Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 212
In the northern suburb of Wuzhong, Xiang Tuo's other courtyard.

It has been more than ten days since Gaochu's five hundred elite riders have been stationed in Xiang Tuo's other courtyard. After the wonderful rescue by Ji, and the general care for more than ten days, Qin Yu's injuries have also improved a lot. Seeing Qin Yu's injury getting better day by day, Gao Chu's heart hanging in his throat finally fell back into his stomach.

At noon that day, Qin Yu just woke up from a nap, and saw Gao Chu when he opened his eyes.

"Yu Niang, are you awake? You must be hungry. Come, have some porridge." Gao Chu said, and then he picked up a small bowl of porridge from the low table next to the bed, and scooped up a small bowl of porridge with a wooden spoon. The spoonful of porridge was brought to his mouth to let it cool first, and then passed to Qin Yu's mouth. Qin Yu smiled sweetly at Gao Chu, opened his small mouth and drank the porridge.

After drinking the porridge, Qin Yurou said softly, "Husband, have you been exhausted these days?"

"Not tired, not tired." Gao Chu said repeatedly, "As long as you get better, I can do whatever you want."

Qin Yu was moved in his heart, and crystal clear tears welled up in his eyes. Gao Chu quickly took out a silk handkerchief and carefully wiped away the tears from the corners of Qin Yu's eyes, saying, "Be good, Yu Niang, don't cry..."

The two of them were entangled with each other, when Po Jun suddenly strode in, and said in a distasteful manner: "General, there are people outside asking to see you."

"Someone?" Gao Chu frowned, and said a little unhappy, "Who is it? General Renben is missing."

"I don't know who came here." Po Jun shook his head and said, "However, he brought the general's order!"

"The general's order?!" Gao Chu got up quickly, put down the porridge bowl and slapped Po Jun on the back of the head, and said, "You little bastard, why don't you invite people in?"

"Here!" Po Jun muttered, and went to take orders.

Gao Chu looked back at Qin Yu with apologetic eyes again, Qin Yu smiled slightly, and said empathetically, "Husband, you are the general's confidant and beloved general, since the person here has brought the general's letter, he must be the general I have an urgent order for you, you should go busy with your important affairs, I'm fine here."

Gao Chu nodded, then turned around and left.

When Gao Chu came to the living room of the other courtyard, Xiang He had already been waiting there.

Gao Chu used to be a member of Xiang Yu's army, so he naturally recognized Xiang Ta. When he saw Xiang Ta, Gao Chu was taken aback for a moment, then went up to salute and said, "Gao Chu... see Ling Yin."

"Don't dare, General Gao quickly excuse me." Xiang He hurriedly returned the gift.

The status and status of the two were very different back then, but now they are almost the same.

After the chatter, Xiang Ta directly took out Xiang Zhuang's letter and explained why he came.

As soon as he heard that Xiang Guan was going to be attacked, Gao Chu's eyes suddenly showed a fierce look, and he said fiercely: "His grandma, I have been waiting for this day for a long time, are you finally going to do it?"

Xiang He said worriedly: "General Gao, although the [-] descendants of Xiang Guan's clan are mobs, his [-] soldiers are also veterans. They followed him all the way from Wuzhong to Qiantang, and from Qiantang back to Wu Among them, it can be said that you have experienced hundreds of battles, general, you only have five hundred elite cavalry, are you sure?"

"Five hundred elite cavalry?" Gao Chu said with a haha, "Ling Yin, I'm afraid you don't know that the general has already planted tens of thousands of troops in Wuzhong and surrounding counties!"

"Tens of thousands of troops?!" Xiang Ta changed slightly, "Where did they come from?"

Gao Chu said: "Could it be that Ling Yin has forgotten the thousand veterans who crossed the river earlier?"

"Haven't these veterans already retired and returned to their hometowns?" Xiang He was stunned at first, then took another breath, and said in horror, "The general said that the thousand or so veterans who crossed the river earlier did not retire, they returned home Visiting relatives is just an illusion, but in fact it is to secretly recruit more young men?"

Gao Chu smiled slightly, and said again: "In short, Ling Yin only needs to transfer Xiang Guan out of Wuzhong County. As for the hands-on matter, I will leave it to the general."

Xiang He nodded and asked, "General Gao Chu, how long will it take you to gather the army?"

Gao Chu pondered for a while, and replied: "Most of the thousand veterans are in Wuzhong, five days should be enough!"

"Okay." Xiang He slapped Jie fiercely, and said, "Then it will be seven days later. After seven days, I will invite Xiang Guan to go out of Wuzhong to Gaoshan to hunt, and then the general can lead the army to attack him!"

"Okay." Gao Chu said, "Then it's settled."

"Let me take my leave." The plan was made, and Xiang He left immediately.

After sending Xiang Ta off, Gao Chu ordered Po Jun again: "Po Jun, immediately send out flying cavalry, notify the veterans in all counties and townships, immediately gather their own soldiers, and gather here within five days!"

"Here!" Po Jun suddenly agreed, turned around and walked away.

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Early in the morning, many ox carts appeared on the red dirt road outside Sanglin Village in the eastern suburbs of Wu, and there were even several horse-drawn carts among the endless stream of ox carts. , because today is a good day for Gousheng to move into a new house, and these people are all there to celebrate.

