Sha Po Lang

When Gu Yun walked out of the hall, his eyes were a little dazed, he stood still and took a few breaths, and for the first time in his life, he felt that the light armor on his body, which was only a few kilograms, was so oppressive.

A person's potential in a critical situation is probably infinite. Gu Yun was suffering from the unbearable headache that he usually has needles and beds, and he was busy in the Golden Palace for a whole day and night, but he passed it without feeling anything.But as soon as he walked out, he realized that his whole body was exhausted, his clothes were almost stuck to his body, and when the breeze with morning dew blew, he shivered top-heavy.

There was still a glimmer of sun in the sky just now, but it was covered by dark clouds in a blink of an eye, and the morning light was faint.

Chang Geng was waiting for him at the door, with his back facing the golden palace stacked like fairy palaces, King Yanbei's court clothes fluttered, and he was staring at the direction of Qiyuan Tower from a distance, not knowing what he was thinking.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Chang Geng turned around, glanced at Gu Yun's face, frowned and said, "The carriage is waiting outside, you can take a rest."

Gu Yun was exhausted, so he responded indiscriminately.

Chang Geng: "What did that person leave you to say?"

Gu Yun said blankly: "Gossip... nonsense."

Chang Geng saw that he didn't have the strength to speak more, so he quietly stopped talking and went all the way back to the Hou Mansion.

Countless arrows were sent out in the morning, and the six departments had to move accordingly. They all knew that this might be the only rest time left.

As soon as Gu Yun entered the room, his knees went limp, and he staggered and threw himself onto the couch.

The armor on his body was not removed, and when he fell down with such a "bang", half of his body was numb, and the entire roof was spinning around in front of his eyes. Gu Yun had the illusion that he would never be able to get up again.

Chang Geng stretched out his hands to clasp his veins, and the cold hands on both sides would be horribly hot, as if they had just been fished out of a brazier: "Father, when did you start to have a fever, did you know?"

Gu Yun groaned, acid water was bubbling from his bones, his eyelids were too heavy to lift, and he asked with difficulty: "Is my little brother still alive?"

Chang Geng: "... who?"

Huo Dan who followed hurriedly agreed, and took out the lively little gray mouse from his arms: "Marshal, you are alive and well."

"Then I'm fine," Gu Yun said sickly, propped himself up, and any circle of people hurriedly took off the armor on his body, loosened his body a little, and wet his face with sweat indiscriminately. The strands of hair fell out, "It's either a cold or a fire, take the side medicine and sweat a little and it's over."

Huo Dan stood at the side in a daze, not knowing why his Lord Marquis lived and died with a gray hairy rat again, but Chang Geng understood it, his eyes flickered slightly, and he pressed Gu Yun on the couch Don't let him move around: "Leave it all to me."

He signaled Huo Dan to step back first, and he took Gu Yun's clothes that could squeeze out water with his own hands. Gu Yun's body was limp, and he felt dizzy when he opened his eyes, so he had to close his eyes and let him fiddle with him, his breath a little short , seems inexplicably a little more weak.

As soon as the coat and middle coat were removed, Chang Geng's hands couldn't help trembling.

Gu Yun's thin layer of underwear was soaked with sweat, it was almost a layer of garlic skin, it couldn't cover anything, his chest and waistline were all exposed, for some reason, Chang Geng felt that this was better than the last time Gu Yun was in front of him. His face jumped directly into the hot spring to die.

Chang Geng's heart was beating like thunder for a moment, he didn't dare to take it off no matter what, so he could only drag a quilt over, wrap it whole on Gu Yun's body, and put a pair of clean clothes on the side, pleading in a low voice Said: "Father, can you change the rest yourself?"

Gu Yun didn't get sick very much after he became an adult, but once in a while, he came here once in a while, and it was particularly serious, causing smoke in his seven orifices, ringing in his ears, and waved to Chang Geng feebly, complaining: "When is it, it's really you..."

Chang Geng stood on the side with his eyes fixed on his nose, nose, nose, and mouth. Gu Yun was so cramped by him that he also felt uncomfortable. The two looked at each other silently for a moment, and Chang Geng awkwardly said, "I'll make you a decoction."

He turned around and left, finally letting both of them breathe a little bit of relief.

