Nan Ba rode alone to Jiangcheng and went to Jiangcheng County Governor's Mansion to ask for an audience with Xu Shuji. However, Xu Shuji had already received the news and sent a young general under his command to hold him back. He said shamelessly: "This is a man who came to beg for food.
If I agree to him, I will definitely become the soul of Yong Jun's sword. You entertain him well and send me good wine, meat and beautiful women. As long as you feed him, you will not mention Xiangyang again."
But the person he met was the upright Nan Ba, a loyal and courageous Nan Ba who was not afraid of life and death. Such a little trick to deal with Nan Ba was simply ridiculous.
When Nan Ba saw that the person who greeted him was not Xu Shuji himself, his expression turned cold and he asked stiffly: "Where is Xu Shuji?"
The person who greeted him also felt that this boy was too rude, and said perfunctorily: "The doctor is busy with everything, how can he have time to see a young general like you."
"Is there anything bigger than rescuing Xiangyang?"
Seeing that this man was too tough, the young general immediately softened and said with a smile: "General, don't blame me, and don't be anxious. The doctor is now mobilizing the soldiers to transport food and grass, and will come to you later. It's not easy for you either."
I just ran out of Xiangyang City. I must have been starving without eating or drinking along the way."
Nan Ba swallowed hard. He was hungry when he was in Xiangyang City. After escaping from the city, he just shot a wild deer on the road and didn't bother to light a fire. He drank raw blood and raw meat directly.
Just barely full.
He hungrily sat in front of the table. There were ceramic cups and fine wine on the table. The beef and mutton had been cooked carefully, and peppercorns were sprinkled on them.
Seeing such delicious food, he felt so tortured that he couldn't swallow it. Tens of thousands of his brothers were still starving in Xiangyang City, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty and for the last afterglow of the empire to prevent it from being occupied by the rebels. But these people
How could he tolerate living in the rear and living like crazy, eating and drinking, how could he endure it?
The young general seemed unable to see Nan Ba's expression, and kept picking up food for him in a tone that said he wanted to be beaten: "Quick, quick, take a few bites. You definitely can't get this kind of food in Xiangyang City."
"If you have no appetite, I have something more exciting to entertain the general." The young general clapped his hands and pushed open the door to the room. Two graceful beauties walked out from inside and came to the table next to them.
.One woman fell into the young general's arms, and then rubbed her hands up and down, looking very skilled at her job. Seeing Nan Ba's indifferent expression, the other beauty naturally didn't dare to throw herself into his arms as soon as she came up, but just showed a charming gesture and raised her arms.
He picked up the wine bottle and said, "Please allow me, young lady, to pour a glass of wine for the general."
Bang! Nan Ba slapped his palm heavily on the table. The wine cup in the young general's hand shook in fright, and all the wine drops fell on the table. The two beauties also turned pale with fright.
The young general frowned and waved his hand, driving the two beauties away, and then snorted coldly and said: "Nanba, don't be so shameless. Zhang Xuncai is no more than a fourth-grade official, and you are no more than a man under Zhang Xun's command.
That's all. My doctor has given you good food and drinks, and he has already given you enough face."
Nan Ba stood up from the table with a clatter and took out the sword from his waist. The young general was startled, hurriedly dodged to the side, and asked in a panic: "What do you want to do?"
Several guards with knives burst in, each holding a blade in their hands and confronting Nan Ba. Nan Ba did not step forward, but looked at him coldly and said: "Guo Linggong and General Zhang are fighting with the enemy in Xiangyang City."
The army has been fighting fiercely for nearly a year, but you scum have been living and drinking in the rear without doing anything. Now that Xiangyang is in danger, you are still feasting and drinking, and there are 100,000 troops stationed in Jiangcheng. Why can't you send troops to rescue?"
A civil servant walked in from outside the door, put his hands on his hips and argued: "What are you talking about? Who has not thought about rescue? My doctor always sends troops to Jingmen to investigate, but the strength of the enemy and us is really very different, so he has been holding back his troops for a long time."