The head of Sanglin Village was originally a wasteland, but now a large house has been erected.

The whole courtyard is covered in red and green, decorated with lights and festoons. Inside, there are many figures, and the sky is full of people. A dog left in a lucky suit is standing on the steps outside the gate to welcome guests. However, the dog left now has changed its name to Ge Sheng. , anyway, Gousheng is now a nobleman with a title, and he is a military commander, so it is indeed a bit of a thing to call Gousheng.

Behind Ge Sheng stood four strong men with broad arms and round waists, and one of them was Qing Pi.

Looking at the endless ox carts and horse carts on the dirt road at the entrance of the village, Qing Pi opened his eyes wide and said loudly: "My dear, more than 20 big households from Jiuli Village, Shanglin Village, Huangni Village, and Hewan Village have all come. Zheng and the pavilion chief are all here? Hey, there are also Wang Gongcao and Zhao Lili, no, that is Xiang County Magistrate's carriage?!"

Ge Sheng smiled and said nothing, but there was a look of pride on his face.

When he left home, he was just a nobody, but now, Ge Sheng is a serious figure in Wuzhong County. Compared with Wuzhong county magistrate, he is not low, but today is a good day for Ge Sheng to move to his new home, so it is reasonable for magistrate Xiang to come to congratulate him.

Not long after, the county magistrate Xiang, Wang Gongcao, Zhao Yanli and those big households who came to congratulate Geqie in ox carts came to Geqie's new residence one after another. The ox cart entered the side courtyard, and Ge Sheng personally led Xiang County Magistrate and his party into the upper room of the main courtyard, and there were only four Qingpis left outside the gate.

A thin young man clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "One day, I will also become a master like Brother Ge Sheng!"

A young man next to him immediately poured cold water on his head and said, "It's just you? Come on, brother Ge Sheng earned his current title of fifth doctor by beheading hundreds of soldiers on the battlefield. With your small body, you still have You have three-legged cat skills, and you want to be compared with Brother Ge Sheng? Let me tell you, you kid can earn a title at most."

"You know what a shit." The skinny young man said angrily, "I'm thin now, but when I go to the army and eat dry food, I will soon become stronger. I’m not as good as I am, but now I’ve learned a whole lot of skills? Brother Ge Sheng said, in the army, as long as you are willing to endure hardships, you can learn real skills!”

Another young man said: "Brother Skinny Monkey is right. My second brother is also in the army, but he is following General Xiang Tuo. My second brother said that in the army, martial arts teaching is the real thing. If you don't learn from them, you will still be taught." I have to beat you with a whip, unlike the martial arts masters in the county, who have to keep a hand after you pay the money, and they say that they teach apprentices to starve to death masters."

Qing Pi finally said: "Anyway, we are all Brother Ge Sheng's personal soldiers now, and when the general summons in the future, we have to follow Brother Ge Sheng to the battlefield. At that time, we will be able to rely on our real skills Having earned military exploits on the battlefield, I, Qingpi, am not greedy for merit, I just want to be able to earn a title without passing it on to my son, and that's enough."

While talking, the old butler of Ge Mansion came out to greet the four of them: "Qing Pi, Tie Niu, the owner has said that the guests are all here, so don't stand around outside the door, come in quickly and have a drink."

"Okay, let's come." Qing Pi and Tie Niu agreed, and entered the gate, turned around and turned into the gatehouses on both sides of the gate. Although they were Ge Sheng's personal soldiers, in terms of status alone, It is better than hundreds of other young people who are about to follow Ge Sheng to join the army, but they are still not eligible to enter the upper room to sit with Ge Sheng.

The banquet ended at the end, and Ge Sheng saw off the guests who came to congratulate him. When he was about to go back to the backyard to say goodbye to his mother, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes on the dirt road at the head of the village. The road was dusty, and a fast horse was galloping like a wind and an electric engine. Ge Sheng was shocked when he saw this.

As expected, he rode a fast horse into the village and headed straight for Ge Sheng's newly completed mansion.

Before he got close, Ge Sheng had already recognized that the person was Tie Dan, one of General Gao Chu's personal soldiers. He went down the steps immediately, bowed his hands and said, "Brother Tie Dan, why are you here?"

Tie Dan smiled pardoningly, and said, "Brother Gousheng, I didn't come here to congratulate you, this is the general's secret order."

As he said that, Tie Dan took out a wooden slip from his arms and handed it to Ge Sheng. Ge Sheng stretched out his hand to take it, and his face sank after a rough look, so he put away the wooden slip and said: "Brother, you will return the favor now." General, within five days, the last general will bring all the soldiers he has assembled to the northern courtyard of the city to join the general."

"Farewell!" Tie Dan bowed, turned on his horse and rode away.

Watching Tie Dan's figure disappear on the dirt road at the head of the village, Ge Sheng suddenly turned around and shouted sharply: "Qing Pi, Tie Niu, Big Head, Thin Monkey, come here!"

As soon as the words fell, Qingpi and the other four had already rushed out from the gatehouse, and rushed to Ge Sheng like flying.

Ge Sheng waved his hand and said in a loud voice: "Go, immediately go to every township, every pavilion, every village to gather strong men. Three days later, I will take you to hunt in the deep mountains. First, I will give you little bastards some courage."

(End of this chapter)