Chapter 981: Natural Disaster
Pen~fun~pavilionwww.biquge.inforeadx;? Shangguan Xiu's old injuries have not healed, and now there are new injuries, and the person has been in a coma, until three days later, Shangguan Xiu woke up, and after another day, he finally regained his senses, but his injuries were too serious, and it was difficult to recover in a short time.
This morning, seeing Shangguan Xiu's complexion is good, and he has a lot of spirits, Jiang Leopard told Shangguan Xiu in detail about this assassination, the number of assassins this time is unprecedented, there are more than 800 people in total, all of whom are from the rivers and lakes of Ningnan,
The initiator of this assassination is the young palace master of Lingxiao Palace, the eldest grandson Feifeng,
The reason why so many people in the rivers and lakes were able to sneak into Qingcheng unknowingly was that some of them were disguised and mixed into the city, and some of them sneaked into the city along the secret passage.
After the assassination failed, the eldest grandson Feifeng and others also escaped from the city along this secret passage.
Before the assassination, the Lingxiao Palace led by the eldest grandson Feifeng made careful arrangements.
The assassins were not one group, but divided into many groups, and the target of their sneak attack was not only the inn where Shangguan Xiu was staying, but also several groups of assassins, who went separately to attack the prisoner of war camp and the military camp of the Feng Army.
The reason why the large force of the Wind Army failed to come to rescue Shangguan Xiu in time was that it was dragged by the assassins who attacked him.
In the whole battle, the most astonishing was Shangguan Xiu, who dragged his wounded and broken body, and in the fierce battle with the assassins, he even killed more than 100 assassins, but the wounds on his own body also increased by more than 30 places.
In the statistics after the war, the Feng army found a total of 456 assassins' corpses in the city, and also captured 68 assassins alive, even so, more than 300 assassins escaped, including the eldest grandson Feifeng and other Lingxiao Palace gangs,
In the end, Jiang Leopard sighed and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity that I couldn't catch the eldest grandson Feifeng and let her run along the secret passage,"
"We didn't know anything about this secret passage in advance," Shangguan Xiu asked leaning on the pillow with a bright eye,
Jiang Leopard shook his head and said: "Brother Xiu, don't say that we don't know about this secret passage, even Qingcheng City Lord Liu Chenen and Liu Biao don't know that Qingcheng still has this secret passage, according to the captured assassins, this secret passage was left by the Qingshan Gang back then,"
"Qingshan Gang,"
"It was decades ago, the Jianghu sect that was active in the Qingcheng area has long since collapsed, and I don't know where to go, but the tunnels dug by the Qingshan Gang in Qingcheng have always existed, and it is said that it was secretly taken over by Lingxiao Palace back then, and the outside world did not know,"
Shangguan Xiu nodded slightly, and asked in a deep voice, "Has Eldest Sun Feifeng already fled back to Hidden Dragon City?"
Before, he had only heard that Lingxiao Palace's appeal on the rivers and lakes in Ningnan was very strong, but he didn't see it with his own eyes.
So many people in the rivers and lakes are completely looking forward to Lingxiao Palace, and under the order of Lingxiao Palace, they can really go to the soup and fire, and the existence of the eldest grandson Feifeng has already posed a huge threat to him.
Without waiting for Jiang Leopard to speak, Xiao Jue answered: "Brother Xiu, don't worry, the eldest grandson Feifeng can't return to Qianlong City, and Lao Duan has already cut off their way back to the city,"
Hearing Xiao Jue mention Lao Duan, Shangguan Xiu's eyes suddenly lit up, and there was only one person who could make Jue call Lao Duan, and that was his Shadow Banner Banner Master, Duan Qiyue, a smile appeared on his expressionless face, and asked, "When did Lao Duan come to Qingcheng?"
Xiao Jue replied: "On the night when Brother Xiu was injured and unconscious, Lao Duan arrived with the brothers of the Shadow Banner, but he did not enter the city, leaving only a part of the Shadow Banner brothers to protect Brother Xiu, and the rest of the brothers were taken by him to hunt down the assassins, and now, all the roads from Qingcheng to Qianlong City have been sealed by the brothers of the Shadow Banner, according to the investigation of the brothers of the Dark Banner, the eldest grandson Feifeng fled into Qingshan with more than 100 people, so many days have passed, and their whereabouts are still unknown, and their whereabouts have not been found,"
Jiang Leopard said indignantly: "It's better for them to die in Qingshan, otherwise, let me catch them, and I will tear off their heads one by one,"
Shangguan Xiu smiled, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Ah Bao, have the Eighth and Ninth Corps arrived in Qingcheng?"
Jiang Leopard nodded and said, "It's already here," after a pause, he asked cautiously, "Brother Xiu is still going to attack Fengyuan County?"
Shangguan Xiu said: "With such a big piece of fat in front of us, we have no reason not to make a move,"
"But Brother Xiu's injuries are too serious, and it is really not suitable to make a long journey," Jiang Leopard said worriedly.
Xiao Jue and Wu Yufei also followed and persuaded him: "Yes, Brother Xiu, the medical officer has repeatedly explained that what Brother Xiu needs most now is to recuperate, if you move again, I am afraid, I am afraid that the injury will be further aggravated,"
What he said was quite polite, in the original words of the medical officer, if Shangguan Xiu fought with people again during the healing period, the gods would not be able to save his life.
