Xiao Ling'er saw the sad expressions on Shi Lin and Lu Xingzhi's faces and knew what they were worried about.
If it were just their own team, they wouldn't have to worry about not being able to get through Changti within a month. What they were worried about were the refugees.
"Uncle Shi, how many troops are defending Changti City now?" This is what Xiao Ling'er cares about.
"Changti City originally had 8,000 defenders. At the end of last month, that person in the capital suddenly..."
Shi Lin suddenly stopped what he was about to say and directly answered Xiao Ling'er's question: "Currently, there are a total of 28,000 soldiers defending Changti City."
Xiao Ling'er raised an eyebrow and thought to herself, "This is a sensitive topic, can't I bring it up?"
"Tsk..." Lu Xingzhi sneered sarcastically.
Shi Lin and Xiao Ling'er looked at him at the same time.
Lu Xingzhi looked back at Shi Lin and asked mockingly, "What else can't be said now?"
After Lu Xingzhi finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Xiao Ling'er and continued what Shi Lin had just left unfinished:
"At the end of last year, someone in a high position in the capital suddenly dispersed the 200,000 Gu family soldiers and sent them to defend various cities."
When Xiao Ling'er heard about Gu Jiajun, she suddenly thought of Gu Yunting and Gu Mufeng.
Coupled with Lu Xingzhi's words, a relationship diagram inexplicably emerged in his mind: Beijing - Gu Jiajun - Gu Yunting - Gu Mufeng...
The relationship between them is still unclear at the moment, but Xiao Ling'er is certain that they must have a relationship!
To confirm her suspicions, Xiao Ling'er asked, "Uncle Lu, is the Gu Family Army an army under the control of the Gu Family?"
"That's right, the original Gu Family Army was just the Gu Family's servants and guards, but there was a reason why they eventually became the Gu Family Army.
One hundred years ago, the Yuntian Kingdom was suddenly forced to revolt by rebels, and the entire palace was about to be massacred.
Almost all the princes and emperors were slaughtered. At the last moment, Captain Gu arrived with three hundred servants and guards and rescued the Ninth Prince, the only remaining bloodline of the royal family.
Captain Gu used a clever trick to kill the rebel leader, and after holding the tiger talisman, he ordered 50,000 troops to withdraw, and then used thundering means to help the ninth prince sit on the throne.
The Ninth Prince was also quite grateful. The first thing he did after ascending the throne was to issue an imperial decree, appointing Captain Gu as the Great General of National Defense and posthumously conferring him the title of Marquis, which would be inherited from generation to generation and could never be abolished.
As for the 300 servants and guards of the Gu family, they were all praised and eventually named the Gu Family Army, directly under the command of General Gu.
From then on, all the people recruited by General Gu were incorporated into the Gu family army and were fully trained and educated by General Gu himself.
The Gu family army is stationed in the western Yuncang area, which is the junction of the three countries. Its main purpose is to defend against the Cangbian Kingdom and the Luomeng Kingdom.
The Gu family army could defeat a hundred enemies with one. During that period, the Gu family army forced back the 100,000-strong army of Cangbian State with only 30,000 troops, making both Cangbian State and Luomeng State dare not act rashly again.
As time went on, the Gu family army grew stronger and stronger, from the initial tens of thousands of troops to an army of 200,000 later, making the entire Yuntian Kingdom increasingly powerful.
However, the rise of the Gu family army not only frightened the other two countries, but also made the rulers who now sit in high positions feel fearful.
At the end of last year, that man ignored any ministers' attempts to stop him and directly dispersed the Gu family army to various cities to defend them, leaving only 30,000 troops stationed in the west.
Perhaps it was because of his stupidity and incompetence that the gods were enraged and the Yuntian Kingdom suffered endless disasters.
Now the Cangbian Kingdom has found the right opportunity to attack the Yuntian Kingdom again. This is a sign of the country's demise!
It's a pity that General Gu was so devoted to his country, and it's a pity that the Gu family army was scattered like a pile of sand and was divided among the various cities."
Lu Xingzhi said everything he should and shouldn't say in one breath. Shi Lin wanted to interrupt him several times, but was stopped by Lu Xingzhi's light eyes.
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