Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei stayed in Luoyang for a few days, settled Meng Crow and Gui Niang, and rode west back to Chang'an.

At this time, the atmosphere in Chang'an was unprecedentedly tense, and almost all of the area around Guanzhong was occupied by the Green Flag Khanate, leaving only one lonely city in Chang'an.

When Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling entered the city, everyone was taken aback, and Xiang Dahu was patrolling the city gate and bumped into the two: "You didn't go back to Jinling, why did you come back?" ”

Li Xiaofei immediately replied: "We are just taking leave, how can there be a reason not to go back?" ”

"Alas, Lord Li is still too stupid after all, this Chang'an City is about to become a lonely city, and sooner or later it will not be able to hold it, why do you come back to die?"

"Then why don't you go?" Murong Ling asked lightly

"Since we are soldiers and eat food, we have to sell our lives, just flee back like this, then we will really become turtle sons"

Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling looked at each other and smiled, and then beat their horses and went to Wang Xian's general's mansion.

Wang Xian was convening his generals in the mansion at this time, and when he heard that Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling were back, he couldn't believe it. Wang Daozhi proposed that it would be better to call the two of them to discuss together, and everyone looked at Wang Xian for a while.

Wang Xian's haggard face moved a few times: "Please let them in."

When the two of them entered the lobby, they saw that everyone was sad, and Wang Xian also spread his hands: "The two of you were asked by the court to monitor me, the general, if I escape or surrender, it will be undignified by the court, right?" ”

Li Xiaofei has not participated in such a scene since he called Wang Xianjun, and Murong Ling is naturally the first time, Murong Ling looked at Wang Xian seriously: "It's your business whether you go or surrender, we are just here to help you defend the city."

Li Xiaofei also arched his hands: "Our two brothers have never received any orders because they were sent by the general."

Wang Xian asked Wang Daozhi to show them a few edicts on the table: "The imperial court has issued an order to reward me, and my subordinates and family members have also been knighted and knighted, you see."

Li Xiaofei laughed in his heart, how could a person like Wang Xian, who is greedy for money, not run away because of a few edicts. Wang Xian smiled bitterly: "The old man has been afraid of the lack of money all his life, he lived a life of fine clothes and food when he was a child, and he fled when he was young, and he suffered a lot, and since then he has had this problem of greed for money." I am indeed inferior to Chen Hongyi in battle, and the soldiers I lead are not as good as those he brings, but the last face of the old man can no longer be lost to him. Today, everyone is here, and those who want to leave now can go, and the old man will never be embarrassed! So saying, some of them brought out the silver and gold.

All the generals were taken aback, they had followed Wang Xian for many years, and it was the first time they had seen Wang Xian like this, and they also realized the seriousness of the matter. Two generals stood up and knelt down: "General, we are sorry for you, please forgive us for not being able to accompany the general to fight!" ”

Wang Xian smiled: "Is there anything else?" ”

The crowd looked at each other, and several more stood up and knelt down. Wang Daozhi had a solemn face, signaling the rest not to stand up.

Wang Xian glanced at Wang Daozhi: "Forget it, these brothers have also followed me for many years, give them some gold and silver, let them go, the knife and axe hands are withdrawn, they are all killing their own people at this time, and there is one more sin, why bother?" ”

Wang Daozhi was suspicious, and the people kneeling on the ground kowtowed one after another, Wang Xian stood up: "Let's go, it's better to flee back than to surrender to foreigners."

Li Xiaofei stared at Wang Xian for a long time: "I really got to know General Wang today."

Wang Xian smiled: "No, I only met myself today, we didn't expect you to come back, but unfortunately I haven't talked to you stupid boy for a long time, maybe it won't come to this day." ”

Li Xiaofei was taken aback: "Me? Thank you, General, it's not too late, if the General wants, we can all have a drink now."

Murong Ling interjected: "You people, no wonder you have lost the battle, the enemy army has not yet arrived in the city, and they are all explaining the aftermath, how can this battle be fought?" ”

Wang Daozhi asked rhetorically: "Could it be that Master Murong can still take us to defend the city?" ”

Murong Ling raised his hand upwards and threw the knife towards the roof, then jumped on the beam of the house, grabbed the long knife, and then volleyed the knife into the floor tiles. Everyone took a few steps back.

