Chapter 177 Crossbow(1/2)
Li Sangrou and his party walked all the way, ate, drank, and then settled the location of the shops in one light and one dark. The road of a day took three days.
Until the end of the month approached, in the evening, Li Sangrou and others arrived outside Suizhou City. Before they could see the city gate clearly, they were stopped by General Wen, who was greeted by horses and handed over a letter that had just been sent by Ezhou.
The letter was written by Wen Cheng, plain and simple, and a few simple sentences: There is something small, please ask the boss to rush back to Ezhou City immediately.
This urgent thing made her rush back to Ezhou City immediately, and this matter itself was not a trivial matter.
General Wen was extremely clear and considerate. When he came out, he brought dozens of strong horses, clean water and bacon and other dry food.
Li Sangrou thanked General Wen, changed the horse, brought clean water and dry food, and turned around and headed straight for Ezhou City.
When we passed by Suizhou, the group was leisurely and rushing back, they were as anxious as sparks.
The next morning, the Ezhou city gate had just opened for a while, Li Sangrou took the black horse, Meng Yanqing and others to the city and headed straight to the military camp in the east.
Wen Cheng was anxious to greet him, Li Sangrou jumped off the horse and asked, "What happened? Where is the Grand Marshal?"
"If you suffer a little injury, it is because the commander is injured." Wen Cheng bowed and replied.
Li Sangrou stopped and stared at Wencheng. Seeing that Wencheng was a little haggard, she felt a little relieved.
"Can you speak?" Li Sangrou asked.
"Huh?" Wen Cheng was stunned and then woke up, "The prince is fine, it's something else. Let's go in and talk."
Wencheng said, bowing in and letting Li Sangrou.
In front of the military camp, in the extremely small yard, Gu Xi stood under the corridor with one arm hanging on his chest.
Li Sangrou stepped into the courtyard gate, and through the small patio, from Gu Xi's hanging arm, he saw Gu Xi's smile on his face, breathed a sigh of relief, and simply walked through the patio a few steps, went up the steps, poked Gu Xi's hanging arm with his finger, "Can you recover as usual?"
"Yes, the arrow pierces into the shoulder blades, and it doesn't hurt the muscles and bones." Gu Xi tried hard to lift his arm.
"Don't move, why did you hurt?" Li Sangrou saw the back carefully from the front.
"It's okay. But it's really because of this that I asked you to come back." Gu Xi turned sideways and let Li Sangrou enter the house.
Wen Cheng followed Gu Xi, entered the room, picked up a dark short arrow from the long table, and handed it to Li Sangrou.
"Like your arrow, that blind man is from Nanliang?" Gu Xi signaled Li Sangrou to look at the crossbow arrow.
"Where did you get hurt?" Li Sangrou looked at the arrow carefully and asked with a frown.
"I went outside Jiangling City to check. I was five or six hundred steps away from the city. Thirty or forty arrows were shot from the city wall. They were divided into three rounds, and the correct head was not very good. I injured two or three horses, and the shield blocked more than ten, and four or five people were injured." Gu Xi said in detail.
"It's not a blind man. If you do such a crossbow, the blind man also learns from others. Are you planning to attack Jiangling City? When?" Li Sangrou stood up and put the crossbow arrow back on the long table.
"If it weren't for the injury, the army would have crossed the Han River and was on the way to Jiangling City." Gu Xi looked at Li Sangrou.
"Can you slow down?" Li Sangrou was silent for a moment and asked at Gu Xi.
"What's going on?" Gu Xi asked with a frown.
"I want to go to Jiangling City to see what these crossbows are doing." Li Sangrou answered calmly in response to Gu Xi's gaze.
"Does the master know the origin of Mr. Mi?" Wencheng looked at Li Sangrou and asked tentatively.
"The blind man is very knowledgeable. When he rescued me, he knew that it was not an ordinary person when he saw my sword. However, he only knew how to make crossbows.
After he made this little crossbow for me, I once wanted him to help make some good knives and swords to use for the dark horses and the others, but he knew nothing.
He has read many books and likes Kunshan accent. He knows which wine is good in Jianlecheng more than 20 years ago, which one has the best, which one has the best, and which one has the lively fun.
He hates war, blood, and death. Wherever there is war, famine, and plague, he curses and runs away."
Li Sangrou's answer was very detailed.
"More than 20 years ago, he was building Lecheng?" Gu Xi was very surprised.
"I don't think he is a native of Jianle City." Wen Cheng frowned.
"He never said. He had never said where he was from, who was in his family, where he grew up, and who he learned to make crossbows.
When he made this little crossbow for me, he was most worried, saying that his master said that this would not work, and it might not work, and that would be great if the senior brother was there.
I think there is a master.
I want to go to Jiangling City to see if this crossbow has anything to do with the blind master." Li Sangrou looked at Gu Xi and said.
Gu Xi frowned and looked at Wen Cheng, who frowned even tighter.
"Even if you are a member of the Mi Xiaozi Master, it's nothing. It's normal for the two countries to fight, and each of them chooses their own masters. There is no need to take the risk of seeing this trip." Gu Xi looked at Li Sangjuru and said.
