December 1, 616 A.D., October 17, 12th year of Sui Daye, yin.

The sky was gloomy, Zhang Xutuo's face was also gloomy, the snow-white beard fluttered in the cold wind of early winter, reflecting Zhang Xutuo's expression more strictly and resolutely, He Yanyu, who served as the forward, came to say goodbye to Zhang Xutuo, and Zhang Xutuo only explained one sentence, "Be careful, keep in touch with the Chinese army at any time." ”

He Yanyu led 2,000 infantry to set off first, the main force of the Chinese army composed of 8,000 infantry cavalry had also been assembled out of the camp, and the rear army led by Jia Wuben had also loaded the military tent and could leave the camp at any time. It was also at this time that Jia Wuben Zhang Xutuo touched his head and said to Zhang Xutuo: "Dashuai, the enemy situation on the side of Xingze is unknown, be careful." ”

Zhang Xutuo nodded and stopped, and after hesitating for a moment, Zhang Xutuo still said in a low voice: "Wuben, there is bad news for you, yesterday evening, news came from Jiangdu, Yuwen Shuyuwen Zhuguo passed away. ”

"Yuwen Shu passed away? When was this? Jia Wuben was taken aback.

"The sixth day of the first month of October also happened to be the day we entered Xingyang County." Zhang Xutuo replied in a low voice.

"How can it be so coincidental?" Jia Wuben was shocked again, "On the day we just entered Xingyang, Yuwen Zhuguo passed away, and yesterday we just decided to enter Xingze to launch a decisive battle, and the news of his death came, which is too unlucky, right?" ”

"The old man also felt very unlucky, he was frightened last night, his mind was in a trance, and he couldn't sleep."

After all, it is only a person in the seventh century, even if he is brave and fearless like Zhang Xutuo, he also feels that this matter is too strange and mysterious, and he feels unlucky, and then Zhang Xutuo said: "Yuwen Zhuguo is the commander-in-chief of the world's military affairs, and is the first person in the military of the Great Sui Dynasty. ”

Jia Wuben's official position is the general of the Ying Yang Lang of Qi County, subordinate to the Sixteen Wei Mansion, and it was inevitable that he was a little silent when he heard Zhang Xutuo's words, and then comforted: "Don't worry, the marshal, this matter is just a coincidence, the world is so big, there are no surprises, and it is not surprising to encounter such a coincidence." Besides, with your prestige, qualifications and the importance of your position, no matter who takes over the military affairs of Yuwen Zhuguo, he will only continue to support our Qi County soldiers like Yuwen Zhuguo. ”

Zhang Xutuo nodded lightly, and said in a low voice: "Don't announce this matter for the time being, so as not to affect the morale of the army." ”

Jia Wu was supposed to promise, Wang Xuance, the messenger sent by Chen Fuliang, suddenly came to Zhang Xutuo to ask for a meeting, and also saw Wang Xuance, who was not yet seventeen years old, Zhang Xutuo suddenly remembered that he forgot to write a reply to Chen Fuliang, fortunately, the matter was not too urgent, Zhang Xutuo smiled at Wang Xuance: "Little guy, I'm really sorry, the old man was too busy yesterday, and he forgot to write a reply to Chen Liushou, it will be too late again, or you can bring a message back to the old man." ”

If it was replaced by another messenger, it would definitely be a promise, but everyone knows what kind of goods Wang Xuance is - the most bizarre and eventful messenger in the history of the world! So after listening to Zhang Xutuo's words, Wang Xuance not only did not promise, but immediately said: "Dashuai, it doesn't matter, please let the villain go out with you, when will you have time to write a reply, and when will the villain go back to deliver the letter." Boy Bucai, I want to see with my own eyes the heroism of the handsome, and I also want to see with my own eyes how the world-famous Eight Winds Battalion shows its might and destroys the thief army, and I also ask the handsome to be gracious. ”

"You're not afraid of danger?" Zhang Xutuo smiled and asked a nonsense sentence - for a strange person who dares to do a fierce thing of destroying a country by one person, this sentence is indeed very redundant.

