"Don't dare to be." Zhang Rong didn't dare to put on airs to Zhang Xiao. He quickly took a step back and saluted Zhang Xiao, saying: "This battle is not the result of Zhang Rong's contribution, but the result of the bloody battle of the soldiers. I dare not take the merits of the leaders. By the way, Lord Zhang, General Zhao is now how is it?"
Hearing Zhang Rong mentioned Zhao Yun, Zhang Xiao’s expression was a little ugly, he hesitated, and finally took a deep breath, and sighed: "The situation is not good. A doctor has just diagnosed it. General Zhao has too many wounds. Excessive blood loss and severe damage to vitality. This is not the most troublesome. The problem now is that General Zhao’s hands are damaged too severely. The doctor said, General Zhao’s hands and meridians are damaged. I am afraid it will be better. It is not that simple. So I We are considering whether to send General Zhao to Jiangling, and ask God Doctor Zhang to treat him."
As the sun sets westward, the city of Nanxiong Prefecture is in a mess. The corpses of countless soldiers lie lying across the city, including Liu Jiajun and Song Jun. Ten days have passed since Song Jun's siege. Prior to this, Liu Jiajun had originally separated two soldiers and horses out of the city, thinking that they were fighting the horns and wanted to bluff the besieged Wang Zongshi army. Unexpectedly, just two days later, Wang Zongshi and Wang Hu's army stationed in the Nan'an Army appeared from the north of Nanxiong Prefecture City, and cooperated with Wang Zongshi's army to surround Nanxiong Prefecture City to Tuan Tuan.
Thanks to Zhao Guang's cleverness, he immediately sent people to take Liu Yi and the other two armies back to Nanxiong Zhoucheng, so as not to be destroyed one by one by the enemy. However, in this way, Nanxiong Prefecture was completely surrounded by two soldiers, Wang Zongshi, Wang Zongshi, and Wang Hu, and was attacked by two armies every day. Thanks to the concerted efforts of Liu Jiajun and his generals. Can be held, but the price paid is huge. In the past few days, Liu Jiajun suffered heavy casualties. By the end of the fighting today, Liu Jiajun has less than two thousand people left.
On the top of the city, Zhao Guang, with a stained face, carried the sword and frowned, walking around the city from time to time, looking at the wounded soldiers lying on the ground. In today's battle, Zhao Guang played a trick and used the Wengcheng trench to crack the enemy's attack. Otherwise, Nanxiong Zhoucheng would be broken today.
However, these tricks can only be used once. Wang Zongshi and Wang Hu are not fuel-efficient lamps. I am afraid they will not be fooled next time. Although they have repelled the enemy this time, what about the next time? Zhao Guang didn't dare to think about it.
"Master Zhao! Master Zhao!" A shout came from behind Zhao Guang. Zhao Guang quickly looked back and saw a Liu Jiajun general. The general was holding a blood-stained and chipped single knife in one hand, while the other arm disappeared from his shoulder, which was obviously chopped off. Right now, the wound was wrapped tightly with white cloth, but the white cloth had already been stained red by blood. The warlord walked quickly in front of Zhao Guang, held a single-handed sword in one hand and bowed to Zhao Guang, and said, "Master Zhao! Your lord has something to discuss with you."
Seeing this warrior, Zhao Guang’s eyes flashed with regret, and he hurriedly raised the general with his hands, and at the same time looked at his severed arm, and said: "Liu Hua. Didn't I let you rest and recuperate? What are you doing? I'm here again. Your wound hasn't healed, and you just need to rest well."
This general is Liu Hua, Liu's general. In the first battle three days ago, Liu Hua was cut off by a Song Army soldier when he was fighting the enemy. Fortunately, Liu Song, another general, was by his side at the time, and he rescued Liu Hua in time. This saved Liu Hua's life, but the arm had already been severed and could no longer be connected. For a military commander, how important a hand is. Without this hand, Liu Hua has almost become a useless person. How can Zhao Guang not regret such a talent
Hearing what Zhao Guang said, Liu Hua turned his head and glanced at his severed arm, but he smiled, as if he didn't take the matter to heart. He smiled and shook his head and said, "Master Zhao, please don't worry, Liu Hua's life is very hard. This small injury is nothing." After Liu Hua was injured, he just rested in the barracks for one day. After the wound stopped bleeding, he ignored it. The doctor's dissuasion, he chose to go to battle to kill the enemy, not at all like a wounded person.
Zhao Guang also knew that he couldn’t persuade Liu Hua. Besides, Nanxiong Zhoucheng was soon to be breached. Even if Liu Hua stayed in the city, Liu Hua would not be able to escape when the city was broken. It would be better to go to the battlefield to kill him. happy. Immediately Zhao Guang didn't say any more, nodded, patted Liu Hua on the back, and then went straight down to the city head and rushed to the Liu Family Military Mansion in the city. As for the city head, he simply left it to Liu Hua to take care of it.
