Chapter 321 Cold-blooded
"Cough cough cough cough cough cough!" Xu Shu, who had been lying on the bed in the master bedroom in Shouchun City, had been sleeping in his bed for three days, finally slowly opened his eyes and coughed, "Water, water, water!" As soon as Xu Shu opened his eyes, he felt his mouth dry.
"Military advisor, military advisor, you are awake! Military advisor, the military advisor is awake!" Several maids beside Xu Shu were naturally shouting when they saw Xu Shu awake. Their screams also made the soldiers outside the door hear "Military advisor, the military advisor is awake!" Xu Shu has been in a coma for three days. It can be said that the entire Shouchun City is panic everywhere. When Xu Shu woke up, everyone suddenly had a backbone.
"I'm here to serve the military advisor and pour water for the military advisor. You go and tell General Zhao Yun that the military advisor is awake!" One of the personal guards was calm, so he gave the most pertinent method. The other two personal guards nodded and clasped their fists.
Xu Shu was served by two maids and sat up and drank water. After three days of coma, he had not eaten anything except the maid who fed some medicine. So when he drank the water, Xu Shu wanted to swallow the bowl into his stomach.
"Military advisor, the military advisor is awake!" After a while, a white-armor general rushed into the prefect's mansion in a hurry.
"General Zhao Yun!" The guard guarding the door recognized Zhao Yun's salute to Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun didn't care about returning the salute and asked directly, "Is the military advisor inside? How is the situation now? Is it still safe? Are you very weak?" Zhao Yun asked many questions in one breath, which made the guard not know how to answer.
"Is it General Zilong? Come in!" Xu Shu's weak voice came from the master bedroom.
"Military advisor!" Hearing Xu Shu's summons, Zhao Yun hurried in. He had too many things to report.
"General Zhao Yun, how many days have I been sleeping?!" Xu Shu looked at the sky outside and naturally knew that he had been sleeping for a long time. You must know that it was evening when he fainted, but now it was already in the middle of the day. It was impossible for him to go backwards, so it would be the second day.
"Military advisor, military advisor. You have been sleeping for three days!" Zhao Yun explained to Xu Shu. Since that day, Zhao Yun fainted after returning with Xu Shu in his arms. The doctors said that Xu Shu was exhausted and had exhausted his energy after a long battle, so he naturally needed rest and replenishment. Fortunately, his external injuries were not serious and the wounds were treated by the doctors. Only then did Xu Shu be arranged in the prefect's mansion to recover safely.
Three days? Xu Shu was stunned for a moment. He thought he would sleep until the next day at most. Who knew that he would sleep until three days later. Not good! Xu Shu was shocked. Since this was the third day, how about Shouchun City? You must know that Liu Bei had a moment of siege, and he didn't see that 10,000 garrison troops were beaten up in just a few days! The casualties were simply huge.
"Where is Shouchun City? How is the city defense?" Xu Shu looked at Zhao Yun nervously, afraid that from Zhao Yun's mouth, Shouchun City had been destroyed!
"Military advisor, Shouchun City is safe! In the past three days, Liu Bei's army has not attacked the city. It should be resting!" Zhao Yun said something that made Xu Shu feel at ease. Xu Shu had the time to look around and this room? This place is not Shouchun Prefect's Mansion! Since the Prefect's Mansion is all like this, it means that Shouchun Cheng is still in the hands of Lu Bu's army, Xu Shu is really concerned and confused.
"Military advisor, although Liu Bei's army has not attacked the city these days, he put down wine and food under the city gate, saying that their lord Liu Bei is good! There are rumors in the city that we didn't know where we got the military rations, and that we were going to give priority to the soldiers guarding the city. Let the people starve to death!" Zhao Yun explained everything clearly in one breath.
When Xu Shu heard Zhao Yun's retelling, he immediately became less calm. He breathed comfortably and once again raised the "Strategy of Attacking the Heart, Stories of Attacking the Heart!" Xu Shu directly saw Pang Tong's plan outside the city. He saw that he had the people defending the city. He knew that forcibly attacking the city would only bring great harm to him, and even possible to lose the reputation of his master Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness. Therefore, Pang Tong and Xu Shu's close friend played a "Strategy of Attacking the Heart" in order to dismantle Shouchun from the inside and let Shouchun's people
He no longer rebels against Liu Bei's army, and even caused the people to have a rebellious attitude towards Lu Bu's army because of the food and grass. That would be done. Once the millions of people in the city were rioted, even if Xu Shu had tens of thousands of elite soldiers, he would not be able to resist it. At that time, as long as he climbed up and called out, the result would be that countless people in Shouchun would subdue him and others, tied him and others to Liu Bei's army, and then went to the birthday city first. It can be said that Liu Bei could take Shouchun without spending one soldier!
