Gu Qiancheng's guess was correct. She didn't sleep for a day and a night, but for five days and five nights.
Of course it wasn't that her physical condition was so poor that she had to soak in water overnight and sleep for five days and nights before she could wake up. It was because the lame man put medicine in the fish soup he fed her every day.
Gu Qiancheng woke up today because the lame man was half an hour late today, and Gu Qiancheng was in good health, so he woke up early.
After lying in bed for five days and five nights, surviving on only a little fish soup every day, Gu Qiancheng didn't feel anything when he first woke up, but as soon as he moved he found that his physical strength could not keep up.
Moreover, the lame man was not really a weak scholar. He seemed to know two tricks. At least Gu Qiancheng was completely powerless against him and the fat woman attacking together.
"Pah..." Gu Qiancheng couldn't dodge and was hit in the head by the fat woman with a wooden board. Bright red blood flowed down her forehead...
"What bad luck." Gu Qiancheng covered her head. She was so exhausted that she couldn't resist her body's instinct, and fell down as soon as her vision went dark.
"Master, kill her." The fat woman raised her hand and hit Gu Qiancheng's head. It was estimated that if the blow was hit, Gu Qiancheng's head would definitely explode. Fortunately, the lame man stopped her in time, "Kill her."
Not here, for such a beautiful woman, her struggling and painful look must be very beautiful."
The lame man stepped forward and lifted Gu Qiancheng up from the ground. He stroked Gu Qiancheng's face with his cold fingers and said with a look of regret: "I really, really don't want to kill you, but you are too smart and I can't do anything about it."
I won’t kill you.”
The lame man dragged Gu Qiancheng out, taking a person with him. His foot was even more lame and he walked very slowly with every step. The blood on Gu Qiancheng's forehead was dripping down, and there were bright red blood stains along the way.
But the lame man didn't care, because no one usually comes to this place...
The secret guards and soldiers searched for five days and five nights without success, so they had no choice but to report the news to Qin Jiyan. Of course, reporting the news did not mean that they did not have to look for anyone. The secret guards and soldiers continued to search everywhere. As long as no bodies were found,
They didn't believe that Gu Qiancheng was dead.
Similarly, Jing Yan's men also spread the news of Gu Qiancheng's disappearance to the capital and reported it to Jing Yan.
Their location at this time was closer to the capital, so it was no surprise that Jing Yan would receive the news first.
Qin Jiyan has not heard from Gu Qiancheng since the last time he received news from the secret guards and learned that Jing Yan also sent people to protect Gu Qiancheng. However, Qin Jiyan is not worried, after all, he has him
With the people and Jing Yan's people around, Gu Qiancheng would basically not be in danger.
Since the last successful night attack, Da Qin has gradually taken a dominant position in the battle with Xihu. Of course, it is not that Da Qin's soldiers suddenly seemed to have divine help, nor is it that Xihu's army suddenly became incompetent, but the reinforcements from His Highness Qin and others
Coming.
At the beginning, Prince Pingxi divided his men into ten groups and suppressed the bandits with the capital as the center. However, under Prince Pingxi's deliberate arrangement, the final destination of most of the troops would not be too far from the northwest.
As soon as Xihu sent troops, Qin Jiyan wrote an urgent report to the old emperor and asked him to send reinforcements.
However, it would take forty days at the earliest to mobilize troops from the nearest camp, and Qin Jiyan might not be able to hold on!
The old emperor was extremely anxious. At this time, General Feng stood up and pointed out that the bandit-suppressing army under Prince Pingxi, although not large in number, was able to rush to the northwest as soon as possible to assist His Highness Qin in resisting the Xihu army.
Prince Pingxi has 150,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, divided into ten groups. Except for the two who are heading towards the Northern Qi Dynasty, it only takes more than twenty days for the other groups to rush to the northwest.
Although there are not many people, they can resist for a while, and at least they can help His Highness Qin to survive until the army rescues him.
When the old emperor heard General Feng's analysis, he immediately agreed and ordered Prince Pingxi to lead troops to assist Qin Jiyan.
The Prince of Pingxi County had long received the news from Qin Jiyan. Before the old emperor's imperial edict was issued, he took the people to the northwest. After receiving the old emperor's imperial edict, the Prince of Pingxi County immediately gave orders to the others.
Several lieutenants ordered them to quickly go to the northwest to assist His Highness the Emperor Taisun.
Soldiers are expensive and fast!
The reinforcements arrived within half a month. Although the number was small, it was a great help to His Highness Qin. General Cheng was so excited when he saw the 100,000 troops arriving one after another. "We now have 300,000 troops.
, I can finally have a good fight with them."
Yan Qing poured cold water on them rudely, "Only 250,000." In the past half month, they lost 50,000 people, and more than 20,000 ordinary people died in the battle.
Although they defended the city, the price they paid was huge.
"Xihu doesn't have 500,000, but at most 400,000." General Cheng refused to retort weakly, and Yan Qing said nothing more.
In this battle, they suffered heavy losses, and Xihu was not much better. Both sides fought extremely hard in this battle. His Highness Qin commanded it very well, but Feng Yao was not bad either. They did not take advantage of Feng Yao.
How much benefit can be gained from it?
Feng Yao was tepid at first, but in recent battles he has performed very dazzlingly, as if he had taken off his shackles in an instant, no longer restrained, but started attacking freely.
The soldiers of Xihu also praised Feng Yao's recent performance. The deputy commander responsible for monitoring Feng Yao would secretly write down the situation on the battlefield and send it to Emperor Xihu the next day.
Emperor Xihu was very satisfied with Feng Yao's performance. Although he had been suffering losses in the early stage, it was not Feng Yao's fault. Da Qin used explosives to catch them off guard. Feng Yao's performance was already excellent. At least they were
The loss has been reduced to a minimum, even if someone changes, he may not be able to do better than Feng Yao.
Emperor Xihu trusted Feng Yao more and more, and even gave Feng Yao a decree, asking him to go free and conquer the sixteen cities in the northwest at all costs, and transfer them to their Xihu territory.
The sixteen cities in the northwest are easy to defend but difficult to attack. They are Da Qin's natural barrier to Xihu. If they can capture these sixteen cities and Xihu rests for three to five years, he can completely capture Da Qin.
Emperor Xihu was very ambitious. He wanted more than just the few buildings he had agreed with King Zhao. He wanted the entire Qin Dynasty.
King Zhao had guessed this when he cooperated with Emperor Xihu, but King Zhao didn't care, just like he also wanted the entire Qin Dynasty and Xihu.
Wanting and being able to obtain are two different concepts. Xihu's desire to engulf the Qin Dynasty was a wishful thinking in the eyes of King Zhao; just like Emperor Xihu's belief that King Zhao's rebellion could succeed, it was also a wishful thinking.
Although the two foxes trusted each other, they did not trust each other. King Zhao let people into Da Qin, but he hid behind. Xihu did not dare to let go and fight, fearing that King Zhao would shoot them coldly from behind.
Qin Jiyan saw this clearly, so he slowly dragged reinforcements to come and killed King Zhao.
Everything was within His Highness Qin's plan, things were going very smoothly, and as time went by, their chances of winning were getting better and better. Qin Jiyan could already foresee the scene where Xihu and the old emperor would change their faces.
But at this moment, His Highness Qin received news that Gu Qiancheng was missing...