"Isn't this sympathetic to Aiqing? You are now seventy years old, and you are still fighting on the battlefield, I can't bear to see it, so I want Aiqing to go back to Chang'an to rest and rest first, and now there are not many generals under my command, so let those young people go to the next battle. Liu He was overjoyed when he saw Huang Zhong protesting, but on the surface, he still looked sympathetic to Huang Zhong and said with a pleasant face.

But seeing Huang Zhong immediately knelt on the ground, he bowed to Liu He and said: "Your Majesty, although the old minister is seventy years old, but his health is fine, he can bend the bow, and he can also hold the big knife in his hand, when the veteran Lian Po was more than seventy years old, he could still eat a bucket of rice, ten catties of meat, and put it on a horse, Jiang Taigong was eighty years old and went out of the mountain to assist King Wen, and the old minister was younger than them, how could he not fight?" Although the young man's vitality is good, but after all, he is inexperienced, the old minister has been on the battlefield for decades, and he has rich experience, far from being comparable to those young people, and if it comes to bravery, the old minister is by no means worse than them, and please leave the old minister, even if the old minister is full of liver and brains, he will definitely repay His Majesty's kindness, fight bravely to kill the enemy, and let those thieves see what it means to be old and strong? ”

Then Huang Zhong said with a face full of shame: "The old minister mistakenly believed the villain's words before, and he had a retreat in his heart, and now he has no regrets, and I hope that His Majesty will give Weichen a chance to make meritorious atonements, and let the old minister prove himself, otherwise the old minister will be difficult to see if he dies." ”

Speaking of which, Huang Zhong was in tears, and his repentance was never sincere.

Liu He ordered someone to help Huang Zhong up, comforted him, and praised: "Aiqing is still loyal to the country with this old body, and he is really a model of loyalty, Aiqing is so loyal and brave, I am very relieved, since this is the case, then you can continue to stay in the army." ”

So Liu He ordered Huang Zhong to serve as the governor of the former army, and the general of the Zhenjun (Wu Sanguan, from Erpin) led his troops to meet the Khitan, and Yue Fei was the governor of the left army, leading the people to meet Xianbei, and Guan Yu was the governor of the rear army, and the general of the auxiliary country (Wu Sanguan, Zheng Erpin) led his troops to aid Xue Rengui, and Xu Huang was the governor of the northern capital, and led the army of 20,000 to attack the rear of the Khitan, striving to sweep the Khitan in one fell swoop. But he led ten thousand horsemen to follow.

Liu He's 10,000 cavalry troops are now set up as a mobile force, once Huang Zhong is in danger, he will rush to help Huang Zhong, and Yue Fei will rush to help Yue Fei if he is in danger, after all, although Huang Zhong is now reinvigorated, his subordinates are not lacking in high-end combat power, but the number is relatively small, and the revival of morale also needs to be run-in, Yue Fei is there because of the departure of Gao Zhong and Yang Zaixing, which leads to a lack of high-end combat power, coupled with the small number of people, it is not easy to win this battle.

After Huang Zhong was appointed, he was very excited, and at the same time secretly decided that this time he must fight hard, fight a beautiful victory, and never disappoint His Majesty's expectations.

Before leaving, Huang Zhong gathered the soldiers together, first expressed his sincere apology for his last act of giving up his military exploits, and promised that he would prove his determination with practical actions in the future.

Huang Zhong's words calmed the hearts of the soldiers slightly, and they abandoned their prejudices and set out with Huang Zhong.

Despite this, these soldiers didn't know if Huang Zhong would back down in the future, so they were all waiting silently, or observing Huang Zhong's performance, no matter how much they said, it was useless, only actions could make them truly trust.

In order to win the trust of the soldiers, in the following days, Huang Zhong ignored his old age, hurried away, gave his horses to the frail and sick soldiers, insisted on walking on foot with the soldiers, and when he was resting in the camp, he was busy inspecting the barracks, condolences to the soldiers, and eating the same meals as the soldiers, which made the hearts of the soldiers gradually settle down, and it seemed that the old general Huang was indeed sincere in correcting his mistakes.

A few days later, Huang Zhong's army was advancing, and suddenly a scout came to report: "General Qiqi, our army has found a soldier and horse ten miles ahead, and its banner should be Khitan, with about 50,000 people, and it is expected that it should be an army led by Yelu Deguang, the prince of Khitan." ”

"What? I really didn't expect to encounter the main force of the enemy here. Huang Zhong was taken aback when he heard this, he pondered for a moment, and said to Wang Yanzhang: "Yanzhang, you lead the army to form a formation first, and wait for me to go to find out the enemy's situation." ”

At this time, I saw Wang Yanzhang say: "General, now the enemy situation is unpredictable, as the main general, you should be in charge of the Chinese army, as for this matter of testing the enemy's situation, it is better to leave it to the last general." ”

Huang Zhong was stunned when he heard this, originally it stands to reason that he, as the chief general in the army, should indeed not take risks, but should sit in the Chinese army, but he made such a fuss before, and later he gave protection to the soldiers, and now he has encountered the enemy's situation, if he does not take the initiative to rush forward, will it make the soldiers misunderstand?

Therefore, Huang Zhong decided to reject Wang Yanzhang's suggestion and independently led a team to do a tentative attack.

"This, general, you have to take care of yourself." Wang Yanzhang saw that Huang Zhong was resolute and couldn't be persuaded, so he had to say so.

Huang Zhong handed over the affairs of the general to Wang Yanzhang, and he held a big knife in his hand, leading 300 cavalry and 500 infantry to the front to kill him.

After seeing Huang Zhong's team, the first general stopped and shouted, "Who is coming?" ”

I saw Huang Zhong respond: "I am the governor of the former army of the Han Dynasty, Nanyang Huang Hansheng is also, on the order of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, you are the Khitan Marshal Yelu Deguang?" I advise you here, the millions of people in the alliance of different races, now they have lost more than half, don't resist any longer, otherwise what awaits you will be the disaster of the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species, my Han Son of Heaven has a broad mind, benevolence and righteousness in the four seas, if you raise troops to join and help the imperial army to quell the rebellion, you may be able to avoid the disaster of extermination in the future, where to go, and hope to judge. ”

But I saw the man say loudly: "I am Xiao Tianqing, a general under the command of the Khitan prince Yelu Deguang, who was named the Marquis of Tianqing by the imperial court, are you Huang Zhong?" That's really good, I heard that Huang Zhong is a veteran of the Han Dynasty, and he is the champion of the three armies. But it is expected that you are not my opponent, it is better to quickly dismount and surrender, now there are many Han people in my coalition army, such as my Da Liao military division, that is, Mr. Han Yanhui, who was born in the Han people, Mr. Han is now highly used in my Da Liao, if a brave general like you arrives in my Da Liao, it will definitely not let you suffer. But if you refuse, I'm afraid you won't be able to return to the Central Plains today. ”

"Hehe, what a big breath, an unknown person, dare to speak so loudly, junior, accept your life!" Huang Zhong laughed, waved the big knife in his hand, and slashed directly at Xiao Tianqing.