The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 315

When day and night change, the wilderness is desolate.

Outside Zuli City, there was a scene of corpses lying across the field, and everything was silent, only vultures foraging for food were pecking at the rapidly decomposing corpses in summer.

噗噗嗒嗒
A vulture that was biting the corpse suddenly flapped its wings and flew up. Below it, there was movement in the pile of dead people, and a blood-stained arm moved slightly.

He struggled to push away the dead body on his body, opened his mouth to breathe heavily, but a bloody stench came out of his nostrils, opened his eyes, the clear sky was not yet bright, and the light at the alternation of light and dark made him look around. scene.

The comrades who died tragically had different expressions. The blood flowed into streams and dyed the ground red. Just as the young soldier was about to prop himself up on his elbows, he let out a heart-piercing scream.

"what"

He took a breath of cold air, and cold sweat continued to break out on his already weak face.

Looking down at the left arm that was in severe pain, the young man stared at the wound where the skin was torn apart and even the bones could be seen.

Standing up with one arm supporting himself, the young man tore off a strip of cloth from the clothes of his right arm with his teeth, and bandaged the wound on his left arm.

Looking at the stumped limbs and dead bodies, the scarred young man took two unsteady steps, then bent down suddenly and used his right arm to crazily paw away the piles of corpses.

"Fifth brother, fifth brother, fifth brother, fifth brother..."

Gan Gui didn't know why he was able to survive. The Xiliang Army's superiority was enough to drive them all to extinction, but now they didn't even clean the battlefield. Judging from Zu Li, whose four gates were closed like a dead city, the Xiliang Army should no longer be among them.

At the last moment before losing consciousness, Gan Gui only remembered that he fell before Guo Ye, and there was no way of knowing what happened after that.

Looking through the corpses around her, Gan Gui lost her mind and kept calling Wuge repeatedly. Every time she opened a corpse and failed to find Guo Ye, Gan Gui felt very complicated. He didn't want the cold and rotten corpse in his hand It was Guo Ye, but he wanted to find out the whereabouts of Guo Ye, but he was afraid of facing the fact that Guo Ye had passed away.

Just when Gan Gui was desperate, he finally found Guo Ye, and pushed away the dead body that was pressing on Guo Ye. Stretch out your breath.

As if waiting for the verdict of fate, Gan Gui closed her eyes and felt his breath with her fingers.

Every beat of the heart was like a bell, and Gan Gui's eyes shed tears. He was a little desperate, and threw himself on Guo Ye and cried out in pain, "Fifth Brother!"

Suddenly, Gan Gui, who was lying on Guo Ye's body, quickly wiped away her tears, reached into Guo Ye's torn and blood-stained clothes, and pressed her palm against his chest. Pull out the right hand that can still move normally to feel Guo Ye's breath again. Although it is thin, it does exist faintly.

Gan Gui picked up Guo Ye and was startled. The clothes on Guo Ye's back were torn, and his back was blood red.

Knowing that Guo Ye's life is hanging by a thread at this moment, if he doesn't get medical treatment, he will definitely die here, Gan Gui carried him on his back with great difficulty, with a heavy burden on his shoulders, both arms had to exert strength, the sudden severe pain in his left arm made Gan Gui Gui lost her center of gravity while she was unloading, and fell to the ground after taking a step, and Guo Ye fell from his back to the ground.

"Fifth Brother, Fifth Brother, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Regardless of her own pain, Gan Gui crawled to Guo Ye's side and wept bitterly. She hurriedly checked whether Guo Ye's wounds were cracked and bleeding. Fortunately, there were no new wounds and old wounds were not torn. With his back on his body, this time, no matter how painful his injured left arm was, he gritted his teeth and endured it.

Under the bright sky, Gan Gui's body, which was slightly thinner than that of an adult, walked towards Jincheng step by step from the pile of dead people with Guo Ye on her back.

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Changan
Since Pound came to Chang'an to recuperate, Guo Jia would come to visit him every day. Now, Pound has almost recovered, and the heroic and mighty warrior in the past is once again in full swing.

That day Guo Jia and Pang De were walking in the barracks, and the two chatted about how to govern the army.

"Ling Ming, I think you will still be a general under Meng Qi's subordinates in the future. Maybe this has wronged you, but I plan to go to the court in a few days and Meng Qi will serve as the governor of Liangzhou and supervise the Northwest War. Meng Qi's subordinates are fine. The available person, only if you understand him, can you get twice the result with half the effort.”

Without hesitation, Pound immediately embraced the order.

He still followed Ma Chao, but the pair of master ministers had now become ministers.

When the two were walking towards the barracks together, Xu Shu approached, bowed his hands in front of Guo Jia and said, "My lord, Jincheng sent an urgent report. Meng Da led his army to encounter Han Sui in Zuli. Dianman rushed back in time. Jincheng passed on the news, but Mr. Ye did not return to Jincheng, and his life and death are unknown."

Guo Jia was expressionless and silent.

To send him to the battlefield, one should have the consciousness of the current situation.

At this moment, Guo Jia's heart was beating like thunder, and it seemed that his whole heart was falling at an accelerated rate.

call.

Take a deep breath.

Guo Jia looked up at the sky and murmured: "Zu Li, Zu Li."

