Nanba rode to Jiangcheng alone, and went to the Jiangcheng County Shou Mansion to ask to see Xu Shuji, but Xu Shuji had already gotten the news, and sent a young general under his command to drag him down, and said shamelessly: "This is a begging for food, if I agree to him, I will inevitably become the soul of Yongjun's sword, you treat him well, good wine and meat beauties are sent, as long as he is fed alone, he will not mention the matter of Xiangyang again." ”

But the person he met was the awe-inspiring and righteous Nanba, the loyal and courageous, not afraid of life and death, such a little trick against Nanba is simply ridiculous.

Nanba saw that it was not Xu Shuji himself who greeted him, his expression turned cold, and he asked bluntly, "Where is Xu Shuji?" ”

The people who greeted him also felt that this kid was rude, and said perfunctorily: "The doctor is busy every day, where can I see a little general like you." ”

"Is there anything bigger than rescuing Xiangyang?"

Seeing that he couldn't be tough on this person, the young general instantly softened, and said with a smile: "Don't blame the general, don't worry, the doctor is now mobilizing the soldiers to transport grain and grass, and he will come to you later." You finally ran out of Xiangyang City, and you didn't eat or drink all the way. ”

Nanba swallowed hard, he was hungry when he was in Xiangyang City, and after escaping from the city, he just hit a wild deer on the road, and he didn't care about making a fire, and drank raw blood and raw meat directly, which was barely full.

He sat hungrily in front of a table with porcelain jars and fine wine, and the beef and mutton were carefully cooked, and peppercorns were sprinkled on them.

When he saw such a delicacy, his heart was tormented and it was hard to swallow, and his tens of thousands of brothers were still starving in Xiangyang City, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty's society and the last sunset of the empire not to be occupied by the rebels. But these people are in the rear, eating and drinking, how can he tolerate this, how can he eat it.

This young general didn't seem to see Nanba's expression, and he was still constantly serving him vegetables in an underbeaten tone: "Quick, quick, eat two bites, you can't eat this kind of thing in Xiangyang City." ”

"If I don't have an appetite, I have something more exciting to entertain the general." The young man clapped his hands, the door of the room was pushed open, and two graceful beauties walked out of it, and came to their desk gracefully. A woman fell into the arms of the young general, and then grinded her hands and ears and temples to look quite proficient, and the other beauty saw Nanba's indifferent expression, so she naturally didn't dare to throw herself into her arms as soon as she came up, but just showed a charming posture and picked up the wine bottle: "Please let the little woman pour a glass of wine for the general." ”

Syllable! Nan Ba slapped his palm on the desk heavily, so frightened that the wine cup in the young general's hand shook, and the wine drops fell on the table, and the two beauties were also frightened.

The young general frowned and waved his hand, driving the two beauties to retreat, and then snorted coldly and said: "Nanba, don't be embarrassed, Zhang Xun is just a fourth-grade official, and you are just a general under Zhang Xun." My doctor has eaten and drunk to entertain you, and he has already given you enough face. ”

Nanba stood up from the front of the desk with a thud and pulled out the barrier knife from his waist. The young general was startled, hurriedly dodged to the side, and asked in a convulsive voice, "What do you want to do?" ”

Several guards with knives broke into the door, each holding a blade in their hands and confronting Nanba. Nanba didn't step forward, but only looked at him coldly and said, "Guo Linggong and General Zhang have been fighting with the enemy army in Xiangyang City for nearly a year, but you scum have spent all day drinking in the rear and have done nothing. Now that Xiangyang is in danger, you are still eating and drinking, Jiangcheng has 100,000 soldiers, why can't you send troops to the rescue? ”

A civil official walked in from outside the door, crossed his hands and argued, "What are you talking about?" Who hasn't thought about rescue, my doctor often sends troops to Jingmen to investigate, but the disparity between the strength of the enemy and us is really huge, so he delayed his troops. ”

Nanba waved the barrier knife and slashed down vertically, cutting off the corner of the case, and said angrily: "Since Dr. Xu refuses to send troops to rescue, then I will go to Jiankang to ask Your Majesty, Xiangyang City is the barrier of the entire south of the Yangtze River, and Uncle Xu will sit idly by, how can he hold the defense line of the Yangtze River." ”

With that, he inserted the blade into the scabbard, turned and walked out of the next door, where several guards looked at each other with their knives in their hands, looking at the young general for orders.

