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In the general's mansion, Wei Yining was explaining the defense to the generals stationed there: "You are in ambush near the city wall, don't ride horses, all infantry." Before the official start of the war, there should be no fire or noise on the letter, so as not to startle the snakes. Success or failure is here, please keep it in mind. ”

As Zhong Ye expected, the Heavenly Eagle Khan really came with people to attack Liangzhou City.

Because he knew that with the current strength of the Turks, he could not compete with the Han army at all, so he could only make dangerous moves.

Knowing that Zhong Ye would lead the main force to attack, he secretly went around to the rear and wanted to sneak attack Liangzhou City.

They crept closer under the cover of night. In recent years, in addition to encouraging the military and civilians to open up wasteland for farming, Wei Yining and Zhong Ye also planted many elm trees on the outskirts of Liangzhou as a barrier.

When the Turkic soldiers got closer, they found that this row of elm trees was very obstructive, making it impossible for the Turkic cavalry to pass, and the Turkic soldiers without horses lost most of their advantage.

"The mind of this Han people is to be vicious, and use these trees as a barrier to intercept us." Aquila Khan's men complained.

"We have come to this point, there is no reason to retreat, we must find a way to rush through." The Aquila Khan said with a gloomy face that he was a trapped beast.

"Great Khan, you see there's a sign erected here and there, saying that open fire is strictly prohibited." A Han man who surrendered with Xu Jingfeng pointed to a wooden sign on the ground and said, "The strategy is here." ”

"You mean to set fire to these trees?" Aquila Khan asked.

"Yes, it's dry at this time, and once the fire starts, the trees will have to burn for the week."

"yes, the people here are lax in their defenses these days. I think we're surrounded by Zhong Ye's army! The advisors of the Aquila Khan said: "Set a fire, and the people of the city will surely see it!" When we came to the rescue, we just took the opportunity to cover up the past. ”

"It seems that this is indeed a solution," said the Aquila Khan, nodding, "and this time it will be our turn to catch the turtle in the urn." ”

The torch was taken, and the Aquila Khan threw it into the elm bushes with hatred on his face.

The flames rose and soon burned in a mixed manner.

But before the Turks could react, a huge explosion sound resounded in the sky, and the Turkic soldiers and horses standing in front of them were blown apart, and it turned out that gunpowder had been buried under the bushes before.

The cattle were most afraid of the light and the sound, and the horses were frightened, and no matter how much they kicked and struck, it was just a wild run, and many people were thrown off their horses.

The Turkic army was in chaos all of a sudden, and at this time, the sound of killing on all sides shook the sky, and the Han army that was ambushed around surged up like a tide.

Wei Yining rushed to the front in military uniform, took a bow and shot an arrow, and an arrow was shot on the left shoulder of the Skyhawk Khan.

At this time, the Turks still had the heart to fight, but they just wanted to escape. Even the Aquila Khan turned his horse's head and prepared to flee wounded.

But how could Wei Yining let him go?

As soon as he slapped the horse, he chased after him.

The battle lasted from late at night until dawn.

When the summer light shone on Wei Yining's face, the Sky Eagle Khan recognized her as the woman he had threatened to get.

But the rhetoric of the past is extremely ridiculous when I think about it now, because he has become Wei Yining's defeated general, defeated and captured, and his dignity has been lost.

By the time Zhong Ye rushed back to Liangzhou with his soldiers and horses day and night, the Liangzhou battlefield had been cleaned up, and all the captured Turkic soldiers had been imprisoned and ready to be released.

"I was so worried that I was going to die along the way, but I didn't expect to come back and see the best situation." Zhong Ye shouted luck with his hand.

Today, Zhong Ye has been stationed in Liangzhou for six years, and there have been hundreds of large and small battles, although the last one is a decisive battle, it has not dragged on for too long, but it has been quickly resolved.

The battle is over, and there are still many things to deal with in the future.

The military advisers returned to the camp one after another, and Wei Yingjue also returned to Liangzhou.

This time, he took a big credit. Zhong Ye had already begun to prepare to write a chapter to report to the imperial court.

Among the captured Turks, one princess insisted on seeing Wei Yingjue.

It turned out that she was the Turkic princess that Wei Yingjue met in the wild when he first came to Liangzhou, and she has never forgotten Wei Yingjue in recent years, but it is a pity that Luohua has no intention of flowing water.

Wei Yingjue went to see him, but there was only one sentence.

"I said that I would take your life with my own hands, and I would never let anyone else kill you."

Half a month later, the imperial court issued an order to vigorously reward Zhong Ye and others for their achievements.

He named Zhongye as the king of Longxi, gave him a fief of 10,000 households, and continued to guard and govern Liangzhou and its surrounding prefectures and counties. Zhong Ye's three sons were all marquises, and each had a food estate.

He named Wei Yingjue as General Liwei and ordered him to lead his troops to escort all the Heavenly Eagle Khan and others to the capital.

The smoke was clear, and the miles were clear, Zhong Ye and Wei Yining breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at each other and smiled.

Wei Yingjue escorted the Turkic soldiers back to Beijing.

On the way, the Tartars tried to riot and escape, but they were unsuccessful.

Wei Ying ordered the Heavenly Eagle Khan and King Zuo Xian to be separated, and he drew his long sword and stabbed it into the heart of the Turkic princess.

Then he gave an order to the sergeant next to him: "Kill!" Not a single mouth will be left alive! ”

The military order was like a mountain, and the soldiers under his command did not dare to disobey it. So he killed all the tens of thousands of Turkic prisoners of war who were escorted.

In this way, the speed of returning to Beijing has been greatly improved.

When I came to Yunyang Station, which was still three hundred miles away from the capital, I was ready to rest for the night, and I could enter Beijing the next day.

That night, Wei Hongan, who was in the capital, suddenly felt in a trance and couldn't sleep anyway.

He got up and went outside, when the night sky was clear, the stars were vast, and a huge meteor pierced the sky and fell to the west with a long tail of light.

Early in the morning of the second day, the post man of Yunyang Post Station stood outside Wei Yingjue's door, knocked lightly three times, and respectfully asked, "General, breakfast is ready." Are you up and washing up now? ”

It was silent, and no one answered.

Yi Cheng didn't dare to bother more, turned around, and came back to knock on the door after another half an hour, but no one answered after knocking for a long time.

Seeing that it was already three poles in the morning, because they were going to rush back to the capital today to face the saint, everyone didn't dare to delay for too long, discussed it, and asked one of Wei Yingjue's most appreciated subordinates to push the door in.

When I got to the bedside and lifted the tent, I found that Wei Yingjue was lying flat on the bed, the quilt was well covered, but he was no longer breathing, but his face was like life, and there were no injuries on his body.

Everyone was immediately confused, and called the accompanying military doctor to come over and confirm that the little prince was indeed dead.

This matter is not trivial, and everyone does not dare to move easily. Hurriedly ordered someone to make a report and listen to the holy decree.

The monarchs and ministers of the court were extremely shocked after hearing the news, and finally the emperor opened his mouth: "Don't let the queen know about this in advance, send a hearse to bring Ying Jue back to the capital first!" ”