The prince is very fierce

The next morning, it was bright and clear.

Xu Buling woke up from the bed and turned his head to look. Xiao Manzhi was lying in front of him, holding his arm. Even in his sleep, his little face still had an angry expression.

well……

Yesterday, Manzhi discovered that "Zhi currently commits four crimes", and the consequences are not as serious as usual. Manzhi became angry and scratched and bit him. He managed to coax him with a broken tongue, but in the end he refused to let him go and scolded Yuhe for half the night before he fell asleep.

Xu Buling looked at the two small tooth marks on his shoulders and felt helpless. Seeing that Manzhi was still awake, he took his arm out from between the two bulging balls, stood up gently, and wanted to go out and wash up.

But Zhu Manzhi, who always slept until about three o'clock in the morning, woke up immediately after he noticed that the arm in his arms had been pulled away. He frowned and stared at Xu Buling suspiciously.

Xu Buling looked a little embarrassed and said with a smile: "I'm not looking for Xiao Ning and Daning. The war has not yet been decided, so the ship back to the building is busy. The Nanyang soldiers have been prepared and they have to leave for Xiangyang."

Zhu Manzhi sat up and said gloomily: "Mr. Xu, I am also good at martial arts. Why can they follow me but I can't? It's a good thing that I treat them as sisters and take turns stealing. It's really unethical."

Xu Buling shook his head and sighed: "War is not a child's play, swords and guns are blind, if something goes wrong..."

Zhu Manzhi knew that it was useless to follow him because he was not good at martial arts. He snorted and fell back, with his back to Xu Buling, leaving him with the back of his head:

"You just dislike my poor martial arts skills, huh... Anyway, I met you first. They are close to the water and the tower, so they can't be in front of me."

"This is natural, first come, first served."

Xu Buling bent down, covered Zhu Manzhi's back with a thin blanket, and then slowly walked out of the room.

They were about to set off again, and this time the building and boat would follow them down the river. However, as the commander-in-chief, Xu Buling couldn't stay in the powder pile and direct the soldiers to fight every day. He still had to go to the military camp and march with the soldiers.

After saying goodbye to the ladies one by one on the boat, Xu Buling led the horse and walked off the boat.

Seeing that they had to be separated for many more days, the girls on the boat were very reluctant to leave. Xiao Qi and Song Yufu stood at the second floor window and watched, while Xiao Xiang'er and Lu Hongluan were sent to the deck. Cui Xiaowan stood on the terrace at the stern of the ship. She didn't say anything, but she waved her hand with an expression of 'Come back soon'.

As before, the four master and apprentice groups still followed Xu Buling. Zhongli Jiujiu was forced to jump into the river yesterday by Ning Yuhe, his stupid teammate. In the evening, he wanted to go to Xu Buling to complain, and was bullied by wearing a small bell and tail. At this time, he was still a little dissatisfied, and Bai Ningyuhe glanced at her from time to time.

Ning Yuhe and Ning Qingye were a little embarrassed. The two of them were weird, standing on the left and right sides separately, without making eye contact with each other. It seemed that they had not yet figured out their relationship clearly.

Zhongli Chuchu accompanied Xu Buling out to buy medicinal materials yesterday. She didn't know anything about Zhongli Jiujiu's acting and the master and apprentice of the Ning family. When she saw that the three people had strange expressions, she said in confusion:

"What's wrong with you?"

It was difficult for the three of them to answer. Nightingale knew this well and said casually, holding the little sparrow in her hand: "It's too early to sleep. The army is about to leave. Let's go."

Xu Buling naturally didn't say much about this. After holding the horse and saying goodbye to the girls watching on the boat, they headed to the military camp not far away...

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After visiting Lou Chuan's wife, Xu Buling set off again with his troops. Thirty thousand Xiliang troops also returned from Guanzhong and continued southward to quell the rebellion.

