Xu Chu was silent for a while, nodded, and said to his guards: "He was buried here on the river embankment!"
After saying this, Xu Chu quickly got on his horse, whipped his riding whip, and galloped away with the team accompanied by the neighing of the strong horses.
When Xu Chu returned to the north gate of Moling, where the warriors started, night had fallen. After more than twenty miles, Xu Chu, a rough man, quickly forgot about Zhu Bin and his death.
Li Ru was also busy on the beach until now. Xu Chu ordered a thousand soldiers to intercept the fleeing soldiers. During the fierce battle with the Yuan Army soldiers who were desperately trying to break out and escape on the ship, he actually became so angry that he wanted to burn the Yuan Army's warship to prevent them from escaping.
.Fortunately, after lighting the two boats, he was seen by Li Ru standing on the city wall.
Li Ru anxiously led his troops down the city tower and out of the north city gate to stop the soldiers from burning the boats. With his timely efforts, he finally saved the hard-won loot.
No one, Li Ru, understood how difficult it was to keep captives and trophies under Xu Chu's hands. Xu Chu was simply a murderous and destructive maniac. Just like naughty children, the toys that passed through their hands would always be changed beyond recognition.
Li Ru had long expected that after Xu Chu killed the invading enemy this time, there would definitely not be many prisoners left, and it was possible to kill them all. It was not easy for Yuan Jun to send so many high-quality warships to his door.
Li Ru must keep it no matter what and hand it over to Cao Zhi.
Because he knew that there should be no more wars in Moling where he and Xu Chu were. In the battle to stop the invading enemies from Danyang, this might be their only battle. If Li Ru didn't find some opportunities to perform meritorious service, he would wait for the battle
Once it's over, Cao Zhi may forget about him.
When Xu Chu rushed back, the battle outside the north gate had long ended. Under Li Ru's organization, the fires on the two burning ships were also extinguished. Li Ru climbed up to see the remaining burned wreckage and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
Because these two ships could no longer be repaired. But fortunately, most of the warships were intact. At this time, he was ordering the deployment to count the loot on the ship, register it, and planned to drive the ship out of the beach one after another and park in Moling.
The wharves, docks, and warehouses should be repaired tomorrow, and those that should be sent to Wanling should be sent to Wanling.
Xu Chu's rumbling horse hooves were naturally extremely noisy and shocking. After Xu Chu returned to the beach and ordered the troops to withdraw into the city, he and dozens of his guards came to the place where he was sitting attentively on the edge of a warship, writing something down.
At Li Ru's place, Li Ru was still very busy at this time. There was a group of Moling civil servants surrounding him, chatting with him about the account, or waiting for the assignment of tasks. There were at least a thousand Moling officers and soldiers.
They were busy transporting various siege equipment, various weapons, armors, etc. to the city. The ground for more than half a mile from the beach to the city gate was dotted with torches, and there was an endless stream of vehicles and horses.
"Lao Li, aren't you finished yet?"
Xu Chu slapped Li Ruwen's weak shoulder hard and suddenly shouted. After startling Li Ru and all the civil servants in Moling, he almost knocked Li Ru off the side of the boat.
When Li Ru saw it was Xu Chu, he could only swallow his anger and secretly comforted himself: "This is a rough guy. How can a knowledgeable person like me be on the same level as him? I can't be on the same level as him, I can't...
..”
At this time, Xu Chu was busy greeting and congratulating him from the civil servants in Moling. Xu Chu was also showing his rare general demeanor, waving his hands to the civil servants and saying: "Small military achievements are not worth mentioning... the enemy
The army is really too weak...not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning." He posed like this.
Li Ru was a little surprised and disappointed because he did not expect Xu Chu's usual boasting. What surprised him even more was that Xu Chu pursued the remnants of Yuan's army and actually brought back more than 500 prisoners of war from Yuan's army.
Li Ru had to put down what he was doing and look at Xu Chu again. When everyone was about to congratulate him, Li Ru jumped off the edge of the boat, walked to Xu Chu and bowed his hands and said: "Xu Sima, you are awesome, this battle was beautiful.
It’s really gratifying to have brought back so many ‘captives’.”
Li Ru emphasized the word "captive", and Xu Chu could not tell that he was sarcastic about his murderous nature. Xu Chu couldn't help but blush and said: "Oh, they are all born by their parents, are they raised by their parents?
Aren't you recruiting more soldiers for your eldest brother? Every time we fight, we will inevitably lose some soldiers. Without prisoners of war to supplement them, sooner or later we will all be defeated. Then who will I lead? Hehe..."
Li Ru thought for a moment that he had heard wrong, and he didn't recognize Xu Chu in front of him. He stared in surprise and said, "Oh! Let me see, see, our General Xu is so awesome! He has learned a lot! He will benefit the future.
It’s planned!”
"Go, go!" Xu Chu pushed Li Ru and said: "My chief secretary, you have been insulted by me, Old Xu. What happened to the navy that chased the escaping warships?"
Xu Chu is no longer the stupid bandit he was a few years ago. He has followed Cao Zhi and has been involved in Yangzhou officialdom for many years, and has become a little tactful. He couldn't tell that what Li Ru just said was teasing him, so he quickly changed the subject.
, and asked him some military information that he was familiar with.
