In September of the third year of Pingping, Yuancheng was turbulent and the battle situation was unknown. Yan Zhujun was ill, and said that the great Sima Taiyuan Wang Ke said: "My illness will not help." Today, the external troubles are not settled, Jingmao is young, the country is difficult, I want to follow the Song Xuangong, and the society belongs to you, what is it? Ke said: "Although the prince is young, he is also the master of victory and disability." Who is the truth, dare to do orthodoxy! Jun said angrily: "Between brothers, how can you disguise evil!" Ke said: "If Your Majesty is a minister who can accept the responsibility of the world, can't he assist the young master!" Junxi, Ran Ke said again: "The body of the minister's remnant candle, I am afraid that it will be with Your Majesty soon, please summon King Wu to return." Jun was silent for a long time, but he didn't allow it. will be sick, but the call, the truth, and so on will be edicted to assist the government Jiawu, and die. Wuzi, Prince Wei ascended the throne, eleven years old. Amnesty, change the Yuan Jianxi.

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Just as Murong Ping had exhausted his money, boosted morale, and was preparing to fight to the death with the Beifu army, bad news came from the city one after another. Yan Lord Murong Jun's body took a sharp turn for the worse, almost dying, and the imperial doctors didn't have much hope after a consultation, but how long could it be delayed.

Murong Ping is very aware of Murong Jun's body, and there are many credits to this. In order to please this lord, Murong Ping has hollowed out his mind to please Murong Jun, beauties are often sent, and for this Murong Ping, there are many beauty pageants everywhere in Yan Kingdom; Fine wine is also indispensable, in order to allow Murong Jun to drink the fine wine produced in Beifu every day, Murong Ping did not spend a lot of money.

Although Murong Jun is superb in riding and archery, he can be regarded as a male lord on a horse, but since he succeeded to the throne, military affairs have been handled by good ministers such as Murong Ke and Yang Qi, and Murong Jun can naturally enjoy the treatment of the emperor. Therefore, although Murong Jun's body has an excellent foundation. And he doesn't have Jiangzuo's hobby of eating the Five Elements Scatter, but he can't withstand the invasion of wine for ten years, and his body has long been emptied.

Murong Ping was very anxious, if Murong Jun died, what would he do? He is now far away from the main army outside the court, that is, he has the name of his auxiliary government in the edict, but if he is not in the court, those ministers who are in the edict have a way to make themselves an empty shelf. After all, the relationship between himself and Yang Qi and Huangfu Zhen is not very harmonious.

The biggest headache for Murong Ping was with Murong Jun's serious illness. Murong Kedi's health miraculously improved. Whether it is to return to the light or to really worry about the country and the people. This news is really not good news for Murong Ping.

Yan Lord Murong Jun died. Murong Tie must be the chief auxiliary minister, and this fourth brother will definitely recall Murong Trai back to the city when he comes to power, because it is this fifth brother that he values the most. Once Murong Chui grasps the power, whether Murong Ke is dead or not, it will be a dead end for himself.

Hurry back to the city? Murong Ping didn't dare, after all, he was the commander of the army, if he left the army and ran back to the city. No matter how much Murong Jun favors Murong Ping, he will chop him before he is angry to death. Bringing troops back to the city? Murong Ping didn't think about it, but with his prestige in the army, he died faster like this.

Murong Ping now only has one last choice left, that is, a decisive battle with the Beifu army, no matter whether he wins or loses, as long as he forces Wang Meng back, Murong Ping can once again triumphantly return to the city to participate in the struggle for the redistribution of power.

"Command the three armies. Ready to go. Get ready to fight! Murong Ping gritted his teeth and finally ordered.

"In the past few days, the Yan army is about to move, it seems that Murong Ping can't wait." Wang Meng sat in the middle of the big tent. Said solemnly to the generals below.

"My lord, how many days has it been since the decisive battle between the two armies?" Deng Yao said with a frown.

"Our army is confronting here in order to fight a decisive battle with the Yan army. Although it is feasible for our army to attack the city and pull out the fortress, the losses are too great, and the harm to the people is also great. The people of Si, Hebei, and Qingzhou are all my Chinese people, and they can't be poisoned by this anymore. Wang Meng is still so serious.

"Ci is not in charge of the army, there are too many worries about acting like this, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the adults to march and arrange the formation." Deng Qiang continued.

The general once said that the army and horses are used to protect the family and defend the country, and now the war is all in the Central Plains, of course, there are many concerns. The blood of the Chinese people is really too much. Wang Meng replied.

"100,000 against 300,000, this battle is not easy to fight." After everyone was silent for a while, Yang An spoke. Indeed, 100,000 beats 300,000, the huge disparity between them makes these former Zhou generals a little afraid, they have never done such a mysterious thing before.