"How much food and grass are left in the city?!" Xu Shu was unconscious for the past three days, and everything in Shouchun City was in the hands of Zhao Yun. Although Zhao Yun was just a general, the key was that Zhao Yun was careful, so he was well organized.
"The military advisor has been persisting for less than half a month. Yun issued an order yesterday to let the grain officials reduce the supply of grain and grass, and make the people go from three dou to two dou! In this way, we can persist for one month." Zhao Yun told Xu Shu what he did in the past two days, reducing the supply of grain and grass was to make Shouchun persist for a longer time, but Xu Shu immediately scolded him when he heard this.
"Zilong, you are confused, you are confused!" Xu Shu was really anxious. Zhao Yun didn't understand. "Military advisor, if we don't control the food and grass, we can't even hold on for half a month. Shouchun will be defeated at that time!"
"Oh!" Xu Shu sighed. If the supply of food and grass is not reduced, he could still hold on for half a month. However, once the supply of food and grass is reduced, he might not be able to hold on for even half a month. Pang Tong outside the city is using a strategy of attacking the heart, saying that there is insufficient food and grass in the city, and you are still reducing the supply of food and grass here. Isn't this just right to say the enemy's will! In this way, the enemy will no longer be promoted, and he will kill himself. Once the people rebel, Shouchun City will be really done.
"Ahhhh! Military advisor, Zilong doesn't know, so I'll ask the military advisor to punish him!" After listening to Xu Shu's explanation, Zhao Yun was so scared that he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat! He hurriedly knelt on the ground. If Shouchun City was lost because of Zhao Yun, then Zhao Yun would really be sorry to the military advisor Xu Shu and his lord.
"God of General Zilong! Those who don't know are innocent!" Xu Shu shook his head. How did he punish Zhao Yun? If Xu Shu hadn't known Pang Tong, he wouldn't have known this friend would have done this for him. Zhao Yun could think of reducing the supply of food and grass to delay time. This is already rare, and now it is time to use people in Shouchun City. How could Xu Shu punish Zhao Yun for himself?
"I hope there is still time to remedy it. Zilong, you can go and find me a grain-release official!" Xu Shu said to Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun was about to get up, but Xu Shu stopped him. "No, I'll go there in person." As Xu Shu said that, he was about to struggle to stand up, but he fainted because of his strength. He has been sleeping for three days now. He has no energy in his body and has no strength to stand up.
"Military advisor. You should have a good rest!" Zhao Yun comforted, but Xu Shu shook his head. If he couldn't get up now, he would wait for Shouchun City to be destroyed and become a prisoner of Liu Bei's army outside the city. At that time, there would really be enough time to rest!
"Zilong, please get up and take me to the grain official! This is a military order." Xu Shu wanted to go in person. Only in this way can he be truly at ease.
"As for the order!" Zhao Yun had no choice but to hold his fists and help Xu Shu up. Although Zhao Yun was very strong, he was afraid of hurting Xu Shu, so he could only move forward slowly. Fortunately, there was a carriage outside the prefect's mansion, which put Xu Shu on the carriage. Zhao Yun drove towards the warehouse himself. The grain delivery officer was there.
After a few fragrant trees, the carriage finally arrived at the storage warehouse. As soon as it arrived, Xu Shu ordered Zhao Yun to find the grain-release official for himself. After the difficulties, the meeting hall was cleared out. No one except the grain-release official should be allowed to approach.
"I don't know what the military advisor is important to find a military officer!" A middle-aged man with broken arms walked in. The man was called Xie Wen. Don't look at his name so poetic, but this man is like a military general. He is an old Bingzhou soldier who retreated from the camp. His broken arms were beheaded by the enemy when he broke through in Xuzhou. It was said that he should have received a severance payment and fertile land to retire, but Xie Wen was unwilling to leave the army. Because there are what he wants in the army and what he is familiar with in the army.
Once the robes and comrades-in-arms return to the countryside, Xie Wen knew that he would go crazy. There are many such people in the army. Because of their broken arms or legs, they are already in the front-line troops. They can't let the disabled go! So this problem was thrown into Liu Mang's hands. In order not to hurt the hearts of these veterans, Liu Mang let these veterans hold civilian positions in the second-line troops and garrison troops, such as grain officials, such as managing warehouses, which can not only prevent them from leaving the army, but also prevent them from being idle.
