〖Wang was assassinated on the way, went to Xiangyang, was wounded and fought hard. When King Qi saw Prince De returning, he was greatly depressed, but he retreated. Before ten months, the king was ordered by the king to blame the king for his ineffectiveness in fighting. death of a prince. The three armies were slaughtered, to sacrifice to King Xian.
— "The History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties: The Biography of Prince De Jue"〗
Zhao Jue said calmly: "The eldest grandson of the golden bow, the blue-brow robe, the silver bow Duanmu, and the red makeup Rakshasa, seeing the silver bow here, I knew that the fire rakshasa Qiao Yan'er must be here too, I didn't expect you all to sneak into my southern Chu. ."
Duanmuqiu stroked the bowstring lightly and said, "Who in the world doesn't know that it will be a matter of time before Dayong will rule the world, even if all the martial arts heroes in Southern Chu have basically taken refuge in my Dayong."
Zhao Jue said angrily: "Shut up." This was what he hated the most in his heart. Dayong respected military merit and didn't care about his background, so many people in the Jianghu in Southern Chu voted for Dayong, and if you want to be a high-ranking official in Southern Chu, you must Because of his innocence, the Southern Chu army was far less powerful than Dayong.
Qiao Yan'er raised her eyebrows and said, "You are so brave, how dare you scold me for waiting, Senior Brother Duanmu, swept the battle for me." Then he pulled out the long sword on his back, and rushed like a flame, Zhao Jue's The guards drew their swords to meet them. These guards were all masters who were good at fighting in battle, but Qiao Yaner was a first-class master, so even though she was a pair of six, she was not afraid, and Qiao Yaner's offensive was in full swing. The guard's might and sturdiness was inferior. Duanmuqiu's eyes were fixed on the battlefield. For a moment, he suddenly drew a bow and shot an arrow, and a silver shadow penetrated the throat of a guard like a ghost.
Zhao Jue frowned. One of these two people was good at close combat, the other was good at long range attack. They cooperated tacitly. He only brought eight guards, and I was afraid that they would kill them one by one. He looked at the guards behind him. Whispered: "Let's deal with Duanmu Qiu."
The guard nodded, and the two ran towards Duanmu Qiu at the same time. Duanmu Qiu saw from a distance that the silver bow was wound, and two arrows were shot with one bow, killing two more guards. At this time, Zhao Jue was already in front of him, and the long sword stabbed at him. Duanmuqiu started to do light work to avoid Zhao Jue's offensive. His light work was very mysterious. Zhao Jue and the guard could never hurt him, but Duanmu Qiu also has no time to shoot arrows, so he can only use a silver bow to resist. His silver bow is specially made, and Zhao Jue's sword can't hurt it. He was trapped by Zhao Jue if he wanted to escape, but Zhao Jue couldn't kill him if he wanted to. But Qiao Yan'er's side has a huge advantage. If she waits for her to kill all the guards and come to support Duanmu Qiu, then Zhao Jue will have no chance of escaping. The light saw two figures, but it was Pi Li and Bai Yi. One of them was holding a short sword, and the other was holding a small crossbow. They were quietly approaching Qiao Yan'er. Just when Zhao Jue noticed the two, Suddenly, the crossbow in Thief Li's hand shot five times of cold light, Qiao Yan'er reacted sensitively and tried her best to avoid it. At this moment, the short sword in Bai Yi's hand struck with a thunderous strike, stabbing at Qiao Yan'er's tender body, and Qiao Yan'er's eyes flashed. After passing through the flames, the long sword in his hand turned into a copper wall and an iron wall like a god's help, fighting with bare blades, Bai Yi staggered back, his hands were bloodstained, and Qiao Yan'er was struck by a sword in the lower abdomen, only to see her jade face with evil, hurriedly acupuncture to stop the bleeding, He shouted, "Senior brother." Then he shot the long sword at Zhao Jue, Zhao Jue dodged, Duanmuqiu rushed out, and shot five arrows from the silver bow in his hand, blocking the guard who wanted to kill Qiao Yaner. He turned around again and forced Zhao Jue away with an arrow, and then he had reached Qiao Yan'er's side, picked up his junior sister, and ran away.