Gu Yun lay down for a while, his thoughts were quickly turned into a pot of porridge by the high fever, and everything was messed up, and he thought for a while: "What the hell is Chang Geng going to do?"

After a while, he thought again: "Xuantieying retreated to Jiayuguan, and no one collected the bodies of the damaged brothers, even if they were wrapped in a piece of horse leather."

Thinking about it, he felt that there was a hole in his heart, and all the bitter wind and rain were drilled in. The distress that was suppressed by Jiang Chong's words on the way back came back now, and the attack became more severe, and the pain was so painful that he couldn't bear to live.

Half of the [-] iron armor was lost overnight...

In the end, Gu Yun's consciousness gradually became blurred. Rather than falling asleep, he basically passed out. His consciousness was drowsy, and he woke up from dream to dream. The present and the past all became a mess , fell down along the end of the thread, and the long memories flashed one by one like a fleeting image.

He thought of the years when he was neither deaf nor blind when he was a child, he was like a flea beaten dishonestly, and the old marquis would blow his beard and stare when he saw him, so as to get angry.

But once, Old Hou Ye took him patiently to watch the sunset beyond the Great Wall.

The old Hou Ye was tall and majestic, and he treated the youngest son as big as the dumpling equally. He would never reach out to hug him, and reluctantly held him by the collar. This is the kindness of the old Hou Ye. It makes adults have to bend sideways, and children have to stretch their arms hard, which is uncomfortable for everyone.But Gu Yun didn't complain, it was the first time he saw the bloody sunset in the border town and the desert, the figure of the black eagle flew by from time to time, like a golden crow dragging a white rainbow, far and near the vast yellow sand, flat forests and deserts, young Gu Yun Yun was almost shocked.

They had been watching the magnificent red sun sinking into the ground. Gu Yun heard the old Hou Ye express his feelings for the deputy general beside him, and said: "For a general, if he can die in the mountains and rivers, he will be considered a great fortune in his life."

He didn't understand at the time, but now, 20 years have passed.

"Marshal," Gu Yun thought dazedly, "I probably...will really die in this mountain and river."

...like a horse in a gap, a fire in a stone, and a body in a dream.

At this time, someone opened the door and came in, hugged Gu Yun, and fed him a bowl of water. The man was so gentle, as if he was used to taking care of others, he didn't spill any water.

Then he whispered in Gu Yun's ear: "Zixi, drink the medicine before going to sleep."

Gu Yun didn't even open his eyes, and replied vaguely: "Half an hour... wake me up after half an hour, if you can't wake me up, pour me a bowl of cold water."

Chang Geng sighed, fed him the medicine in silence, and then stood aside.

Gu Yun seemed to be uncomfortable, tossing and turning, the quilt was almost torn apart by him, Chang Geng covered him several times, and finally wrapped him up in his arms.

It's strange to say that Gu Yun probably hasn't been particularly close to anyone since he was a child, and now he feels that he is leaning against someone behind him, so he calms down, and the person holding him carefully adjusts him to the most comfortable position, Miss Chen The prepared Anshensan filled his nostrils, and one hand brushed his forehead just right, and pressed his forehead, shoulders and neck repeatedly with his fingers.

Gu Yun has never slept in such a comfortable "bed" in his life, so he doesn't know where it will be in a blink of an eye.

The quiet time is as fast and impermanent as running water, and half an hour passes in the blink of an eye.

Chang Geng glanced at the clock next to him, he was really reluctant - neither let go of Gu Yun nor woke him up.

But there is no way, the military disaster is imminent, looking at the world, how can there be a place where he can sleep peacefully?

Chang Geng had no choice but to be hard-hearted, and tapped lightly on Gu Yun's acupuncture points with his fingers, waking him up in time, and got up to go to the kitchen by himself.

Gu Yun's heart was always tense. After sweating down a bowl of medicine, he suppressed his sickness and took a rest for half an hour. When he woke up, the fever had almost subsided, and he lay on the bed. After a while, I stood up with my clothes on, feeling like I was alive.

His body felt better, and his heart relaxed a lot.

Gu Yun thought to himself: "Aren't they just a bunch of foreigners? They are so powerful, why are they still playing tricks?"

No matter how bad it is, he is still alive. As long as there are still people in the Gu family, the Xuantie camp will not be regarded as annihilated.