"The younger generation is not afraid." Wang Xuance hurriedly saluted respectfully, and said: "Three years ago, Chen Liushou was about the same age as his juniors, so he dared to go to Liaodong single-handedly to join the army, serve the country, and then establish immortal meritorious deeds. The younger generation is not talented and does not dare to stand side by side with Chen Liushou, but they are also willing to follow Chen Liushou's glory and learn from him. ”

"If you have ambition, the people who use Chen Xiaozi are really not simple." Zhang Xutuo praised it, and said casually: "Okay, since you have the courage and ambition, the old man will fulfill you and act with the old man's personal army." When Wang Xuance heard this, he hurriedly thanked Zhang Xutuo, and then immediately followed Zhang Xutuo's personal army to act.

After experiencing this small turmoil, the main force of Qi County immediately set off under the personal leadership of Zhang Xutuo and set off towards Xingze County in the northwest of Guancheng, and the destination Xingze was not far from Guancheng, and one day was enough to reach Xingze City, so the Sui army of Qi County was not in a hurry, and maintained a normal speed to march calmly, and at the same time constantly sent scouts to reconnoiter the situation in front and around, and the movements during the march were definitely cautious.

In recent years, in order to protect the safety and smoothness of the Tongji Canal, the Sui army of Qi County has not been to Liang County, Jiyin and Wagang Army to fight, every time they have defeated the Wagang army, never defeated, although because the Wagang army ran too fast and won the support of the local people, they have never annihilated the main force of the Wagang army, but the psychological advantage has long been established, plus after coming to Xingyang County, the five battles with the Wagang army were easily won, so the Sui army of Qi County went up to Zhang Xutuo himself, down to the ordinary soldiers, All of them were worried that they would not be able to defeat the Wagang Army, but they were only worried that they would not be able to find the main force of the Wagang Army.

It is precisely because of this that the mentality of the Sui army of Qi County is generally relaxed during the march, or because of this, when the accident suddenly appeared, the Sui army of Qi County was also shocked, and this accident was too unexpected - just after noon, He Yanyu, who was the vanguard, suddenly sent someone to send a report, saying that a large number of Wagang army teams were found in the southeast of Xingze, under the banner of Zhai Rang, and they were also rushing towards the position of the Sui army of Qi County, and it seemed that there was an attempt to take the initiative to meet the Sui army of Qi County.

"Zhai Rang personally led the army to meet the battle?" Zhang Xutuo couldn't believe his ears, and after asking about the number of enemies coming about 30,000, Zhang Xutuo immediately ordered He Yanyu to stop advancing, set up a solid position in the phalanx, and also ordered the main force of the Chinese army to accelerate its advance. The order was conveyed, and the morale of the Qi County generals, who were only afraid of the enemy's running and not afraid of the enemy's battle, was greatly boosted, and they immediately strode forward, and after a while, they caught up with He Yanyu in front.

As soon as it joined the front army, the northwest direction was already full of dust and smoke, and countless ragged thieves and soldiers were overwhelming, and the first red banner was really the Zhai Rangshuai banner that Zhang Xutuo had seen several times. Seeing this scene, the soldiers of Qi County, who were in a weak position, not only did not have the slightest nervousness and worry, but on the contrary, they also cheered and shook the sky, and countless soldiers were overjoyed, saying that this time it was finally simple, and they could finally kill the main force of the Wagang thieves in one battle, and they didn't have to follow their butts to chase hard. Zhang Xutuo was also overjoyed, and laughed: "Zhai Rang! It's really a rebel! ”

Overjoyed and overjoyed, Zhang Xutuo was still very cautious in the use of troops, and did not immediately order a general attack, but ordered the army to immediately form a phalanx to meet the enemy with a phalanx, and then when the well-trained Qi County soldiers quickly set up a formation, the Wagang army had also rushed to the front, Zhai Rang of the golden armor led hundreds of cavalry to the front line, and pointed at Zhang Xutuo's handsome banner with a horsewhip and scolded, Zhang Xutuo was not angry and happy, and immediately ordered the phalanx to advance, straight to Zhai Rang's handsome banner, Zhai Rang was also the same as in the past, Immediately ordered a general attack, relying on the large number of people to bully the few people, and urged the whole army to attack the Qijun phalanx.

