Chapter 251

The autumn wind is rising and the eyes are golden.

In the twinkling of an eye, time passed. After several days of rapid travel, Gu Qingcheng had led his army to Pingqiu, northwest of the entrance of Guangji river. Standing on the hill, he could vaguely feel the soaring military spirit condensed from the armies on both sides of the north and the south at the estuary dozens of miles away.

"Qingcheng, we've been here for two days. Why don't we start?" Gu qianxiao lifts the curtain to enter Gu Qingcheng's big account, and asks with a puzzled face.

"Why are you so anxious, brother?" Gu Qingcheng took a look at Gu qianxiao, then turned his eyes back to the clay pot on the charcoal fire. At this time, although the spout of the pot was steaming, it was still not boiling. On the table in front of Gu Qingcheng, there is a whole set of tea sets. Beside the tea sets, there is the selected tea. Obviously, Gu Qingcheng is making his own tea.

Looking at Gu Qingcheng's leisurely face, Gu qianxiao is more worried. He can't help but walk two steps closer. Looking at Gu Qingcheng, who is slowly washing tea in a warm pot, he says, "Qingcheng, since we left Heyan City, we have spent nearly ten days and nights in order to speed up our troops. We finally got here. Now, my aunt and Su's military adviser on the south bank are waiting for your news. Why don't you wave your troops to attack, instead, you stay outside the range of Qiu Xu's reconnaissance and riding patrol? "

"Brother, you're upset. Have a cup of tea and calm down." Gu Qingcheng smiles and pushes a cup of steaming new tea to Gu qianxiao.

"This ~" Gu qianxiao frowned and looked back and forth between the tea cup and Gu Qingcheng. He hesitated for a moment, and then he took the tea cup and drank it. But his eyes were staring at Gu Qingcheng, waiting for her, because it was not only the doubt in his heart, but also the ten days and nights of running, During the rest of the day no more than three hours of Fengxiang cloud riding doubts. Everyone doesn't understand why ten days of hard work is wasted here.

"Brother, do you know why we have to rush for ten days and make a thousand miles to attack?" Gu Qingcheng took the tea cup and put it on his nose. After smelling it, he took three drinks and asked.

"Of course, the military situation was urgent. Regardless of the danger of Heyan City, Qiu Xu blocked his aunt's way to the north, making the largest army in the south line unable to enter the battlefield, thus affecting the entire strategic layout. We are here to contain Qiu Xu's forces and make him unable to put in all his forces to defend the river bank. " Gu qianxiao should have said.

"My brother is right, but not all of it." Gu Qingcheng nodded, added a cup of water for Gu qianxiao, and continued to say, "one of the reasons why we are here is to attack Qiu Xu's army from north to South together with his aunt's Fengxiang main force, so that 100000 Fengxiang troops can set foot on the north bank. The second is to open up the grain channel. Although we have occupied seven counties in Guangji, such as Linhai county and Nanhai County, and Xihe County in Hebei Province, these eight counties are an enclave for Daqian. In order to stabilize the people's will of the eight counties, we have made a promise of tax exemption for three years, so we don't have much military grain now. "

"Didn't we get the grain and grass in Guangji warehouse before? I remember the grain and grass there was enough to support 150000 troops in a year." Gu qianxiao asked strangely when he heard that Zhai Ning had offered Guangji warehouse, but he led the army to take over. He naturally knew how much grain there was in the warehouse.

"Brother, you may not know something in the army. Apart from 40% of the grain stored in Guangji warehouse, the remaining 60% has been distributed to the poor people in various counties. Now the grain stored in Guangji city is only enough for 150000 Fengxiang troops for 40 days."

"What?" Gu qianxiao was surprised to hear that although he was a general of a battalion, it was the first time that he heard about it. However, Gu qianxiao thought about it, but he was even more worried. He didn't look at the cup which had just finished the tea. He said, "in that case, why do we have to delay here?"

"Brother, this 10000 Fengxiang cloud riding can be called elite?" Gu Qingcheng asked.