Nan Ba swung his barrier knife and slashed down, cut off a corner of the case, and said angrily: "Since Dr. Xu refuses to send troops to rescue, then I will go to Jiankang to ask your majesty, Xiangyang City is a barrier to the entire Jiangnan
, Xu Shuji just sat back and ignored, how could he hold the Yangtze River defense line?"
After saying that, he inserted the blade of the knife into the scabbard, turned around and walked out of the next door. Several of the guards looked at each other with their swords in hand and looked at the young general for orders.
"Let him go to Health to borrow troops. When he gets to Health City, I'm afraid Xiangyang City will be captured by Yong's army."
Nan Ba rode a fast horse out of the dock outside Jiangcheng, took off his bow from the horse, aimed at the plaque on the south city gate, and shot an arrow. He said in a sad and angry voice: "When we return from Xiangyang City in the future, we will return to Nan City."
Eight oaths to kill Xu Shuji!"
He found a boat on the riverside, negotiated the price with the boatman, and then led his horse into the boat. He stood on the bow of the boat with his knife in hand, looking at the rolling waves of the river.
Seeing that the guest was indifferent and keeping away from strangers, the boatman did not go up to strike up a conversation. He just pulled up the sail, raised the oar, and slowly swung toward the center of the river.
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After the young general sent Nan Ba away, he quickly went to Xu Shuji to report, claiming that he had coaxed away the people who came to borrow troops.
Xu Shuji nodded lightly at first, and then asked nervously: "You coaxed him away? Where did he go?"
"It seems that we have gone to the pier in the south. We should be boarding the ship!"
Doctor Xu was so angry that he spread his fingers and slapped the young general in the face until five red marks appeared on his face. He cursed angrily: "You asked him to go to Emperor Jiankang to report my treachery."
What! Why don’t you quickly take him back and put him under house arrest?”
The young general covered his face and staggered out of the door. Thinking that he still didn't understand the mission clearly, he hurried back and asked, "What if he doesn't want to come back with me?"
"Pig! You won't lie? If you don't come back, you won't kill me?"
After getting such an idea, the young general quickly ran to the dock with dozens of soldiers, pulled up the anchor of a warship, and set sail towards the east of the Yangtze River.
Nan Ba was standing on the bow of the boat holding a knife. The boatman followed the wind and heard the shouting. He turned around and saw that it was the imperial warship. He quickly called him: "General, there is an official ship behind you calling for you."
At this time, because the wind was blowing from the other side to this side, Nan Ba could hear the other party's voice clearly: "Nan Ba! Come back quickly! Doctor Xu wants to see you. We can easily discuss reinforcements!"
A smile of victory appeared on Nan Ba's face. This Xu Shuji was indeed a bitch, and he had to wait for him to harden him before he would give in.
Just when he asked the boatman to stop and see the other party's sincerity, he suddenly felt alert in his heart. If the other party really wanted to persuade him to go back, why would he bring dozens of soldiers to chase him in a warship? A small boat could easily catch him.
Has the matter been done? Unless the other party has no sincerity at all.
With this thought in mind, he decisively ordered the boatman to continue sailing: "Don't turn the sail, don't turn the rudder. I'll give you more money after you cross the other side."
The boatman nodded, raised the sail and continued to move towards the other shore. Behind him came the angry and angry voice of the other party: "You bastard, stop the boat quickly and shoot me an arrow!"
Nan Ba walked to the stern of the boat and stood in front of the boatman who was rowing the oar. He swung the handle of his knife to hit the incoming arrows and said, "Quickly row, I will block these incoming arrows."
The small boat was both light and fast in the river, and no matter how hard the big boat chased it, it could not catch up. The arrows it shot fell crookedly into the river, and even the shouts and curses behind it became fainter.
Nan Ba quickly reached the other side, paid the money to the boatman and said, "Thank you, fellow man, please take the boat to another place to hide, so as not to be overtaken by the big boat and take revenge."
After bidding farewell to the boatman, Nan Ba rode a fast horse and headed downstream along the river bank.