In the cabin, Zuo Liangyu was still lying on the bed, the sick look on his face became more and more obvious, almost as pale as paper, even his breathing became heavy, the whole person lost weight, almost out of phase, and his voice was even more weak.

"Lord Yuan, why are you so stubborn? This time to the east of the king of Qin, Ben Hou has gathered a lot of troops, and he will definitely be able to succeed. ”

Yuan Jixian, who was sitting on the side, looked worried, and asked instead of answering: "Master Hou, let so many Huguang generals go east with you, and almost take away more than half of the garrison, didn't you give Huguang away?" Aren't you afraid that the rebellious army will continue to go south? ”

"Don't worry, Lord Yuan, it won't."

Zuo Liangyu gasped, and after spitting out such a sentence, it seemed that in order to increase persuasion, or self-encouragement, he stretched out his right hand with great effort, waved it, and said: "Moreover, according to the wire report, the Dashun army Chen soldiers are on the border of Sichuan, they should be plotting against Sichuan, and they have no time to look south now." ”

However, instead of being reassured, Yuan Jixian became even more anxious, and his forehead was about to twist into a pimple.

"But, Master Hou, aren't you worried? If the rebel army takes Sichuan, we will lose a reinforcement. In the future, if the rebel army continues to move south, our army will be even more unable to resist. With Qin Liangyu sitting in Sichuan, he can form a rivalry with us, help each other, and respond to each other, so that he can contain the rebellious army. Once Sichuan is taken, the rebel army will no longer have any worries. ”

Zuo Liangyu's expression was still the same, he struggled to sit up, and did not immediately respond to Yuan Jixian's words, but looked at the other party deeply, his gaze stayed for a few seconds, and then he asked without answering: "What's more, Lord Yuan, even if Ben Hou stays, what can he do?" Even if you join forces with Qin Liangyu and share the same hatred for the enemy, do you think you can resist the attack of the Dashun army? ”

For a while, Yuan Jixian was speechless when asked, and he didn't know how to respond? I just felt panicked in my heart, and it was very uncomfortable.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu took out the secret decree from his sleeve, shook it, and said again in a serious tone: "Brother Yuan, you have also seen that this is indeed the secret decree of the prince of the north, although this will make the imperial court in turmoil for a while, but it can fundamentally solve the problem. If the situation is allowed to develop like this, Jiangnan will sooner or later fall into the hands of the rebellious army, let alone the land of Huguang? ”

Yuan Jixian is really unspeakable, scruples, and panicked, I want to say that the reason why you Zuo Liangyu did this is nothing more than the credit of a founding father, so as to go further.

However, Yuan Jixian could only think like this in his heart. Otherwise, unless he doesn't want to live anymore

Gradually, the sky was getting darker and twilight, and suddenly there was a commotion outside, and all kinds of noise and discussion continued to reach the cabin.

"Oops... Look, what's going on in the south? Why is the smoke billowing and the fire filling? ”

"Well, it seems that it is the direction of Jiujiang City over there, there will be no rebel army attacking the city, and the defenders are asking us for help, right?"

"As soon as I heard that you are a recruit, the wolf smoke used to ask for help is the wolf smoke, the wolf smoke is floating straight into the air, gathering but not dispersing, you look at this again, it is obvious that there is a fire in Jiujiang City, it will be black smoke in the sky, and there will be so many sparks in the sky."

......

After listening carefully, Yuan Jixian reacted instantly, and suddenly stood up, and before he had time to say anything to Zuo Liangyu, he walked out quickly, in a hurry, very anxious.

"Come on, help Ben Hou go out and have a look!"

Obviously, Zuo Liangyu also heard all kinds of discussions outside, and couldn't help but get anxious, with the support of the two maidservants, he walked out strongly, and as soon as he came to the deck, he saw a large thick black cloud floating in the south, which was endless, and it was from the direction of Jiujiang City.

Vaguely, you can vaguely see that the fire above Jiujiang City is soaring into the sky, and there are constantly sparks floating into the air, scattering in all directions.