"Of the 300,000 troops of the Yan Army, only 100,000 are elites brought over by You and Ping, and the rest of the 200,000 are young and strong people who are temporarily signed, so there is nothing to be afraid of." Duan Huan, who had been silent, said proudly.

"I have ordered the governor of Jizhou to sit in Wuxiang to monitor the enemy of Jizhou, the governor of Yongzhou Zhang Suiyuan (Zhang Qu) out of the town of Hongnong Hangu, and the newly granted governor of Jizhou Xu Dingshan (Xu Dang) to move the town of Hanoi Yewang to monitor the enemy of Henan together. Our army has no worries, and it only needs to fight with all its strength to raise the flag to the east. Wang Meng was also very confident in the strength of the Beifu Army, so he suddenly turned to another topic.

"Ladies and gentlemen, who wants to be the vanguard and break through the formation for our army?" After finishing speaking, Wang Meng's eyes swept over the generals present.

"This important task must be my Mo Dao Army!" Duan Huan and Zhao Fu spoke almost at the same time.

"There are left and right Modao generals and Modao troops out of the battle, and the Yan army's formation will definitely be broken." Wang Meng approvingly.

"Your Excellency, please entrust this important task to us." Deng Qiang, Lu Guang, Yang An, and Mao Dang walked out, knelt in front of Wang Meng and said loudly, "The four of us are willing to lead a group to be the striker and swear to death."

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Wang Meng knew that these four people wanted to avenge the old lord Fu Jian, and on the other hand, they also wanted to make military achievements so that they could gain a foothold in the Beifu army.

Wang Meng pondered for a while, and finally decided: "Okay, the four of you each lead a box, thinking that the forward, Duan Yuanqing and Zhao Changjun will lead the three thousand Mo sword army as the rear." ”

When everyone heard this, they faintly understood in their hearts, but they didn't make a sound, and continued to listen to Wang Meng's orders.

"Staff General Hou Ming is the commander of the left army, General Lu Cai is the commander of the right army, and deputy general Cang is the commander of the Chinese army, and he is ordered to lead the army. Left and right exploration generals Deng Yingyuan (Deng Yao) and Zhang Changrui (Zhang) led 3,000 exploration troops as a reserve, ready at any time. Zhuge Cheng led the sedan cavalry army as a guerrilla. Ready to respond. ”

"The Last General's Order!" Everyone responded in unison.

On September 16, the decisive battle between the Beifu Army and the Yan Army finally started on the bank of Qishui. It's just that this battle, which everyone has been looking forward to for a long time, is different from what many people expected in their hearts. The people of Yan Guo thought that Zeng Hua would personally lead the army, but they didn't want to just come to Wang Meng, who was famous for his ministers; Beifu thought that the commander of the Yan army would be Murong Ke, but who knew that it was Situ Murong Ping. But no matter what, the battle that decided the order finally began, although it was still so bloody and fierce, but the absence of the two main generals still made this battle a lot of color.

As soon as the battle began, the Beifu soldiers showed their ferocity and momentum as always. Stone cannons and bed crossbows were still the first to speak. Then the longbow and the Divine Arm crossbow shot out of the sky and a rain of arrows. In rhythmic drumming. The Beifu army finally engaged the Yan army, and the shouts of killing rang out on the battlefield for a while.

The forward of the Beifu soldiers is Deng Qiang, Lu Guang, Yang An, Mao Dang led the three-box infantry army, about 12,000 people, facing the elite of the 30,000 Yan army led by Mu Yuqian, the general of the previous army.

Xu Cheng stretched out his right foot and kicked out the corpse of the Yan Army sergeant hanging on his horizontal knife. I saw that the left and right were my subordinates. Xu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, thrust the horizontal knife into the ground, wiped it on his face with his free right hand, wiped away the blood splashed on his face, and then ordered: "The whole battalion stops, and fight again after rectification!"

"My lord, the offensive in front has stopped, we still have to work harder!" After a while. Clerk Mao Zhengyi walked over from the front. In addition to being covered in blood, he also spoke a little panting.

Hearing this, Xu Cheng couldn't help but feel depressed. I thought I had followed Deng Qiang for more than ten years. is already a fierce general who dares to work hard, but compared with this bookish and angry secretary, he is about to become a good person who eats fasting and recites Buddha.

"Secretary, our battalion has already advanced into three formations, and now on the opposite side is Murong Zhou's Turf Army, the elite of the Yan Army, we should take a breath and adjust before attacking." Although Xu Cheng is more arrogant, it was in the Zhou army, and if he joined Beifu, he always had to be a man with his tail between his legs first. Moreover, the clerk is directly under the Military and Political Department, and he was appointed by the Military Division, although they are both the commanders of the first battalion, but the two have different responsibilities and do not belong to each other, so Xu Cheng did not dare to scold him according to his previous temper, but refuted it loudly.

