Zhu You walked up to Zhang Yu and said angrily: "Zhang Yu, you are deliberately trying to kill us!"
Zhang Xuan was startled, then waved his hands and said: "What did Zhong Xian say? How could I deliberately murder you..."
Zhu You said: "My lord and I tried our best to save you from trouble, but you abandoned my lord and me?"
Zhang Xuan coughed dryly, with a look of embarrassment on his face.
He explained hesitantly: "I was really panicked at the time. I was just running for my life. When I came to my senses, I tried to turn around and found... I found that you were surrounded by enemy groups!"
"So you just abandoned us and escaped for your life?!" Zhu You became angrier as he spoke and grabbed Zhang Xuan by the collar.
When the surrounding soldiers saw this and were about to step forward to stop him, Liu Xiu said first, "Ayou, you must not be rude to General Zhang."
Zhu You glared at Zhang Xuan, and after a while, he pushed him away. Zhang Xuan staggered back several steps before regaining his balance.
Now Liu Xiu no longer wanted to complain about Zhang Xun's faults, nor did he want to accuse him of how many mistakes he made in this battle. Liu Xiu asked: "General Zhang, how many soldiers are left in your department now?"
Zhang Xuan lowered his head and whispered: "There are still... less than four thousand brothers."
After this battle, more than 6,000 people were killed. Liu Xiu clenched his fists and said expressionlessly: "General Zhang should think carefully about how to explain to the generals when he returns to Jiyang. Bar!"
When leading the troops to go on the expedition, Zhang Xianke promised with confidence that he could conquer Wancheng and capture Cen Peng in one fell swoop.
Now Wancheng has not been defeated, and Cen Peng has not been captured by him. Instead, he has lost more than half of his troops. This battle is really a useless one.
Liu Xiu shook his head and walked past Zhang Xun. Zhang Xun lowered his head and his expression changed uncertainly. After a while, he came back to his senses and hurriedly caught up with Liu Xiu and said: "During the battle, Uncle Wen The general was also present. Regarding the combat power and cunning of Cen Peng's men, General Wen Shu also..." also witnessed it with his own eyes.
Before he finished speaking, Zhu You had already guessed what he wanted to say next. He sneered, raised his eyebrows and asked: "General Zhang doesn't expect to let the lord speak for you after returning to Jiyang?" ?”
This is exactly what Zhang Xuan meant. Now Zhu You pointed it out. He blushed, rubbed his hands and said: "General Uncle Wen, the city defense of Wancheng is too strong, and the terrain is dangerous, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. In addition, Cen Peng's troops, Well-trained, brave and adept at fighting, how can Wancheng be captured by just 10,000 people?"
It is indeed difficult to capture Wancheng with ten thousand soldiers. Liu Xiu also admitted this, but Zhang Xuan himself was the one who guaranteed the vote in the first place. Who can he blame now that he has suffered a defeat?
Liu Xiu smiled and said: "There is no need to tell me what General Zhang said. After returning to Wancheng, someone will naturally listen to General Zhang's explanation."
After saying that, he looked back at Zhang Xuan who was following him, and said: "I have been to Xiaochang'an gathering several times and am very familiar with it, so I won't bother General Zhang to accompany me. Besides, there are things that General Zhang has to deal with now." There must be a lot of them.”
After hearing this, no matter how thick-skinned Zhang He was, he was too embarrassed to continue following Liu Xiu. Seeing Liu Xiu leaving with Jia Fu and Zhu You, Zhang He gritted his teeth hard, and two flashes of light flashed in his eyes. Cold light.
Xiao Chang'an is very prosperous. There is a main street with shops on both sides of the street. Now that the Han army has retreated here, groups of Han soldiers can be seen everywhere on the street.
Liu Xiuzheng was walking forward, looking for a tavern to have a meal. When he passed by an inn, someone inside shouted with surprise and joy: "My lord!"
Following the words, Long Bu walked out of the inn quickly, came to Liu Xiu, and bowed deeply. Seeing Long Bu, Liu Xiu's eyes suddenly lit up, and asked: "Long Bu, why are you here?"
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Long Bo said: "My lord, we escorted Miss Lihua to Xiaochang'anju and stayed here!"
Liu Xiu nodded, then let Long Bo lead the way, and they walked into the inn.
The rooms of Yin Lihua and her party were all on the second floor of the inn. Seeing Liu Xiu coming back, Li Tong and others all breathed a sigh of relief. Li Tong asked: "My lord, how was the battle at Wancheng?"
Liu Xiu smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "It was a total defeat." Looking at the defeated generals who fled to Xiaochang'an, one can see how miserably the battle was lost.
Xu Xiling saw that Liu Xiu's complexion was not good, her clothes were broken in many places, and there were bloodshot eyes oozing out from many places. She asked, "How is my lord's injury?"
Liu Xiu smiled calmly and said, "They are all minor injuries and have been taken care of."
"Please help my lord re-bandage it!" Xu Xiling is from Taoism after all. Even if she is not good at refining elixirs, she still has a lot of Taoist elixirs on her body, which are more effective than the golden sore elixirs on Liu Xiu and Zhu You.
Liu Xiu thought for a while and said, "Okay!"
Li Tong and others had already booked a room for Liu Xiu. After entering the room, Xu Xiling helped Liu Xiu take off his coat and the undershirt, and then slowly untied the bandages.
There were many wounds on Liu Xiu's body, but they were not big or deep. After examining them carefully, Xu Xiling said happily: "They are all skin injuries, and no muscles or bones were injured."
As she spoke, she opened the small cloth bag she brought in, which contained many bottles and cans.