After Li Ru chuckled twice, Tan Xu said: "Everything has been resolved. The three ships that left later have been surrounded by your navy and forced back. The people on board have also surrendered and been escorted into the city. Chase out of the Moling River.
There were also messages sent back from twenty ships, saying that none of the enemy ships had escaped and were now returning. Humph, I think it was only because no enemy ship had survived. You chased the enemy ships so far away that you didn’t hear them. I was here
We can even hear the sound of explosives. It is estimated that your subordinates have blown up all the planks of the ship, and all they can drag back is a pile of wreckage."
"Oh!" Xu Chu couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard that there was a boat-exploding drama on the river. He loved the excitement the most, and he was also the most enthusiastic about using explosives in battles. If Cao Zhi hadn't ordered it, the procurement of raw materials for gunpowder would have been difficult.
Difficulties cannot be used casually. He had already taken out the explosives assigned to him by Cao Zhi. Each soldier was given one, lit it, shot it, or threw it. The five thousand Yuan troops were probably found on the river beach and disappeared.
.
However, not all the garrisons and generals assigned by Cao Zhi to various places have stored explosives. At present, except for Wanling, the prefecture, only Moling Xu Chu has it. This is also a sign of Cao Zhi's trust and different treatment of other generals. In the end,
At least that's what Xu Chu thought.
Xu Chu also faced the possibility of a surprise attack by the enemy in Moling. Several of his generals each issued two sticks in case of emergency. Unexpectedly, Xue Li was so unlucky that he happened to run into the Moling.
There happened to be an officer with explosives sitting on the official ship. When he saw that he could not catch up with the enemy ship, he took the risk to use it. After using up the two sticks, they were gone. Unexpectedly, Xue Li was frightened and stopped on his own initiative.
He broke off the boat and surrendered. In fact, as long as he used all his strength to continue escaping, the Moling boat pursuing him would not be able to keep up with him firstly, and secondly, he would have no explosives.
Xu Chu unbuttoned his clothes, opened his armor, and stepped on the edge of the boat next to Li Ru. While he was talking to Li Ru about the battle situation on the river, Xu Chu suddenly came to report that he had captured the enemy general.
Xu Chu didn't even have time to put on his armor. He turned around and saw Xue Li, who was covered in blood and took off his armor. He was dejected and was escorted to him. The blood on Xue Li's body was definitely not from his injury.
Most of them were caused by Xue Li who took the initiative to rub himself against the wounded soldiers when he saw something was wrong. He was afraid that if he could not get on the ship, he was prepared to lie on the pile of corpses on the ground and escape with his life.
Xu Chu put down his legs that were on the edge of the boat, took two steps, and came to Xue Li. His eyes lit up and he laughed loudly and said, "Xue, you pervert, are you okay?" "Bang!" Xu Chu said.
Then he raised his leg and kicked him in the lower abdomen. The pain caused Xue Li to curl up, fall several steps, and fall to the ground, groaning and unable to utter a whole word.
Li Ru and others were all frightened by Xu Chu's unexpected move. They didn't know why he took such violent action when he saw Xue Li.
Xu Chu made Xue Li angry, stopped joking with Li Ru just now, pointed his finger and scolded Xue Li: "You bitch, as a general, you didn't care about the life and death of your subordinates, you escaped first, you still
Can you be considered a general leading troops? If you had one-tenth of Zhu Bin's courage, your troops would not be defeated by me so quickly. If you were defeated in a hard fight and were unfortunately captured by me, I might still be able to let you
There is a chance to survive, but now..."
As he spoke, Xu Chu was about to draw his sword and chop Xue Li. Li Ru and others hurriedly rushed to stop him, "He is the enemy's general. The lord has ordered that anyone who surrenders voluntarily will not be killed..." Wait, Li Ru hurriedly
He came up with a lot of reasons to dissuade Xu Chu.
Xue Li, with a pale face, hugged his painful abdomen, stepped back a few steps, and searched his intestines. When Li Ru persuaded Xu Chu, he said, "The two armies are engaged... in battle. If you don't... don't kill... surrender... surrender."
Who!"
"Fuck you, I am an uneducated old man. I have only heard of not killing the envoys when the two armies are fighting. I have never heard of not killing the surrenderers. People like you are ignorant and incompetent. You
If you don't die, who will die?" Xu Chu pointed the frightened Xue Li with a Persian scimitar, ignored Li Ru's dissuasion, and was about to step forward and chop Xue Li alive.
"Quickly, take it away, take it down..." Li Ru grabbed Xu Chu's lapel with one hand and waved away the soldiers escorting Xue Li with the other hand, asking them to pull Xue Li down.
Xu Chu camped outside the city that night, preparing to recuperate and meet the enemy the next day, so as to achieve greater military exploits.
Under Li Ru's order, the study room in the backyard of the government office in the inner city of Moling has been sealed off. The lights in the room are brightly lit. Li Ru seems to be talking to someone. The figure of Li Ru appears many times.
Under the lattice window, meditating, pacing and talking continued all night.
At this time, the infantry and cavalry inside and outside Moling City set up checkpoints on the streets, and at the same time protected the safety of important facilities inside and outside the city. Everything was in order. Xu Chu had a military order to ask the soldiers to rest in shifts, and at the same time, he asked all soldiers to be alert to prevent
The enemy's scouts must destroy and subvert the city, and must always defend against possible larger-scale enemy attacks on the city, and the enemy troops will definitely come overland in the next battle.