The number of patients in the army gradually increased, and Zhang Yu did not get better, Yu Ban had a sad face all day long, and rarely came out to see people, but if Wei Tuling saw each other, he could go to see him at any time. But Wei Tuling didn't have much use when he saw him, so he didn't see him much.

After two days of this, Yu Ban's army stopped. Early in the morning, there was a sudden sound of confusion, and Wei Tuling was talking with the strategists in the camp tent, and when he heard the confusion, he was frightened, and immediately got up and went out to see. I saw that it was four or five soldiers escorting two people back from outside, and if I looked closely, weren't the two of them just doctors in the army?

Yu Ban came and asked what was going on, and one of the soldiers said: "Report to the general, these two military doctors went out of the camp without permission, looking sneaky, and they are packing their things, it seems that they are going to escape, and they have come to see the general." ”

Yu Ban frowned, stepped forward coldly, and asked, "You two, do you really want to escape?" ”

The two military doctors looked at each other, and finally knelt on the ground, crying, "General, that's right, we want to leave the barracks. But the general ordered no one to leave, so we went secretly, but we didn't expect to be caught by the patrolling brothers, general, you just let us go. ”

Yu Ban heard this, and said angrily: "Why do you want to leave? ”

One of the doctors said: "General, now that strange diseases are circulating in the army, the number of soldiers getting sick is increasing in proportion to the number of soldiers, and if this continues, within a month, all the soldiers in the army will get sick, and now we can't find a cure for this disease." General Zhang Yuan is dying and in danger, if anything happens to him, when General Zhang Yuan arrives, he will definitely take us for blame. Even if General Zhang Yuan didn't ask us for the crime, we were afraid that we would have contracted the disease and died. General, please, let us go. ”

Yu Ban said: "As a soldier, you are so greedy for life and afraid of death, what's the use of keeping you?" ”

A doctor said: "General, it's not that we're afraid of death, but that this disease is too weird. As long as it is less than a month, all the soldiers in the army will be sick, so we will definitely be defeated without the Xianbei army to attack. General, leave the sick soldier behind and go back with the soldier who has nothing to do. ”

Yu Ban trembled with anger when he heard this, and said: "Speak wildly, disturb the hearts of our army, come and drag the two of them down and behead them." "On the soldiers, take the two doctors and push them out. One of the doctors said loudly: "General, even if you kill us, it is useless, if you don't succeed tomorrow night, General Zhang will die, and you will be guilty at that time." ”

"Full of nonsense, push it down and cut it." Yu Ban said loudly. The soldiers pushed the two doctors out of the gate. The two screamed incessantly, but no one pleaded, and they were pushed out of the door, and finally there was no sound.

After the two of them were pushed out, Yu Ban walked straight into Zhang Yu's tent, Wei Tuling and his advisers watched, but they didn't go in, they were also worried that the Han army heard the news of the death of soldiers every day, if they were also infected, it would be really bad.

The strategist suggested that Wei Tuling leave the Han army, anyway, the Han army also let them move around at will, even if they did, they would not stop them. However, Wei Tuling thought that this was the best time, and he must obtain information, and he must lure Yu Ban to advance, so that he can annihilate the vanguard of the Han army in one fell swoop.

The next day, before Wei Tuling got up, he heard crying from the barracks. Wei Tuling was startled, and hurriedly got up to look, only to learn that it was Zhang Yu who died of illness, and he was usually very popular, but now that he heard that he was dead, some soldiers couldn't help crying.

Yu Ban also had a sad look on his face, he ordered the whole army not to cry, not to mourn, and even ordered not to leak the news out, and Wei Tuling and his advisers were often accompanied by people, restricting their activity space and not letting them go out.

Yu Ban sent a team of healthy soldiers to escort Zhang Pre's corpse back, all the soldiers with the troops, all stationed in place, receiving treatment, healthy and not sick soldiers, sorting out the equipment, to advance the next day, must be clear for the follow-up large army small group of obstacles, explore the terrain, even if you die, you have to complete the task.

In the end, only more than 4,000 soldiers were able to fight, more than half of the soldiers stayed in place because they were sick, and 200 of them returned secretly with Zhang Yu's body. Yu Ban ordered everyone not to leak the news that Zhang Yu had died, and also asked people to deliberately release the news, saying that there were no patients in their army now, the disease had been restrained, and the troops would be sent the next day.

