Xu Rui sat in front of the handsome desk and wrote something intently, and suddenly raised his head when he heard the sound of the curtain being opened.

The most shocking thing is the deep sunken eye sockets, thick dark circles and wrinkles that seem to be engraved on his forehead, making him look as if he is dozens of years old, as if he is sitting there an old man with a shrunken body, not a high-spirited teenager.

What kind of disease can make Xu Rui like this in just ten days?

An Ge's tears burst out of his eyes uncontrollably, and he rushed into the handsome tent and knelt down in front of Xu Rui.

"Young master, I haven't seen you for just ten days, how can you ...... How to ......"

He couldn't say any more, hugging Xu Rui's waist and crying.

Several other people also hurriedly walked into the tent, and Zhang Zuofeng, who came in last, sighed, shook his head, and put down the curtain easily.

Xu Rui seemed to be in a trance when he saw a few people at first glance, and he was stunned for two seconds before he came back to his senses, but fortunately, although his body was weak, his eyes were still firm and sharp.

"When you come back, I know that you won't die! cough cough cough ......"

The excitement immediately affected the lesions in his body, and before he could say a word, Xu Rui began to cough violently.

An Ge hurriedly got up from the ground and gently patted Xu Rui's back, a trace of sickly flush flashed on Xu Rui's face, and he finally stopped coughing and waved his hand at An Ge.

"My lord, what happened during this time?"

Seeing Xu Rui's appearance, Cao Siyuan finally couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, young master, wasn't Tianqiwei still in Gonghe Mansion when I left, how did you get here now? Also, what disease did you suffer from that made you look like this? ”

An Ge also raised his head, distressed again, and asked suspiciously.

Xu Rui smiled and waved his hand: "It's not in the way, everyone sits, I'll say slowly." ”

Everyone hurriedly pulled chairs and sat down around Xu Rui.

Xu Rui took a sip of tea tremblingly, cleared his throat and was about to speak, but it was such a simple action, but he was very difficult to do, as if he was really a hero in the twilight, where was there still half of the past edge? It made everyone sad for a while.

"I have to thank Shangguan Buda for this matter."

Xu Rui calmed down, like an old man telling stories to his children and grandchildren, and slowly spoke: "An Ge, do you remember that Shangguan Buda woke up from a coma before he left and wanted to see me?" ”

An Ge nodded: "When he was in the mountains, I originally thought that he would wake up in a dozen hours at most, but I didn't expect it to take so long." ”

Xu Rui nodded and said, "Yes, if it's any later, I'm afraid we will become prisoners of the Southern Dynasty." ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, Cao Siyuan frowned and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Xu Rui said: "The reason why Shangguan Buda is so eager to see me is only one thing, and that is that when he was being pursued by the pursuers, he found that the Xiliang smugglers who were chasing them could actually use the sign language of dark chess!" ”

"What?!"

Everyone was shocked.

Cao Siyuan frowned: "How can Shangguan Buda know the sign language of dark chess?" ”

Xu Rui glanced at Cao Siyuan and did not answer.

Cao Siyuan's heart moved, and he immediately understood that there was an inside story that was not enough for outsiders, and hurriedly pressed down a few questions in his heart.

Xu Rui slowly sank his face and said, "I guess you have guessed it......

That's right, the Xiliang people who helped the four major families smuggle and even resold Xichuan's Fushou paste to the southeast were not businessmen at all, but the secret chess of the Southern Dynasty, so they had such great magical powers.

Knowing the news of the collusion between the four major families and dark chess, I thought of the Cui family's indifference to my commercial expansion in Xichuan, and the Lu family's use of negotiations to delay time, etc.

I have come to the conclusion that the four major families are brewing a conspiracy, and they have chosen to hold back to me for the time being, just for the sake of the overall situation, and do not want to startle the snake.

At that time, I happened to find that several nearby garrisons were secretly approaching Miyaifu, and I expected that the time for them to launch a conspiracy was not far off, and the only thing that gave them the confidence to do something to me was the iron hooves of the Southern Dynasty.

At that moment, I realized that although Wu Lingxiang made a big fuss in Northern Qi, his real killing move was in Xichuan, as long as he colluded with the four major families and captured Xichuan without blood, they would be able to launch a surprise attack on Changxing and destroy the Northern Kingdom in one fell swoop.

And I just stupidly threw myself into the net, becoming a variable in the plan, and the only obstacle they had to get rid of.

After discovering that the situation was critical, I immediately ordered the entire army of the Apocalypse Guard to prepare and quickly move before the four major families could move.

At that time, An Ge, you had just boarded the ship, and the people sent to chase you were a step late, because of the urgency of time, and the fear of exposing the information, I didn't dare to risk the leakage of information to send someone to Xin'an to inform you, so I could only lead the Apocalypse Guard to the north first.

Sure enough, the several border troops that secretly approached us quickly surrounded us as soon as they saw us evacuate, but fortunately, Zuo Feng was brave enough, and he took the vanguard of two companies to defeat the three thousand border troops head-on, so that the entire Apocalypse Guard had time to calmly transport the baggage away. ”

Everyone heard Xu Rui say it so lightly, but how could they not think of the thrill at that time?

In fact, if Xu Rui hadn't made a quick decision, even if it was only half a minute late, I am afraid that he would have been blocked by the border army in Gonghe Mansion, and as soon as the follow-up Southern Dynasty iron cavalry arrived, it would be the end of the entire army.