"It's natural. Fengxiang yunqi is the elite of Fengxiang army. Our battalion is the best among the five battalions. Everyone is a carefully selected veteran of the hundred battles and can be one to ten in battle." Hearing Gu Qingcheng's question, Gu qianxiao's face showed a smile. It took him two years to build the 10000 Fengxiang yunqi, which is second to none among the 50000 Fengxiang yunqi. This 10000 yunqi camp is his pride.

"Since one is ten, can the 10000 fengxiangyunqi fight Qiu Xu's 100000 troops and win?" Gu Qingcheng asked again.

"This ~" Gu qianxiao heard the words stagnated. It's just a saying to take one as ten. If he takes one hundred fengxiangyun to attack one thousand soldiers, he may be sure. With one thousand Fengxiang cloud riders attacking the ten thousand army, the victory or defeat is only five to five at most, but with ten thousand cloud riders attacking the ten thousand army, it is very likely that Fengxiang cloud riders will be defeated. Only when we create a situation or have an absolutely favorable terrain, like the Danshui and xiaoqingshan battles last year, can we be sure of winning.

"Elder brother, Qiu xubu's army is on the Bank of the river, setting up a wide range of beacon fires and building arrow fortresses all over the place. It can be said that he is safe to defend. This is also the reason why his aunt and Su's military division are still blocked in the south bank even though they are holding 100000 troops." At this point, Gu Qingcheng continued with a cup of tea, sipped a sip, and continued, "maybe my elder brother and paoze in the army think that we are only launching several raids here to disperse Qiu Xu's forces, but I have never planned to do so. I once met Qiu Xu, who is a stubborn and loyal man. When he knew that we had only 10000 cloud riders, We will never deploy too many troops to defend the north. "

"And what's in your mind?" Gu qianxiao looks at Gu Qingcheng in surprise. At this time, Gu Qingcheng's breath is quite different from that of the fish roasted by the river a few days ago. It's the first time that Gu qianxiao sees his sister, who is more domineering than a hot-blooded man.

"I intend to defeat Qiu Xu's army by ourselves." Gu Qingcheng put down the tea cup and flashed a dazzling essence in his eyes.

"What?" Gu qianxiao suddenly stood up, his eyes full of disbelief.

After a long time, Gu qianxiao came back to himself and said, "Qing Cheng, Qiu Xu has more than 100000 troops, but we only have 10000 cloud riders. Even if we add wolves, we may not be Qiu Xu's opponents. You should know that when the number of people reaches a certain level, the mountain like sea of people can not be broken through by the so-called elite. "

"Brother, what Qiu Xu relies on is nothing more than building a solid civil barracks, but barracks are not cities, and I have no plans to meet Qiu Xu." Speaking of this, Gu Qingcheng looked at the crystal clear tea like blood jade in the tea cup. With a confident smile, he said, "brother, have you ever heard of the fire ox trap?"

"Fire ox trap?" Gu qianxiao smell speech eyes a bright, a face happy looking at Gu Qingcheng said, "do you mean to use this mountain beast as a precursor?"

"Not bad. Brother, didn't you find that Baixia and the wolves have lost their tracks since yesterday morning? " Gu Qingcheng smiles, mentions the boiling spring water on the charcoal fire, and adds a new pot of water to the teapot.

"But I saw that more than a dozen moon wolves leading more than a hundred mountain wolves wandering around the camp early this morning." Gu qianxiao looked up at Gu Qingcheng and said.

"In addition to what my elder brother said, the rest of the wolves were taken away by Bai Xia. I will use the wolves to drive away the beasts and create a tide of beasts to attack Qiu Xu's camp."

Looking at the bright light in Gu Qingcheng's eyes, Gu qianxiao calmed down instead. After a moment's silence, he asked, "Qingcheng, is this the meaning of Lu que or your idea?"

Gu Qingcheng was stunned when he heard the words. Looking at Gu qianxiao, he asked, "why do you ask like this, brother?"

