The rise of the prince

Chapter 296 The Change of Xu Guojun
The front hall of the Luzhou yamen has been converted into a place for the sick and wounded. Hundreds of quilts and blankets are spread all over the lobby, and many wounded and sick are concentrated here. It rained frequently for no reason in the past few days, so the wounded had to be placed here, let alone Can also shelter from rain.

In the past, this place was used for judges to judge cases, but now it has become a place where the wounded are temporarily placed. Many people spontaneously come here to take care of the wounded and stay together day and night.

The vast front hall is filled with the stench of blood and corruption, and of course the strong smell of wine.

These wines were brought by King Pingnan. They were so strong that their tongues sting when they touched them, and their wounds were cut like knives. However, these wines saved many lives.

According to what King Pingnan said, the wounds would not swell after being washed with these strong wines, and few people had a fever. The doctors in the city were shocked and their jaws dropped.

Qifang has hardly been to the top of the city for the past few days, and she has been helping Princess Qing'an prepare food and grass, and take care of the wounded. These are tasks assigned to her by King Pingnan. Compared with the top of the city, it is obviously much safer.

She was somewhat grateful.

Although Qifang kept reminding herself that she was an official of Luzhou parents after she started her family, but when she thought of fighting at the city, seeing the tragic situation of the wounded who were sent every day with missing arms and legs, and the corpses burned to ashes in the back mountain, smoked The weather is so stinky, and the feet can't help but feel weak.

At this time, she had to admire King Pingnan even more, he is the king of the county, but he is at the top of the city every day.
In fact, her original purpose was nothing more than to fight the rebels desperately. When she saw the heart-piercing second brother and learned of the death of the eldest brother, her heart was torn open.All rationality and desires are all left behind.

After starting a family, the eldest sister-in-law and several nephews were sent to Guazhou early. Even if she and the second brother died, it would not be considered unfilial. At that time, they only wanted to avenge the elder brother.

Surrendering to King Pingnan just wanted to recruit more people, and to keep him, with the heart of being able to kill one by one, wouldn't it be better to recruit more people.

But Qifang didn't expect that things were far from as simple as she thought.Once she surrendered, the situation was completely out of her control, as if she had been played by King Pingnan from beginning to end.

Before I knew it, I had come to this point. The little Luzhou actually defeated the rebels and fought against the rebels of Xu State!

She never dreamed of such an arrogant thing, but King Pingnan did it. At the beginning, there were only two to three thousand soldiers in the Xiang army and King Pingnan.

The people also obeyed his words and worshiped him like a god.In the concept for thousands of years, the body is hair and skin, and the parents should be sent to the earth after death. This is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In the end, he just said, "If the dead body is not burned, it will cause plague." Done.
Qi Fang didn't know what to say, she was naturally uncomfortable, the common people had never heard such words from Qi Jia.

Three days ago, the rebel army took advantage of the night to raid the east gate, but King Pingnan had expected that all the generals would be deployed at the east gate. The battle that night was still fierce, and it was the most difficult one among the rebel army's several attacks on the city.

The rebels rushed to the top of the city eight or nine times, killing more than 800 Xiang troops and injuring more than [-] people.

However, the rebels had no good fruit to eat. They stormed the city overnight and the city was soaked in blood, and the corpses piled up under the city wall into a hill.

In addition, King Pingnan asked the second brother's horse army to stand by in the city, and if any door was in emergency, he would rush to help. That night, the second brother's more than 2000 cavalry also rode quickly from the camp behind the Yamen to help the east gate. During the scuffle, the second brother was slashed on the back. , the skin was torn apart, fortunately it was only a skin trauma.

The surprise attack of the rebels was fruitless after all, and the fierce fighting continued until the second half of the night. The rebels fought timidly and gradually retreated.

After this battle, the rebels did not attack the city for several days.According to the rebel tongue caught by the scouts, it turned out that the rebel coach Ding Yi fell ill after being caught in the rain and catching a cold after being hit by successive failures.

As soon as the coach fell, the army had no fighting spirit and morale was low.

Naturally, all the high-level officials, including King Pingnan, would not believe it. Everyone in the city was skeptical, but soon, the news was confirmed, because the defenders at the top of the city discovered that the rebel army's west battalion built more than half of the siege vehicles and stopped construction. !
The ladder was almost destroyed, and the siege could not continue without the siege vehicle. It seemed that Ding Yi was really overwhelmed.