Zhao Jue breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Thief Li and Bai Yi, and said with a smile, "Thanks to you." At this moment, Zhao Jue suddenly saw the horrified expressions on everyone's faces. Zhao Jue was sensitive and immediately asked He rushed forward, but it was too late. He only felt that a sharp blade pierced through the soft armor and penetrated deeply into his waist. This was because Zhao Jue dodged in time. Zhao Jue saw those personal guards rushing towards him, but the fastest ones were Thief Li and Bai Yi. Bai Yi swept past him, and a scream came from behind him, while Thief Li supported him and took it out from his arms. A wax pill, crushed the wax pill, and stuffed the pill into his mouth. Zhao Jue only felt the pain came, and he could not help but let out a pained cry and passed out.
When Zhao Jue woke up, he found himself lying on the table in the tea shed. Thief Li, Bai Yi and the other guards all looked at him with frowns, while the guards who had teamed up with him to deal with Duanmuqiu's body was not far away. He smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect this king to have Dayong's spies by his side. He has been with me for more than a year."
Thief Li stepped forward and said: "My lord, the villain has temporarily stopped the bleeding for the lord, and took the elixir. Within a month, as long as the lord is calm, he should be able to live safely, but the lord's injury is too serious, if he can return to Jianye Let my son-in-law personally diagnose and treat, I believe he can recover within half a year."
Zhao Jue thought for a while and said, "They were stabbing halfway, presumably because they didn't want me to go back to Xiangyang. If I can't go back, I'm afraid that Xiangyang is in danger, so I'd better go to Xiangyang."
A personal guard said bitterly: "The lord is so seriously injured, how can he play, let's go back to Jianye to recover."
Zhao Jue said indifferently: "No need to say more, this king is a pity that he is underestimated, and set off immediately to Xiangyang." Everyone had to obey, and Pioli and Bai Yi looked at each other, their eyes full of helplessness and admiration. Everyone still wanted to persuade each other, but Zhao Jue didn’t listen. The thief had to re-bandage Zhao Jue’s stab wound, lest Zhao Jue would get tired, and everyone didn’t dare to hurry up, but Zhao Jue was anxious about Xiangyang’s safety and rushed on the road regardless of the injury. Everyone was helpless. Moreover, if you don't return to the military camp, you will inevitably encounter assassins, so you can only speed up. When Zhao Jue finally entered Xiangyang City, it was already the second evening. Taking advantage of the night and the response sent by Rong Yuan, Zhao Jue successfully entered Xiangyang City. Thief Li and Bai Yi discussed for a while, and Thief Li continued to stay to take care of Zhao Jue's injury. The main thing he learned from Jiang Zhe was medical skills. Although it was not advanced enough, it was definitely better than the military doctors in Xiangyang. Bai Yi returned to Jianye to return to Jiang Zhe.
When I learned from Bai Yi that Zhao Jue was injured, I couldn't help but sigh. As early as when Zhao Jue went to war, I had a premonition that I felt uneasy. Now that Zhao Jue is injured, will my premonition come true? Think about Zhao Jue's right Although I had some suspicions, I was still a good boss, so I hesitated for a long time and finally decided to go to Xiangyang.
For the sake of completeness, I brought Chen Zhen and Chi Ji along with them. After we reunited in the city, we rushed to Xiangyang as soon as possible. Because my horse was not good, I got a carriage. Although it was a little bumpy, It's more comfortable than riding a horse. Along the way, I got information from the secret camp. King Li Xian of Qi attacked the city on a large scale, but Zhao Jue himself sat on the city, so Yong Jun lost his troops and lost his generals and could not win. Although it was impossible to get close to the battlefield, I still learned the general situation. , Yong Jun has lost 40,000 troops in Xiangyang, and I think it should have reached the limit of King Qi.
