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At the same time, on a small hill dozens of miles away, Yuming was sitting in a makeshift tent. He had already ordered all officers above the rank of lieutenant to come here to discuss the matter of sending troops to rescue Zhang Xutuo. Because Wei Chi Jingde has returned, he also got Yang Guang's warrant.

"General, I have asked Your Majesty, and he agrees to send troops to rescue General Zhang immediately!" Wei Chi Jingde recounted his experience of rushing to Yang Guangjun's army overnight. Sure enough, as Yu Ming had expected, after Yang Guang learned that Zhang Xutuo was in danger, he immediately ordered Yu Ming to attack, and at the same time asked the herald to tell Qu Tutong to speed up the march.

"Good! Now that His Majesty has spoken! Then I can attack with confidence! Jingde, don't worry, General Zhang is the pillar of my Great Sui. I'll save him! Yu Ming said awe-inspiringly. In fact, he had been sending scouts to observe the situation on Zhang Xutuo's side, and after knowing that Zhang Xutuo personally led the army to chase after the Goryeo coalition camp, he knew that Zhang Xutuo was afraid that he would be ambushed.

He stood up at this time and ordered: "Now I give the order that the whole army will assault and launch an attack in the direction of the Goryeo coalition army camp, and we must rescue General Zhang and his subordinates!" ”

The generals agreed in unison, and even Wei Chi Jingde was moved. I volunteered to rush forward and take the lead.

Yu Ming hurriedly stopped him, saying that he had been running for a day and a night, and he was really tired, and he was afraid that it was not suitable to be a pioneer. Losing the battle is a small matter, but it is a big deal to save Zhang Xutuo by mistake.

Wei Chi Jingde thought about it too, so he decided to attack with Yuming's Chinese army.

And Yuming sent Lin Mo and Guo Yi, each leading a team of 10,000 people to rescue first.

By the time he arrived at the battlefield with his soldiers and horses, it was already dark. Lin Mo and Guo Yi, who were the first to arrive, had already fought against the Goryeo coalition several times.

When Yuming arrived, Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin had just converged, and they were fleeing with less than a thousand troops, followed by a Goryeo coalition army of 10,000 people. If it weren't for Yuming to disperse the Goryeo army in time, I am afraid that they would also end up in annihilation.

The Goryeo coalition fought and fled, and was defeated. When Yu Ming arrived at the gate of the camp of the Goryeo coalition army, he found that the camp had been emptied, and the Goryeo coalition army had retreated.

Yu Ming was stunned for a moment, and then sent Wei Chi Jingde to lead two thousand people in first to prevent an ambush.

After about a meal, Wei Chi Jingde came out, and his face was gloomy.

"Is there any news of General Zhang and Lao Cheng?" Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin, who were arranged to rest and were no longer allowed to participate in the battle, asked impatiently.

Wei Chi Jingde shook his head in disappointment. In fact, now Zhang Xutuo is dead, but the matter has not yet spread. Although Yuming and the others took in a lot of wounded soldiers from Zhang Xutuo's troops, no one knew where Zhang Xutuo had gone.

I just heard the wounded soldiers who saw Zhang Xutuo at the end say that because Zhang Xutuo's Chinese army was ambushed by the enemy, they suffered heavy losses. Had to break through separately in an attempt to converge with the front and rear armies.

And Zhang Xutuo had already escaped from the encirclement, but later in order to save his subordinates, he returned to the encirclement and wanted to rescue other soldiers who did not break through, and many wounded soldiers were rescued by them.

However, there was no news of Zhang Xutuo later, and the living soldiers did not know whether Zhang Xutuo was dead or alive now.

At this time, Yuming's army had gathered almost 2,000 Zhang Sutuo's subordinates, and almost all of these soldiers were wounded.

Yuming heard that there was no news of Zhang Xutuo, and he didn't know whether to be happy or sad for a while. He didn't want such a heroic figure to die. But if you want to replace the Sui Dynasty and restore the Northern Zhou Dynasty, you must put a general like Zhang Xutuo who is loyal to the Great Sui to death.

"Mo, Yi, you immediately dispatch the scout battalion and ten teams of light cavalry, look around, don't let go of any clues within a radius of ten miles, you must find General Zhang!" Yu Ming said with a serious expression.

"General Yu, let's take someone to General Zhang too! We can hold on! At this time, the two young generals rode to Yu Ming's side, with a begging expression.

These two people are Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin. They had proposed it to Yuming before, but Yuming didn't agree.

"Yes! We are all subordinates of General Zhang, he and we are like the same father, ask General Yu to fulfill it! We'll be fine! Seeing that Yuming didn't answer, the two asked again.

Yu Ming sighed lightly, he was familiar with these two heroes in "The Legend of Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties". There had been plans to incorporate them under his banner for a long time. It's just that they are all Zhang Xutuo's subordinates, and if Zhang Xutuo doesn't die, it is impossible for him to incorporate these two people.

He then tapped them on the shoulder, and saw that they had been fighting for a day and a night, and their bodies were covered in blood, and their faces were still scarred, and their faces looked tired. It's just self-supporting.

