walk to the water

After more than half a month, Chu Xiang's trauma improved greatly under the careful care of Fu Ling, but his legs were still unable to move.He never asked about the war on the front line. Fu Ling often read it by his bedside. Unstoppable.One day, Fu Ling came in from the outside, with a happy face, and handed a battle report to Chu Xiang.Chu Xiang opened it and saw that it was an urgent news from the front line. The Qin army had conquered Jiangning and captured Wang Yun alive.It turned out that after the Qin army encircled Jiangning, Chen Yu received a strict order from Fu Ling to capture Wang Yun alive, so he temporarily stood still and did not fight.Seeing that something bad happened, Wang Yun had no intention of defending the city, so he secretly sent his cronies to secretly communicate with the Qin army, intending to bribe the generals of the Qin army with a lot of money in order to abscond.After Chen Yu got the report, he used his strategy and ordered the general to pretend to agree, but set up an ambush while Wang Yun was fleeing, and captured Jiangning with all his might.Chu Xiang closed the battle report and said indifferently: "Congratulations to Your Majesty for this great victory!" There was nothing joyful in his words.

Fu Ling smiled and said: "Jiangning is in the bag, and the city will only be broken sooner or later. But Wang Yun, that old thief, also has today! Xiang'er, I will pay you back ten times for the torture he inflicted on you!"

Chu Xiang pretended not to hear it, but suddenly remembered something, and struggled to salute Fu Ling.

Fu Ling hurriedly supported him, and said strangely: "Xiang'er don't move around, just speak up if you have anything to say!"

Chu Xiang grabbed Fu Ling's hand, and said eagerly: "Xiang has something to ask, your majesty must agree!"

Fu Ling was stunned: "What have I not promised you?"

Chu Xiang said: "Hundreds of millions of people in the south of the Yangtze River suffer from the harsh government and corrupt officials, and they are also hurt by the war and separation. The situation in these years is really pitiful. Chu Xiang begged His Majesty to protect the people of Jiangning and not let the soldiers slaughter, plunder and rape."

Chu Xiang hadn't taken the initiative to talk to Fu Ling for a long time, but he said this as soon as he opened his mouth today!Fu Ling was slightly angry.He stood up with a flick of his sleeves: "The people in Jiangning? They are equally ignorant, mean and ruthless! You will intercede for them! When you will be slaughtered that day, will any of them have pity on you? Have you ever spoken a good word for you?"

Chu Xiang lowered his head.The voice also lowered: "That's me... I deserve what I deserve... I just ask His Majesty to let them live."

Fu Ling murmured silently, the emperor of Zhou still had some influence in Fujian today.Jiangning is the capital of the enemy's country. If killing is used to establish prestige, it can disintegrate the fighting spirit of the remnants of the Zhou army and promote its rapid collapse.Moreover, when the soldiers of the Qin army traveled from the bitterly cold northern country to the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River, it was inevitable that they would not plunder property and women.This can be regarded as a reward for their hard work, and the court does not need to spend extra money.Therefore, although the commander-in-chief of the State of Qin never expressly encouraged them, he did not deliberately prohibit them. For the first few days after entering the city, as long as they did not go too far, he opened his eyes and closed his eyes to the soldiers' burning and looting as usual.Chu Xiang's request created a problem for him.

"Your Majesty!" Chu Xiang grabbed Fu Ling's clothes and called softly.

Fu Ling sat back on the bedside and thought about his words: "Xiang'er. It's not that I don't want to agree to you, but you can see from the battle report that our army entered the city yesterday. You should know that if the generals in front don't restrain me, I will be beyond my reach. And even if I make an order immediately, I'm afraid it will be too late!" Chu Xiang didn't speak, but looked at Fu Ling mournfully.Tears flashed in his eyes.