"Last time you said, there is no rush to see this battle to triumph over the world.
Besides, you will have to take care of your injuries for one or two months.
I went over to see it, and even if there was something else, it would only be one or two months." Li Sangrou looked at Wen Cheng from Gu Xi.
"I'm not relieved." After a moment of silence, Gu Xi looked at Li Sang and Judo.
"It won't be a problem. I'll bring Meng Yanqing and the others with me and come out of Jiangling City. I'll send you a message immediately." Li Sangrou said with a smile.
"Okay, you have to be careful." Gu Xi was silent for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"Then I'll go back and prepare and set off tomorrow evening.
If I need help here, I will ask someone to look for you. If I don’t look for it, I don’t have to pay more attention.” Li Sangrou stood up and smiled with Gu Xi.
"Will you come here before leaving tomorrow?" Gu Xi stood up and sent out Li Sangrou.
"But I'm here. I'm not good at riding a horse all the way through Jiangling. Most of the time I'm afraid I have to walk, and the same is true when I come back." Li Sangrou smiled while walking out.
"Well, be careful in everything." Gu Xi sent Li Sangrou to the gate of the yard and watched her turn and couldn't see it.
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Li Sangrou returned to the courtyard opposite the military camp. Dachang and others who were behind had already rushed into the courtyard and were scrubbing with sweat.
"Dachang, dark horse, Lao Meng." Li Sangrou entered the courtyard gate, called Dachang and the other two, and walked straight into the room.
Dachang and the other three hurriedly followed up and stood in a row, looking at Li Sangrou.
"There is one thing that is my private matter." Li Sangrou looked at Meng Yanqing first.
"We brothers follow the boss, both public and private." Meng Yanqing replied with a solemn expression.
"Yes." Li Sangrou looked at Dachang and the Heima, "There are some people in Jiangling City who should be blind men. Let's go and catch a few to bring them out."
"Ah?" Heima's eyes widened, "Blind Uncle?"
"What's the name!" Da Chang slapped the dark horse on the head.
Meng Yanqing raised his eyebrows high and looked at Li Sangrou from the dark horse. He didn't know Mi Xiaozi, but only heard the dark horse say it a few times.
"After Dachang sent everyone over the Han River, he came back to stay here and waited for the support. Heima and Xiao Luzi and a few others, follow me." Li Sangrou looked at Meng Yanqing and continued, "Take all your hands with you, spread them and follow them behind. After you arrive in Jiangling City, don't enter the city, just wait outside the city.
When we come out, unless I call you, I will follow you on guard.”
"Yes." The three of them agreed in unison.
"This trip will only take one or two months. Maybe it will be a fight. Take everything you should take with you and prepare everything you should prepare." Li Sangrou paused and gave another order.
"Yes." The three of them agreed again, and saw Li Sangrou waved her hand and hurried out to prepare.
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The next evening, Gu Xi was wearing a long cloak and covering her injured arm, standing side by side with Wencheng on the city wall, looking at Li Sangrou, dressed in an ordinary farmer's woman and heading north out of the city gate.
"Those who can make those crossbows should not be the nameless." Wen Cheng looked at Li Sangrou who was walking further and further away and said abruptly.
Gu Xi looked back at him, "Brother said that people are formed by causes and conditions.
Like you and me, you have the cause and effect with me, the cause and effect with the Wen family, and the cause and effect with her." Gu Xi pointed to Li Sangrou who was walking further and further, "and also the cause and effect with Ayue, and the cause and effect with other people.
These causes and conditions have their own affection and grudges. Each cause and condition has some things that are not worthy of being told by outsiders.
You and I have many things that you don’t want to know and not be told by outsiders. Naturally, she also has them, and she should have more than us.”
"Well, I just think too much about everything." Wen Cheng replied softly.
"She is open everywhere, she doesn't save money, doesn't have any authority, doesn't even want fame, don't think about it anymore." Gu Xi sighed softly, was silent for a moment, and then said:
"At the beginning, the old emperor was interested in the second brother, and the eldest brother tried his best to assist the second brother. What did the eldest brother think? You and I know exactly what the eldest brother thought.
At that time, how many people believed in my elder brother? How many people thought that my elder brother must have plans, and even suspected me.
In this world, there are always some people who are not just for themselves. Even if you and me do their best, are they all for themselves?
Don't think too much."
"Yes." Wen Cheng followed Gu Xi and nodded softly.
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Li Sangrou left the north gate and went straight north. After walking for more than an hour, he went from north to west and turned to the Han River.
The sky is already dark, and the thin waning moon hangs in the sky, shining weakly on the world.
Among the withered reeds, Da Chang held the boat against the shore.
Li Sangrou, Heima and others got on the boat. Dachang held the boat away. Heima and Datou were rowing the boat on the other side and heading towards the other side.
"Lao Meng and the others divided into three ships. The last ship passed by two quarters of an hour ago. Until now, I have not heard any movement." Da Chang squatted beside Li Sangrou and said quietly.
To be continued...