Chapter 865 The Strongest Black Wind King! (Second Update)
Since Gu Jiao was riding on the same horse as Xuan Yuanqi, it was inconvenient for her to hold the child, as she was afraid that a sudden stop would crush the child into a meat patty.
"Old Tang, here you go." Gu Jiao handed the child to Tang Yueshan.
Tang Yueshan stretched out his arms, wishing he could carry the child as far away as possible: "Can I refuse?"
Gu Jiao raised her chin and said proudly, "No!"
Tang Yueshan glanced at Xuan Yuanqi, who resembled a demon king guarding the mountain, and resignedly carried the child on his own shoulders.
It's alright. I'm about to have a godson. Although my godson doesn't practice martial arts, he's very smart. Once I rescue him, I'll have him deal with you big and small devils!
Tang Yueshan thought confidently, feeling that life was wonderful!
Regarding their plan to leave the city, they came up with two options. One was to disguise themselves as merchants or ordinary people and sneak out, but this option was abandoned as soon as they arrived in the city.
The reason given was that martial law had been imposed in the city, and the number of Jin troops patrolling had doubled, with Jin troops visible on every street.
Gu Jiao pondered: Has news of Ghost Mountain reached the City Lord's Mansion? They think we escaped from Ghost Mountain, so they suddenly increased their vigilance to prevent us from leaving the city?
Regardless, if the situation becomes this tense, it's basically impossible to leave the city.
Then we can only implement the second plan.
“You all, wait here,” Xuanyuan Qi said.
Gu Jiao and Tang Yueshan nodded.
Xuanyuan Qi leaped into the night.
About half an hour later, he returned carrying a large bundle containing three sets of freshly made Jin army armor, as well as their tally and identity tokens.
"I don't recognize the Jin script. What names are written on this?" Gu Jiao muttered.
“Don’t look at me, I don’t know him either,” Tang Yueshan said.
Gu Jiao sat on horseback, tilting her head to look at Xuan Yuanqi. Her bright, sparkling eyes seemed to say, "You should know him, right? The learned and talented second Lord of Shadows?"
Xuanyuan Qi took the iron plate, then dramatically let go, letting it fall into the crack in the ground: "Oops, it's gone!"
Gu Jiao's face darkened.
You actually don't know me!
The purpose of these iron tags is generally to facilitate the identification of corpses after death in battle. They are not checked in daily life, and if they are lost, they are lost.
In addition, Xuanyuan Qi somehow obtained a small basket that could just fit the baby inside.
But obviously, a small basket is not enough, because a newborn's cry can come at any time.
As soon as Gu Jiao put the child into the basket lined with cotton, the child burst into tears.
The shout startled all three of them!
It's so loud! The child's crying is going to blow my head off!
Tang Yueshan's face turned ashen, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "Stop crying! Little ancestor! You'll bring the Jin army here in a minute!"
"Woo-wah—woo-wah—woo-wah—"
He clenched his little fists and cried loudly!
"benefactor!"
Suddenly, a woman carrying a lantern appeared at the entrance of the alley.
She took small, quick steps toward Tang Yueshan, exclaiming, "It really is you!"
Tang Yueshan was completely dumbfounded.
Gu Jiao recognized her; she was one of the people who had been bullied by the Jin army in the alley yesterday.
Gu Jiao did not appear at the time, so she only recognized Tang Yueshan.
"My benefactor, you saved my young lady, have you forgotten?" she said, looking at the infant in Tang Yueshan's arms, "Just born?"
Gu Jiao said, "His father was killed by the Jin army, and his mother is hiding from the Jin army's pursuit. We want to take him away."
"Let me do it." The woman handed the lantern to Tang Yueshan and took the child from Gu Jiao's arms. "He must be hungry. My little miss was also born not long ago. We have a wet nurse at home. I'll take him to feed him."
Gu Jiao: "Thank you for your trouble."
The woman hurriedly said, "If you gentlemen don't mind, please come with me."
The group followed her into the house.
This was a wealthy family, but unfortunately all the men in the family had been arrested, leaving only the women and some maids and servants to live in fear behind closed doors.
The woman took the child to the upper room, and the child's crying stopped shortly afterward, apparently because the child had started nursing.
About fifteen minutes later, the woman came out of the main room and bowed to Gu Jiao and the other two in the flower hall. Then she said to Tang Yueshan, "My wife is still in confinement after childbirth and it is inconvenient for her to come out and thank you for saving her life. However, my wife said that if you don't mind, you can leave the child here for now. You can come and pick him up after you finish what you are doing."
The woman was not stupid, nor was the lady foolish.
They were wearing Jin army armor, and it was clear they were up to something.
Gu Jiao asked, "Won't this put you in danger?"
The woman said gently, "No, the wet nurse's child is also in the room. The two little ones cry and scream all day long, so one more won't make a difference. No one will notice. Besides, the Jin army is just robbing and looting; they have no interest in a few babies."
Gu Jiao thought about it carefully and felt that this method was feasible.
"What did she say?" Tang Yueshan asked.
Gu Jiao said, "She told us to leave the child here for now and come back to pick him up in a few days."
"Will we be exposed?" Tang Yueshan asked.
Gu Jiao said, "The possibility is very small. There is a wet nurse's child and a newborn baby in the house."