Sure enough, at the third watch of the next day, the soldiers began to cook on the fire, and after eating at the fifth watch, the whole army attacked and advanced towards the vanguard of the Xianbei army. Wei Tuling and his advisers naturally followed the army, but they had quietly released the news last night, saying that Yu Ban's vanguard force was less than 5,000 soldiers, and the vanguard general Zhang Yu had died of illness, and the news was reliable.

After Wei Tuwen and others got the information of Wei Tuling, they were overjoyed, but Wei Tuwen was careful, suspecting that this was a strange use by Yu Ban, so everyone should be careful and not fall for them. However, the eldest brother Wei Tuwu and the three Wei Tuwu did not think so, the Han army was new, it was normal for the water and soil to be unadaptable, and there were many poisonous substances in Xianbei, it was likely that they were sick because they encountered some poisonous substances, and now at this time, it was a good time to baa their vanguard troops, and the two of them asked to fight.

Although Wei Tuwen was worried that this was a trick, he still sent his eldest brother Wei Tuwu to fight, but explained that if the Han army retreated, then it could not be pursued, as long as they were repulsed. Wei Tuwu had long thought about competing with the Han army, and now that he could attack, he naturally agreed in his heart, and immediately led his headquarters of 8,000 men and horses to attack.

Yu Ban took the army and went down to the village thirty miles below the broken gong city in Xianbei. The broken gong city is a small border city in Xianbei, where Xianbei's vanguard troops are stationed. Wei Tuwu led the army, and directly thought about rushing to kill in the forbidden camp. Yu Ban got the information and asked the first general to go to the battle.

Wei Tuling took a look, isn't this the person who guarded the door before, he always thought that this was a small soldier, just some skills, he didn't think that he was actually ordered to fight now, only to know that this person is indeed not simple, and quietly asked other soldiers, what kind of person is this, he is not like an ordinary soldier.

The soldier told Wei Tuling the truth and said: "He is the pioneer deputy general Zhao Qi, the deputy lieutenant of the official residence, and his ability is not small. When Wei Tuling heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, he was really not an ordinary soldier, it seemed that Shi had some strength, but a small deputy lieutenant, there was nothing to fear. He was going to follow, saying that he could try to persuade the eldest brother to stop attacking. However, it is forbidden to say that it is only the first battle, and they will naturally not agree, and it is best to persuade him when the soldiers come to the city. Wei Tuling had no choice but to agree, staying by Yu Ban's side and watching from afar.

Zhao Qi stepped forward with 800 troops, the two armies confronted each other, and Wei Tuwu ordered the deputy general around him to fight in the red sky. The red sky was born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, making a three-pointed long fork, and participated in the battle of Silla, and successively killed the three generals of Silla, and was majestic. Now that the Han army is coming, he has long been eager to try. Now that he got the order, he immediately rode out and took Zhao Qi directly.

The two clashed, fought for less than ten rounds, and were stabbed under the horse by Zhao Qi with a shot. The Xianbei army was shocked, Zhonghong Kongkong was the more capable person in their army, and he couldn't catch the twenty rounds of the young general of the Han army. Wei Tuling watched from the forbidden side, and his heart trembled, this young general was so powerful.

I saw that the red empty space had just been killed under the horse, and Wei Tuwu's side immediately slapped the horse out and took Zhao Qi directly. This person was none other than Liao Dekui, the chief of Wei Tuwu's personal bodyguard, who was very brave, and he waved the spear in his hand to take Zhao Qi directly. Seeing that it was a general to kill, Zhao Qi shook his spirits and rode up with a gun.

The two clashed, and the battle was won or lost in 20 rounds. After about ten rounds of fighting, Zhao Qi made a flaw and was almost stabbed, but fortunately, there was no danger in the end. Xianbei saw it, the drums were loud, and he shouted in his mouth. When Liao Dekui heard this, he came to his senses even more, screaming, wanting to take Zhao Qi's life. Zhao Qi menaced Liao Dekui, turned the horse's head and walked straight.

Liao Dekui only said that Zhao Qi was afraid of him, so he hurried to catch up, and stabbed out with a spear, Zhao Qi's mount jumped forward and avoided the distance. After chasing for a while, seeing that the distance was enough, Liao Dekui stabbed another spear, but he still missed, and he was even angrier in his heart, and continued to pursue with his legs clamped.