In the roar of thunder, the number of Wagang soldiers who were at least three times that of the Sui army of Qi County came like a tide, but what greeted them was the overwhelming dense feather arrows and the hideous smiles of the Qi County soldiers, and the powerful feather arrows whirled and fell, piercing and shooting over one after another Wagang thieves, but the Wagang soldiers who had been fully encouraged in advance still charged more than once, and the slogan of killing an officer and soldier and rewarding three stones of food came and went, and the slogan of capturing Zhang Xutuo alive echoed and competed.

The tide slapped on the reef, turned into countless splashes, in the face of the absolute equipment, training and experience gap, no matter how many Wagang thieves there were, it was impossible to break the phalanx of Qi County soldiers, on the contrary, they were stabbed by the spears and spears stabbed out of the phalanx, and the corpses were all over the ground, and then they were chopped to pieces by swords and axes, and the corpses were uneven, and the Wagang thieves who lost the advantage of impact inertia were crowded in front of the phalanx of Qi County soldiers.

As in every previous battle, the poorly equipped and poorly trained Wagang army could only rely on human lives to compete with the Qi County soldiers, and often needed several casualties in order to have a particularly brave Wagang thief to win the opportunity to fight with the Qi County soldiers in hand-to-hand combat, and the brave man was usually greeted by the skillful Sui army soldiers who were divided into corpses by the pitiful end, the mantis arm was used as a car, and the dragonfly shook the stone pillar, and the general attack of the whole army was doomed to be useless, and the casualty ratio was terrifying.

In front of the soldiers of Qi County, who advanced like an iron wall, the Wagang army had no power to fight back, and could only retreat and retreat one after another, and the Wagang thieves who fled timidly one after another, so that even Zhai Rang's side of the supervising team could not be killed, and the soldiers of Qi County marched forward as always, crushing in the direction where Zhai Rang's handsome banner was located, and all the Wagang thieves who dared to block the front were all turned into powder.

Zhai Rang was obviously more competitive than before this time, urging the army to carry it for half an hour without collecting troops and escaping, until the phalanx of Qi County soldiers was only a hundred steps away from him, and the stray arrows could already shoot in front of his horse, and seeing that the rear army led by Jia Wuben had also arrived at the battlefield, Zhai Rang ordered to flee as usual, and as usual with Zhang Xutuo, he rushed to the front line of escape, and most of the Wagang thieves followed, and fled faster than one after Zhai Rang's handsome banner.

Finally caught Zhai Rang himself, and saw that the surrounding terrain was open, and there was no place to ambush soldiers, Zhang Xutuo of course ordered to pursue with all his might, nearly Wanqi County soldiers and horses galloped, closely following Zhai Rang's handsome banner, Zhang Xutuo also gradually came out of the crowd, rushed to the front line of the pursuit battle, and roared like thunder in his mouth, "Chase!" Capture Zhai Rang traitor alive! ”

Zhang Xutuo, who rushed to the front line, did not have any danger, because the Wagang army was really defeated and definitely not a fraudulent defeat, from top to bottom, he followed Zhai Rang's handsome banner to flee, and he had no intention of turning back to face the battle, and all the Wagang thieves who were caught up by the Sui army were either hacked to death by random knives, or kneeling and surrendering, and the desperate cry for mercy was earth-shattering, and the soldiers of the Sui army, who had long been accustomed to this kind of scene, looked relaxed, and just continued to move forward, saying that they would catch up with Zhai Rang, the source of the chaos in Xingyang County.

Too many victories paralyzed the nerves of the Qi County soldiers, and the undefeated habits of the Qi County soldiers' thinking, Zhai Rang's sweet taste of this piece of incense bait also hooked the hearts and souls of the Qi County soldiers, whether it was Zhang Xutuo or other Qi County soldiers, and even Jia Wuben, who came later, all of them did not notice that Zhai Rang had unconsciously led them to the west of the open terrain but dense forests, and did not pay attention to it, their team was in pursuit, unconsciously confused the formation, and lengthened the formation, The neat phalanx also gradually turned into a long serpentine with an incomparably fragile waist............

