Four hundred and fiftieth eight chapters in the heart can not bear
Wu Han took a soaked sweat towel and wiped the dust and sweat on his neck while saying angrily: "Next time I meet a villain like Xie Gong, I will break his neck with my own hands!"
Deng Yu said: "My lord, Xie Gong intends to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers. He wants our army and Wang Lang's army to fight so that both sides will lose, and he will reap the benefits."
Of course, Liu Xiu could also guess what evil idea Xie Gong had in mind. Xie Gong was both scheming and capable, but it was a pity that he was loyal to Liu Xuan and could not be used for himself.
He didn't say anything more about Xie Gong. Even if Xie Gong didn't come to help, he could lead his subordinates to destroy the main force of Wang Lang's army on his own, but his own side would also suffer a lot of casualties.
Kou Xun changed the topic and said quietly: "After today's battle, Li Yu and Zhang Shen will not dare to leave the camp to fight easily again!"
Zhu frowned and continued: "If Li Yu and Zhang Shen hide in the camp and avoid fighting, it will not be easy for our army to storm the enemy camp."
There are still 100,000 combatable troops on our side, but the main force of Wang Lang's army is still there, with more than 100,000 people. It is of course not easy to attack the camp of hundreds of thousands of troops with 100,000 troops.
Liu Xiu was happy when he heard this and asked: "Why should we take the initiative to attack Wang Lang's army?"
Zhu Yi was startled and just about to speak, Deng Yu explained: "My lord means that as long as our army continues to march towards Handan, Wang Lang's army will naturally no longer retreat into the camp and can only go out to fight."
After listening to Deng Yu's explanation, Zhu suddenly realized. Deng Yu looked at Liu Xiu and said solemnly: "Master, our army does not have much food and grass."
"How many days will it last?" Liu Xiu asked.
Deng Yu said seriously: "It's best to last for three days."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone present changed. The army only had enough food and grass for three days! Can we defeat Handan in three days?
Also, didn’t my lord say before that there is a way to solve the food and grass problem? But where is the food and grass that my lord mentioned?
People looked at Liu Xiu eagerly. The latter lowered his head, thought for a while, and said: "Early tomorrow morning, our army will set off and continue marching to Handan!"
Kou Xun said cautiously: "Lord, our army set out to force Wang Lang's army to fight. In today's battle, our army suffered a lot of casualties, and all the soldiers in the army are exhausted!"
Liu Xiu said: "Our army suffered heavy casualties, and Wang Lang's army suffered even greater casualties. Our soldiers were tired, and Wang Lang's soldiers were even more tired! When the two armies fight, they are all about making great efforts. On the contrary, they will weaken again and again, and they will be exhausted.
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Kou Xun nodded and said no more. Everyone discussed the next battle and then left one after another at Liu Xiu's signal.
After a day of fierce fighting, although Liu Xiu did not go to the battlefield in person to fight the enemy, his nerves were always in a highly tense state. Now that he had relaxed, he was exhausted both physically and mentally.
He returned to his tent. As soon as he entered, Guo Shengtong came forward to greet him and asked with concern: "Axiu, how is the war today?"
Liu Xiu smiled at Guo Shengtong, took off the cloak from his back, handed it to Guo Shengtong, and said, "It went very well. We won the first battle!"
Guo Shengtong took the cloak, put it on the clothes rack, and then helped Liu Xiu take off his armor one by one. She said, "I heard that Xie Shangshu, who originally promised to come to help, did not come."
Liu Xiu responded lightly and said in a brisk tone: "His coming is the icing on the cake. If he doesn't come, it won't have much impact on our army. Madam, you don't have to worry about it."
After hearing this, Guo Shengtong's nervousness relaxed a lot. He helped Liu Xiu take all the armor, and asked his maid to prepare a bucket of hot water. Liu Xiu took off his clothes and soaked in the bathtub to feel comfortable.
Close your eyes.
