Xu Hui didn't expect Xue Feixian to suddenly attack him, or that it was too late when he received Xue Feixian's backlash.

For Xu Hui, who has fought countless tough battles, he is fearless on the battlefield, and he never thinks that he is weaker than others, even at the most critical moment, he has never been afraid. But now, for the first time, he feels helpless in the face of a sudden conspiracy.

After capturing Chu County that day, due to the cold outside the city, Xu Hui and Xue Feixian both entered the city and stationed there. Xu Hui was worried that it would be difficult to restrain Xue Fei's immortal tribe's robbery, so he arranged some restrictions in advance, not wanting this to be too much. After Xue Feixian led the crowd into the city, except for occupying a few private houses, he was quite duty-bound, and there was nothing out of bounds. Seeing this, Xu Hui's heart was stable, and he began to plan to repair and strengthen the city defense of Chu County, because in Zhao Dangshi's policy, Chu County and Baocheng County must be controlled in their own hands this winter.

But on the third day, the situation changed abruptly, and at that time, Xu Hui's long-term abdominal pain happened to attack, and the pain made him sweat profusely lying on the couch, and he was shocked to hear the news of Xue Feixian's raid, and it was even more painful for himself. If he hadn't gritted his teeth and forbeared, he was afraid that he would faint in a few moments.

Xue Feixian's intention was very clear, he took advantage of his identity and led his troops around the hinterland of the former camp, wanting to carry out a beheading operation, and when Bai Wang, who was patrolling, arrived with reinforcements, the situation was irreparable.

Xu Hui was tormented, his body was very weak, not to mention riding a horse, he couldn't even stand steadily, he shouted outside the door, and a person pushed the door in, startling the guards on the left and right to draw their swords.

"Mr. Qian, without further ado, Lao Guo will carry you away!"

Xu Hui's face was pale, and he barely raised his eyes to see that the appearance and tone of the person who came were extremely familiar, it was his old subordinate Guo Hutou. Before he could react, he felt that his whole person had been helped up by Guo Hutou.

"Rammer, what are you doing in a daze!" Guo Hutou shouted angrily, and the soldiers on the left and right were reminded by him, and they hurriedly moved Xu Hui to Guo Hutou's back.

"Bai, where's Bai Wang?" Xu Hui asked with his eyes half-open, panting sharply.

Guo Hutou walked out and said: "Mr. Bai is always with the patrol soldiers, and he and Mr. Song are trying their best to stop the thieves, if you want to go, you can only take advantage of now!" ”

Xu Hui was angry: "You can't go, if you lose the county, our army will suffer a great disaster!" As he spoke, he began to struggle, "Put me down, gather stragglers, and fight with the surnamed Xue, and the county may not change banners!" ”

Guo Hutou held him with both hands, and he didn't relax at all, Xu Hui's hands and feet were weak, and tossing for a long time was useless, so he only heard Guo Hutou say: "Xue Feixian is a thief, he has been planning for a long time, and he broke through with the gap in my battalion's shifts. Now that the order of each team and division is out of order, the general situation of Song Jiang is unknown, and we can only mobilize the total number of 100 people in Baijiang, and we can't resist the Xue thief. ”

Xu Hui's voice was crazy: "If you can't stop it, you have to block it, I am the president of Qian, pass on my military order, the front battalion dares to retreat, and the latter will be killed, and it is bound to fight with Xue Thief to the last moment!" shouted a few times in a row, but Guo Hutou turned a deaf ear.

In the end, seeing that he was getting farther and farther away from the city, Xu Hui lost his mind in a hurry, and actually gnawed Guo Hu's head and neck with his teeth.

Guo Hutou endured the severe pain, did not stop for half a step, and more than ten soldiers protected Xu Hui to step on the thick snow, and hid in the forest all the time, and could no longer hear the shouting and killing sound from the city of Chuxian, Xu Hui, who was physically and mentally exhausted, fainted in another colic.

It was a day later when the military report reached the old base camp of Zhao Ying in Chenggu.

It is reported that after Xue Feixian got up in the city, Sun Xianzu, who was hiding in the mountain col in the south of the city, immediately led his troops to join and attacked twice, causing the front battalion, which could be called the blade of Zhao Ying's blade, to be defeated on all fronts. Fortunately, at the critical juncture, Bai Wang desperately supported, and at the cost of casualties, he finally protected Xu Hui, the general manager, from harm. In the end, the soldiers and horses of the former battalions that retreated to Baocheng one after another were added together, and there were only more than 1,000 left, and nearly half of them were killed or wounded. Song Sima's 1,000 men were not too many casualties because they were far away from the front camp.