Zhao Qi glanced back, held Liao Dekui high with his spear, and said quietly: "It's now." Instantly reined in the horse, a horse shot back, that Liao Dekui was defenseless, the spear in his hand was still in the air, he was stabbed in the throat by Zhao Qi, a mouthful of blood spurted out, fell off the horse's back, and lay on the ground without breath.

Seeing Liao Dekui killed, the Xianbei army was shocked again, and Wei Tuwu was also furious, and said loudly: "Who dares to fight? When the words fell, a general next to him said, "Wait for me to get his head." Wei Tuwu saw that the battle was a thousand commanders in the army, named Peng Ye Zhengzheng, a third-generation military general in the family, and a family heirloom who shook his hands and anger, and could kill the enemy invisibly.

Zhao Qi saw that another general came out and continued to fight. Peng Yezheng roared, and directly killed the general, Zhao Qi stabbed out with a shot, and was stopped by him, and then the knife dragged and slashed straight at Zhao Qi's chest. Seeing that the cold light was coming, Zhao Qi leaned back and barely dodged. It followed the momentum of the knife, danced with both hands, and slashed again. Zhao Qi raised his gun to block it, only to hear a bang, and the two weapons collided, sending out a little spark.

"This man is not small, and he has good knife skills, so I have to be careful." Zhao Qi said secretly in his heart, and stabbed again with a gun. That Peng Ye was swinging a knife to slash the master, and the two of them worked horseback, spinning in place, and no one would let go of the strength in their hands. Twelve Peng Ye Zheng's knife was pressed back, and sometimes Zhao Qi's gun was pressed back, and the two were in a stalemate for a while, inseparable.

Seeing that Zhao Qi's spear was gradually suppressed, Peng Yezheng's eyes moved, his sleeves flicked, and he actually sent out two hidden arrows, one towards Zhao Qi's door and the other towards his throat. Zhao Qi was shocked, with force in his hand, he pushed open the big knife above, bit the flying arrow with his mouth, and then dodged sideways, but after all, it was still a little slower, although the arrow did not stab his throat, but stabbed his right shoulder, and the blood suddenly gushed out.

"Despicable villain, what kind of hero is a secret arrow that hurts people." Zhao Qi scolded angrily.

Peng Ye Zhengzheng said with a smile: "Soldiers are not tired of cheating, isn't this what your Han army is best at." Take your life. Saying that, dragging the big knife and rushing directly towards Zhao Qi, Zhao Qi's shoulder hurt, he didn't dare to fight, and pulled his horse away. Peng Yezheng was driving his horse to chase after him, and two arrows were swished. Hearing the sound, he jumped on his horse, dodged two arrows, and continued to escape.

Yu Ban saw that Zhao Qi was injured, and immediately sent Deng Zhong and Su Ran out of Lu to rescue. The two of them received the order and immediately patted their horses out. Seeing that Peng Ye was making a move, Deng Zhong took out his bow and arrow, took out the arrow and pulled the bow, and said "in", which hit Peng Yezheng's horse heart, the horse wailed and fell to the ground, Peng Ye Zhengzheng also fell out of the ground and rolled twice on the ground.

Deng Zhong drove forward and escorted Zhao Qi away, and Su Ran hurried up and took Peng Ye Zhengzheng. When Wei Tuwu saw this, he immediately ordered the whole army to advance, and the army shouted out. When Su Ran saw it, he abandoned Peng Yezheng, turned his horse's head and retreated. Wei Tuwu ordered the pursuit, and the army shouted out and rushed straight into the forbidden camp. Seeing the Xianbei army attacking, Yu Ban ordered the archers to shoot random arrows, and slowly retreated with the army and retreated into the camp.

Wei Tuwu commanded the army to continue the pursuit, the Han army retreated and shot arrows, and gradually retreated into the camp.

Yu Ban and the others took Zhao Qi into the camp, and immediately found a doctor to see the injury, the doctor hurriedly came, pulled out the small arrow on Zhao Qi's shoulder, and said: "Fortunately, there is no poison on the arrow, otherwise it will be very troublesome to be hit by an arrow in this position." However, you must not move your breath and fight until you recover, otherwise if the injury worsens, it is likely to endanger your entire right arm. ”

"So what will happen in the end?" Zhao Qi asked.