Xie Wen was very satisfied with his position as the official of the grain-release official. After coming to Shouchun with Liu Mang, Xie Wen got married in Shouchun. He got married with a commoner who came to Shouchun and even sent a gift. Some time ago, Xie Wen also received news that his wife was pregnant and had her own plantings. His Xie Wen's family was finally about to bloom and scatter.
"You are the grain-release officer in Shouchun!" While Xie Wen was looking at Xu Shu, Xu Shu was also looking at Xie Wen. This person was strong and this person broke his arm. Naturally, he was the one who once worked hard for Lu Bu's army. There were many such people in Liu Mang's army. Liu Mang's placement of these veterans made Xu Shu very moved at the time, because this not only solved the problems of the disabled soldiers' lives in the future, but because of the fertile land, these people would never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of their lives, but they would drive them crazy when they were idle.
"Yes, Xie Wen, I have met the military advisor!" Xu Shu didn't know Xie Wen, but Xie Wen knew Xu Shu. Xu Shu was the second-ranked figure in the entire Liu Mang army except Liu Mang. Xu Shu had never seen him before.
"Xie Wen, are you the Xuzhou Army? Or the Bingzhou Army? Guangling Army? City Management Army?!" Xu Shu asked with the numbers of Lu Bu Army camp one by one.
"Military advisor, Wen was once a member of the camp of the Bingzhou Army!" Xie Wen told Xu Shu the answer.
"Central camp? General Gao Shun!" Xu Shu nodded. The camp was the elite among Lu Bu's army, which was no less than the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. Although Liu Mang had the city management army and the black chess army, Liu Mang had to admit that none of his two troops could compare to the camp. If it was really to be counted, then the two troops would draw at most with the camp. You must know that this was above the level of two to one.
"Yes, Wen used to be a hundred generals under General Gao Shun of the Clan camp!" Xie Wen nodded and said that when he was Clan camp, he had a look of pride on his face. This expression had only appeared in the Bingzhou Army. This was a sense of identity with the army and a recognition of himself.
"Eight hundred soldiers who are trapped in the formation will die without a lifetime!" Xu Shu was also very moved. This was a strong army. "You are a man, and you are a good man in the camp!" Xu Shu was very generous with his praise. In the Battle of Xuzhou, Lu Bu's army was beaten like that, and many parts surrendered. Even Song Xian and Wei Xu and others betrayed Lu Bu, but only two groups of soldiers followed Lu Bu, even though they knew it was a dead end. That was the camp and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. Such a righteous man in the important town was the one that Xu Shu admired the most.
"Thank you for your praise from the military advisor! The military advisor is here to find Wen, not just these!" Xie Wen is not stupid, and if he is stupid, he will not be picked into the camp and will not die in battle after fighting so many battles.
"Haha, Xie Wen, what do you think Wen Hou is doing to you!" Xu Shu asked this question very suddenly.
Xie Wen was stunned but then replied, "My lord is very good to me!" Xie Wen was once a military general and could not find a better word to describe.
"What about General Gao Shun? Where is His Highness the King of Shu!?" Xu Shu continued to ask.
"The General and Your Highness are also very good to me, really good!" One is his chief general. He is the person who can fight on the battlefield in the church Xie Wen and make Xie Wen survive. The other is that after Xie Wen loses an arm, Xie Wen no longer thinks he is a useless person and can help him find his confidence in life again. So these two are good people for Xie Wen.
"What will happen to you if they encounter danger!!" Xu Shu continued to ask
"The General of the United States is willing to do his best! Don't let anyone hurt the general and his highness." A trace of murderous intent appeared in Xie Wen's eyes. The aura that was originally charging into battle appeared in his heart again, and even the title changed, no longer said that he was talking about it, but said that the General of the United States!
"What if this could be life-threatening!"
"Haha, the military advisor also said that the stoops have no life. Does the military advisor think that Wen is afraid of death?" Xie Wen is a person from the stoops. The stoops are the most damaged soldiers in the Lu Bu army, and they are even more damaged than the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry. Because Gao Shun sometimes sacrificed all of himself for one purpose, Liu Mang once fought side by side with this stoops. That time, in order to cooperate with Lu Bu army to capture Chen Deng's Guangling Army, Gao Shun almost brought all his stoops into it. Liu Mang almost died on the spot.
"Okay, it's a man!" Xu Shu nodded in admiration, "General Xie Wen, I won't go around with you anymore. Now Shouchun City is in an emergency. If Shouchun is lost, then our Yangzhou army will be finished. Yangzhou is over, and Lujiang, including Wen Hou, cannot be spared. Therefore, Shouchun cannot be lost. At least it cannot be lost now. However, if Shouchun wants to settle down, you need to borrow the same thing as the general!" After saying that, Xu Shu looked at Xie Wen with a flickering look. He has now started calling General Xie Wen, which means that Xie Wen has received Xu Shu's respect.
