Chapter 449: Defeat
After reading the letter, Wei Xing did not fall asleep all night, tossed until dawn, he really couldn't hold it back, got up with a bone, and ran to the handsome tent.
Wei Guogong had just gotten up, and when he saw Wei Xing running in on a rampage, he sighed in his heart, suppressed his doubts and reprimanded: "Look at what you look like in a panic?!" Remember the rules of the camp?! He winked at him to calm him down.
Wei Xing also realized that he was reckless, King Gong had many eyes and ears in the military camp, and if he told the contents of the letter now, I am afraid that before that day came, their lives would be lost first.
Controlling his emotions, he lied without moving: "The last general is here to ask what he ate this morning." ”
In the army, there is no father-son relationship, only a subordinate relationship.
Wei Guogong twitched the corners of his mouth, feeling ashamed of his nonsense excuse, and said, "You should ask the Huotou Army about this matter, not General Ben." ”
"Oh." Wei Xing's expression was as usual, "Because last night I dreamed that the general said that he wanted to invite the last general to eat roasted whole sheep, and the last general was so happy that he rushed over without a head." He clasped his fists and saluted, "The last general is guilty, and he asks the general to punish him." ”
Wei Guogong glanced at him and secretly admired: "Son, your kung fu of opening your eyes and telling nonsense has improved again!" On his face, he waved his hand angrily and said, "That's it, don't do it again." ”
The guard should be handed over.
Father and son went to breakfast together.
After the meal, the father and son left the camp under the pretext of surveying the enemy's situation and went into the wind and sand to exchange news.
After making sure that no one was following him, Wei Xing took out the letter that he had carefully hidden in his arms and said, "This was handed over to me by Uncle Shi last night." Let me remember it. ”
Wei Guogong took the letter and shook it open, and after reading it, he began to circle around the wasteland.
He could now relate to what it was like to be punished.
The letter said that Zhong Siye used the silver obtained from selling Huren's medicinal herbs at a high price to buy a batch of grain, grass and weapons. They hid in a cave on Yingxu Mountain on the north side of the camp, and let them take it out at the right time and use it to resist the enemy. The letter also included a map detailing the location of the cave. As for the appropriate timing, the letter only said that it would not be long, and it would naturally be known at that time.
Seeing that the grain and grass are decreasing day by day, the imperial court has no intention of transporting grain and grass. Suddenly, a large amount of grain, grass and weapons fell from the sky, and anyone who knew about it would go crazy with joy!
This is undoubtedly a life-saving letter, saving the lives of tens of thousands of troops in the army!
If it were not for maintaining the majesty of the father before the son. Wei Guogong wants to roll a few laps in the sand!
Wei Xing said ashamedly: "I actually complained that my father-in-law sold medicinal materials to Hu Ren, it's really undeserved!" ”
Hearing this, Wei Guogong eased his excitement, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go back and kowtow to apologize." The most important thing now is to drive the Hu people out of Dayong. ”
The guard nodded cautiously. He must not fail his father-in-law's hard work!
After the excitement, Wei Guogong realized the current situation in the army, smacked his tongue and said: "We have to hurry up and get rid of the insects in the camp, otherwise we will miss the time." ”
Wei Xing nodded in agreement, there were people in the army who were Gong Wang, and it was very inconvenient for them to act.
The father and son exchanged a look, and tacitly thought of the same plan.
Wei Guogong said: "It seems that we are going to take a risk." ”
Wei Xing silently bowed his head.
I don't know who spread the news that Wei Xing dreamed that Wei Guogong invited him to eat roast sheep, and it spread throughout the entire military camp in half a day. When the father and son came back, many soldiers came to Wei Guogong with a smile. Rubbing his hands together, he said: "General, you see that the young general has dreamed that you will eat roast whole sheep, can you give a word?" ”
The life in the barracks is hard, the northwest is a desolate place, and there is a lack of products, and the old men in the barracks have not been able to eat meat and drink wine for a long time.
Wei Guogong glanced at his subordinates who could be called rice buckets with disgust, and then sighed in embarrassment, and said: "It's not that General Ben is reluctant to give the brothers big fish and meat, it's really a shortage of grain and grass, I reported the shortage of grain and grass last month, and there has been no response yet, maybe I can only drink gruel after a while, you guys, don't think about gnawing on the leg of mutton." ”
Hearing this, a group of soldiers suddenly realized that the supplies were already so tight, no wonder the major general dreamed of eating lamb legs.
Everyone suddenly shouted: "What's the matter with the imperial court, let's throw our heads and spill blood to eat yellow sand in this poor and remote place, and we won't be fed, right?!" ”
Wei Xing carefully observed the expressions of everyone present, and his eyes seemed to unintentionally sweep over a few soldiers who were shouting the most in their mouths, but their eyes kept turning. He had already noticed these people, a deputy general surnamed Hu, a guard surnamed Li, and a deputy garrison surnamed Chen, all three of whom were not in high positions, but they had the power to influence the battle, march, and stay, and they could drag the entire army to death at a critical moment.
After this period of observation, Wei Xing can determine that these three people are spies planted by King Gong in the military camp, but I don't know if there are other people else.
After arguing for a while, the loudest shouted indignantly: "General, you have been born and died for the emperor for so many years, and this is how he treated you!" It's chilling! ”
This was echoed by many people, and a group of big men sighed one by one, anxious for future rations.
Someone spread his hands and said: "If the supply of grain and grass is not available after a while, will this war be fought or not?" ”
For a while, everyone started to talk about it.
The father and son of the Wei family exchanged a look, and Wei Guogong pretended to be uncomfortable and helped his forehead, raised his hand to suppress it, and said: "I believe that the emperor will not abandon us, now that the snow disaster in the north, I think the emperor is anxious about the disaster, so I didn't see the request for additional grain and grass, and I will report the shortage of grain and grass in the court in a few days, I believe there will be a response soon." ”
The guard stepped forward to help him, and said with a worried face: "General, you also have to take care of your health." ”
Only then did the soldiers see Wei Guogong's pale face, and they all agreed: "Yes, General, we are still counting on you to lead us to win the battle!" ”
Vice General Hu sighed: "Alas, the general has almost worked hard for Dayong, but he ...... The last general is really not worth it for you! ”
Wei Guogong smiled and didn't answer his words, not showing a little resentment.
The grain and grass really won't last long, and the release of this news will obviously shake the morale of the army and affect the later battles, but Wei Guogong and Wei Xing did it on purpose, because they had to lose the next battle.
Five days later, the Hu people called for battle, the Dayong army responded to the battle, and Wei Guogong personally led the troops to meet the battle, and ordered Hu Deputy General and several other generals to accompany the battle.
Yellow sand all over the sky, in the vast wasteland, the two armies blades touched, shouting and shouting to kill the earth-shattering, after a day and a night of fighting, the battlefield became purgatory, corpses can be seen everywhere, blood stained red withered grass, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is bleeding and drifting.
The battle ended with Wei Guogong being seriously wounded and being escorted back to the city.
In the process of returning to the city, Vice General Hu, who had been hiding in the rear, was plotted and failed to return to the city in the chaos.
Although there were not many soldiers lost in this battle, the morale of the army fell to the bottom, and Wei Guogong, as the main general, was also unconscious, and the Dayong military camp was depressed and decadent. (To be continued......)