Chapter 412 Three hundred and seventieth IX to live

It turned out that Muse was sent away by Du Wei far away, and arranged a mission to patrol around the battlefield with the cavalry. Long before the final annihilation of the infantry of the Northwest Army, Du Wei had already made up his mind not to participate in this battle, but arranged for thousands of cavalry to patrol around this area to prevent some deserters from scattering after the war. The status of Muse is different. Although Du Wei brought this guy to the battlefield, how could he really let Muse go to battle?It would be much safer to give him this job.Thousands of cavalry were scattered into countless small teams to patrol around, and Muse was appointed as a ten-man cavalry commander to lead ten cavalry in charge of a designated area—of course, under Du Wei's arrangement, Muse was appointed The area that the team is in charge of is extremely far from the battlefield.

Originally, Muse was assigned such a painless job, so she was naturally very unconvinced.But Du Wei is the commander-in-chief, and if the military order is suppressed, he can't do it if he doesn't listen. Moreover, he has been frightened by Du Wei's rectification for a long time, so how dare he go to Du Wei to argue? The sullen Muse took the ten cavalry under his command to patrol along the northeast direction of the battlefield, and ran outside for two days without finding anything.At that time, the final battle of annihilation was drawing to a close, but Muse was patrolling thirty miles away from the battlefield.

On the evening of the previous day, Muse, who was disheartened, led his men to rest by a forest in the northeast. Muse tied the horse to the tree in boredom, and took a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth. Here, resting lazily on the tree trunk, he scolded Du Wei for being biased in his heart, pitiful for his ambition, finally encountered such a big battle, and only hoped to show his talent and stand out in this war, but Being "assigned" to such a ghostly place... I'm afraid it's also destiny, if luck comes, it can't be stopped. Although Muse was angry in his heart, he still acted like a captain in front of the ten cavalrymen under him. After resting for a while, and having enough horsepower, he ordered his men to enter the forest and search around for a while...

When I gave this order, I swear to the Almighty Goddess that the Muse never expected to gain anything. Hell... The battle ended two days ago, and I ran to this ghost place, let alone caught any deserters from the Northwest Army, and there was not even a ghost along the way. But after entering the woods and searching for a while, two experienced cavalrymen under him suddenly reported that they found traces of horseshoes ahead! This news immediately excited Muse—could it be a deserter from the Northwest Army?Anyway, this damn mission is almost over, although I don't like it, but anyway, I have to gain something to go back, so I can save face, otherwise, besides leading the troops to the battlefield, I will go back empty-handed, I'm afraid that abominable Duke Tulip is going to mock himself again!

Muse immediately cheered up and led the people all the way to catch up quickly. Walked to the end of the forest, but saw a small stream here.In this place in the northwest, any place with a source of water is very precious.After careful identification, Muse's men confirmed that someone had indeed passed along the bank of the stream.And judging from the traces of the horseshoes, an experienced cavalryman under him concluded that the opponent's horse seemed to be exhausted, and it didn't go far! At this time, Muse had an extra mind. First, he ordered half of the people to go around quickly from one side to the front to intercept, and then he took the remaining five people to chase carefully.

Finally, the sky paid off, and in the evening, Muse finally caught up with the target. The cavalry under him had all been trained as scouts, and after carefully approaching the target quietly, they determined the opponent's position. It seems that the target of the pursuit should be very tired. Muse and his party slowly climbed over a high slope, and saw someone resting on the downstream bank of the creek.What made Muse even more excited was that the opponent's horse was already dead! ! With the light of the evening sunset, Muse immediately recognized that the saddle style of the opponent's horse was the standard style of the Northwest Army, and that poor war horse seemed to be exhausted after running all the way, kneeling on the ground. The ground seemed to be immobile.

On the edge of the creek, there were two people, one of them was half lying on the ground, as if he had been injured, the other took off his helmet, used his helmet to hold water in the creek, and then ran back and knelt on the side of the creek. Next to the person lying on the ground, feed him water. Both of them were wearing armor, which was obviously in the style of the Northwest Army! After confirming the other party's identity, Muse's heart suddenly became warm. He was about to draw his sword and jump out, but was immediately caught by his cavalry.An experienced cavalryman had served as a scout and was very experienced in this kind of reconnaissance and observation of the enemy. He quietly told Muse that he recognized that the two were not only the Northwest Army, but also from the armor worn by the other party, I am afraid that they were of the same rank. Quite not low!

