Just after Pei Xingyan's army left Gushu County and headed north, the south gate of Songcheng was opened, and an army of more than 10,000 people escorted the baggage and carriage out of the county seat, and quickly went south under the cover of night.

This army is the advance team sent by Zhai Rang to Runan, a total of 20,000 people, carrying all the gold jewelry and some grain of the Wagang Army, this batch of gold jewelry is the treasure that Yang Qing dreamed of in Wagang Mountain, but he didn't know that Zhai Rang secretly transported them to Liang County last year, leaving only a very small part in Wagang Mountain.

This army was led by Zhai Hong and his son Zhai Mohou, in the major decision to go to Runan County, Zhai Rang could not trust other Wagang army generals, even Shan Xiongxin He could not trust, so he could only let his brother and nephew lead the army to escort the treasure to go, and more than 1,000 Wagang generals' families also followed the army south in a carriage.

Zhai Rang stood at the head of the city and watched the team go away, his heart was very heavy, the Wagang army had reached the point where they had to find another way out, could it be that they were really going into decline?

At this time, Fang Xuanzao, who joined the army in the memory room, walked to Zhai Rang's side, "Why didn't Zhai Gong go south with the army?" ”

Zhai Rang shook his head, "I am the lord of Wagang, of course I want to live and die with the Wagang army, how can I leave the army and leave by myself, besides, in the end after the war, I can also break through and go to Runan, but why does Mr. refuse to leave?" Zhai Rang glanced at him puzzled.

Fang Xuanzao is the brother of Fang Xuanling, and he also served as the county lieutenant of Songcheng County at the earliest, although the two brothers are talented, but in the end they took completely different paths.

Fang Xuanzao smiled faintly: "Does Gong Zhai think the second general can tolerate me?" ”

Fang Xuanzao was appointed to join the army as a secretary because of Zhai Rang's respect, but he was hated by Wang Ruxin and Zhai Hong, and Zhai Rang also knew this, if Fang Xuanzao followed the army to retreat south, he would inevitably be killed by Zhai Hong.

Zhai Rang was silent for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh a long sigh, "I, Zhai Rang, monopolized the Central Plains, but in the end, I lost both with Yu Culture, resulting in today's decline, which is embarrassing, and the sky will not allow me!" ”

"The Central Plains is the land of the four wars, the Wagang army has indeed been consumed too much over the years, if Zhai Gong occupies Bashu, even if he can't win the world, but at least he can divide one side, even Wang Shichong will decline sooner or later, and the future battle for the world must be Zhongdu and Chang'an."

"Sir, do you mean that I have no chance to retreat to Runan?"

Fang Xuanzao was silent for a while, Zhai Rang understood what he meant, shook his head and walked towards the city, Fang Xuanzao looked at Zhai Rang's back and walked away, and sighed secretly in his heart, there are some things he really can't say.

Zhai Rang's defeat was defeated because he believed in his brother Zhai Hong too much, from the first split of the Wagang Army to the failure of the Eastern Expedition, and then to the southward deployment of troops to deal with Yu Wenhua, these are the results of Zhai Hong's instigation behind his back, Zhai Rang is indecisive, does not believe in outsiders, but blindly listens to the words of his stupid brother, again and again, never learns a lesson, how can the Wagang Army not go to decay, I am afraid that Zhai Rang will not understand this until he dies

Because the cavalry of the Sui army went north, there was no blockade of the Sui army in the south, Zhai Hong's team walked very smoothly, at noon the next day, they arrived at the water, after the water, the front is the county, at this time they are a hundred miles away from Songcheng, completely out of the battle.

Zhai Hong's heart is particularly comfortable, he took all the wealth of the Wagang Army this time and got rid of the control of his brother, what to do next is up to him Zhai Hong.

Lianshui is a big river, dozens of zhang wide, the river is very deep, both sides are dense forests, there were several bridges on the river, the county officials along the river in order to defend against Du Fuwei North disturbance, all the bridges were demolished, and the people on both sides of the river could only cross the river by ferry.

Zhai Hong and his entourage came to the wharf, the wharf was very dilapidated, the shore was full of broken boats, but there was no ferry boat in the river, Zhai Hong saw a simple wooden house not far away, there seemed to be people in it, so he ordered the soldiers to arrest the people in the house.

In a moment, an old man was arrested, and the old man was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy.

Zhai Hong lowered his head and asked, "I won't kill you, but you have to tell me, where can I get a boat to cross the river?" Otherwise, I'll kill you old thing. ”

The old man trembled and said, "Go three miles to the west, there is a water swing over there, and there should be a ferry hidden in it." ”

Zhai Hong was overjoyed, and immediately sent someone to take the old man to Shuidang to find the ferry, he ordered the soldiers to rest in place, and sent someone to find the military advisor Wang Ruxin and his son Zhai Mohou to come over to discuss, and after a while, the two hurried over.

Zhai Hong asked the two of them to sit down on the soft seat, poured them each a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "I want to discuss with you, where are we going next?" ”

Zhai Mohou was stunned, "Didn't Uncle let us go to Runan County to establish a foundation?" ”

Zhai Hong snorted, "After being a thief for so many years, do you still want to be a thief for the rest of your life?" ”

Wang Ruxin understood Zhai Hong's thoughts very well, and said with a smile: "If I guessed correctly, the second general wants to defect to Li Yuan." ”

Zhai Hong nodded, "Mr. Someone who knows me, I have 10,000 troops in my hands, and I have the families of important generals in Wagang, if I go to Li Yuan, I can at least be made a liehou, and there is so much wealth, I have all the wealth in the second half of my life, so I can indulge in it." ”

Zhai Mohou was much kinder than his father, and he was silent for a while: "In order to cover our retreat to the south, my uncle defended Song City by himself, and entrusted the fate of the Wagang Army and his family to us, but my father wants to sacrifice them to Li Yuan, so I'm sorry for my uncle." ”

"That's his choice!"

