The farmer has a mall

Chapter 208
In the hot summer, there is finally a little cool breeze at night.

Many Zhenbei soldiers thought it was stuffy in the tents, so they put away the tents and slept in the open air.

Qu Zifeng put one hand behind his head, thinking of meeting Ning Zhen during the day, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He closed his eyes and felt the breeze floating, and the drowsiness gradually hit him.

However, before he fell asleep, he heard a rush of war drums.

A soldier covered in blood staggered and ran towards the main tent, shouting out of breath.

"Hurry up, tell the general, Weiyang Army... Weiyang Army has entered the city!"

Qu Zifeng was startled, he got up suddenly, he didn't even have time to put on his shoes, and ran to Gu Yao's place.

He entered the main tent in shock, just in time to hear the soldier's report.

"General, the city gate was opened from the inside, and the enemy army was ambushing on both sides early in the morning, and they have already rushed in!"

Gu Yao stood up suddenly: "How could this be, who opened the city gate!"

"Yes, it's the guard guarding the gate." The soldier murmured.

"what?!"

Qu Xiao trembled with anger when he heard this.

"Whoever asked you to open the city gate, without the order of the old man and General Gu, who gave you the right!"

He jumped into a rage, and his broad nostrils flicked up and down, as if he was about to spew out fire.

The little soldier glanced at him anxiously, hesitantly said: "Yes, yes..."

"You tell me who it is, let's see what this old man does!" Qu Xiao roared angrily.

He was always impatient, but now seeing the little soldier hesitating for a long time, he wished he could go up and kick him.

"It's Lieutenant Qu. Someone took Lieutenant Qu's token and said that he was ordered to leave the city because of military affairs. That's why we opened the city gate."

Qu Zifeng's grandfather, Qu Xiao, was the second in command in the army, and he was the oldest when Gu Yao was away, so as his grandson, although his official position was not high, he was highly respected.

He is also an easy-going temperament, everyone from the general to the pawn gets along well with him.

Therefore, the general guarding the gate saw that it was Qu Zifeng's token, and opened the city gate without any doubt.

Qu Xiao and Gu Yao were startled when they heard the words, and looked at Qu Zifeng who was standing at the door with a dazed expression.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Qu Zifeng waved his hands hastily.

"I didn't. I stayed in the camp tonight and didn't let people out of the city."

As he spoke, he touched his waist.

"I didn't hand over the token to anyone else, it has been hanging on..."

He paused for a while, and touched his empty waist in a daze.

Then he suddenly lowered his head and looked at the place where the token was originally hung in disbelief.

"Zifeng, where is your token!" Qu Xiao asked deeply, and Gu Yao also frowned at him.

"It's still hanging here during the day..."

He fumbled for the skirt and cuffs again, but without any surprise, he couldn't find them.

"It may have landed where I slept, I'll look for it!"

"stop!"

He turned around with a white face and was about to run out, but was stopped by the livid-faced Qu Xiao.

"You can't go anywhere!"

He waved at the entourage behind him and said: "Tie him up for the old man to take care of him. Unless General Gu and I give orders personally, no one is allowed to let him go! Otherwise..."

Qu Xiao squinted his eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "It should be dealt with as treason!"

The attendants behind him looked at each other, quickly took orders, and tied up Qu Zifeng.

At this moment, Qu Zifeng stood there sluggishly, allowing them to tie him up without any resistance.

Gu Yao frowned and looked at Qu Xiao.

"Old Qu, I haven't figured out what's going on at this time, and it's still too early to draw conclusions."

The two of them have been in the same robe for decades, and Gu Yao is clear about his personality.

As for Qu Zifeng, he grew up under his watch. Like his grandfather, he has righteousness in his heart and is loyal to the court.

Therefore, Gu Yao didn't think that these two people would do such a rebellious thing.

Hearing this, Qu Xiao sighed, as if his strength had been drained.

He turned around and cupped his fists at Gu Yao.

