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While the Han army had not yet been assembled, Lu Bu could have mobilized defenders from all over Xuzhou to vigorously counterattack, but Lu Bu did not do so.

The battle last night made him realize the strength of the Han army, and he felt remorse for the fact that he had underestimated the emperor and betrayed him, and he did not dare to come out of Xuzhou City.

Liu Xie saw that he didn't come out, which was exactly what he wanted, and he was just waiting for the arrival of the follow-up troops.

However, he said that the next day, Liu Xie inspected the army, and saw discarded and destroyed weapons everywhere, including a large number of sunset crossbows and all kinds of arrows and blades. ”

Wen Yin said: "Lu Bu only has force and weapons, but he has no brains, no matter how hard he tries, it is useless." ”

Liu Xie nodded yes.

Zhang Liao said: "Your Majesty, Zang Ba is hiding in Xiapi, and the minister invites an elite to go and take it down." ”

Liu Xie pondered for a moment and said: "Don't worry, it's not too late to make plans when the army is all converged." ”

Zhang Liao asked again: "Then what about Liu Bei?" ”

Liu Xie said: "I heard that Wen Yuan and Guan Yu are fellow villagers and have a deep friendship. ”

Zhang Liao said: "Exactly." ”

Liu Xie said: "I appointed you to go to Xiaopei, Chen said the benefits, and persuaded Liu Bei to surrender." ”

Zhang Liao hesitated, and Liu Xie asked, "What, is it difficult for Wenyuan?" ”

Zhang Liao said: "The minister will go to Xiaopei and persuade Liu Bei to surrender." ”

After that, Zhang Liao said goodbye, changed into civilian clothes, took only two entourages, and rushed to Xiaopei.

But he said that Liu Xie was inspecting the room, and he always felt that someone was secretly following behind, and when he looked back, it was a masked woman, who carefully identified it as Xiahou Ling, and beckoned her to come over.

Xiahou Ling walked over timidly, bowing her head and not daring to look at him.

Liu Xiebei smiled and asked, "Why did you suddenly mask your face?" ”

Xiahou Ling said: "The slave maid put ointment on her face, because she was afraid that the wind would blow and stain the dust, and secondly, she was afraid of startling the holy driver, and she was also afraid of scaring the soldiers, so she covered her face. ”

Liu Xie nodded and said, "You are now my imperial guard, and you have to follow me at all times, how can you be so far away from me, so how can you protect me?" ”

"The slave is guilty."

"Confession follows."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Liu Xie called the captain of the guard again and asked Xiahou Ling to take up a post under him.

Now on the front line of the entire Han army, there are only two women, one is Wen Yin, she is a general and has her own camp. The other one is Xiahou Ling, she is now a guard and a soldier, and it is impossible to set up a camp for her alone, so Liu Xie arranged for her to live with the eunuch.

Xiahou Ling did not dislike it, and listened to the eunuch say that when Xiahou Ling slept every night, she had to hold a double knife.

Hearing the news, Liu Xie also felt funny, and said in his heart, this Xiahou Ling, you have to give her a good temper.

Several of Liu Xie's guards were really loyal, not only protecting Liu Xie's safety at all times, but also staring at Xiahou Ling from time to time, for fear that she would suddenly hurt Liu Xie.

But he said that in the afternoon, Liu Xie went here to survey the terrain before the battle, and asked a few guards to accompany him, and Wen Yin was going to follow, but because the pregnancy reaction was too great in the past few days, he vomited what he ate, and he was tired, and he was repeatedly urged by Liu Xie to go back to rest.

He now brought a total of six guards, including Xiahou Ling, plus Xiao Luozi, a total of eight people. Everywhere Liu Xie went, he had to stop and observe for a moment and take notes carefully. The guards followed closely to the left and right.

Seeing that he walked into a bush, Liu Xie walked into the grass, and a guard said: "Your Majesty, now in July, poisonous insects will be infested in the deep grass, Your Majesty be careful." ”

Liu Xie smiled and said: "Haven't you heard of scaring snakes? Forget it, you don't know. ”

It's no wonder that the idiom of striking grass and startling snakes originated in the Song Dynasty, of course he didn't know, Liu Xie pulled out his sword and played in the grass, and said: "Long insects are also afraid of people, if you make a movement, it will scare away, and you will naturally not be bitten by it." ”

Xiahou Ling pulled out her double knives and fiddled in the grass, walked in front to open the way, and suddenly stood there without moving, as if she was listening to something.

Liu Xie asked, "What's the matter, Xiao Lingzi?" ”

Xiahou Ling ignored him, and suddenly flew towards him, Liu Xie didn't react to how it was, he heard a bowstring sound on the right side, and an arrow swished, and Xiahou Ling also jumped over in time to block in front of her, and then fell into the grass with a scream.

Liu Xie quickly learned that there was an assassin, and immediately lay down, and several other guards shouted: "There are assassins, protect Your Majesty!" ”

And quickly divided into two groups, three guards stood by on the spot, and the other three had already rushed towards this moment, all three guards held delicate crossbows in their hands, facing the front, and fired arrows continuously.

As mentioned earlier, this kind of individual crossbow can hold ten arrows at a time and can shoot arrows quickly.

When the three guards rushed over, they kept shooting arrows, regardless of whether they hit or not.

As they shouted, a large number of soldiers had already rushed around.

didn't say that he was arrested at the moment, but said that Liu Xie was lying on Xiahou Ling's body, and he saw that the arrow hit the right chest, two inches into the flesh, and blood flowed out.

Liu Xie shouted: "Xiao Lingzi, Xiao Lingzi! ”

Xiahou Ling smiled dismally and said, "Why are you so dizzy, I'm so dizzy." ”

Liu Xie saw that she was injured, and he didn't dare to pull out the arrow, for fear that the arrow would be pulled out and the blood would flow more fiercely, so he shouted loudly: "Military doctor, quickly pass on the military doctor." ”

Then he whispered, "Why are you so stupid?" ”

Xiahou Ling smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid assassinated you at the beginning, and now they block you with an arrow, is it considered to atone for your crimes?" ”

"Silly woman, I would have forgiven you a long time ago."

"Your Majesty, the slave will spend her life as Your Majesty's life and death guard! Slaves are not stupid, slaves are not stupid at all. ”

"Say no more."

"It's just that the slave and maid may not be able to continue to protect Your Majesty."

"!" Liu Xie shouted, "Don't talk nonsense!" ”

After a while, the military doctor came, tore the clothes from the wound, looked at the wound, and said, "It's okay, apply the ointment, dig out the arrow, and it will be healed in a hundred days." ”

Hearing that there was no danger to his life, Liu Xie breathed a sigh of relief.

The military doctor applied ointment on the spot, cut off the shaft of the arrow, and said, "The girl needs to carry it into the camp tent to dig up the arrow, the miasma here is too heavy to operate." ”

Liu Xie said: "Then don't hurry up and carry her away, slow down, don't cushion her." ”

There were three assassins, all of whom were soldiers in Lu Bu's army, and they did not withdraw from the battle yesterday, and those who were ambushed here were punished on the spot.

On the way back to the camp, Xiahou Ling was carried by two soldiers with a door panel, she lay on it and fell asleep, and the military doctor said: "The girl can't sleep, hold on." ”

Liu Xie was afraid that she would die of sleep, so he said: "Xiao Lingzi, if you want to be lazy, you can't do it, you just said that you want to be my guard for the rest of your life." Haha, you're going to sell me for the rest of your life, who told you to assassinate me in the first place? This is your punishment. ”

Xiahou Ling smiled: "Yes, the slave is willing to be punished." ”

(End of chapter)