It turns out that Muse was sent away by Du Wei and assigned 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. He only arranged for thousands of cavalry to patrol around the area to prevent some deserters from scattering after the war.
Muse has a different identity. Although Du Wei brought this guy to the battlefield, how could he really let Muse go into battle? It would be much safer to give him this job. Thousands of cavalry dispersed into countless small teams to patrol around.
, appointed Muse as a ten-man cavalry commander, and asked him to lead ten cavalrymen to take charge of a designated area. Of course, under Du Wei's arrangement, the area designated for Muse's team to be responsible for was extremely far from the battlefield.
far.
Originally, Muse was assigned such a painless job, so he was naturally very dissatisfied. But Du Wei was the commander-in-chief, and he had no choice but to disobey military orders. Moreover, he had been punished by Du Wei for a long time.
Now, how dare you go to Du Wei to defend yourself?
The unhappy Muse took the ten cavalrymen assigned to his command and patrolled along the northeastern direction of the battlefield. They ran outside for two days and found nothing. At that time, the final battle of annihilation was coming to an end, but Muse was far away.
Patrolling a place thirty miles away from the battlefield.
Just the evening of the previous day, the frustrated Muse took his men to rest next to a forest in the northeast. Muse tied the horse to the tree out of boredom, and he held a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth.
Inside, I rested lazily on the tree trunk, cursing Du Wei's partiality in my heart. I feel sorry for my ambition. I finally encountered such a war. I only hoped to show my talents and stand out in this war, but I couldn't.
Being "sent" to this hellish place...
I'm afraid it's destiny. When luck comes, there's nothing you can do to stop it.
Although Muse was angry in his heart, he still acted like a captain in front of the ten cavalry men. After resting for a while and building up enough power, he ordered his men to enter the woods and search around for a while...
When I gave this order, I swore to the Almighty Goddess that the Muse never expected to gain anything.
Damn it... the battle had ended two days ago. I ran to this damn place, let alone caught any deserters from the Northwest Army. There wasn't even a ghost along the way.
However, after entering the forest and searching for a while, two experienced cavalrymen suddenly reported that they had found traces of horse hooves ahead!
This news immediately made Muse excited. Could it be that he was a deserter from the Northwest Army? Anyway, this damn mission is almost over. Although I don't like it, I have to get something back at least in order to have face.
Otherwise, if I just lead the troops to the battlefield and go back with empty hands, I'm afraid that the hateful Tulip Duke will laugh at me again!
Muse immediately cheered up and led the people to catch up quickly.
When we reached the end of the forest, we saw a small stream here. In the northwest, any place with a water source is very precious. Muse's men carefully identified it and confirmed that someone was indeed coming from this small stream.
Passing along the stream. And judging from the marks of the horses' hooves, an experienced cavalryman under his command concluded that the opponent's horses seemed to be exhausted and had not gone far!
At this time, Muse had an extra thought. First, he ordered half of the people to separate and quickly circle from one side to the front to intercept, and then he led the remaining five people to pursue carefully.
Finally, Huangtian paid off. In the evening, Muse finally caught up with the target.
The cavalry under his command had all been trained to serve as scouts. After carefully and quietly approaching the target, they determined the opponent's location.
It seemed that the target they were tracking must 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 no longer good.
!!
Through the light of the evening sunset, Muse immediately recognized that the saddle style on the opponent's horse was the standard style of the Northwest Army, and the poor war horse seemed to be exhausted after running all the way.
On the ground, it seemed that he could no longer move.
There were two people on the edge of the creek. One of them was half lying on the ground, as if he had been injured. The other one took off his helmet, used it to fill the creek with water, then ran back and knelt down there.
Go to the person lying on the ground and give him water.
Both of these two people are wearing armor, and the armor is obviously the style of the Northwest Army!
After confirming the identity of the other party, 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 cavalry 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 had identified these two men.
Not only are they from the Northwest Army, but judging from the armor they are wearing, they are probably of quite a high level!