Sure enough, when I was more than 200 miles away from Xiangyang, I learned that the Yong army had withdrawn, and according to the report from the secret camp, the Yong army should have retreated from the territory of Southern Chu, which means that I would meet the Yong army head-on. , In order to force them away, I ordered to temporarily stay in a small village and wait. As far as I know, the Yong army has not committed any crimes all the way, and should not come here to loot. In the afternoon, Yong Jun passed by outside the village. Beforehand, Yong Jun's outpost went to the village and ordered all households not to go out. I had already changed into blue shirts and commoners. It didn't attract much attention. In fact, they didn't plan to go to the village, so they only needed to control the road outside the village. But just as I was waiting, I suddenly heard chaos outside, and then someone came to smash the door and said, "The people inside the house came out, our army has requisitioned here."
Chen Zhen walked up to me quietly and asked me with his eyes. I thought about it and shook my head slightly. Chen Zhen pretended to be flustered and went to the door and opened the door, begging: "Master Jun, spare your life, Jun Ye spare your life."
The one who smashed the door was a sergeant in black iron armor. Seeing that the saber in costume was not an ordinary soldier, he glanced at the room and said, "Don't panic, let's use the room, you stay in the wing, don't move, don't speak up."
I stood up and walked out with Chi Ji, the sergeant suddenly stopped me and said, "What's your name, do you have a reputation?"
I calmly said: "Jiang Suiyun, born late, is a cold scholar with no fame. What advice does the military lord have?"
A trace of doubt flashed in the sergeant's eyes, then he suddenly came to his senses and shouted: "Come on, arrest them, they are spies." Following his cry, a team of sergeants rushed in and surrounded us with knives and guns Stop, Chen Zhen took a step back, stood in front of me, and didn't make a move. He knew that he should not be impulsive at this time.
I asked with a puzzled look: "Why does the military master say that Wansheng is a spy?"
An inexplicable cold light flashed in the sergeant's eyes, and he said, "I see that you don't shed tears without seeing the coffin. Judging from your demeanor, you are definitely a person who is pampered all the year round, and has a temperament above others. It's a spy, why do you say that you have no fame?"
I didn't expect this sergeant to be so shrewd, he couldn't help but looked him up and down for a long time, just thinking about how to deal with the current situation, a cavalry galloped over, and the man immediately shouted: "Is the house not ready yet, Your Highness is in urgent need of healing. The place." The sergeant said quickly: "General, I see something suspicious about this family..."
Before the words were finished, the general saw me at a glance, stunned for a moment, and smiled: "Who am I, it turns out to be Lord Jiang Hanlin Jiang, I never thought we would meet here." After smiling bitterly, he could only say: "It turned out to be Huang Huwei next to His Royal Highness King Qi. I didn't expect to meet like this today."
The general said with a straight face: "In the past, His Highness was on an envoy to Nanchu, and your lord was ordered to serve with you, and Huang was very grateful. Now the two countries are fighting, and your lord is a high-ranking official in Nanchu. Why did you appear in this small village in the deserted suburbs.
I was moved. He said just now that His Highness needs healing, and said, "To tell the truth, an old friend of Xiaguan is seriously ill, and the medicine and stone are ineffective. Xiaguan is quite familiar, so I went to treat him."
General Huang really showed a surprised look on his face, and said: "It turns out that Mr. Jiang is good at Qihuang. His Royal Highness King Qi was injured by an arrow, and the military doctor was unable to treat him, so he had to hurry back to Dayong. Now that his condition has worsened on the way, he will ask Mr. Jiang to be his highness. have a look."
I happily said: "The doctor has the heart to cut shares, and the subordinate dares to refuse to obey." General Huang immediately ordered someone to invite His Royal Highness King Qi to come here. Those sergeants showed a strange look. : "He is an official of Southern Chu, will he really treat His Highness?" General Huang also whispered: "When we met this Lord Jiang in Jianye, he was easy-going and free and would not stick to his identity, His Highness said. This person has a splendid mind and should not be taken lightly. He takes great care of him. I think he will not forget his old feelings, not to mention that he is in the hands of our army, so forgive him and dare not make any changes."
