Guan Yan said: "Sunset Pass, nothing was found, it's abnormal."
Junze frowned. He had expected that things that happened more than 20 years ago would be difficult to investigate, but with Guan Yan's ability, it was too suspicious to go there for so long without finding any abnormalities.
Someone must have deliberately concealed the truth.
Guan Yan continued: "Yongxue Pass is different."
Junze said: "Tell me more specifically."
Just as Guan Yan was about to speak, Junze interrupted him and brought out pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Guan Yan writes much faster than speaking.
Guan Yan sat down with a solemn expression and quickly wrote on it: "I searched hard at Sunset Pass to no avail. When I was planning to return to Beijing, I passed by Yongxue Pass and casually asked a lame veteran stationed at the Sunset Pass about the battle at Sunset Pass.
The veteran was hesitant and hesitant, as if he was hiding something. I tortured him into questioning, and the veteran said that the Gu family's army suffered heavy casualties."
Indeed, no one from the Gu family army who was guarding Sunset Pass survived.
Guan Yan continued to write: "The Gu Jiajun fought hard for four months and died countless deaths in battle, freeze to death, starvation, and illness."
Junze suddenly thought of the days when he and Gu Yu stayed in Tongning County, and the uneasiness in his heart gradually increased, and said: "Four months?"
Guan Yan nodded.
Junze panicked and said, "Where is Shao Wuji? Shao Wuji has been leading his troops to Sunset Pass for reinforcements since the beginning of autumn."
Guan Yan wrote on the paper: "Shao Wuji always guarded Yongxue Pass and never sent out troops."
Junze was shocked and said: "How could this happen?"
Isn't the battle with Xirong a child's play? At that time, the Xirong soldiers were strong and strong, and they repeatedly knocked on the border, and they had a big plan to invade the Central Plains.
Before Sunset Pass, the pass had been lost, and the Xirong people burned, killed, and looted at the border pass, committing all kinds of evil.
The Sunset Pass was the last and most important pass connecting Xirong and the Yu Dynasty. If the Sunset Pass was broken, the Yu Dynasty was in danger, so the Holy Emperor sent the old town Duke Gu Junyi, who was a god in military skills, to go there.
The Gu family's 80,000 elite troops are garrisoned here, while the Xirong army has more than 100,000 troops.
Although there was a huge gap in strength between them and Xirong, Gu Junyi still relied on his superb ability to mobilize troops and generals to keep the Xirong people out of the pass with difficulty.
Junze said: "If Shao Wuji has not sent out troops, where is the food and grass that Shao Wuji brought? Can they be sent over?"
Guan Yan continued to write: "Not only have no troops been sent out, but food, grass, clothing, quilts, and war horses are all at Yongxue Pass. The garrison veterans said that not only the troops and horses from Kyoto, but also the border guards who were guarding the country were eating rice and fine flour every day.
Wear new clothes and quilts, and even the fodder the war horses eat is of the highest quality.”
"When the weather is cold and the ground is freezing, many people from the vicinity of Xueguan often bring bowls to the barracks to beg for porridge and noodles, and the soldiers in the barracks all respond."
Junze's breathing became heavy and he said: "The common people live in bitter cold, but these grains are for the soldiers guarding Sunset Pass. If they are distributed to the common people, what will the soldiers eat?"
Guan Yan shook his head.
Junze felt cold in his heart and said, "When did the soldiers and horses led by Shao Wuji set off from Yongxue Pass and rush to Sunset Pass?"
Guan Yan couldn't bear it and wrote: "It's cold in March."
Jun Zedao: "It means that the Gu family army stayed at Sunset Pass for four months without food, grass, clothing or support!"
Guan Yan's hand holding the pen turned white and he nodded silently.
Junze felt that his whole heart was trembling.
Sunset Pass is a bitterly cold place with only two seasons in a year, a short summer and a long winter.
As soon as autumn comes, not a blade of grass will grow.
Apart from waiting for supplies, there is no possibility of self-sufficiency.
Jun Zedao: "If they don't increase their numbers, won't anyone from the Gu family army at Sunset Pass come to come for reinforcements?"
Guan Yan wrote: "You only enter Yongxue Pass, but don't leave it."
Junze sat on the stool, his face pale.
It's not that the Gu family's army didn't come looking for reinforcements, they came looking for reinforcements. They were overjoyed to see the strong troops at Xueguan.
However, not only did they fail to bring reinforcements to Sunset Pass, they themselves were detained in Yongxue Pass and could never leave, and even died in Yongxue Pass.
Junze murmured: "The Gu family army still didn't let the Xirong people set foot on the border of Yu Dynasty even though they had nothing. How did they do it?"
Every military commander cannot surpass the name Gu Junyi.
Lao Zhenguo's soldiers were like gods and he was invincible on the battlefield.
Some of his achievements are still written in art of war books for future generations to refer to.
The most significant moment in his life was at Sunset Pass.
But people knew nothing about the battle at Sunset Pass because the battle was so brutal that no one survived.
No one knows how the Gu Jiajun fought against the Xirong people in those four months, and no one knows how the Gu Jiajun struggled to survive in the extreme environment.
Everyone only knows how brave and fearless the Gu family army was, defeating the many with less and beating the Xirong to a great extent, and they have bowed their heads to this day.
But no one knows how they won these battles.
Just like Guan Yan, except for writing the word "shou" on the paper, nothing else can be written.
Thinking of Gu Yu's hatred, Junze was at a loss and said, "Why don't you support me? It's impossible for Shao Wuji not to know about the situation at Sunset Pass. Why doesn't he support us?"
If Shao Wuji led the reinforcements to Sunset Pass in time, tens of thousands of Gu's troops could be saved.
Shao Wuji is also an expert at leading troops in battles, and with Gu Junyi here, he will surely achieve greater victory.
Shao Wuji could obviously do this, but he didn't.
Why?
Guan Yan did not answer him.
There is no need to answer this question at all.
The Gu family's army was completely wiped out, the Xirong people's vitality was severely weakened, Sunset Pass has never been breached, and the Yu Dynasty has been stable to this day.
Although the Gu family's army was gone, Shao Wuji's troops and horses had not suffered much loss.
The prominent Gu family lintel gradually declined after Gu Junyi's death.
The Gu Jiajun who were scattered all over the country were also taken into Shao Wuji's hands.
When people mention Gu Jiajun again, they always express regret.
This is also the reason why Junze looked down on Gu Yu when they first met.
The father is a famous hero, but the "son" is weak and weak. He fell in the muddy water and couldn't get up for a long time.
Junze looked up to Gu Junyi's great achievements and was disappointed when he saw Gu Yu. Later, as they got along with each other, he gradually changed his mind.
Guan Yan continued to write: "When Shao Wuji sent reinforcements, the Xirong people were still wandering outside Sunset Pass."
Junze clenched his hands and said: "Since the Xirong people had not yet captured Sunset Pass when Shao Wuji sent reinforcements, it means that there must be survivors of the Gu family's army holding on."
Guan Yan can no longer write.
Junze couldn't speak any more.
Reinforcements have arrived, but why are the Gu Jiajun who were supposed to survive only mentioned in the battle report as "annihilated"?
After four months of hard work, the Gu family army finally received reinforcements. Where did they go?
Jun Zedao: "Is it true that nothing was found at Sunset Pass? A hero always has a place to bury his bones, even a corpse or a tomb, right?"
Guan Yan shook his head and said, "I can't find it."
It has been more than 20 years, and the hero has long since become a withered skeleton. Moreover, there are people who deliberately cover up the truth. How can he be found?
Junze thought of another thing.
Gu Junyi's clothes were brought back by Shao Wuji.