The husband said in an unkind tone: "Come on, bring Xu Men's nest up!" ”

Everyone in the big tent of the Chinese army was stunned, and only the voices of the two palace guards could be heard: "No! ”

did not let the husband and the generals wait for a long time, and the blood-stained Xu Menchao had already been taken to the Chinese army's tent by the palace guards. Obviously, the two guards were not polite to Xu Menchao, and they didn't even give Xu Menchao time to change his clothes and rest his appearance. At this moment, Xu Men's nest was simply inserted into the head of a wooden hairpin that he didn't know where he was in a panic, and his hair was relatively messy. The upper body was not clothed, but wrapped in white linen.

I don't know if I walked too quickly all the way, the wound burst, or I didn't have time to deal with the wound in a panic, the linen cloth was stained with blood seeping out of the wound, and it looked particularly tragic and embarrassed.

But no one in the tent cast a sympathetic or admiring look at Xu Men's Nest. Of course, no one cast a look of contempt or smugness at Xu Menchao, everyone was expressionless, and they sat upright on the cushions.

"Get on your knees!" Fucha rebuked angrily.

As soon as the husband's voice fell, Xu Menchao had already "pounced!" He knelt down and said sincerely: "The minister is guilty!" The sin deserves death! ”

Xu Menchao knows the surname of the husband, the husband is not afraid of your mistake, I am afraid that you will not admit your mistake, and if you don't admit your mistake, it will be a crime plus one degree, so Xu Menchao doesn't even dare to say half a word if he excuses himself!

"Good! Now that you know it's wrong, it's okay! Come on, drag the Xumen Nest out and cut it off! Fucha said with a gloomy face.

Xu Menchao was in a hurry when he heard this, but he was too full of words before, and now if he begged his husband to be sent lightly, I am afraid that this beheading will have to become a car crack. Xu Menchao immediately set his eyes on Bo Yao: Dazai! I gave you 500,000 dollars! You don't have to do anything!

Bo Yao said unhurriedly: "Wait! ”

Bo Yao called out to the guards who had already set up the nest of Xu Men.

"Dazai, what's wrong with you?" The husband glanced at Bo Yao dissatisfiedly and asked.

Bo Yao calmly responded: "King, please don't be impatient!" Rong Chen said something. ”

"What's wrong? Dazai, are you also ready to intercede for this defeated general? The husband said in a dissatisfied tone.

When Bo Yao heard this, he sighed, and persuaded him bitterly: "King, if you want to punish Xu Menchao, the minister has no opinion!" However, the minister heard that the general was killed before the battle, which is ominous! Moreover, the minister also heard that Duke Wen of Jin defeated the state of Chu in the Battle of Chengpu and became the overlord of the Central Plains, but Duke Wen of Jin was not happy. It wasn't until he heard that the king of Chu had forced Ziyu, the commander of the Chu army, to death that he was happy. The king of the ministers is a lesson from this! ”

When the husband heard this, he couldn't help but groan.

Several generals in the tent who were good friends with Xu Menchao didn't want to see Xu Menchao die like this. immediately pleaded for Xu Menchao: "King! General Xu Menchao joined the army at the age of sixteen, and it has been sixteen years since then, even if there is no merit, there is hard work! I hope the king thinks twice! ”

"If the king kills Xu Menchao, it will be happy, but it is just a matter of a sword wave! But if the king asked General Xu Menchao to make meritorious service even as a small soldier, how could he kill a few more violent Qi soldiers for the Wu army? ”

"Yes! The king, General Xu Menchao is certainly not a pity to die! But as soon as our army was defeated, we killed General Xu Menchao again, I am afraid that it will have a great impact on the morale of our army! Think twice! ”

These doctors are either reasoning or pulling feelings, and the husband can't help but shake the determination in his heart when he hears the words, thinks for a while, waves his hand and says, "That's it!" Since so many people are interceding for you! The widow of Xumenchao also looks at your merits, and the death penalty will be spared! But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living sin is unforgivable! Someone came to pull out the Xumen Nest and beat the thirty military sticks! Removed from the post of doctor and demoted to doctor! ”

When Xu Menchao heard this, he immediately felt that he had just escaped the pursuit of a tiger, and before he had time to rejoice, another vicious wolf had jumped out of front of him. It's okay for the doctor to be demoted to a county doctor, but the thirty military sticks are not easy! If it was usually the Xumen Nest with thirty military sticks, his eyes would not blink. The problem is that he is now covered in wounds, and these thirty military sticks have been beaten down, even if he does not die, he will definitely lose half his life, and he will not rest for a year and a half, just to be able to stand up.

