Chapter 1301: Xu Rong's Death
After the generals guarding the camp confirmed Huangfu Chaobo's identity, they opened the camp gate under the order of the general Meng Gang. But the moment they entered the camp, Huangfu Chaobo had already discovered something unusual. Meng Gang and others led by him They all looked sad. Huangfu Chaobo's heart skipped a beat and he quickly asked, "How is General Xu Rong?"
Meng Gang quickly knelt on the ground and said to Huangfu Chaobo: "The last general is incompetent. General Xu has no medicine and no stone. Now there is not much time left. Your Majesty..."
Huangfu Chaobo heard this and walked quickly, saying: "Get up quickly and take someone to see where he is?"
Meng Gang stood up quickly and led Huangfu Chaobo towards the camp: "Now the general is parked in the Chinese army's tent, and several doctors are looking after him. When the doctors sent by the king last night arrived, the situation It’s already very bad…”
As he spoke, everyone hurried towards the camp and soon arrived at the Chinese army's tent. Huangfu Chaobo took three steps at a time, opened the tent and stepped directly into the tent.
At this time, Xu Rong was lying on a stretcher in the tent. His body was covered with white straps and covered with blood stains. Many places were black, but some places were still bright red. When everyone in the tent saw the curtain opened, they all turned to look over. When they saw Huangfu Chaobo coming in, they all knelt down and said, "Kowtow to the king!"
Huangfu Chaobo didn't bother to greet them one by one. He just said, "No need to be polite," and then walked quickly to Xu Rong and shouted softly: "Xu Aiqing! Xu Aiqing!"
A doctor next to him said: "Your Majesty, General Xu was seriously injured and the bleeding on his body could not be stopped. It is already a miracle that he can survive until this point."
After a long time, Huangfu Chaobo saw Xu Rong's head moving slightly. Then, he saw him slowly opening his eyes and turning his head to see Huangfu Chaobo. Xu Rong raised his head with difficulty, as if He tried to get up, but failed, and finally spoke helplessly, saying in a low and difficult voice: "Your Majesty, I...wei ministers have failed...the king has entrusted them, and have not...failed to resist Qi...Qi... The army's attack, Wei Chen... is guilty..."
Huangfu Chaobo held Xu Rong's hand tightly with his right hand, patted it gently with his left hand, and said: "I love you, you don't have to blame yourself. I know that you have tried your best, so the plan now is to recover from your injuries and wait for you." After recovering from the injury, Gu Dingran will hand over the army to Aiqing, and you will take it back."
"Huh...huh..." Xu Rong took two long breaths, shook his head with difficulty, and said: "Wei Chen... I can't do it anymore..."
After a pause, he continued: "I am so respected by your Majesty, but with my humble body... I have shouldered the heavy responsibility of this legion, but I have not made any contribution... I am ashamed... I am ashamed of your Majesty. After my death, Your Majesty... ...We must not easily start a war with Qi and Wei. According to my opinion, we need to annex the states first...remove the alliance between Wei, Zhao and Qi, and at the same time cut off the source of Wei and Qi's war horses...and then..."
Huangfu Chaobo stopped Xu Rong's words and said: "I understand my love for you. To pacify Zhao first is to kill two birds with one stone. I will consider it carefully before making a decision. I will definitely not raise an army in anger." "
Huangfu Chaobo valued Xu Rong, and everyone in the Tang army knew it. Otherwise, there would not have been the previous few captures, and then Xu Rong was entrusted with important tasks as soon as he came over. Xu Rong himself was extremely grateful for this, so Xu Rong was so worried that because of his death, Huangfu Chaobo would attack the Qi Dynasty, thus dragging the Tang army into the abyss of the war and unable to extricate itself. Now it seems that Xu Rong felt relieved when Huangfu Chaobo agreed to his suggestion.
"I am very sorry that I could not see the king rule the world with my own eyes..." After saying this, Xu Rong's eyes widened and he took his last breath. Seeing this, Huangfu Chaobo suppressed the grief in his heart, He whispered in Xu Rong's ear: "I love you and go with peace of mind. When the time comes for Gu Dingding, I will definitely report the good news to you."
After saying this, Huangfu Chaobo's right hand touched Xu Rong's face and slowly covered his wide eyes.
After a long time, he slowly stood up and said to everyone in the tent in that terrifyingly calm voice: "General Xu Rong has passed away. Please pass on the order. The three armies have withdrawn to Dingtao!"
"Your Majesty..." Seeing this, Guo Jia was about to step forward to comfort him, but Huangfu Chaobo reached out to stop him.
"Don't worry, Gu has promised Xu Aiqing that he will never raise an army in anger and will do what he says. Since Cao Cao's ambush a few years ago, Gu has lost a general, and now he has broken Gu's arm. These Gu They are all recorded here with him, and they will be settled one by one when the time comes.”
"Your Majesty, Shengming!" Guo Jia secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "There is just one more thing that needs to be decided by Your Majesty as soon as possible."
"What's the matter?"
"Changyi has been lost. It will probably be more difficult for the other cities in Shanyang to hold on..."
"Send the order. After the army returns to Dingtao, all the cavalry will assemble to coordinate the evacuation of soldiers and horses from other cities in Shanyang County." After a brief pause, he continued: "The soldiers and horses of Juye City withdrew to Chengshi before joining forces with those defending Dongcheng. The soldiers and horses withdrew to Shanfu, and the soldiers and horses from Hulu City withdrew to Peixian County. As for Dongmin...if it's too late, just withdraw to Chengwu, return Shanyang to Cao Cao, and take it back when Gu is ready. Just come back. If you can take it from him once, you can take it the second time."
"General Meng!" Huangfu Chaobo turned to look at Meng Gang and said;
"The general is here!" When Meng Gang heard this, his heart was frightened, and he quickly bowed and walked out of the queue;
"What is the situation of the army? How many soldiers are available?" Huangfu Chaobo said coldly;
"Reporting to the king, there are still 11,465 soldiers in Changyi City, including 2,243 cavalry and 9,222 infantry. There are still 9,856 reinforcements from Dingtao, including 2,546 cavalry and 7,310 infantry." Meng Gang reported the number without thinking.
"All generals, listen to my order. All infantrymen begin to prepare to evacuate. Gather all cavalry and go out of the camp with my guards to prepare for the attack of the Qi army."
"Yes!" Everyone agreed to his words.
With his order, the whole camp immediately became busy. A quarter of an hour later, 20,000 guards and 5,000 ordinary cavalry left the camp under the watchful eyes of the infantry and headed towards Changyi, east of the camp. After leaving the camp, the 20,000 cavalry did not move quickly, but rode slowly. However, hundreds of scouts were sent far away to the southeast and west of the camp.