Maybe he hasn't reached the age where a white-haired man will send a black-haired man, but his son's life or death will always make him flustered, which has always been calm.

"Yuan Zhi, take [-] troops from Chang'an to support Jincheng, set up camp [-] li outside Jincheng, and inquire about Jincheng's movements. If the enemy is besieging Jincheng when you arrive, you can go forward and kill the enemy by surprise. If there is no enemy besieging the city , you camp outside the city and wait and see what happens.”

Guo Jia didn't mention Guo Ye's name, but just responded to the situation in Jincheng.

This coping strategy had been thought up long before the army set off westward.

Jincheng is the bait. If Han Sui takes the bait, then Chang'an only needs to send [-] soldiers to ensure that Jincheng will be safe.

"My lord, the last general invites you to fight, and is willing to go to Jincheng with Master Xu."

Pang De cupped his fists at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia nodded in agreement, and said to him, "Ling Ming, let's get ready first, and get on the road before sunset."

Chang'an's soldiers and horses have been prepared long ago, and Guo Jia is nothing more than waiting for the news ahead. Although he expected this situation, he was still a little surprised. At least Han Sui should seize the opportunity, or try to turn things around. Han Sui didn't miss the opportunity.

If such an enemy cannot be wiped out in one fell swoop, it will definitely be a major disaster in the future.

The so-called killing a snake will not kill you, but you will suffer from it.

Pang De left to pack for the expedition, and Xu Shu also planned to leave, but Guo Jia grabbed his hand and leaned in front of him. Xu Shu was shocked to find that he hadn't seen Guo Jia's cruel and cruel expression for many years before his eyes again.

"Yuanzhi, send someone to send Xingba my password to conquer the northwest, and anyone who refuses to surrender will be from the Yi tribe, whether Han or Qianghu!"

Xu Shu frowned slightly, but finally took the order.

The Northwest was neglected in governance at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and because of the oppression of the Kansai people in the Kanto, politics and local people's livelihood, there were continuous rebellions. Because of this, Xu Shu did not object to Guo Jia. He should have different strategies for different groups of people.

But Xu Shu also understood that it was most likely because of Guo Ye that Guo Jia only let him pass the order to the front line now. Guo Jia might have had a little kindness in the past, but at this moment, there was nothing left.

After Xu Shu left, Guo Jia stared at the sky in a daze.

Am I wrong?
Jade cannot be cut into a tool, Jackie Chan becomes a worm, and gold is seen only when the waves wash the sand.

A trace of struggle appeared on Guo Jia's expression.

Today, he has no room to take a step back, and this naturally includes his heirs.

If Guo Ye really dies early, it will deal a heavy blow to Guo Jia.

He didn't even know how to face his son in the future, should he continue to protect them, or let them go to the dangerous battlefield again?

Not only in troubled times, even in peaceful and prosperous times, Guo Jia also hopes that his children can realize the dangers of the world and the dangers of the human heart.

But the price of losing his son, he seems, is not ready to bear the psychological preparation.

"Ye'er, this road was chosen by you. You must come back alive."

After returning to Jincheng to report the news, Dianman and Xu Yi came to meet Fei Shi after a short rest.

"Lord Fei, I plan to go out of the city to Zu Li, looking for the surviving soldiers."

Dianman came to see Fei Shi only after he had made all the preparations, so it can be seen that he came to inform rather than request.

Seeing his appearance, Fei Shi sighed silently.

In the final analysis, Dianman is not within his scope of authority and can be restrained. What Dianman wants to do, unless it hinders official affairs, he can take care of it. The meaning of Dianman's search for survivors is actually to find Guo Ye and Gan Gui, both public and private. Fei Shi also had no reason to stop Dianman.

"Dianman, you should know that if you encounter Han Sui's army, your life may be in danger."

Dianman said firmly: "I was ordered to report the news, the military situation has been brought, and defending the city is not my strong point. I have Mr. Fei to sit in the town and plan strategies with the lord. Jincheng Wuyou, I will leave."

Dianman didn't answer Fei Shi's question. Everyone knew this situation well, and Fei Shi didn't need to remind him.

But Dian Man's intention to go was decided, Xu Yi bowed his hands and bid farewell, the two left the house and rode on fast horses and galloped away.

In the scorching sun, Gan Gui, who was in a trance, staggered with the dying Guo Ye on her back, unable to lift her legs, as if she was dragging her body forward against the ground.

"Fifth brother, I have a knife on my waist. If you and I are unlucky and encounter the enemy, I will kill you first with my last breath, and then I will commit suicide. I know that fifth brother doesn't want to be captured, isn't it Because of your honor and disgrace, it's because Fifth Brother doesn't want to be a burden to the lord, nor does he want to be humiliated because of it, and I'm the same, I don't want my family to be humiliated because of me. After becoming the lord, at least no one dares to look down on him openly, if I let my father lose face, then I would rather die than live."

His physical strength has already surpassed his limits. Gan Gui carried Guo Ye, who was stronger than him, for a day and a night. In this afternoon, the loess under his feet made him lose the strength to drag his body forward. He was about to pass out. Gan Gui At the last moment when he closed his eyes, in the gap between his eyelids, two fast horses were galloping from the front, and there was a lot of smoke and dust. He didn't care too much, and fell head-on to the ground.

(End of this chapter)