"Shubao, Shixin, I know the relationship between you and General Zhang. You are not only his subordinates, but also his apprentices! Although he is very young, he is General Zhang's right-hand man. I heard that the last time Lu Mingyue and Wang Bo were defeated, it was the two of you who led the troops to charge forward, and finally won. "Yu Ming is colorful.

The two saw that Yuming was already the chief general of the Northern Sui Army, and their boss Zhang Xutuo was a general of the same level, but he was so modest and not arrogant. I suddenly had a good impression of him in my heart.

The two of them hurriedly bowed and saluted, and then said, "How dare the last general's achievements be in front of General Yu?" The general is a young hero that everyone admires. ”

"Hehe, it's a joke. In fact, I really have a feeling of familiarity with you at first sight, just like old friends who haven't seen each other for many years...... Yu Ming smiled, and then Fang Zhengse said: "Shubao, Shixin, I can completely understand the mood of the two of you, but I will feel that both of you have been fighting for a day and a night, and what is more necessary at this time is to rest rather than fight and search." General Zhang, I will definitely send more soldiers! When General Qu Tutong arrives, we will work together with the two armies to find General Zhang, and we must find him! ”

"Then thank you General Yu......" Seeing this, Luo Shixin had to say helplessly.

"By the way, General Yu, in addition to General Zhang, please also pay attention to the whereabouts of another member of our army, the senior general, Cheng Yanjin. He is holding a Xuanhua axe, his eyes are like copper bells, the tiger's back is bear's waist, and his face is very easy to recognize! Qin Qiong pondered for a moment and then admonished.

"Don't worry! I'll do my best to find General Cheng! Yu Ming smiled and nodded, he wished he had found Cheng Yanjin earlier.

At the same time, he secretly made up his mind in his heart, this time he must find a way to win over Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and Cheng Yanjin to become his subordinates no matter what.

About two hours later, Guo Yi found Cheng Yanjin, and Lin Mo was the first to find Zhang Xutuo's body, his horse lance was still by his side, but the war horse was dead.

He hurriedly ordered someone to bring Zhang Xutuo's body and rushed to report to Yuming.

When he saw Zhang Xutuo's corpse, Yuming was not only sad, but also relieved. He then summoned Zhang Xutuo's subordinates.

Today, there are less than 1,000 Zhang Xutuo's army of more than 10,000 people left. And almost all of them were wounded soldiers. Reinforcements of soldiers and horses. Now, after all of them are closed, there are more than 5,000 left, and basically everyone is injured. One of the strongest fighting forces of the Great Sui was destroyed in this way.

Looking at the familiar corpse, Qin Qiong and Cheng Biting Jin were a little incredulous. In their hearts, Zhang Xutuo is a god-like hero. But how could such an undefeated god of war be killed by a group of steppe tribes and Goryeo dog thieves in a wild place like Liaodong?

"No way, General Zhang must not be dead yet!" The young Luo Shixin screamed frantically, threw himself on Zhang Xutuo's corpse and cried.

Qin Qiong was also extremely sad, although he did not pounce on Zhang Xutuo, he also knelt down in front of Zhang Xutuo's corpse, crying silently.

When the two of them were only in their teens, they had already followed Zhang Xutuo, and the relationship between them was called superior-subordinate and master-apprentice, but in fact, they were more like fathers.

If it weren't for Zhang Xutuo's patient guidance and teaching martial arts, Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong, two young generals, would not have been able to go to the battlefield to fight at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and they had repeatedly made war exploits, and they became partial generals at a young age.

Only Cheng Yanjin has a short time with Zhang Xutuo, only more than half a year, so the relationship between him and Zhang Xutuo is shallow. But when he saw the corpse of his master, he was also a little sad, and bowed a few times to Zhang Xutuo, who closed his eyes tightly.

"General, people can't be resurrected after death, please mourn and change! General Zhang's revenge, I, Yuming, must help him avenge! I'm going to send people to pursue the Goryeo coalition army, and I want them to pay for their debts!" Yu Ming said impassionedly.

"Good! Please General Yu send me and others to take the lead! We can't wait any longer! Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong both said in unison.

Yu Ming nodded, then stood up and shouted: "Order all the troops, attack on all fronts, and pursue the Goryeo coalition army, they should not have gone far." We can catch up and avenge General Zhang! ”

All the generals agreed with a sad and indignant face, and then each of them gathered their men and horses and chased after the Goryeo coalition army......

The Goryeo coalition army never expected Wooming to chase so quickly, and after a battle between Woomyeong's forward troops and the coalition's rear guard troops, the Goryeo army was defeated, with more than 5,000 killed and nearly 10,000 wounded.

Before Gao Jianwu and the others could recover from the fiasco, they received an urgent report, saying that the Qu Tutong Department of the Sui Army and the troops directly under Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty had already appeared near their original camp, and they were only half a distance away from the coalition army.

Now, there's no need to talk about anything. All the tribal leaders unanimously asked to retreat to the right bank of the Yalu River to make further plans, and they really did not want to fight with the Sui army on the undefended plain.

Gao Jianwu had no choice but to order a quick retreat, so as not to chase after the Sui army. After all, Yuming's army was not as numerous as the Goryeo coalition army, and after pursuing it for a while, it had to withdraw its troops.

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