The guy kneeling on the ground holding his helmet was wearing armor that would be worn by some guards captains or senior bodyguards around senior generals. And the guy lying on the ground who looked like he was injured was even more incredible.
The armor on his body clearly indicates that of a senior officer.
"At least he's a guy with the rank of commander or above! If I'm wrong, I'm willing to cut my own head off!" the scout cavalry told the muse with confidence.
The muse immediately calmed down.
Although he was eager to make meritorious deeds, he was not reckless after all. After mentally calculating the strength comparison between the enemy and ourselves, he immediately came to a very smart comparison result: the enemy is strong and we are weak!
Generally speaking, those who can serve as personal bodyguards or captains of senior officers have the strength of about three or four levels of warriors! And the guy lying on the ground, since he is a senior officer, and is at the level of a commander.
...I'm afraid he is stronger. With the faint light, Muse could barely see the knight's badge on the guy's chest. Although he couldn't see the level clearly, it was certain that the level was definitely not low!
A third-level or fourth-level knight, plus an intermediate or above knight (even if he is injured), and Muse himself, his own strength is at most level three, I am afraid not yet. And the few cavalry under him are just ordinary
If there is a fight, I will rush forward with five ordinary soldiers. Let alone arresting people, I am afraid that these few of me will be killed by the opponent in a moment!
Turn around and look for reinforcements? It's too late.
When he was worried, Muse suddenly looked at the creek nearby and immediately had an idea.
As the sky gradually darkened, Muse took out two small bottles from his arms, then asked one of his cavalrymen to walk back a while and pour the contents of the bottles into the stream.
As the stream flowed, Muse nervously looked at the two targets downstream and prayed secretly in his heart.
Perhaps his prayers really had an effect. The man lying on the ground seemed to whisper something, which seemed to indicate that he still wanted to drink water. The guard immediately ran back to the stream and used his helmet again.
Bring the water back.
I have to say that Muse was lucky. What he poured into the water was a magic potion. It was not his. It was given to him by his sister, Mrs. Lister, before Muse left. This potion was originally just
A kind of painkiller, used in small amounts, can relieve pain. Originally, Mrs. Lister gave Muse these drugs because she was worried that Muse would be injured on the battlefield.
However, if you take too much of this drug, you will faint and even lose the feeling of your limbs for a short time.
Two bottles of medicine were poured into the stream. The time was just right! If the guy had filled the water earlier, the medicine would not have flowed down the stream. If the guy had filled it later, the medicine would have been washed downstream by the stream.
From this point of view... we have to say that Guhuatara's fate is bad.
Poor Gu Hua Duoluo, originally he was so angry by Du Wei that he vomited blood. Later, he was injured during the battle. He was knocked unconscious by his loyal guards and escaped. He knew that the situation was over and he had no idea in his mind.
When I fled here, the injuries on my body started to show up. People feel particularly thirsty after being injured, so they drank a helmet full of water in one breath. Suddenly, he felt that his body gradually became stiff and numb. He was about to say something,
I felt my tongue was numb, and then I straightened my neck and fell back with a grunt.
His guard was startled, and just as he was about to pick up Guhuatara, he heard a sharp shout coming from the forest behind: "Caught!!"
Then he saw a few figures jumping out of the forest. Judging from their clothes, they were the cavalry of the Tulip family. Guhuataro's guards were heartbroken and raised their swords to fight.
This guy was determined to die and defended Guhuatara to the death, fighting tooth and nail.
In the end, after only a few encounters, Muse and five subordinates were unable to deal with each other! Instead, this guy chopped down two of his subordinates with two swords. Fortunately, he was only injured but did not die.
Seeing that the opponent was so powerful, Muse almost took a sword from the opponent. Suddenly he saw Guhuatara on the ground. He had an idea in his heart. He took two steps back and shouted at the top of his lungs: "I don't care about this."
Guy! The one on the ground can't move, chop the one on the ground to death first!!"
As he spoke, he struck first and stabbed Guhuatara on the ground with one sword after another. How could this guard be willing to let his master be killed? Naturally, he tried his best to stop him.
