Lord of the House

Vol 10 Chapter 23: return to dust

He fought blood-soaked to the point where his belly was white. It wasn't until Yang Yihang, who had been waiting at the mouth of the Zhulong River for many days, also sent a team of elite foot soldiers ashore to come to the rescue. Only then did the chasing soldiers who were pressing close retreated. Gu Siyuan breathed a sigh of relief and retreated. to a gentle slope.

At this time, only half of the three thousand dead soldiers who followed him to attract the enemy's attention remained.

Even if there were more than a thousand dead soldiers left, they were all bloodied and wounded, almost all of them were wounded. Relying on the last breath of energy, they did not get tired on the spot. Foot, bow and crossbow are all ready, several times to shrink the pursuers who came up, and stand firm...

As the sky became brighter, Gu Siyuan could see the situation around the estuary more clearly, attracting far fewer enemy troops than he had imagined.

Because the estuary is full of tidal flats, lakes and swamps, this terrain is not conducive to the battle of the army, and it is even more difficult for the cavalry to come in and rush to kill. Thousands of enemy cavalry chasing here, they have the intention of shrinking, and have no intention of killing the more than a thousand remaining troops fleeing from the east with heavy casualties.

"I don't know what happened to Daddy?" Gu Siyuan looked into the distance, and in the clear morning light, he could only see the shadows of mountains and rivers like paper-cuts a few miles away. It was unclear whether the main force had succeeded in breaking out.

"Young Master, Captain Yang, Captain Ma, what about Master Gu and others?"

Gu Siyuan turned his head to look, and saw Chen Enze, the old Chongzhou meat ticket boy, and a bearded general wearing scales walking from the back of the low hill, thinking that this bearded general should be Yang Yihang, the main general of Huaidong in Jinwei Island.

"Oh, so it's you." Facing Chen Enze's embarrassment, Gu Siyuan said, "I will lead the dead soldiers to break through the siege from Dongcheng, attract the enemy's main force, disturb the enemy's line of sight, and cover my father and lead the main force to the south. Breaking through the encirclement, at this time I don’t know what the situation of the troops who broke through the encirclement to the south is…”

Chen Enze and Yang Yihang looked at each other, and said subconsciously, "Under the peeping of several horses and cavalry, the main force of the Qingzhou Army is tens of thousands of people, how to break out of the encirclement south?"

"It's difficult, but as long as you can reach the south bank of the Xiaoqing River at night, you will be able to escape some people." Gu Siyuan said.

The only two pontoon bridges on the lower reaches of the Xiaoqing River are under the strict control of the newly affiliated army. If the pontoon bridge cannot be captured and the soldiers swim in chaos, Chen Enze doubts how many people can escape, but seeing Gu Siyuan's confidence, he is inconvenienced. Doubt, introduce Yang Yihang to Gu Siyuan, Yang Pu, Ma Chao...

"Yihang has seen Young Master, Captain Yang, Ma..." Yang Yihang came over to greet Gu Siyuan and the others, and when he handed over to Ma Chao, he only saw that Ma Chao's face was wrong, that his body was swaying, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him. go.

Ma Chao supported Yang Yihang and Gu Siyuan, and sat on the ground with his buttocks. Just now, one of the fierce generals of the dragon was like a candle that was about to burn out, and his eyes began to slacken. He just gritted his teeth and said to Gu Siyuan: "Young Master sees the lord, tell the lord, the old horse can no longer serve the lord and the young master..." Then he let go.

After putting down Ma Chao's gradually cold body, everyone saw that there was a broken arrow stuck in Ma Chao's chest. The shaft of the arrow had been broken long ago, and only a short section of it was stuck in the body without being pulled out. Ma Chao's shirt was already stained with blood. The broken arrow stuck in his chest was not seen by others until this time. I don't know how long Ma Chao continued to fight with this broken arrow, and he persisted until this moment before he died suddenly.

Gu Siyuan stood there in a daze, wanting to cry without tears.

Yang Pu looked at Ma Chao's icy corpse, and sat there with tears in his eyes, slowly taking off his armor, and said to Gu Siyuan, "If you can, please ask the young master to take the old horse's body with him. Huaidong was buried, he was a soldier and he lived a few years after he followed the adults, and he hopes to continue to live like this, and now it seems that Huaidong can stop for a while." He took out a few letters from his arms. Come, "Here is a letter from the adults to the uncle, the young lady, and the wife. It would be great if the wife could escape to Huaidong, and the old slave will entrust it to the young master at this time..."

Yang Pu took off his armor, only wearing a brown short shirt inside, he wanted to tie his saber around his waist again, and said to Gu Siyuan: "If Young Master meets Yang Shi, tell him that there is nothing to be sad about, and kill a few more. Hulu is," said this, Yang Pu walked to a war horse next to him, got on the horse's back, and said, "Old slave followed the adults..."

Gu Siyuan, Yang Yihang, and Chen Enze didn't know what Yang Pu meant. When Yang Pu whipped his horse and galloped away, it was too late to intercept them. Yan Hu chased after the soldiers.

Gu Siyuan howled in pain, watching Yang Pu approaching the enemy's formation, and just as he drew his sword, he fell down and got off his horse, but was unable to get up again.

The enemy chaser was also very puzzled by Yang Pu's desire to die, and the dispersal did not prevent him from sending someone to retrieve Yang Pu's body - Gu Siyuan slumped on the ground in a daze, as if he was stupid.

Yang Pu resolutely begged for death, but Yang Yihang and Chen Enze were also caught off guard. Looking at the bodies of Yang Pu and Ma Chao hiding side by side on the top of the slope, they vaguely guessed the reason, but they remained silent, fearing that there would be more troubles, and half dragged Gu Siyuan. Pulled onto the ship, and at the same time evacuated more than 1,600 dead soldiers to the sea to disengage from the enemy.