Gu Yun let out a long sigh of relief, only to realize that he was already so hungry that he was so hungry, he pressed his stomach in pain, and thought: "If anyone warms up two sesame cakes for me at this time, I will marry him back. Home."

Just as he was thinking about it, Chang Geng came in with a bowl of hot noodle soup. The heat and aroma came unceremoniously towards his face, and Gu Yun's internal organs turned around in his stomach with hunger and thirst.

He regretted to himself depressedly: "Except for this, this can't be counted..."

Unexpectedly, as soon as this idea came out, there was a sudden thunder outside in response to the situation.

Gu Yun: "..."

Chang Geng stretched out his hand and touched his forehead: "Retire, foster father will come over to have something to eat first."

Gu Yun took the chopsticks silently, and when he heard the word "foster father", his heart suddenly moved, and he vaguely felt that there was something strange, but unfortunately, the thought passed in a flash, and he couldn't catch it.

Gu Yun: "You did it?"

"In a hurry, there's only time to grab some noodles casually." Chang Geng said without changing his expression, "Let's make do with it."

Gu Yun was in a bad mood all of a sudden, he didn't know what the dignified "King of Yanbei" was doing to make himself so "virtuous".

But Chang Geng seemed to see what he was thinking, and said calmly: "If the country is subjugated, just push Li Feng, and I will open a noodle shop in the northwest, and it will be enough to survive."

Gu Yun choked on a mouthful of noodle soup and coughed to death.

Chang Geng smiled and said, "I was just joking."

Gu Yun picked up a cup of herbal tea and took a sip: "Good boy, you've learned to play me for fun, it's really getting worse and worse."

Chang Geng said sternly: "Back in Yanhui, you suddenly wanted to bring me back to the capital, so I wanted to run here, thinking that I would either go to be a hunter in the deep mountains and old forests, or find a small place on the border to open a half-dead shop. It's enough to make a living, but then I felt that I was unlikely to have the ability to slip under your nose, so I was honest."

Gu Yun pulled the vegetable grill aside, took out the ham underneath and ate it, before he could chew it into pieces, Chang Geng suddenly leaned back in the chair and let out a long sigh of relief: "Father, you don't know, you don't know what to do every day." Unsafe appeared in front of me, I dare not close my eyes for a day, finally..."

Gu Yun said indifferently: "It's still a hundred and eight thousand miles away from peace—tell me about it."

Chang Geng understood, knowing that he was referring to something that he hadn't said in front of Li Feng.

Gu Yun: "You must have withdrawn the Black Tie Camp, otherwise He Ronghui and the others might have hit the last person."

"I imitated your words." Chang Geng said, "Withdraw the Xuantieying camp to Jiayuguan, and let General Cai Bing go north to aid Xinjiang. Counting the time, the urgent Ziliujin from General He's side must have already been poured out—— There is no need to let Li Feng know about this, anyway, he has already drafted an order to abolish the drum beating order."

Gu Yun blinked: "You will imitate..."

"It's all heresy." Chang Geng shook his head, "I had already sent a letter to Master in the south of the Yangtze River, but I still missed it. In addition, I suspect that there are nails left by the northern barbarians 20 years ago in the palace, and I have asked someone to investigate them. Well, there is no news from General Shen, I'm afraid there will be some good news."

"No news is the best news." Gu Yun was silent for a moment, then replied, "The old lady is very fateful, she won't die."

Chang Geng: "Father, the Northwest is approaching menacingly, but now it seems that there will be no trouble for a while. In your opinion, after the disaster in the East China Sea, can the capital be defended?"

Gu Yun raised his head and glanced at him, those eyes were like a pair of flints, cold and indescribably hard, as if a light touch could ignite sparks.

There were only him and Chang Geng in the room, and there was a bowl of noodles between them, so Gu Yun didn't say anything extravagant, and said honestly: "It depends on whether we can last until reinforcements come. Foreigners also want to fight quickly when they are running thousands of miles away. , otherwise we wouldn’t have made such a big opening, the longer the delay, the better for us, but..."

But Daliang's national strength cannot sustain a protracted war.