Zhang Zuofeng was overwhelmed by Xu Rui, and shook his head embarrassedly: "Being able to repel those 3,000 border troops is not the last general, but the power of the adult's artillery and the Apocalypse Chariot is really huge."

Under a salvo, the opponent was frightened, and as soon as the light cavalry and the Apocalypse chariot came out again, the dense burst of crossbows would immediately form a powerful network of firepower, and the disorganized enemy would fall like a wheat harvester, and he could be captured by a three-year-old child in command. ”

After experiencing the actual combat in the past few days and witnessing the power of artillery, everyone has no doubt about what Zhang Zuofeng said, artillery, apocalypse chariots and repeating crossbows have changed the form of warfare, and they are naturally invincible to deal with border troops with low combat effectiveness.

"It's just a pity that the prefect of Miyahe Mansion, Lord Zhangchao."

Xu Rui sighed and said quietly: "When I withdrew the army, I sent someone to inform Zhang Chao of this matter and asked him to go with me, but unfortunately this old scholar is as stubborn as his master Zhang Zongnian.

As soon as he heard that there was a change in Xichuan, he actually said that he wanted to live and die with the Miyahe Mansion, and he refused to leave no matter how much he persuaded him.

However, it was he who insisted on Gonghe Mansion and made the Black Flag Army mistakenly think that the Apocalypse Guard was in the city, and did not chase after it at the first time, but went to attack the city first, which bought us a precious day. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Zuofeng's face also darkened: "The Black Flag Army is worthy of being the strongest army in the world, and after the capture of Gonghe Mansion, they didn't repair it at all, and immediately pursued it."

Our army deliberately chose a mountain forest to fight a decisive battle with it, avoided their most powerful cavalry charge, then hid the artillery on the hills to provide fire cover, and ambushed the Apocalypse chariot at the foot of the mountain to respond, and finally used the trench as a frontal battlefield, and was completely prepared.

But even so, the Black Flag Army still charged desperately against artillery fire and arrow nets, and we suffered extremely heavy casualties in that battle, and even almost let the Black Flag Army break through the defense line and rush to the headquarters of the Chinese army. ”

"The Black Flag Army is so strong?!"

Hearing him say this, several people present were all slightly surprised.

Although the name of the Black Flag Army has long been like thunder, most of the people present have never confronted it head-on, and they thought that with all kinds of new weapons, no matter how strong the Black Flag Army is, it will not be able to compete with the Apocalypse Guard, but I didn't expect this to be the result.

"Don't blame yourself too much......"

Xu Rui patted Zhang Zuofeng on the shoulder and said to everyone: "At that time, I happened to be ill, and the whole army was commanded by Zhang Zuofeng, not to mention that it was the first time he faced the Black Flag Army, even if he was a first-class general in the world, who would dare to use a thousand men and horses to fight against tens of thousands of Black Flag Army?"

What's more, although we suffered more than half of the casualties in this battle, we also hurt the Black Flag Army, if it weren't for the fact that they didn't care about the power of the artillery and didn't dare to fight again, we wouldn't have come here. ”

Having said that, the Apocalypse Guard was crippled by the Black Flag Army once and for all preparations, which still made the atmosphere in the marshal's tent slightly solidify, and everyone fell silent for a long time without speaking.

I don't know how long it took, Cao Siyuan suddenly "plopped" and knelt down.

Everyone looked at him in surprise, only to see him clasping his hands into fists, and said with a look of shame: "The last general led the reconnaissance company to investigate, but accidentally encountered the army of the Southern Dynasties, and the reconnaissance company was completely annihilated, and the last general was ashamed of his trust in the adults!" ”

Saying that, Cao Siyuan kowtowed three times, and then started from the investigation of the drug park, and told all the experiences along the way, everyone listened to his description, experienced the thrill at that time, and admired the thrilling battle.

Only Xu Rui's face was calm and he didn't say a word, and he didn't let out a long sigh until Cao Siyuan finished speaking.

"The tide of war is unpredictable, how can anyone really be invincible? It's already the best that you can come back. ”

After saying this, Xu Rui seemed to be very tired, and his body gradually softened, and everyone remembered that he still had a disease on his body, and they were afraid of disturbing him and making his condition worse, so they all complained to Xu Rui and got up to leave.

An Ge was about to be the last to go out, but Xu Rui suddenly stopped him.

He knew that Xu Rui must have something to explain, so he glanced at the few people waiting at the door, and then pulled down the curtain and retreated.

However, when he turned around and walked to Xu Rui's side, Xu Rui's face suddenly turned pale and fell to the ground, and then An Ge saw the most terrifying scene in his life.

A strange pink color appeared on Xu Rui's face, and there seemed to be countless insects crawling everywhere under his skin, bulging up small bags that would move, which was very terrifying.

His eyes were deadly open, and there were thin lines writhing wildly in his white eyes, as if small snakes were winding and struggling.

The most terrifying thing is that in an instant, countless red rashes grew on Xu Rui's skin, these rashes seemed to fall into the raindrops of the desert, and they recovered immediately after they grew, and then, the later rashes immediately grew out, dense, and the cycle repeated.

"Young Master!"

An Ge exclaimed, but suddenly understood that the young master never wanted others to know about his condition, so he quickly covered his mouth.

At this moment, the shadow maid came out of nowhere, and helped Xu Rui and said, "The young master is sick, quickly help him to the bed!" ”

An Ge didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly pulled Xu Rui's hands and feet with the shadow maid, and carried Xu Rui to the bed, at this time, he was shocked to find that Xu Rui's hands and feet were cold, and he had no pulse, like a dead person, and he was suddenly horrified.

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