"Although I don't know if this matter is really related to my grandson, but the loss of the token in his hands is his responsibility."

He looked at his pale grandson, with unbearable but firm tone in his eyes, he said:
"The reason why our Suppressing Northern Army has come to this day is due to General Gu's leadership and strict military discipline. Although you are my grandson of Qu Xiao, you are no exception. Do you understand?"

Qu Zifeng stared blankly at his grandfather, and nodded after a while with red eyes.

"Zifeng violated military discipline by losing his badge, and it caused such serious consequences that he would die!"

"General, please dispose of it according to military regulations!"

Seeing this, Qu Xiao nodded in relief, his cloudy eyes turned red.

"Then lock him up first." Gu Yao sighed.

He looked at Qu Xiao and said, "I'll talk about how to deal with him later. The most important thing right now is to stop Wei Yang's army first."

As he spoke, he paused while putting on his armor.

"This battle is difficult, and the old man is not sure whether he can win. If... you lead people to retreat to Jianzhou County, I will buy you time to retreat."

……

Jianzhou and Wuyin are two adjacent counties, and the area is not too large.

Gu Nanyan led the kamikaze team on the official road of Jianzhou County.

They were supposed to arrive in the evening, but Gu Nanyan remembered what happened in Hulu Valley last time, and was afraid that the same situation would happen again, so he asked the kamikaze team to camp in the wild and rested for half a day before setting off again.

"Master, it takes another hour and a half to reach the place where the Zhenbei Army is stationed. Do you need to send someone to explore the way?"

Gu Nanyan thought for a moment, then nodded to Ashlan: "Find someone who is quick to go and look ahead, be smart, and come back quickly if the situation is not right."

Ashlan took the order and ordered a thin young man from the team.

Seeing that Gu Nanyan sent him a task, the man proudly puffed up his chest, and ran forward quickly under the envious eyes of everyone.

Ash Lan shook her head helplessly, returned to Gu Nanyan's side and continued on her way.

It was already the middle of the night, and the surroundings were completely silent.

In addition, there was a war recently, so every household turned off the lights early, and there was not even a watchman.

Apart from the sound of the military boots of the kamikaze team stepping on the official road paved with bluestone slabs, only the sound of insects can be heard nearby.

Gu Nanyan walked forward for about a quarter of an hour, and suddenly frowned.

She stopped and looked forward.

Ashlan hurriedly ordered the kamikaze team to stop, and looked at her suspiciously.

"I'm back." Gu Nanyan said this without beginning and end, but Ashlan understood.

He followed Gu Nanyan's gaze and looked into the distance.

After a few breaths of effort, a figure came rushing from the darkness, it was the person who just went to explore the way.

Ashlan instantly became alert.

It was less than two quarters of an hour after he left, and he came back so quickly, which shows that something went wrong ahead.

Gu Nanyan exchanged a glance with him, and took a few steps forward.

"What happened?" Ashlan asked first.

The soldier stopped two meters away from Gu Nanyan, panting heavily.

"Qi, Qi report to the master, there is a large army approaching us ahead, ahead."

Gu Nanyan frowned even more upon hearing this.

"Can you see which side it is?"

It stands to reason that it is impossible for the Wei Yang army to cross Gu Yao's army to get here, so it can only be the Zhenbei army.

"The subordinates are far away and can't see it clearly, but it should be the Zhenbei Army from the clothes."

Gu Nanyan's heart sank.

Jianzhou County is the second line of defense on the border, and the army has retreated here. Does that mean that Wuyin County has been captured?

She thought she could support it for a few more days. After all, even if she couldn't beat it, there was still such a tall city wall to stop it.

In addition to the box of Tianlei she left for Gu Yao, it can last for another three to five days no matter what, but this...

Those city walls are all made of paper!
In fact, Gu Nanyan did not miscalculate. If the normal speed was followed, it would indeed take several days to open the city gate after all the opponent's siege equipment was destroyed.

But she forgot that the most unpredictable thing is the human heart!

(End of this chapter)