Guo Shengtong took a handkerchief, wiped his back, and said, "Axiu, is there not much food and grass in the army?"
Liu Xiu still closed his eyes and asked: "Who said that?"
"The maid heard the soldiers chatting, saying that in Zhending, they used to have three full meals a day, but now it's two meals a day, and they're still not full at each meal." Guo Shengtong said in a low voice.
"Our army's subsequent supplies of food and fodder should be arriving soon." Liu Xiu muttered sleepily.
Guo Shengtong said: "Axiu, from now on I will also have two meals a day."
Liu Xiu opened his eyes, sat upright, and looked back at Guo Shengtong. Looking at Liu Xiu's naked body, Guo Shengtong's face turned red and he whispered: "I am Axiu's wife, so I should set an example and share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers.
Let's share adversity. What's more, the soldiers are on the battlefield at the front, going through life and death, and only eat two meals a day. I am in the camp, without any danger, so the food and clothing expenses should be the same as the soldiers."
Hearing this, Liu Xiu was both surprised and touched.
The wife I had hastily married in order to marry Liu Yang was really gentle and virtuous. Although she was born in a prince's palace, she didn't have the temper of a delicate lady at all, but was very able to endure hardships.
Life in the army is very difficult, and it doesn't matter what you want. However, it is not easy for Guo Shengtong to persevere. Liu Xiu held Guo Shengtong's catkins and sighed: "My wife is like this, what else can I ask for?"
Because of the shortage of food and grass in the army, even Liu Xiu's wife Guo Shengtong reduced her daily meals from three meals to two meals a day. This matter soon spread among the army.
The soldiers who originally had complaints in their hearts were all deeply moved after learning about this incident. Not only did the complaints in their hearts disappear, but their impression of Guo Shengtong also changed a hundred and eighty degrees.
In the past, Guo Shengtong was just the lord's wife in their minds, unattainable. Now, they are closer to Guo Shengtong and have more admiration for her.
It can be said that what Guo Shengtong did was very clever. It may seem like a trivial matter, but in fact it is not.
Guo Shengtong's approach not only helped her husband, but also won her high prestige among Liu Xiu's subordinates.
In the future dispute between Guo Shengtong and Yin Lihua, so many people under Liu Xiu supported Guo Shengtong. People's will was accumulated bit by bit from these seemingly inconspicuous things.
The next day, early in the morning, Liu Xiujun began to set up camp and break out the stronghold.
Xiaomei, the maid next to Xu Xiling, helped her pack her things and load them into the carriage, while whispering: "Miss, I heard that the lady has decided to reduce the three meals a day to two meals a day."
"Oh?" Xu Xiling was startled, quite surprised by this.
"Now that the matter has spread, many soldiers are discussing it privately, praising his wife's virtues and her ability to share joys and sorrows with everyone just like the Great Sima. They also said that if the Great Sima can marry his wife, since he is the Great Sima
The blessing is also the blessing of the soldiers!"
After hearing this, Xu Xiling frowned and said quietly: "I really underestimated her!"
In the past, in her opinion, Guo Shengtong was just an orphan. She was said to be born in a royal palace, but in fact she was just living under someone else's roof. The reason why the Lord married her was just a political marriage and he had no feelings for her.
But looking at it now, Guo Shengtong was far from being as simple as she imagined. This woman was much more scheming and much deeper than Yin Lihua.
Thinking of this, Xu Xiling couldn't help but sigh secretly. There was really a wolf in front of him and a tiger in the back. He had just left Yin Lihua, and now there was Guo Shengtong.
Liu Xiujun left the Yiyang area and headed straight for Handan, which indeed forced Wang Langjun out of the camp.
After yesterday's battle, Wang Lang's army suffered more than 60,000 casualties. The key is that there are still more than 20,000 elite soldiers. After this battle, the morale of Wang Lang's army has fallen to the bottom, and it is really not suitable to continue fighting.