Zhao Dangshi was shocked, and then, he consciously remorseed.

In his original plan, after capturing Chuxian, he could form a triangle with Baocheng and Chenggu's old base camp to protect each other, and protect the army in this winter. Where did he think that overnight, the situation was turned upside down, and the county returned to the official army in the blink of an eye, and one of his most relied on generals almost died in this turmoil.

The first mistake that appeared in his mind was to release Xue Feixian. Originally, because he didn't trust the arrogant Xue Feixian, he was very wary of him and his nearly 1,000 cavalry openly and secretly, and never went out to carry out tasks, and when he set up camp, he also arranged it on the outermost side of the camp. How do you know that after thousands of calculations, you still can't prevent Xue Feixian from secretly colluding with Sun Xianzu. Knowing this, I should have made a decision at the beginning to completely solve this chronic problem.

Sun Xianzu and Xue Feixian are fellow countrymen, which is also what Zhao Dangshi learned later. Although the officers and soldiers in Shaanxi are in different camps, many of them are fellow villagers and friends. On weekdays, there is a war and a strong sense of humanity, and there are many examples of negotiations, transactions, and persuasion between each other. The rogues need the officials and soldiers to provide convenience for their lives, and the officials and the army also need to grab more benefits through the rogues. To borrow a sentence from Liu Jurong, the envoy of Shannan Dongdao in the Tang Dynasty, "The dynasty has many negative people, there are dangers, they don't cherish the official reward, and they forget about it when they are peaceful, so it is better to keep thieves and make land for wealth and nobility", which can be glimpsed into the self-respecting heart of these court warriors, and this is also one of the reasons why the rogues have been repeatedly suppressed.

Xue Feixian is not doing well under Zhao Dangshi, so he will naturally have the idea of going away and developing independently. But seeing that it was about to enter winter, and Hanzhong was stuffed, and he couldn't find a good place to go for a while, so after thinking about it, he secretly sent someone to contact Sun Xianzu with the idea of having dates and not hitting three poles. Sun Xianzu is also in the dilemma of insufficient troops, and Xue Feixian's move is exactly what he wants. You have affection and I have intentions, and after coming and going, I hooked up.

On the day Xu Hui retreated to Baocheng, Sun Xianzu and Xue Feixian came with a coercion, looking at their meaning, thinking that when the soldiers were not exhausted, they would take Baocheng down in one go.

The former battalion was in tatters, and before it was reorganized, it had no combat capability, and Wu Dading, who was in charge of Baocheng County, was very flustered when Xu Hui was initially defeated, so that he had the idea of tying up Xu Hui and others and sending them to Sun Xianzu.

Xu Hui was unconscious, Bai Wangquan was in control of the front camp, he originally wanted to send Counselor Shuiqiu Tan to persuade Wu Dading, but although Shuiqiu Tan was familiar with arithmetic and law, he was a real nerd. Fortunately, Guo Hutou had read the book, and at a critical juncture, he didn't count the gap with Wu Dading, and seeing that Wu Dading was a little swaying, he told him about the cold lips and teeth. Wu Dading thought about it again and again, but decided to wait and see.

Sun Xianzu stayed in the city for a long time, and attacked the city several times, but he gave up because of Wu Dading's impassivity, and finally felt that his morale had fallen slightly, so he no longer stumbled, and quickly retreated to the county. This news also quickly spread to Zhao Dangshi.

The left battalion was lost, the front battalion was disabled, and the Ma military camp was damaged by more than half, and a series of blows hit like a combination of punches, which made Zhao Dangshi's heart sink to the bottom. Qin Qigong and Mu Gongchun were summoned as soon as possible, and they both said the same thing, and they both proposed that the most urgent measure at present is to stabilize Baocheng.

Baocheng County is located in the north of Hanzhong Fucheng, separating Chu County from Chenggu County. As long as this point is still there, it is equivalent to controlling three points: blocking the passage to the east of the western county; stared at the movements of Hanzhong Mansion under his nose; Give the strongest support to Zhao Ying, who has no danger to defend in Chenggu County.

Then the top priority is to stabilize the martial arts of Baocheng. Wu Dading is capricious, and in a bad situation, it is difficult to guess what kind of move he will take to protect himself. Zhao Ying has already lost the first move, and if he loses the key point of Baocheng, he will really have no power to return to the sky.

The front camp was eroded, only the remnants of the army were defeated, it was difficult to speak in Baocheng, and after the military discussion, Zhao Dangshi decided to let Hao Shaoqi and Han Gon take the right battalion and the remaining horse camp into Baocheng. At the beginning, Zhao Dangshi's plan was actually to leave only Zhang Miaoshou's battalion in the city, and Zhao Ying's old book was all to open the city. But his idea was opposed by Qin Qigong.