"Commander Xu, the military law of Beifu has advanced and not retreated, and the order given to us from above is a surprise attack! Assault! Assault! As long as the orders from above are not changed, our battalion will be exhausted, and we will continue to move forward. Otherwise, under the military law, you, the chief officer, will not be able to escape punishment. Mao Zhengyi said with a serious face, and his tone was very stern.

Hearing this, Xu Cheng couldn't help but feel a burst of anger from the bottom of his heart, no one dared to speak to himself like this, what about military law? Don't scare me with this thing. In fact, Xu Cheng misunderstood Mao Zhengyi, if the battalion stopped here, the military law would be discussed, and the secretary would not be able to escape accountability, but Xu Cheng should bear the greatest responsibility.

Although Xu Cheng knew that the military law in Beifu was strict, because he was a newly demoted general, he really didn't know what the level of strictness was, so he regarded Mao Zhengyi's words as an offense and deliberate ridicule.

"I am the commander of this battalion, how to decide is up to me, if the official is to blame, I will bear all of them!" Xu Cheng shouted angrily. He was thinking in his heart that his superior was Deng Qiang, who had been in love for more than ten years, and had saved Deng Qiang's life on the battlefield a few times, Xu Cheng felt that he should not blame himself too much, so he had the courage to say so.

Hearing Xu Cheng say this, Mao Zhengyi couldn't help but be speechless for a while, because Xu Cheng was the military commander, and if the military decisions he made were just stagnant, Mao Zhengyi would be helpless for a while.

I saw that at this time, several officers rushed in front, also covered in blood, and shouted angrily: "What's going on with your forward middle battalion? Why stopped at this time! The good conical assault formation is now all in ruins. The Yan army on the opposite side is ready to counterattack! ”

It was the flag officers of the left and right battalions of the forward who were cooperating together, and they rushed to inquire about the situation on the orders of the commanders of their respective battalions.

Mao Zhengyi's face changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked for details, as soon as the offensive of the forward middle battalion was loosened, Yan Weiti's army breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately counterattacked, so that the offensive of the left and right battalions that followed closely behind was suddenly chaotic, and the advantage of the conical attack formation, which was very good just now, was gone, how could it not make the left and right battalions depressed and angry!

"Commander Xu, please order an immediate assault, now the teams have been put in order." Mao Zhengyi turned his head and said loudly.

Hearing Mao Zhengyi's stiff words, Xu Cheng, who was originally regretful, suddenly became angry. The ghost envoy replied in a hurry: "Since it is already difficult to continue the attack, it is better to retreat to the center line for the time being, gather the follow-up troops and then assault!" ”

Hearing this, Mao Zheng yelled: "Xu Cheng, you dare to retreat!" ”

Xu Cheng's face also changed, cold

Said: "I'm an expedient measure!" Give the order to each tun now! And you tell your respective commanders, inform me of my orders, and ask them to do their jobs! ”

"The order has been changed from above?" Mao Zhengyi's face suddenly became cold. He asked in a deep voice.

"Nope. But General Deng was my old boss. I'm sure he'll agree with my decision! Xu Cheng said more bluntly, unceremoniously revealed his relationship with Deng Qiang, and clearly told Mao Zhengyi that Deng Qiang would carry it for him if something went wrong, and as he spoke, he asked the herald to go to the rear camp to report to Deng Qiang.

"Withdraw without an order. General Deng can't protect you either! Are you really going to retire? Mao Zhengyi also said more bluntly.

"Yes, there are many thieves and I am outnumbered, and the dynasty will fight. Retire now! Xu Cheng shouted, his momentum was not inferior to Mao Zhengyi.

"Flag bearers! Battalion officers! Mao Zheng roared, and the battalion officers such as flag officers, heralds, commanders, division officers, and military judges who were surrounding immediately surrounded him.

"You have all heard, Xu Cheng intends to withdraw without an order, how to deal with it according to the wartime law of the Beifu Infantry Army?" Mao Zheng asked calmly.

"Article 2 of Chapter 6 of the Wartime Law states that the commander-in-chief withdraws the army without an order, and the secretary, deputy commander, flag officer and other battalion officers may deliberate to deprive him of his command authority, and then be punished by military law after the war!" The military judge replied immediately.

"Mao Zhengyi. Do you dare to touch Lao Tzu? I am General Deng Qiang's life-saving benefactor! Xu Cheng roared. Someone, catch these thieves for me! ”

Seeing that Xu Chengdi's own soldiers were about to rush up, he fought with the battalion officers. I saw Mao Zheng rush forward, pull out the horizontal knife is a knife, and directly cut off the head of Xu Cheng, who was surprised.