The huge inertia of the wheel of history is beyond the power of manpower to stop, Chen Yingliang is no exception, under the seduce of Zhai Rang personally as a bait, the Sui army of Qi County, who was anxious to break the enemy in a battle, chased out nearly twenty miles in one go, and came to a dense wooded and hilly narrow road, on the southwest mountain of this place, there is a temple, the name of the temple is Dahai Temple.

"Boom!"

The sudden thunderous sound shook the eardrums of the Qi County soldiers, and the sudden killing of the Wagang cavalry also made the pupils of countless Qi County soldiers contract violently, under the personal leadership of Li Mi, the Wagang cavalry that suddenly rushed out of the woods was like a steel knife cutting tofu, and easily cut off the fragile waist of the Qi County Sui Army.

"Capture Zhang Xutuo alive! Kill all the dog officers and soldiers! ”

The earth-shattering shouts came from all directions, in the dense woods, behind the grassy hills, at the same time there were countless Wagang thieves, holding high the blood-red Wagang banner, killing from all directions to the Qi County team that had been cut off from the waist, and the famous battle of Dahai Temple in the history of the late Sui Dynasty was also officially launched.

There are too many victories for the soldiers of Qi County, so much that they have forgotten the taste of defeat, and also let them forget how to face difficulties in adversity, in the case of suddenly being fully surrounded, the soldiers of Qi County, who have already been chaotic, suddenly became more chaotic, Zhang Xutuo's contingency order was also broken because of the waist, and could not be conveyed to the whole army as quickly as before, and the soldiers of Qi County could only meet each other, and alone to meet the elite of the Wagang Army that had been continuously trained in actual combat, the real elite of the Wagang Army.

Under the leadership of Zhai Rang, Li Mi, Xu Shixian, Wang Bodanghe, Shan Xiongxin and Yang Jishan and other Wagang generals, the Wagang army maintained a unified action, like a sharp knife, a knife and a knife were fiercely inserted into the Qi County Army, like a scar Ding dismembering the Sui Army of Qi County, and it was even more out of formation, Luo Shixin, He Yanyu, Qin Qiong, Mulan and Jia Wuben and other generals could only fight separately, and Zhang Xutuo only had Fan Hu and Tang Wanche left to command.

There was no choice, Zhang Xutuo could only personally swing his sword into battle, personally lead the army to the open land suddenly, and Zhai Rang, who hated him to the bone, personally led the army to block, and shouted with red eyes that he must take down the head of Zhang Xutuo's old dog.

No one can be the opponent of the battlefield veteran Zhang Xutuo, and no army can stop Zhang Xutuo's personal soldiers and Fan Hu, Tang Wanche's two fierce generals sacrifice the impact of their lives, after personally wielding a knife to kill eight or nine Wagang soldiers, Zhang Xutuo finally led hundreds of soldiers to rush out of the encirclement, and then Fan Hu and Tang Wanche wanted to keep up, and the gap that finally broke out was immediately re-blocked by the Wagang army that surged up like a tide.

If Zhang Xutuo abandoned the surrounded subordinates at this time and immediately retreated, then history would definitely be rewritten, but unfortunately the seventy yards of history are difficult to be stopped, if Zhang Xutuo is a person who abandons his subordinates to flee alone, then he does not deserve to be called Zhang Xutuo, so after seeing his subordinates being resurrounded, Zhang Xutuo, who had fled to the distance in the chagrin of the Wagang thief's chagrin, did not hesitate to turn his horse's head and rushed into the enemy formation again to save his subordinates. The Wagang thieves shouted in disbelief in surprise, and then tried their best to re-surround Zhang Xutuo.

