A fast horse galloped into the Anxi Army camp.

Luoyang city was defeated and Anxi army won a great victory!

After the city was broken, Chang Zhong led his army directly into the Duji Daofu and fought fiercely with the Chinese army directly under the guard Niu Tingjie. Half an hour later, the remaining enemies in Luoyang City were either dead or surrendered. The rebel general Niu Tingjie held on until the last moment. When the remaining enemies in the city were basically defeated,

Despite the purge, Niu Tingjie still refused to surrender and fought bloody battles with the Anxi Army until he was beheaded by Chang Zhong himself.

Gu Qing looked at the military report without saying a word for a long time, and murmured: "This Niu Tingjie is a good man, but it's a pity that he chose the wrong owner."

Soon, Wang Gui followed the scouts who reported the victory and rushed to the Anxi Army camp.

Wang Gui, who was covered in dust and had a tired face, went straight into the commander's tent. After giving Gu Qing a detailed report on how he defeated Luoyang City, he wiped the dust off his face and smiled honestly at Gu Qing.

Gu Qing patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "That's right, you have done great things for me again. You boy is born to do great things. I saw you right."

Wang Gui chuckled and said, "I'm just doing the errands as ordered by the father-in-law. It's okay if I don't do anything wrong. I don't expect to do anything big as a villain."

Gu Qing looked him up and down and asked with concern: "Are you injured?"

Wang Gui shook his head and smiled: "It's all sneaky work. When you encounter danger, just run fast and you'll be fine."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "Remember the battle achievements first, and report them later. After you have done such a big thing, I will treat you to meat."

Wang Gui said happily: "If I can get a meal of meat from my father-in-law, I am willing to exchange my military exploits for it."

Gu Qing smiled and praised: "Although you look a bit ugly, your mouth is so sweet..."

He asked Huangfu Sisi outside the handsome tent to choose a good leg of lamb. Gu Qing personally grilled the meat for Wang Gui. After it was cooked, Wang Gui took it over unceremoniously and bit into the leg of lamb, with the golden oil flowing down the corners of his mouth.

His eating appearance is as ugly as his appearance.

Gu Qing quietly looked at Wang Gui who was devouring his food with a ferocious expression, and suddenly said: "Does your mother-in-law think you are ugly?"

Wang Gui almost choked with a mouthful of meat and choked up. After coughing hard for a while, he replied: "Master, are you really sincere in inviting me to eat meat?"

Gu Qing said sympathetically: "So you think your appearance has affected your appetite? You can't even lift it when eating meat?"

"That's not what I mean..." Wang Gui sighed, suddenly feeling that his appetite was indeed affected, but it was definitely not because of his appearance.

It was very hurtful and insulting, but Wang Gui still had to smile: "The villain's mother-in-law dare not think that I am ugly, because she will be beaten."

Gu Qing shook his head and said sincerely: "Violence cannot solve the problem. Ugliness is ugly. It is irrefutable. If you beat your mother-in-law, you will feel guilty. But my mother-in-law is different, because even if I beat her, I can't beat her..."

Wang Gui opened his mouth, not knowing whether to comfort or follow his words and praise his mother-in-law for her power.

Suddenly I felt that the meat was not so fragrant.

"My father-in-law has a majestic face, he is not angry, he has a majestic head and horns, he is born extraordinary, and his weapons are majestic... My wife is full of admiration for you." Wang Gui said dryly, these words used up all his life's culture.

training.

Gu Qing sighed: "Look, you have praised me so much, but you don't praise me for being handsome, which means you don't think I'm good-looking, and neither does my mother-in-law. She doesn't think I'm ugly, she just thinks I'm not happy, and I'm not

Why do red envelopes during festivals have to look festive?”

Wang Gui said nonchalantly: "Miss Huangfu, isn't she... right?"

"Oh, I'm not talking about Sisi, I'm talking about another wife. You know, I should have several wives... Your ultimate goal in life is to be a landlord and have a wife and two concubines. I accidentally accomplished it.

"Gu Qing said Versailles unintentionally.

Wang Gui suddenly felt that he couldn't chat anymore, and he really didn't know how to continue the conversation with the father-in-law.

"Uh, congratulations...congratulations, sir."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "You have made great achievements for me, and you deserve to be rewarded. You are someone I value very much, so in our free time, you and I should get closer to each other and have fun chatting about everyday things. You see, what we just said

The chatting process is very pleasant, right?”

"...Yes." Wang Gui gritted his teeth and said.

Gu Qing's smile suddenly faded and he said in a deep voice: "After eating, I still have something to tell you. You have made a great contribution to destroying Luoyang City, but you can't rest now. You have to go to Tongguan immediately, and the same routine will be repeated to Tongguan again.

, this time it should be well-founded.”

Wang Gui also said sternly: "Yes, when Luoyang City was destroyed, the villain kept an eye on him and asked General Chang to capture alive a deputy general of the rebel army. He interrogated him for a long time and determined that he had no old friends from the same hometown among the Tongguan rebels.

Someone got his belt and decided to pretend to be his name and sneak into Tongguan."

Gu Qing nodded and said: "Although it is the same strategy, it is still useful for Tongguan. What we are fighting is the time difference. We will also give you two thousand troops and mobilize Shen Tian to cooperate with you. You can adapt to the situation. I

The main force of the Anxi Army will arrive soon. Whether you can outwit Tongguan depends on you alone. Wang Gui, don't let me down."

Wang Gui stood up, clasped his fists, and said solemnly: "I am willing to go through fire and water for the Lord. If Tongguan is not broken, I will kill myself at the top of Tongguan City to apologize to the Lord."

"It's not that serious. You have to come back alive and intact before Tongguan is broken. Even if you fail, you are still someone I value very much."