The guy kneeling on the ground with his helmet in his hand was wearing armor that would only be worn by the captains of the guards or high-ranking guards around senior generals, and the guy lying on the ground who looked injured was even more terrible. The armor on his body is obviously a senior officer. "At least a guy above the level of a leader! If I'm wrong, I'm willing to cut off my own head!" The scout cavalry told Muse sternly. Muse immediately sank. Although he is eager to make contributions, he is not reckless after all.After calculating the power comparison between the enemy and ourselves, he immediately came up with a very clever comparison result: the enemy is strong and we are weak!

Those who can serve as personal bodyguards or personal captains of senior officers, generally speaking, have the strength of a warrior of the third or fourth rank!And the guy lying on the ground, since he is a high-ranking officer, and he is at the commanding level... I am afraid that he is stronger.With the faint light, Muse could barely see the knight badge on the guy's chest.Although I can't see the level clearly, what is certain is that the level is definitely not low! A knight of level three or four, plus a knight above intermediate level (even if he is injured), and Muse himself, his own strength is at most level three, probably not yet.And the few cavalry under his command are just ordinary cavalry.If there was a fight, he rushed forward rashly with five ordinary soldiers, let alone arresting people, I was afraid that these few people would be killed by the opponent in a short while!

Turn around and find reinforcements?It was too late. When she was worrying, Muse's eyes suddenly fell on the stream next to her, and she immediately had an idea. As the sky gradually darkened, Muse took out two small bottles from his arms, and then asked one of his cavalrymen to go back for a while, and poured all the contents of the bottles into the stream. As the stream flowed, Muse nervously looked at the two targets downstream, praying secretly in her heart. Perhaps his prayers really had an effect.The man lying on the ground seemed to say something in a low voice, which seemed to indicate that he still wanted to drink water. The guard immediately ran back to the edge of the stream, filled his helmet with water and came back.