Zhao Guang’s status in Nanxiong Prefecture is second only to Liu Jiajun and Liu Yi, so when he arrived at Liu Jiajun Mansion, the soldiers guarding Liu Jiajun Mansion did not intend to stop him at all, but saluted him respectfully. . And Zhao Guang also walked directly into Liu's military mansion, and walked into the discussion palace familiarly. After arriving at the discussion palace, Zhao Guang discovered that besides Liu Yi sitting directly above, important generals of Liu Jiajun, such as Liu Song and Zhu Hao, were all gathered here, but the faces of everyone were not very good-looking. The atmosphere in the palace is also extremely depressing.
Seeing Zhao Guang coming, Liu Song and other generals all stood up and saluted Zhao Guang, even Liu Yi also stood up. These days, thanks to Zhao Guang’s command, can they keep south under the stormy attacks of the Song army. Xiongzhou City is not lost, it can be said that in the eyes of the generals, Zhao Guang is already regarded as his backbone. It is not an exaggeration to say that if there was no Zhao Guang, I am afraid that Nanxiong Zhoucheng would have been attacked by the Song army long ago.
After greeting the generals one by one, Zhao Guang went straight to Liu Yi, held his fist in front of Liu Yi, and said, "Subordinates, see the lord." Although Zhao Guang's reputation is very high, but for the courtesy of monarchs and ministers, But he didn't dare to relax at all.
However, Liu Yi also walked down from his seat and directly supported Zhao Guang to prevent him from worshiping. Then he said, "Brother Zhao Guang, don't have to be polite, come and take the seat." After that, Liu Yi took Zhao Guang's He walked directly to his position, letting Zhao Guang sit on his right hand.
After everyone was seated, Liu Yi didn't waste any time, and said to Zhao Guang hurriedly: "Brother Zhao Guang, the brothers have already counted the situation of today's battle. Now Nanxiong Zhoucheng is very critical, maybe even tomorrow. There is no way to support it, how come Gao'an's reinforcements have not come yet!"
The reason why Liu Jiajun was able to support it before was because of the hope of Gao'an reinforcements. But as time went by, the reinforcements never appeared. Now the morale of the Liu Jiajun soldiers in the city is getting lower and lower. This situation is very bad.
Zhao Guang frowned. In fact, Zhao Guang had already cared about this matter. When he was patrolling the top of the city, Zhao Guang also looked at the state of the soldiers on the top of the city, and was anxious. Zhao Guang also knew that the reason for the low morale of the soldiers, to find out the bottom line, was precisely because the Gaoan reinforcements, which should have arrived long ago, were delayed. But this matter, Zhao Guang now has nothing to do.
Now that Nanxiong Zhoucheng is besieged, Zhao Guang has no idea what is going on outside. Why the Gaoan reinforcements have not arrived, so Zhao Guang can't tell why.
Of course, with Zhao Guang's resourcefulness, one or two possibilities can also be guessed. Perhaps, Bai Hexing encountered something on the road that was delayed, and perhaps Gao'an’s reinforcements would need to spend more time on the issue of mobilization. In Zhao Guang's guess, there is another possibility, but Zhao Guang is always reluctant to think about it, then Gao An refuses to send reinforcements to Nanxiong Prefecture.
Over the years, there have indeed been a lot of entanglements between Liu Jiajun and Gao An. Xia Cheng's son Xia Hu even died in the hands of the prince, and Liu Xiucai also died in Liu Jiajun's prison.
The two sides can almost be said to be incompatible with each other. From this perspective, Gao'an would not send reinforcements for a reason. But Zhao Guang knew that Gao An was not a stupid person, Tong Wenbo, who was next to Gao An, was a smart person, and he would never fail to see the consequences of Liu Jiajun's destruction.
It is precisely because of this that Zhao Guang was confident that Gao'an would send reinforcements before, but after so many days, he has never seen the shadow of Gaoan's reinforcements. This gives Zhao Guang's original confidence, but now he is also a little nervous. Up.
After Liu Yi's question was asked, Zhao Guang was silent for a moment, raised his head, looked at the expectant gaze of the generals who sat down, took a deep breath, then squeezed out a smile, and said, "My lord, please rest assured. Gao An In the past, apart from defending Zhao Zhen, we must also guard against adults and Xia Cheng. The deployment of troops must be very scattered. Even if it is to deploy troops and horses, it will take a lot of time. Therefore, in the opinion of the subordinates, I believe the most The day after tomorrow, Gao'an’s reinforcements will definitely arrive."