Not long after, His Royal Highness King Qi's car arrived. General Huang and others carried King Qi into the room. I saw that his face was red and he was unconscious. After going forward to check the pulse, he pondered for a while: "His Royal Highness has hit me in Nanchu. The poisonous arrow, which is the poisonous snake juice obtained from the Nanman, if not for His Highness's deep internal strength, strong physique, and taking some antidote in time, it would have died long ago. Now it is a symptom of increased toxicity. If it is not cured, it will be within three days. Certainly not cured."
Everyone was shocked, and a middle-aged general said coldly: "In this case, you have a way to treat it."
I looked at it with an inquiring eye, and the general said, "This general, Fan Wencheng, is the general of the guards under King Qi."
I smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, General, the lower official is here in time. As long as I give His Highness acupuncture and then prescribe a prescription, King Qi's life will definitely be saved, but His Highness King Qi will need to rest for half a year in the future."
General Fan and General Huang both had happy expressions on their faces. I was under their supervision, and I was doing acupuncture for King Qi and asked Chi Ji as an assistant. It took me an hour to complete the complex process of passing the golden needle through the acupoints, and then prescribed a detoxification. The prescriptions in the army are actually quite complete, and there is no special medicine in my prescription. Soon after taking the medicine, King Qi's complexion became normal and he slept much more peacefully. General Huang thanked me and sent me to the wing to rest. Seeing them go out, Chen Zhen asked in a low voice, "Sir, will they let us go tomorrow?"
I said lightly: "It doesn't matter, I think King Qi is a smart man. If he doesn't let go, I have a way to take his life."
The next morning, King Qi woke up, and General Huang immediately summoned me to diagnose the pulse of King Qi. Li Xian was lying on the bed and looked at me with a smile, and after I announced that the toxicity in his body was no longer a problem, as long as he continued to take my prescription, the residual poison could be eliminated, Li Xian said with a smile: "I didn't expect to meet a stranger today, and Lord Meng saved Ben. For the life of the king, Lord Jiang will simply go back with me."
I said indifferently: "Your Highness King Qi's words are wrong. Xiaguan is a minister of Nanchu, how can he surrender to Dayong? If His Highness does not wish to save his life, just kill Xiaguan."
Li Xian hurriedly said: "Sir, don't be angry, how dare you forget the grace of saving your life. If you don't want to, I won't force it."
I was overjoyed, I knew for a long time that Li Xian admired King Yong in his heart. King Yong was a man of great love and righteousness. In this case, he would not embarrass me. So as long as I say so, King Qi will not do ungrateful things. Therefore, I will unconditionally heal the wounds of King Qi.
Seeing that I was relieved, Li Xian asked again, "I heard that Mr. Jiang is going to treat a friend, do you know if this king knows me?" I saw the doubt in King Qi's eyes, and said lightly: "This man Your Highness naturally recognizes it as Zhao Jue, my Prince of Nanchude."
Li Xian said angrily, "It turns out that you actually went to treat him. It makes no sense. Do you think this king will let you heal him?"
I said coldly: "Dayong Nanchu was fighting, Prince De was assassinated in the middle of the battle, and His Highness was wounded in the battle. Since I am treating His Highness, I am not worried about His Highness coming to commit crimes in the future. I didn't know His Highness was so afraid of Prince De that he wanted him to die. The Assassin's Hand." Li Xian was speechless, before he said after a long time, "I think Zhao Jue will not be able to stop my Dayong Iron Cavalry even if he recovers from his injuries, that's all, go and heal him and tell him that I will definitely let him die in my life. In my hand." I bowed slightly, expressing my obedience.
Three days later, King Qi's injury basically improved, so he let me go, and when he broke up with me, in the carriage, he said, "Master Jiang, Nan Chu will die at my hand sooner or later, then Master Jiang will be able to do it. Come to me, this king will definitely save the life of Lord Jiang." I just kept silent, as for whether he regarded me as acquiescence or dissatisfaction, it was up to him.
After breaking up with King Qi, I traveled all night and finally arrived in Xiangyang. Bai Yi and the general guarding the city gate recognized me, and soon I entered the city and went straight to the residence of Prince De. But as soon as I got to the door, I heard the sound of crying inside, I was stunned, and then rushed in like crazy. The sergeants who were guarding the gate basically recognized me. When I rushed into Prince De's bedroom, I saw Rong Yuan lying on the ground crying, and on the bed was Zhao Jue, who was as white as paper, and the thief was standing beside him with a sad face. When they saw me coming in, Rong Yuan choked and said, "Suiyun, you are late."