But he had to fight alone, protect himself, and protect Guhuatara on the ground, so naturally he couldn't take care of him. I'm afraid that this guy Muse has been contaminated by it because he has been in the northwest for a long time.
Shao Duwei was so insidious and cunning that he actually took advantage of the swarm of his men to stab Guhua Duoluo, and saw that this loyal guard was resisting with his sword regardless of his own safety. He saw the opportunity and stabbed the guard several times with his sword.
Finally, the guard yelled unwillingly before finally falling down.
Muse was greatly relieved, and quickly asked someone to take out the rope and tie them both up. Then he carefully inspected the two prisoners. After one look, they were really well-behaved!
Although Kuhuataro has been paralyzed all over and cannot speak, he is dressed like a senior general in the Northwest Army!
Muse searched Guhuataro's body with his own hands, and finally found Guhuataro's personal belongings, and Guhuataro's name was clearly on them.
"Hahahaha...Duwei, Duwei! I told you to underestimate me! This time I will do a great job for you!!" Muse put his hands on his hips and laughed.
When Guhuataro was caught by the muse, he was so angry that he fainted. He didn't know how long it took, but when he woke up slowly, he found himself in a secret room, surrounded by
They are all thick walls and do not see the light of day.
He opened his hands, with both wrists pressed against the wall. He was shackled and nailed to the wall, and his feet were tied with iron ropes. Naturally, the armor on his body was gone long ago. His mind was a little dizzy.
Fortunately, there was a brazier in the middle of the room, so it wasn't too cold.
Gu Hua Duoluo 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 and commit suicide, so he stuffed his mouth.
He took a deep breath and found that he could not raise his fighting spirit at all. His whole body was weak and he had no strength at all.
Gu Hua Duoluo sighed secretly in his heart and simply didn't make any efforts. Anyway, there was nothing important except death. Those who were defeated by him could just die.
There was a click, and the sound of unlocking came from outside the room door. Gu Hua Duoluo opened his eyes wide and looked, and then in the light footsteps, a person walked in slowly. After he came in, the door behind him
It quickly closed.
"Pass my order, anyone who dares to come within ten steps of this room will be killed!"
When Guhuataro heard this voice, his heart immediately jumped! He recognized this voice!
Du Wei slowly walked up to Guhuaduoluo. He sighed softly, then smiled and said, "Dear General Guhuaduoluo, long time no see."
Guhuaduoluo snorted and did not look at Du Wei. Du Wei stretched out his hand and took out the numbness stuffed in Guhuaduoluo's mouth, and then gently patted Guhuaduoluo's shoulder.
He took out the key, clicked it a few times, and unlocked all his shackles.
Gu Hua Duo Luo stumbled down from the wall, moved his hands and feet, and immediately looked at Du Wei warily: "What are you thinking! Release my shackles, aren't you afraid that I will fight for my life! There are only two of us here.
personal!"
Du Wei rolled his eyes: "Don't waste your energy. I gave you a magical potion specially prepared by me. You can't use any of your fighting spirit. Although you are a warrior, you have no fighting spirit and no weapons in your hands.
.I give you every hand and kick, but you can’t 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 talk, General Guhuadolo."
Guhuaduoluo's heart sank: "You, what kind of peace of mind do you have! Huh, do you want to recruit me? You want me to work for you, that is absolutely impossible! Du Wei!"
Du Wei spread his hands and said calmly: "I didn't think so. To be honest, just before I came in, I had already 'executed' you in front of thousands of pairs of eyes. I quietly sent someone to find you from the battlefield.
A corpse came, put on your armor, painted its face with blood, sentenced you to death in front of many people, then threw the 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, now you are a 'dead person'. The whole world thinks you are dead."
Guhuaduoluo trembled, stared at Du Wei in disbelief, and said in a voiceless voice: "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 I think!"
Looking at the surprised Guhuaduoluo, Du Wei smiled kindly and said: "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 won’t kill you. On the contrary, I will do everything I can to protect you! Protect your life and safety. I won’t even let anyone know that you are still alive!”