It's not that Zhao Guang doesn't want to tell the truth about the situation, but if he tells the truth in front of these generals, it will only hit the generals' confidence even more severely, and it will be of no benefit to the battle of tomorrow. Therefore, Zhao Guang chose to speak out this most unrealistic conjecture, and how much he could appease the generals.
Sure enough, after hearing what Zhao Guang said, all the generals who sat down were relieved for a long time, and Liu Yi simply cursed and shouted: "The son of a bitch, Gao An, is so troublesome to mobilize soldiers. Can occupy the entire Fujian Road as a large territory. If this is changed to an adult, this matter will not be easy to handle."
Liu Yi's remarks were also endorsed by most of the people present. Of course, there are very few people who saw Zhao Guang's insincere, including Liu Yi himself. Liu Yi's martial arts may not be as good as his brother Liu Tong, or even Liu Song, but Liu Yi's talent is second to none among the Liu brothers.
After Zhao Guang said those words, Liu Yi saw that Zhao Guang’s eyes flickered, and there seemed to be something he didn’t say. However, Liu Yi quickly guessed why Zhao Guang did this, and of course he would not try to reveal it. It echoed Zhao Guang's statement and followed him to appease the generals.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Guang said to Liu Yi: "My lord, the situation in the city is indeed not good now. The subordinates have a suggestion that my lord can lead a team of soldiers and horses to break through the siege at night and head east to Fujian Road in Gaoan. Go to the territory. The subordinates stayed at Nanxiong Zhoucheng, waiting for reinforcements to arrive."
Zhao Guang’s suggestion was spoken, and Liu Yi became more and more sure of his conjecture. If it wasn't the last moment, how could Zhao Guang suggest that he escape from Nanxiong Zhoucheng? And Zhao Guang stayed in Nanxiong Prefecture by himself, obviously wanting to stick to the last moment on his own.
Naturally, Liu Yina would never agree to this. Immediately, Liu Yi shook his head firmly and said, "No, Brother Zhao Guang. I don’t agree to do this. The eldest brother gave me this piece of foundation back then. Although I have little ability to restore Liu Jiajun’s foundation to its former glory, I absolutely can’t. At this time, the soldiers and soldiers will be abandoned and left alone. If I do this, how will I have the face to meet my father and brother in the future."
Hearing what Liu Yi said categorically, Zhao Guang also looked helpless. Of course he also guessed that Liu Yi would respond this way, but he was entrusted by Liu Tong to keep the Liu family's bloodline. So he took a deep breath and wanted to continue to persuade Liu Yi, but Liu Yi took the lead and waved his hand to stop what Zhao Guang wanted to say. He firmly said: "Brother Zhao Guang, I have decided. If you want to continue to persuade me, then you don't have to waste your efforts. It's better to think about how we should deal with the enemy's attack next."
Liu Yi has said so, Zhao Guang can only stop mentioning the matter, but in Zhao Guang's heart, he has made up his mind secretly. Even if Liu Yi refuses, he must find a way to keep the Liu Yi brothers. Life. Putting this matter aside for the time being, Zhao Guang pondered for a moment, and said: "Now that the Song army is in great power, if our army wants to defend the four gates separately, it is not feasible. Therefore, I think that we should abandon the other three gates. Concentrate on defending one place and there will be a glimmer of life."
"Uh." Hearing what Zhao Guang said, everyone in the room was all at a loss. Zhu Hao asked with a puzzled look: "My lord, now the enemy is surrounded on all sides. If you give up the three-sided gate, wouldn't it be letting the enemy go? Entering the city?" Zhu Hao's question was also approved by other fighters, even Liu Yi nodded subconsciously.
Zhao Guang shook his head and said, "What I said was abandoning the three-sided city gate, which is also a last resort, but it does not mean that we have to let other enemies outside the three-sided city gate enter the city. Well, I have a clever plan. We can do this. So..."
Then, Zhao Guang stated his plan. After Zhao Guang finished his plan, everyone in the audience brightened their eyes, looking at Zhao Guang full of confidence, and at the same time showing a trace of determination. .
Liu Song was the first to stand up and fist at Zhao Guang and shouted: "Brother, just do what Zhao Guang said. Up to now, in this situation, we have only one way to go. We would rather be jade than be broken. Wa Quan." After Liu Yi finished speaking, the other warlords also stood up to drink.
The words of Liu Yi and others relieved Liu Yi’s expression a bit, with a hint of pride on his face. He patted his thigh vigorously, stood up, and said to Zhao Guang, “Brother Zhao Guang. That’s it. Do it, everything is up to you."