"Although the battle between the strategists has always been a life and death battle, and it is inevitable that there will be a river of blood in the battlefield, but this strategy is too much killing, the tide of beasts has stepped over, the barracks are all made of vermicelli, and all armies are made of meat." Gu qianxiao's eyes seemed to have seen the scene of Qiu Xu's camp pounded by the violent animal tide driven by more than ten thousand wolves. The wall collapsed, the wooden stronghold was smashed, and more than one hundred thousand star soldiers rushed to shout, and then they were torn to pieces by the animal tide. Such a scene is too tragic. It hasn't happened yet, but Gu qianxiao's heart is chilly as long as he thinks about it.

Gu Qingcheng thought for a while, took a deep breath and said, "brother, prepare to ride a thousand clouds. Let's meet Qiu Xu."

Gu qianxiao suddenly raised his head and looked at Gu Qingcheng. His lips murmured, "Qingcheng, I'm just talking about this battlefield ~"

Gu Qingcheng waved her hand with a smile and interrupted Gu qianxiao's speech. She knew that the elder brother who had loved her since childhood wanted to comfort her, but she suddenly wanted to meet Qiu Xu.

"Brother, get ready."

"No Gu qianxiao looks at Gu Qingcheng's serious expression, bows his hand, makes a military salute, and turns to leave.

At the same time, in Zhaowu hall, the capital of emperor Daqian, Lu Chunzheng, the Duke of Wei, frowned and looked at his restless son. Since the white jackdaw flew to southern Xinjiang more than ten days ago, he found that his son Lu que was often in a daze for no reason, but they had too many things to do every day, and Lu Chun didn't care to ask why. However, Lu Chun found that Lu's situation did not improve with the passage of time. In the past two days, he did not think about food and tea.

"What's the matter with you, queer?" Lu Chun goes to Lu Que and asks.

"Father." Lu que was shocked and looked up at Lu Chun in confusion. "What did my father just say? I'm a little distracted. "

"You haven't been thinking about it lately, but what's the matter in your heart?" Lu Chun pulls a chair, sits down beside Lu Que and asks.

"Father, I have some regrets." After a moment's silence, Lu que said.

"What do you regret?" Lu Chun hears speech a Leng to ask a way.

"I regret that I sent a letter to my sister Qingcheng and asked Baixia to drive away the beasts in the mountain to attack Qiuxu's camp." Lu que said in a low mood.

"Why do you think that all of a sudden?" Lu Chun felt a smile in his eyes, but his heart was down. Although he has experienced the battle of Danshui and the battle of hexingyuan, his son Lu que is not a man who has never seen blood, but Lu Chun knows that Lu que is essentially the kind-hearted Lu que who is not returning to the mountains, making friends with the sacred animals, making company with the mountains, forests and plants.

Before, Lu que had won his opinion on the issue of using wolves to create small animal tides. At that time, he supported it because it was the quickest and most convenient way to solve the deadlock on the south line. Moreover, Lu Chun, who once directed the two biggest wars after the founding of the state by Da Qian, knew that there was no sympathy or pity in the war, but only the competition of national strength, the confrontation of military strength, and the speculation of people's mind.

At that time, he once destroyed the Qingyang Southern expedition army in Lanhe, Northern Xinjiang, and then destroyed the last elite of Qingyang empire on the boundless grassland. Were all the Qingyang people of that year innocent people who were not threatened by the current situation? In Lu Chun's own answer, there must be some, but this is a war, a life and death war. This is also a national war, which can only be ended when one party completely falls down. There is no reason or benevolence in it.

Looking at his confused and painful son, Lu Chun knows that his son Lu que is at the most important juncture. Once he has passed, he will become the world's most famous marshal, and his future achievements will even be above him. But Lu Chun can't open his mouth to enlighten his intelligent and keen son with his own experience, because deep in his heart, he doesn't want Lu que to be the same person as him. Lu que should be Lu que, not another self, and his path still depends on his own choice.

"Father, the imperial supremacy has become empty in a flash. Do we really want to let tens of thousands of people die with the power of one country?" Lu lack frowned, some confused said.