Gu Hua Duoluo was heartbroken and sat down heavily, but stared at Du Wei: "No matter what ideas you want to play against me... Du Wei, let me tell you, I will never surrender to you!"
Du Wei touched his chin, laughed a few times, and then suddenly asked coldly: "General Gu Hua Duoluo, there is a purple oval birthmark on your back below the waist, right? And your feet... ...Well, the little toe on your right foot is gone. When you were young, something happened to you, and the result was that the little toe of your right foot was cut off, right?"
When Guhuaduoluo heard this, he stood up suddenly and glanced at Du Wei in surprise. Then he quickly lowered his head to look at his clothes.
"Don't get me wrong, I didn't take off your clothes to look at you while you were unconscious..." Du Wei laughed: "You are not a woman, and I have no interest in looking at your body. I don't need to personally tell you what I said. Check it and I’ll know!”
Gu Hua Duoluo's voice was trembling: "You...how do you know!"
"Of course I have my own way." Du Wei muttered quickly, then he came closer and stared into Gu Hua Duoluo's eyes: "Your eye sockets are slightly shallower than ordinary people, and the bridge of your nose is also slightly longer. Some collapse... Well. Although there is a scar on your nose, which makes people ignore it, but if you look closely, you can still see a little bit. The bridge of your nose is a little bit more collapsed than ordinary Roland people... These are the characteristics of a mixed race, right? General Guhuadolo? You are not a pure Roland! You have the blood of the prairie people!"
Gu Hua Duoluo's eyes were a little panicked, but he said bravely: "Huh! So what! Anyway, I have been defeated and have nothing. Even if you know that I have the blood of the grassland people, can you still threaten me with this? Me!!"
Du Wei ignored Guhuaduoluo and continued speaking slowly, minding his own business.
"Guhuataro, you are forty-one years old this year, born in the winter of the nine hundred and twenty-second 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... Haha, but I'm afraid you were a child You can’t even remember what happened in the north. But it doesn’t matter, I’ve checked it out very clearly for you! You came to the northwest when you were five years old. Your mother is a grassland woman who was originally a slave girl in a noble family. , and was later rewarded to a servant of that noble family. And that servant was your father... Oh, to be precise, it should be your adoptive father! Because you are not his biological child.
When you were five years old, your adoptive father helped your mother escape from slavery because of his contribution to that noble family. He took your mother and you to settle in the northwest. Your adoptive father formed a partnership with others in the northwest. Trafficking in horses, your family was already living a good life... But when you were eleven years old, your family suffered a tragedy!
Your father had a conflict with someone, said to be a business rival, and poisoned your adoptive father to death. And the night after your father died, a group of people rushed into your house.
At home, we tried to eradicate the root cause. In that accident, you were chopped on your foot with a sword and lost the little toe of your right foot. And your mother was also killed by those people. You were also going to die, but there happened to be a team
A patrol soldier from the Northwest Army passed by and saved your life.
After that, you survived the catastrophe. It happened that the Northwest Army was also recruiting people at that time, so you signed up to join the army. However, you were too young to join the army at the time, so you fell in love with a commanding officer of the Northwest Army and became his
Personal Attendant. It was also that officer. Seeing that you were young and smart, he taught you martial arts. You had good talent and made rapid progress. After you were fifteen years old, you successfully entered the Northwest Army.
Later, when you were seventeen years old, you happened to catch up with the war between the empire and the grassland people. You emerged in that war, made contributions, and rose through the ranks. Originally, at your age at the time,
It is absolutely impossible to be promoted too quickly, but the Northwest Army was already damaged after the war, so even though you were young at the time, you were promoted exceptionally due to your military merit. After the war, at the age of nineteen, you became
You were promoted to the commanding officer! After that, you led the troops well and were appreciated by Lu Gao. Step by step, you rose through the ranks of the Northwest Army and finally became Lu Gao's direct confidant!