Xu Menchao reluctantly threw a look of help to Bo Ya again, and Bo Yao secretly stretched out three fingers and shook them, meaning 300,000 yuan. Although Xu Menchao's flesh hurt, he still blinked and agreed.

Only then did Bo Yao show a satisfied expression, and persuaded his husband: "King, General Xu Menchao is now covered in wounds, isn't this thirty army sticks equivalent to a decisive decision?" ”

When the husband heard this, his brows tightened, and he said dissatisfiedly: "This can't do that, it doesn't work, does the widow want to exempt him from responsibility?" ”

Bo Yao leaned into Fucha's ear, lowered his voice and said, "King, this is naturally impossible!" The country has its own laws, and the family has its own rules! This matter must not go unpunished, but the minister thinks that the king can punish it after the war, when Xu Menchao's injuries are as good as seventy-seven or eighty-eight, and it is not too late to punish him? In this way, it will not only show the benevolence of the king, but also show the iron-faced selflessness of the king. And how can you not love the king? ”

When the husband heard this, he thought about it for a while, and felt that Bo Ya's words made sense. Only then did he nod his head with satisfaction and said: "Okay, the widow has an injury on your body, so remember these thirty military sticks for the time being, and after this battle, come and get these thirty military sticks!" ”

What else does Xu Menchao dare to say? Immediately bowed and said: "Thank you, King Longen!" ”

This can be regarded as a happy ending, and the husband has gained both a reputation for kindness and a reputation for iron-faced selflessness. Bo Yao couldn't help laughing when he slept with joy for the 800,000 yuan, 800,000 yuan! In a normal year, it is equivalent to more than 26,000 acres of land produced in a year. And Xu Menchao hugged his surname, although the flesh hurt the money, but compared with his own life, it is obvious that money is not so important.

also because the husband was quite fair in dealing with the matter of Xu Menchao, and the morale of the Wu army rose slightly. In addition, the current strength of the Qi army is only 30,000, while the Wu army has more than 60,000 people at this time, plus the 5,000 people under the command of Meng Wubo, there are nearly 70,000 troops.

Guoshu had no way to fight against his husband for a while, so he had to retreat to Aiyi. Fucha took the opportunity to recover Shangbo County, which originally belonged to Shangbo County, and at this time, the battle lines of the two sides had been pushed forward to a place not far from Jiagu, and after Jiagu was the territory of Qi State.

The terrain also entered the hilly area from the plain area, so Fucha placed some military vehicles in the rear and concentrated his troops, including 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Lu State and more than 60,000 Wu troops, totaling 90,000 troops, but the military vehicles were not more than 1,000 times. The Qi State has a total strength of nearly 100,000 troops, and the military vehicles are the same as the Wu-Lu coalition army, which is no more than 1,000 times, and it is obvious that both sides also know that the role of military vehicles in this area has been weakened to a minimum.

Fucha did not start the war immediately, and the Wu army came with a lot of labor, and the speed of the march was accelerated along the way, and the food supply was a little unable to keep up. So the husband is mainly guarded, and the national letter is not polite, quite a posture of you taking one step back, and I taking three steps forward. Guoshu led the Qi army to attack sporadically, but the Wu army was elite and well-armed, not to mention that it was now mainly defending.

Naturally, most of the Qi army's attacks were useless, and even the losses of their own troops were much more than those of the Wu-Lu coalition army. Guoshu was also unwilling to continue to launch an attack that killed 1,000 enemies and damaged 3,000 himself. Guoshu changed his strategy and turned to confront the Wu army, and occasionally the patrols of the two sides met each other, and there would be a skirmish, but the scale of the battle was limited to this.

Time passed slowly, and before I knew it, it had come to the beginning of October. After more than ten days of rest, Wu Jun not only had physical strength, but even his morale had recovered a lot. And Fucha also came up with a plan to deal with the Qi army.

The general summoned the generals to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss, and told his own strategy, and when the generals heard this, they all praised the wisdom of the husband, which is really no water, but after this wisdom, the generals were collectively dumbfounded. Because one of the elements of this strategy is very important, but it is also very difficult.