"As long as you have it, the military advisor will take it at will!" Xie Wen said firmly.
"I'm sorry General Xie Wen, what I need is the general's head!" Xu Shu sighed in his heart and said to Xie Wen. In fact, he didn't want to do this, but for Shouchun, Yangzhou, and the lord's great cause, he had to do this.
Head!! Xie Wen was stunned. He didn't expect that Xu Shu wanted to borrow this thing. How could he borrow this thing? Can he still exchange it for it if he borrowed it!
"What, the general doesn't want to do it anymore!" Xu Shu maintained a low tone. Even if Xie Wen doesn't want to, Xu Shu must borrow it. So Xu Shu was ready to use the provocation method first. If the provocation method fails to achieve, he will have to be brave!
"Hahahaha!" Before Xu Shu could speak, Xie Wen suddenly burst into laughter. His laughter was filled with a lot of emotions, including the perseverance as a soldier, and the sadness of the battlefield, but it was more of a kind of indifference and pride that he could lend such a thing.
Right is pride! Xu Shu didn’t know if he had a wrong understanding or an illusion he had made. Xie Wen gave himself the feeling he was pride now! Is this crazy? Xu Shu borrowed the head, it was the head. If the head was cut down, there was no way out and he couldn’t go back. In fact, it was equivalent to killing Xie Wen, but Xie Wen was a kind of pride!
"Military advisor, come and take the head of Wen!" Xu Shu didn't understand. He didn't understand the pride of being a soldier. What is most admired on the battlefield is not how many enemies you killed, but how many sharp swords you have under the crotch of the robe. Why are the soldiers in the robe dead and die? It is because the soldiers in the robe camp have completely handed over their backs to their robe. They just rushed forward. They believed that their robe would definitely be able to attack the enemy under their crotch, so that they could fight and fight with all their hearts. Xie Wen was a member of the robe. His glory was to die in the battlefield on the battlefield, for the sharpest sword under the robe, but
It was him who could not wait until that time. Someone had a sharp sword in his crotch and sacrificed his life for him, but he survived, and only one arm was broken. It was fine if he died in battle, so glorious, but if he was disabled, he could only leave the camp with tears in his tears. This means that he would never have the opportunity to help the sword in his crotch. This was a blow to Xie Wen, but he didn't expect that he could sacrifice again today! Not only for the robes of the camp, but according to the military advisor, his death could make Shouchun stable, Yangzhou stable, and even help the lords in Lujiang and others. How could Xie Wen not be proud of such a choice of such a death!
"Yeah!" Xu Shu also sighed. He was really a man. Such a man should not die like this. As he said that, Xu Shu was going to shout and let his subordinates suppress Xie Wen.
"Wait for a moment!" Xie Wen suddenly struggled.
"General Xie Wen, just say something!" Xu Shu looked at Xie Wen's struggle and knew that Xie Wen was not regretting it, but that he had something to say.
"Military advisor, Wen was alone. As his lord struggled from Bingzhou to Shouchun, even if Wen died, Wen had no regrets. Because dying for his lord was always what Wen wanted, but Wen got married in Shouchun! Her belly had the flesh and blood of Wen," Xie Wen said to Xu Shu. "So military advisor!
"I understand, General Xie Wen, please go with peace of mind! The child, Shu will definitely let him be born safely. After he was born, he will not only have a great father like General, but also his adopted son of Xu Shu! As for the wife, if he is willing to remarry, Shu will definitely help her find a good family. If she is not willing, she will be Xu Shu's sister." Xu Shu calmed down Xie Wen's heart. It was normal for the ancients to remarry her husband at this time, and no one would say anything more! In history, Cai Wenji, such a talented woman, married several times.
"In this way, Wen can go with peace of mind!" Xie Wen knelt down in front of Xu Shu.
"Come!" Xu Shu suddenly shouted, "Drag this person who has modified the military order without authorization and withholds the corruption and rations to behead him!" After that, he closed his eyes.
"Yes!" Two guards outside the house walked in and grabbed Xie Wen, who was kneeling on the ground. Xie Wen did not struggle at all, but smiled and said a few words softly from his mouth. It can be seen from his lips that he asked, these three words!
Listening to Xie Wen being dragged out and there was no movement in the hall, Xu Shu opened his eyes. He closed his eyes just now because he was afraid that he would give up killing Xie Wen for a moment. In this way, Shouchun would be really done. In order to make him cold-blooded, Xu Shu had to close his eyes.
Chapter completed!