a rumor he spread in the city, wanting to make the Mo family chaotic?"
"Good idea. Gao Changgong's eyes showed relief, "I really didn't expect that little brother Qin Ke could also put forward such an insightful idea, there is growth, there is growth." β
"Huh?" Qin Ke blushed a little from being praised for a while, "It's nothing, I'm just casually ......"
But I guessed wrong. Before Qin Ke's word "say" came out, Gao Changgong had already interrupted him.
It wasn't until Qin Ke saw the bad smile on Gao Changgong's face that he finally reacted, and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, this person is already sick like this, and he still makes these things teasing himself, is it fun?
"If you have something to say, if you have a fart, you can not be careful?" Qin Ke glared at him.
Gao Changgong closed his eyes and smiled, as if he felt that Qin Ke's words sounded familiar, and he thought it was even more interesting.
And Abu on the side could only smile helplessly, thinking that Brother Changgong was good at everything, but sometimes he was too playful, but ...... It's probably just for those close to him, right?
"Hehe, it's actually because I didn't guess it, so I can only ask you to make some adjustments for the time being. Gao Changgong spoke very seriously, not caring at all that Qin Ke's face was gradually turning from red to green.
After a pause, he added: "In my opinion, most of the things that happened to Hongguan are true, but the process is intriguing. β
"If Cao Meng wants to rely on a strong attack to take Hongguan, this is unlikely, because even with a strong army, a strong attack on Hongguan will suffer huge losses, he can't afford it, and he is not the kind of person like Xiang Chu who likes to break the kettle. β
"But if it is said that Wen Liang made a fool to fight with Canghai, it is nonsense no matter how you look at it, it is estimated that Cao Meng used some other tricks...... The most likely thing is to use the inner ghost to deceive the city gate, which can be the strict security of Hongguan, and the possibility of being able to do this is also very small......"
Abu was also puzzled: "When I came, I heard passers-by talking about it, saying that the Canghai Divine Soldier descended from the sky and suddenly appeared in Hongguan. β
"Divine soldiers descending from the sky?" Qin Ke felt a little funny, "Then didn't Cao Meng become an immortal?" probably they didn't know how the Canghai Navy captured Hongguan, in fact, if they could see the Mo family's military report with their own eyes, they would be able to find out. β
However, Gao Changgong's expression changed suddenly after hearing this, and he suddenly understood: "No...... I see, the gods have descended from heaven...... It's really a divine soldier descending from ......."
Qin Ke and Abu didn't understand what Gao Changgong meant, but then Gao Changgong's explanation made them take a lot of shock: "Hongguan is indeed steep, there are almost no flaws, but now that I think about it, where the mountains west of Hongguan stretch, there is still an ancient road that was used in the previous dynasty, and after that ancient road leads directly to Hongguan for a hundred miles, if there is an elite of 5,000 people passing through and hitting Hongguan directly, and then there is a combination of inside and outside, then Hongguan is naturally difficult to defend!"
"The Ancient Road of the Former Dynasty?" Qin Ke and Abu didn't know about this, but looking at Gao Changgong's serious appearance, they understood that he wasn't joking.
"This ancient road has been abandoned more than two hundred years ago, first, the ancient road itself is narrow, it is very difficult to march, and the river is diverted, which floods the entire ancient road by nearly half, even if it is halfway, it will be blocked by the water flow and cannot advance, so the Mo family has never worried that there will be troops attacking the rear along this ancient road. Gao Changgong relied on his amazing memory to recall everything about that ancient road.
"Then how did Cao Meng bring people over?" Qin Ke frowned and said: "Half of the water is flooded, could it be that they all swam over?"
Gao Changgong laughed dryly: "No, of course they didn't swim over. They were treading on horseback, right above the current. β
"Above the current?"
"Yes, as you said yourself, it's impossible to swim through this winter, but who would have thought that Cao Meng would have such courage and predictability......" Gao Changgong's eyes almost reflected the scene of the raid: "This year's winter is colder than usual, and this ...... It was a chance of victory given to Cao Meng by heaven! If it weren't for the cold, how could he dare to step over the ice with his cavalry?"