Mao Zhengyi raised the bloody head with his left hand and shouted: "Xu Cheng withdrew without an order, and he was not subject to military law, and he intended to kill him indiscriminately, so I will now deal with it with military law!" ”

"My Beifu soldiers will die facing forward when they die on the battlefield, Xu Cheng wants to be a bad seed, does my forward middle battalion want to be a bad seed?"

"Nope! No! The battalion officers roared.

"I am now temporarily acting as the commander, and I will order the whole battalion to assault!" Mao Zhengyi shouted.

"Yes!" The commander replied in a loud voice.

"Secretary, kill Xu Cheng, I'm afraid Deng Qiang will embarrass you!" The flag bearer next to him whispered.

Mao Zhengyi watched everyone busy there, and said coldly: "I have put life and death out of my mind, do I still care about General Deng's embarrassment?" ”

After that, he turned to the herald and said, "Go and tell General Deng that I killed Xu Cheng in accordance with military law, and if I can come back alive, I will definitely ask him for guilt!" ”

After speaking, Mao Zheng waved his horizontal knives one by one and shouted: "Forward middle battalion, assault!" ”

After roaring, Mao Zhengyi rushed forward with a knife, the nail leaves on his body rattled, but his heavy steps were like drums, and he quickly merged into the footsteps of the whole battalion.

Deng Qiang was stunned when he heard the two heralds one after another. The first herald's proclamation made Deng Qiang break out in a cold sweat, as a senior officer and general, he can understand the strict military law of Beifu better than Xu Cheng, if Xu Cheng really retreats without authorization, it will definitely have an impact on the entire offensive formation of Beifu, and it is very likely that today's attack will be futile, and he will definitely be executed by military justice after the war. Deng Qiang has already prepared a draft of the message to Wang Meng: "Cheng, the county general of Qiang, although he should be killed in violation of the deadline, Qiang is willing to fight with the effect to redeem it." "No matter what, I have to protect this old subordinate.

But hearing the words of the herald soldiers behind him, Deng Qiang was stunned for a while, he finally understood why the Beifu soldiers would win all battles!

"Please tell the king! The subordinate general Deng Qiang is determined to fight to the death, and if he does not break the Yan army, he will not retreat! Deng Qiang turned to his herald and said.

Then Deng Qiang pulled out his horizontal knife and shouted to the officers and soldiers around him: "Blow the trumpet and set up a decisive battle flag!" The tree is right behind me! After that, he raised the long knife in his hand and shouted: "All battalions of the forward army, rush with Lao Tzu!" ”

Wang Meng received Deng Qiang's message, and also knew the reason for the forward middle battalion, and immediately ordered all armies and battalions: "Wang Jingluo received the country's favor, and he was appointed both inside and outside, and now he and the kings went deep into the thief land, and he should try his best to die, advance without retreating, and make great contributions to the country together, in order to repay the country." Victory, by the king of the king, called the parents' room, is also beautiful! Defeated, died in the hot land under your feet, and never stole back Guanlong, wouldn't it be happy! The army was enthusiastic for a while, broke the cauldron and abandoned the grain, and shouted for a race.

Just at noon, the forward battalion defeated the Yan army, Mao Zheng died in a battle, the whole battalion survived less than 100 people, under this encouragement, Deng Qiang led the forward army finally defeated the Yan army led by Mu Yuqian, and began to march towards the Yan army.

After there was a gap, Duan Huan and Zhao Fu led the Mo Dao Army to immediately kill the Yan army, Mo Dao was like a forest, and Xu Jin was like a mountain. It was like a lawnmower, and the Yan army in front of it all became severed limbs. The Mo Dao Army walked all the way, and the flesh and blood were sprinkled all the way. Seeing such a momentum, the Yan army was all short of breath and frightened, and they avoided it one after another.

Wang Meng saw that the victory was beginning to appear, and immediately Deng Yao and Zhang led the exploration army to rush straight to the Yan army. Deng Yao, who took the lead, crossed the horse and waved the knife, galloped to the Yan Array, and entered and exited more than ten times, if there was no one around, hundreds of people were killed and injured, and the follow-up exploration of the iron horse was like a huge flood of thunder, and the place where it passed was gone. Murong commented on the wind and avoided the wind, and actually abandoned the handsome flag to hide his face and run. At dusk, the Yan soldiers were defeated, killing more than 50,000 people and dropping more than 100,000. Zhuge Cheng led the light cavalry to win the pursuit, and more than 100,000 people surrendered, and the rest scattered into the field. Murong Ping only had dozens of horses left, and returned to the city in a hurry with Mu Yugen, Fu Yan, Li Hong, Mu Yuqian and others.