Chapter 260 All the way north
Hearing Boss Li’s question, Gu Nanxi lowered her head and thought for a moment, then took out a compass from the hidden compartment of the carriage.
"Of course!" Gu Nanxi handed the compass to Boss Li, "This is a replica made by craftsmen. The original one was taken to Hangzhou by Su Yunting."
Boss Li praised it. Holding the compass, his eyes were confused. The huge surprise hit him and he couldn't react for a moment.
Seeing him come back in despair, escort Dong and others deliberately asked: "Boss Li, have you found a way?"
"Oh, it really doesn't work. Let's wait a little longer. I don't believe that this rain can keep falling."
Another escort cooperated: "Oh, you don't know, this Hezhong County has a It’s been raining for a month! It’s not raining so heavily every day, it’s just a steady drizzle.”
Broker Dong glanced at him and looked at Boss Li with a smile: “Boss Li. , my brother can’t Don’t mind what you say. Although we encountered a civil uprising and accidentally lost our way, our luck will not be so bad and it will rain for another month.”
The escort from Dongting Lake. The master said with a face: "This is not bad luck, so what is bad luck? I have been working as an escort for many years, and I have never encountered such a situation."
Guardians, please tell me. He squeezed Boss Li with one word.
The guards of the Hou Mansion couldn't see it and wanted to go forward to argue, but they saw that Mr. Li's mouth was grinning wider and wider, almost reaching his back molars.
Boss Li had bright eyes and covered the small compass with his lapel to prevent it from getting wet by the rain.
He first looked around at the crowd and shouted randomly: "Don't worry, General Gu gave me a compass! Even if we don't rely on the stars, it can still guide us!"
Dong Biao The pupils of the teacher and others shrank suddenly, compass? ! What is this?
Dong Biaoshi traveled all over the country and had a broad experience. He had never heard of such a thing, so he questioned: "Boss Li, the compass you are talking about, is it the Sinan's Spoon? I have seen that thing before. When it arrives, It’s extremely inconvenient in rainy weather!”
There was no need for Boss Li to refute it personally. The other guards were the first to be unhappy.
“Bardguard Dong, you have just returned to Kyoto and you don’t know many things. Have you ever heard about the immortals congratulating General Gu on his birthday?”
Buttership Dong blinked and heard that. I've heard of it, but what I've been told is too weird.
Privately, he believed that this was just a method used by Gu Nanxi to improve his reputation, just like Kong Rong giving away pears and lying on the ice to beg carps. Wasn’t there someone behind the scenes?
“I’ve heard about this, but what does it have to do with the compass?”
There was laughter from the team.
Although they are all rough guys, who can’t tell that these bodyguards are full of malice toward Mr. Li?
In order to prevent internal strife, they turned a blind eye.
But Escort Dong and the others must not be disrespectful to General Gu!
Knowing that the compass was taken out by General Gu, they still dared to ridicule it. What do they mean?
"Master Dong, this is a birthday gift from the gods to General Gu! It is said that this compass will not malfunction even if it reaches the vast sea."
"Oh, when you say that, I suddenly have a problem. Thoughts! Could it be that the gods anticipated our current predicament and gave General Gu the artifact in advance? How could it be such a coincidence?"
"That makes sense. Si Nan has been around for many years, and we haven't seen him before. He is indeed very difficult to use."
"Oh, when you think about it, General Gu has a spirit. Protect me! What do we have to fear?"
Everyone was chatting enthusiastically, and they threw escort Dong and others into the air.
They couldn’t get a word in, and they didn’t want to.
As escort Dong opened the door curtain, his face instantly darkened.
The escort by Dongting Lake took all the comments in mind: "Boss, it seems that Gu Nanxi has some skills. Let's not cause trouble and listen to her."
Master Dong took a few deep breaths, and when he saw that the other brothers looked unnatural, he knew that his plan had completely failed.
"Okay, anyway, we charge money to do things. As long as it does not threaten our safety, we will listen to them."
The next morning the downpour turned to light rain.
Boss Li asked everyone to pack their luggage and prepare to set off.
Old man Geng was wearing a raincoat, driving a carriage, and chatting with Mr. Li: "Which direction are you going to go?" If you go west, you can get out of Hezhong County and reach Xiazhou.
If you go east, you have to pass through Henan County and go north from Bingzhou.
"Of course, all the way to the north! There are mountains to cross and rivers to cross!" Boss Li said firmly.
Boss Li groped for the back of the compass, loving it like a treasure: "Master first told me that the world is round, and then lent me the compass. He meant that I should go all the way north to save time!"
Today! It was another day when I admired Gu Nanxi so much.
"Who said gods are heartless? I think these gods are also divided into good gods and bad gods, just like the master and her companions, they are good gods who take us ordinary people into their hearts!"
The team headed by Gu Nanxi crossed the mountains and ridges and rushed to the border.
The soldiers at the border are also looking forward to the general.
As autumn is approaching, the grass on the grassland gradually withers and turns yellow.
The deputy general stood on the city and looked out, everything was desolate yellow, and where the sky and the earth met, densely packed small black spots suddenly appeared.
The flow of black people is like a long knife, splitting the world.
The rising dust billows like a sea tide, kicking off the war.
On the city wall, the soldiers were fully armed and stared into the distance without blinking.
The black and yellow torrent paused at the line between heaven and earth.
Gu Shisan, standing next to the deputy general: "It's getting late, they can at most send a small group of troops to harass. We can still recharge our batteries for one more night."
The deputy general nodded and motioned for everyone to follow him to the camp.
The most conspicuous place in the camp hangs a sheepskin map, which mainly shows the mountains and rivers of the towns in the northern defense line.
The first layer of defense line is six towns, namely Woye Town, Huaishuo Town, Fuming Town, Rouxuan Town, Huaihuang Town, and Yuyi Town.
The second line of defense is Wuchuan Town.
Through these two layers of defense, the northern border can go south to Shuozhou and gallop in the Central Plains!
The deputy general and the others are in Fuming Town!
It is said to be a town, but in fact it covers a very large area. Two or three towns can be as large as a state or county in the Central Plains.
It's just that the border area is sparsely populated, so it's classified as a town.
After the deputy general took his seat, Gu Shisan and other talents took their seats one by one.
Deputy General: "What military information can the scouts find out?"
Gu Shisan: "Huaishuo Town and Rouxuan Town have discovered traces of the northern border."
These two towns are located to the east and west of Fuming Town. On weekdays, the six towns rely on each other to form a Great Wall blocking the northern border.
The deputy general was not surprised: "They are using a conspiracy. They are using a small force to contain the two towns so that they cannot support us. It seems that this time, they still choose our Fuming Town as the main direction of attack."
"Who is afraid of whom? We Gu Jiajun are not afraid of chewing hard bones!"
" I'm afraid they won't come! If we go to attack other towns, we have to go around for support, so we might as well fight head-on here!"
The deputy general is not afraid. Since he has joined the army, he is ready to die on the battlefield. The preparations are just as undecided as the general, just like a dao hanging over the head, making people uneasy.
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(End of this chapter)