But Liu Xiujun did not give them time to recover, and began to march towards Handan the next day. With no choice, Li Yu and Zhang Shen could only bite the bullet and lead their troops to fight to block Liu Xiujun's advance.
The battlefield between the two sides this time was located between Yiyang and Handan. The second battle between the two sides was not as brutal as the first day's battle. The two sides only fought for two hours, and ended with Wang Lang's army retreating on their own initiative.
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As Wang Lang's army retreated, Liu Xiu's army continued to march south without stopping to rest. One day later, a large army led by Liu Xiu arrived in Handan.
As soon as Liu Xiujun arrived in Handan, Xie Gong personally came to the military camp and visited Liu Xiu. After meeting, Xie Gong also specifically explained to Liu Xiu why he did not lead his army to Yiyang to help.
Listening to Xie Gong's explanation that was full of loopholes, Liu Xiu neither argued with him nor made any blame, but just calmly accepted Xie Gong's explanation.
After sending Xie Gong away, Wu Han and other generals said unhappily: "My lord, you really should kill this thief now!"
Liu Xiu shook his head and smiled. Now he is still Liu Xuan's official minister in name, and Xie Gong is Liu Xuan's closest confidant. Sili Xiaowei killed Shangshu Ling, how to explain this to the world?
If he really did this, Liu Xuan would probably wake up laughing in his dreams, because he had put himself in the situation that Wan Fu pointed out. Liu Xiu would not make such a mistake, let alone do such a stupid thing.
Deng Yu said: "My lord should ask Xie Gong to borrow some food and grass."
Liu Xiu said faintly: "First of all, there shouldn't be much food left in Xie Gong's army. Secondly, even if Xie Gong has food in his hand, Zhonghua, do you think he will lend it to us?"
Based on what Xie Gong did, he should be more willing to see all his soldiers starve to death.
Deng Yu held his forehead and sighed heavily. He was so anxious that he actually thought of borrowing food from Xie Gong. The food and grass problem has now become an urgent problem and the biggest crisis facing his side.xdw8
It is no exaggeration to say that for the current Liu Xiujun, the threat of insufficient food and grass has far exceeded the threat of Wang Langjun.
Xie Gong left Liu Xiujun's camp and returned to his own camp. He immediately got into his tent.
Qin Zi was waiting for him. When he saw him coming back, the first thing he asked was: "Did you notice that Marquis Wu Xin's food and grass were insufficient during your husband's trip?"
She had studied Liu Xiujun's marching route and found that bypassing Julu City could indeed avoid a difficult battle, but the problem that followed was that the logistical supplies were cut off.
From the time Liu Xiujun bypassed Julu City to now, the time is not short. Even if the army brought enough food and grass, it should be almost consumed by now.
Xie Gong glanced at Qin Zi, sat down, and said with furrowed brows: "I didn't have the opportunity to see the grain harvesting in Wu Xinhou's camp, but judging from the soldiers in the camp, most of them were sallow and thin, and I stayed until noon.
, Marquis Wu Xin didn’t ask me to stay for dinner.”
Qin Zi's eyes suddenly lit up and he said with a smile: "Marquis Wu Xin's army is indeed short of food and grass!"
Xie Gong looked at his wife, sighed softly, and said meaningfully: "Madam, some of the food and grass in our army can be given to Marquis Wu Xin!"
Qin Zi looked at Xie Gong in surprise and said: "Husband, now is the best opportunity to consume the strength of Marquis Wu Xin. Husband must not be benevolent as a woman!"
Xie Gong smiled bitterly. He didn't like Liu Xiu and thought Liu Xiu was the biggest threat to His Majesty. But when he arrived at Liu Xiujun's camp and saw so many hungry soldiers, he couldn't bear it.
That’s a hundred thousand people! And they are all men of merit who killed Wang Lang’s rebels! Do you want to watch them all starve to death?
