In the early morning, the rested Liang army continued to go north, and two days later, it successfully arrived outside the Golden Wolf City in Yongzhou. Miles away, you could smell the thick smell of blood in the air. Yang Xiuce immediately stepped forward and came to Wei Qing's side, and said with a solemn expression: "Along the way, the rest of the cities in Yongzhou don't seem to have suffered from war, and now the situation in Golden Wolf City is unknown, do you need our family to take the first step and investigate?" ”

Wei Qing shook his head and said: "As Gonggong Yang said, the situation in the city is unknown now, if the Golden Wolf City has been lost, and the father-in-law breaks in alone, it is too dangerous to meet the Sikong Li who is waiting for the rabbit, it is better for us to enter the city together, and we can take care of each other." ”

When Yang Xiu heard this, he smiled slightly, this time Emperor Wu of Liang sent himself to the Golden Wolf City with the army, which was used to deal with Sikong Li, a martial arts master, in Feng Jingquan's words, the Golden Wolf City could be lost, but Wei Qing could not die, Yang Xiu naturally knew the emperor's intentions. Wei Qing's move, whether intentional or not, is to protect himself. The two looked at each other and smiled, Wei Qing waved his big hand, and said loudly: "Pass my military order, the whole army is on alert, enter the city!" ”

The defenders of Golden Wolf City received news early on the eve of the battle that General Wei Qing led 200,000 troops on the way to help. There are two deputy generals under Ye Baiye, Xie Wu fought with Sikong Li for a long time in the first day of the battle, and then he rose up to be brave, and after killing 17 enemy soldiers on the city tower, he was punched in the chest by Sikong Li, and died in a heroic battle, and another deputy general, Xu Caiyong, survived by luck, and stayed in the south city tower early this morning to wait for the arrival of the army.

Seeing the flag of General Wei, Xu Caiyong cried with joy and shouted loudly: "General Wei is here!" "He ordered the gates of the city to be opened, and the army was brought into the city. I saw that the city was in ruins, and the corpses were all over the field, a miserable scene, which showed the tragic situation of the battle the day before yesterday. Wei Qing couldn't bear it in his heart, so he ordered his corporal to help clean up the battlefield, turned his head to look at Xu Caiyong, and asked, "Vice General Xu, dare to ask where General Ye is?" ”

The corners of Xu Caiyong's eyes were moist, his face was bitter, and he hugged his fists and said: "Back to General Wei's words, the general fought fiercely with Sikong Li for a long time the day before yesterday, and was seriously injured, and now he only has one breath left, and he can't hold it for too long." ”

When Wei Qing heard this, he was shocked, he didn't expect Ye Baiye, who had always been despised by the officialdom of Liang State, to be so bloody, and hurriedly said: "Please also ask Vice General Xu to lead the way, I was going to see General Ye." ”

There were too many dead soldiers in the city, and the corpses were almost piled up in the streets, and they couldn't move forward on horseback, so the two of them walked quickly and went straight to the makeshift general's mansion. On the way, Wei Qing asked, "Is the Golden Wolf City defended?" ”

Xu Caiyong replied: "Don't say that General Wei doesn't believe it, even if he is a lower official, it is inconceivable." Although the Chu army only sent 150,000 soldiers and horses in this battle, the person who led the troops was the terrifying Great Chu military god. At the beginning of the siege, he single-handedly rushed directly to kill him, how could ordinary arrows hurt him at all, although our army had a master to help, but a secret weapon of the Tang Gate, it was difficult to make contributions to the boss, and I could only watch this person kill the city tower, if it weren't for the general and Vice General Xie who were not afraid of death, they joined forces to resist for a while, if it weren't for the fact that Grandmaster Zhan had no bullets, and stopped the Chu State Iron Cavalry outside the city, if it weren't for the unity of all the soldiers of our army, and work together to encircle and suppress Sikong Li, I am afraid that the Golden Wolf City would have been broken long ago! ”

Wei Qing suddenly turned around and clenched his fists, bent down and said: "General Ye has worked hard, Deputy General Xu has worked hard, and the defenders of Golden Wolf City have worked hard, how fortunate I am to have these 200,000 hot-blooded children!" ”

Xu Caiyong was in tears.

