"Master!"

"General!"

………

Everyone gave first aid and bandaged Zhang Xutuo's wounds, and after a long time, Zhang Xutuo slowly woke up and let out a long sigh, "The Great Sui will die, and the maggots will die!" ”

Luo Shixin hurriedly persuaded: "Master, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, just cheer up and regroup." ”

Zhang Xutuo shook his head, stood up with the support of everyone, looked around and asked, "Where is this?" ”

"This is Chen Liudao!"

"Chen Liudao can't do it, I want to go back to Dongjun to clean up the remnants!"

Everyone turned around and went east, entered the East County, and soon encountered a group of Zhang Xutuo's defeated army, the soldiers saw the commander and cried loudly, Zhang Xutuo comforted everyone one by one, and collected four or five thousand people in half a day.

At this time, a team of defeated soldiers rushed over, about 1,000 people, but it was Zhang Xutuo's general Han Xinyuan and Jiang Ming, who joined the army, and both of them couldn't help crying when they saw Zhang Xutuo.

"Jiang joined the army, how did he lose?" Zhang Xutuo asked angrily.

Jiang Ming cried: "The general left for about an hour, and one of Yang Qing's troops came with food, saying that it was a little bit of King Xun's heart, and they checked the military order, and it was indeed King Xun's arrows......

"Didn't I say that I resolutely don't accept it? Why did you let them into the city? ”

Jiang Ming's face was full of shame, and said: "I didn't want to accept it, but several generals said that they couldn't offend King Xun too much, and the grain should be accepted first, and wait for the general to come back to decide, I think it's the same, I can't make too much trouble with King Xun, so there is no objection, and the other party only has a few hundred people, it should be fine, the result is ...... As a result, as soon as the grain convoy entered the city, the grain was full of enemy troops, and there were several thousand people. There are tens of thousands of Wagang troops outside. ”

Luo Shixin next to him was furious, "The dignified Prince of Sui actually colluded with the Wagang bandits, whose country is the world?" ”

Zhang Xutuo sighed and asked again, "Is Wei Cheng also lost like this?" ”

Jiang Ming nodded, "It's the same, I was deceived by King Xun's people to open the city gate." General, it's really hard to explain this matter to the imperial court, the people who come are all pretending to be Wagang Army, Yang Qing can also be said to be a fake order arrow, it has nothing to do with him, we all know that he did it, but he can push it cleanly. ”

At this time, Han Xinyuan asked, "General, what should we do?" ”

Zhang Xutuo pondered for a long time. Said to Han Xinyuan: "General Han, please continue to collect defeated soldiers, I will go to the capital now, I don't believe it, I don't have a royal law in the Great Sui?" ”

"Master, shall I go with you?"

Zhang Xutuo smiled: "I am grateful that you came to save me in time, but the situation in Qingzhou is not good." Dou Jiande and Gao Shida are very likely to cross the Yellow River at the nearest two ends, so you should rush back and prepare to meet the enemy! ”

Luo Shixin shook his head. "The general asked me to come to the rescue of the master, let me not care about the affairs of Qingzhou for the time being, this is also the general's military order, I will follow the master into Beijing in public and private!"

Zhang Xutuo nodded, "Okay! You come with me to Beijing. ”

Everyone divided their troops into two routes, and Han Xinyuan led the remnants of the army to continue to collect defeated troops south of Dongjun. Zhang Xutuo, Luo Shixin and Jiang Ming, who joined the army, went to Beijing to file a complaint.

This defeat made Zhang Xutuo feel deeply humiliated, this was the first defeat in his life, but he was not defeated by the Wagang army in a dignified manner, but was betrayed by the Sui army and defeated by intrigue and trickery. It became a great shame for him.

Two days later, the group arrived in Xingyang County, they did not enter the city, but stayed in an inn outside the city, at this time Zhang Xutuo's injuries began to deteriorate, his face turned black, Luo Shi's confidence was anxious, and he urgently ordered several soldiers to enter the city to ask a famous doctor to come for treatment.

"Master, let's heal your injuries first! Heal our injuries and return to the capital. ”

Zhang Xutuo waved his hand weakly, "As a general on the battlefield, a little arrow wound is not enough to worry about, and Yang Qing has withdrawn his army, I am afraid that he will sue the wicked first." ”

In the past two days, they encountered Yang Qing's main force retreating west to Xingyang, and Yang Qing completely gave up the siege of the Wagang army, making their efforts for more than a year come to naught, which made Zhang Xutuo's heart even more angry.

After a while, the soldiers brought a middle-aged doctor in his fifties, and it was obvious that he did not want to come, but was forced by the soldiers.

Under the watchful eye of everyone, the healer had to patiently heal Zhang Xutuo's wounds and bandage them with medicine, he gave Luo Shixin a look, and Luo Shixin followed him outside the room.

"General, I might as well tell you the truth, King Xun has an order that no one is allowed to treat Zhang Dashuai's injuries, otherwise we will be served, but since I have already been diagnosed and treated today, I will do my best."

"What does it mean to do your best, how is my master's situation?"