Murong Ling said with a smile: "It's up to you whether you can defend the city, but the generals of the enemy army have handed it over to me." Do you have any comments? ”

Wang Xian saw Murong Ling sweeping away his previous decadence like this: "Okay, there is a master like Master Murong in Chang'an, how can this Chang'an not be able to hold it." ”

And all the people were calm, and even more than a dozen of them, who had already taken the silver and gold, remained.

But the enemy's offensive was beyond anyone's imagination. After taking out the other cities in Guanzhong, Zadar, the deputy khan of the Green Banner Khanate, organized the untouchables from all over the country into a team of 10,000 people, gave them some silk cloth and corn, and then gave them a full meal, and after giving them simple bows, arrows, swords, and shields, he drove them to besiege Chang'an City.

On the first day of the city, thirteen thousand troops came at the same time. Li Xiaofei looked at the head of the north gate city and saw this group of ragged people rushing to the city gate like crazy, the rain of arrows on the city shot out one after another, and the rolling wood and stones were also constantly thrown down, but the 10,000 people fell three and rushed over five, and some ran back, but they were killed by the arrows of the Green Flag Khanate cavalry who pressed the formation behind.

After the endless attack, the Green Flag Khanate collected its troops in the afternoon, and the arrows of the defenders of Chang'an had been shot out, and most of the rolling wood and stones had been lost.

The next day, the 10,000 cavalry of the Green Banner Khanate rushed to a distance of 100 paces from the city wall and fired arrows at the city, and the defenders of the north gate could not dodge, and more than 5,000 people were killed and wounded after ten rounds of arrow raindown. Fortunately, the cavalry retreated after shooting the arrows.

At night, countless torches were lit in the camp of the Green Banner Khanate, the war drums were beating loudly, and the soldiers and civilians in Chang'an City climbed to the head of the city to take precautions, but at dawn there was no enemy coming.

At noon on the third day, another 80,000 people rushed over, pushing the ladder and rushing to the bottom of the city wall, and the people in the city were extremely tired. Wang Xian ordered people to invite Murong Ling, but they didn't find him.

Wang Xian was wearing heavy armor and scolded Murong Ling for having no faith in the city, and suddenly saw the handsome banner in the enemy's camp fall to the ground, and many people rushed towards the handsome banner. Looking at Murong Ling, who was dressed in a red robe, the white horse that had taken the enemy's main general was rushing towards the north gate.

Behind Murong Ling, Fan Zhi and Hongcheng chased after him closely, and fired arrows at Murong Ling from time to time, but they were all dodged by Murong Ling. The two chased for a while, then retreated to the camp and Mingjin to collect his troops.

Murong Ling rushed over from the 10,000-person team and jumped onto the city, Wang Xian was very happy: "Wang still thought that Murong Taishi"

Murong Ling smiled: "I can escape at any time, the enemy commander has been killed by me, but the two deputy generals are still there, and the threat has not been removed."

Wang Xian waved his hand: "As soon as the enemy army is about to die, I am afraid that the class teacher will go back, and this Chang'an City will be safe, and the Taishi will make great contributions."

Li Xiaofei looked at the retreating 10,000-strong team and reminded Wang Xian: "The enemy's cavalry is still there, and the siege equipment is still there, so don't be careless."

At this time, Wang Xian and all the soldiers and civilians were already cheering together, and they couldn't hear Li Xiaofei's voice at all.

Murong Ling looked at the retreating enemy army, the sunset in the northwest turned the sky red, Murong Ling patted Li Xiaofei on the shoulder: "The scenery is good, but it's a pity that the enemy army is reflected."

Li Xiaofei sighed: "It seems that there is a drought, and this Chang'an will be trapped to death sooner or later."

In the following month, 10,000 troops took turns to attack the city, although they were all pushed back, but most of the defenders in the city were killed and wounded, the most fatal thing was the lack of medical treatment and lack of water, the sun shone for more than a month, hot and dry. Fan Zhi and Hong Cheng dug wells outside the city again, seeping the water inside the city, and the city was already in danger.

Wang Xian couldn't hold it anymore after drinking muddy water for a few days, and wanted to ask Murong Ling to lead his troops to seize the water source, Murong Ling rushed several times, only going to be alone, and the cavalry behind him were all shot dead on the road.

All the generals proposed to abandon the city and flee, Wang Xian took the generals to the top of the city to inspect, and found that the outside of the city was already surrounded by more than a dozen thousand people, and they couldn't get out at all.

