71_71495He Huchen was stunned again, and at this time, he remembered the news that Xu Liang had told him before leaving, and suddenly became uneasy. beckoned General Wang to sit down, and hurriedly summoned the quartermaster to enter the account.

The quartermaster looked innocent, spread his empty hands and said, "General, the food delivery team arrived in the camp three or four days ago. It's been raining for the past two days, so maybe it's because the trip has been delayed. ”

Although He Huchen knew that it was common for the convoy carrying grain to be delayed for a few days due to the weather, the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger, and he waved his hand to rebuke the quartermaster, and sent Wang Zongbing away.

Wang En, the general soldier of Ningxia, went out of the big tent of the Chinese army and did not return to his camp, but made a detour to the Liang army camp. As soon as he entered the Liang army camp, Wang Zongbing couldn't help but be startled, only to see that in the Liang army camp, except for the soldiers guarding the camp gate, they were still sticking to their posts, and the other people were all doing the same thing, packing their bags, feeding the war horses, and the gang leader was preparing dry food for the march in the stove room.

Wang Zongbing walked in the direction of the Liang army's Chinese army tent, and looked around, and secretly said in his heart: Liang Jun is preparing to allocate camp!

It seems that the shape shì is really not good! Wang Zongbing thought, quickened his pace, and walked towards the Chinese military camp.

After dealing with the communication of the guards at the door of the tent, General Wang entered the tent, only to see the main generals of the Liang army sitting together with a stern expression.

Seeing this, Wang Zongbing became more and more nervous, and walked to Xu Liang's side in a panic and asked, "Master Xu, what happened?" ”

Xu Liang turned his head to look at General Bing Wang, his expression was complicated, and he suddenly asked, "General Wang, if I say that our army is in danger, do you believe it?" ”

Wang Zongbing looked at Xu Liang in a daze, and nodded Mu Ran: "I believe ......."

Xu Liang's expression became more stern than ever. He said: "After investigation, there is an insurgent army in ambush on the east and west sides of our army, which is less than twenty miles away from our army. The situation today is. There is Hutou Pass in the south, and the enemy has not been found in the north. But I think there must have been a rebel army stationed near Wudu Mountain. It is very likely that the food routes of our army have been cut off. ”

"Ah, this, how is this good?" In the cold winter, the sweat on Wang Zongbing's face was as he spoke, and he said in a panic.

Xu Liang stared straight at Wang Zongbing, and said fiercely: "The shape is so critical, and wanting to go south again is tantamount to a fool's dream. The only way to do this was to withdraw from Hanzhong Mansion before the rebel army formed a siege. The official wants to go to the big tent of the Chinese army again, and persuade the commander to wave his division to return, Wang Zongbing, are you willing to go with the official? ”

Wang Zongbing said: "The last general naturally wants to go with Lord Xu." ”

After the discussion was established, Xu Liang and Wang En left the camp tent and walked towards the Chinese army tent of the Ming army. Out of the Liang army barracks, Wang Zongbing beckoned a personal guard and ordered him to return to the Ningxia army camp immediately. The herald packs up.

On the way, Mr. Wang hesitated and said, "Lord Xu, Mr. He is a famous general of the dynasty. If he insists on refusing to retreat, what should we do? ”

Xu Liang said: "As a general, he will be aware of the enemy's situation and make a decision immediately." Drawdown is the only way to go. Even if General He is arrogant, he is still a reasonable person. ”

Wang Zongbing sighed, and followed Xu Liang sullenly to the Ming army's tent. At this time, in the camp of the Ming army, the shouts of the various battalions gathered one after another, and groups of Ming troops came out of their respective tents. In a line on the school grounds, a group of gunners is surrounding five great generals' cannons to reload gunpowder.

Xu Liang and Wang En saw this. I don't know why. Xu Liang stopped a captain who was running in a hurry and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The captain saw that he was Pingliang Tongzhi and Ningxia General Soldier. He replied: "Two adults, the boss ordered that the school field order the troops, most of them are going to fight the tiger head again." ”

The lieutenant hurriedly finished speaking, and ran back to his battalion.

Xu Liang and Wang En looked at each other, and then they were shocked. The Ming army was about to be surrounded, He Huchen didn't want to rush out before the encirclement was formed, why did he want to attack Hutou Pass? The rebel armies in the east and west were less than twenty miles away from the Ming army, and they could arrive within an hour.

The two hurriedly rushed into the big tent of the Chinese army.

In the tent, He Huchen, the chief soldier of Yansui, was speaking to several of his generals with a fierce face. Seeing Xu Liang and Wang En entering the account, he stopped his lecture, and turned to the two of them and said: "Lord Xu and General Wang have come just in time, and this general is determined to do our best to capture Hutou Pass!" The two of them quickly returned to the camp to regroup for battle. ”

Xu Liang said: "The general must not!" ”

"What?"