"The end result is likely to result in the loss of the entire right arm. However, as long as you recuperate, there is no major problem, but this place is injured, and the wound will be moved by breathing, panting, or eating and drinking, so the recovery must be very slow. The doctor said as he bandaged Qi with medicine.

Yu Ban said on the side: "Since this is the case, in the future, you will be able to cultivate here, and don't go to war." ”

"But, general, if you want to be in the army, I" Zhao Qi was so anxious that he was about to get up. But he was held down by Yu Ban, and at the same time glanced outside and asked him not to speak. Zhao Qi saw Yu Ban's action, and wanted to squint outside, so he sat down obediently and changed his words: "Okay, when my injuries are healed, I will rush into battle with the general to kill the enemy." ”

"Well, you just have to cultivate well." Yu Ban said.

At this moment, Wei Tuling was eavesdropping outside. They heard the conversation between Yu Ban and Zhao Qi clearly, and if Zhao Qi didn't finish speaking, he naturally guessed that there were not too many generals in this vanguard unit, first Zhang Yu died of illness, and then Zhao Qi was hit by an arrow, so now only Yu Ban can fight. Wei Tuling was overjoyed in her heart, and hurriedly passed the news out quietly.

When Wei Tuwu got the news, he was overjoyed, and immediately found the generals to discuss, and went to rob the Han army camp at night. As for Yu Ban's dynamics, Wei Tuling also knows the Tao clearly, he didn't see how Yu Ban deployed troops, but for the protection and patrol of the camp, it is still strict.

When the sun set, suddenly a group of more than 200 troops out of the walled gate, Wei Tuling saw it, and directly asked those people what they were doing, but no result was obtained, all of them were directly subordinate soldiers of Yu Ban, they only listened to Yu Ban's command, and did not know what they were going to do. Wei Tuling saw that they were well-equipped, holding halberds, carrying bows and arrows on their shoulders, carrying long swords at their waists, and their mounts were also fat and healthy.

However, he said that Wei Tuling entered the forbidden camp tent, and when he saw Yu Ban and all the lieutenant generals inside, he was stunned and thought to himself: "Don't they suspect that I have leaked something to my detriment." Now, if they try to kill me, I don't have much room to resist. But he couldn't back down, so he could only walk in and ask very respectfully, "What is the matter that the general urgently summoned me?" ”

Yu Ban asked Wei Tuling to sit down, and asked very seriously: "I invited the general here to hear your opinion." Our Han army attacked you Xianbei, not to annex your land or plunder your resources, but your emperor tried to invade our Liaodong, so he was forced to send troops as a last resort. Now that our vanguard has met you and the vanguard of your country, the great war is imminent, and I want to hear your thoughts. ”

When Wei Tuling heard that this was the case, he was not so nervous in his heart, and said, "It turned out to be this thing. As soldiers, we all think about the country and have to listen to the orders of our superiors, but in this world, it is the people who suffer, and it is we sergeants who sacrifice our lives. Before, I thought that you Han army had no way, but later I found out that you are not like this. Didn't the general come to me to persuade my brothers to surrender? ”

Yu Bandao: "That's exactly what it means. If your brothers can surrender to us like you, then when I withdraw one by one, the entire Xianbei military power is in your hands, and you can elect the ideal monarch in your heart, but the first thing to emphasize is that the new monarch must be allied with our Han Dynasty, and there must be no idea of invading our Han Dynasty. Do you have any target candidates for such a monarch? ”

Wei Tuling hesitated for a while, and said secretly in his heart: "You are all about to lose, and it is really delusional to think that we want to change the monarch." However, Yu Ban's words also spoke to his heart, the current monarch is very unkind to their brothers, if it weren't for the Han army this time, they would not reuse them, and the current monarch is very warlike, but he is very incompetent, and he listens to the traitorous eunuch next to him. The monarch's younger brother is good friends with them, and he is not bad, but it is not the turn of that younger brother to be the monarch, and the current emperor has many sons.

Wei Tuling said: "The younger brother of His Majesty the Emperor, King Han, did not hate the Han Dynasty, and repeatedly suggested intermarriage with the Han Dynasty to establish allied relations, but it was not adopted, so if he could get the support of the King of Han, it might work." ”