This news made the people and defenders in the city rejoice, and Qi Fang was naturally also happy.

At this time, Princess Qing'an of the inner hall came out to find her, and handed her a food box, "Qi Dutong, I recently found a piece of leftover wild ginseng in the mansion by chance, and made ginseng soup, Xingzhou every day At the top of the city, it is exposed to wind, sun, and rain, he is still just a child, he is afraid that the cold air will enter his body and cause the root of his disease, please send this ginseng soup to the top of the city, so that he can keep out the cold."

Qi Fang nodded, feeling a little mixed in her heart for a while.

Probably because that King Pingnan was too strong, always carefree, dazzling, talented, and so wise as a monster, so that he would often forget that the person who provoked such a big leader and turned the tide was just a child.
At the top of the city, Li Xingzhou was lying on the city wall, looking at the rebel camp on the plain from a distance.

Apart from the blood and tension, the sanitation conditions in the city are also very poor, bloody, smelly sweat, and the smell of feces and urine are mixed together, and everyone is disgraced and extremely sloppy.But as long as you stay for a long time, you will get used to it.

In the afternoon, when it was time for dinner again, the Huotou army carried a big wooden bucket and distributed balls of dry rice to everyone. There were not so many bowls and chopsticks in the army, and the ability to eat dry rice was all thanks to the [-] yuan given by the rebels. Stone grain, otherwise even gruel would not be able to drink.

While eating the rice balls, Yan Shen scratched his back and asked, "My lord, they really don't plan to attack the city anymore."

It can be clearly seen from the top of the city that on the west side of the rebel camp, the construction of five tall siege vehicles has stopped.

Qi Rui scratched his head: "Would they be able to deceive people? They will do it quietly at night."

Di Zhi shook his head: "Probably not, the rebels have no timber, they cut down nearby trees to build them. No one has cut down trees in recent days, and they have gradually started to tear down the tents in the big camp these days. It seems that there are indeed The meaning of withdrawing troops."

Li Xingzhou chewed half-cooked rice, looked at the busy camp of the rebels, and fell into deep thought.

Footsteps came from behind, and when I turned around, I found that it was Qifang who was carrying a food box. She was fully armed and was too clean for the city.Walked straight in front of Li Xingzhou, "Princess Qing'an asked her subordinates to bring it to the prince."

Li Xingzhou was stunned for a moment, and when he opened it, the aroma immediately wafted out. It was stewed chicken with ginseng.

All of a sudden, several people couldn't help swallowing their saliva. Since the siege began, it had been countless days since they hadn't eaten meat.

"Look at how promising you are!" Li Xingzhou despised, then fished out the chicken with the chopsticks brought by Qi Fang, and distributed it to Yan Shen, Di Zhi, and Qi Rui. The soldiers standing next to the city also smelled it, and they all quietly Glancing this way, he swallowed and dared not speak.

Seeing them like this, Li Xingzhou couldn't help laughing: "I can bear the fear of death, but I can't help the delicious food. I really admire you." He simply waved his hand, called the nearest soldiers over, and shared the meat with each of them. .

A few people hesitated at first, but after seeing the meat, they forgot everything, smiling like blue ripe persimmons.

Seeing them like this, Li Xingzhou smiled even more happily, and a few foolish soldiers followed suit.Qi Fang frowned and muttered softly, "Princess Qing'an did this."

In the camp of Xu Guozhong's army, the sun was setting, and there were many people and people's hearts.

A few days ago, after the attack on the city failed in the middle of the night and suffered heavy losses, the coach Ding Yi was so angry that he cursed and then fell ill. The morale of the army is in turmoil and low.

In the past few days, people have fled the camp at night.

Without a leader, no one listened to anyone. Commander Liu Ji tried to purge the entire army and gather the crowd to fight again, because even if they lost some, their army was still several times that of the Luzhou defenders.

But after Ding Yi fell ill, no one listened to him at all.

Most of the high-ranking generals of Xu State's army are the sons of the rich and powerful from the Suzhou clan, how could they obey the orders of his commander who was born in Orion.

Immediately, disagreements began to arise. Some people even erected fences between the camps to separate the camps. It was useless for Liu Ji to worry.

Seeing that Xu Guo's army was in danger, Liu Ji had no choice but to decisively order the withdrawal of the camp to avoid more troubles.

(End of this chapter)