Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 112 Father and Son Reunion
Under a large flag of the Swiss army, Zong Shenxiu was standing proudly.

He was one of the twelve generals of the Rui Kingdom. He was once Gu Beiming's deputy general. Not long ago, he was transferred to the northern battlefield to fight against Beiyu. But before he reached the northern border, he heard the news of Gu Beiming's rebellion, so he rushed back temporarily, commanded the army, resisted the fierce offensive of the Yong army, and began to counterattack.

If Shen Jichi personally guarded Zhenyun Pass, his purpose was to strengthen the morale of the people of Rui State, and his main role was to strengthen their hearts, then Zong Shenxiu was the one who worked hard and did real things.

At this time, Zong Shenxiu's eyes were not looking at the battlefield, but at the huge sand table in front of him.

Several people were fiddling with the sand table.

They could see very far away, so they played war chess in time, allowing Zong Shenxiu to discover changes on the battlefield more intuitively and quickly than seeing it with his own eyes.

"The giant has reached the pass."

People pushed a few larger war chess pieces on the sand table, and on the battlefield, the giant's several-meter-tall body had indeed reached the pass.

They were just a head taller than the city wall of the pass. They raised their hands and smashed down hard on the Yong army on the top of the city wall. With one sweep, they swept down dozens of Yong army soldiers.

However, the giant crossbow on the top of the city was also set up, and a crossbow arrow shot into the giant's eye with a "whoosh".

"Down came a giant."

The man with sharp eyes quickly moved the sand table for a moment, and then said, "A gap has been smashed into the city wall."

With this sentence, the war turned increasingly in favor of the Swedish army.

"The Fuhui army flew to the top of the city and wiped out the Yong army defenders on the city."

"The vanguard has set up the ladder."

"Our troops have already reached the top of the city."

Zong Shenxiu quickly gave relevant orders.

Then the command flags on the battlefield waved, and the Swiss army prepared to make a concerted effort to capture the pass and achieve the first victory of the strategic counterattack.

But at this moment, a soldier suddenly cried out in surprise.

"what is that?!"

Everyone on the battle stage looked up and saw someone flying towards them in the sky, waving a pair of flaming wings.

"Gu Jingnian?"

Zong Shenxiu murmured something and immediately shouted, "Catch him!"

As he said this, a pair of personal guards immediately rode astride their beasts and flew towards Gu Jingnian in the sky.

Unfortunately, the beasts didn't fly high enough, so they could only get closer to Gu Jingnian and keep shooting arrows at him.

At the same time, Fu Wei let out a sharp cry, rushed up, and crashed into Gu Jingnian.

"boom."

Balls of fire had already hit the battlefield, igniting the wood as the Swedish army shouted "Protect the general!"

The fire shot up into the sky and quickly surrounded Zong Shenxiu.

This incident quickly affected the situation on the battlefield.

Although far away and passing countless figures, Gu Beiming discovered the fate of the main general of the Rui army. He changed his original strategy of retreat and ordered the Xiaoyi Army to attack and storm the center of the Rui army.

At the same time, the elite soldiers riding on the beasts leaped up, landed from time to time, stepped on the heads of the people on the battlefield and flew up again, flew near Gu Jingnian, and shot arrows at the Rui army in the air.

But the real reason why the Rui army could not capture Shaojing Pass today was not this. Instead, many generals in Zong Shenxiu's army gave up the siege and sent their elite troops to capture Gu Jingnian.

Even they knew that taking down Gu Jingnian would be a great achievement.

Therefore, before Zong Shenxiu gave the order, many Swiss troops on the battlefield rushed back like a tide.

This made some people think that perhaps the head coach had died, which in turn accelerated their defeat.

In the midst of the fire on the Rui army's battlefield, Zong Shenxiu slowly walked out, with no harm on his body.

The flames could not cause any harm to him.

He looked up, glanced at Gu Jingnian in the sky, squinted his eyes, and seemed to be thinking about something.

Under the attack of the strange people and beasts in the Rui army, Gu Jingnian flew higher and higher, and farther and farther. When the flames on his wings were almost all gone, he began to flee towards the direction of the Yong army.

Zong Shenxiu quickly turned his gaze back to the battlefield, his eyes regained clarity, and ordered: "Pass on my order, do not pursue Gu Jingnian!"

"Yes!"

"Ming Jin, withdraw your troops."

The current situation is obviously not suitable for the Rui army to continue the attack. The battle that was supposed to capture Shaojing Pass today failed because of Gu Jingnian's distraction.

The Swiss army retreated like a tide. Among them, many soldiers turned around, looked at Gu Beiming's flag, and spat on the ground with disdain.

Although they were just common people, they despised traitors like Gu Beiming.

It’s a pity that I failed to defeat Gu Beiming today, so I could only curse him bitterly.

"traitor."

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"Victory?"

"Victory!"

On the Yong army's battlefield, Gu Jize looked at the battlefield, then at the observer who was in charge of watching the battle. When he heard the observer nod and confirm that Zong Shenxiu had called off the battle, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Winning today's battle was an unexpected surprise. Not only did it create more time for Yong to consolidate its victory, it also greatly boosted morale.

It also played a huge role in enhancing the status of the Gu family in Yong State.

