Wen Qin failed to hold the camp after all, and when he held out until noon on the sixth day, the last camp of the Wei army in Wuzhangyuan was still lost.

In fact, after Wen Qin opened the gate early on the sixth day, he didn't think about how long he could hold on.

The camp was completely surrounded by the Shu army two days ago, and now more than half of the soldiers and horses in the headquarters have been lost, and there is no possibility of breaking through at all, and even if it is not for Wen Qin and the soldiers to agree first, it is impossible to defend it on the fifth day, and the army has already mutinied.

Therefore, early on the morning of the sixth day, Wen Qin opened the gate of the fortress and allowed the soldiers to go out of the camp to surrender to the Shu army, which was regarded as fulfilling his promise.

But Wen Chin could not surrender, and he had a reason to hold on.

There are also more than 500 soldiers recruited from the Central Plains or Hebei and other places who are also tired of Wen Qin.

Wei law is strict, and there are strict regulations on whether the soldiers surrender, when they surrender, and what kind of treatment their families will be after surrendering.

The most typical example is that when Zhuge Ke attacked Hefei New City in history, Zhang Te, the defender of the new city, used the strategy of delaying the army and told Zhuge Ke that the military law of Wei State stipulates that if the city surrenders after 100 days, the family will not be implicated, and hopes that Zhuge Ke will let him make up the period of 100 days, and then surrender Zhuge Ke actually agreed.

It's not that Zhuge Ke is stupid, but Wei Fazhen stipulates that, under the situation at that time, if Zhang Te really wants to surrender, this condition is very in line with the actual situation at that time.

Today's Wuzhang Plain, even if it is counted from the day Guo Huai led the army into Wuzhang Plain, it is definitely only a hundred days. Surrendering at this time must be a violation of the military law of the Wei State, down to the non-commissioned officers and up to Wenqin, they will all be convicted by the military law, thus affecting their families.

The soldiers recruited from Hanzhong are not very scruples about military law, after all, it is really hard to say who belongs to Guanzhong in the future, in case the Han recaptures Guanzhong, then the so-called military law of Wei is a joke.

Therefore, it is already very good that the local county guards in Guanzhong can accompany Wen Qin for five days.

However, most of the remaining more than 500 soldiers were recruited in the hinterland of the Central Plains and even in Hebei, and those who came to Chang'an to serve as soldiers would also be affected by their families in their hometowns if they surrendered.

The treatment of the families of these people after the war was far better than the treatment of their families after surrender.

Therefore, although Wen Qin opened the gate of the fortress and allowed most of the soldiers to leave the camp to surrender, there were still more than 500 soldiers around him after all and continued to hold the camp.

But such a little person can't stop Zhang Fei's attack after all. In less than an hour, Zhang Fei broke through the camp gate.

To be honest, Wen Qin thought about committing suicide and martyrdom, but sometimes it is one thing to think about it, and it is another thing to really do it.

After all, Wen Qin is still young, only in his twenties, and his eldest son is even only five years old. With such a hesitation, Wen Qin let a group of five big and three thick Shu soldiers fall to the ground and be captured in front of Zhang Fei.

This was specially explained by Zhang Fei, after all, Zhang Fei still admires Wen Qin very much.

In the first three days of perseverance, all Zhang Fei could see was Wen Qin's calm command and martial bravery, and nothing else could be seen, so Zhang Fei's evaluation of Wen Qin was that he was a "quite courageous" person.

But in the next two days, the Wei army had obviously lost nearly half of the battle, and at this time, the general army had already collapsed, but Wen Qin could use his own means to continue to maintain the morale of the army and continue to block Zhang Fei's attack.

This is very commendable, at least it shows that this Wei army commander has a deep military heart and has enough means to control his troops and horses.

Zhang Fei immediately became interested in such a character, and specially ordered that after breaking through the camp, he must capture this Wei army commander alive.

In this way, Wen Qin was tied up and went to see Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei looked at Wen Qin, although he had been embarrassed all his life and his armor was messy, he could see that this master general was not very old. Zhang Fei has a lot of love for talents.

He remembered the first encounter with Zhang Xi.

Wen Qin at this time happened to be about the same age as Zhang Fei when he first met Zhang Xi.

He was young, and although he was still a little immature in using soldiers, his means were good, and Zhang Fei wanted to persuade Wen Qin to surrender and serve the Han Dynasty.

But Wen Qin refused, very simply.

Anyone can surrender, but Wen Qin really can't.

Wen Qin's father was the chief cavalry general of Cao Cao's troops, and Wen Qin was unlucky enough to be involved in the "Wei Sarcasm Case".

Therefore, Wen Qin asked Zhang Fei to kill him in order to save the family.

As soon as Zhang Fei heard this, he was even more reluctant.

In order to protect the family, Wen Qin was bent on death, which made Lao Zhang admire it very much.

But such a young and talented person died because of Cao Wei's small-bellied chicken intestine military method, Zhang Fei really felt a pity.

Zhang Fei still wanted to persuade Wen Qin to surrender, hoping to let Wen Qin work for the Han Dynasty on the basis of protecting the whole family.

For this reason, Zhang Fei even went to Zhang Xi and asked Zhang Xi to give an idea.