Zhao Guang also nodded helplessly. In fact, if he hadn't been forced to the last step, he wouldn't want to make this move, but the current situation could not tolerate Zhao Guang's choice. Immediately, Zhao Guang also stood up, bowed to Liu Yi, and said, "Please don't worry, adults. This matter will be handled by the subordinates, and it will succeed."
At the moment when the city of Nanxiong Prefecture was determined, at the same time, in the Song Army barracks outside the city, there was a lot of laughter. Especially in the big tent, which is located in the center of the barracks, several of the main generals of the Song Army were all chatting and laughing in the big tent this time, and did not feel embarrassed by the war.
Sitting at the top are Wang Zongshi and Wang Hu. Since Wang Hu led the Nan'an army, the two armies have already joined together and surrounded the Nanxiong Prefecture city regiment.
At this time, Wang Zongshi and Wang Hu were naturally discussing matters together. Wang Zongshi smiled and said to Wang Hu beside him: "Wang Hu, in today's battle, the defenders of Liu Jiajun in Nanxiong Prefecture City have been completely maimed. By tomorrow, we can definitely take Nanxiong Prefecture City. Next. Hehe. After we have taken Nanxiong Prefecture City, we will move our troops eastward and arrest the old boy Gao'an. How about?"
However, Wang Hu smiled and shook his head, and said to Wang Zongshi: "General Wang, don't underestimate Gao'an. Your Majesty’s latest order is for us to bring the army to the border of Fujian Road after we conquered Nanxiong Prefecture. On the front line, you can't go one step further into Fujian Road. Next, your Majesty has other preparations." Compared with Wang Zongshi's roughness, Wang Hu is a lot more careful, but he will not go crazy from time to time like Wang Zongshi.
After Wang Hu's words were finished, Cui Hu, who was sitting on Wang Zongshi's left hand, immediately nodded with a smile and said, "General Wang Hu is very true. Commander. Gao'an holds the army of Fujian Road, Xia Cheng and Wang Xiong. The generals help each other, and they are also informative. I am afraid it will not be so easy for our army to win Gao'an! Or according to your majesty's order, first station in Tingzhou area." Cui Hu is really afraid that Wang Zongshi will go crazy To fight Fujian Road, it happened that Wang Hu opened this mouth, and he also took advantage of the trend to persuade Wang Zongshi.
Hearing what Wang Hu and Cui Hu said, Wang Zongshi curled his lips, obviously a little unhappy. However, Wang Hu had already moved out of Song Emperor Zhao Zhen's name, and he couldn't refute it anymore. He could only agree with an angrily. On the right hand side of Wang Hu, it was Fuzhou warlord Zhang Long. He smiled and said to Wang Zongshi: “Lord Wang, just destroying Liu Jiajun’s thieves is already a great credit, and we have to give the others too. Lu Dajun keeps some soup."
Since Wang Hu was ordered to garrison the Nan'an Army, Zhang Long and other generals in Fuzhou have been garrisoning the Nan'an Army with Wang Hu. Zhang Long and the others and Wang Hu are both old partners, and there is no problem in cooperating with each other normally, so this time he attacked Nanxiong Prefecture, Wang Hu also brought several generals under his hands.
Zhang Long’s words made all the generals in the audience laugh. Wang Zongshi’s temperament is also casual. This temper comes up quickly and goes faster, so he immediately put the matter behind and turned his head. He smiled at Wang Hu and said: "Speaking of merit, you are the first one this time, Wang Hu. If you hadn’t sent the message in time, it means that the envoy Liu Yi sent to Gaoan for help is dead, we’d really have Liu Yi's trick was bluffed."
Regarding Wang Zongshi’s words, Wang Hu just waved his hand and said with a smile: "Actually, I am just lucky. After all, it should be regarded as the death of Liu Yi. Who would have thought that the wife of the Wu family of Fujian Road family back then, He would hide in a small mountain village and marry someone. No one would have thought that by such a coincidence, the messenger sent by Liu Yi for help would also stay in that small mountain village. Haha, God! God!"
What Wang Hu said was that Bai Hexing was killed by Wu Yingying that day. Originally, Wu Yingying did this cleanly. After she killed Bai Hexing, a fire burned her house, dragged her son, took Bai Hexing's belongings, and escaped from the mountain village overnight.
Unexpectedly, Wu Yingying was bumped by Wang Hu's army who was coming towards Nanxiongzhou on the road. Originally, Wu Yingying's mother-in-law, mother and son were dressed as ordinary people, and they would not attract the attention of others. But it was so coincidental. When Wu Yingying plundered Bai Hexing’s belongings before, she took a kit from Bai Hexing. This kit was used by Wu Yingying’s son to play with it because of its exquisite style. Zhang Long saw it.