Summon players, rebuild Dawei

Leading a light cavalry, Xun Ling rode on day and night, and finally arrived at Xianfu, the city of Lianxun County, in the early morning of the third day.

Taking advantage of the gap between the team replenishing food and grass and changing horses, he kicked open the door of the house where the master lived, and lifted Meng Xiu, who was sleeping soundly, from the couch.

"Meng Xiu, you are so bold!"

The thin man was easily dragged off the bed, and when he rolled to the ground, he knocked his head against the foot of the bed, making a loud bang.

Meng Xiu was flustered and terrified at first, but she calmed down when she saw the sharp-edged face of the visitor through the moonlight.

With one hand on his forehead, he staggered to get up from the ground, straightened his clothes and hair calmly, and then asked with a serious expression, "Did the captain come here specially to deal with the crimes committed by the subordinate?"

"Are you innocent?" Xun Ling trembled with anger at his insensitivity, stared at him angrily and said, "What right do you have to make decisions for me?"

"The captain's words are serious, but the subordinates dare not. How can the subordinates not know that this action will provoke the anger of the captain, but the army has surrounded Qingwu County for several days, and seeing that the city is about to be destroyed, how can it fall short?

"If you go to Yongzhou, not only will you not be able to save Shannan County, but you will also be sorry for the loss of the soldiers in Xizhu. If the recovered city is taken advantage of by the Huns, months of hard work will be in vain," Meng Xiu said, taking a deep breath. He took a deep breath, bowed his hands and said earnestly, "The lower official is wholeheartedly trying to share his worries for the sake of the captain, and I hope the captain will think deeply about it."

"In this way, your act of bullying the superior and inferior is actually for the sake of the righteousness of the country?"

With this crime charged, Meng Xiu immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "This official assists the captain wholeheartedly. If the captain thinks that this official is wrong, Xiu Ren will be punished!"

When Xun Ling heard the words, he suddenly felt that his behavior was ridiculous. When it came to this, the other party had no intention of repenting at all, and instead blamed him for his wrongdoing with a condescending attitude.

At this moment, his inner perception of Meng Xiu was not so much anger and hatred, but rather pity and bewilderment.

"Meng Xiu, you are knowledgeable and talented, you can bend and stretch, you are good at governing and capable, but you have a heart of iron and stone!"

He looked down at the other party, and said each word clearly: "You are only suitable to assist those heartless and ungrateful people who have no relatives and no reason. Unfortunately, I am not that kind of person. You have voted for the wrong master."

Meng Xiu suddenly raised her head and looked at him in disbelief: "What is the meaning of Captain Captain, you want to drive me away?"

Xun Ling turned his back on his back, and spoke sternly: "I think you can still make a difference in governing Lianxun County. I won't kill you today, so you can go."

"Captain!" Meng Xiu opened her eyes wide and grabbed the hem of his clothes, emotionally agitated and indignant: "You know very well that you will not be able to save Shannan County before it's too late. If I hadn't ordered people to delay for a few days, Qingwu hadn't captured yet. What Xiu did was all for the consideration of the captain, how can the captain live up to my good intentions..."

"Get out!" Xun Ling lowered his head, "Don't force me to use the knife."

Under the calm moonlight, his eyes showed a cold killing intent.

Meng Xiu trembled all over, and instantly let go of his hands that were holding onto the hem of his clothes.

After a long silence, he laughed at himself, lowered his head, and silently wiped away the tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes. Then he stood up and put on his coat with a gloomy expression. He walked slowly towards the door without any luggage. .

When he stepped out of the threshold, he suddenly stopped and turned his head. Looking at the young man's tall and slender back in the darkness, he said in a low voice, "One day, you will know that what I have done is right."

Xun Ling closed his eyes, feeling extremely tired for a moment.

·

Knowing that Nanzhe City had been captured by the Huns, Jiang Shu did not lead the army to continue to Nanzhe City. Instead, after looking at the map with Sun Cheng, Qin Lang and others, and analyzing the current situation, Jiang Shu chose to go to the place closest to Nanzhe City. , Deng County, which is most likely to become the next target of the Huns.

It was the evening two days later in Darden County.

At that time, as dusk fell and the sky was dim, they suddenly saw thousands of troops outside the city gate. The gate guards thought it was the Huns attacking, so they sent people back to notify the county magistrate, and at the same time organized officers and soldiers to set up bows and arrows, ready to shoot at any time.

Fortunately, there was a sentinel with better eyesight, and he recognized that the soldiers outside the city were wearing the uniforms of Wei's army, so he put away his arrows.

But they did not completely let go of their guard until Liu Ye, the county magistrate, came to the city, separated a long distance from Jiang Shu, and each sent a messenger to run back and forth several times to pass on the words. The reinforcements sent by Yizhou opened the city gate to welcome the reinforcements in.

"Mr. Jiang Fu and General Sun are not to be blamed. They are really cunning Hu thieves, so we have to guard against them." After the army entered the city, Liu Ye took Jiang Shu and others back to the government office, and apologized to the two in the official meeting hall.

"In extraordinary times, the county lord should be more cautious." Jiang Shu expressed his understanding, and immediately asked, "I wonder how many officers and soldiers there are in Deng County?"

"It's only 500 people." Liu Ye shook his head slightly, and said with emotion, "I know that Mr. Xun is trapped, and it is clear that Nanzhe is next door, but he is unable to help him. I am really ashamed."

Having said that, Jiang Shu and Sun Cheng looked at each other and sighed with regret: "We are late after all."

"You two, don't say that. It's very lucky that Shannan County can wait for your help." Liu Ye said, "I don't want to hide it from the government. Since Nanzhe was attacked, the officials have been worried for several days. They can't sleep well, and they don't want to eat. Seeing tens of thousands of Xiongnu iron cavalry approaching the city, now that reinforcements are coming, I can finally sleep peacefully."