This kid has a lot of ghost ideas and thieves, so he may have the best of both worlds.

And Zhang Xi at this time really didn't have time to entangle Zhang Fei with this.

After the Wuzhang original camp was conquered, some information was asked from the mouths of some Wei prisoners. Although these surrendered soldiers or prisoners don't know much, if you ask more and sum up, you can always get an idea.

For example, the purpose of Guo Huai's withdrawal this time, after the confessions of dozens of prisoners and the accounts of some surrendered soldiers, compared with each other, Zhuge Liang and others can basically determine that Wei Yan has occupied Meixian, and Guo Huai's withdrawal is to counterattack Meixian.

Now that Meixian County has been conquered, Wugong County, which is located on the flank of Wuzhangyuan, is a very important place, Zhang Xi must prepare to unify the army to attack Wugong County as soon as possible, and there is really not much time for Zhang Fei to think about how to persuade Wenqin to surrender.

After Zhang Xi asked Zhang Fei clearly about his intentions and why Wen Qin didn't surrender, he directly suggested that Zhang Fei let the people go.

First, releasing a Wen Qin will not change the current situation in Guanzhong, and Wen Qin does not have the ability to turn the tide.

Second, according to the provisions of the military law of the Wei State, even if Wen Qin goes back this time, he will be punished, and even his family will be affected.

In this case, why should we be this wicked person, just let Cao Wei be the one himself.

Wait until next time, when we meet this Wen Qin again, and then persuade him to surrender, wouldn't it be much easier?!

Zhang Fei pondered, and it seemed to be right.

Anyway, Zhang Fei didn't really want to kill such a young and promising, responsible, and responsible young general, since he didn't want to kill himself, it was better to just let it go.

After Zhang Fei figured out this, he went back to the camp directly, untied Wen Qin, entertained him personally, and then released Wen Qin.

Not only did he release Wen Qin, but Zhang Fei also released and handed back to Wen Qin the more than 200 soldiers who were unwilling to surrender who were captured together after breaking through the camp.

More than 200 people, still a defeated army, can't play a big role, it's better to just do personal favors.

Even for fear that Wen Qin would not be able to explain after he returned, Zhang Fei specially picked up a pen and wrote a letter to Cao Zhen, informing him that although the ins and outs of Wen Qin's release may not be completely well-intentioned, at least, Zhang Fei did this, which is also in line with the regulations of this era.

In these years, after the general was defeated and captured, there were not only two choices: death in battle or surrender, but after being captured, there was also the possibility of returning, although it was rare, but it did happen.

Historically, Eastern Wu fought with Cao Wei, and most of the Cao Wei generals captured were returned to the Eastern Wu side, and basically no surrender or beheading were shown to the public.

Because Ji Han and Cao Wei have a feud, there are very few cases in this regard, but it doesn't mean that Zhang Fei can't do this.

What's more, Zhang Fei, as the general of the Han Dynasty, is his right to deal with prisoners of war in the army, and Liu Bei will not even ask about this.

Wen Qin is like this, he was captured yesterday in a daze, and he was released again in a daze, which is very complicated.

Wen Qin really didn't expect that he would be able to leave the Shu military camp alive. But now that he has left and is still with more than 200 soldiers, what should he do next?!

After stabilizing his mind a little and summarizing some ideas, Wen Qin finally remembered that he had to hurry up to catch up with Guo Tingshi's army and inform Guo Tingshi of the news of the loss of Wuzhangyuan.

Calculate the time, at this time, Guo Tingshi should have already come to Meixian County, and cooperate with Cao Zhendu to counterattack Meixian County.

And now, the Shu army has broken through the camp of Wuzhangyuan, and it will definitely not sit idly by and watch Meixian lose, and will inevitably march with all its strength to attack Guo Tingshi.

There is not much time left for Guo Tingshi, and Wen Qin must rush to Meixian County as soon as possible to inform Guo Tingshi to take precautions.

After thinking about this, Wen Qin immediately took more than 200 people, set off lightly, and quickly marched to Meixian with more than 200 people, which must be much faster than tens of thousands of marches, and he should have found Guo Tingshi's army earlier than the Shu army.

At the same time, after breaking through the direction of Wuzhangyuan, Zhang Fei rested in situ for a day, and waited until Liu Bei in the rear led the army through the Wuzhangyuan Mountain Road, and then led the army, half a day behind Wenqin, and officially marched to Meixian.

And Zhang Xi has also sorted out the 20,000 soldiers he wants to command, with Feng Xi as the vanguard officer, leading the army of 5,000 to set off first, and he himself led Zhang Nan, Liu Yin and 15,000 soldiers as the rear army, and went straight to Wugong County.

For Feng Xi, Zhang Xi's request is just one word, fast.

We must preempt Zhang He and occupy Wugong County.

After all, with the destruction of the original camp of Wuzhang, some information has become clear.

Wei Yan had indeed led his troops to occupy Meixian, and Guo Huai returned to the army this time to counterattack Meixian.

If you estimate according to this routine, then Zhang He, who is on the right side of the wind, will definitely send troops to reinforce Wugong County and threaten the flank of the main force of the Han Northern Expeditionary Army.

Therefore, Zhang Xi must occupy Wugong County before Zhang He.

(End of chapter)