On 20 August, Zhang Chu, the self-proclaimed emperor of Western Qin, led an army of more than 100,000 men to Gao Yongcheng, but his opponent Xie Ronghua refused to fight behind the fortified walls, leaving him in a dilemma. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

His son Zhang Renshan had fought with Xie Ronghua once before, and returned defeated, although it was not a big war, but it also made him a little jealous of Xie Ronghua, this time they came prepared, naturally they wanted to be ashamed, but now that the Wei army is cowering in the city, he can't attack it for a while, so he can only do it like this, and his heart is really angry.

The senior generals of the Wei army gathered in the main house of the city lord's mansion in Gao Yong City, and there was a depressing atmosphere in the house, and no one thought that the commander Xie Ronghua would fall ill at this time.

"Ahem, ahem." Xie Ronghua coughed softly, his cheeks flushed abnormally, he was weak, so he had to lie down on the soft collapse to rest, and the military doctor and the best doctor in Gao Yong City were invited to take turns to take his pulse.

"What the hell is wrong with me?" Xie Ronghua said softly, although his voice was weak, it carried undoubted majesty.

"This, according to what the minister saw, the marshal was just infected with the wind cold, and it would be good to rest for a while." Shen Jue saw that no one else dared to speak, he was the most prestigious among the military doctors, so he had to speak hard.

"Nonsense, if it's an ordinary wind chill, why doesn't your medicine have any effect at all, my illness is not getting better, but getting more and more serious, cough, cough." Xie Ronghua spoke too fast, and he couldn't stop coughing.

"That's because the marshal is sick but doesn't rest, and he overworked, which makes this condition more and more serious." Shen Jue wiped his sweat and said in a low voice: "The marshal's illness must be recuperated, and now in this situation, don't say that if you go to the battlefield, you can't even get out of bed." ”

"Marshal, you can recuperate with peace of mind, and the affairs of the army will be handed over to the ministers and Lord Xu first." Xu Weijie looked at Xie Ronghua's current situation, his face was full of sadness, the current situation of King Qin was really not suitable for dealing with military affairs.

"Xu Changshi is right, it is important for the marshal to take care of his body first, and this war is not something that can be ended in a while." The rest of the generals persuaded one after another.

Xie Ronghua's hand clenched the edge of the bed, closed his eyes and pondered, now only very few people in the army know his physical condition, but if he can't take care of his body as soon as possible and appear in front of the soldiers, the people below will be suspicious, and it will be even more difficult to deal with the unstable heart of the army at that time, Xu Weijie is the person who followed him when the incident in Jinyang started, Pei Shao is Pei Zhi's son, these two people can naturally be trusted, and now he is powerless, and there is really no other better way. He opened his eyes and said slowly: "All the gentlemen listen to the order, and the affairs of the army are entrusted to General Pei and Xu Changshi. ”

"Subordinate Order." The general present said in a loud voice.

"Ahem, ahem." After Xie Ronghua finished speaking, he coughed irrepressibly, and he waved his hand to signal the others to retreat, leaving only Pei Shao and Xu Weijie behind.

"Two, Zhang Chu's lone army is deep, the food is less and the soldiers are tired, and they must be eager to challenge, our army must remember not to fight easily, and when I am well, I will discuss with you the great plan to break the enemy." Xie Ronghua instructed carefully!

"Don't worry, the marshal, we will definitely act carefully, and ask the marshal to meditate and recuperate and recover soon!" The two nodded in agreement, Xie Ronghua nodded, and waved for them to leave.

What Xie Ronghua didn't expect was that Pei Shao thought that he was the son of the prime minister of the dynasty, he was already arrogant, and he had long wanted to do something earth-shattering, Xie Ronghua's advice was nothing but worry in his heart, he saw that Zhang Qin's army was tired, so he discussed with Xu Weijie: "You see Zhang Chu's army is now tired, gathered and scattered, it is a good time for us to attack, I have sent spies to investigate, now the grass foot in Gaolingpo is more than one person high, if we lead the troops in Gaolingpo ambush, we will be able to attack him by surprise." ”

Xu Weijie hesitated a little and said: "However, the marshal said that you can't go into battle easily." ”

"You are stupid, Your Highness, it is because you are sick and have too many concerns, if you miss this opportunity, you don't know when you will go, if you don't want this military merit, I must do it!" Pei Shao said in a loud voice.

