Chapter 93 Meeting at Xudu

"General, is that Xudu?" Zhang Cai panted and asked, looking at the tall city not far away.

"It should be." Gao Shun also panted heavily.

Behind them, there are hundreds of soldiers with tired faces and bags on their backs.

After more than 20 days of marching, everyone is numb. Every morning when they wake up, they are marching. Before going to bed at night, they still think about how much they will walk the next day and how to walk in order to save effort. It seems that they have become a marching machine.

As for the old Chinese doctor, he had to insist on walking on his own at first, but his bones were about to fall apart within two days. Gao Shun had no choice but to arrange for soldiers to make a stretcher to carry him in turn.

Those children were also treated in the same way, and the soldiers took turns to carry them.

But even with this, they were listless and exhausted.

Gao Shun's face is also extremely scribbled, no matter how unkempt he is usually, he will shave his face with a knife every few days, but this time he doesn't care about it at all, he has already grown a beard like a roadside like weeds.

Gao Shun underestimated the difficulty of marching, but also overestimated the perseverance of himself and his troops.

None of them had long-distance marching experience, including veterans like Zhang Cai.

No, Gao Shun may have had similar experiences in his original memory. Otherwise, his performance might not be as good as other soldiers.

I don’t know how Cao Cao led tens of thousands of troops to travel back and forth. There are also large armies in history. It is unimaginable to travel hundreds or even thousands of miles with manpower and still have combat effectiveness. Gao Shun thought to himself.

Now, each of them has forcibly made it here with a lot of perseverance, and it is estimated that they will directly collapse on the ground when they arrive at Xudu.

But now the outline of Xu Du can be seen from a distance, everyone cheered up and prepared to survive the last part of the journey.

"Brothers, when we get to Xudu, hot water and hot meals will be arranged. Grit your teeth and you will be relieved immediately." Zhang Cai also gave a proper morale boost at this time.

It had some effect, the speed of the troops increased a bit.

It looked close, but Gao Shun and the others still walked for two hours.

At the gate of the city, a team of well-equipped soldiers discovered the existence of Gao Shun's team and came to check.

Gao Shun also knew that this was the team responsible for escorting the troops headed for Xudu, and there were several people like him who led the troops to march alone instead of going with the big troops.

"I'm Gao Shun." Gao Shun straightened his clothes and said calmly.

"General Gao, General Xiahou has made arrangements. We will lead your troops to the camp." The soldier said after saluting.

Gao Shun nodded, and just as he was about to say something, the soldier said again: "Cao Gong said, I will go find him when you come."

"Now?" Gao Shun frowned secretly, he still wanted to follow the troops to see where they lived.

"The sooner the better." The soldier said, and he commanded Gao Shun's troops together with the others.

It seems that we can only go to Cao Cao first.Gao Shun found Zhang Cai and whispered a few words, then led by another soldier to Cao Cao's residence.

The soldier remained silent, and led Gao Shun to turn left and right in the city.

Is this really the way to Cao Cao's mansion?Gao Shun was a little puzzled.

Although he has never been to Xudu, nor has he been to Cao Cao's mansion, it may be Cao Cao's home field, the base camp, and the mansion should naturally be in the middle of the city, the most prosperous area, but the soldier in front is leading the way. He took it to the edge of the city.

Just when he was about to question, the soldier stopped, turned around and said, "General Gao is here, here it is."

Gao Shun frowned slightly, and looked at the big mansion in front of him, which was quite luxurious, and it was reasonable to say that it was Cao Cao's mansion.

It just always feels weird.

After getting off his horse, Gao Shun walked forward, while the soldier stepped forward to lead Gao Shun's horse, and at the same time lead his own horse.

Gao Shun looked at the big mansion, and the more he looked at it, the more strange it became, but he always said something strange.

Luxurious... It is also luxurious, it is a rare detached house, similar to the detached villas of later generations, except that it only has one floor.

From the outside, there seems to be a small yard behind the gatehouse, with lush bamboo forests protruding above the wall.

The environment is good, Gao Shun still thought about it, jokingly, just wanted to knock on the door.

But suddenly I discovered, why is there no guard outside the door?How could there be no guards outside Cao Cao's mansion!

Before he could recover, another thought flew into his mind like lightning.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei cooked wine with green plums in the pavilion in the backyard of Cao Cao's mansion.

The backyard...the backyard!
But the bamboo forest he saw just now was in the front yard!
No, this is not Cao Cao's mansion!
Gao Shun had goose bumps all over his body, his scalp was numb, and his hair seemed to stand on end.

Just as he was about to draw the knife, he heard the sound of breaking through the air behind him, and he bowed quickly.

I just felt light-headed, and looked at the ground again, and a bunch of hair had been cut off.

Gao Shun was marching, so it was impossible for him to wear tight clothes, he didn't wear any helmet, he just tied it up, and the blow just now cut off the crown he tied up.

If I were a little slower, it wouldn't be my hair that would be chopped off, but my head!
Gao Shun had no time to rejoice, so he turned around and pulled out his saber, only to see the sergeant who had been kind and silent just now charged towards him with a fierce look on his face.

Without thinking much, he quickly held him up, twisted his thigh, and kicked the soldier away.

While the soldier was staggering, Gao Shun stepped forward and struck his head with the steel knife in his hand.

Being dodged by Kankan, he didn't care so much, just continued to cut him in the middle.

Fortunately, no matter in terms of strength or skill, those soldiers were only trained by ordinary soldiers and had no extraordinary abilities. Gao Shun's level may be slightly lower among generals, but it is more than enough to deal with an ordinary soldier. In the round, Gao cut off the enemy's head by the way.

However, he was accidentally scratched on the face, but fortunately he only wiped the skin.

Gao Shun panted heavily, looking at the enemy with his head in a different place on the ground, he still had lingering fear.

If he hadn't reacted in a timely manner and bent over to avoid it without hesitation, he might have died.

If the enemy who attacked him didn't want to behead him, but cut him at the waist, he would not be able to escape.

Fortunately, everything was going in a good direction. He dodged and counterattacked in time.

However, although this place is remote, the noise of the two fighting just now is not small. It has attracted the people outside, and the people also found the patrolling soldiers. A group of soldiers rushed towards him with steel knives.

"I am Gao Shun! The general under Mr. Cao! This is the thief who attacked me, and I have beheaded him!" Seeing a dozen people surrounding him, Gao Shun put down his weapon and shouted as if he was about to be beheaded on the spot. .

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