Zuo Liangyu had not yet stood firm, let the two maids support him, and looked at the direction of Jiujiang City in a daze, but Yuan Jixian had already come to the front, saluted with both hands, looked uneasy, and said anxiously: "Master Hou, something big must have happened in Jiujiang City, this official has left first, and he must go back to deal with it." ”

At this moment, Zuo Mengeng on the side glanced at several soldiers, and the latter immediately stepped forward and blocked Yuan Jixian's way.

"Master Hou, what does this mean? Could it be that Hou Ye still wants to force his official to stay? Yuan Jixian turned his head and looked straight at Zuo Liangyu.

"What do you want to do? Want to rebel or not? Why don't you get out of the way and let Lord Yuan pass? ”

Zuo Liangyu exerted all his strength, angrily scolded three sentences in a row, several soldiers then retreated to the side, dodging a way, Yuan Jixian did not dare to delay, anxious for a moment did not want to stay, just want to return to Jiujiang City immediately, to understand what happened in Jiujiang City?

"Ahem..."

As soon as Yuan Jixian left, Zuo Liangyu coughed violently, and the strong attitude just now suddenly disappeared, and his face was full of exhaustion and sickliness, and he could no longer stand alone, and he was about to fall down.

Seeing this, the two maids hurriedly stepped forward and hurriedly supported them.

At this time, Zuo Mengeng walked up and sighed, not caring about Zuo Liangyu's body, but said with some complaints: "Father, shouldn't you let Yuan Jixian go?" If the news leaks, our plan will be ruined, and it will be blocked. ”

It was already dark, the fire in Jiujiang City was becoming more and more obvious, and Zuo Liangyu was no longer coughing violently, but the whole person looked more and more haggard and old, looking weak, and Zuo Mengeng did not stop complaining, and threw out a news that made Zuo Liangyu angry, feeling dizzy.

"Father, once Yuan Jixian returns to Jiujiang City, he will know that this fire was put by Hao Xiaozhong, and when the time comes, he will definitely turn against us and report our news to the Nanjing Imperial Court."

In an instant, hearing this, Zuo Liangyu's body stiffened, and he didn't know where he got his strength, as if he was returning to the light, he waved his arms, shook off the maid, and faced the south, in the direction of Jiujiang City, and shouted to the sky: "Yuan Gong, I'm sorry for you!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zuo Liangyu staggered forward a few steps, his face was flushed, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and he fell to the ground.

Puff ~ puff ~

Several mouthfuls of blood spurted out of Zuo Liangyu's mouth and sprinkled on the deck, and there were pools of blood, several liters.

At this moment, Zuo Liangyu had already fainted, angry, unconscious, and let Zuo Mengeng and the generals call nervously, and fell to the ground motionless, without the slightest movement.

"Father..."

"Master Hou..."

"General..."

All kinds of voices suddenly sounded, one after another, between shouting and shouting, when Zuo Liangyu spurted blood, he was about to fall on the deck, everyone rushed up, Zuo Mengeng even picked up Zuo Liangyu who fell to the ground, stood up like a hurried walk in the cabin, with a look of self-blame, and at the same time scolded: "Get out of the way!" Pass on the military doctor! ”

Late at night, Zuo Mengeng and a group of generals were huddled in the cabin, nervously looking at Zuo Liangyu lying on the bed, always unconscious, his face was pale, like a dead man, and the military doctor was checking the pulse to check Zuo Liangyu's condition.

Not long after, the military doctor walked down and came to Zuo Mengeng's expression, with a sad look on his face, shook his head gently, and said softly: "Little Hou Ye, the old Hou Ye is full of blood and blood, plus his body is old, he has been sick for many days, and he is no longer able to return to the sky, so let's prepare for the old Hou Ye." ”

"What do you say? Dare to talk nonsense, Lao Tzu will kill you! ”

Zuo Mengeng grabbed the collar of the military doctor, and was about to pull out the saber and cut it off, but the generals hurriedly walked on the road and dissuaded: "Little Marquis, don't!" ”