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Back in Xinzhou, Wei Wang Fu Yanqing summoned the generals overnight.

Lin Zhaoyuan was seriously injured and had already gone to Langzhong for treatment, so he did not participate in the military discussion.

And Chen Xu was not qualified to participate in this discussion, but because Ma Yi valued him, he insisted on taking him to see King Wei despite his low position.

When I entered the camp, I saw a veteran sitting on the upper seat of the lobby at first sight. In addition to him, there were several generals who looked like generals, sitting on the left and right. As a result, the identity of the veteran sitting upright is about to come out, Wei Wang Fu Yanqing.

The first time I saw Wei Wang Fu Yanqing, I felt that this Wei Wang was really old.

Fu Yanqing's hair and beard were all white, probably because he was an elderly person who couldn't stay up too late, and his eyes were a little sluggish, and his expression looked a little tired. The face is crawling with some age spots, but the facial features are upright, and the skeleton is relatively thick, which can vaguely be seen that when he was young, he may have been a brave and warlike general.

A sentence from Cao Cao's poem "The twilight of a strong man" suddenly flashed in his mind.

Except for Ma Yi, the rest of the generals and Chen Xu didn't know each other.

The generals present all knew each other, and a face like Chen Xu was very abrupt on such an occasion. Later, this question was raised by Fu Yanqing on the main seat, he pointed to Chen Xu and asked, "Who are you?"

Chen Xu replied: "Back to the King of Wei, the last general's name is Chen Xu."

Ma Yi said on the side: "King Wei, this person is Chen Xu, who defeated the enemy army and turned the tide in the battle of Gaoping!"

After the generals on the left and right listened, a few of them were talking in whispers, obviously hearing of Chen Xu's reputation.

"Oh!" Fu Yanqing listened, nodded, and continued, "What a hero out of a boy!" I think back then, the old man was also a fierce general who was unparalleled in riding and shooting! ”

Praised Chen Xu, a trace of remembrance and sentimentality flashed in Fu Yanqing's eyes, when he was young, he was also famous and shocked the enemy.

Chen Xu was silent when he heard this. Before coming, Ma Yi also chatted with Chen Xu about the deeds of King Wei.

Back then, more than ten years ago, Rouran Khan led a large army to the south, wanting to force the "disobedient" (later) Jin Dynasty emperor, because of the unfavorable war, when the army decided to return north, Fu Yanqing, Du Chongwei and others took the opportunity of the Rouran army to retreat north, and marched into Youzhou in a big way. After hearing the news, Rouran's 80,000 northern withdrawal troops made a comeback, forcing the Jin army to retreat to Yangcheng one after another. The Jin army and the Khitan battle, taking advantage of the strong wind, the day is dark, with the momentum of ten thousand horsemen rampage Rouran army, the enemy army is defeated, defeated and fled, the momentum is like a landslide, the Jin army cavalry pursuit more than 20 miles, lose the helmet and unload, horse armor and staff are discarded all over the field. Rouran Khan had to flee alone.

Time is a pig-killing knife!

Chen Xu sighed.

Shaohua is fleeting, the years are merciless, and there is nothing inspiring on his face.

Ma Yi said again: "This time we were able to rescue Lin Xianxian, and Chen Lang made a great contribution. First, our department sent elite cavalry to desperately relieve the siege, but Lin Xianfeng was brave and angry, and fell into a heavy siege. Then, I wanted to charge the battle again to relieve the siege, but Chen Lang advised me to stay until Lin Xianxian's troops were exhausted. Otherwise, if our troops repeatedly relieve him of the siege, I am afraid that the troops may be exhausted and the spirit will be lost, and all of them will be completely destroyed by then. ”

Chen Lang took the lead, killing the enemy without calculation, and the morale of the whole army was high, charging into battle, and frustrating the enemy's spirit. It's just that there are too many Rouran troops and they are brave in battle, and when we arrived, Lin Xianfeng was injured. ”

"Not bad." Fu Yanqing nodded and said, "Fortunately, I arrived in time."