When he saw Fan Hu and Tang Wanche, who were crying and crying, Zhang Xutuo's body was already covered with bloodstains, and when he led these two generals to rush out of the encirclement, Zhang Xutuo already had two wounds on his body, but Zhang Xutuo still did not hesitate, and rushed to He Yanyu, who was surrounded by him, brandishing a horizontal knife to slash and kill the thieves, like a tiger rushing down the mountain to the dense Wagang thieves. Seeing this scene, even if he hated Zhang Xutuo to the bone, Zhai Rang couldn't help but shout, "There are still such people in the world?!" ”

In the fierce battle to rescue He Yanyu, Tang Wanche was killed, and was dragged off the war horse by several Wagang thieves, pressed to the ground and stabbed into a honeycomb, and when he was dying, Tang Wanche also bit the throat of an enemy. And when He Yanyu was rescued, Zhang Xutuo had another wound on his body.

After taking the wounded He Yanyu out of the encirclement and letting the soldiers take the crying He Yanyu to safety, Zhang Xutuo personally entered the encirclement for the third time, and rescued Qin Qiong, who was surrounded by Xu Shiyun and Wang Bodang.

When he rushed out of the encirclement with Qin Qiong again, Zhang Xutuo had another feather arrow inserted in his back, and there were five or six more wounds on his body, but Zhang Xutuo didn't even have time to bandage, and immediately ordered Qin Qiong to organize the defeated army to protect the wounded soldiers and retreat the way they came, Qin Qiong cried and refused, Zhang Xutuo yelled, "Do you want the injured soldiers to be captured and buried alive by the Wagang thieves?" Take them away! That's an order! ”

Qin Qiong cried and left with the wounded soldiers, but Zhang Xutuo, who was covered in blood, rushed back to the battlefield for the fourth time, and rushed back to the encirclement for the fourth time in the screams of the Wagang thieves, this time, Zhang Xutuo's rescue target was Mulan who was surrounded by Wagang thieves, but this time, Zhang Xutuo also met the most cunning fox in Wagang - Li Mi.

"Let Zhang Xutuo enter the battle! Stop his men! ”

Li Mi's calm order decided the fate of Zhang Xutuo, under the deliberate indulgence of the Wagang army, Zhang Xutuo himself rushed into the encirclement, most of his loyal and brave soldiers and the same blood-stained fierce general Fan Hu, but was quickly stopped by the Wagang army, in the bitter battle, Fan Hu was first shot by a stray arrow, and then the war horse was hacked to death, after falling off the horse, he did not stand up, and was directly dismembered by the Wagang thieves who surged up like a tide.

When he saw Mulan, Zhang Xutuo had more than ten injuries all over his body, his armor was also broken, the blood gushing out of the wound on the right side of his head stained his hair red, his left elbow joint was shattered, he couldn't move, and his right leg and back were bleeding all the time. Zhang Xutuo smiled and said nothing, but pointed out the direction of the breakthrough with a horizontal knife with a broken blade, but at this moment, a feather arrow suddenly flew and accurately shot Zhang Xutuo's war horse in the eye.

"Handsome! Handsome! Countless frightened shouts sounded at the same time, and a figure quickly pounced on Zhang Xutuo, while helping Zhang Xutuo to get up, he shouted with a crying voice: "Dashuai, you get on my horse quickly!" ”

"Is that you?" Zhang Xutuo recognized that the person supporting him was Wang Xuance, and when he saw the blood on the face of Wang Xuance, who was ordered to follow his own personal team, and the bloody horizontal knife in his hand, Zhang Xutuo suddenly smiled and said: "It is really worthy of being a person under the command of Chen Xiaozi, a man." It's a pity that the old man didn't listen to Chen Xiaozi's kind words and persuasions, nor did he listen to your kind words and reminders. ”

"Dashuai, I'll talk about these words later, you get on the horse quickly!" Wang Xuance cried and put Zhang Xutuo on his horse, Zhang Xutuo refused, and a large group of thieves rushed from the side, rushed into the Sui army crowd around Zhang Xutuo to start a melee, Mulan and the Sui army soldiers were forced to fight, and Zhang Xutuo lost the opportunity to get back on the horse forever.