Fu Ling was silent for a long time, and finally heaved a long sigh, got up before going to the case, and took a pen to write down a note.First of all, give encouragement to Chen Yu and other frontline officers and soldiers, and promise to reward them heavily, and then strictly enforce discipline and not disturb the people. If there is any violation, it must be done according to military law!After finishing writing, Fu Ling gave the manuscript to Chu Xiang for review.Chu Xiang saw it, struggling to kowtow to Fu Ling on the bed to thank him.Fu Ling frowned helplessly: "That's all! I don't need these hypocrisy. If you thank me, you will get better soon, and everything will be fine if you let me worry less! What I want is a lively General Chu, isn't it? Weak and sick Xishi!" That is, in front of Chu Xiang, he sealed the handbook and sent someone to order it to be delivered to Marshal Chen Yu in Jiangning overnight, without any mistakes!Another decree was to prepare a large amount of military supplies and send them to the front as soon as possible.

After a flurry of work, Fu Ling came to check on Chu Xiang's injuries after finishing his business.After taking off his clothes, most of the wounds on Chu Xiang's body had healed.The burns on the chest and left leg also healed with scars after applying the herbal medicine specially prepared by Doctor Su.It just left a lot of scars of different shades.Fu Ling gently pressed the scars one by one with his hands, and asked, "Does it still hurt?"

Chu Xiang said; "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Fu Ling said: "If it still hurts, just say a word, don't leave any troubles. If it doesn't hurt, I will give you medicine to remove the scar! I sincerely hope that there will be no need to give you medicine to treat your wounds in the future!" While speaking, Suddenly I heard the announcement from outside: "Mr. Di Feng, please see me!"

When Fu Ling heard that Di Feng was asking for an audience, he knew that he was looking for Chu Xiang, so he took the clothes and put them on Chu Xiang first, and helped him sit on the bed, and then let Xuan Difeng come in.Di Feng met Fu Ling, and Fu Ling ordered him to give him a seat, and asked, "What's the matter, sir?"

Di Feng said: "Return to Your Majesty, the younger brother asked me to find the whereabouts of his younger brother Chu Xu half a month ago, and now I have found some news..."

Chu Xiang heard him mention Chu Xu, and before he finished speaking, he couldn't wait to ask: "Where is he now, little brother?"

Di Feng said, "Don't worry, Junior Brother. I brought someone here. He said that he had seen Brother Chu Xu a few days ago, and he is waiting outside now. Your Majesty, please call him in."

Fu Ling nodded in agreement.After a while, the guards brought a person, but he was dressed as a junior officer of the Zhou army. When he saw that it was Chu Xiang, he knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "General Chu! Do you still recognize the villain?"

Chu Xiang looked at him carefully for a while, and shouted: "Wang Hua! Why are you? Get up quickly!" It turned out that when Chu Xiang was in charge of the Yangtze River defense line, Wang Hua was his school officer. Most of the Japanese subordinates lost contact, but they never expected to meet again here.

Wang Hua asked, "Is the general okay?" He got up to look at Chu Xiang. His face was haggard and his figure was haggard, as if he could be blown down by a gust of wind. How could he still have the correct and heroic posture of the past?Feeling sore in my heart, I secretly wiped the corners of my eyes with my sleeve.

Chu Xiang forced a smile: "I am no longer a general, brother, don't call me that. I heard that you have met your younger brother Chu Xu, where is he now?"

Wang Huadao: "Since the general left, the villain has been working in the Jiangnan camp for the past two years, and he has been at the disposal of General An Lan. I remember that on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Wang Yun sent someone to pass down an imperial decree and captured An Lan in the Jiangnan camp. General, he sent his cronies to take over the defense. At night on the second day, it was my turn to patrol the camp, and I happened to meet brother Chu Xu who had sneaked into the camp. I saw that he looked and acted quite similar to the general , I stopped him and asked him, it turned out to be the general's younger brother. I heard that he was looking for General An Lan. I was afraid that brother Chu would fall into the hands of traitors, so I hurriedly found a suit of clothes for him and dressed him as an ordinary soldier. I went to my barracks. It was the New Year, and a new officer was changed, and the military defense was lax. Brother Chu hid in the camp for more than ten days, but no one noticed. Later, I heard that the court had killed General An Lan, and ordered Our old troops were very angry when the general was sentenced to death. But I was afraid that something might happen to Brother Chu, so I didn’t dare to tell him. I got lost in the chaos, and I searched everywhere, but I haven't found his whereabouts. By chance, I learned from Mr. Di that the general escaped from danger, so I hurried to see the general. I failed to take good care of brother Chuxu, so I ask the general to punish me!"