Go back to three days ago.

Although the rebels' offensive was repulsed that day, it was revealed that Xu Yi was about to run out of arrows, and the rebel camp was encouraging.

That night, the rebels were gearing up, only saying that they would definitely be able to break the city tomorrow, and the rebel general Song Chulian even issued a military order to break the city tomorrow morning. Who knew that he was patrolling at night, but he saw hundreds of people on the rope out of the city. The rebels pondered that this should be a "death squad", and attacked in a desperate night. Hurriedly mobilized a large number of archers, shot arrows frantically, and finally forced this wave of "night attack" back.

As a result, at dawn, the rebels picked up a straw man under the city wall that had been shot into an arrow stack - it was actually a straw man's plan to borrow arrows.

Song Chulian, the general of the rebel army, estimated that at least 30,000 or 40,000 arrows had been "borrowed" in this wave, and he couldn't help but be in a hurry -- he was also under great pressure, and he had invested 50,000 or 60,000 people before and after, and a mere Yixing City had not been defeated for two or three months. Li Hu was urging tightly. It's easy to consume Xu Yi almost, thinking that victory is in sight, but he is tricked to let Xu Yi breathe, how can Song Chulian not be in a hurry?

The second day was another bitter battle.

At night, the soldiers under Song Chulian patrolled and saw a straw man hanging from the city. The news was reported to Song Chulian, and Song Chulian really felt that he was being pointed at his nose and ridiculed. Immediately summoned the order, "Give me a taunt back!" ”

The rebels were also holding their breath, and when they got this military order, they specially gathered a whole team of people, pointed to the straw people on the city wall, and made fun of Xu Yi's "poor skills", and told the people in the city of Yixing, "You have run out of ammunition and food, surrender quickly!" ”

They laughed with relief, but they didn't know that Xu Yi was playing real this time.

- Xu Yi selected 800 strong soldiers in advance, and quietly went out of the city under the cover of night and straw men. After the rebels were tired of scolding and returned to the camp to sleep contentedly, they launched a real night attack.

Xu Yi expected that this night attack would definitely be successful, but he didn't expect to be able to do it once and for all. The night attack is actually psychological warfare, and once anyone is attacked in his sleep, at least for a short time, he will not be able to sleep peacefully - he can not help but be afraid that he will be killed in his dreams as soon as he sleeps.

People who don't even dare to sleep will soon have morale collapse on their own.

In comparison, the number of real decapitations is secondary. After all, there is a huge disparity among the crowds.

However, Xu Yi's martial arts luck has always been very good.

-- Song Chulian learned that someone had attacked and his armor was not properly put on, so he personally went into battle to command, intending to stabilize the situation.

The black light is blind, and he has the brightest and brightest there, waving the flag.

It's a live target.

Xu Yi did not let go of this opportunity, he led a team of men and horses to kill endlessly, slashed Song Chulian under the horse in the encirclement, and grabbed Song Chulian's head to fight his way out of the encirclement. He descended from the sky like a demon in the middle of the night, invincible. By the time he had done so, the rebels' will had been completely crushed by his killing power. Song Chulian's lieutenant general led the army to retreat for a short time -- intending to avoid the enemy's edge and settle accounts at dawn. This cannot be said to be unreasonable, but when people are afraid, the motivation for any step back can be misinterpreted.

-- When the news of the escape of the adjutant general came out of the rebel camp, a rout was inevitable. Almost like an avalanche, these 30,000 or 40,000 horses began to flee on all fronts.

Xu Yi didn't accept it when she saw it.

He immediately turned darkness into light, and led 800 heroes to launch a huge pursuit, driving the rebels for more than 40 miles in one night. At dawn, Yixing City launched a general attack, and the whole army pursued and suppressed the elite soldiers left by Song Chulian who could still maintain the establishment. This battle was fought until dusk, and by the time Mingjin withdrew his troops, the Lian army in the early Song Dynasty had almost been wiped out, and there was no possibility of gathering a counterattack.

Xu Yi has been fighting at the forefront from beginning to end, and his blood can infect the soldiers the most. Under his leadership, the army charged like madmen, turning the tide in a day and night, killing the rebels in fear. Even the Eastern Wu scholars, who had been watching from the wall, were also shocked.

Xu Yi returned with blood, the old wounds on her body were stacked with new ones, and she finally fell asleep.

However, after a day and a night of fighting, the soldiers of the whole battalion were extremely tired, and it was not uncommon for them to fall asleep after returning to the camp. And Xu Yi's staff, such as Zhang Ben and others, most of them have experienced the reversal of life and death a year ago, although they are young and low, they are sophisticated, and they will handle everything in an orderly manner. There was no abnormality in the camp due to Xu Yi's injury and coma.

It can be said that the only thing that needs Xu Yi to show up and deal with it in person after waking up is these envoys from Dongwu who can't be driven away.

Xu Yi only nodded after hearing Zhang Ben's report, and said, "These people can still be seen." ”

Zhang Ben said, "Do you want to arrange a banquet?" ”

Xu Yi asked rhetorically, "How much food is still in the camp?" ”

Zhang Ben said, "I seized some grain and grass from the rebels, which is enough to eat for three or five days. In addition to the people who brought them, there were more than 200 pigs, cattle and sheep each. ”

"Where's the wine?"

"The eldest princess sent five hundred jars of wine."