Li Feng desperately wanted the Ziliu Gold Mine in Loulan because the Ziliu Gold Mine was very rare in the world's most abundant land, and the supply was completely in short supply. Nearly [-]% of the Ziliu Gold in Daliang came from eighteen tribes paying tribute, and there was a large Some of them seem to be bought from outside in a piecemeal manner, and the money flowing in and out through shipping and trading flows out in this way.

Right now, the eighteen tribes are rebelling, and the four regions are under siege. Only Ziliujin's stockpile can be mobilized.

This is just purple gold, not to mention how can there be so much silver in the treasury, which is thinner than yellow flowers?

Gu Yun: "According to what you said, if it doesn't work in the end, it's certainly the most sensible way to shrink the troops of the whole territory and take it slowly, but it may not work. It's okay for the Xuantieying to retreat to Jiayuguan—although outside the Xiguan It is lively, but most of the contacts are businessmen who live here. The ancient Silk Road has just been opened for a few years, and it is not enough for them to settle down. , but not in the Guan, where there are still thousands of villages and hundreds of millions of people, He Ronghui can no longer retreat."

Xuantieying is the belief and even the pillar of the folks in Daliang. Once this pillar collapses, there is really no need to fight. It is faster for Jiangshan to change its name and surname directly.

Chang Geng was silent for a moment: "I'm talking about a last resort."

"There is no last resort." Gu Yun shook his head, "You have a deep heart and know how to manipulate the country, but you have never fought a war. Apart from the right time and place, there are two other things in war. The courage to not fear death, the equipment has come to this point, there is no way... But I believe that even if the foreigners are strong, they may not be much stronger than us, not to mention the barbarians, the gang of countrymen who can be used as a mallet for a cannon ——Soldiers under your command are not pawns, they are all human, bloody, and afraid of death, do you remember what I told you last time when we suppressed bandits in the Southwest?"

Chang Geng: "Remember, 'Before the battle, whoever doesn't want to die should die first'."

Gu Yun let out a "huh" and his family was riddled with holes, which didn't stop him from eating. In a few words, he had already eaten a big bowl of noodles to the bottom. Finally, pinching his nose, he ate the disgusting green leaves in one breath. He mixed the vegetables in the soup and drank it directly without chewing. After finishing, he put the bowl on the table: "Is there any more?"

"No, I just made a bowl. You have just been ill and your spleen and stomach are weak. It's best to be full." Chang Geng said, "How to fight is up to you. You don't have to worry about the future, and you don't have to worry about others. How to think, how to get money, how to find Ziliujin, how to divide and arrange these things can all be left to me."

Gu Yun was slightly shocked, and said with a broken smile: "I have the final say on everything? What if I can't win?"

Chang Geng smiled without saying a word, his eyes were fixed on him tightly, like a calm pool of water, suddenly there was a wave, if his eyes could speak, his sentence "If you lose, I will accompany you to recite the eternal infamy, you If you're going to die, I'll bury it for you" has already been clearly announced.

At this moment, Huo Dan knocked on the door lightly: "Commander, Mr. Feng Han and General Tan have come together, and brought the second battle report from the East China Sea along the way."

Gu Yun hurriedly said: "Please!"

Chang Geng narrowed his gaze, cleaned up the dishes, and the moment he lowered his head, Chang Geng suddenly said: "There was a sentence just now that was nonsense."

Gu Yun was taken aback.

"I said I didn't leave back then, because I felt that I couldn't run under your nose." Chang Geng smiled without raising his head, "I was just a young man on the frontier who grew up in a small place, and I didn't think so much at all..."

Gu Yun had already keenly heard the meaning behind his words, and said seriously: "Chang Geng, stop talking."

Chang Geng closed his mouth obediently, and swallowed back the words that followed.

At that time, he didn't think that much in his mind at all. The reason why he didn't escape in the end was just that he couldn't let go of one person.

Tan Hongfei and Zhang Fenghan came in quickly, and the lacquered battle report was presented to Gu Yun. Tan Hongfei's hands were still shaking slightly, and Gu Yun's heart sank.

"Commander, report from the south of the Yangtze River that our navy has collapsed thousands of miles away, and the Westerners have already gone north. The foreigners don't know what kind of dragon they are using. It is as fast as lightning, two or three times faster than our navy's dragon boat, and there is a group of people in the middle." Big sea monster." Tan Hongfei said, "If this is not nonsense, then it will take about two or three days for them to go north to Dagu Port!"