Despite being bruised all over his body, Zhang Xutuo still stood firmly, several enemy soldiers rushed towards him, one thief shouted and picked up a sharp spear and stabbed him in the chest, the horizontal knife in Zhang Xutuo's right hand flashed, slashing from the thief's left shoulder to the chest, but at the same time, the spear of another thief soldier stabbed his neck, and the blood that spurted out suddenly turned into a hot rain flowing along his body, Mulan and Wang Xuance cried and struggled to engage the enemy soldiers. Zhang Xutuo staggered, stuck the knife on the ground, grasped the handle of the knife, supported his body, and ordered with difficulty: "Mulan, take someone to go first, and the old man will give you a ...... for the queen of the palace." ”

Without speaking, there was a bang, and a spear pierced into Zhang Xutuo's back, through the already broken back armor, pierced into Zhang Xutuo's back heart, and went straight to the heart, Zhang Xutuo rose up with divine power, turned around and cut off the enemy's neck with a knife, but there was no strength to dodge the spear stabbed from the side, the spear drilled into Zhang Xutuo's body from under the ribs, and the blood continued to gush out from the wound in the back of the heart like a red snake............

Mulan, who was entangled by countless thieves, had long been crying, but was forced by more and more thieves to get farther and farther away from Zhang Xutuo, Wang Xuance rushed back to Zhang Xutuo's side with injuries, and struggled to cut down the Wagang soldiers who attacked Zhang Xutuo, and carried Zhang Xutuo's tall body to his back, trying to break through with Zhang Xutuo on his back, but before he took three steps, Wang Xuance was surrounded by countless Wagang thieves, and shouted for the first general: "Hand over Zhang Xutuo, spare you from death!" ”

"Phew!" Wang Xuance spit a mouthful of bloody spit at the thief general, who was furious and shouted: "Kill! ”

"Wait!" At the critical moment when the Wagang thieves raised their guns one after another, the sound of stopping came in time, stopping the thieves' movements, and then, a black-faced scholar appeared in front of Wang Xuance and said with a smile: "I like this kid, I want to live." Boy, my name is Li Mi, I like your loyalty and bravery, and there is a shortage of people like you around me, I promise you, as long as you surrender, I will not let the soldiers insult Zhang Xutuo's corpse, and let him be buried in peace. ”

Zhang Xutuo's body gradually became cold on Wang Xuance's back, Wang Xuance hesitated slightly, the wind suddenly sounded in his ears, and a fist suddenly smashed on his temple, knocking him unconscious directly, and smashing Zhang Xutuo to the ground together, the Wagang army slammed up, Li Mi said with a smile: "Don't hurt this kid's life, take it back." ”

"Zhang Xutuo is dead! Zhang Xutuo is dead! ”

The shouts passed through the bloody rain and smoke clouds of the chaotic battle, shaking the eardrums of the warring parties, countless people were stunned, countless people were in disbelief, whether it was the soldiers of Qi County, or the Wagang soldiers, it was difficult to believe this fact for a while, crying and cheering one after another, and as the leader of the Wagang army, Zhai Rang was even more excited to kneel on the ground, hammer the ground with his fist, and cry loudly, "Zhang Xutuo is dead!" Finally dead! Finally dead! This old man is not dead! Finally dead————! ”

On December 1, 616 A.D., on October 17, the twelfth year of Sui Daye, Sui Tingzhushi, led the 12 counties of Henan Province to arrest the ambassador Zhang Xutuo, defeated the Dahai Temple, surrounded by thieves, in order to save his subordinates, Zhang Xutuo rushed into the siege four times, and died of serious injuries at the age of 52. Zhang Xutuo's troops were defeated, only about 5,000 remnants of the army broke through, and escaped from the battlefield under the leadership of Zhang Xutuo's deputy Jia Wuben, Jia Wuben was also seriously wounded, and his generals Fan Hu, Tang Wanche and Shen Yu were killed in battle, and Mulan was captured by Shan Xiongxin, the general of Wagang. Hearing the news of Zhang Xutuo's death, the soldiers of Qi County cried day and night, for several days.