Xu Yi said, "There is no need to arrange an additional banquet - I want to treat the army at dusk today, so that they can have fun with the soldiers." ”

Zhang Ben immediately understood his intention - this was a Hongmen banquet, and it seemed that Xu Yi was going to use military threats to scare these "allies" who were hiding behind the scenes.

He smiled and said, "Let's arrange it." ”

Xu Yi stopped him again and said, "Grasp the proportions, and rely on them to pay for food in the future." ”

Zhang Ben smiled, "I know." ”

After Zhang Ben left, only Liuli and Xu Yi were left in the house for a while.

Liuli knew that her cousin was deliberately creating an opportunity for her to be alone with Xu Yi.

When Zhang Ben was there, she dared to say whatever she thought. However, at this moment, she was directly face-to-face with Xu Yi, but she felt speechless.

The guards outside knocked on the door and came in—it was to bring food to Xu Yi.

Liuli has also been mixed in the army for some time, although there are inevitably some delicate little problems, but there is no ambiguity in suffering. What's more, she has an innocent and straightforward personality, a noble identity and a beautiful appearance, and her popularity and reputation are actually not bad. Most of the people in the army are happy to see her and Xu Yi in pairs, and they have a bit of a sense of treating her as a sister-in-law. Therefore, as soon as the guard saw that there were only two of them in the house, he immediately saw that his eyes were shining when he had laid out his meal.

Liuli didn't have a chance to drink people.

Xu Yi's right arm and chest were injured, and her right eye was not very convenient - she knew all of this. She was self-extricating and entangled for a long time, but in the end she stepped forward head-on, planning to help Xu Yi hold the chopsticks and vegetables. As a result, when she looked back, Xu Yi directly rolled the vegetables and meat with steamed cakes, sat in a precarious position, and feasted on the cake in her left hand.

When he looked up and saw that Liuli was still there, his face couldn't help but show some embarrassment, and said, "I'm very hungry, I'm rude." Your Highness, forgive me. ”

In fact, Xu Yi has always called her "Your Highness", but this time the title seems to be particularly annoying. If he hadn't been injured, Liuli would have really thrown something at him, scolding him for the urge to "do everything you need to do before you turn around and call me Your Highness".

But when he really spoke, he was half embarrassed, "Oh, you are eating......" After all, General Xu has indeed not eaten for more than a day.

It was this voice that brought her back to her senses a little, and then she remembered something.

"What are we going to do next?"

The battle has been fought, and Xu Yi is also seriously injured - what to do after that, Liuli feels very at a loss.

Xu Yi had so many knife wounds on her body that Princess Shuyang didn't even think about it before seeing it with her own eyes. Although she suddenly suffered the death of her parents, Xiao Liuli actually grew up in wealth and prosperity in this life - not to mention being injured like this, she has never even seen such clothes torn like this. Not to mention the countless people in Yixing City who died tragically in front of her eyes. In her subconscious, it seemed that anything, after paying such a huge price for it, should have come to an end.

But Xu Yi didn't seem to expect her to ask such a question, so she was stunned for a moment before she said, "March, regain Jiankang City." ”

These words were like a slap in the face, and they buzzed in Liuli's head. The feeling of shame exploded in her heart, and her face immediately flushed—she didn't expect such a matter of course.

Xu Yi said again, "...... The rest of the battle will not be so tragic again. ”

In the midst of her shame, Liuli only replied casually, "Oh." ”

Xu Yi said, "The situation in the Dongwu area has been decided, but the supply of the front line still depends on Sanwu. If Her Royal Highness the Princess can sit in Sanwu, the battle on the front line will be better. ”

When Liuli heard him say this, she couldn't help but be ashamed and angry, "Xu Yi, do you think I'm afraid!" ”

Xu Yi: ......

Xu Yi really didn't understand which of her words offended her again - this princess was sensitive, fickle, and irritable, and it was indeed a little difficult for Xu Yi to understand. Fortunately, after several months of living and dying together, Xu Yi's prejudice against Liuli has been eliminated a lot. Although I didn't understand why she was angry again, she still patiently explained, "His Royal Highness Yixing didn't flinch in the first battle, and now that the situation is stable, how can you be timid." I didn't mean that. ”

"Then why did you drive me away?"

Xu Yi was a little tired...... Dare to love him, what he said before was in vain.

He could only patiently explain, "His Royal Highness stays in Soochow to supervise the rear military supplies, and the ministers fight on the front line, so they don't have to worry about the dilemma of encountering a vicious war but not being able to supply military rations." He paused, and then said truthfully, "But the minister thought about it again, His Royal Highness is naïve, and he may not be able to deal with these treacherous and cunning officials of Eastern Wu......"

Liuli was originally relieved by him, but when she heard him say bluntly, she was angered again, "You look down on me!" Isn't it just to supervise military rations? I'll just do it! ”

In a rage, she turned around and slammed the door and went out.

After being tossed by her anger for no reason so many times, Xu Yi took the initiative for the first time - he thought, it turns out that Her Royal Highness the princess is not so moody, at least when you provoke her, she will still be angry as expected. Xu Yi couldn't help laughing, but her whole body hurt when she smiled. I could only endure it and continue to sit upright to eat.

The room was quiet for a while, and he couldn't help but wonder if the other princess and his princess were okay.

After a moment of distraction, he calmly suppressed the miscellaneous thoughts about Ruyi in his mind. Concentrate on thinking about the strategy of entering Jiankang.