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Chapter 38 Trance Thoughts
Seven days later, the trumpet sounded at the corner of the Yumen Pass city wall, and [-] elite troops from Xirong harassed the city outside the pass.But no matter how provocative, the situation in the pass remains calm.

The Xirong warriors who received no response angrily waved their scimitars and iron axes, and kept shouting that the Dongqi soldiers were as timid as mice and did not dare to go out to fight.

In this regard, Zhang Peigong, the general guarding Zhenyuan at Yumen Pass, has been ordering his troops to stand still. He believed that if the Xirong were serious about attacking, they would naturally not have to wait for a long time. However, he repeated his old trick, using a small number of cavalry to involve the main force of Yumen Pass, so as to divert the attention of the Dongqi border defense and facilitate Raid elsewhere.

Sure enough, five days later, several important towns on the southwest border fell into the hands of the Western Army.The ministries of King Zhenxi realized belatedly and reorganized their defenses after retreating after successive defeats. Although they suffered heavy losses, they temporarily contained Xirong's southward offensive.

Outside the Yumen Pass, the elite soldiers of Xirong waited for many days, but the Qi army did not come out of the city to fight. They had no patience and were very angry. They ordered everyone under the city to scold King Qin that his name as the God of War was in vain and that he was just a coward who was greedy for life and afraid of death.

All the soldiers in the city had already suppressed their anger, and now their teeth were itching with hatred. They sharpened their swords one after another, ready to go out and pull out the tongue of the Xirong traitor.

The Xiaoqi camp could not sit still at first and asked General Zhenyuan for orders to lead his troops to meet the enemy.Zhang Peigong thought for a long time before relenting and allowing the Xiaoqi camp to leave the city with [-] troops in three days to meet the enemy. However, they were only allowed to harass in roundabout ways and were not allowed to attack by force. If they were weak, they would retreat immediately.

Three days later, the city gates of Yumenguan were opened, and the Xiaoqi battalion came out of the city to fight. Gu Fan was also among the starting team, while Gu Yuchu led the three thousand feathered arrow battalion to cover the city tower.

However, when the Xirong cavalry saw that the city gate was wide open and Dongqi sent troops, they actually retreated instead of attacking.This is abnormal, but the whole Xiaoqi camp has been suppressed for a long time. They don't care about any traps and are ready to explode, chasing after him.

On the battlefield, the Xirong cavalry seemed to be fleeing in all directions, but in fact they were relaxed. When the Xiaoqi battalion struggled to catch up and the formation broke down, they formed a crescent-shaped detachment of 200 people and surrounded them from both ends.

The Xiaoqi battalion did not have an advantage in terms of numbers, and it seemed even more passive under Xirong's instantaneous change of formation. Under the full confrontation between the two armies, the Pingqi army was outnumbered and tactically weak. It seemed that there was a danger of annihilation.

At the critical moment, in an instant, hundreds of cavalry teams poured down from the high hills in the south, scattering in the shape of arrow feathers to disrupt the siege that was about to become a siege in Xirong.The valiant cavalry battalion seized the opportunity, cooperated with the newly joined cavalry inside and outside the battlefield, launched an offensive, turned passivity into initiative, and quickly reversed the decline.

Almost an hour later, Xirong's [-] cavalrymen suffered heavy casualties. Seeing that something was wrong, the leading general ordered the entire army to retreat.

Faced with the retreat of Xirong's army, the Pingqi army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it. In fact, although Dongqi narrowly won this battle, the number of army losses was not much better than that of Xirong.

Gu Yuchu watched the battle from a distance on the city wall. The cavalry that broke in was not Zhang Peigong's advance dispatch. She guessed that Qi Ji had led his troops to the front line in advance, but was keeping it secret. When the opportunity was right, he would raid Xirong to reverse the situation. War situation.

The wounded soldiers returning to the city were either supported or carried into the pass, and Gu Yuchu had mixed feelings in his heart.The fragile flesh and blood body of life was unable to resist at all. At the same time, she was also concerned about Gu Fan's life and death, so she rushed to the hospital before she could see Qi Zhen.

She stood at the door of the hospital and remained silent for a long time.

The room was full of blood mixed with the stench of sweat. The floor and walls were stained with blood. Doctors were running back and forth. The soldiers, whose skin was torn and even their bones were exposed, endured it again and again. When they finally applied medicine to stop the bleeding, they groaned muffledly.

The spirit of killing and killing was no stranger to Gu Yuchu, but no matter how cruel the revenge and frame-up wrapped up in personal grudges were, they were still more shocking and shocking than the mass killings under the guise of national justice.

