Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the ground outside Nanyang City was billowing with smoke and dust, several siege vehicles were torn apart and paralyzed on the plain, blood stained the moat red, and the corpses under the city wall were piled up in a thick layer.

On the city wall, the banner of the king of Chu has been replaced by the dragon flag of the imperial court, and the exhausted soldiers of the Xiliang army, resting behind the battlements, are all covered in blood, and the blades are curled.

The city gate tower was bombarded by artillery, and Xu Buling sat cross-legged on the wall facing the red sun on the horizon, his sword was flat on his knees, and the blood-spattered white robe could no longer be seen.

Since he ascended to the top of the city at noon yesterday, Xu Buling has not rested. Two thousand cavalry troops attacked the south gate, and cleared the remnants of the city with lightning speed, and the Chu general Qin Jing broke through from the east gate, only catching a few deputy generals, and the remaining more than 2,000 soldiers without a leader naturally surrendered.

As soon as the city was captured, the soldiers did not dare to use it, and there were no extra manpower to guard it, so Xu Buling had to collect the ordnance and drive the remnants out of the city.

Soon after, Qin Jing gathered the soldiers and horses of the surrounding counties and began to launch a counteroffensive against Nanyang, and the army of Mashankou also galloped over.

Xu Buling had only 2,000 soldiers, and when they were distributed to the four walls, there were only 500 men; Although it is said that it is advantageous to rely on the tall city wall to defend it, nearly 40,000 people are attacking the city from all directions, and it is like a tide to climb with ladders alone, and it is easy to imagine how difficult the battle is; Xiliangjun didn't change it, and he was injured one less than one, so he could only grit his teeth and hold on from head to tail.

However, there were four cannons, which still took advantage of the siege of the city; In addition to destroying siege equipment, the biggest role of artillery is to intimidate the Chu army. Under the terrifying power of artillery, the middle is divided regardless of the people, and the shock brought is no less than that of modern ordinary people seeing star destroyers; The huge technical generation gap directly stunned the Chu army's soldiers, and the thunderous sound of the dry land made the Chu army besieging the city dare not approach at all.

According to Xiao Qi's plan, he kept it for a day, did his best and then broke through and let Nanyang go. In this way, Guan Hongye's charge of 'delaying the fighter plane and flying far away' was confirmed, and Xu Buling went back and directly cut Guan Hongye to get the power of the counterinsurgency army, and even the emperor didn't have the face to say the word 'no'.

It's a pity that Guan Hongye is a veteran who has led the army for many years after all, and he hasn't been stupid enough to get to that point, and he didn't send spies to confirm it after receiving the news, so he directly sent the Xiliang cavalry.

In this way, the time when the reinforcements arrived was about the same as the normal situation, and Guan Hongye at most made a mistake in his decision, and he did not make a big mistake, so he would definitely not be killed.

On Xu Buling's side, there was Xu Ying, who was also covered with blood.

Xu Ying himself is one of the most brave generals in the Xiliang Army, defending the city and beheading more than 100 people a day, in exchange for this record in the past, it is normal to ask his boss Yang Zunyi to rub his shoulder.

But at this moment, Xu Ying did not have any arrogance in his eyes, but a little shame. Because the little prince next to him was a man on the city wall, he cut two knives for a day and a night, and on several occasions even rushed down the city wall, and several generals of the Chu army were wiped out in the army; After a battle, nearly 500 people were killed, and until the place where Xu Buling finally stood, no one dared to climb the city wall on the left and right.

The terrifying scene like the arrival of the god of killing the world, not only the other party's Chu army, but even the Xiliang army was shocked. Xu Ying originally planned to protect Xu Buling to avoid accidents, but in the end, he hid far away, for fear that the little prince would kill him and chop him off with a knife.

Seeing that there was no shadow of the Chu army on the plain, Xu Ying took a step forward and said respectfully:

"Little Wangye, the reinforcements are estimated to arrive in the early hours of tomorrow morning, as long as the reinforcements are on the way, it is impossible for the Chu army to stay nearby and wait for death, the siege of Nanyang has been lifted; The little prince went to rest, and he could watch it in the future. ”

Xu Buling fought for a day and a night, and the consumption was so great that it may be the most ruthless in this world. Without trimming and strengthening, it is not beneficial to the combat power at all, and he did not refuse this, turned around and got off the wall, and looked at the black-armored soldiers on the horse road:

"Send people to the rich men of the city, prepare wine and meat, and ask for the best in the city, and send them all to the city wall. After the arrival of reinforcements, they can be disarmed and repaired for three days, enjoy themselves, and all the expenses will be borne by the imperial court. Of course, don't drink too much and disturb the people and ruin the reputation of the Xiliang Army. ”

"No."

