Kong Sheng finished gathering and went straight to Nie Chuchen's room.

After taking the medicine and falling asleep for an hour or two, Nie Chuchen gradually woke up. Xiao Ju, the personal maid, was serving her with some hot soup, and when she saw Kong Sheng coming in, she quickly got up and retreated to the side.

Nie Chuchen's delicate body lay weakly on the soft couch, she smiled reluctantly at Kong Sheng, and was about to get up and sit up, when she inadvertently touched the wound in the shoulder socket, and there was a sharp pain, and she couldn't help but moan softly.

Kong Sheng walked over in a few steps, grabbed her hand, and said softly: "Just lie down, don't move, be careful about the wound." ”

Nie Chuchen looked at Kong Sheng softly, Kong Sheng was suddenly so considerate and gentle to her, she was a little uncomfortable for a while, and she didn't know what to say.

Kong Sheng shook Nie Chuchen's cold little hand, "Senior Sister Nie, you are so stupid, why did you sacrifice your life to block this arrow for me?" If you have three long and two short, how can I feel at ease? ”

The corners of Nie Chuchen's mouth twitched, and he said softly: "I didn't think about it that much at the time, anyway, I couldn't have watched you being killed by an assassin's arrow." By the way, did the assassin catch it? ”

Kong Sheng sighed and shook his head: "I caught it, but I committed suicide, and I didn't find out the origin of the assassin." ”

"This person is skilled in archery, and he should be a person in the rivers and lakes. However, in fact, there is no need to think about it, it must be someone from the rebel camp. There must be strange people around Yin Ziqi, and it is not difficult to understand that he sent someone over to assassinate him. In the future, you have to be careful, the so-called open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to prevent, and the methods of the Jianghu people are cunning and treacherous, it is best to let Brother Mu protect you closely. ”

Nie Chuchen seemed to be a little unaccustomed to his hand being held by Kong Sheng, so he gently pulled it out, and said, "I'm injured, and I can't stay by your side for a while, you have to be cautious...... It's in the diet. It is also necessary to prevent people from poisoning. ”

Kong Sheng's heart sank, with such a mysterious assassin coming out and escaping his life, he had actually maintained a hundred thousand vigilance in his heart for a long time. As Nie Chuchen said, the methods of the Jianghu people are the most difficult to prevent, and he will indeed be cautious and cautious everywhere in the future.

"Senior Sister Nie. I'll be careful. Kong Sheng waved his hand to the maid Xiao Ju and said with a smile: "Xiao Ju, I asked the kitchen to boil a pot of chicken soup, you go and bring a bowl over, and let Senior Sister Nie drink something to replenish her body." ”

Xiao Ju hummed and bowed her head and went to the kitchen.

The material living conditions of these years are really too scarce, even if he is the lord of a city like Kong Sheng, he does not have too much luxury. So much so that after Nie Chuchen was injured, Kong Sheng couldn't think of any tonic for her to nourish her body after thinking about it again and again.

Fortunately, Kong Sheng usually ordered people to hunt pheasants in the mountains and forests north of Xiayi. Some of them live in captivity in the hospital, occasionally stewing to satisfy their hunger.

Nie Chuchen stared at Kong Sheng softly, and suddenly said softly: "Kong Sheng, you little thief has no conscience, I took out my heart to treat you like this, and you still see me like this-are you still going to continue to call me senior sister?" ”

Kong Sheng was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and still called softly with some embarrassment: "Nie ...... First Dust! ”

Kong Sheng is not a master of picking up girls. But as a soul from modern society, he will not writhe in this kind of thing. Truly. Nie Chuchen has been obsessed with staying by his side for a long time, although she usually doesn't have any charm with him, but at the critical moment, she can sacrifice her life to save her, and this kind of affection has long surpassed everything.

Yiren treats himself like this, why should he be hypocritical?

Nie Chuchen heard this. With joy in her heart, she slowly raised her hand to gently caress Xiang Kong Sheng's cheeks, two blushes floated on her originally pale cheeks, and murmured: "Little thief, if you dare to let me down in the future." The slave will definitely shoot you through the throat with an arrow! ”

Seeing that Nie Chuchen was in love and expressing the surging emotions in his heart, or so "viciously", Kong Sheng couldn't help but laugh a little.

Nie Chuchen drank a bowl of chicken soup, because of excessive blood loss and his body was too weak, he finally fell asleep again. Kong Sheng didn't leave, just set up a soft couch in front of her couch, and fell asleep deeply.