It can be seen that his words are definitely from the heart.

Liu Ye was only in his thirties at most, but his complexion was haggard as if he was 50 or [-] years old. His complexion was pale, his eyes were black and blue, and he looked like he hadn't rested for several days.

Jiang Shu heard the words and said: "Since that's the case, the county magistrate will have a good rest tonight, and we will discuss the defense strategy against the enemy tomorrow."

"Thank you, Mr. Fu, for your understanding."

·

That night, Jiang Shu rested in the county government.

Since that night in Zhaonan County, he hadn't touched the bed board for a long time, so when he lay down on the couch at this time, he felt a little drowsy.

Although tiredness had covered his whole body, before going to sleep, Jiang Shu didn't forget to open the game panel with his eyelids open to take a look, and found that no player had found Xun Zhou's body today, and couldn't help feeling worried.

Two full days have passed since the fall of Nanzhe City, and the battlefield inside and outside the city should have been cleaned up long ago.

As far as he knew, many players disguised themselves as ordinary people and sneaked into the city to help the Xiongnu clean up the battlefield and carry the corpses. It stands to reason that the corpse of General Xun could not be found until now.

Unless Xun Zhou's head had been taken by the Huns as an invitation for credit, which was the worst case scenario, no matter how hard the players who were doing the mission sneaked into the city to look for it under disguise, they probably wouldn't be able to find it.

With this worry in mind, Jiang Shu slept quite unsteadily, sinking into a dream surrounded by intensive official duties for a while, and seemed to be still on the way for a while, always reminding herself to wake up quickly, otherwise the schedule would be delayed.

Just like that, in the midst of half-sleeping, a familiar smell mixed with the smell of blood and sweat passed his nostrils. This smell seemed to have a dangerous smell, which quickly awakened his consciousness.

Jiang Shu woke up in an instant, and when she opened her eyes, she saw a dark figure standing beside her bed, raising her arms, as if she was about to lift the veil hanging beside the bed.

Startled, he quickly sat up, grabbed the dagger placed on the couch, and was about to call the guards to come in loudly, when suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, relying on this young man's unique smell of a mixture of weapons and rust With the smell of sweat, he recognized who it was.

A breeze came in from the open rear window, slightly blowing the curtains.

Jiang Shu realized that the other party came in through the window.

"Xing Sang?" He called out tentatively.

"En." The person who came responded, withdrew his hand and said in a low and hoarse voice: "Get up, follow me."

Before Jiang Shu had any doubts, he noticed the movement in the house, and the guard at the door broke in. Seeing an outsider intruding, he immediately raised his gun and pointed it at the figure beside the bed.

Not long after, Qin Lang, who was sleeping next door, also came in holding a candle lamp, and the dim light of the fire illuminated the space beside the bed. The face of the young man of the Jie ethnic group, which was quite exotic, caught everyone's eyes, and the guards became more vigilant.

Qin Lang casually put the candlestick aside, drew out the long knife at his waist and wanted to confront the enemy, Jiang Shu stopped him and said, "Wait, I know this person."

Qin Lang stopped his movements immediately, but the guard on his face did not retreat, he held a knife to block the side of the bed, in case Xing Sang attacked suddenly.

Seeing the two guards with guns coming in, Jiang Shu put down his dagger, opened the bed curtain and put on his shoes on the bed, and while bringing a coat to put on, he asked, "Why are you here?"

Xing Sang said in his usual tone of lack of emotion: "You don't want to know where the Xun family members are?"

Jiang Shu paused as he tied his belt, then turned his head suddenly: "You know?"

"Well," Xing Sang added calmly, "and Xun Zhou's corpse."

Jiang Shu was quite surprised, and then he thought about it, Xing Sang was Nanzhe's attacker, and he might have been the first group of people to climb the city wall. If the other party really hid Xun Zhou's body, it's no wonder that the players who came later couldn't help it. The body was nowhere to be found.

Although he was very moved by the news sent by Xing Sang, and according to what the other party said, it seemed that Xun's relatives were still alive.

Jiang Shu really wanted to believe him, but the yellow name on the other side's head reminded him all the time that the other party had betrayed him before, so he didn't dare to trust him completely.

Jiang Shu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is what you said really true?"

Hearing this, Xing Sang frowned suddenly, with a bit of displeasure in his tone: "You don't believe me?"

"You and I are in different camps, how do you want me to believe you?"

Xing Sang stared straight at him, took out a seal from his bosom and threw it at Qin Lang, saying coldly: "The assassin's seal letter."

Immediately afterwards, he took out a folded letter paper from his waist: "This is a letter written by Xun Rongyue to his father."

Qin Lang helped take the letter paper and sent it to Jiang Shu.

"Xun Zhou only carries these two things with him. If you still don't believe me, then just pretend I haven't been here before."

These words already carried a bit of anger.

Jiang Shu got the seal and glanced at it. It was indeed the seal of the governor of Yongzhou, and when the letter was opened, it was indeed Xun Ling's handwriting.

He put away the two keepsakes and asked, "Can you bring the army?"

Xing Sang shook his head: "The hiding place is close to Nanzhe."

Jiang Shu understood what he meant. If what he said was true, he should have secretly hidden the Xun family.

There should be Xiongnu scouts all over the vicinity of Nanzhe City, and it is indeed easy to arouse suspicion if there are too many people going there.

He turned to look at the two guards with guns, and they nodded to him, indicating that they had enough ammunition.

After getting this information, Jiang Shu felt relieved and said to Xing Sang, "Lead the way."