Xu Liang said: "According to the report of the scouts sent by this officer, there are rebel armies in the east and west of our army, which are less than twenty miles away from here, and they can arrive within an hour, forming an encirclement of our army. Moreover, the grain routes of our army have been cut off, and there is a shortage of food in the army, so we cannot fight for a long time! For the sake of today, it is necessary to retreat quickly. ”

Wang En also arched his hand and said: "General He, what Lord Xu said is very true, the top priority is not to attack, but to retreat." ”

He Huchen lowered his face coldly, brushed his sleeves and shouted: "How can you two grow the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige!" In the face of tens of thousands of Mongolian soldiers, General Ben still did not take a step back, and now tens of thousands of mud-legged soldiers actually want to retreat? Speaking of which, I can't afford to lose this person! ”

"General, now is not the time to be impressed." Xu Liang persuaded, "Our army's grain road has been intercepted, and there is not enough grain and grass in the army. ”

He Huchen said: "As long as you win the Tiger Head Pass, you will have your own grain and grass in the pass." ”

Seeing that He Huchen still insisted on attacking Hutou Pass, Xu Liang couldn't help but be furious, and asked angrily: "Then what?" Then the rebel army besieged Hutou Pass, even if it was not attacked, the trap could trap our army in the pass. ”

He Huchen was silent for a while, and sighed: "After capturing the Tiger Head Pass, defend it first, and then wait for help." ”

"I still insist on leading the army to break through and withdraw as much as possible." Xu Liang said.

"Fart!" Suddenly, there was an angry curse from outside the tent. Everyone looked back, only to see the Qingyang garrison He Renlong coming in angrily, glaring at Xu Liang and asking: "On the way back, I don't know how many rebel troops intercepted along the way, our army is mostly infantry, and it has heavy general cannons, and there are many disabled soldiers in each battalion, it is convenient for us soldiers with all beards and tails to retreat, what about the more than 3,000 wounded sergeants?" ”

He Renlong's hair was all open, and he glared at Xu Liang angrily. Due to the extremely heavy injuries of the Qingyang soldiers along the way, half of the more than 3,000 wounded soldiers were Qingyang soldiers, and if they retreated, they would have to abandon these wounded soldiers who moved slowly. It is no wonder that He Renlong strongly opposed the retreat.

Xu Liang was silent, Liang Jun was not seriously injured, and there were not many wounded soldiers. However, in the other battalions, there were more or less wounded soldiers, and Xu Liang wanted to say that he would simply give up these wounded soldiers and only lead the uninjured soldiers to withdraw, but this kind of talk was too heartless, and Xu Liang thought that he couldn't say it.

He looked at Wang En, the chief soldier of Ningxia, and looked forward to Wang Zongbing standing up and saying a word.

However, Wang Zongbing looked at Xu Liang apologetically and was silent. Because among the Ningxia soldiers, there are also hundreds of wounded.

Seeing that everyone was silent, He Huchen sighed deeply, his eyes slid across the faces of Xu Liang and the others, and he said solemnly: "All the troops return to the camp and prepare for battle!" If the Tiger Head Pass is broken, our army still has a glimmer of hope, if it is not broken, then the whole army will be wiped out here! This is a battle of life and death, and all armies must work hard! ”

"Yes!" He Renlong and Wang En solemnly replied. Xu Liang sighed in his heart and replied.

A quarter of an hour later, the battalions were completed, and the whole army totaled more than 13,000 people lined up in front of Hutou Pass.

Knock, knock, knock! The three-way drum sounded, and the Ming army's marching commander He Huchen pointed his long knife forward, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, shouted, and rushed towards the tiger's head first.

Behind He Huchen, Wang En, the chief soldier of Ningxia, He Renlong, the garrison of Qingyang, Xu Liang and the generals of each battalion in Pingliang, with the sergeants behind him, calmly rushed towards the Hutou Pass.

There was no shouting of killing, and there was no endless sound of drums, the tiger's head was closed, and tens of thousands of people ran rapidly, bringing a rustling sound, although this rustling sound could not be compared with the earth-shattering artillery sound, but it was dense and abnormal, revealing a pure artistic conception.

On the upper floor of Hutou Pass, Gao Yingxiang, the general of the rebel army in white robes and white scarves, and Gao Zilin, the military advisor of the lupine scarf, looked at the dense Ming army under the city, listening to the rustling sound, and their expressions were unprecedentedly solemn.

Gao Zilin's voice became hoarse and said, "The affairs on the city tower will be entrusted to General Gao." ”

Gao Yingxiang nodded heavily, looked at Gao Zilin with red eyes, and said, "Don't take that step unless you have to." ”

"I understand." Gao Zilin Road.

Duh!

The first arrow of the Ming army hit the city tower and nailed it into the wooden pillar of the city tower, and the arrow feathers trembled slightly.

An arrow shot straight into the air from the tower of Hutou Pass almost at the same time, bursting into the air up to a distance of thousands of meters, flashing a cloud of green fireworks. (To be continued).