The news spread, the twelve counties south of the Yellow River, morale was depressed, the twelve county soldiers wept countless, the eastern capital stayed behind Chen Yingliang heard the news, directly cried to the ground, after being rescued, Chen Yingliang cried again, "It's all my fault!" It's all my fault! Ambassador Zhang, I didn't try my best to save you——! Tuo personally entered the encirclement for the third time, rescued Qin Qiong, who was surrounded by Xu Shiyun and Wang Bodang, in the fierce battle, Wang Bodang, who is famous for archery, suddenly cast a cold arrow, an arrow hit Zhang Xutuo's left shoulder, the arrow pierced through the armor into the flesh, Zhang Xutuo cut off the arrow shaft without saying a word, and then slashed over an oncoming Wagang general, cutting him off with his head and left shoulder.

When he rushed out of the encirclement with Qin Qiong again, Zhang Xutuo had another feather arrow inserted in his back, and there were five or six more wounds on his body, but Zhang Xutuo didn't even have time to bandage, and immediately ordered Qin Qiong to organize the defeated army to protect the wounded soldiers and retreat the way they came, Qin Qiong cried and refused, Zhang Xutuo yelled, "Do you want the injured soldiers to be captured and buried alive by the Wagang thieves?" Take them away! That's an order! ”

Qin Qiong cried and left with the wounded soldiers, but Zhang Xutuo, who was covered in blood, rushed back to the battlefield for the fourth time, and rushed back to the encirclement for the fourth time in the screams of the Wagang thieves, this time, Zhang Xutuo's rescue target was Mulan who was surrounded by Wagang thieves, but this time, Zhang Xutuo also met the most cunning fox in Wagang - Li Mi.

"Let Zhang Xutuo enter the battle! Stop his men! ”

Li Mi's calm order decided the fate of Zhang Xutuo, under the deliberate indulgence of the Wagang army, Zhang Xutuo himself rushed into the encirclement, most of his loyal and brave soldiers and the same blood-stained fierce general Fan Hu, but was quickly stopped by the Wagang army, in the bitter battle, Fan Hu was first shot by a stray arrow, and then the war horse was hacked to death, after falling off the horse, he did not stand up, and was directly dismembered by the Wagang thieves who surged up like a tide.

When he saw Mulan, Zhang Xutuo had more than ten injuries all over his body, his armor was also broken, the blood gushing out of the wound on the right side of his head stained his hair red, his left elbow joint was shattered, he couldn't move, and his right leg and back were bleeding all the time. Zhang Xutuo smiled and said nothing, but pointed out the direction of the breakthrough with a horizontal knife with a broken blade, but at this moment, a feather arrow suddenly flew and accurately shot Zhang Xutuo's war horse in the eye.

"Handsome! Handsome! Countless frightened shouts sounded at the same time, and a figure quickly pounced on Zhang Xutuo, while helping Zhang Xutuo to get up, he shouted with a crying voice: "Dashuai, you get on my horse quickly!" ”

"Is that you?" Zhang Xutuo recognized that the person supporting him was Wang Xuance, and when he saw the blood on the face of Wang Xuance, who was ordered to follow his own personal team, and the bloody horizontal knife in his hand, Zhang Xutuo suddenly smiled and said: "It is really worthy of being a person under the command of Chen Xiaozi, a man." It's a pity that the old man didn't listen to Chen Xiaozi's kind words and persuasions, nor did he listen to your kind words and reminders. ”

"Dashuai, I'll talk about these words later, you get on the horse quickly!" Wang Xuance cried and put Zhang Xutuo on his horse, Zhang Xutuo refused, and a large group of thieves rushed from the side, rushed into the Sui army crowd around Zhang Xutuo to start a melee, Mulan and the Sui army soldiers were forced to fight, and Zhang Xutuo lost the opportunity to get back on the horse forever.