Xu Ying bowed down to receive the order.

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The mountains of Sunset City are down, and in Nanyang City, the streets and alleys are empty, and the people are hiding in their homes and the doors are closed.

The back house of the Shuai Mansion under the city wall was originally the residence of the Chu general Qin Jing, but the city broke through Qin Jing and left, and the house was naturally empty.

Ning Yuhe and Ning Qingye also guarded the city wall for a day and a night, their physique was not allowed to be strong, but their strength was not a lot at all, especially Ning Qingye, in the end, they fainted directly from exhaustion, and were carried down by the nightingale who was covering behind, and just woke up and ran to the city.

At this time, the battle stopped, Ning Yuhe and Ning Qingye were physically exhausted, and the nightingale had been in charge of artillery and analyzing the situation, but they had not raised their knives to kill the enemy, and they were also tired and lay down, and they had already fallen asleep in the room.

Zhongli Jiujiu is a doctor, so she will naturally not be allowed to carry a knife into battle in battle, and after taking care of the three girls to sleep, Zhongli Jiujiu came to the kitchen behind and boiled a large pot of water.

Xu Buling wore a bloody suit and came to the courtyard of the back house, where Zhongli Jiujiu was sitting at the stone table in the courtyard and pounding medicine; The appearance is still gorgeous and moving, but the sky blue skirt on her body is a little dirty, and even her sheep's fat jade cheeks are smeared.

As soon as Xu Buling entered the courtyard, Zhongli Jiujiu noticed it, looked back, quickly got up and wiped his hands, and ran over:

"Xianggong...... Alas, sit down quickly, and I'll show you. ”

Zhongli Jiujiu took Xu Buling's arm, came to the collapse of the wing room and sat down, all kinds of wound medicine, bandages and other things had already been prepared, and they were neatly placed on the small case.

Xu Buling looked embarrassed covered in blood, but in fact there was no problem, he sat on the collapse and said with a smile:

"Unscathed, just a few hundred miscellaneous soldiers, and they can't even touch the corners of my clothes. But it's a bit tiring. ”

Zhongli Jiujiu took off his bloody clothes and put them aside, carefully examined Xu Buling's chest and back, and after making sure that there were no injuries, he put Xu Buling's hand on his leg and carefully checked his pulse.

Xu Buling is indeed too tired, looking at his daughter-in-law like a flower and jade, he can't even afford to give birth to a lustful heart; The old sword saint Zhu Choushan died of exhaustion after killing seven hundred people, he did his best for a day and a night, although he was not exhausted to death, but he must have overdrawn his body and injured his inside, if he did not recuperate carefully, he would inevitably fall into the root of the disease.

After Zhongli Jiujiu checked his pulse, he got up and ran out, carrying hot water and pouring it into the prepared bath bucket, and pouring the prepared medicine into the bath bucket, and the fragrance in the room was filled with fragrance for a while.

"Xianggong, this is a medicine to warm and nourish the body, it's best not to do it again during this time, otherwise you will hurt your abdomen, and you will have to lie in bed after the age of forty......"

Xu Buling knew the condition of his body, and naturally he would not be reckless if he didn't have to, his arm was on Jiujiu's shoulder, and she helped him into the big bathtub; The heat swept from all over the body, making people feel like a spring breeze, feeling every pore open, and the comfortable Xu Bu made Chang Chang breathe a sigh of relief.

After soaking for a quarter of an hour, Xu Buling felt the soreness on his body begin to slowly dissipate, he looked at Jiu Jiu who was rubbing his arm next to him, and saw that his face was also a little smudge, so he said:

"Jiujiu, do you want to come in and wash together?"

Zhongli Jiujiu helped Xu Buling to stretch his qi and blood, and frowned slightly when he heard this, but it was not good to be fierce at this time, so he just glanced into the water:

"I'm almost exhausted, I can still get up, can you get up now?"

Xu Buling leaned against the barrel and chuckled:

"Let you wash together, at this time, I guess you will be strong against me, and I won't be able to eat."

"Forget it, this medicine is very strong, it's okay to soak it and it will definitely get hot, don't soak it for too long, it feels like it's almost up, I'll press it for you."

Zhongli Jiujiu turned around and fetched hot water by himself, went to the next door to freshen up carefully, and after changing into a clean nightdress, he helped Xu Buling up and lay on the couch, and brought medicine and wine to Xu Buling to relax......