Auntie.

The heavy losses in the past few days, coupled with the gossip in the battalion, led to low morale among the lieutenants of Li Hu's battalion, and deserters continued to appear.

Li Hu no longer dared to attack the city on a large scale, and in the past few days, he only arranged for cavalry to intrude on Xiao Huaishuo's fleet in Jiangbei from time to time - cavalry and sailors, of course, you can't beat me, and I can't catch up with you. But the void just put a few waves of bows and arrows on the side, and scratched the boots.

The war looks like it has entered a stalemate phase.

But the turnaround is already here.

Xiao Huaishuo received the battle report from Nanling in the evening of this day.

His hands trembled a little when he unfolded the scroll, and for a short moment he had a lot of thoughts in his mind, and even imagined the situation of Ruyi's capture for a short time. So much so that when that line came into view, for a moment he even lost his reading. It took him a moment to come back to his senses and realize what he had seen.

-- A big victory in the rear.

Zhao Dayan, the owner of Hejiazhuang, assisted the defenders of Nanling in ambushing Kong Cai's army, and Kong Cai's army suffered heavy casualties, dying in fire and flooding. Kong Cai himself was killed by a sword, and the remaining army had no way to escape, and was captured at dawn.

Ruyi reported the first credit to Zhao Dayan and Gu Jinglou.

Xiao Huaishuo's foolproof strategy for Nanling City is to stick to it - the walls of Nanling City can always resist for a while, as long as he wins a big victory in front, the crisis will naturally be resolved.

In fact, he was afraid that Ruyi would respond too positively, because taking risks meant taking risks. He prefers that Ruyi can stay safely in the rear where danger cannot reach.

But how could Ruyi be so obedient.

Xiao Huaishuo pinched the thin piece of paper, and when the big stone in his heart fell, he couldn't help but laugh softly - that girl was like a wild horse, he had already released the reins to let her taste the taste of wanton galloping, I am afraid that he would not be able to restrain it in the future.

When he saw the end of the letter, after wishing to repay Zhao Dayan's merits and ask for a reward, he wrote "The crisis in Nanling has been lifted, and we should take advantage of the situation to go east to recover Xuancheng and help the army in front", and couldn't help but think, you see, you have to make inches.

But this girl had already proven herself, and if he continued to stand in his way, she would probably only wonder why he was so arrogant.

He replied, "Yes." ”

As soon as the word fell, a long "report-" came from outside, and the commander lifted the tent and entered the house, and hurriedly said, "Yixing war report, great victory on the Eastern Front-"

Xiao Huaishuo got up suddenly, personally stepped forward to receive the battle report in his hand, and swept it with a glance, his face was still happy, but his eyes were deep.

-- The great victory on the Eastern Front, Xu Yi broke out of the encirclement and completely annihilated the incorruptible army in the early Song Dynasty. However, Xu Yi himself accidentally fell from his horse with an arrow, and after killing 36 people in foot combat, he was seriously injured......

Yixing City.

Xu Yi woke up from a coma and only listened to the noise outside.

He stood up to make out the sound, but with a slight movement, he tugged at the wounds all over his body. He gasped, but didn't groan. After only a moment's pause, he sat up with his mattress on his back. When I looked down, I saw that my upper body was naked, the old and new scars were intertwined, and the blood stains on the bandage on my chest were still fresh, and I was half a foot long from my left and right feet. He didn't want anyone to see his serious injuries, so he pulled off his bedside robe and draped it over his shoulders. Fang Wensheng asked, "Who is making noise outside?" ”

After a short silence, Xu Yi heard someone outside instruct, "The general is awake, go and ask the doctor to come over!" It seemed to be Zhang Ben's voice, and after a pause, the voice said, "By the way, I will also send a message to Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

The group of people outside seemed to be about to step forward again, Xu Yi heard a sonorous sound of a long sword coming out of the sheath, accompanied by Zhang Ben's scolding, "In front of the military camp, who dares to make another time!" The group just stopped.

Immediately Zhang Ben came in from outside--the battle was over, and his armor was still dirty, apparently because he had not rested since the war.

Xu Yi asked, "What's going on?" ”

Zhang Ben saw that Xu Yi was conscious, and he had already breathed a sigh of relief. However, he still deliberately made an indignant appearance, and raised his voice, "The envoys sent by the Sanwu County Guards to visit the general, but after making them wait for a while, they were noisy and annoying outside!" ”

-- The Soochow Front was loose, and it was said that an alliance had been formed, but Xu Yi led the army to carry the rebels in front of him for more than two months, and the rear defense supplies came once and sent less than three days' worth of military supplies. Once he routed the rebels and was seriously wounded, the "messengers" in the rear rushed to come. What kind of calculation, how could Xu Yi not think of it?

Even so, Xu Yi still smiled, "It's not the right time for me to get hurt, so I made them wait for a long time." Ask them to wait in the hall for the time being, and let me change my clothes first—"

He spoke calmly and clearly, and no one outside could hear how - although he was indeed injured, it was still not a problem to control the situation.