What's wrong with these soldiers?Just a seemingly upright imperial order that conforms to the general trend can instantly control the life and death of tens of millions of people.

"What are you doing? Come here and help." Xiao Ling accidentally raised his head and caught a glimpse of her, scolded her, and pulled her back to this purgatory.

Gu Yuchu ran to Xiao Ling's side in two steps, squatted in front of the wounded soldier, helped Xiao Ling cut the wound, quickly took out the arrowhead from the flesh, and then pressed the wound skillfully to prevent life-threatening bleeding.

Afterwards, Xiao Ling and Gu Yuchu cooperated well in cleaning the wound, suturing, applying medicine and bandaging, as if they had been partners for a long time.

After everything was settled, Gu Yuchu remembered the purpose of coming to the hospital.

"Brother Xiao, have you seen Gu Fan?"

But before Xiao Ling could answer, the curtain next door was opened, and a young face poked out. "General! I'm here!" Gu Fan was so excited that it was as if he wasn't the one who was injured.

Gu Yuchu saw Gu Fan's cleverness and thought that he was not seriously injured, and his heart suddenly relaxed.

She moved to his low bed and checked his injuries carefully. Fortunately, there was only an arrow in the left thigh, which did not damage the meridians. It was estimated that he would be healed in half a month.

Gu Fan was surprised by Gu Yuchu's gentleness, and for a moment he had the illusion that the man in front of him was like the eldest sister next door.

Gu Yuchu didn't notice anything unusual about him. She carefully wiped off the blood on Gu Fan's body and face. Although she had already confirmed that Gu Fan was not her brother, she couldn't figure out the reason. It was more like a spirit. She had already unknowingly cared and cared for this young man of Jingheng's age as if she were a biological brother.

The two of them didn't say anything. One was busy and the other was silently cooperating.

Xiao Ling didn't know when he walked over from the bed of other wounded soldiers. Looking at Gu Yuchu's virtuous appearance, he slightly raised the corners of his lips and narrowed his eyes.

"I think Xiao Fan is right. People who don't know better would think that you are a general, but you really look like a virtuous little lady." He joked while pulling at Gu Fan's wound.

Gu Yuchu frowned, raised his head and glared at Xiao Ling, warning him not to tell the truth.

"Xiaofan, don't you think so?" But Xiao Ling didn't seem to understand her hint.

"of course not!"

Gu Fan immediately denied it without any hesitation, which was very different from his joking attitude in the past few days. However, this was not because he was really virtuous and considerate of Gu Yuchu, but because he forced himself to admit it in order to kill the illusion that shocked him just now.

He was really well-behaved. Gu Fan was quite generous at this critical moment. Gu Yuchu praised him thousands of times in his heart. At the same time, he glanced at Xiao Ling who was talking to himself next to him very proudly.

Seeing Gu Yuchu's deliberately suppressed but still unable to hide cute little appearance, Xiao Ling's smile became even brighter, and for some reason, he unconsciously raised his hand to sort out the hair that fell from Gu Yuchu's forehead.

Gu Fan's heart was shocked and he became even more confused. Could it be that Brother Xiao had the same shocking and unique delusion as him?

A man has a crush on another man?
The beauty of Longyang sounds out of reach and can only be counted on one's fingers, but he didn't expect that he and Brother Xiao would be hit one after another. General Gu must be a monster.

Gu Fan muttered in his heart and opened his mouth, not knowing why.

Regarding this situation, Gu Yuchu was embarrassed for a moment, lowering his head and not knowing how to react. However, Xiao Ling, the unexpected mastermind, was very calm. He smiled half-heartedly, watching her reaction in amusement.

This made Gu Yuchu, who was already uncomfortable, even more panicked. She quickly averted her eyes, but was shocked to find Qi Jian standing at the door of the hospital, staring straight at her, with a scary face.

Their eyes met, and she didn't even have time to put a smile on her face before she turned around and left.

In a daze, Gu Yuchu seemed to feel lightning and thunder, and she was a little frightened unconsciously. She didn't know how long Qi Jian had been standing at the door, and what exactly she saw.

"Xiaofan, listen carefully to Brother Xiao's instructions and take a good rest. I'll come see you tomorrow." The upset Gu Yuchu put down these words and hurriedly left.

Gu Fan was even more surprised. He also discovered the man standing at the door just now. Although he didn't know him, judging from the armor, he was more sophisticated than General Zhenyuan. Apart from the King of Qin himself, there was no one like him in Yumen Pass. He couldn't think of anyone else, so he just wanted to ask Xiao Ling to verify it, but Xiao Ling had already left with a dark face, leaving him alone and confused.

(End of this chapter)