Li Xiaofei went to look for a few centurions from Bashu, but found that only Xiang Dahu survived, the rest were killed in battle, and Xiang Dahu was also dying: "Lord Li, that secret passage, don't forget, leave as soon as possible, we can't hold it, our people from Bashu are not the escaped turtle sons!" ”

Li Xiaofei told Murong Ling about the secret way, and the two were going to find Wang Xian. Wang Xian came to them first: "This city will be broken sooner or later, if you two can break through, you two can break through and leave, and if it is too late, the jade will be burned."

Murong Ling looked at Wang Xian: "General, let's go together, I'll kill you out!" ”

Wang Xian looked at the corpse on the ground: "Forget it, the overlord of Chu still refuses to cross Jiangdong, my Wang Xian is enough in this life, the Central Plains has been sluggish for decades, and we generals can't get out of it." Flee today and flee tomorrow, where is the head, fortunately I don't have to run anymore. ”

Li Xiaofei saw that he couldn't persuade him, so he pulled Murong Ling to leave, and Wang Xian shouted: "Two of you stay!" “

Murong Ling thought he had figured it out, so he turned around and stretched out his hand to lead him, Wang Xian waved his hand: "The old man still has something to ask the two to testify, after the old man was martyred, if someone frames the old man, please also ask the two of you to correct my name, my Taiyuan Wang clan will never betray the country and join the enemy!" “

Li Xiaofei was worried, people who are really martyred often don't talk much, and Wang Xian's actions are too abnormal. Li Xiaofei looked at Wang Xian: "The general has a clear name, and future generations have their own public opinions, my brothers and sisters will definitely report the truth to the court and the world!" “

Having said that, Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei pretended to leave, but actually stayed to observe secretly to see what Wang Xian would do in the end.

On July 12, the city of Chang'an was finally breached, and the cavalry of the 10,000-strong army and the Green Banner Khanate rushed in and slaughtered the soldiers and civilians in the city. Wang Xian carried the handsome flag alone and stood on top of the bell tower to ring the bell, everyone looked over, Wang Xian put on his court clothes and sat on the top of the bell tower and shouted: "I am the king of Danyang County of Liang State, the general Da Sima, who took my head is the founding prince, why kill these untouchables?" “

Seeing that Wang Xian was on the top of the bell tower not far away, the enemy army gave up the people to arrest Wang Xian, Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling saw this scene, Murong Ling ran to the bell tower to save Wang Xian, Li Xiaofei took the remnants of the soldiers out of the south gate, so that the soldiers and civilians in the city escaped from the south gate.

Murong Ling was just about to jump to Wang Xian's side, but Wang Xian had already been shot by the enemy and fell to the top of the building with six arrows. Murong Ling seized the opportunity to jump over and take Wang Xian on his back and fled towards the north gate, with countless soldiers and horses chasing after him.

The blood at the corner of Wang Xian's mouth kept flowing on Murong Ling's body, and Wang Xian actually smiled: "Boy, you say, well, is the old man a hero?" “

Murong Ling's nose was sour: "True hero, well-deserved!" Don't speak, I'll come back to treat you when I carry you out of the encirclement."

Wang Xian took a breath and shed a lot of blood: "Forget it, you find a dry well and bury me, I don't want to be cut off by the enemy, in fact, it really hurts to be a hero, if I can be re-elected, I must have run away"

Murong Ling sighed, jumped from the city wall, Wang Xian's red robe was raised, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on Wang Xian's face, Wang Xian tried to open his eyes and look at the sunset: "Today, I found out that the sunset that those nerds said is really beautiful, I really want to see it a few more times."

After speaking, Wang Xian's head drooped on Murong Ling's shoulder, and Murong Ling suddenly felt that Wang Xian was much heavier.

Murong Ling grabbed a horse and ran west with Wang Xian's body, and at this time, Li Xiaofei also rushed back with the remaining hundreds of people to respond.

The blood-red sky became darker and darker, until the moon rose, and under the cover of night, dozens of horsemen ran westward, and there were no pursuers behind!

At the end of the first volume of the first campaign, Wang Xian, who had fought a defeated battle in his life, did not win once until he died, but his death won everything back, this honor Some people dare not think about it, and some people may think about it but have no chance to complete it.

Not self-first, not self-second.

The times have created heroes, and they have also created tragicomedies.