Seeing his son's appearance, Lu Chun knew what he had to say. He patted Lu que on the shoulder and said, "Que'er, do you feel unbearable because Qiu Xu's army is about to die under the tide of animals, or do you feel confused because many of Qiu Xu's army are civilians who have been forced into the army by Tianxing, and they are just innocent people who have been coerced?"

"Maybe, both." Lu que thought and said.

"Well, if these people died in front of the two armies, or under the intrigue of the soldiers, would you still feel unbearable?" Lu Chun asked again.

"This ~" Lu que heard a delay, he already understood what his father was going to say, but he still couldn't pass his own level in his heart. It has nothing to do with benevolence, justice and morality. It's just that he feels uneasy because the two countries are fighting and so many people are killed in the tide of animals.

"Queer, I don't know the content of your letter to Qingcheng, but as a person, I think even if you give up the effect of surprise attack, you will let Qingcheng meet Qiu Xu before the war." Lu Chun asked again.

Lu que looks at his father Lu Chun, hesitates a little, and then nods.

"Queer, it's a fight between the two countries. You have done your utmost to arrange this. In this case, let Qiu Xu make his own choice. After all, he is the commander in charge of Tianxing south. No one is more qualified than him to decide the outcome of the 100000 troops. " Lu Chun patted Lu que on the shoulder and said.

"Yes, father, I understand." Lu Kuo took a long breath, got up and said, "father, since the war started in southern Xinjiang, the child has not left the outer Pavilion. It's a little boring. Today, I want to go back to the Academy. If there are official documents and letters about the war in southern Xinjiang today, thank your father. "

Lu Chun shook his head and said, "the overall situation is already in our hands. We are not in a hurry to deal with those little things. We will deal with them when you come back tomorrow. You have grown up. You are the second grade commander of Daqian army. You have the power to fight in Southern Xinjiang. Since it is your own business, you should deal with it by yourself."

"Yes, the child was taught." Looking at his father's serious face, Lu que laughed. He naturally understood the meaning of his father's words. Bowing to Lu Chun, Lu que turns around and leaves the waige Zhaowu hall, where he has been staying for nearly five months.

Not long after Lu que left the outer Pavilion, a warm autumn sun broke through the sky and clouds were shining on the earth. While thinking about how to break the deadlock in the camp, Qiu Xu suddenly felt that the ground under his feet trembled slightly. According to his experience, this was caused by more than a thousand cavalry galloping at the same time. Just when he was about to get up to see what happened, A man in star general's armor rushed into his tent.

"Qiu Shuai, no, no, Feng, Feng Xiangjun."

"What happened to Fengxiang army? Did Fengxiang army cross the river? " Qiu Xu looked at the breathless general in front of him. He patted the table and said.

After hearing Qiu Xu's rebuke, the visitor took two deep breaths, and then said, "Zhan Shuai, there is a cavalry in the northwest. Look, the flag should be Fengxiang yunqi."

"What?" Just as Qiu Xu got up to say something, he heard a galloping horse stop outside the tent.

"Newspaper ~"

"Come in."

A herald with a small flag on his back knelt down on one knee after entering the account and said, "inform the commander, there is a thousand people Fengxiang cloud riding in the northwest, shooting a headless feather arrow with letter paper into the camp. The letter says that the commander should open it personally, but the captain is not good at it. He specially orders me to send it to the commander, please make up his mind."

Qiu Xu was stunned when he heard that the letter was nontoxic. He took it in his hand and looked at Qiu Shuai's beautiful handwriting on the letter cover. Qiu Xu's brow slightly picked up the character. The character was like a person. Only by looking at these four characters, we can see that the person who wrote the letter must be a beautiful woman, I don't know why, in Qiu Xu's mind, Gu Qingcheng, who had seen him in a boat in the middle of the river, suddenly flashed.

When Qiu Xu opened the letter, he saw that on the snow-white paper, it was written with moustache's fine pen, "once you have gone through the month, I admire Qiu Shuai's elegant demeanor very much. Now that you have come far away, I would like to invite Qiu Shuai to meet you." The signature is Gu Qingcheng, deputy commander of Fengxiang army in Daqian.