Empress Hening finally decided to let Ma Hong lead the troops to the battle.

This is also the first time that Ma Hong led an army of 300,000 to go on an expedition.

According to the imperial court, this expedition cannot be delayed too much.

At the same time, here in Xianyang County of the Tang Kingdom, a brutal war also broke out.

Zhao Changqing personally wore his own armor into battle.

I don't know where the Tang Kingdom came from, but in the army assembled in Xianyang County this time, there are more than 20 land immortals.

Because of the carelessness of the Wei army, at the beginning, they encountered a series of ambushes, which caused the Wei army to suffer painful injuries.

After that, the Wei army regained its spirit, but the enemy army pressed the enemy step by step, but the enemy, as if fighting guerrillas, never charged head-on with the Wei army, but wandered to attack, and there was no fixed place, and when they seized the opportunity, they were like a mad dog, biting the Wei army to death.

Moreover, they actually dared to divide their troops, there were twenty or thirty thousand people, and they actually went to attack Hucheng County.

If it weren't for Zhao Changqing's temporary decision to temporarily withdraw the army and alleviate the crisis in Hucheng County, I am afraid that Hucheng would have changed hands long ago.

The land immortals of the other party are no longer charging in the army, but taking on the role of assassins.

In the past few days, many Wei generals have been killed.

In every confrontation, it seems that the other side does not care about victory, but only fights with the purpose of making the Wei army pay casualties as much as possible.

Once the goal is achieved, it will retreat without hesitation, not to be trapped in the beast, and not to take the enemy lightly.

This made the tripartite army of the Wei army have nowhere to exert their strength, as if they were hitting cotton, and they don't know what to do.

In the end, Zhuge Liang suggested that the troops of Zhao Yun and Zhao Changlin be gathered, with a total of 500,000 troops, all gathered outside Xianyang County.

Adopt the method of static braking, except for the siege of the city, never send troops to attack other places.

Although this method made the Tang army outside the city, which had been fighting guerrillas, not dare to take the initiative to attack, it was also indispensable for continuous harassment.

In the tent.

The officers and men of the Wei army are discussing the military situation.

Zhao Changqing stared at the terrain near Xianyang County, and asked in a deep voice: "Can you find the exact location of this Tang army?"

The soldiers were silent.

But as long as the fixed position of the enemy army can be determined, this battle will not be fought so passively.

Seeing that the soldiers were silent, Zhao Changqing thought of a way, "A few days ago, the enemy army attacked Hucheng County, it seems that it is to capture Hucheng in one fell swoop, we only left 10,000 defenders in Hucheng County, but we can take this opportunity to deliberately expose an opening and let the enemy get in." ”

Zhuge Liang asked tentatively: "Your Majesty means to lay an ambush near Hucheng County, and then, we will make a posture of attacking Xianyang County, so that the enemy army will mistakenly think that there are no reinforcements in Hucheng at present, and lure them to attack Hucheng?"

Zhao Changqing nodded, "At present, the most effective way is to swatt all these flies to death, but flies always fly around, since you can't shoot them all at once, then shoot them a few more." ”

The soldiers nodded in praise.

The army marched and formed in this way.

However, something unexpected happened.

The Tang army, which was wandering outside Xianyang County, did not attack Hucheng County at all, but actually knew the location of the Wei army's ambush and went to counterattack the ambush.

After Zhao Changqing learned the news, he was furious.

I have never been so aggrieved in war.

In desperation, he had no choice but to let the Sword Pavilion and his party disperse to investigate the whereabouts of the enemy.

Late one night.

Jian Wu returned to the camp covered in wounds, saying that he had investigated the general direction of the enemy army, and it was less than a hundred miles away from Xianyang County.

Looking at the injuries on his body, it seems that they were caused by the combined blows of several masters.

Zhao Changqing said: "You are seriously injured now, you will definitely be discovered by the enemy, if you go at this time, I am afraid that the enemy army has already moved." ”

Jian Wudao: "Please rest assured, your majesty, after investigating the whereabouts of the enemy, the subordinates tracked the traces of several Tang army masters, they wanted to kill a general of our army, I had a big battle with them, and in the end, they all died under the sword of their subordinates, at present, no one should know, and the subordinates have found out the exact location of the enemy." ”

Zhao Changqing rejoiced.