"Let him go to Health to borrow troops, and when he arrives in Health City, I'm afraid that Xiangyang City will be broken by the Yong army."

Nanba rode a fast horse out of the dock outside Jiangcheng, untied the bow from the horseback and shot an arrow at the plaque at the south city gate, and said in a sad voice: "When I return from Xiangyang City in the future, I Nanba swears to kill Xu Shuji!" ”

He found a boat by the river, negotiated the price with the boatman, and then led the horse to the boat, and stood on the bow of the boat with his own knife, looking at the rolling river.

Seeing that the guests were indifferent, they didn't go up to talk, but just pulled up the sails and shook the oars, and slowly swung towards the heart of the river.

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After the young general sent Nanba away, he hurriedly went to Xu Shuji to report, claiming that he had coaxed the borrowed soldiers away.

Xu Shuji nodded lightly at first, and then asked nervously, "You coaxed him away?" Where did he go? ”

"It seems that I went to the dock to the south, I should have boarded the ship!"

Doctor Xu was so annoyed that he opened his five fingers and fanned the young general's face, until five red marks were fanned out on his face, and scolded angrily: "Did you let him run to Emperor Jiankang to sue me for his troubles!" Don't hurry up and take him back to house arrest. ”

The young general covered his face and staggered to the door, thinking that he still didn't understand the task clearly, and hurriedly ran back and asked, "What if he refuses to come back with me!" ”

"Pigs! You won't lie? If you don't come back, you won't kill? ”

The young general got such a little idea, and hurriedly ran to the dock with dozens of soldiers, pulled out the anchor of a warship, and set sail towards Jiangdong.

Nan Ba was standing at the bow of the boat with a knife, and the boatman heard the shouting along the wind, and when he looked back, it turned out to be a warship of the imperial court, and hurriedly called out to him: "General, there is an official's ship shouting at you behind." ”

At this time, because the wind was blowing from the opposite shore to this side, the other party's voice Nanba could hear it clearly: "Nanba! Come back! Doctor Xu wants to see you, the matter of reinforcements is easy to discuss! ”

Nan Ba's face showed a smile of victory, this Xu Shuji is really a cheap bone, and he has to wait for him to be hard before he is soft.

He had just asked the boatman to stop and see the sincerity of the other party, and suddenly became alert in his heart, if the other party really wanted to persuade him to go back, why did he bring dozens of soldiers to chase after him in a warship, and wouldn't a small boat easily do things? Unless the other party has no sincerity at all.

Thinking so, he decisively ordered the boatman to continue sailing: "Don't turn the sails, don't turn the rudder, I'll give you more money when you cross the other side." ”

The boatman nodded, raised the sails and continued to walk towards the opposite shore, and the other party's angry scolding came from behind: "Bastard, stop the boat quickly and release the arrows for me!" “

Nanhachi walked to the stern of the boat, stood in front of the boatman who was rocking, and swung the hilt of his knife to hit the arrows that were shooting, and said, "Row quickly, I'll stop these arrows." ”

The small boat was both light and fast in the river, and the big boat could not catch up no matter how much it pursued, and the arrows shot fell crookedly into the river, and even the voice of shouting and scolding behind him became weak.

Nanba quickly reached the other side, paid the money to the boatman, and said, "Thank you, fellow, you should quickly drive the small boat to another place to hide, so as not to be chased by the big boat and retaliate." ”

After bidding farewell to the boatman, Nanhachi rode his fast horse along the river bank and headed downstream.