On the highway leading to Liaodong.

The beacon smoke drifted from the Youzhou city defense. Bursts of smoke drifted directly to the road in Liaodong.

At the end of the beacon tower, fast horses are used to convey messages.

The sound of rapid hoofbeats echoed throughout the mountains. A fast horse carried Hong Ling's envoy from afar through the rugged mountain road, all the way to Gongsun Kang's general's palace in Liaodong City.

As the Liaodong warlord and the overlord of one side, Gongsun Kang naturally built the general's palace magnificently and the guards were tight.

At this time, in front of the heavily guarded palace gate, a fast horse carrying Hong Ling's urgent envoy galloped forward. The envoy, who rolled off his saddle and dismounted, held up the urgent message in his hand and shouted: "Urgent report from Youzhou!"

The Imperial Guards received the urgent report, held it high and ran into the general's palace. At the same time, they shouted: "Urgent report from Youzhou!"

The imperial army finally delivered the urgent report to Gongsun Kang who was enjoying lunch.

After receiving the battle report, Gongsun Kang couldn't help but turn pale as he looked at it. He then issued two orders. One was to ask his advisers to take care of the situation, and at the same time he summoned his generals.

Half an hour later, Gongsun Kang took the lead and Gu Jun summoned Gu Cuo in the propaganda room of the general's mansion.

Gongsun Kang looked sad and helplessly handed an urgent report to Gu Cuo and said, "Let's take a look! This is the urgent report that just came from the border."

Gu Cuo took the urgent report from Gongsun Kang and quickly launched it.

Gongsun Kang walked to the sword stand and took the sword. He pulled out the sword with a "swish" sound. He began to pace around the room. He really wanted to summon his troops and horses to fight the Chu army for a life and death battle, but he had just experienced two major defeats.

The Liaodong army and horses were now unable to take the initiative to attack again. For a while, Gongsun Kang was caught in a dilemma...

Gu Cuo watched Gongsun Kang closely.

Gongsun Kang finally stopped in front of Linan's window. He waved his sword as if he was going to fight for his life.

Gongsun Kang cursed: "Is this unbearable?!..."

He turned back to Gu Cuo and continued to shout, "Who can't bear it?!"

Gu Cuo was also unwilling to accept it and replied helplessly: "...It is unbearable...but if you have to endure it for a while, then you can only endure it."

Gongsun Kang pulled out his long sword, suddenly split the table in front of him in half, and asked sternly: "How can you bear it?! To a robber? To a greedy evil thief? As long as you are alone, you can't bear it!"

Gu Cuo consoled him: "The evil thieves of the Chu army are greedy robbers. But the robbers do not threaten the general's position at the moment. After all, they are still in the pass. If they want to attack us in Liaodong, after all, they must first defeat Wuhuan and then cross countless roads."

At the pass on the Xiongguan Road, we had to guard against the Koryo troops that were so close at hand.

Ah, the first two times you went out to the Central Plains to take away 100,000 Liaodong troops, but all of them died in the Central Plains. As a result, we were besieged by the Goguryeo army, and the soldiers fought to the death. For Goguryeo, we must first destroy them, and then deal with these Chu

In the army, tolerance towards robbers can only be regarded as small tolerance. Small tolerance will mess up the big plan."

Gongsun Kang asked hurriedly: "What's wrong? Is there something going on again?"

Gu Cuo began to answer in an orderly manner: "General, the news coming from our Liaodong border never let me sleep well... Thinking about the current Goguryeo army, they are ready to take advantage of the general to send troops to the front at any time.

Attack our Liaodong."

After Gongsun Kang heard these words, he became silent and fell into a kind of silence...

At this time, in the corridor of the general's mansion, the generals of Liaodong were hurriedly moving forward.

Several generals in armor hurried through the corridor.

In the announcement room, Gu Cuo was still stating: "Right now, what Goguryeo is counting on is that the general can fight a protracted war with the Chu army. The general will be unable to escape the Chu army's entanglement, exhausting the only strength in Liaodong, and then let them

Take advantage of the situation to attack Liaodong, then occupy the entire Liaodong, and then replace it——"

The more Gongsun Kang listened, the angrier he became. At the same time, he was convinced that these things would happen, and shouted loudly: "Stop talking!"

The guard walked to the announcement room and reported: "Sir, the generals have gathered in the front hall and are waiting for your call."

Gongsun Kang looked at the guard, and then replied: "Yes."

Gongsun Kang stopped at the door. He did not turn around, but sighed: "Yes, back then, why didn't you persuade the late lord Gongsun Du to conquer Liaodong with one horse? We would not be in this predicament today.

It won’t even be controlled by Yuan Shao, Yuan Xi and others in the early stage.”

Gu Cuo sighed and said: "General, one moment and another moment! It is precisely because of Ming Dynasty's negligence... Of course, I also have an unshirkable responsibility during this period. Today, I have taken charge of the general and attacked Goguryeo with all my strength instead of marching into the Central Plains.

Make up for the mistakes of the past."

Gongsun Kang listened, and became a little impatient. Then he waved his hand and said: "Let's talk about it later. I'm going to see the generals first. Talking to them will increase my courage and ambition!"

After finishing speaking, Gongsun Kang inserted the sword in his hand into its sheath

This time, Gu Cuo gave some heart-wrenching advice: "If the matter has not been settled yet, I don't think it is necessary for the general to summon the generals at this time."

Gongsun Kang shouted: "No! I must see them!" After saying that, Gongsun Kang was about to step out of the palace gate.

Gu Cuo followed closely behind and shouted loudly: "General, please remember, those who want to fight must first settle down in the rear!"

Gongsun Kang did not stop, but walked down the steps to the corridor of the palace, when he suddenly stopped.

Then he explained to the guards with a sad look on his face: "Tell the generals that I want to see them, but not now... let them go back first!"

The guard responded: "Yes." Then he turned around and left the painting.

Gongsun Kang slowly turned around and walked slowly towards the propaganda room.

For a moment, what could Gongsun Kang think of? Maybe it was the former lord Gongsun Kang who led hundreds of cavalry to create the land of Liaodong, or he thought that countless Liaodong warriors had lost their lives in the Central Plains and could never return to their homeland of Liaodong, or he thought of those singing and dancing birds.

It’s hard to drown out the solemn atmosphere below...

Gongsun Kang walked into the announcement room with a dark expression. For a moment, he felt troubled and sat down with his sword in hand. He looked at Gu Cuo and gestured: "Sit down!"

After Gu Cuo sat down, he tried to persuade him: "The general is sitting with his sword in his arms. Well, the word 'forbearance' means a knife in the heart..."

Gongsun Kang was sitting there holding his sword. Gongsun Kang looked at himself and the sword on his chest.

Gu Cuo, as the number one counselor in Liaodong, explained and persuaded bit by bit to resolve the anger and dissatisfaction in Gongsun Kang's heart...

Outside the palace corridor.

After announcing the order, several armored generals walked away unhappy as the guards bowed to watch.

While walking around, a general scolded: "Damn it, you are so stupid. You are a complete amateur in fighting. Why should you interfere with my military plan in Liaodong?!"

The general next to him sighed helplessly: "No, he is relying on his teacher who was a prefect, and he is angry and reaching out everywhere."

Another general interrupted: "I don't understand how the governor can be at the mercy of a scholar."

The marching generals left cursing.

At this time, Goguryeo was also in such a hurry and fell into a kind of preparation for war, but their preparations were to prevent Goguryeo rather than the Chu army from Youzhou.

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