Without any hesitation, he immediately organized a large army and went to exterminate the Tang army.

300,000 against 300,000.

In the early hours of the morning, the Great War broke out completely.

600,000 people, fighting in a valley.

The sound of shouting and shouting and killing shocked the heavens and the earth.

In the end, in the battle that lasted three hours, the enemy army was defeated and retreated, and the enemy general Ye Xiaochen was captured.

Zhao Changqing didn't talk any nonsense to him and put him to death.

One of the Nine Dragons died in this battle.

Without the harassment of this army, Zhao Changqing focused on Xianyang County.

At the moment when he attacked Xianyang County, the old general Ma Hong successfully quelled the rebellion and returned to the dynasty in triumph.

It lasted more than a month and annihilated all the rebels.

The Seventh Emperor Zhao Changyun died in the chaotic battle.

Zhao Changping, the sixth emperor, was escorted back to Beijing by Ma Hong.

On the way to the capital, Ma Hong relapsed because he couldn't stand the bumps in the road, and his whole leg became extremely bloated, and even with the eight veins of the strange meridians, he was in a faint pain.

This kind of pain lasted for about two days, and Ma Hong finally couldn't help it, and kept vomiting blood, just like having tuberculosis.

According to the diagnosis of the military doctor, it is said that the old general is terminally ill, and the old disease of his legs has gone upstream, infecting his lungs.

I'm afraid that if I can't get to the capital, I'll die.

On the official road thirty miles away from Luoyang, Ma Hong could no longer bear the injuries in his body, and became crazy and speechless, with a high fever that did not go away, and even the strength to eat was gone, even if he ate it, after a while, he vomited it all.

Drinking water, it was to the point of choking.

Even if you are carried by someone and take two steps, you will have severe pain in your heart because of the bumpy road conditions.

The military doctor said that in only half an hour at most, the old general would die.

The soldiers spread the news to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was waiting ten miles away from Luoyang as quickly as possible.

When the prince heard this, he immediately rode a fast horse and went to the front to see the old general for the last time.

After the prince came, Ma Hong's eyes began to 'crystallize', and he could no longer close his eyes, and he was dead.

"Is the prince here?"

"The eyes of the last general, spent, can't see clearly"

After hearing the soldiers around him say that the prince was coming, Ma Hong seemed to become a little more energetic in an instant, and he forced himself to say two sentences, and if he didn't listen to his ears, it was difficult to hear the words at all.

The crown prince Zhao Hongqing held his cold, calloused hand and comforted: "Old general, can you still hold out for two days? We are about to arrive in Luoyang, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are still waiting to celebrate you." Hold on, this is your most romantic time!"

Ma Hong grinned widely, wanting to laugh, but he felt that it was difficult, he couldn't even lift his limbs now, "The last general, the most romantic time, is to follow Your Majesty, fight the Chu army, fight the Tang army, and quell the rebellion, at that time, for the last general, it is the most romantic."

The crown prince Zhao Hongqing trembled, and almost cried bitterly, "You are always holding on for a while, father and emperor, he will come back from the expedition soon." ”

After hearing this, Ma Hong's eyes seemed to glow with a hint of vitality, "Your Majesty, is he going to capture the Tang Kingdom?"

Regardless of whether he can see it now, Zhao Hongqing also nodded vigorously, "That's right, old general, if we win, we will dominate the world." ”

In the corner of Ma Hong's eyes, tears suddenly dripped down.

When the prince saw it, he gently wiped it for him.

At this time, the old general spoke again, but his voice was completely hoarse, and he could no longer say anything.

After a while, the old general couldn't even speak, only breathing faintly.

Gradually, I began to exhale outwards without inhaling.

It wasn't until the military doctor said that an hour was about to come, and Ma Hong's exhalation suddenly stopped.

Everyone was a little used to the occasional exhalation of his breath.

However, after this breath was cut off, it was never renewed.

After the tea effort, the prince reacted, and hurriedly shouted: "Old general, old general?"

However, the old general could no longer hear anything.

In the end, with the old general's body twitching, he completely left this world.

Following.

All the army is vegetarian.

The city mourns.

(End of chapter)