(Thanks to readers "Ryankim" and "78209" for their tips.) ）

The descending army made great fanfare, and the soldiers left the camp one after another, and went to different places, with a posture of encircling the Jingzhou legions.

The soldiers of the Descending Army also thought so, this time they were not afraid, nor did they have suspicions, because King Wu had already arrived, and there were more troops to support one after another, and their own side was greatly superior in numbers, and there was no reason why they could not win the enemy.

The Jingzhou army did not react, did not send troops out to meet the battle, and did not seem to abandon the camp and flee immediately, Xu Ji didn't care, and told the generals: "The enemy army is out of the camp, report it immediately, otherwise, come back to see me in two hours." ”

Xu Ji wants to sleep, the "big war" is imminent, he wants to sleep, the news came out, the soldiers were more at ease, and said: "King Wu is all arranged, and none of the Jingzhou army can escape." ”

Xu Ji fell into bed, and in less than an hour, he woke up on his own, this sleep was not long, but it was a rare complete rest for him these days, and he was in a comfortable mood.

He sat on the bed, rethinking the decision he had made, and for a moment remorse prevailed, denouncing his weakness and stupidity: victory was in sight, a golden opportunity was in sight, why retreat? How can I get it back?

Regret was only for a moment, and when he thought of how many lives he would lose in this "opportunity", he felt another boulder pile up in his heart.

The curtain was opened, and someone came in to take a look, and when he saw that King Wu had woken up, he stepped in, stood at the door, and looked at him silently.

Xu Ji squeezed out a smile.

"Why?" Xue Jinyan had been holding back this sentence in his heart, and finally asked.

"No victory is worth sending so many people to death."

"General Cao said that fighting is like this, sometimes there is even only one person left, which is also considered a victory, although it is more tragic, but there is no war without paying a price."

"What about you? Think so, too? ”

Xue Jin was silent for a while, "I admit that General Cao is right, but I can't do it, if the front is dead, I can be the first to rush in, but I can't stay behind and send others to die, so I'd rather give up the title of Descendant General - if in the original plan, I can still live." ”

In the original plan, Xue Jinyao especially should not have survived.

"I'm not as good as you, I can't even take the lead in death."

Xue Jin frowned slightly, "You are King Wu, how can you compare with me?" And you've been ...... before It looks like an emperor. ”

"Killed a lot of people."

"More people saved."

Xu Ji moved to the side, "Sit down." ”

Xue Jin hesitated for a moment, stepped over and sat down, feeling that the King Wu beside her seemed like a stranger, not her husband who had shared the bed with her, and the King Wu at this moment made her nervous and irritable, as if the first two nights of the wedding.

"You don't have to send the descending army to death, and you don't have to give up everything, you can fight normally, you can defeat the Jingzhou army, and you can also hold the eastern capital, and it will not affect your big plans." Xue Jinyan persuaded, trying to hide his emotions.

Xu Ji shook his head, "On the battlefield, when you compete with the enemy to win, will you only use three points of strength?" ”

"How's that going to work? It only takes three points of force to send yourself to death, it must be ten points, and no one less ......" Xue Jin shook it over, "You can't speak more bluntly?" ”

"Get used to it." Xu Ji smiled, pressing his hands on the bed, and his right hand just pressed the back of half of his wife's hand.

As if he had been pricked by a needle, Xue Jinyao immediately withdrew his hand, his cheeks were slightly red, and slowly put his hand back on the bed, only a finger away from her husband's hand.

Xu Ji rubbed it lightly a few times, and then held the hand, "Your hand doesn't look like a perennial knife at all." ”

"My mother said it was because I was young, and in a few years I would have calluses, and slowly I would be hard as iron, and then I would ...... You don't like calloused hands? ”

"I don't know, it depends on whether your hard hand is used to hold the knife or to hit me."

Xue Jin sneered, and immediately said, "Do you still have the heart to flamboyant?" Do you know what kind of situation you're about to face? ”

"Think of some, but it's not thoughtful enough, you can talk about it."

Xue Jin sighed, still a little nervous in his heart, but no longer irritable, on the contrary, he felt that he and her husband had never been so close.

"General Cao told me that compared with the Jingzhou army, there are more of us, and compared with the officers and soldiers from all walks of life, we have fewer people, so we must break through each one. If the Jingzhou army cannot be completely defeated in this battle, the eastern capital will be surrounded again, and if King Wu wants to retreat from the enemy, it will be even more difficult, and more people will die. ”

"Well, that's what I thought."

"Also, King Wu doesn't want to suffer too many casualties, and today he 'saved' tens of thousands of descending troops, but they didn't expect that they would not be grateful in the future, but would complain about King Wu because the eastern capital was trapped."

"I didn't expect this, but what you said is very reasonable, internal and external difficulties, this is indeed the situation I will face."

"What do you do? Waiting to be killed by their own soldiers? ”

"Will you save me one day?"

Xue Jin shook his eyebrows and erected, "Whoever dares to move your finger, I will chop him into eight pieces." ”

Xu Ji smiled, turned his head to look at his wife, and did not speak.

"You don't believe it?" Xue Jinyan misunderstood her husband's expression, "Because I didn't avenge my father?" They died suddenly, but to be honest, they were not innocent, although the person who killed them was led by King Liang, the real action was still the descendant army who was annoyed by my father......"

