The road to Ezhou and Hongzhou was blocked, and Huang had to order the army to stay in the county temporarily, on the one hand, to send people to Yangshan Pass to continue to negotiate with its defenders, and on the other hand, to send cavalry to scout horses and find out the news.

The strange thing is that Zheng Ze and the others did not attack immediately that night, but set up camp dozens of miles away, giving Huang Zhi and others a strong sense of oppression.

Li Xun and the others spent a long night in tension, and early the next morning, the scouts sent out returned, and Huang Xun did not sleep all night, just waiting for their news.

Thirty miles away from the west side of the county, there are 20,000 allied troops of Zheng Ze and Liu Xiang, and twenty miles away from the north side, there are 30,000 troops of Huang Baichuan, who are desperately guarding the road to Huainan.

On the one hand, Huang Zhi could only defend the city to the death, and on the other hand, he sent people to take the small road to Wang Huailie, the envoy of Chuzhou Jiedu, which was closest to here, and Zhao Bai'an, the envoy of Hong and Jiang Jiedu, to ask for help, and asked people to hold their own handwritten letters, and rushed back to Fengjing in a hurry to tell the emperor Zhao Zhi the news here.

In the camp, Li Xun walked alone, his face was a little pale, his expression was sluggish, after arriving in Zhixian, he finally stabilized temporarily, the breath in his heart was relaxed, Li Xun's mind was full of those miserable pictures on the battlefield, the broken human body, the desperate screams of the soldiers before they died, and so on, so that Li Xun's appetite suddenly rolled, and he vomited again and again, and he didn't sleep well all night.

When he came to Huang Xun's big tent, Li Xun walked in directly.

Huang Zhen and Gu Yong are talking there, the former has a heavy face and a heavy heart, and the latter is no longer arrogant as before, between words, very polite, and his attitude towards Huang Yong has changed greatly, yesterday's breakthrough battle, as the main general, Huang Zhen personally broke off the rear and retreated from the enemy, what happened in it has been passed into Gu Yong's ears, Huang Yong's actions, won Gu Yong's admiration.

Shan Qiu and Mao Fuan were talking in a low voice on the other side, and it was not difficult to see from the looks of the two that the current situation must be extremely unfavorable for their own side.

Li Xun came to Mao Fu'an and sat down, pulled him and asked in a low voice, "Why are there only a few of you and the others?" ”

Mao Fuan looked down on people like Li Xun very much at first, and Li Xun got close to him several times, but Mao Fuan ignored it, which made Li Xun quite embarrassed.

But in the big battle last night, Li Xun actually followed Huang Xun to the front, and did not retreat, although the force was not strong, but he also killed several enemies, just for this courage, Mao Fuan already had a great impression of Li Xun.

"Those few bastards are not hiding in the city and being the shrunken turtles."

mentioned Liu Congxi, Zhan Taijingming and others, Mao Fuan's face had a strong look of disdain.

"Lao Mao, don't talk nonsense, now that the enemy is present, we should be united, if this word reaches the ears of those few people, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary quarrels."

Shan Qiu scolded in a low voice on the side.

"Since you dare to do it, you can't let people say it?"

It seems that the personal relationship between the two is very good, and in the face of the reprimand of Shan Qiu, Mao Fuan was not angry, but just muttered a few words and did not talk about this topic.

Shan Qiu looked at Li Xun and explained softly.

Liu Congxi was thrown off his horse in the breakout, his left leg was broken, he couldn't walk, and he was being treated in the city, while Zhan Tai Jingming was fleeing alone, and he didn't have the face to see Huang Xian at all, and he was also hiding in the city at the moment, while Zhao Feidu, who was frightened yesterday, is now asleep.

Li Xun shook his head, what kind of people are they, this kind of waste can even achieve the high position of a general, I really don't know how they did it, among the three people, I am afraid that only Gu Yong is not bad, last night, at the moment of emergency, if Gu Yong did not come forward and gather soldiers to resist and break through, the consequences may be unimaginable.