This time he was able to save his life, not because of his excellent physique, but because of his good luck, before he was seriously injured, he happened to subdue Liu Biao, and Liu Biao's master happened to be an alchemist, and happened to leave him a lot of life-saving pills, Liu Biao happened to be dead enough for Shangguan Xiu, and he didn't hide his secrets, and took out the life-saving pills for him to take.
If it weren't for this series of coincidences, Shangguan Xiu's old injuries and new injuries would be enough to make him die ten times back and forth.
Looking at the faces of Jiang Bao and the others full of concern and worry, Shangguan Xiu sighed softly, his body, he himself knows best, is indeed seriously injured now,
He pondered for a moment, didn't insist any longer, and said softly: "I will recuperate in Qingcheng for ten days and half a month, and when my body recovers a little, we are sending troops from Qingcheng to take Changxing City in Fengyuan County in the west,"
Hearing that Shangguan Xiu finally made a concession and did not insist on sending troops immediately, Jiang Bao and the others invariably breathed a sigh of relief,
Xiao Jue suddenly remembered something, took out a few notes from his arms, unfolded them, and put them in front of Shangguan Xiu, letting him look at them one by one, he said: "Brother Xiu, in the past few days, Your Majesty has sent five edicts in a row, urgently summoning Brother Xiu to return to Beijing, Brother Xiu, look ......"
Shangguan Xiu carefully read the note that Xiao Jue unfolded in front of him, and the content was similar, that is, he wanted him to return to Beijing immediately.
He shook his head and smiled, now that his siege strategy for Qianlong City has just begun to be implemented, the counterattack of the Ningnan Army may come at any time, how can he rest assured that he will leave the Seventh Army here and leave by himself,
He shook his head slowly and said, "No, with the current battle situation, I can't leave no matter what, wait for another ten days, just wait for another ten days, we can prosper and take the silver of Fengyuan County,"
Jiang Leopard and the others looked at each other, no one said anything more, and it could be seen that Brother Xiu was determined to attack Changxing City.
It's a pity that the sky doesn't follow people's wishes,
Shangguan Xiu recuperated in Qingcheng for nine consecutive days, and during these nine days, Shangguan Xiu rarely got out of bed and did his best to heal his injuries as soon as possible.
As a result, his body was recovering rapidly, and the wounds on his body were scarring, just when he was about to lead the army into Fengyuan County, Fengyuan County, Mingshui County and Leping County began to rain heavily.
This heavy rain came suddenly, and it didn't stop falling.
On the first day of the heavy rain, Shangguan Xiu didn't pay much attention to it, and on the second day, the heavy rain showed no sign of stopping, and many roads in the city were flooded.
Sure enough, on the third and fourth days, it was still raining heavily, and the Songjiang and Qianjiang rivers that flowed through Fengyuan County and Mingshui County began to flood, and many places were affected.
On this day, Shangguan Xiu walked out of the house, stood under the eaves, raised his eyes to look at the gloomy sky, and the torrential rain, he sighed faintly, and muttered: "Could it be that God really doesn't help me?"
Xiao Jue carried a coat, quietly walked behind him, draped the coat over him, and whispered: "Brother Xiu, the weather has been cold these days,"
Shangguan Xiu turned his head and smiled, and asked, "How is the situation on the other side of our army's camp?"
"The low-lying terrain of our camp has now been flooded, and General Wei Chi has ordered all the officers and men of the army to retreat two hundred miles and re-camp on the high ground,"
Shangguan Xiu nodded, and continued to look up at the sky, not knowing when this heavy rain was going to fall.
At this time, Jiang Leopard and Duan Qiyue, wearing hats, strode in from the outside, and the two walked through the courtyard of the vestibule, walked quickly to the eaves, took off the hat on their bodies, and saluted Shangguanxiu, and said in unison: "Brother Xiu,"
Shangguan Xiu waved his hand and said, "No courtesy," he asked, "How is the situation of the disaster in the city?"
Jiang Leopard said: "Brother Xiu, Lord Liu has organized the people in the city to drain the water, and the soldiers of the three corps of our army have also gone up,"
Duan Qiyue frowned and said, "Today, the number of people fleeing into the city has surged, and it is estimated that it will exceed 10,000,000,"
Jiang Leopard muttered: "With more than 10,000 mouths, Qingcheng's food is only afraid to be urgent,"
Shangguan Xiu said: "If the food in Qingcheng is not enough, it will be transferred from the military rations of our army,"
"Brother Xiu, our army's military rations are not much, if we distribute the military rations to so many people in Ningnan, our soldiers will have to go hungry," Jiang Leopard immediately objected,
"The military food is not enough, but it can be transferred from Liangcheng nearby, if the food in Liangcheng is also insufficient, it will be transferred from Gucheng and Qucheng, if it still doesn't work, send a message to the battalion, and let Wei Chizhen allocate food as soon as possible," Shangguan Xiu said in a resolute tone: "This time is different from the past, we can't ignore the people of Ningnan, let alone let them go hungry and riot in the city, otherwise, it will only leave the Ningnan court to attack our army,"
Jiang Leopard bowed down and said, "Understood, Brother Xiu,"
Shangguan Xiu's eyes turned, looked at Duan Qiyue, and asked, "Old Duan, there has been news of the eldest grandson Feifeng recently,"
Duan Qiyue shook his head and said: "The spies of the Dark Banner have long been all over Qingshan, as long as the eldest grandson Feifeng and others come out of Qingshan, they will definitely not be able to hide the eyes and ears of the dark banner, but until now they have not heard any rumors, and their subordinates are sure that the eldest grandson Feifeng and others are still in Qingshan,"