In this battle, 200,000 defenders of the Golden Wolf City of Liang State, a total of 120,000 people were killed, and countless people were seriously wounded.

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The two of them came to the general's mansion, which was so simple that it could not be more simple, and as soon as they entered the door, the strong smell of blood mixed with the smell of herbs came to their faces. Several medical officers were helping Ye Baiye change the herbs, and when they saw Xu Caiyong and another young general coming together, the smart man had already guessed the identity of the person, and was about to kneel down and salute, but was stopped by Wei Qing: "It's important to take care of General Ye!" ”

Ye Baiye heard the sound and woke up slowly. Xu Caiyong stepped forward quickly and whispered beside Ye Baiye: "General, General Wei led a large team of men and horses to help, let's hold it!" ”

Wei Qing took a step forward, willingly knelt on the ground, clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "The end will be one step late, and I will be ashamed of General Ye!" ”

Ye Baiye sat up under Xu Caiyong's support, leaned out and helped Wei Qing up, and sighed: "It's not General Wei's fault, how can I feel guilty, this general finally lived up to his mission and defended the Golden Wolf City for His Majesty, but this battle only killed 80,000 Chu troops, far from hurting its roots, and asked General Wei to be more vigilant in case the Chu thieves regrouped and attacked again!" ”

Wei Qing said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured, General Ye will definitely do his best to teach Chu thieves not to go south half a step!" I also asked the general to recuperate from his injuries, recover as soon as possible, and return to Beijing to face the saint. ”

Ye Baiye smiled bitterly: "How heavy is the injury, Ben Jiang knows in his heart that he can still hold on to the battle with Sikong Li until now, Ben Jiang is already very content, the reason why he hasn't breathed yet, in addition to waiting for you, Ben Jiang is still waiting for someone." ”

Just when Wei Qing was puzzled, someone outside the door asked to see: "The holy decree has arrived, the Marquis of Zhongyi, Ye Baiye, the general of Jingzhou, stepped forward to listen to the announcement." ”

Xu Caiyong threw out the door, and saw that the person who came was Tang Gai, the great eunuch with palm prints, and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Xu Caiyong, the deputy general of Jingzhou, has seen Gonggong Tang, long live my emperor." The general was seriously injured, bedridden, unable to move, and unwelcome, and asked his father-in-law not to blame. ”

Tang Gai took two steps forward, helped Xu Caiyong up, and sighed: "Our family knows the proportions, Vice General Xu has worked hard, since the Hou Ye is inconvenient, our family will enter the house to announce the decree, I believe Your Majesty will not blame." ”

The two walked into the room one after the other, Ye Baiye wanted to get up to greet him, but his body really couldn't support it, so he could only let Wei Qing support him, sit on the bed, and when he saw Tang Gai, Ye Baiye raised his hands with difficulty, hugged his fists and said: "Forgive me, father-in-law, Ben Hou really can't get up to greet him now." ”

Tang Gai had arrived in Yongzhou three days ago, and before leaving Beijing, Feng Jingquan had secretly told that when the army of Chu attacked the city, if Ye Baiye blindly retreated, then this holy decree would not be announced, but if Ye Baiye resisted desperately, whether he could hold the Golden Wolf City or not, he could announce the decree after the arrival of Wei Qing's army.

Seeing that Ye Baiye was seriously injured, and scarlet blood stains continued to ooze out of the bandages, Rao was accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, and Tang Gai, who had already been hard-hearted, was also a little unbearable, and sighed: "Hou Ye has worked hard, Your Majesty has a will, this battle Hou Ye has made great contributions, and the Hou Ye has worked hard, and Ye Baiye is specially named the king of Jingzhou, and the four cities of Jingzhou are fiefdomed, and he will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold. ”

Ye Baiye's expression was excited, he stretched out his hands tremblingly, and choked up: "The criminal minister Ye Baiye has the order, thank you Lord Longen, long live my emperor!" ”

After the words were finished, Ye Baiye took the holy decree with both hands, held the holy decree in his arms, as if he had fulfilled his wish, and also seemed to be relieved, and was drained of the last trace of spirit in an instant, and he could no longer support it, and died with a smile.