Chapter 0115 A Great Achievement
Chenliu was completely silent late at night. The sound of horse racing was extremely obvious on the street. As the horses galloped past, lanterns lit up one after another behind their tails. Looking at the entire Chenliu city, this small straight line seemed like an arrow, pointing directly to the still sleeping palace.
Soon after, the lanterns in the palace were also lit.*
Song Shuo was snoring, but the sound coming from outside suddenly woke him up. He had been like this for some time, always sleeping lightly and unable to sleep deeply. He would not be able to rest in peace until he handed Chenliu back to Xiao Rong.
Sitting up, he pricked up his ears and listened for a while, and found that it was Gao Xunzhi's voice, and it was different from the past, and it was a little hoarse. Song Suo was stunned and hurriedly got out of bed to find his shoes. He didn't put on any clothes, and his shoes were on the wrong feet, but he really didn't care. The servant outside was just woken up and was rubbing his eyes. A gust of wind blew past him, and he put down his hand. It took him a long time to realize that the gust of wind just now was his master. ...
The closer he got, the clearer Gao Xunzhi's voice became. Song Shuo hurried over, then suddenly pushed open Gao Xunzhi's door.
"…How could this happen?! Why didn't you report it earlier!!!"
The soldier who reported the news lowered his head, his voice heavy and anxious: "I don't know, Captain Yao's personal soldier came to deliver the letter a cup of tea ago, there was no one else except him. After he reported the news, he cried for a while and then fainted due to fatigue. The details..."
Without waiting for the city guard to finish, Gao Xunyi grabbed the coat beside him and shouted angrily, "Take me to see him!"
After saying that, he went out without even looking at Song Suo beside him. Song Suo was stunned for a moment and hurriedly followed him.
When heading towards the city gate, Song Shuo realized what had happened. Yuan Baifu had rebelled. He killed Wang Xinyong and took away nearly 80,000 troops of the Zhenbei Army. Now they had no idea where he was or what he was going to do.
When they arrived at the city gate, Gao Xunzhi quickly climbed up the city wall. The soldier was still unconscious, but there was no way Gao Xunzhi could ask him questions. The military doctor at the side gave him a few injections, but he was too weak and the injections could not wake him up. Seeing this, the general guarding the city gate simply pushed the military doctor away, took the copper basin beside him, and poured cold water just drawn from the well on the soldier's face.
The muscles on the soldier's face tensed up, and he opened his eyes suddenly, but his brain was frozen. After a long while, he finally looked at the person in front of him. …………
He didn't know much because he was the first person sent by Yao Xian. At that time, they had just come down the Lianyun plank road, and Yuan Baifu had not revealed his subsequent plans. All he knew was that Yuan Baifu killed Wang Xinyong, and then killed a few people who would never obey him to establish his authority. When no one resisted him, he continued to move forward according to the original plan.
And all this happened eight days ago, no, it should be said that it happened nine days ago. Nine days.
One day was enough for Yuan Baifu to rebel. During these nine days, no one knew what terrible things he had done.
After the soldier finished speaking, he collapsed again due to exhaustion. The military doctor quickly arranged for someone to change his clothes and re-boil medicine for him. Gao Xunzhi stared blankly at the front for a while, then he mechanically turned around and walked out of the room step by step.
Standing in the open space on top of the city wall, the foggy feeling in his head seemed to disappear a little. Gao Xunzhi suddenly raised his leg and strode towards the stairs.
However, the next moment, Song Shuo suddenly opened his arms. He looked at Gao Xunzhi with vigilance and persistence, and his words were not so polite: "Where is the Prime Minister going?"
Gao Xunzhi didn't even know when he came, and he didn't think about it. He just answered Song Suo's question: "I... I will take some soldiers to Ningzhou first. The king will definitely come here when he hears the news. I-"
He spoke incoherently, as if he needed to think for a moment before he knew what he should say.
"I will lead the troops and wait to reunite with the king. Before everything becomes irreversible, I will give it a try. Perhaps Yuan Baifu is just acting on impulse. He, he is not determined—"
Song Shuo: "Wang Xin used it to death."
Gao Xunzhi trembled all over.