Immediately, someone raised his voice and said, "General, rest by yourself, we are just here to work in the name of the lord." It's a ...... to come back later to ask for a meeting," Before he finished speaking, his tone changed, and he hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Your Royal Highness Princess." ”

Immediately Liuli's voice came-this princess was known for her nobility and coquettishness when she was raised in the boudoir, and at this moment, she gave full play to this trait, and directly raised her hand and threw things, "Lao Jun? You really dare to say that this princess has been gnawing the bark for two months, and now she has beaten the thief back, and you have also come to work in the army. Do you know what tree bark smells like?! ”

Liuli seemed to be interrupted, turned around and whispered something to the comer.

After a while, the door opened, and the doctor who diagnosed Xu Yi carried a green bag on his back, and the boy behind him came into the house with a wooden box.

And Liuli's tone outside became high-pitched again, "Don't look at General Xu's good temper, just think that everyone is stupid." Do you want to work in the army? What about armor? What about the gold silk? What about the money? What about cattle and sheep? If you don't bring anything, you dare to say that you will come to the army......"

Someone seems to justify, "Two hundred fat sheep were sent yesterday......"

Liuli gambled back with a word, "If Song Chulian wins today, you dare to send him with two hundred sheep?" Don't feel that this princess is too deceitful, and you are settling accounts in your heart, if these soldiers in Yixing City didn't gnaw on the bark to defeat Song Chulian, you people still have a life. If the soldiers know that you are so stingy with your money...... "She relented a little, and said, "People must know how to repay their kindness, so that you can be good to me, don't you say?" ”

After a moment, she waved her hand and commanded, "Send the envoys back to the pavilion to rest." ”

Someone seemed to argue, "But General Xu—"

Liuli said, "General Xu is polite to you, and you don't kick your nose in the face." In this barracks, only General Xu said who he wanted to see, and no one ordered General Xu to see him immediately. ”

Probably the guards outside the camp were also tired of these people, and drew their swords angrily. The bloodied and victorious soldiers had a fierce and murderous momentum, which instantly frightened these envoys hiding in the rear. Immediately, no one dared to say a word more.

The men finally retreated.

Liuli came into the house, and when she saw Zhang Ben looking at her and smiling, her face couldn't help but turn red, she grabbed her hair and turned her head away, and said, "My nature has always been so rude, and it's not like you haven't seen it!" ”

Zhang Ben said with a smile, "These people are the mouthpieces of the wealthy families. If you have sinned against them today, you will not know what your reputation will become. ”

Liuli said, "What's the use of fame. If you don't knock on them, they think they can hide it. ”

Zhang Ben said, "Aren't you afraid of beating your head too much, and they will rush over the wall?" ”

But it was Xu Yi and Liuli who laughed together, "If only they had the guts." Xu Yi said again, "I still have to take the time to meet them and appease them a little." ”

- Ruri has become a wicked person, and if he goes to be a good person, it will be easier to say some things. Xu Yi is very grateful for Liuli.

The doctor carefully examined Xu Yi and changed the bandages for him. The little boy who served was not dexterous enough, so Liuli stepped forward to take the scissors and cut the linen cloth in a regular manner - she had been in Yixing for the past two months, and she had done a lot of things with her own hands to motivate the government and the people. She has sewed clothes and leather armor, cut bandages, and pierced straw men -- how much hard work her mother made in her early years to raise her noble and elegant, and not stained with smoke and dust. However, in just two months, she still returned to the fireworks and red dust. But the strange thing is that she was inevitably teased for being raised by a shepherd girl, but now there are few people around her who don't respect her.

She handed the bandage to the doctor, and when she saw that Xu Yi had a bandage wrapped around her head and covered her right eye, she asked, "Are your eyes okay?" ”

-- But this is an old wound.

Actually, it's not that old, it was the evening of three days ago. At that time, the bows and arrows in the city were exhausted, and it was difficult to stop the rebels from attacking the city, and there was not a small wave of enemy troops attacking the city wall. Xu Yi took the lead, and Liuli also personally went into battle to motivate the soldiers. After this wave of rebels was killed, Xu Yi's right cheek had been slashed. Some people say that he was injured in response to Liuli, but the situation was too chaotic at that time, and Liuli himself was not clear. Xu Yi naturally didn't know how to say it.

At this moment, Liuli asked, Xu Yi only raised his hand and touched it, and said, "I can feel the light and darkness, and it is not a big deal to think about it." ”

Liuli hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll help you heal." ”

Xu Yi laughed instead, laughed for a moment, and then said seriously, "On the battlefield, this is a common thing. ”

Ruri's shoulders couldn't help but tighten—but she remembered the situation that day. She did not regret that she had gone into battle that day - even if she had been born in peace and had lived a noble and stupid life for more than ten years, she still had blood and responsibility in her heart. But...... The scene of flesh and blood flying and wielding her life on the blade of the rebels, she no longer wanted to experience it, not even want to think about it. It was horrible, it wasn't a life she could bear.

And the bloody general she saw that day, she respected him, feared him, and obeyed him...... But she did realize clearly that he was not the white-clothed young man with a shallow smile and gentle eyes that she never forgot.

At that time, he slashed down with a knife, and his blood was dripping all over his body, and the fierce light in his red eyes did not flash, like a hell killing god.

The doctor told Xu Yi that the injuries on his body should be recuperated for at least a month. Xu Yi smiled and nodded yes.

After sending the doctor out, he asked Zhang Ben again, "How long did I sleep?" ”

"It's just one night." Zhang Ben briefly reported to him what happened after he passed out in a coma yesterday.