As the number of people increased, Gu Mo had more issues to consider, not only the food, clothing and survival of a group of people, but more importantly, discipline, ideological and moral issues.
When they were refugees and ordinary people, they were weak and the targets of bullying and oppression by bandits, officers and soldiers. They could only helplessly bear everything that the strong imposed on them.
But people are complex animals. People who have been suppressed at the bottom of society for a long time, once they have power and a knife in their hands, if they are not suppressed in time, they will become those officers, soldiers and bandits who bully the weak.
The evil wolf they once feared the most bullied those weaklings who were just like them.
At that time, they were just a group of rabble with no moral bottom line, and their destructive power was immeasurable.
Since Gu Mo accepted them, he must be responsible for them and not let them commit suicide. At the same time, he must be responsible for the safety of others and must not let them bully the weak.
Therefore, Gu Mo and Li Yanxiu discussed and formulated a series of strict disciplines, in which Li Yanxiu acted as a gentle supervisor, guiding everyone step by step, and providing ideological education from time to time.
And Gu Mo is a strict enforcer, using the harshest means to punish those who violate discipline, letting them know that strength is not only a means of self-protection, but also shouldering more responsibilities.
With such a combination of kindness and power, and strict discipline on the team, the team became more and more like a regular army.
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The temperature was too high during the day, and too many people suffered from heat stroke while traveling. The temperature was cooler at night, so Gu Mo put the time of traveling in the evening and found a place to sleep and rest during the day.
At noon that day, when the sun was at its strongest, everyone was resting, and there were people taking turns keeping watch outside, but Gu Mo couldn't sleep, feeling uneasy all the time.
She simply stood up and prepared to look at the road ahead.
We will soon arrive at the gate of Shiji City. After passing Shiji City, we will arrive at Huairen Mansion.
Gu Mo's footsteps walked up the mountain involuntarily. There were also people from Shiji City among the refugees. Gu Mo heard them say that if you go up this kind of mountain and go around a cave, you can see the gate of Shiji City.
At this moment, a fierce battle was going on under Shiji City.
Thousands of soldiers of the Zhen Army surrounded an army wearing black armor. This Xuan Jia Army was the most elite force in the entire Yu Kingdom and was trained by the Gu family. It had been invincible on the battlefield and made the Zhen Army terrified.
However, now, there are not many people left in the Xuanjia Army. Their Xuanjia has been dyed red with blood, but they are still strong and strong. They hold the guns in their hands tightly, surround the general Gu Yan, and fight to the death with the enemy.
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Groups of real army soldiers rushed forward, and then groups of real army soldiers fell down. The few remaining members of the Xuanjia Army turned out to be extremely tough.
The real army began to fire arrows, but even if they were hit by arrows, they did not fall down but broke the arrow shafts and continued fighting. This complete lack of fear of death made the real army tremble all over.
In the middle of the real army, a man with a gold earring sitting on a tall horse stared at Gu Yan and narrowed his eyes.
He is Zhen Fengshu, the Fourth Prince of Zhen Kingdom, the God of War. He ordered to stop the attack, "Tell him that as long as he is willing to surrender to our Zhen Kingdom and serve our Zhen Kingdom, we will spare his life!"
Someone immediately passed the message over.
Gu Yan sneered, stuck the plum blossom gun on the ground, and supported his shaky body, "The country of Yu only has Xuanjia troops who died on the battlefield, and there are no Xuanjia troops who surrendered to the enemy and betrayed the country! Even if we die today, we will die on the battlefield and be wrapped in horse leather.
It’s glorious to die!”
The armored soldiers covered with wounds stood upright beside Gu Yan. There were only a few of them, but there were thousands of people on the other side. It was certain that their entire army would be wiped out today, but no one was afraid of the impending death.
Fear fear.
Zhen Fengshu admires Gu Yan's integrity. In fact, he admires all four of the Gu family, father and son.
Because of this, he took the trouble to persuade the four fathers and sons of the Gu family to submit to the Zhen Kingdom over and over again. Even though he knew that they would fail, he would still give them a serious suggestion before killing each other every time.
However, Gu Cong never had the heart to surrender. Gu Cong's eldest son and second son died in the battle until the last moment, but they did not bend their knees to the real army.
Zhen Fengshu was shocked and admired him so much that he took the bodies of the two brothers and returned them to Gu Yan.
Now that three of the Gu family's father and son have died, only this one is left. He still holds on to hope and hopes to convince Gu Yan. After all, generals are really rare.
"General Gu, look at your emperor. He is addicted to luxury and pleasure. He is devoted to making elixirs and seeking immortality. He believes in traitors and killed your father. It is pitiful that your father was loyal and patriotic, but he died in vain for the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason. Such a country and such an emperor, there are
What is worthy of your allegiance? It is better to submit to our true country, where high-ranking officials and generous salaries are waiting for you!"
Hearing these words, Gu Yan's expression was very complicated. It was not that he was moved by Zhen Fengshu's words, but that Zhen Fengshu mentioned his father.
He recalled that when his father was escorted back to Beijing, he repeatedly told him that the Xuanjia Army was the hope of the country, and he must lead the Xuanjia Army to defend Huairen City. He must not passively resist the enemy because he was dissatisfied because of his being accused.
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However, his father probably did not expect that his trip to the capital would lead to a dead end, and he was the only official in the history of the country to be executed by order of the imperial court.
He also did not expect that the eunuchs and Taoist priests sent by the imperial court did not care whether there was a serious enemy at hand. They only regarded Xuanjia as a serious threat and were determined to eliminate it and quickly let Xuanjia's army go out of the city to meet the enemy.
Originally, the city gate of Huairen Mansion was extremely strong, and the real army could not break in. They stayed inside and saved food, but they could still kill the real army.
But once they take the initiative to go out of the city to meet the enemy, the situation will be different, and Huairen Mansion will be at a disadvantage.
The Xuanjia Army was forced out of the city to meet the enemy again and again, and their numbers became smaller and smaller...
Until two days ago, they were once again forced out of the city to meet the enemy, and once again suffered extremely heavy casualties and drove the real army back.
But he couldn't find it. The Huairen Mansion refused to open the city gate again, saying that his father was guilty of collaborating with the enemy. He was also suspected of collaborating with the enemy. It would be a worthy death to die on the battlefield first, rather than being executed after returning to the capital. Anyway, they didn't open the city gate for them.
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Seeing this, the Zhen army that had originally withdrawn its troops launched a counterattack, inflicting heavy casualties on the Xuan Jia army.
Gu Yan had no choice but to retreat in embarrassment with the Xuanjia Army, fighting while retreating until they reached the gate of Shiji City, hoping that Shiji City would open the gate to let them in.
As a result, when Shijicheng saw that there were so many real troops behind them, he was afraid that the real troops would take advantage of the situation and invade the city, so he pretended to be dead and did not respond.
So, they launched the final decisive battle with the real army under Shiji City.