And this task is to lead 3,000 soldiers to lead the Qi army into battle, and these 3,000 soldiers are still soldiers of the Lu country. How bad the soldiers of the Lu country are, after nearly a month of getting along, everyone has a bottom in their hearts. This task is not bad to describe as nine deaths and one life.

Seeing that no one spoke, the husband couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and angrily reprimanded: "Isn't there a single warrior in the whole army? ”

When the generals heard this, everyone immediately lowered their heads in shame, but what about shame. In the Spring and Autumn Period, when etiquette and music collapsed, not many people thought that honor was more important than life.

The look on Fucha's face became more and more gloomy, and just when Fucha couldn't help but be angry, a person walked out at the end of the generals and arched his hand: "King, the minister is willing to go!" ”

The husband took a closer look, and it was none other than Xu Menchao, who made a big mistake not long ago. When the husband heard this, he immediately turned his anger into joy, and said happily: "Okay, Xu Menchao!" As long as this battle is over, whether it is successful or not, your previous sins will be written off! ”

"King Xie!" Xu Menchao said a little calmly, at this moment, in his opinion, after taking over this task, he had already stepped into the Netherworld with one foot. Not to mention a write-off, even if the husband said that after this battle, he gave him the throne of King Wu, in the eyes of him, a dying man, what about this?

The next day, Xu Menchao went to battle, but because he wanted to escape, Xu Menchao had 3,000 people under his command, but he was equipped with 200 military vehicles, with an average of 15 soldiers in a military vehicle. Moreover, of the fifteen soldiers, three were still chariot soldiers, and only twelve were infantry. Such a high rate of armament of military vehicles is rarely seen on the battlefield, and it can even be said to be unprecedented.

The husband personally poured a bowl of wine for Xumenchao and said, "Xumenchao, this wine is respected by the widow!" ”

"King Xie!" Xu Menchao responded in a majestic voice, and after speaking, he poured wine into his mouth like a waterfall. Immediately, Xu Menchao threw the wine bowl on the ground and said loudly: "If it doesn't work, it's like this!" ”

Seeing this, the generals couldn't help but be moved, and the husband took a closer look at Xu Menchao, and said in a deep voice: "There are a few more doctors like you in Wu Guo, let alone hegemony!" Even if a widow becomes the Son of Heaven, why is it difficult? ”

Xu Menchao didn't say much, but just bowed his hand to the people who saw him off, and immediately led 3,000 Lu soldiers and 200 soldiers to set off in military vehicles.

Qi Jun couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw that Wu Jun was sending someone to challenge, Wu Jun didn't make a shrinking turtle anymore? But they still reported this information to the national secretary, and the national secretary was anxious to discuss the generals.

As soon as they heard that Wu's army was no more than 3,000 people, the generals immediately lost interest. However, Gongsun Hui heard that the commander of the Wu army was actually Xu Menchao, and he couldn't help laughing and said: "Marshal, it's really an old friend!" It's better to let the last general meet him! ”

When the national letter heard this, he couldn't help laughing, half a month ago, the Wu army lost nearly 10,000 people, and now it has spread in Qi, Lu and other places. Some people even said that Guoshu was not much worse than Sun Wu, so that Guoshu was so proud that the beard on his lips almost reached his eyes. Guoshu immediately said cheerfully: "Okay, but don't be too enthusiastic about your old friend, otherwise you will scare him away!" Ha! Ha! Ha! ”

The generals in the big tent of the Chinese army naturally knew what was going on, and they couldn't help laughing when they heard the national letter ridicule like this. It's one thing that everyone didn't be Wu Jun, probably no different from going out on an outing in their business.

Gongsun Hui was also unimpressed, and said with a smile: "This is natural, the marshal and other generals have good news!" ”

After that, Gongsun waved his battle robe, strode out of the tent of the Chinese army, and ordered the five thousand soldiers and horses under his command to leave the camp. Seeing Xu Men Nest, Gongsun Hui immediately laughed and said: "Xu Men Nest, you can recognize General Ben!" ”

Xu Menchao saw that the person who came was actually Gongsun Hui, and he was really an enemy when he saw it. The doorman of Xu Menchao immediately reminded: "Lord, don't forget the king's orders!" ”

Xu Menchao immediately calmed down, although his heart was full of anger, he knew that even if he attacked now, it would be impossible to defeat Gongsun Hui. So Xu Menchao immediately shouted: "The enemy army is strong, retreat quickly!" ”

The sound of gold immediately sounded in the army, and the soldiers of the 3,000 Lu Army immediately coaxed, and everyone turned around and fled.