The healer shook his head, "The arrow on the leg is not a big problem, it is an ordinary wolf's tooth arrow, the wound is not deep, just a little flesh wound, but the arrow on the back is too deep, it is estimated that it is a piercing arrow, it has already hurt the heart, and the wound has deteriorated, the general should know." ”

Of course, Luo Shixin knew that the stench from Master's wound was emanating, so he was in a hurry to find a healer to treat it, and he asked urgently: "I only ask you, is it well cured?" ”

The doctor was very embarrassed, and said for a while: "To be honest, I really don't know, if General Zhang is willing to stay in bed and recuperate, his mind is as calm as a mirror, and don't think about those troublesome things, maybe there is still some hope, at least I am thirty percent sure that it will be cured, but if——"

"You don't need to say it, I'll go and persuade Master."

"The villain will go back first, if you settle down, you can come to me at any time, and I will also go out."

The doctor left some medicine for the wound and refused to take the money, so he took his leave.

Luo Shixin returned to the room, but saw that Zhang Xutuo was already dressed neatly, and he was shocked, "Master, we can't go anymore, you have to lie down and recuperate!" ”

Zhang Xutuo said coldly: "Even if I die, I won't die in Yang Qing's territory, this is only two hundred miles away from Luoyang, I should be able to hold out for two days, and then go back to the capital to find a medical injury." ”

Luo Shixin really knew the master too well, he was jealous and hateful, and once the matter was decided, the nine cows could not be pulled back, so Luo Shixin had to hire a carriage and let the master sit in the carriage and return to Beijing.

Despite this, Zhang Xutuo still couldn't support it, and when they arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, Zhang Xutuo's arrow wound worsened again and he fainted.

The main general of the Tiger Prison Pass is Wei Wentong, although he is the Taibao of Yuwenshu, after the death of Yuwenshu, he turned to allegiance to Yu Wenhua, but Wei Wentong is an upright person, has always admired Zhang Xutuo's character and martial arts, he learned that Zhang Xutuo's arrow wound worsened, so he hurriedly placed Zhang Xutuo, and ordered the military doctor to diagnose and treat, tossed for three whole days, Zhang Xutuo's injury finally stabilized.

On the city wall, Wei Wentong looked at the sunset on the distant mountains and said lightly to Luo Shixin: "As far as I know, Yang Qing spends tens of thousands of dollars in the imperial court every year, and five days ago, he also passed from me to the capital. ”

Luo Shixin nodded silently, he sighed, "Of course I understand, it's just that my master believes in the saint, and he believes that the saint will definitely give him justice, if he doesn't return to Beijing, he will be depressed in his heart, and he will be sorry for the innocent death of the soldier, I'm afraid it's even worse for his injury, and I can't persuade him, and no one can persuade him." ”

At this moment, several horseback riders galloped from a distance, and rushed to the city in a moment, all of them were court officials, and when the leader saw Luo Shixin, he asked loudly: "Can Zhang Xutuo be in the city?" ”

Luo Shixin was startled, hurriedly went down to the city, and asked the official, "My master is in the city, are you—"

"We are announcing the imperial history, and we are here to announce the decree to Zhang Xutuo in accordance with the will of the saint!"

Luo Shi felt a little bad in his faith, and even called his master's name, and he asked urgently, "What does the holy decree say?" ”

The leading official shook his head, "We don't know, the holy decree has been sealed, and only he can know it." ”

Luo Shi stretched out his hand, "Give me the holy decree, and I'll go and get it to Master!" ”

"Bold! Do you want to bully you? ”

Luo Shixin said coldly: "I don't want to deceive anyone, but I must look at the holy decree first, otherwise this decree will not be announced." ”

The faces of several proclamators changed greatly, they had never encountered this situation, and they couldn't help but take a few steps back together, pressed their hands on the hilt of their swords and said angrily: "Luo Shixin, do you want to rebel?" ”

Wei Wentong hurriedly grabbed Luo Shixin and said in a low voice: "General Luo, don't embarrass me!" ”

Luo Shixin was really upset, he already felt that there was no good thing in the will, and he must not let the master know, but if he let the master obey the order, I am afraid that he would be suspected of rebellion, which would ruin the master's reputation and make the master even more angry.

For a while, Luo Shixin was in a dilemma, and at this moment, the soldiers behind him shouted: "The general is here!" ”

Seeing two soldiers supporting Zhang Xutuo and walking slowly, Luo Shixin was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhang Xutuo, "Master, why are you here?" ”

Zhang Xutuo pushed him away, stepped forward and knelt down weakly, "Minister Zhang Xutuo takes the order!" ”

The proclamator snorted heavily, took out the holy decree from behind him, unfolded it with a brush, and read it aloud: "In April of the twelfth year of the Great Cause, the edict of the Son of Heaven said, Zhang Xutuo was stubborn and self-serving, greedy for merit, so that the army was defeated, I remembered his old military exploits, and he was not punished, but he did not think about his own faults, but framed Zhongliang, blamed the royal family, tried to evade the responsibility of the defeat, disloyal and unfaithful, unkind and unjust, I will never spare it, and I will not spare his position as a general, take his title, demote to a commoner, and not be hired for life, Qin this! ”

Zhang Xutuo was so angry that he trembled all over, he couldn't support it anymore, the arrow wound in his back burst out, his heart was cut off, and he died of anger under the holy decree on the spot.

Luo Shixin screamed, kicked the proclamator out with one kick, hugged the master's corpse and cried loudly. (To be continued.) )