"I believe, now you are the only one I believe." Xu Ji held her hand tighter, so tight that her face was a little flushed.

"It's good to believe......" Xue Jin lowered her gaze, vaguely guessing what her husband was thinking.

"It seems that the Jingzhou army has not been out of the camp."

"Well, they don't dare."

"It's still a while before two hours."

"There is a ......"

"Do you want to ......?"

"I don't want to."

"You really don't want to?"

"I really don't want to."

"And how do you know what I'm thinking?"

Xue Jin's face turned even redder, and even she wondered, when did she become so shy? "It's daytime, and you can hear ...... outside"

"Are you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid of anything!"

Inside the tent, Xue Jinyao, who was not excited, decided to prove his courage, and outside the tent, the guards heard strange sounds and couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"The Descending General and the Grand Governor have fought?" Tang Weitian was the closest, and he heard the most, but the sound was intermittent, and he couldn't hear it clearly, "No, the Grand Governor is definitely not the opponent of the descending general, I have to go in and help......"

A guard hurriedly grabbed Tang Weitian and said with a smile: "Don't go in, the general will kill you, and the ruling will not spare you." ”

"I'm ...... help"

"There's no need, the ruling government really needs help, so it will naturally call people."

"But ......"

"No, but, if you are afraid of being embarrassed, as soon as you enter, you will be even more embarrassed to be in power."

Tang Weitian thought so, "You are right, the incarnation general is the wife of the Dadu Governor, and he was beaten by his own wife, of course he doesn't want others to see it, the former incarnation king was like this." ”

The guard smiled and nodded, letting go of his hand, "Let's all go farther." ”

Tang Weitian no longer insisted on entering the account, looked left and right, and still had doubts in his heart, "The Metropolitan Governor was beaten, what are you laughing at?" ”

The guards all smiled and shook their heads in unison.

Two hours are about to arrive, there is still no update news from the scouts in front, the Jingzhou army seems to be frightened, occasionally send a small team of soldiers and horses, run a circle and then retreat, the last half an hour, even the team of soldiers and horses is gone.

Someone had to go in to remind King Wu, and the guards jointly recommended Tang Weitian this time, "You must go, who made you the ruling henchman guard?" ”

"I'll go, I'll go, no matter how ruthless the general is, it's time to fight enough, if she still wants to be ruthless, I must help. That's the Grand Duke. ”

Tang Weitian chattered as he walked, and the guards behind him laughed and laughed, and were reprimanded by the leader before he regained his seriousness.

Tang Weitian was worried that the Metropolitan Governor would lose face, so he said loudly at the door: "The Metropolitan Governor, the two hours have come, and I will come in." ”

"Come in."

The voice of the Grand Governor was no different from usual, and Tang Weitian was a little relieved, thinking that the descending general was not heavy.

After entering the account, Tang Weitian saw the Metropolitan Governor standing in the middle, his expression was quite good, not at all like he had been beaten, but the descendant general was standing behind, with his back to the exit, as if she was the one who was bullied.

Tang Weitian looked confused.

"If you have something to say, say it." Xu Ji urged.

"Ah...... Two hours have come, and the scout said that no one has come out of the Jingzhou army, and our people have been almost arranged, when will the fight start? ”

Xu Ji picked up a military order that had been written from the table, "Give it to General Cao Shenxi with his own hands, he knows what to do." ”

"Okay." Tang Weitian turned around to leave, but he was concerned about the safety of the metropolitan governor, so he stopped and said: "Husband and wife, if you don't fight, you are not husband and wife, my father and my mother used to fight, but after the fight, they were reconciled, just like nothing." Descending general, I don't know how the Metropolitan Governor offended you, please be lighter, the Metropolitan Governor is no better than people like us, with fine skin and tender meat, and he can't stand ......"

Xue Jin shook his head and said angrily: "What, are you a man-eating monster for me?" ”

"No, no, I don't mean that, I just ask you to ......"

"You still have the military order in your hand." Xu Ji reminded.

Tang Wei ran out, and didn't forget to add: "I'll be back soon, just outside, the Metropolitan Governor will call me at any time!" ”

Xue Jin shook and complained in a low voice: "I said that people outside would hear it. ”

"So what?"

Xue Jinyan wanted to behave more severely, but he couldn't make a corresponding expression, "I have to leave too, the soldiers are still waiting for me to ......"

"No, the Jingzhou army fled, the camp is empty, General Cao sent someone to find out."

"How can the Jingzhou army have tens of thousands of people, how can they escape silently?"

"Xi Yun is cautious, and he has arranged a retreat from the beginning, and I didn't send anyone to block the retreat before the deployment of troops. The two battalions of the enemy and us are twenty or thirty miles apart, and the people of Jingzhou want to retreat quietly, but it is actually very easy. ”

Only then did Xue Jinyan understand why King Wu transferred troops everywhere, but he didn't send people to the Jingzhou military camp.

"Alas, you are ...... Do you really want to give up? ”

"I'm going to ask you for a favor."

"Huh?"

"Bring the army back to Qinzhou?"

Returning to Qinzhou was the greatest hope of Xue Jinyao and many soldiers of the Incarnation Army, but when she heard it, she couldn't be happy, "You want to occupy Qinzhou?" ”

Xu Ji shook his head lightly, "I can't just leave, I will solve the trouble I caused." ”

Xue Jinyan suddenly realized that this was not a reconciliation between husband and wife, but a farewell.