I have to say that Muse was lucky.Because what he poured into the playing water was a magic potion—it was not his, but it was given to him by his sister, Mrs. Liszt, before the Muse set off.This potion was originally just a painkiller, and a small amount of it could relieve pain.Originally, Mrs. Liszt gave Muse these medicines because she was worried that Muse would be injured on the battlefield. However, if this drug is taken in excess, it will make people faint, and even lose the feeling of limbs for a short time. Two bottles of medicine were poured into the stream, but the timing was just right!If the guy had filled the water earlier, the medicine hadn't flowed down the creek yet.If the water is filled later, the medicine will be washed downstream by the stream. From this point of view... we have to say that Guhuatuoluo's life was bad. Poor Guhuaduoluo, he was so angry that Du Wei vomited blood before, and later he was injured in the battle, and escaped after being knocked out by his loyal guards. Fleeing here at this moment, the injury on his body flared up, and he felt thirsty especially after the injury. Gudu Gudu drank a helmet full of water in one breath, and suddenly felt his body gradually stiff and numb. What he just wanted to say, I felt that my tongue was numb, and then I straightened my neck, and fell backwards with a thud. His guard was taken aback, and was about to pick up Guhuaduoluo, when he heard a screaming voice from the woods behind: "Caught it!" Then I saw a few figures jumping out from the forest. They were the cavalrymen of the Tulip family. Guhuaduoluo's guards were heartbroken and came up to fight with their swords. This guy had the determination to die in his heart, and swore to defend Guhuaduoluo to the death. In the end, they only met each other a few times, and Muse and five subordinates couldn't deal with each other!Instead, this guy chopped down two subordinates with two swords. Fortunately, they were only wounded and not killed. Seeing the opponent's momentum like a mad tiger, Muse almost got a sword from the opponent, and suddenly saw Guhuatuoluo on the ground, with a thought, he had an idea, took two steps back, and shouted loudly: "Whoever this Guy! The one on the ground can’t move, hack the one on the ground to death first!!” As he spoke, he struck first, stabbing at Guhuaduoluo on the ground with one sword at a time.Where is this guard willing to let his master be killed?Naturally, he tried his best to stop it. But he had to fight, protect himself, and Guhuaduoluo on the ground by himself, so he couldn't take care of him.Muse, I'm afraid he has been in the Northwest for a long time, and he has been contaminated with Du Wei's insidiousness and cunning, so he took advantage of the swarming efforts of his men to assassinate Guhuaduoluo, and spotted this loyal guard who is desperate. Resisting with a sword, he saw the opportunity and stabbed the guard with several swords.In the end, the guard let out an unwilling roar before finally falling down. Muse breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly asked someone to take out the rope, tied both of them up, and then carefully inspected the two captives. After a look, they were really obedient! Although Guhuaduoluo was paralyzed all over his body and could not speak, his attire looked like a senior general in the Northwest Army! Muse searched Guhuatuoluo's body again with his own hands, and finally found Guhuatuoluo's personal items, which had Guhuatuoluo's name on it. "Hahahaha... Du Wei, Du Wei! Tell you to underestimate me! This time, I will make a great contribution to show you!!" Muse laughed with her hands on her hips. ... When Guhuaduoluo was caught by Muse, he was so angry that he passed out directly.I don't know how long it took, but when he woke up and turned around, he found himself in a secret room, surrounded by thick walls, without seeing the sun. I opened my hands, both wrists were pressed against the wall, and the shackles were nailed to the wall, and iron chains were tied under my feet.Naturally, the armor on his body was long gone, and his mind was a little dizzy. Fortunately, in this room, there is a brazier in the middle, so the body is not too cold. Guhuaduoluo moved his tongue slightly, and a numb core was stuffed in his mouth. He knew that the other party was afraid that he would bite his tongue to commit suicide, so he blocked his mouth. He took a deep breath, and found that he couldn't raise his fighting spirit at all, his whole body was weak, and he didn't have any strength at all. Guhuaduoluo sighed secretly in his heart, and simply didn't make any efforts.Anyway, there is nothing serious except death, and those who are defeated by themselves should die as soon as they die. With a click, there was the sound of unlocking the door of the room. Guhuaduoluo opened his eyes wide and looked, and then amidst the sound of light footsteps, a person walked in slowly. After he came in, the door behind him It quickly closed. "Give me an order, anyone who dares to come within ten steps of this room, kill!" When Gu Huaduo heard the voice, his heart jumped immediately!He recognized the voice! Du Wei walked slowly in front of Guhuaduoluo, he sighed softly, then smiled and said: "Dear General Guhuaduoluo, long time no see." Guhuaduoluo snorted and did not look at Du Wei.However, Du Wei stretched out his hand and took out the hemp core stuffed in Guhuaduoluo's mouth, then patted Guhuaduoluo's shoulder lightly, took out the key, clicked a few times, and locked his shackles. All are open. Guhuaduoluo staggered and fell off the wall, moved his hands and feet, and immediately looked at Du Wei vigilantly: "What are you thinking about! Let go of my shackles, aren't you afraid that I will go