In a daze, I don't know how long it took, Wang Xu was woken up by a violent bump, and opened his eyes dimly, only to find that he seemed to be in the carriage. Dong Hezheng sat quietly next to him, frowning and pondering, not knowing what he was thinking.

Glancing down at the wound above his right chest, feeling that the arrow had been taken out, Wang Xu couldn't help but sigh with a wry smile. It was really unlucky, it happened to hit Huang Zhong's hands, and although he escaped the vital point, he was still scared away with half his life. Thinking of that shocking arrow, my heart still palpitates.

After a long while, he closed his eyes heavily, turned to look at Dong He, who was sitting next to him, and asked softly, "Youzai, where are we?" ”

"Huh?" Dong He seemed to have come back to his senses now, and when he saw that Wang Xu was already awake, he was immediately excited, and hurriedly replied: "Lord, we are now in the carriage and are rushing back to Linxiang, the governing office. ”

"Oh!" Wang Xu nodded, and asked instead, "What about the others?" ”

"They are currently resting in Exian County." Dong He smiled and continued: "Because of the lord's injury, after receiving the news of the great victory at nightfall today, his subordinates escorted the lord back, and it is almost midnight now." ”

Hearing that the army was resting in Exian County, Wang Xu also showed a smile of relief, it is always worth paying a certain price. Immediately smiled slightly: "How is the war?" ”

"It's very smooth!" Dong He also nodded happily. "After the lord fell into a coma last night, he was escorted back to Xia Jun by a group of soldiers, Zhao, Zhou, Dian and Lai Taishou continued to pursue, General Xu Huang and Tian Beijia also successfully surrounded the enemy, although they rested several times later, and were almost freed, but still this morning, at the Exian ferry, they caused huge casualties to the fleeing Liu Biao two road army. It's just that because he hasn't had time to clean up the battlefield yet, the specific number is still unknown, and the king is already working on liquidation. ”

Although such a result is not satisfactory, it is still good after all, as long as he can successfully pursue to the ferry, then Wang Xu can imagine the soldiers who fled. What a terrible loss it can be when scrambling to board the ship. It's just that. It is a pity that he did not catch the opponent's general, nor did he succeed in killing one or two.

But it's useless to think about that now, Wang Xu was silent for a moment, and he didn't know what to say, so he just lay quietly. After a long time, I felt a wave of tiredness hit me. I couldn't help but whisper: "Youzai, I'm a little sleepy, so I'll sleep first." ”

"Hmmm! The lord rests in peace. Dong He said with a smile.

The way back to Linxiang was very smooth, Dong He was also very careful, and when he met a farmer along the way, he stopped to rest, and spent money to let them stew chicken and duck to replenish Wang Xu's body. Just because of the injuries on the body. After all, you can't eat too greasy, so the method is very light, and the accompanying doctors also strictly control Wang Xu's eating.

Four days later, the group finally arrived outside Linxiang City. Because this is a secret return, and Wang Xu's injury is also being blocked as much as possible, there are no large numbers of officials who come out to greet him. The main reason is that I am worried about leaking out, and someone is robbing the road halfway.

But it's about to arrive. Dong He still sent someone to report to Xu Shu quickly. Inform Wang Xu of the news of his return. However, he can hide the injury, Dong He is a very low-key one of the officials in Jingnan. He is also a very smart one, he understands what he says is good and what is bad.

Although Xu Shu wondered why Wang Xu rushed back first before the battle on the front line was over, she was still very happy and immediately prepared her horse to meet her. It just so happened that Zhao Yu was also playing in the General's Mansion, and when he heard Xu Shu say this, he was also elated, and he was anxious to show his merit to Wang Xu, and the two of them rushed out of the city all the way. It's quite pitiful, Diao Chan wants to follow, but he can't ride a horse, so he can only keep watch in the General's Mansion.

But when Xu Shu and Zhao Yu ran out of Beicheng and saw the situation of the convoy clearly, Xu Shu suddenly reined in the war horse, and immediately scolded Zhao Yu and stopped, looking at the convoy in the distance suspiciously.