Because of the joy in his heart, Gu Jize felt much more at ease when talking to Gu Beiming and no longer called him "Marshal".

"Father, it's my eleventh brother."

In fact, the father and son of the Gu family had already heard about Gu Jingnian's rebellious act of assassinating the prime minister and burning the palace in Rui State. When they saw someone burning the Rui army's battle platform with fire wings, they could guess that it was him who came.

But Gu Beiming just said "hmm" lightly.

Gu Jize asked, "Should I announce this to the army?"

"Ah."

Gu Beiming did not object, so Gu Jize called in the military officers and asked them to publicize the news that the eleventh son of the Gu family had come to join them. The army immediately cheered, and they were proud of the strength of the Gu family and full of confidence in the future.

At this time, Gu Beiming was wearing black armor, standing on a high platform, with a red cloak fluttering behind him. He put his hands behind his back, looking at his son flying towards him, his figure was majestic.

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

The brave men under his command looked up at Gu Jingnian, who had fought off tens of thousands of enemy soldiers with his own strength, and was flying towards them with his flaming wings flapping, and they couldn't help feeling great pride in their hearts.

Because they themselves are very strong, the coach they follow is also very strong, and now the coach's son is coming with such a strong attitude, which has injected strong confidence into their future.

Amid cheers, Gu Jingnian gradually flew in front of Gu Beiming.

He slowed down his flying speed and stood in the air.

The father and son had not seen each other for five years. At first, they felt a little strange, but gradually, some good and bad memories came to their minds, so Gu Jingnian's face darkened and his eyes looked a little unhappy.

A faint, warm smile appeared on Gu Beiming's originally stern face, and he extended his hand to his son.

They looked very similar, with the same sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, and the same high nose bridge. When Gu Jingnian's fire wings extinguished and landed next to Gu Beiming, everyone knew at a glance that they were father and son.

However, the first thing Gu Beiming did was not to ask about Gu Jingnian's recent situation, but to face the soldiers under his command, raised Gu Jingnian's arm high, and declared the strength of the Gu family with a proud gesture.

"My son is back!"

"That hypocritical and cowardly Swiss court can't stop my son!"

In response, he was met with overwhelming calls.

"The Marshal is mighty, the Marshal is mighty!"

The wind was mixed with a lot of fine sand and ashes, which made Gu Jingnian's eyes feel uncomfortable, but he stood there without moving. He just said lightly: "I heard that you are also a healer like me."

"Who did you listen to?"

"Chu Danqing."

Gu Beiming nodded, neither admitting nor denying.

Gu Jingnian refused to give up and continued, "I always thought you loved Gu Jizu very much, but it seems that you don't?"

Gu Beiming sighed: "I love every one of my children, including you."

As soon as these words came out, a disdainful smile immediately appeared on Gu Jingnian's face, and he only felt Gu Beiming's hypocrisy.

But Gu Beiming changed the subject and said, "It's true that I love you, but I also have ambitions that I must achieve. I won't sacrifice for anyone, including you."

He did not even turn his head, his eyes still fixed on the soldiers under his command, but his tone was sonorous and powerful, which actually added some credibility to his previous words.

Gu Jingnian sneered, "So, you abandoned your family and betrayed your country, without even considering the lives of the hundreds of people in your family?"

"Are they dead?" Gu Beiming asked back.

Gu Jingnian asked back, "Is this what you expected? If I hadn't experienced this, do you think Ruiguo wouldn't have killed them?"

Gu Beiming said: "I'm not sure, I just know that a real man should make decisions when necessary."

Although he didn't say it, there is a fact that even if the Rui Kingdom court killed all the Gu family members who stayed in Jing, the Gu family would not be extinct. After all, he still had a son and several grandsons living with him in Yong Kingdom. If all else failed, he could just have another child.

Gu Jingnian was about to ask him why he wanted to commit treason, but Gu Beiming no longer had the interest to talk. He turned around and went to appease his troops.

"Eleventh brother."

Gu Jize stepped forward and patted Gu Jingnian on the shoulder, saying, "I haven't seen you for many years. You have grown so tall."

"Fourth brother."

Most of the men in the Gu family joined the army when they were young. Gu Jize had not returned to Beijing many times in more than ten years. Gu Jingnian was not familiar with him, but because he wanted to ask him something, he was still quite polite.

Gu Jize was a straightforward person. He smiled and said, "Now that you are here, you should stay here and wait for your father to apply for an official position for you. The situation in Yong State is different from that in Rui State. There is no ban on the survival of strangers. You can live an upright life in the future."

"Brother, do you know why father betrayed the country?"

"Hush." Gu Jize lowered his voice and said, "What else could it be? It's nothing more than persecution by Ruiting. They said that someone from the capital came to reward them, but in fact they came to seize power and assassinate them. Since my eldest brother has been killed, how can father just sit there and surrender?"

This reason is indeed reasonable, and Gu Jingnian also believes that this is partly the reason why Gu Beiming rebelled. But since the Rui Kingdom wants to capture Gu Beiming at all costs, there must be other hidden reasons.

He thought again that it might be related to Ying Yao.

Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that Gu Beiming had not asked him about his fire wings just now, as if he already knew the origin of the pair of wings...

(End of this chapter)