nucmednet Chapter 216 Guo Zian’s Thoughts
Chapter 216 Guo Zian’s Thoughts
In the early morning, outside Woniu City, only a few dead leaves on the trees were floating in the wind, and it seemed that if the wind was stronger, they would fly away.
There were a few houses not far from the city. People inside came out from time to time to carry some firewood. They were shivering with cold, but they did not forget to look towards the city gate. Seeing that the gate had not been opened yet, they went back into the house.
It is not difficult for careful people to see the strangeness of these people.
Most farmers would be reluctant to add firewood to the house so early in the morning, unless they were making breakfast. It is obviously not appropriate for them to go in and out so frequently.
The city bell rang for almost an hour, and it seemed that the person they were waiting for had not arrived yet.
"Dema, go call Yelu Feng and bring the horse out to wait for me." Roland wrapped his cloak tightly around him and gave instructions.
"understood."
"Is it possible that Master Guo will not come?" The leader of the guards, Qiu She, who was wearing cotton armor, had a worried look on his face.
"Stop talking nonsense."
Dema, who had not yet walked out of the door, glared at Qiu She and said coldly.
Roland also felt this way, but she suppressed her reluctance and still hoped that Guo Zian could leave the city and travel the world with her.
He took a deep breath, looked up at the sky, and just stood there blankly without saying a word.
Dema had already left. Qiu She knew that he had said the wrong thing and walked forward guiltily.
"Master, I was wrong. I was just worried. He will come."
"No, I've heard that people from the Central Plains don't keep their promises. Get ready, we'll be leaving soon."
"This courtyard is full of our own people. We are ready and can evacuate at any time."
Roland paused, having a bad feeling in her heart. Guo Zian had been a bit duplicious in his words yesterday. After she knew his identity, she became even more worried that Guo Zian would use her to seek credit.
It is said that some generals in the interior of the country specifically tricked some Hu people into coming and then killed them to claim credit.
No one has been here for so long, we can’t stay here any longer.
"Go out, let's change houses."
After Roland finished speaking, Qiu She led his men to prepare to cover them and leave.
"Don't go through the main door. Let's go out from the back by climbing over the wall."
The bad premonition is getting stronger, so for safety's sake I decided not to take the usual route.
They peeked out the door of another house and found some people in the village acting suspiciously.
"These are soldiers. Ordinary people wouldn't act like this. Look at those eyes. They look at people in the wrong way. They stare at everyone." Qiu She laughed coldly. "It seems that Master Guo has some ideas about us."
"He has improper ideas. He must want to step on our heads to get to the top." Yelu Feng added fuel to the fire.
"We are few in number, so let's not take any risks here." Dema said to Roland.
Roland was unsure as he didn't see any heavy troops coming to arrest him. He felt a little unwilling and always hoped for a miracle. However, the fact that he hadn't shown up for such a long time was enough to explain everything.
"Let's go. The sooner we leave, the sooner we can get out." Roland looked up and glanced at the city gate again.
Roland spoke, and everyone understood, heading towards the yard where the horses were kept.
There were only about a hundred of them, and if something unexpected happened, it would be really difficult to survive at the city gate.
Guo Zian in Woniu City was still struggling over whether or not he should listen to his father and wipe out all these grassland barbarians. Although Roland was reluctant, the others had no psychological burden.
His idea was to trick Roland into the city and then implement his plan.
He has no psychological burden in doing these things.
"Young Master, there's a report from outside the city. There's no movement in the yard. It seems they've slipped away."
"Trash, I can't even look at it."
Looking at the messenger crawling in front of him, Guo Zian cursed angrily.
He was about to lead his troops out of Woniu City, not to help Luancheng, but to try to eliminate the people brought by Shi Ge.
Pharmacist Guo originally thought that the Lu family would send money at this time, so he would turn a blind eye and pretend that nothing had happened in Luancheng.
Now he has not moved here for a long time, the Lu family has not made any move, he has not taken a position in the royal family, and it seems that no one is recruiting him.
This was the most uncomfortable thing for him.
Li Gang did not urge him, but just sent someone to deliver food and supplies to him, and then there was no further news.
"Assemble the team immediately and set off to Luancheng."
Pharmacist Guo gave orders, occasionally glancing outside the tent. "Didn't Guo Zian go out today?"
"Reporting to the General, I haven't seen the Young Master go out."
"This bastard is unwilling to do even this little thing. What great things can he achieve in the future?"
Pharmacist Guo sighed silently in his heart.
……
The news that Pharmacist Guo was going to enter Luancheng was so widespread that it was hard for Zhao Sheng not to know about it.
"Have you found out that they are going to attack Shige? What benefits can they gain by doing so?" Zhao Yongsheng was confused when he delivered the report.
"There's no indication as to why Pharmacist Guo attacked Shi Ge, but it's certain that Shi Ge has been identified by the court."
"Oh? It's been determined? What does it belong to?"
"It's a rebellion!"
A gust of cold wind blew, and Zhao Sheng was so cold that he pulled at the corner of his clothes, trying to wrap himself more tightly. Zhao Yongsheng saw that he came out with his clothes on, so he walked to the tea table and touched the teapot to find that it was hot.
He poured a cup of tea and handed it to Mr. Zhao.
"If they offer this as assistance to us in suppressing the rebellion, we cannot refuse."
"And then? What do we need to do?"
"They came here voluntarily, but it's not so easy to get rid of them when they leave."
"Ah... hurry up???"
Zhao Sheng couldn't understand why a country would operate like this. This is not the Han or Jin Dynasty, and the world is in chaos!
"Give them some food and silver, and we can persuade them to leave."
"Hoo... So simple? But what's the difference between us and bandits?"
Zhao Sheng wrapped his clothes tightly again, leaned against the door frame, holding a cup of tea, and looked at the frosty white outside the door.
Shi Ge's stay in Luancheng will not last long. If Guo Yaoshi brings the imperial army here and they really fight with them, who knows what the final outcome will be.
……
Ma Biao returned with his troops and trained hard in Luancheng. From the fight with Zhang Xiaosi this time, it was clear that this new army was quite unfamiliar with the use of new weapons.
Therefore, the new army still needs to train more, so as to avoid being weak in combat during battles and easily losing their lives.
"Your master, I plan to have only these few people, and from now on they will be my direct descendants."
Zhao Sheng looked at the people in training and said proudly.
"I remember you and Chen Da said the same thing back then."
Speaking of Chen Da, Zhao Sheng hadn't received any information from him for a long time. This guy rarely communicated with him on the grounds that he couldn't write.
"Alas, this kid Chen Da is beyond help. I wonder how he is doing in Langya."
"Chen Da and the Yan army are not on good terms, and the relationship has been a little tense recently."
Suddenly, a voice came from behind, and it sounded very familiar.
"Yongsheng, what's going on?"
Seeing that the person coming was Zhao Yongsheng, Zhao Sheng asked him.
"Master Chen, we've gathered nearly 30,000 people. The food we intercepted was meant to last 30,000 people for half a year, and we were also responsible for supplying the Dingzhou camp. As a result, the last time the prince went there, they only gave us two months' worth of coarse grain."
"What? ...How dare he do that?"
Zhao Sheng didn't understand. Chen Da's mother and brother were both in Luancheng, so why did he station troops and store food? When Li Xin went to ask for food, not enough food was allocated. It was obvious that this guy had bad intentions.