Xu Weijie was a little moved when he heard his words, if he won this time, then he and Pei Shao would be able to take the lead, he gritted his teeth and said resolutely: "Okay, listen to you." ”

"Your Highness, are you awake?" Qin Luo entered the main house and saw Xie Ronghua, who had just woken up, and took the wet wipes in the copper basin to clean his face, because after two days of resting, his face seemed to be better than before.

"This illness really needs to rest, and now I look at His Highness's face much better." Qin Luo sighed.

"Nothing big in the military, right?" Xie Ronghua asked softly.

"There are two adults here, Your Highness doesn't have to worry, they took the army to Gaolingpo to ambush yesterday afternoon, and now they may have fought with the army of Western Qin." Qin Luo replied with a smile, but Xie Ronghua's expression changed greatly after hearing this: "What did you say?" He forced himself to get out of bed, but Qin Luo supported him: "Your Highness, the two adults will definitely be able to triumph, you don't have to worry." ”

Xie Ronghua waved him away, and his tone was impatient: "Didn't I tell them that Zhang Chu can't attack no matter how provoked?" Why are they so reckless, you hurry up and pass my orders down and withdraw them. ”

"Your Highness, don't worry, your health is not yet well." Qin Luo said with relief.

"Leave me alone, you don't want to go." Xie Ronghua shouted, Qin Luo hurriedly rushed out, but it was too late, the Wei army had already fought with the Western Qin army, Pei Shao originally wanted to ambush here, who knew that this was a trap at all, Zhang Chu had already seen through their purpose, and when they thought they were ambushed, they surrounded them with elite cavalry.

The Wei army is mostly infantry, the cavalry is only 3,000 people, and Zhang Chu occupies a high-quality horse production land, there are a lot of war horses, cavalry is their main type of troops, in the plain area, the Wei army faces the fierce cavalry, there is no advantage at all, on the field is not Zhang Chu's cavalry opponent at all, the Wei army ran and ran, scattered, but in one day, most of them were killed, and even a few senior generals were captured by the Qin army.

Pei Shao and Xu Weijie looked at the fiasco in front of them, regretted not falling, and fled back to Gao Yong City with the remnants of the army. Zhang Chu looked at the fleeing Wei army, snorted on the ground, and said loudly: "Brothers, follow me into Gao Yong City and capture the king of Qin alive to raise the prestige of my Qin country." ”

Xie Ronghua dragged the sick body, and went up to the city wall with the support of the attendants, looking at Cui, Xu and those remnants who fled back in a hurry, he ordered to open the city gate, after they entered, the city gate was quickly closed, and when Zhang Chu arrived, the city gate was closed, and he ordered to attack for a long time, because the previous battle physical strength was consumed a lot, Gao Yong City was well defended, and he camped outside the city one after another.

After nightfall, Xie Ronghua ordered the Wei army to prepare a meal that could be eaten for three or five meals, except for dinner, the rest were packed and brought as military rations. In the middle of the night, more than 10,000 soldiers held arrows and horses' hooves were wrapped. Retreat in batches from the east gate. In order to avoid the pursuers, they hid in the woods during the day and traveled at night, and finally escaped.

After the army entered the realm of Chang'an, the soldiers finally breathed a sigh of relief, Xie Ronghua's face was pale and terrible, his body was already at the end of the crossbow, and it was completely by virtue of a willpower that he persevered until now, now Chang'an is not far away, he finally couldn't support it, his eyes were closed, and the whole person fell from the blazing body.

"Your Highness......" Qin Luo had been paying attention to his situation, and seeing this, he hurriedly stepped forward, and was able to catch Xie Ronghua who had fainted. (To be continued.) )