He must have praised it and said: "I think that Chen Lang is very good at grasping the fighter plane, coupled with his excellent martial arts, this can successfully rescue Lin Xianxian, if it weren't for what he said, everyone might have broken the siege many times, resulting in exhaustion, and all of them were lost there." In this battle, he should be the first to take credit. ”

Chen Xu said: "It's only because the soldiers are fighting bravely to be the first, otherwise I can't succeed alone."

Ma Yi said disapprerovingly: "This is exactly what I appreciate about you the most, and I am not proud of my achievements." In this rescue operation, you swept through thousands of troops, and it seemed that you were just blindly rushing to kill, but according to my observation, you were able to find the right time every time, save the vital places again and again, and ensure the safety of everyone. ”

"Thank you for the general's praise, the last general will not dare to be." Chen Xu is so humble, in fact, there are several reasons, one is that although he is meritorious, he has less qualifications, and he is a general present, and he has such a personality, he doesn't like to be public, do you want to drag and blow up the sky? ! The second is that although this idea was successful, Lin Zhaoyuan knew about it later, and he asked everyone to wait until he had a "pill" to save him, so that he was shot into a "Brother Wrigley", and only half of his life was left to escape, and it is unknown whether this person will thank him.

This can't be blamed on Ma Yi, people didn't mean it, they just wanted to take credit for themselves, and they could only say that they did bad things with good intentions.

Fu Yanqing listened patiently to the conversation between the two, and said something like this, "Let's go back to Jinyang tomorrow." ”

Not only Chen Xu, but the generals present were all stunned, and one of them had an ugly face.

Everyone was speechless, did not say anything against it, and no one agreed, in fact, the meaning is obvious.

At this time, the general with an ugly face said: "This is not ......"

Hearing someone's voice, Fu Yanqing turned his head and said to him, "General Ye, it's up to you to lead someone to Xinzhou."

The general's face was ugly, and he stopped talking.

The atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became very silent.

Fu Yanqing said again: "What do you think?"

No one spoke.

Chen Xu felt in his heart that King Wei was not authentic in this matter, and the general surnamed Ye should be the unlucky general of the Northern Han Dynasty. But now take all the other horses away, leaving this person alone in Xinzhou, what do others think, this is not a dizziness.

He now thinks that Fu Yanqing is really old, whether it is letting Lin Zhaoyuan take the initiative to pursue the bait of the Rouran Army before, or letting Ma Yi go out later without giving a clear military order, and now he has withdrawn the other horses and left the generals here. It's just that people are old, judgment and insight are no longer good, no matter how bold and strategic they are when they are young, the vicissitudes of time will be somewhat confused, and you will not see the eloquence of the Han Emperor Liu Che and Tang Taizong Li Shimin in their later years.

Fu Yanqing said: "Lin Zhaoyuan was seriously injured, and our elite cavalry also suffered a lot of losses, and we suffered heavy losses, and we were unable to fight against the Rouran Army anymore. Xinzhou is too small and there is not enough food to support so many people. Besides, the walls of Xinzhou City are thick, and the Rouran people are not good at attacking the city, so we can't play a sufficient role in keeping so many people. General Ruye's men and horses are enough. Our army will return to Jinyang for the time being, and it will be decided by His Majesty. ”

The supreme commander has spoken like this, and the chief general can only take orders in a daze.

So Chen Xu and Ma Yi's remnants walked back to Jinyang. This trip to Xinzhou should be the so-called anticlimactic, and the wording may be a little inaccurate, but this is what Chen Xu feels.

Because Chen Xu's men and horses followed him closely in the battle, he basically opened the way along the way, and the losses were small, but they still lost four people.

After going to Xinzhou, I felt that I had done something meaningless. Lin Zhaoyuan should not have been sent to pursue in the first place, because the strategic purpose of the army from the beginning was to put pressure on the enemy army so that they did not dare to go south.

At this point, there is nothing to say.

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