Tang Yueshan was relieved.
After resolving the child's issue, the three continued their journey.
During this time, Xuanyuan Qishun stole a warhorse from the Jin army and forced the Jin soldier to teach him a few words of Jin language.
He then killed the man and took Gu Jiao and Tang Yueshan to the city gate.
He lowered the visor of his helmet, revealed his token, and exuded an aura of power!
The guards guarding the city trembled in fright and quickly bowed, saying, "General Liu!"
Gu Jiao: "..."
You actually made yourself a general.
"It's not even dawn yet, General Liu, are you going out of the city?" the guard asked.
Xuan Yuanqi, with an air of superiority, glanced at Gu Jiao with great pomp and circumstance.
Gu Xiaobingjiao said in a deep voice, using the Jin language she had just learned: "The General's secret order! Open the city gates!"
"...Yes! Yes!"
Leaving the city went more smoothly than I had imagined.
Gu Jiao wondered what kind of powerful person you had robbed. Could it be that you had robbed the city lord's mansion?
"No." After Gu Jiao voiced her doubts, Xuan Yuanqi denied it in a serious tone.
He left the city lord's mansion.
They robbed them at the door!
It was dawn shortly after we left the city.
They dared not delay for a moment and rushed towards Quyang City.
Black Wind King was an excellent lead horse, and under its leadership, the Black Wind Cavalry and the Jin army's warhorses reached their maximum speed.
Gu Jiao tightened her grip on the reins: "Boss, we need to get to Quyang before dark!"
Black Wind King galloped along the official road against the fierce west wind, taking the shortcut they had come by.
After leaving the official road, they entered a shady forest, bypassed winding paths and steep mountain streams, and headed towards the east gate of Quyang!
The last time they made such a reckless raid was during the final selection of the Black Wind Cavalry commander. The straight-line distance from Pucheng to Quyang was less than 300 li, but the road was difficult to travel.
When they emerged from another grove of trees, all three horses were wounded.
Black Wind King dared not stop.
Xuanyuan Qi chased after it, watching it from afar.
This was something he had never expected.
Little Ayue almost died when she was born, and he once thought she would never grow up.
But it not only grew up, it also became the new Black Wind King who defeated the stallion.
It is the most powerful Black Wind King, even more valiant and powerful than its elder brother's Black Wind King.
It was only at the ripe old age of sixteen that it participated in its first battle after being drafted, and this may also be the last battle of its career.
After this battle, it should be retired.
Due to the intense training, Black Wind Riders had shorter lifespans than ordinary warhorses.
To ensure maximum combat effectiveness, no warhorses in the Black Wind Camp are older than twelve years old, and they are usually discharged at the age of thirteen.
And it's almost seventeen years old, and still in service!
Xuanyuan Qi looked at it, and also at its dashing little figure on horseback.
They are the most suitable companions for each other in the world.
...
The sun gradually began to set in the west.
Black Wind King took the lead.
Two warhorses followed at a distance, and the distance between them grew larger and larger until Gu Jiao could no longer see them when she turned around.
It's alright, Quyang City is just ahead!
I can send the message first, it's the same!
"Boss! Once we finish walking along this main road, we'll see the city gate!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Black Wind King suddenly slowed down. Gu Jiao frowned, tightened the reins, and stopped.
A rapid clatter of hooves came from ahead on the official road, shaking the sand and gravel on the ground.
"That sound of hooves... could it be an approaching cavalry force?"
As they drew closer, Gu Jiao saw the banners they were raising high.
It was actually the Jin army!
Having escaped the Jin army at Pucheng, they encountered another Jin army here. What exactly happened?
Gu Jiao first ruled out the possibility that the Jin army from Pucheng had overtaken them on the main road and then launched a surprise attack.
Not only is the main road farther than the side road, but their horses also cannot outrun the Black Wind King no matter what.
This group of Jin soldiers seemed to be coming from the direction of Xincheng.
New City, the Nangong family's territory!
These Jin soldiers had hidden in Xincheng early on. Now that the imperial army of 120,000 was coming to retake Xincheng, they were outnumbered and unable to defend the city, so they simply abandoned it and fled.
They were on their way to the Pucheng headquarters when they ran into Gu Jiao, who was coming from Pucheng.
"What a small world..."
Looking at the dark mass of Jin troops, Gu Jiao roughly estimated that there were at least 10,000 soldiers.
Despite their large-scale activity and their proximity to Quyang City, they were not met with resistance from Quyang's troops.
Then there is only one possibility—the troops of Quyang City split into two groups and almost all of them were mobilized, leaving only the Black Wind Cavalry who could not fight in the city... and just enough garrison troops to defend the city.
This arrangement is correct; it allows for the greatest victory with the least casualties, leaving enough troops to deal with the 200,000 Jin troops in Pucheng.
No one expected that Gu Jiao would encounter this group of Jin soldiers.
After all, if it weren't for the urgent military situation in Guishan, Gu Jiao would never have chosen to travel during the day.
Gu Jiao didn't have time to escape, because the Jin army had already spotted her.
"Who goes there?" a Jin cavalryman shouted.
It's almost the end of the month, so remember to vote with your monthly passes if you have any!
(End of this chapter)
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