Zhao Yu blinked his eyes in confusion, and couldn't help but ask, "Sister Xu Shu, what's wrong?" Why don't you go over? ”

"Rain! Don't worry, something isn't quite right. Xu Shu looked at the soldiers who were walking slowly, frowned, and said, "When your brother Xu comes back, Dian Wei will usually accompany him." Even if it doesn't, it's the Guards, but you see the soldiers in front of you, not the Guards. And he usually rides a horse and doesn't stay in a carriage. ”

"Huh! Really! Zhao Yu glanced at it in surprise, and suddenly said strangely: "Could it be fake?" ”

Xu Shu shook her head, but she didn't rush to answer, she looked carefully, but she was suddenly startled, and said strangely: "No!" The hoarfrost is behind, but no one rides! Be careful, rain. ”

"Oh!" Zhao Yu nodded.

Just when the two of them were in doubt, Dong He had already heard the report of the groom, lifted the curtain and looked at it, and found that the two of them stopped and thought about it for a while, and they already understood. immediately ordered the people outside to stop, and smiled at Wang Xu: "The lord, the lord is suspicious!" The subordinates went down to explain first. ”

"Hmmm! Good. Wang Xu smiled and nodded.

After Dong He got out of the car, he patted the dust on his body, and walked straight to Xu Shu and Zhao Yu: "Your Majesty Dong He, meet the master mother!" ”

Seeing Dong He, Xu Shu was obviously relieved, but she still didn't dare to believe it, after all, the current situation was very abnormal, she just stood in place and smiled: "Dong Cao Peng doesn't need to be polite!" I don't know where the concubine is? ”

Dong He smiled, and without much explanation, he walked to the position where Xu Shu's long sword could reach, and said with a smile: "The lord is resting in the carriage, and the subordinates can lead the lord mother there." ”

In fact, he did this very smartly, if he opened his mouth to explain that Wang Xu was injured, then Xu Shu would definitely be very unhappy, and subconsciously, he would share part of the responsibility for the poor escort to him, which was normal thinking. Only when Xu Shu sees it with his own eyes will he not notice him, and Wang Xu will explain it personally, so it has nothing to do with him at all. And now he walked in front of Xu Shu to relieve Xu Shu's doubts, because he was within a sword, so that Xu Shu could step forward with confidence.

Sure enough, when Xu Shu saw that he dared to come to his side in person, he also believed in the eighth layer in his heart, and immediately smiled slightly, and followed Dong He slowly to the carriage. The surrounding soldiers and entourage also made way for him.

Wang Xu, who was lying in the carriage, heard the slow sound of horses' hooves, and finally smiled and said, "Hehe, wife, don't doubt it, it's me!" ”

Hearing the voice, Xu Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Dong He apologetically.

Dong He was stunned, and then understood that Xu Shu had understood his intention just now, but he didn't care. Shook his head with a smile and said, "Mistress." The lord is in the car, you can go up and sit down, and your subordinates will escort you back. ”

"Then there is Lao Dong Cao Peng!" Xu Shu nodded politely. Because he was anxious to see Wang Xu, he didn't say much, turned over and dismounted almost at the same time as Zhao Yu, and strode into the carriage.

"Hiss......" Seeing Wang Xu lying down, Xu Shu suddenly gasped. Looking at the white cloth wrapped around his right chest, he was stunned.

Zhao Yu, the girl, sat next to Wang Xu at once, and exclaimed, "Brother Xu, why are you injured?" ”

"Hehe, a little flesh wound!" Wang Xu smiled disappreciatively.

Hearing this, Xu Shu, who reacted, glared at him fiercely. said distressedly: "The flesh wounds were all quietly sent back to you, could it be a flesh wound?" ”

After speaking, he was very worried about Wang Xu's injury, and couldn't help asking, "How is it?" How strict is zhòng? ”

Wang Xu smiled wryly, knowing that he couldn't hide it from Xu Shu, and confessed: "It's okay, I can't die." It's good to recuperate for a while. ”

Zhao Yu seemed to be quite shocked. Tightly grasping Wang Xu's hand, he said blankly: "Brother Xu." You're so bad, you're all hurt? ”

"Silly girl!" Wang Xuwan smiled, reached out and pinched Zhao Yu's pink face, and said, "The battlefield is not playing, what's so strange about being injured?" Only Brother Xu encountered a strong enemy this time and was shot with an arrow, if you don't hide quickly, I'm afraid you won't see me! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu fell silent abruptly, holding Wang Xu's hand tightly, but did not speak.