Gongsun didn't react for a while, and he was stunned for a moment before he understood what was going on, and couldn't help scolding: "Xu Menchao, you coward!" ”

The adjutant general reminded Gongsun Hui: "General, it's useless to scold now!" Shall we chase it? ”

"Why don't you chase it! Give the order to beat the drums and the whole army pursues! Gongsun Hui was not afraid of Xu Menchao's defeated subordinates, and said without hesitation.

"No!" Although the deputy general felt that something was wrong, Xu Menchao was a defeated general under the former command, and he didn't feel that Xu Menchao defeated them.

So there was a strange scene on the battlefield, but the one who came to challenge him fled without firing a single arrow. The battle immediately turned into a pursuit, and the speed of the reversal of the situation was beyond everyone's expectations. However, the pursuit of the Qi army was not easy, because although this place still belonged to Ailing, the terrain here was no longer the flat wasteland before, but was already a hilly area, and the role of military vehicles was greatly restricted.

However, the military chariot is faster than the infantry in the end, so Gongsun Hui was not discouraged at all, and chased with perseverance. As the so-called hard work pays off, I chased a distance of about five miles. The military vehicle was getting closer and closer to the Lu infantry, and the range of the archers on the military vehicle had already reached the Lu infantry, and Gongsun Hui's face couldn't help but hang a trace of pride.

But at this moment, a large number of infantry rushed out from a hill on the right, and there were also troop vehicles that swooped in from the corner of the hill. Gongsun was caught off guard and was killed almost the entire army. But even so, it was only a matter of time before the Qi army was defeated and retreated.

The person who came was none other than Sima Meng Wubo of the Lu State, who, according to the instructions of his husband, led 10,000 soldiers of the Lu army here and ambushed them in 100 military vehicles. Xu Menchao has long been chased by Gongsun Hui and is extremely aggrieved, and now that he sees that there is a advantage to take advantage of, will he not take advantage of it? Xu Menchao immediately led the Lu army to turn around and assist, and Xu Menchao was also ashamed and brave, in order to boost morale, charged on the front line.

But Gongsun Hui also has some skills, and actually let him stabilize the position before the attack of Xu Menchao, and this place is only five miles away from the Qi army camp, Gongsun Hui believes that the national letter must have received the news soon, and even saw the current situation of the Qi army on the arrow tower.

Gongsun waved that he was not wrong, Guoshu was really observing the battle situation on the arrow tower, and he couldn't help but be a little shocked when he saw Gongsun waving an ambush. Immediately ordered another general, Gongsun Xia, to lead 400 soldiers and chariots out of the camp as quickly as possible to support Gongsun Hui.

Seeing that the Qi army sent people again, Xu Menchao seemed to be scared at this time, leaving the infantry to Meng Wubo, and he led all the military vehicles, more than two hundred and fifty times, and immediately turned around and fled. And Meng Wubo led the infantry to retreat to the hill to defend, Gongsun Xia annoyed Xu Menchao, the general of the defeated army, actually played the Qi army, and at this moment the Lu army retreated to the mountain to fight, and the military vehicle was completely useless.

After Gongsun Xia left a hundred military chariots for Gongsun Hui, he immediately led the remaining three hundred military chariots to chase and kill Xu Menchao. When he came to the vicinity of a hill, an army immediately poured out at the corner of the hill, and the first banner read, 'General Zhanru of the Right Army of Wu'. Gongsun Xia's willing ducks flew away, and he didn't care that Zhan Ru had more soldiers and horses than him. actually took the military chariot to kill, and Zhanru was killed.

And Xu Menchao has now become a guerrilla veteran, and when he saw that Gongsun Xia was suppressed by Zhanru, he immediately turned around and fought again. was so angry that Gongsun Xia Guagua screamed, and he couldn't wait to eat Xu Menchao with the belt bones.