I shouted in a gaffe: "Pirate Li, how could this happen, how could you not be able to save his life."
Thief Li crawled forward and said: "Sir, the villain used medicine for the prince, and the effect is obvious. Although the prince has come to the city for several days to supervise the battle, his injury has not deteriorated too much. Who knows, today, the king issued an edict to rebuke the prince. The prince saw the edict and was angry. He was so angry that he vomited blood again and again, and in less than half an hour, he was gone."
Rong Yuan stepped forward in tears and said, "Suiyun, don't blame him, he has done his best."
I said coldly, "Where is the edict?"
Rong Yuan let out a long sigh and pointed to the table next to me. I walked up and took a look at the Huang Ling Zhao book, only to feel depressed in my chest, sweet in my mouth, and spit out blood. I saw cold words written on the edict.
"Uncle Wang has a deep understanding of the art of war. He not only controls 100,000 elite soldiers, but also takes advantage of the natural dangers of Xiangyang. Why did he fail in the long-term battle? Ren Yong's army came from here. Could it be that he has cooperated with the enemy. I hope the governor will understand the autumn of the country's exhaustion and make a quick decision."
I put down the edict, pushed aside Chi Ji and Thief Li who were trying to support me, looked at the table, there was a stamp on it, I opened the stamp, Rong Yuan wanted to come to stop me, but stopped again, I looked down Go, the writing on it is neat, but there are blood splatters in several places.
"Jue, with the respect of the royal family, mediocre talents, received the knowledge of the first emperor, appointed the heart, commanded the troops and horses, dared to do everything in his heart, but he was small and sick, his ambitions were not applied, he died in the middle way, and he hated him so much. Today, Dayong is raging. , Southern Chu is exhausted, this is the autumn of sincerity and death, Jue is about to die now, dare to speak frankly, since I have been in harmony with relatives in Southern Chu, the courtiers have looked up to Da Yong and sighed, fearing war and seeking peace, but the heart of tigers and wolves is unwilling. Calmly, the lord of the country should be close to worthy ministers, stay far away from petty people, sparse the harem, be diligent in government affairs, and concentrate on military affairs. It is far away to connect with the Northern Han Dynasty, and to reject Dayong in the near future, which can ensure the safety of the southern Chu community and crops. The defense of Xiangyang is of the utmost importance. Rong Yuan, who is the heart of the minister, has many talents, is skilled in military affairs, and is the old department of Jue, can be led by this person, ask the king to order, and order this person to guard Xiangyang on his behalf, then he can keep Xiangyang safe. To take the position of the Great Governor, Jue was in tears and did not know what to say;
I put down the seal, thinking of the scene where Zhao Jue was full of grief and weeping as he wrote the seal, tears fell like rain, and said, "Why is your lord so stubborn, if you listened to me and respected your troops, why would you be today? ."
Rong Yuan stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty was dying, I thought of your lord and wanted to recommend your lord to guard Xiangyang, but after thinking about it again and again, he said: 'Follow the clouds, you are elegant, and there is no equal in the world. Sir, please tell Suiyun on my behalf that if Nan Chu becomes extinct in the future, Mr. Wang will look at Juezhi's face and leave a line of cigarettes for Nan Chu.'"
I was silent for a long time, and said lightly: "Mr. Rong, I would like to express my condolences. The lord of the country is not a ruthless person. When I see the prince's seal, I will definitely regret it. Sir, guarding Xiangyang, it should be able to do it, Suiyun is disheartened, and will soon. Resign and travel far, see you later, and then say goodbye."
Having said that, I turned around and left. When I reached the door, when I opened the curtain and got in the car, I heard the sound of cannons coming from afar. Putting down the curtains, I said lightly, "Let's go." The carriage started running. After a long time, I opened the window and looked at the gloomy sky outside. For the first time, I really felt that Nan Chu, it was over.