Zhai Hong said viciously: "I have long persuaded him to surrender to Li Yuan, but he refused, he chose to fight Zhang Xuan by himself, what does it have to do with me?" Besides, these 10,000 people are my army, and most of these riches should also belong to me, and the army and wealth are all mine, can't I decide my own fate? I have to die for him! ”

Zhai Hong's voice was so fierce that Zhai Mohou lowered his head in fright, and he didn't dare to contradict his father anymore, and after a while, he muttered in a low voice: "But Li Yuan is too far away, how can we surrender?" ”

This is a big problem, they are still thousands of miles away from Runan County, not to mention Chang'an, it is completely the opposite of each other, Zhai Hong looked at Wang Ruxin.

Wang Ruxin thought for a while and said: "Why don't we go to Shangluo County instead, according to our current grain, we can support that side, and when we get to Shangluo County, we will send someone to Chang'an to contact, I believe that the general will be given a grand welcome." ”

Zhai Hong seemed to see the scene of Li Yuan personally going out of the city to greet him, and he was extremely yearning in his heart, so he categorically decided: "This is the decision, turn around and go to Shangluo County." ”

But even if you go to Shangluo County, you have to cross Huanshui first, just right, his subordinates found a big ferry boat and stopped on the dock, Zhai Hong immediately ordered to carry the big boxes on the boat first.

At this moment, the army behind suddenly shouted, Zhai Hong was startled, hurriedly stood on a big stone and looked behind, only to see a cavalry killed from the woods a mile away, and killed into the team that was resting, and then looked into the distance, the overwhelming cavalry was killing this side.

Zhai Hong's face turned pale with fright, and he suddenly shouted: "Hurry up and carry the box onto the boat, quickly!" ”

Zhai Hong can't take care of the army anymore, he just wants to escape from the other side with his treasure first, even if he can't surrender Li Yuan, he can be a rich man.

Suddenly, his son Zhai Mohou roared behind him, "Wang Ruxin, what are you doing?" ”

As soon as Zhai Hong turned around, he saw that Wang Ruxin ran onto the boat and was ordering several henchmen to leave the boat, Zhai Hong was furious, drew his sword and rushed up, but it was still a step too late, and the ferry had already left the river.

Zhai Hong was extremely angry, pointed at Wang Ruxin with his sword and shouted, "Wang Ruxin, I don't treat you well, why do you want to betray me!" ”

Wang Ruxin smiled darkly, "Gong Zhai treats you well, didn't you betray him too?" We are each other! ”

Zhai Mohou stretched out his bow and shot arrows at the boat, and Wang Ruxin was so frightened that he lay on the boat and shouted: "Hurry up!" Come on! ”

The ferry slowly sailed away, and Zhai Hong was so angry that he was thunderous, but he was helpless.

Pei Xingyan led 20,000 cavalry to kill the sky, killing Zhai Hong's soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables, the soldiers cried and screamed, but there was nowhere to escape, countless soldiers jumped into the water, trying to swim across the opposite bank, but the river was too wide, most of the soldiers drowned in the river.

At this time, Pei Xingyan saw Zhai Hong's father and son, he saw that Zhai Mohou's weapon was actually a pair of copper hammers, he immediately ordered the soldiers to bring their own double hammers, he hit the sledgehammer, and urged the horse to run towards Zhai Mohou, "The thief will eat me with a hammer!" ”

Zhai Mohou recognized Pei Xingyan, he was flustered, and swung his hammer at Pei Xingyan, Pei Xingyan laughed, "It's a good time!" ”

Just listen to 'When!' With a loud bang, Zhai Mohou's sledgehammer flew out, Zhai Mohou screamed, turned around and wanted to escape, but was smashed in the back by Pei Xingyan with a hammer, and suddenly his bones were broken, and he fell off the horse, and he couldn't live.

Zhai Hong saw that his son was shot down and dismounted, his eyes were red, and he swung his knife to kill Pei Xingyan, Pei Xingyan sneered, the left hammer hung the opponent's big knife, and the right hammer blew a gust of wind, and smashed towards Zhai Hong, 'Smack! With a crisp sound, the sledgehammer smashed on Zhai Hong's head, and Zhai Hong's brain burst and died tragically on the spot.

Pei Xingyan paused in his heart and shouted: "Don't accept prisoners of war, kill me!" ”

The cavalry began to slaughter, and Song Zhengben, who joined the army, was in a hurry, urging the horse to catch up with Pei Xingyan and shouted: "General, the king of Qi has an order, don't kill indiscriminately!" ”

Although Pei Xingyan was eager to kill all these Wagang bandits, he was forced by Zhang Xuan's strict order, he had to change the order, women and children were not killed, and those who surrendered could be spared.

It was precisely because Song Zhengben stopped it in time that the massacre by the Lianshui River stopped, more than 6,500 Wagang Army soldiers were able to survive, and the families of more than 1,000 Wagang Army generals also escaped the fate of being slaughtered.

Pei Xingyan left Chen Jing to lead 5,000 cavalry to assist Song Zhengben in dealing with the aftermath of prisoner of war supplies, while he himself led 15,000 cavalry to gallop towards Chuqiu County.

Chuqiu County is the place that Pei Xingyan desires, where they will fight to the death with the main force of the Wagang army. (To be continued.) )