all out! There are only two of us here. personal!" Du Wei rolled his eyes: "Don't waste your energy. I gave you my specially prepared magic potion, and you don't even want to use up your fighting spirit. Although you are a warrior, you have no fighting spirit and no weapons in your hands. , I will give you one hand and one foot, and you can't even beat me." After Du Wei finished speaking, he pointed to the only table in the room and said with a smile, "Now, let's sit down and chat, General Guhuaduoluo." Gu Huaduoluo's heart sank: "You, what kind of heart do you have! Hmph, are you trying to recruit me?! It is absolutely impossible for me to work for you! Du Wei!" Du Wei spread his hands and said lightly: "I never thought about it. To be honest, before I came in just now, I had 'executed' you in front of thousands of eyes. I quietly sent someone to find you from the battlefield. A corpse came, put on your armor, then smeared its face with blood, and pronounced your death sentence in front of many people, then threw that corpse into the fire and burned it directly.” As he said that, Du Wei smiled and looked at Guhuaduoluo: "In other words, dear General Guhuaduoluo, you are now a 'dead man'. The whole world thinks you are dead." Guhuaduoluo shuddered, stared at Du Wei in disbelief, and said in disbelief, "You...why did you do this?" "Of course it's to save your life." Du Wei sneered: "I don't want to hand you over. Your life is far more valuable than imagined!" Looking at Guhuaduoluo with a surprised face, Du Wei smiled kindly: "Okay, sit down and talk. General, now that the battle is over, we don't need to be so hostile anymore. Don't worry, I will not kill you. On the contrary, I will do everything in my power to protect you! Protect your life and safety. I will not even let anyone know that you are alive!" Gu Huaduoluo was heartbroken, and sat down heavily, but stared at Du Wei: "No matter what ideas you want to hit me... Du Wei, I tell you, I will never surrender to you!" Du Wei rubbed his chin, laughed a few times, and then asked abruptly: "General Guhuatuoluo, there is a purple oval birthmark on your back and lower waist, right? And your feet... …Well, the little finger on your right foot is gone, when you were young, you encountered an incident, and it turned out that the little finger on your right foot was cut off at that time, right? " Hearing this, Guhuaduoluo stood up abruptly, looked at Du Wei in surprise, and then quickly lowered his head to look at his clothes. "Don't get me wrong, I didn't take off your clothes while you were unconscious..." Du Wei laughed: "You are not a woman, and I am not interested in seeing your body. I don't need to talk about it myself. Check and I'll know!" Guhuaduoluo's voice trembled a little: "You...how did you know that!" "Of course I have my own way." Du Wei muttered quickly, then he moved a little closer and stared at Guhuaduoluo's eyes: "Your eye sockets are slightly shallower than ordinary people, and your nose bridge is also slightly thicker. A little collapsed... Well, although you have a scar on your nose, which makes people overlook it, but if you look carefully, you can still see a little bit. Your nose bridge is slightly collapsed than that of ordinary Roland people... These are the characteristics of mixed blood, right? General Guhuaduoluo? You are not a pure Roland! You have the blood of the grassland people!" Guhuaduoluo's eyes were a little flustered, but he said bravely: "Huh! Even if it is so what! Anyway, I have been defeated and have nothing. Even if you know that I have the blood of the prairie people, how can you still use this threat? me!!" Du Wei ignored Guhuaduoluo, but continued to speak slowly on his own. "Guhuaduoluo, you are forty-one years old this year, born in the winter of the 922nd year of the empire. You were born in the north of the empire, and came to the northwest with your mother when you were five years old... Hehe, but I'm afraid you You can’t even remember what happened in the north. But it’s okay, I’ve checked it out for you! When you were five years old, you came to the northwest. Your mother was a grassland girl, and she was originally a slave girl in a noble family. , was later rewarded to a servant of that noble family. And that servant is your father... Oh, to be precise, it should be your adoptive father! Because you are not his own. When you were five years old, your adoptive father brought your mother and you to the Northwest to settle down because of his contribution to that noble family and the slavery that helped your mother escape.Your adoptive father and others partnered to trade horses in the Northwest, and your family was already doing well... But when you were eleven years old, your family suffered a catastrophe! Because your father had a conflict with someone, it is said that he was a business competitor, and poisoned your adoptive father by means.And on the second night of your father's death, a group of people rushed into your house and tried to kill the grass. During that accident, you were cut on your foot with a sword and lost your little finger on your right foot.And your mother was also killed by those people.You were going to die too, but it happened that a group of patrolling soldiers from the Northwest Army passed by and saved your life. After that, you survived a catastrophe, and it happened that the Northwest Army was recruiting people at that time, so you signed up to join the army, but you were too young to join the army, so you were spotted by a commanding officer of the Northwest Army and became his personal entourage.It was also the officer who taught you martial arts because you were young and smart. You have good talent and improved rapidly. After you were fifteen years