Wang Gui nodded movedly, turned around and left with firm eyes.

After Wang Gui left, Gu Qing sat alone in the commander's tent for a long time and suddenly raised his voice: "Han Jie, order the Anxi Army to break camp and march to Tongguan!"

…………

The Anxi Army set out quickly. As early as when Wang Gui and Shen Tian sneaked into Luoyang City, Gu Qing had ordered the entire army to pack up their camps and be ready to set off at any time.

An hour later, the vanguard of the army had set off. Gu Qing was riding on his horse, silently looking at the demolished camp gate, as well as the Xiangzhou governor and people not far away who came to see him off.

The places where the Anxi Army garrisoned often had unpleasant troubles with the local government, because as soon as the Anxi Army set up camp, they sent people to occupy the local official warehouses. The food materials in the official warehouses were unceremoniously used by the Anxi Army for military purposes. The local governor was so angry that he jumped to his feet.

However, the Anxi army was helpless.

Especially after Gu Qing and Li Heng reached a deal, the grain in the official warehouses of the southern states was reasonably and legally taken over. Gu Qing solved the Anxi Army's grain problem, but the local officials hated Gu Qing and gritted their teeth.

On the contrary, the local people were quite friendly to the Anxi Army. Every time the Anxi Army broke camp and left, the local people would spontaneously go out of the city to see them off. The richer landowners would even donate some food, meat and vegetables to reward the army.

The Anxi Army was rude and rude to the government, but they did nothing to the common people. Gu Qing had issued a military order long before entering the customs. Those who harassed and robbed the people would be severely punished. This military order was not just a formality, but a real statement.

executed.

Wang Gui, who had made great military exploits for Gu Qing, was considered a celebrity in Gu Qing's eyes. He just secretly touched a peasant girl's buttocks and was punished by Gu Qing with ten strokes of a military stick. He also forced him to marry the girl. From then on

It can be seen at first glance how strict the military law of the Anxi Army is. Gu Qing would not even spare Wang Gui, who was very favored in front of him, let alone ordinary soldiers.

The vanguard was already on the road, and the Chinese army had begun to set off one after another. Gu Qing, escorted by Han Jie and other personal guards, was about to ride forward, but was stopped on the road by an old man in civilian clothes. The old man was supported by two young disciples.

Kneeling tremblingly in the middle of the road.

Gu Qing was stunned and hurriedly dismounted and helped the old man up.

The old man is already in his twilight years, his withered hands can't stop shaking, his throat is moving, and there is always a mouthful of phlegm that cannot be spit out, which is stuck in the throat and makes a rattling sound.

"The old man cannot accept such a gift, and the younger generation cannot afford it." Gu Qing supported the old man and said.

The old man coughed a few times and said: "I was born in the reign of Emperor Ruizong. In my life, I have experienced the prosperous age of Kaiyuan and the Tianbao chaos. Now I have seen the barbarian rebellion. The Tang Dynasty has been turbulent for nearly a hundred years. I have seen everything I should see."

Yes, I know what is good and what is evil, and I know it in my heart. Today, on behalf of the folks in Xiangzhou, I say goodbye to the Anxi Army and thank the Anxi Army for their kindness in protecting Xiangzhou these days."

Gu Qing didn't even dare to say so, his expression was very humble.

The old man sighed: "We are ordinary people. We don't understand what you big shots are fighting for for power and supremacy. We just want to live a peaceful life for a few generations. The sacrifices made by our predecessors have brought us decades of prosperity in the Tang Dynasty."

, What a pity, he was defeated by a foreign barbarian like this, this one should be killed by a thousand cuts."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "Old man, An Lushan is dead."

"A good death! He deserves to be chopped into pieces with a thousand knives!" The old man spat hard, and then sighed: "If An Lushan is dead, can life be peaceful?"

Gu Qing was silent for a moment and said softly: "Once the rebellion is put down, there will naturally be peace."

"Mr. Gu, you are a big shot, but you can't lie to me. After the rebellion is suppressed, will the world really be at peace? Will the world still be prosperous?"

Gu Qing sighed: "There may still be some small turbulence, but there will definitely be peace. As for the prosperous times, there will be them, I guarantee it."

The old man seemed to have some dementia. Hearing the words, he murmured: "The prosperous times are good, the prosperous times are good! In the Kaiyuan years, the official warehouses were abundant, the people were abundant, the fields were harvested well, every family had a surplus, and occasionally they could eat meat.

, marry a woman who knows how to manage the family, and at the end of the year, she can grit her teeth and make new clothes for her children. After a man has finished his work, he can occasionally drink half a pot of glutinous rice. That is what a prosperous age should be like..."

Shaking his head, the old man sighed sadly: "After more than twenty years of good times, why have we become like this? The common people have not had enough..."

Gu Qing's heart was heavy. He didn't know how to answer the simple question.

Then the old man seemed to have come back to his senses, and smiled apologetically at Gu Qing, and said: "I am a little confused, Mr. Gu, don't blame me. I just hope that the Anxi Army can quickly put down the rebellion and regain the lost territory, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty can look eastward."

, I hope Master Wang will go north to Guanzhong to welcome back the Holy Emperor."

Gu Qing nodded and said seriously: "Don't worry, old man, the Anxi Army will not let down the people's expectations."

Saying goodbye to the old man, Gu Qing mounted his horse. The old man suddenly grabbed the reins and said in a trembling tone: "Mr. Gu, will the Tang Dynasty still have a prosperous age in the future?"

Gu Qing was silent for a while, then said with a smile: "May this old man live a hundred years, open your eyes and take a good look, I will give you a happy and prosperous life."

"Who gave us prosperity?"
Chapter completed!