sbdcsierra Chapter 174 Rescue me, why did you only send you?
Chapter 174 Rescue me, why did you only send you?
Late at night, in the western suburbs camp.
Guo Yian had just finished a round of inspection on the periphery and returned to the tent with a tired body.
This was something he had to do every day. Ever since he arrived at the Western Suburbs Camp, his superior, Lieutenant General Li, had been deliberately making things difficult for him at the suggestion of someone in the court. When the soldiers assembled in the morning, other soldiers would run five laps, but he would run ten. In Lieutenant General Li's words,
"Guo Yian, you are a soldier under this general, and you were once a majestic general. Five laps will not be enough exercise for you. I will give you one stick of incense. Go to the training ground and run ten laps. If you delay, you will be punished by military law."
Not only that, after the training every day, other soldiers could get a rest, but he still had to be ordered to do this and that.
"Guo Yian, go move all the weapons over there to the armory. Don't leave any behind. Then go to the stables and clean up the horse manure. This must be done today."
The weapons were numerous and extremely heavy, making them difficult to carry. Moreover, the stables had not been cleaned for many days, and the smell was pungent and filthy.
The soldiers in the stables, upon seeing him arrive, looked at him with either sympathy or ridicule. Some even snickered, scrubbing their tools. But Guo Yian ignored them all and diligently carried out each task assigned to him by Lieutenant General Li.
When he was fighting on the front line before, he often had to endure hunger and cold, so this little trick was nothing to him.
At night, when everyone had fallen asleep, Guo Yian had just laid down when he heard Lieutenant General Li's voice ring out again:
"Guo Yian, the night patrol is short-staffed. You go and fill in. If anything goes wrong, you'll be held responsible."
He quickly stood up, put on his coat, picked up his weapon, and set off with the patrol.
It was a dark and windy night, and the military camp was silent. Only their footsteps echoed in the empty camp.
Days like this have lasted for more than half a month, and his total rest time each day does not exceed an hour.
He had never done such rough work in the military camp before, but he still had no complaints at this moment because he knew that someone did it on purpose.
Tonight, just as he lay down with his clothes on, a figure suddenly flashed outside the tent at an extremely fast speed.
In the dark night, Guo Yian immediately opened his eyes, wiped the spear beside him, and looked around vigilantly.
At this moment, a "swish" sound and a sound of breaking air suddenly sounded behind him.
Guo Yian immediately dodged the attack from behind, and then took advantage of the light coming through the gap in the tent to fight with the assassin who suddenly appeared.
In just a few breaths, the two had already fought several rounds.
In the end, relying on his rich combat experience, Guo Yian finally tied the assassin's hands behind his back and pinned him to the ground.
With a "click", the man's two arms were removed by him.
"Hey...it's me, General. Show some mercy, show some mercy!"
Just as he was about to chop down with his knife, he suddenly heard a familiar voice from the other party.
Guo Yian was startled, then he lit the candle in the tent, turned over the person under him and took a look. It was none other than Li Daniu, one of his former lieutenants.
"What brings you here?"
Guo Yian did not immediately let down his guard because of the other party's identity.
After a series of difficult events, he no longer trusts anyone easily, even if that person was once a good brother who had been through thick and thin with him.
"General, I finally found you. I heard that you were punished to come to the Western Suburbs Camp. The brothers were very worried about you, so they ordered me to sneak in first."
"General, we've heard about the Prime Minister's affairs. Don't worry, I'm here to rescue you and avenge the Prime Minister."
"General, please follow me now while no one is watching. I've already scouted the terrain before we get here. We can avoid crowded areas and sneak out without anyone noticing."
Li Daniu looked sincere and wanted to get up and take Guo Yian away from here.
"hiss!"
However, he forgot that his arms had not been put back in place yet, and as soon as he stood up, he grimaced in pain.
"General, please help me reattach my arm first, and then we can leave!"
Guo Yian didn't say anything, but looked at Li Daniu with a pair of calm eyes.
For some reason, under his gaze, Li Daniu felt as if he had nowhere to hide. His breathing paused for a few seconds.
"General, why are you looking at me like that?"
Guo Yian didn't say anything, nor did he immediately go forward to help him put his arm back in place. Instead, he turned around and sat down on the couch beside him with his legs spread wide open.
His sharp eyes were fixed on Li Daniu, and there was no emotion in his voice.
"The military camp is heavily guarded. How did you get in? And how did you find my tent so accurately?"
"If you wanted to rescue me, why did you send only you?"
Faced with Guo Yian's sudden questioning, a hint of panic quickly flashed across Li Daniu's seemingly honest face. It was quick, but still captured by Guo Yian's keen sense.
Guo Yian's heart gradually sank.
It seems that my guess was right. It was unusual for Li Daniu to appear here late at night. This time he tricked me out of the camp in the name of saving him. There must be something fishy going on.
"Shh!"
When Li Daniu looked up again, Guo Yian had already placed the spear on his neck, his voice filled with extreme coldness.
"Tell me, what did you do to Zhou Long, Zhou Hu and the others?"
Zhou Long and Zhou Hu were his personal guards before, and they were extremely loyal. It was absolutely impossible for them to betray him.
But now that Li Daniu actually appeared here, it meant that Zhou Long and Zhou Hu might have been in trouble.
Seeing that the truth was revealed, Li Daniu could no longer pretend and simply revealed his true colors.
The face that had always been honest and simple now turned indifferent and cold. The eyes that had seemed simple in the past now flashed with calculation, as if a wolf that had been lurking for many years had finally shed its sheep's clothing.
"Since you've already discovered it, I'll be frank. General, a man of insight is a true hero. His Royal Highness Prince Yong hopes you will be loyal to him and serve him. When the prince ascends the throne, I promise to wash away the shame and injustice of the Guo family."
"General, you've seen the current situation. The Emperor wants to take action against the aristocratic families. As long as His Majesty is still on the throne, the Guo family will never be able to rise to prominence. Even if you don't care about yourself, there are still the Empress and the Crown Prince in the palace. I'm sure you can't bear to see them suffer in the palace."
It has to be said that King Yong put a lot of effort into arranging Li Daniu to act as a lobbyist.
As Guo Yian's most capable deputy general in the past, Li Daniu always gave people the impression of being honest and simple, brave but not wise. If Guo Yian had not been so cautious this time, he would have been easily fooled by him.
After figuring it out, Guo Yian couldn't help but sneer.
"Hmph! If I'm not mistaken, if I had followed you out of this tent just now, I'm afraid that what was waiting for me outside the camp would be a dragnet, right?"
It was a capital crime for a soldier to escape without permission. If King Yong had set up an ambush outside in advance, and Li Daniu led him out of the camp and killed him silently, he could then claim that he had escaped without permission and was discovered by his men.
In this way, King Yong could also establish a reputation for his meritorious service in arresting criminals, killing two birds with one stone.
After figuring it out, Guo Yian couldn't help but feel an unprecedented chill in his heart.