old, you successfully entered the Northwest Army. Then, when you were seventeen years old, you just caught up with the war between the empire and the prairie people. You emerged in that war, made great achievements, and got promoted all the way—originally, with your current status It is absolutely impossible to be promoted too fast because of your age, but the Northwest Army was damaged after the war, so although you were young at the time, you were promoted exceptionally because of your military merits.After the war, you were promoted to command officer at the age of nineteen!Afterwards, you led the troops well and were appreciated by Lu Gao, step by step you rose to the top in the Northwest Army, and finally became Lu Gao's confidant! When you were thirty-one years old, you were promoted to the rank of general. In that year, you also did another thing, that is, you found the enemy who was said to have poisoned your adoptive father. One night, you With the soldiers under his command, he massacred the entire family and thirty-three people!That incident was a big one, even if you were a general of the empire, you couldn't trample on the laws of the empire like this, but Lu Gao appreciated you and protected you, no one dared to pursue this matter.It is also because of this incident that you are grateful to Lu Gao in your heart and have been loyal to him until today. " After Du Wei finished speaking in one breath, he looked at Guhuaduoluo with a smile: "Am I right?" Guhuaduoluo was speechless, his eyes widened, he stared at Du Wei, opened his lips, but couldn't say a word. "I also know some special things, that is... when you took revenge, you killed that enemy's family, but you arrested that enemy's family and tortured him carefully, but that guy didn't say that he went to kill you at night. Who was the murderer with your mother! And he also denied that he sent someone to kill the weeds! You have been hurting about this thing, haven't you?" Guhuaduoluo grasped the corner of the table with both hands, his fingers turned white with force, staring at Du Wei: "You... don't you know? How do you know so many things!!" Du Wei said lightly: "I just know." He patted Guhuatuoluo on the shoulder hard, and sighed: "Poor...you are also a hard-working person. To be honest, Guhuaduoluo, in my eyes, you are just a defeated general. An insignificant person, like an ant, was crushed to death. Fortunately, I learned about you in advance, so your identity is really not simple!!" He stared into Guhuaduoluo's eyes: "Here, we have agreed in advance! Since I quietly saved your life, I naturally want to use you! You must be clear about this. I also know that no conditions can be bought You. You are a loyal person to Lu Gao... But if I can tell you, what is the origin of the person who sent someone to your house to kill your mother and almost killed you... ...What do you think of this condition?" Seeing that Guhuaduoluo's body was trembling uncontrollably, Du Wei slowly threw out the last attractive condition! "It's nothing serious except death! But a man, if you don't know it before, it's fine. But after you know it, you can't even avenge your mother's death, so you die. I'm afraid you don't want to be reconciled?" Du Wei stared Looking at Guhuaduoluo: "I don't want you to do special things either. As long as you stay here well, live well, don't commit suicide, eat what you want, drink what you want, and sleep when you want to sleep. Wait until I let you The day it appears! I promise, even if you can't kill your enemy with your own hands, at least I can let you see the day your enemy dies. Do you understand?" "You...what do you know!" Guhuaduoluo asked in a hoarse and trembling voice, "you...I...that enemy, who is it?!" Du Wei smiled. "Your biological father." These words hit Guhuaduoluo's heart like a heavy hammer! Biological father? ! Guhuaduoluo's mother was originally a slave girl in a noble family. Because she was young and beautiful, she was naturally destined to be treated as a plaything.And it was used by that noble family to serve some distinguished guests back then... As for who Guhuaduoluo's own father was, he never knew.I also asked my mother when I was young, but my mother didn't say anything.Later, he became sensible and knew that this kind of experience was also a kind of tragic memory for his mother, so he didn't mention it again, so as not to make her sad. But... Du Wei's words today made Guhuaduoluo suddenly go crazy! "Your father is a man of great status." Du Wei said slowly: "Unfortunately, it is precisely because of his status that he must not have any illegitimate children outside. Otherwise, once this matter is exposed, he Your future will be ruined. So... just when you were eleven years old, your father experienced a big change and opportunity. Just when he was about to make a big splash, in order to keep it secret, he sent someone Go to the northwest to kill you! Because you are his son, if you are found by his enemies and expose your identity, then he will lose everything! As a result, this will cause your misery Fate." "He...he, who is...who...who? Who???" Guhuaduoluo roared loudly, but the man in his forties was crying. "You must have heard of this name. He is now a very famous person on the mainland. But, I can't tell you now. Guhuaduoluo... I said, you stay here obediently and cooperate with me. As long as You are alive, and one day, I promise to give you a chance to take revenge...at least let you see the day he dies. How about it? I don't want you to be loyal to me, I don't want you to lead the army to fight for me, as long as you are Here, just live obediently." "Live...live..." Guhuaduoluo clenched his fists so hard that his nails pierced his palm deeply, dripping with blood...