At this time, Qin Anming, the imperial historian of the army, strode in, his face extremely heavy.

Huang Zhi stood up, personally brought him a glass of water, and asked, "The statistics are out?" ”

Qin Anming took a sip of water, nodded, and said in a deep voice: "The grain and grass can still last for five days, and there are less than 40,000 soldiers left." ”

Huang Zhen frowned and was silent.

Li Xun was very surprised after hearing this, last night, the main army of the other party was dragged by Huang Zhen, and there were only 5,000 enemy troops in the left camp, although he was caught off guard, but after all, there were 50,000 people, 50,000 against 5,000, and they lost nearly 20,000 people, what kind of combat power is this?

After pondering for a moment, Huang Yu said silently: "Qin Yushi, you also haven't slept all night, go to rest early, and I will gather all the generals in the evening to discuss matters together." ”

Qin Anming nodded and got up to leave.

Huang Zhen asked everyone to rest, recuperate their spirits, and when everyone arrived in the evening, they discussed the military.

Everyone left, but Li Xun didn't leave.

"Li Xun, seeing that your face is not good, why don't you go to rest?"

Li Xun smiled bitterly: "It's a shame to say, I threw up all night last night, and my hands and feet are still numb." ”

Huang Yi smiled faintly and sat down: "You are on the battlefield for the first time, you can perform like this, it is already extremely good, I think that the first time I went out to kill the enemy, it was even worse than you, why should you mind?" ”

Li Xun didn't ask about Huang Xun's past, remembering Qin Anming's words just now, he couldn't help but sigh: "General, after the first battle, the loss of nearly 20,000 soldiers is too poor. ”

Huang Zhi was silent, and finally closed his eyes, not knowing whether he was asleep or thinking about things.

Li Xun smiled bitterly twice, got up and left.

Li Xun came to his tent and was about to go in, but he saw dozens of soldiers tied to a strong man, passing by.

"Who is this person and what are you holding him up for?"

Li Xun walked over and stopped him to ask.

A soldier glanced at Li Xun a few times and said, "This person came to spy on the news of our army, and was caught by us, and General Zhao Feidu ordered us to behead him for public display." ”

"I'm not a spy, I want to see General Huang Xu, I have something important to report, you can't kill me."

The man who was caught, struggling at this time, shouted loudly, and Li Xun saw his appearance clearly, but his facial features were wrong, very ugly and ugly.

"Shut up!"

Several soldiers with blue noses and swollen faces shouted loudly, and went up to punch and kick him, apparently in the process of capturing this person, they were injured by him, and they took revenge.

"Stop!"

Li Xun asked them to stop, and then said: "Since you are an enemy spy, you should be interrogated strictly and ask for information, isn't it worthless for you to kill them so decisively?" ”

"Judge Li, my general has already ordered this person to be killed, we should obey the order, and please don't stop it."

The attitude of the leading officer was extremely arrogant, and he did not sell Li Xun's face at all.

Li Xun was furious when he heard this: "I am the judge of the supervising army, so Liu Congxi is not in the army, and his duties should be replaced by me, I am the supervising army, why can't I intervene in this matter?" ”

The officer was stunned, shocked by Li Xun's momentum, and his attitude softened a lot, but he still said in a hard voice: "But General Zhao has already ordered, if we don't kill this person, how can we go back and restore our lives?" ”

"You want to find out your identity, I am not discussing with you now, but as a supervisor of the army, I order you to immediately send this person to the general, if you dare not comply, I will kill you by military law."

Li Xun said coldly, then waved his hand, turned around and walked towards Huang Xun.

The officer's face changed, pondered for a long time, and finally sighed, and pressed people to follow Li Xun to Huang Xu, although it was not easy to explain when he went back, but he would not lose his life, if Li Xun ordered to kill himself as a supervisor, I am afraid that Zhao Feidu may not be able to save himself, so the officer thought again and again, and finally chose to give in.