Xu Shu thought about it, but suddenly said, "Husband, but Huang Zhong?" ”

"Hehe, that's him!" Wang Xu smiled, and was also reminded of the memories of that time, and couldn't help but sigh after a while: "That Huang Zhong really lives up to his name, the distance should be hundreds of steps at that time, and his archery skills are really amazing." Although it is a dark arrow, there are not many people in the world who can shoot me from a hundred paces away! If I had been a little slower to react, I was afraid that he would have shot me in the heart. ”

Xu Shu sighed, but there was nothing she could do, looking at Wang Xu's wound for a long time, she complained distressedly: "You too, you know that Huang Zhong's archery skills are good, but you are not careful." ”

"Oh, at that time, the army charged, the soldiers began to weaken, and I, as the main general, didn't come forward to supervise the battle, who would dare to charge?" Wang Xu replied disappreciatively.

Xu Shu also understood these truths, but she was just uncomfortable in her heart, so she didn't say more, and quickly changed the topic and talked about Sun Jian's visit.

Back at the General's Mansion, Diao Chan, who was looking forward to piercing it, watched Wang Xu being carried into the mansion, and almost fainted directly, and bean-sized eyeballs welled up in those crystal clear eyes, falling straight down. It was the first time she saw Wang Xu injured, and her reaction was not much better than that of Xu Shu back then. Under Xu Shuhao's persuasion, he finally calmed down and quietly knelt beside Wang Xu's bed to accompany him.

And the news that Wang Xu was seriously injured soon spread throughout Linxiang, and in less than an hour, his family and important officials hurried over, and it looked like he was really going to die. And with the arrival of officials of all sizes, the number of people is increasing, so Xu Shu has to send someone to stop it, accept these gifts, and receive them, but under the pretext that Wang Xu needs to recuperate, he refused most people's visits, otherwise, this general's mansion may not be peaceful.

Although Xu Shu also wanted to accompany Wang Xu, it was a pity that as the main room, she had to receive people who came to visit, so she was really helpless. On the contrary, Diao Chan and Zhao Yu can always be by Wang Xu's side, and they don't care about anyone who comes.

Fortunately, the officials in Jingnan were very reasonable, and after a brief visit, they said goodbye and left without much disturbance, which really made Wang Xu happy.

A few days later, under Xu Shu's treatment and the careful care of his family, Wang Xu also improved greatly and was able to take care of himself.

What's even happier is that the battle is very gratifying, not long after the victory in Exian, the main force of Liu Biao, who retreated on the left, was severely calculated by Guo Jia.

It turned out that as early as a few days ago, Guo Jia had secretly informed Song Qian of Baqiu that he should take all the naval forces that could fight, and not fight with Liu Biao's naval division, but only suppress them from afar, and destroy those assembled civilian ships as much as possible.

Subsequently, seeing that the opposing fleet had been stationed at the ferry port in the north of the city, he let Xu Sheng and Zhang Liao attack at night, burning the Yidao ferry, defeating Lu Gong and Han Xi who were sticking to the ferry, and wreaking havoc on all kinds of small ships. If it weren't for Zhang Yun, the commander of the navy, who quickly led his troops out of Hong Kong, I am afraid that those warships would have been affected by this fire. And his sailors did not dare to go ashore to help, because Song Qian's sailors were waiting far away, as long as the other party landed on the shore, they would immediately rush forward. And then destroy the enemy ships.

Zhang Yun wanted to lead the navy to destroy Song Qian first. But Song Qian didn't engage in the battle at all, as soon as he moved, he immediately fled away, and the speed and durability of their traditional paddles were obviously not able to catch up with Jing Nan's pedal runner oars.

Cai Mao and Wu Ju originally thought that Guo Jia had broken through the ferry to block the return route of the army, and they were a little happy. Because being in a desperate situation can stimulate the soldiers' desire to survive, revive their morale, fight to the death with Jingnan, and forcibly break through, so as to avoid the soldiers fighting to retreat and being chased and intercepted by Jingnan. Needlessly produce a large number of casualties.

But Guo Jia didn't stay long at all, and after seizing the ferry, he destroyed a lot of ships, and saw that most of the ships left the port quickly, so he withdrew without hesitation.

In this way, it can bring great panic to the soldiers of Liu Biao, who are worried that the back road will be extinct, but in fact it is not extinct. They fled in large numbers that night.

Cai Mao and Wu Ju were forced to be helpless. can only divide the troops again to hold the ferry, and first stabilize the morale of the army. I just hope that I can survive until the ships are assembled and retreat all at once. Although the soldiers will inevitably scramble when they arrive, and the pursuit of the Jingnan army from behind will cause many casualties, it will not waver in the end.