She took out a small jar and carefully spat the ointment on Liu Xiu's wound. When the wound first came into contact with the ointment, there were bursts of burning pain, but soon, the burning sensation disappeared and was replaced by a cooling sensation.
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Liu Xiu also deliberately lowered his head to look at it. The ointment seemed to be very sticky. Soon after applying it, a thin film formed on the wound, effectively preventing blood from seeping out. Liu Xiu took the small jar and looked at it curiously.
There was milky white ointment inside. He lowered his head and smelled it again. There was no strange smell. He smiled and said: "This ointment is good. It can stop bleeding and relieve pain. If Xi Ling knows how to make it, he can make more and distribute it to the army.
Brothers!"
If this ointment can be distributed in large quantities, the casualties of our soldiers in battle can be reduced a lot.
Xu Xiling smiled bitterly and said: "It will take senior sister at least one to two years to refine this small jar of ointment."
Hearing this, Liu Xiu almost stopped holding the small jar in his hand. Just now he saw Xu Xiling holding the ointment in the jar and applying it on himself as if for free. He thought it was easy to make!
He slowly put the small jar in his hand back into the cloth bag and said: "Since it is not easy to make, let's use it more carefully in the future!"
Xu Xiling was amused by his words and said: "Senior sister can refine some more and give them to the lord, which is more than enough."
Liu Xiu snorted and said tentatively: "Ayou and Junwen were also injured."
Xu Xiling understood what he meant and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, I will send the ointment over later."
"Well, that's very good." Liu Xiu agreed and was about to speak when there was a knock on the door. Then, the door opened and Yin Lihua walked in and said at the same time: "Uncle Wen, I heard you are back... …”
She looked up and saw Liu Xiu sitting on the couch with her upper body naked, and Xu Xiling kneeling next to him.
Yin Lihua was stunned for a moment, her jade face flushed, and she lowered her head subconsciously, but soon she raised her eyes curiously and secretly looked at Liu Xiu and Xu Xiling.
Perhaps he had been in the army for a long time, so Liu Xiu didn't show any pretense and said to Yin Lihua: "I suffered some injuries when I broke through the siege in Wancheng just now. Xi Ling is helping me treat the wounds."
"Oh!" Yin Lihua also saw at this time that Liu Xiu had several wounds on her body, but the strange thing was that there was a film on the surface of the wounds.
Seeing that she wanted to look but was embarrassed, Liu Xiu smiled and said, "It's just a small injury, it's no longer a problem." As he spoke, he picked up his underwear and tried to put it on.
Xu Xiling stopped him and said, "Master, the ointment is not dry yet!"
Liu Xiu put the underwear he picked up back down and said to Xu Xiling: "Xiling, give the ointment to Ayou and Junwen, and help them treat their wounds."
Xu Xiling didn't want to leave, but Liu Xiu spoke, and she couldn't refuse. In the end, she slowly packed up her small cloth bag, stood up, and walked out.
When she passed by Yin Lihua, she saw the latter staring blankly at the wounds on Liu Xiu's body. The corner of her mouth curled up slightly. She must have never seen so many people who were pampered by the Yin family. It's a wound, I haven't even seen blood!
Thinking of this, Xu Xiling suddenly felt a little brighter and walked out of the room briskly.
After she left for a while, Yin Lihua came to her senses. Now she and Liu Xiu were the only two people left in the room, and Liu Xiu had not yet put on her clothes. Reason told her that she should leave immediately.
But her feet seemed to disobey instructions. Instead of going out, she walked towards Liu Xiu.
She knelt down next to Liu Xiu and looked at the horizontal and vertical wounds on his body. Even if they were not on her body, she felt pain. She asked carefully, "It must be very painful, right?"
Liu Xiu smiled disapprovingly and said: "The ointment from Xi Ling Master is very effective. After applying it, it doesn't hurt anymore."
In fact, the reason why ointments are so effective varies from person to person.
Liu Xiu once took gold liquid, and his body was incomparable to other people, possessing an excellent Taoist physique.
The Taoist medicines used on him would be much more effective than those used on ordinary people. Of course, Liu Xiu himself did not know these things, and he only thought it was entirely the effect of the medicines.
Yin Lihua unconsciously raised her hand and gently touched the film on the wound.
It was very soft, as if it would break apart at the first touch. She wanted to touch it carefully, but Liu Xiu suddenly turned around, grabbed her restless little hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "Lihua!"
"Did... did I hurt you when I touched you?" Yin Lihua asked nervously, looking into Liu Xiu's deep eyes.
It didn't hurt! It was just Yin Lihua's touch that made Liu Xiu's lower abdomen seem to have a ball of fire, burning all over his body.
He felt his mouth and tongue were dry, swallowed his saliva, and said, "It's better... don't touch it."
Yin Lihua did not speak, her face was red and she lowered her head. At this time, she also realized that what she had just done was too inappropriate, and she had touched the man's body unconsciously.
Her heart was in turmoil, and she didn't realize that her hand was still tightly held by Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu's eyes became deeper, and she slowly reached out her hand and gently touched Yin Lihua's cheek.
Just as he imagined, her skin was so delicate that it could be broken by a blow.
Yin Lihua's body trembled, and she subconsciously raised her head, just in time to meet Liu Xiu's burning eyes.
The panic in her eyes was quickly replaced by dullness.
She stared blankly into Liu Xiu's eyes, wondering if it was her imagination. There was a thin layer of gold circles around Liu Xiu's dark eyes. If you didn't look carefully at a close distance, you wouldn't be able to see it at all.