When you were thirty-one years old, you were promoted to the rank of general. In that year, you also did something, which was to find the enemy who was said to have poisoned your adoptive father. One night, you
With his soldiers, he slaughtered the whole family and killed thirty-three people! That incident was originally a big deal. Even if you are a general of the empire, you cannot trample on the laws of the empire like this, but Lu Gao appreciates you and protects you.
Without you, no one dared to pursue this matter. It was also because of this incident that you were grateful to Lu Gao and remained 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 and he stared at Du Wei. He opened his lips, but could not say a word.
"I also know some special things, that is... when you took revenge, you killed the entire family of that enemy, but then captured that enemy and tortured him carefully. But that guy didn't say before he died that he went to kill you that night.
Who is the murderer of your mother? And he also denied that he sent people to eradicate it! You have always been sad about this matter, right? "
Guhuaduoluo grabbed the corner of the table with both hands, his fingers turned white from the force, and stared at Du Wei: "You...do you know? How do you know so many things!!"
Du Wei said calmly: "I just know."
He patted Guhuataro's shoulder hard and sighed: "It's pitiful... you are also a miserable person. To be honest, Guhuataro, in my eyes, you are just a defeated general.
An unimportant person, like an ant, was easily crushed to death. But fortunately, I learned about you in advance. It turns out that your identity is not simple!!"
He stared into Gu Hua Duoluo's eyes: "Well, we agreed in advance! Since I secretly saved your life, I naturally want to use you! You must also know this. I also know that I can't buy it under any conditions.
You. You are die-hardly loyal to Lu Gao... But what if I could tell you the origin of the person who sent people to your house to eradicate the roots, killed your mother, and almost killed you...
…What do you think of this condition?”
Seeing Gu Hua Duoluo's body trembling uncontrollably, Du Wei slowly threw out the last tempting condition!
"There is no big deal except death! But as a man, if you didn't know before, forget it. But after you find out, you can't even take revenge for killing your mother, so you die. I'm afraid you are not willing to accept it, right?" Du Wei stared at it.
Gu Hua Duoluo: "I don't want you to do anything special. As long as you stay here well, live well, don't commit suicide, eat when you need to eat, drink when you need to drink, and sleep when you need to. Wait until I let you
The day he appears! I promise. Even if I can’t let you kill your enemy with your own hands, at least, I can let you see the day your enemy dies. Do you understand?”
"You... what on earth do you know!" Gu Hua Duoluo asked in a hoarse and trembling voice: "You... I... who is that enemy?!"
Du Wei smiled.
"Your biological father."
These words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Guhuataro's heart!
Biological father?!
Guhuataro'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 she was also used by that noble family to serve some distinguished guests...
As for Guhuataro's own father, he never knew. When he was young, he also asked his mother, but her mother did not tell him. Later, he gradually became wiser and knew that this experience was also a tragic memory for his mother.
, so I never mentioned it again to avoid making my mother sad.
But... Du Wei's words today made Gu Hua Duoluo suddenly go crazy!
"Your father is a man of great status." Du Wei said slowly: "Unfortunately, precisely because of his status, he must not have any illegitimate children outside. Otherwise, once this matter is exposed, he
Your future will be ruined. So...it happened that when you were eleven years old, your father experienced a great change and opportunity. Just when he was about to make great achievements, in order to keep it secret, he sent someone to
Northwest wants to kill you! Because you are his son. If by any chance you are found out by his enemies and your identity is exposed, then he will lose everything! As a result, this will lead to your tragic fate.
Already."
"He...he, who...who? Who???" Gu Hua Duoluo roared loudly, but the man in his forties shed tears.
"You must have heard of this name. He is now a very famous person on the mainland. But, I can't tell you now. Gu Hua Duoluo... I said, you stay here and cooperate with me. As long as
As long as you live, I will guarantee that one day you will have a chance to take revenge...at least I will let you see the day he dies. How about that? I don't want you to be loyal to me or lead troops to fight for me, as long as you are here
Here, just live obediently."
"Live...live..." Guhuataro clenched his fists so hard that his nails pierced his palms deeply, and blood dripped...