Generals Tu Qianchu and Yang Zunyi have arrived in Xiangyang for more than half a month. Without Guan Hongye's blind command, the battle is much smoother. The Xiliang army is already much more powerful than the Chu army. Coupled with the advantage of artillery, It can be said that the attack on the city is overwhelming. Basically, the city walls and passes are regarded as nothing, and the Chu army general Qin Jing is chased all the way.

Xu Buling pretended to be the commander of the rebel army, but his current real identity is the 'Lord'. There are not many opportunities to actually join the battle in person. Even if there is a chance, his subordinates will not agree because it is unnecessary.

The greater role of the coach is to suppress the generals at all levels in the army and ensure that everyone can advance in accordance with the general direction set. There are also logistics arrangements, communication with the court, etc., so that the frontline soldiers can have what they want. What, no worries. When it comes to charging into battle, there are so many strong generals in the army that there is really no shortage of Xu Bu Ling.

Xu Buling led the army. Before they arrived at Xiangyang, Tu Qianchu had already led the Xiliang army to break through Jingmen. When the reinforcements arrived, the battle behind them became even more overwhelming.

Under the momentum of the Xiliang army and the Fu army, from the end of June to the beginning of August, in just over a month, the Chu army retreated steadily. They exited Yueyang from Jingmen and Jingzhou until they were squeezed on the bank of the Yangtze River. We went up to the Ezhou area and defended the Chu King's lair. If we pushed further, we would reach the Wei King's territory.

Because of the overwhelming superiority of the Xiliang army, they can't even use tactics. They can't stop the Chu army even if they push the Chu army flatly. There is basically nothing to say in fighting the Chu army. In large and small battles, the army breaks the city, the Chu army collapses, and then Gather the remaining soldiers and snowball, and continue to capture the next fortress. The Chu army was all government soldiers. They fought for the people in their spare time and as soldiers. Under the intimidation of the Xiliang army, they had no intention of fighting. They often fled and surrendered before they even came into contact with each other, hardly forming an effective resistance.

Song Zhengping, the king of Chu, was in an awkward position. He had been used as cannon fodder by the three eastern kings from the beginning. At this time, he also withered. Knowing that Chu could not be defended, he took his whole family across the river and ran to Luzhou, handing over his troops. When we go out, Song Shaoying, the Emperor of Dongyue, will be under full command.

Dongyue has the Yangtze River as a natural barrier, and Song Shaoying has the Liaoxi Army, a powerful frontier army, whose combat effectiveness is no worse than that of the Xiliang Army. They squatted south of the Yangtze River and showed a posture of "dividing the river and governing", and the Xiliang Army really had no way to deal with it for a while.

If you want to cross the river and fight to the south of the Yangtze River to defeat the four kings in the east, you can rely on infantry alone, but the cost of casualties is too high if you fight head-on with the Liaoxi Army.

After learning about the situation, Xu Buling sent a letter to King Su, asking the court to vigorously build gunboats, and wait until the equipment is in place, and then fight the crossing battle to pacify the four kings in one fell swoop, but this may have to be winter or even next spring.

Marching and fighting are numerous and boring, and Xu Buling rarely has time to return to the tower ship. Basically, he can only find time to go back once every ten days.

Ning Qingye and Ning Yuhe followed him. Although they were still a little weird, Ning Qingye was in the army and didn't get upset anymore. He stood guard every day and tried not to distract Xu Buling. Even when Ning Yuhe came to "relax" Xu Buling at night, he would consciously retreat and not disturb him.

Zhongli Jiujiu saw this scene and almost envied him to death. She wanted to pull Chuchu's ears and say, "Look at the other apprentice, then look at you..." Unfortunately, she could only think about these in her heart. On the surface, she was still submissive and didn't even dare to speak loudly, like a wronged little wife.

Xu Buling naturally saw the state of the people around him. After the situation in Chu gradually stabilized, he took a chance to accompany a few people to relax and stroll along the shore of Dongting Lake...