Qin Qigong believes that according to Wu Dading's previous style of acting, this person is suspicious and sensitive, for him, Baocheng already belongs to him, once the main force of Zhao Ying enters the city, it will inevitably make him feel that his control will be sidelined. Under the suspicion, Wu Dading is likely to do something out of the ordinary to protect his own interests. Therefore, the best plan is to send some troops into the city to assist in defense, first, to assist the military camp, to give Wu Dading practical and psychological support, and secondly, not to make him feel in danger. Of course, the most important thing is to keep an eye on the martial arts camp to prevent Wu Dading from becoming the next Xue Feixian.

Before dawn, Han Gon and Hao Shaoqi reorganized the men and horses out of the camp that night, galloped to the aid of Baocheng, and after they arrived, Bai Wang and Song Sima returned to Chenggu with the front camp and the previous reinforcements. Xu Hui never woke up, Zhao Dangshi sent him to Houying to recuperate, and the doctor who accompanied the army still couldn't find the cause after diagnosis, so he could only recuperate.

Xu Hui's importance to Zhao Ying is self-evident, and Zhao Dangshi never wants to lose a strong arm of his own during this period, so he arranges for commissioners to serve Xu Hui day and night. It's just that the soldiers are rude and can't take care of people, it's hard to be reassured, Zhao Dangshi is ignoring it, Lou Niang volunteered and asked to take care of Xu Hui.

After Zhao Dangshi accepted Zhao Yuanzai as his son, he rarely visited Lou Niang in Houying, and most of them only occasionally asked about the current situation of her life. Because of Zhao Yuanzai's relationship, Lou Niang can't say that the mother is more expensive than the son, anyway, she lives well in the back camp, and no one dares to insult her anymore. But she was grateful, and reminded herself all the time that she couldn't forget Zhao Dangshi's kindness in rescuing and sheltering her. It's just that although she has the heart to repay her kindness, it is difficult to get a chance because of her status as a woman. So when she saw Xu Hui being sent to the back camp, she expressed her wishes to Zhao Dangshi without hesitation.

With Lou Niang taking care of Xu Hui, Zhao Dangshi has no worries. Before Xu Hui's body recovered, all the affairs of the former camp were handed over to Bai Wang to handle. His performance in this sudden situation is remarkable, and it can be said that if it were not for his strength to turn the tide, the soldiers of the former battalion who walked back to Chenggu alive would never have been as many as they are now.

Similarly, Guo Hutou was meritorious in saving people, and he was re-promoted, temporarily serving as Bai Wang's deputy and in charge of the front camp. He had a big scar on one side of his neck because of an arrow wound before, and now the other side was bitten by Xu Hui, at first glance, the whole neck was red, like a red belt. Of course, he didn't care, but was very angry, because these were the only two big scars on his body as a "lucky general", and they also showed his courage to defy death and make meritorious deeds.

After Han Gon and Hao Shaoqi entered Baocheng, the snow was heavier, and as bad as the weather, there was also the situation.

Sun Xianzu of Chu County, lured the fierce general Xue Feixian, and at the same time, the Sichuan soldiers who came to the aid of Sichuan also arrived in Chu County to meet him, and later, the most surprising thing for Zhao Dangshi and others was that Qin Jinxiao also appeared out of nowhere and took the soldiers to Sun Xianzu's command. Therefore, at present, there are more than 6,000 officers and soldiers gathered in the county, and if you count Liu Shaozong and Liu Yuyang in Hanzhong, the number of officers and soldiers in the entire Hanzhong Prefecture should be more than 10,000. In the face of so many officers and soldiers, Zhao Dangshi once again felt unprecedented pressure.

Fortunately, the snowstorm at the end of Chongzhen's ninth year was too big, and the land in Hanzhong Mansion was basically knee-thick with snow, and it was almost difficult for people and horses to walk on it. Sun Xianzu sent troops to attack Baocheng twice, but in the end they were defeated by the weather and left in vain. And Liu Shaozong and others in Hanzhong Mansion have no desire to send troops. Throughout November and December, both sides endured bitterly chilling wind and snow.

Until the end of December, when the snow gradually decreased, Zhao Dangshi received a military information, saying that a few days ago, a force was drilled out of the middle of the river and attacked the dam pass from the south. Is this group of people just thinking about them? But before Zhao Dangshi could figure out the details of this matter, a bombshell news suddenly came from the north - two big thieves had entered Hanzhong from Gongchang.