But the next day, Guo Jia made this move again, and once again took the ferry, breaking his troops stationed at the ferry, and at the same time taking the opportunity to destroy a large number of ships again.

On the third day, the same was true.

At this moment, Cai Mao, Wu Ju and others panicked. Fighting, not fighting, the soldiers have no morale, let alone fighting, even if they are in the city, there are many soldiers who secretly flee. Guarding the ferry, but not being able to hold it. The navy was suppressed and unable to assist in the defense, the soldiers sent out were vulnerable, and many of the sergeants even escaped while they were out, and many ships were damaged each time. But if it continues to dry up like this, it means that it will collapse on its own, and there is really no way to go to heaven and no way to go to the ground.

Guo Jia's move is really ruthless to the extreme, and if it continues, I am afraid that all of Liu Biao's main army will be exhausted like this.

Fortunately, Liu Biao's generals are also extraordinary, and under Kuai Liang's strong advice, Cai Mao and Wu Ju finally made up their minds. Reluctantly chose the last path. That is to completely abandon a large number of soldiers and cross the river with only the most elite troops.

Of course, Guo Jia will not be soft, he has long expected that the other party will take this path, but no matter what, at least Liu Biao's vitality is greatly damaged, and he has made him pay the price with interest.

There was no suspense at all during the pursuit, Liu Biao's army retreated frantically all the way, and the Jingnan army, under the leadership of the generals, was like a rainbow in morale and chased fiercely. Countless soldiers rushed to board the ship, and even had fierce disputes with each other over the order.

But in fact, what the generals really want to take away are those elites, and only those elites have time to retreat. As more and more people boarded the ships, the Jingnan army became more and more pressed, and countless soldiers despaired, because they suddenly found that there were not enough ships at all.

The soldiers are not stupid, he believes what the eye sees. In an instant, they understood that this retreat was not really a retreat of the whole army at all, and those who could withdraw were the personal guards of those generals, and those troops who were very good in the army on weekdays.

Some people regret why they didn't practice diligently, some people cry in despair, and some people are at a loss. But they also have one thing in common, and that is the hatred of being abandoned.

Guo Jia was worried about arousing the will to die of this part of the soldiers, so he quickly shouted a slogan when the main force of the other side almost retreated. "Surrender or kill!"

For those abandoned soldiers, this was undoubtedly the dawn of hope, and in an instant, the entire Liu Biao army collapsed, and one after another soldiers quickly dropped their weapons and surrendered on their knees. There are even many people who have the opportunity to board the ship, but they simply do not board, because there is still a great risk for them to survive in front of them, and the way to survive in the back is to throw away their weapons.

The generals are all gone, who is willing to work meaninglessly?

Soon, the fierce battle at the ferry stopped, and the Jingnan soldiers quickly collected the spoils with the joy of victory, and gathered the prisoners under the command of the generals.

At this moment, Guo Jia finally smiled, and the haze that had been suppressed in his heart for many days slowly dissipated. As a military advisor, and also a military advisor who was pinned on by Wang Xu and granted great rights, he was under great pressure in his heart.

As the first large-scale battle in Jingnan, it was a battle of confidence for Jingnan to dominate the world, and it was also a battle to enhance cohesion, which was extremely important. But in addition to providing a strategy, he failed to achieve anything, but Jing Nan suffered heavy losses, although the main responsibility is not his, but as a military advisor, there is also a certain responsibility.

If there is no result in this battle, he himself will begin to question whether he can be up to the task, and even has made up his mind that if this battle is not won, then he will resign from the military division.

And it turned out that his talent, Liu Biao's main army was only 20,000 elites who could retreat. More than 20,000 captives, and thousands of beheadings, are enough!

Standing quietly on the hill on the bank of the Yangtze River, facing the cool river breeze, looking at Liu Biaoshuishi, who was gradually moving away, Guo Jiahui was always calm, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, chattering to himself: This plan is not over yet......

Subsequently, Guo Jia quickly handed over the affairs of the front line to Wang Fei, and returned to Linxiang by himself.

Less than a day after Wang Xu received the good news, Guo Jia had already rushed back.

didn't even have time to go back and freshen up first, so he went straight to the general's mansion. Because the iron is struck while it is hot, the sooner the next plan is implemented, the better the effect...... (To be continued.) )