At the crack of dawn. Two scouts sped up and opened the gates with their arrows. Kong Sheng put on his clothes and left the house, stood in the moonlit field and asked in a deep voice, "How are the rebels moving?" ”

The two scout soldiers bowed down respectfully: "Back to the words of the Overseer, in the middle of the night, Yin Ziqi's army suddenly pulled out the camp and retreated north, and an hour later, the Suiyang defenders also opened the city in pursuit, and there were about five or six thousand people in pursuit, led by Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun and others. ”

Kong Sheng pondered for a moment, and then said in a condensed voice: "Go and explore again!" ”

The two scouts immediately retreated.

Kong Sheng looked around at Xu Yuan, Nangong Wang, Li Biao, Li Hu and other generals, waved his hand and said: "Pass the order, the three major battalions will be mixed into an army of 3,000 people, and in an hour, follow me to the oath!" Xu Taishou, Senior Brother Nangong, the heavy responsibility of defending Xiayi will be handed over to you. ”

Xu Yuan said angrily: "Supervise Kong rest assured, this official will do his best to ensure that Xiayi is not lost." ”

Nangong Wang hesitated for a moment, stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "Senior Brother Kong, you are determined to go out to meet the rebels, and the mountain people are naturally not easy to stop." However, the mountain people have a saying that has to be said, be careful of deception! ”

Kong Sheng was silent for a while, but still waved his hand and said: "The fighter plane is fleeting, Senior Brother Nangong, this is the best time for us to join forces with the Suiyang defenders to annihilate the main force of the rebels, if this battle is won, the situation in the entire Henan Province will be completely reversed." ”

The corners of Nangong Wang's mouth twitched, and he cast a complicated glance at Kong Sheng.

There are some words, in front of outsiders, it is difficult for Nangong Wang to say them. But even if he didn't say it, Kong Sheng knew it.

In Nangong Wang's view, it is too risky to pursue the rebels, even if the rebels really withdraw their troops to the north in a hurry, even if Suiyang and Xiayi troops are united, it is only more than 10,000 people, and with more than 10,000 people against the 100,000 people claimed by the rebels, there will not be much chance of victory.

Instead of taking this risk, it is better to let Zhang Xun of Suiyang wade into this troubled water by himself. It is best to win, but if it fails, it is also Suiyang soldiers and horses that are lost, just to preserve the strength of Xiayi.

Judging from the trade-offs of interests, from Xia Yi's point of view, there is no problem with Nangong Wang's mentality. But Kong Sheng could not be so narrow-minded and short-sighted, Suiyang could not be defended, and Zhang Xun's troops were damaged, not only Zhang Xun's forces suffered heavy losses, but also meant that the strength of the official army in Henan Province was greatly weakened.

At this critical moment, Xiayi and Suiyang are both prosperous and loss-oriented. Therefore, even if he knew that Yin Ziqi had set a trap, Kong Sheng did not have to reinforce Zhang's patrol army.

What's more, Kong Sheng has deeper and higher strategic intentions.

But these, he couldn't communicate with Nangong Wang. Bound by the times, Nangong Wang's strategic thinking itself has limitations. This is not that Nangong Wang is short-sighted, but that he is in the middle of Lushan, and he doesn't know how high the mountain is.

Nangong Wang knew that it was difficult for him to persuade Kong Sheng, so he had to retreat silently.

The generals took the order and left.

Nangong Wang and Tang Genshui left side by side, but they didn't take two steps, but they heard Kong Sheng's indifferent voice behind them: "Senior Brother Nangong, Xia Yi must not be lost, this is our foundation." I will leave you more than 1,000 people, as well as more than 1,000 soldiers from the Xixi people, to help you defend the city! ”

Nangong Wang stopped, turned around and hugged his fists, and said with a wry smile: "Don't worry, Xia Yi will not lose, but as the coach of one side, there is no need for you to personally go into battle at every turn, wouldn't it be better for you to stay in Xia Yi personally?" ”

Kong Sheng smiled slightly: "This is the only time, I won't take it as an example." ”

Nangong Wang sighed and arched his hand: "I hope so." ”

"Take care of the first dust for me."

Kong Sheng's clear voice came into his ears again, Nangong Wang glanced at Kong Sheng in surprise, nodded, and Huo Ran left.

An hour later. The dawn of dawn dyed the eastern sky, the gate of Xiayi City was opened, Kong Sheng personally led the three major battalions of 3,000 people to swear to go out, and Xu Yuan and Nangong Wang led more than 1,000 people to stay in Xiayi.

At present, the total number of soldiers and horses in Xiayi has exceeded more than 4,000 people, not counting more than 1,000 soldiers in Xixi. But this Xixi army has not yet been reorganized, loyalty cannot be trusted, Kong Sheng cannot take it to the battle, so he can only let Su Lu and his subordinates stay behind and cooperate with Xu Yuan's army and horses to defend the city. (To be continued.) )