Song Shuo had been suppressing his anger for nearly three months, and it finally erupted on this night because of this incident.
"He killed Wang Xinyong! He tricked him out and killed him with his own hands when he was completely unconscious!"
Song Shuo had never lost his temper like this before. He knew he shouldn't be like this. After all, Gao Xunzhi became irrational because he suffered a blow. He just needed to talk to him nicely, but Song Shuo couldn't talk to him nicely because he was really, really angry.
He stared at Gao Xunzhi's eyes, looking a little aggressive: "He did this to tell us that he doesn't want to have a way out! He can even ruthlessly kill his comrades who have lived and died together for many years. Why do you think he will repent when he sees you?! Besides, even if he repents, what's the use? You go to persuade him to come back, are you worthy of General Wang who died in a foreign land!"
Song Suo's expression was somewhat ferocious, and Gao Xunzhi stared at him blankly, and gradually, his expression changed. Song Suo was right.
Yuan Baifu was not acting on impulse, he was the one.
He took a deep breath, and the cold air poured into his nose, bringing a pain like a blade cutting his flesh. Gao Xunzhi was silent for a long time, and then spoke again: "But I still have to go to Ningzhou."
Song Shuo didn't yell at him this time, because he saw that Gao Xunzhi's eyes had cleared up and he calmed down.
He didn't say anything, so Gao Xunzhi continued, "This matter is too serious. Those 70,000 people are not Yuan Baifu's men, but the king's men. I must bring them back. Besides, the king will be furious when he hears about this, and I can't watch him make a mistake."
Song Suo frowned: "Didn't Xiao Rong come back with the king?"
Gao Xunzhi: “…”Yes.
But in this matter, he was not sure whether Xiao Rong could stop Qu Yunmie. *
Two days later, Qu Yunmie and others arrived at the upper reaches of Luoshui, which is also a relatively famous place - Tongguan.
Being here made Xiao Rong want to eat roujiamo, but it was not like what he imagined in his mind, sitting at the table and savoring the delicious food. He sat on the edge of the carriage, with his hands in his pockets, watching people not far away carrying things and preparing to board the boat.
They found a relatively flat place to cross the river. Although there were passenger ships here, there were not so many that could accommodate 100,000 Zhenbei troops. They requisitioned some, spliced some more, and then transported people and things over in several trips. This was the normal operation.
Xiao Rong was a little nervous. Last time they came back, they only brought food and supplies. Losing a boat was a bit painful, but not to the point of being unable to sleep. This time they brought back a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. If the boat capsized in the middle of the river, Xiao Rong would not return to Chenliu. He would stay here and wait until all the property was salvaged before leaving. …
As long as they cross the river, they will be close to home. Just this little distance will make things different, because crossing the river is difficult, and everyone will choose the better solution.
However, most of the time in the world, there is a slight difference, so before seeing the boat fully assembled, Xiao Rong first saw the dust raised by a small group of people galloping desperately in the distance.
Xiao Rong stood up inexplicably. After seeing the tens of thousands of troops on the other side of the river, those people moved faster, instead of turning around and running away like the scattered soldiers Xiao Rong had encountered before. …
When they reached the river, they all dismounted and shouted something over here, but the Luo River was not narrow and there were so many people here that Xiao Rong could not hear clearly what they were saying. Qu Yunmie came over from the side and waved his hand. Dongfang Jin immediately nodded and then waved to others.
After four or five people passed the message, a boat finally came to pick them up. Standing on the boat, those people were extremely nervous. When they finally rowed slowly to the other side of the river, Qu Yunmie and Xiao Rong had already come to meet them.
Without waiting for the boat to stop, they all climbed out of the boat, their trouser legs were wet, but they didn't bother to look. The leader suddenly half-knelt in front of Qu Yunmie, and the people behind him quickly knelt down as well.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Gao sent me and others to inform you that General Yuan had rebelled ten days ago and General Wang was killed by him. Now the left and rear armies have all been taken away by General Yuan. Two days ago, Mr. Gao led 20,000 Chenliu garrison troops to Ningzhou. He hopes that Mr. Xiao can bring another 20,000 central troops back to Chenliu to supplement the garrison in Chenliu."
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