Despite being bruised all over his body, Zhang Xutuo still stood firmly, several enemy soldiers rushed towards him, one thief shouted and picked up a sharp spear and stabbed him in the chest, the horizontal knife in Zhang Xutuo's right hand flashed, slashing from the thief's left shoulder to the chest, but at the same time, the spear of another thief soldier stabbed his neck, and the blood that spurted out suddenly turned into a hot rain flowing along his body, Mulan and Wang Xuance cried and struggled to engage the enemy soldiers. Zhang Xutuo staggered, stuck the knife on the ground, grasped the handle of the knife, supported his body, and ordered with difficulty: "Mulan, take someone to go first, and the old man will give you a ...... for the queen of the palace." ”

Without speaking, there was a bang, and a spear pierced into Zhang Xutuo's back, through the already broken back armor, pierced into Zhang Xutuo's back heart, and went straight to the heart, Zhang Xutuo rose up with divine power, turned around and cut off the enemy's neck with a knife, but there was no strength to dodge the spear stabbed from the side, the spear drilled into Zhang Xutuo's body from under the ribs, and the blood continued to gush out from the wound in the back of the heart like a red snake............

Mulan, who was entangled by countless thieves, had long been crying, but was forced by more and more thieves to get farther and farther away from Zhang Xutuo, Wang Xuance rushed back to Zhang Xutuo's side with injuries, and struggled to cut down the Wagang soldiers who attacked Zhang Xutuo, and carried Zhang Xutuo's tall body to his back, trying to break through with Zhang Xutuo on his back, but before he took three steps, Wang Xuance was surrounded by countless Wagang thieves, and shouted for the first general: "Hand over Zhang Xutuo, spare you from death!" ”

"Phew!" Wang Xuance spit a mouthful of bloody spit at the thief general, who was furious and shouted: "Kill! ”

"Wait!" At the critical moment when the Wagang thieves raised their guns one after another, the sound of stopping came in time, stopping the thieves' movements, and then, a black-faced scholar appeared in front of Wang Xuance and said with a smile: "I like this kid, I want to live." Boy, my name is Li Mi, I like your loyalty and bravery, and there is a shortage of people like you around me, I promise you, as long as you surrender, I will not let the soldiers insult Zhang Xutuo's corpse, and let him be buried in peace. ”

Zhang Xutuo's body gradually became cold on Wang Xuance's back, Wang Xuance hesitated slightly, the wind suddenly sounded in his ears, and a fist suddenly smashed on his temple, knocking him unconscious directly, and smashing Zhang Xutuo to the ground together, the Wagang army slammed up, Li Mi said with a smile: "Don't hurt this kid's life, take it back." ”

"Zhang Xutuo is dead! Zhang Xutuo is dead! ”

The shouts passed through the bloody rain and smoke clouds of the chaotic battle, shaking the eardrums of the warring parties, countless people were stunned, countless people were in disbelief, whether it was the soldiers of Qi County, or the Wagang soldiers, it was difficult to believe this fact for a while, crying and cheering one after another, and as the leader of the Wagang army, Zhai Rang was even more excited to kneel on the ground, hammer the ground with his fist, and cry loudly, "Zhang Xutuo is dead!" Finally dead! Finally dead! This old man is not dead! Finally dead————! ”

On December 1, 616 A.D., on October 17, the twelfth year of Sui Daye, Sui Tingzhushi, led the 12 counties of Henan Province to arrest the ambassador Zhang Xutuo, defeated the Dahai Temple, surrounded by thieves, in order to save his subordinates, Zhang Xutuo rushed into the siege four times, and died of serious injuries at the age of 52. Zhang Xutuo's troops were defeated, only about 5,000 remnants of the army broke through, and escaped from the battlefield under the leadership of Zhang Xutuo's deputy Jia Wuben, Jia Wuben was also seriously wounded, and his generals Fan Hu, Tang Wanche and Shen Yu were killed in battle, and Mulan was captured by Shan Xiongxin, the general of Wagang. Hearing the news of Zhang Xutuo's death, the soldiers of Qi County cried day and night, for several days.

The news spread, the twelve counties south of the Yellow River, morale was depressed, the twelve county soldiers wept countless, the eastern capital stayed behind Chen Yingliang heard the news, directly cried to the ground, after being rescued, Chen Yingliang cried again, "It's all my fault!" It's all my fault! Ambassador Zhang, I didn't try my best to save you——! ”