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Looking at the battlefield of the wolf in the city, Gu Wuchen closed his eyes in pain. He didn't know if Si Yuan, Yang Pu and the others had broken through the encirclement, and he could only do this step.

Seeing Zhao Qinmin coming up, his son Zhao Jin followed him to the top of the city with a dozen guards.

Gu Wuchen said, "I didn't expect it to fail. Would you like to accompany me for a drink?"

Zhao Qinmin's face was gloomy and uncertain, and he didn't say a word, and followed Gu Wuchen to the city gate tower.

Yesterday evening, Gu Siyuan led 3,000 dead soldiers out of the city. There was indeed a tendency to attract the enemy troops outside the city to the east, but Gu Wuchen ordered the other three gates to be opened in advance and sent troops to break through the siege. Instead, the enemy troops outside the east city were attracted. In the middle of the night, the main force was finally forced to retreat to the city, except for a small group of soldiers and horses that were scattered to nowhere.

When Gu Wuchen decided to break out of the siege, Zhao Qinmin became suspicious. When Gu Wuchen ordered the other three gates to be opened in advance yesterday, he decided that Gu Wuchen was just leaving a way out for his son.

At this time, seeing Gu Wuchen's face as usual, Zhao Qinmin sneered in his heart without breaking it.

"You've been with me for five years, and you haven't gotten much benefit, but you end up trapped in a lonely city and can't get out. I owe you..." Gu Wuchen walked into the side hall of the city tower, sat down after the long desk, and the sandalwood disc on the desk Inside was a delicate tin pot and a pair of amber cups. Zhao Qinmin knew that these tin pots and amber cups were Gu Wuchen's favorite things.

Gu Wuchen greeted Zhao Qinmin to sit down with the case, took the amber cup and placed it between himself and Zhao Qinmin, took the pot and filled the two cups with wine, the fragrance overflowed the room, and said, "To this day, I can only toast you with a glass of wine and chat. I'm sorry..." Picking up the glass first.

"Your words are serious, if there are no adults, Qinmin is only a humble person..." Zhao Qinmin hurriedly picked up the glass and watched Gu Wuchen drink the wine first...

"Why, do you think my apology is not enough?" Gu Wuchen asked with a smile, looking at Zhao Qinmin's wine glass on his lips but not drinking.

"I already regret that I didn't let Zhao Jin follow Young Master, why do you have to push me so hard?" Zhao Qinmin looked at the wine glass in his hand, put it in front of the case, did not drink it, just looked at Gu Wuchen calmly.

Gu Siyuan, Yang Pu, and Ma Chao all left. The old soldiers who were truly loyal to the Gu family either left or died in battle. Don't look at the nearly 20,000 Qingzhou soldiers and horses left in Yangxin City, but there were no old soldiers loyal to the Gu family. In this desperate situation, how many of these people are willing to go to the dark with the Gu family?

Zhao Qinmin thought that if he didn't drink this glass of wine, what could Gu Wuchen do to him!

"Hey! Your mind is too heavy, and things have come to this stage, how can I blame others? Just a glass of wine, I sincerely respect you," Gu Wuchen refilled the glass that he had drank. , said, "Do you think I will let you drink poisoned wine with you? This is the poison I prepared, but I don't want to give it to you." Gu Wuchen took out a paper bag from his arms, and unfolded the paper bag with shaking hands. , revealing the white powder inside, carefully poured it into the wine glass, put your finger in and stirred it ~www.readwn.com~ and drank it again, smiled, "If I die ugly, please help me. One blow..." The poison was very strong, and in just a few breaths, Gu Wuchen felt a pain in his heart, clutching his chest, breathing quickly and slowly falling down, black blood spilled from the corners of his mouth, and he left the world like this...

Although the corners of Gu Wuchen's mouth overflowed with black blood, his face was as vivid as life, and his majesty was still there. Zhao Qinmin stood there for a long time, and did not dare to test whether his breath was broken. It was Zhao Jin who waited outside the door for a long time, but couldn't hear any movement inside. He couldn't help but walk in. He ran over to try Gu Wuchen's breath, and said softly, "Your Excellency has passed away..." He still didn't dare to say anything. Gu Wuchen had the slightest disrespect.

"Oh!" Zhao Qinmin came back to his senses, and ordered his son Zhao Jin, saying: "You lead people to guard the door, and you must not let outsiders come in, and declare to the outside world that adults should think about ways to escape the siege, and outsiders are not allowed to come in and fight. Worrying adults..."

Gu Siyuan, Yang Pu, Ma Chao and others had already left Yangxin. Zhao Qinmin sat and thought about it. No one of the officials and generals who remained in Yangxin could pose a threat to him. As soon as Gu Siyuan died, he used the Qingzhou system to set up the post of Minister Shi, and he became the first official of Qingzhou.

Thinking that at this time, as long as a confidant was sent to the enemy camp to contact the enemy, wealth and honor could be easily obtained, Zhao Qinmin couldn't help laughing.

The more he thought about it, the more proud he became, Zhao Qinmin looked at the two amber cups on the long case, and became interested in drinking a glass of wine to celebrate.

Zhao Qinmin didn't touch the cup that was filled with poison and residual liquid. He picked up the other cup full of wine and drank it all in one gulp. He just felt that drinking from this amber cup was really different from usual, and he still felt that it was not enough. He poured two more glasses of wine and drank it, and when he felt colic in his heart, it was too late... My QT room was opened! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter

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