This time it was not only the national letter, but even the general of the upper army of the Qi State, Gao Wupi, and the general of the lower army, Zong Ying, also saw it, and saw that the Qi army was being played by Wu and Lu like this, and they couldn't help but be furious. Gao Wupi said to the national book: "Marshal, let the last general fight!" How can I, the Qi country, be like a monkey and be played by these small countries? ”

"Marshal, let me fight! I'll definitely take the head of the Xumen Nest and come back! "Zong Ying is not far behind.

Among these two, Gao Wupi is the head of the Gao family, and Zong Ying is not bad, he is the representative of the public power, his family has served as the Taizong of Qi for generations, and the current Dazai is Zong Ying's father, if there is no accident, the next generation of Taizong is not Zong Ying to serve, or his brother to serve.

And this Taizong is not a nickname, but an official position in the princely states of the Spring and Autumn Period. Its functions and powers are equivalent to the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and the head of the Zongren Mansion, and he is specifically responsible for the sacrifices and ceremonies of the Qi State Temple. Don't look at the power, although it is not big, the prestige in the public office is generally the highest, if not the highest, it is also one of the highest people.

Guoshu thought for a moment, decided that neither party should be offended, and said with a solemn face: "Gao Wupi and Zong Ying listen to the order!" ”

"The last general!" When the two of them heard this, they immediately perked up and said excitedly.

Guoshu said solemnly: "You two each lead 20,000 people to fight, you must defeat these jumping clowns, it is best to catch this bastard Xu Menchao!" ”

"No!" Gao Wupi and Zong Ying responded loudly.

It didn't take long for the two men to each order 20,000 soldiers out of the camp to fight. When I just came to the battlefield where Xu Menchao was located, I saw a big flag waving in the wind, and it was written: Wu Gucao, the general of Wu Xia's army. As soon as they saw this name, Gao Wupi and Zong Ying reacted, this Wu Gu Cao is the son of Fu Cha, and some people call it Prince Gu Cao.

The prince and Gu Cao had a lot of troops, a full 30,000 people. With the addition of Zhanru, Meng Wubo, and Xu Menchao, the Wu army has now invested 60,000 people on the battlefield.

Just here in the prince Gucao, there are already nearly 50,000 people, but Gao Wupi and Zong Ying are both newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, plus the two of them think that they are superior in force, and they personally killed the front line and killed the three generals of the Wu army, and many of the generals of the Wu army couldn't help but be afraid.

The prince and Gu Cao couldn't help but be a little overwhelmed, and at this time, a general stepped forward and said: "General, the Qi army is so arrogant, you dare to treat my Wu army as nothing!" The last general, Ru Cao, is willing to ask for battle! I hope the general agrees! ”

The prince Gu Cao couldn't help but hesitate and said: "General Ru Cao should be a warrior, but you are alone, I'm afraid something is wrong!" ”

"It's just two clowns who jump off the beam, why pay so much attention to it! If the last general Ru Cao does not defeat the enemy, he is willing to apologize with death! Ru Cao's eyes widened, and he said imposingly.

Seeing that Ru Cao had already spoken to this point, could he not agree?

Prince Ru Cao agreed: "Then trouble General Ru Cao!" ”

Although he said that, the prince Gu Cao was not very relieved, and secretly sent someone to find a few warriors, and if Ru Cao had something wrong, he immediately sent these warriors up. Regardless of the worries of the prince and Gu Cao, it was a little redundant, but I saw Ru Cao catching up with Gao Wupi and Zong Ying, just like a tiger descending the mountain, driving a military vehicle, fighting two people alone, but it was inseparable from Gao Wupi and Zong Ying.

The Wu army already had an advantage, but it was only intimidated by the bravery of Gao Wupi and Zong Ying. At this moment, seeing a more courageous general in his army, everyone in the Wu army immediately boosted their morale. The situation between the Qi army and the Wu-Lu coalition army was immediately reversed, and the Qi army was killed by the Wu-Lu coalition army only to parry, but had no power to fight back.

Although the battlefield was like this, Guoshu was still very calm and did not rush to put the soldiers and horses into the battlefield. is still watching from the sidelines, but the battle situation is slowly becoming more and more unfavorable to the Qi army. Guoshu couldn't help frowning, and decided to make up his mind, and he also felt that at this time, it was impossible for the Wu army to leave any soldiers, so he ordered the whole Qi army to go out.

(To be continued)