Chapter 601

The military doctor shook his head and said: "Your Majesty's body is very weak. If you haven't woken up in six hours, you have to wake up your Majesty even if you force yourself to shout. Only after you feed him some supplements can you let your Majesty fall asleep again."

"Oh! That's right!" Xiao Muqing nodded in agreement, then turned and said to the generals below: "You all remember the time, it is six hours. If you delay for a moment, I will question you!"

"Yes! General Xiao!"

Xiao Muqing pondered for a moment and then said to the military doctor: "Medical officer, how are the other trapped soldiers doing?"

The military doctor sighed and said: "The situation is very bad. Most of the soldiers are injured, but there is no medicine to treat them, and they have not been cleaned. Most of the wounds have rotted."

Xiao Muqing frowned and said faintly: "All the surviving soldiers are my strong-willed sons and daughters. They are hard to find. I ask you, the medical officer, to save them and save their lives no matter what!" After saying this, Xiao Muqing raised her hands and gave a deep salute to the military doctor.

Seeing this, Liang Qi, Ziying, and Guyue generals all bowed their hands and saluted. The military doctor was startled, and hurriedly bowed to the ground, returned the salute with his hands, and said: "Oh, General Xiao and the generals are so polite. I will do my best to heal all the injured soldiers. Generals, don't worry. Bar!"

Xiao Muqing thanked him profusely, and then he discussed with Liang Qi, Ziying, and Guyue, and decided to leave the direct army, Pingyuan Army, Sanshui Army, and Tianying Army to join forces to hunt down the eldest son Yuanhong. Now that Tang Yin was unconscious, the four regiment commanders Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi, Ziying, and Guyue had the highest positions in the army. Among them, Xiao Muqing was the oldest, so he naturally became the person to replace Tang Yin as the commander.

The Pingyuan Army, Sanshui Army, and Tianying Army, totaling more than 100,000 people, marched towards Qingyuan City. Nearly 100,000 people from the direct army stayed behind at the Ning Army camp. While taking care of Tang Yin and the injured soldiers, they also happened to receive what was left in the camp. Food, grass and baggage.

Changsun Yuanhong did retreat towards Qingyuan City. After all, there were still tens of thousands of Ning troops there. Changsun Yuanhong led tens of thousands of lightly-armed Ning army soldiers, ran all the way, and retreated to the Ning camp outside Qingyuan City overnight. When he was helped into the central army tent and saw Wei Zheng, Changsun Yuanhong didn't know whether he was tired or angry. His face was pale. He pointed at Wei Zheng, his body was trembling, and he gritted his teeth in a weak voice and said: "Wei Zheng, you Why have you repeatedly resisted our military orders and delayed the arrival of reinforcements? "

Wei Zheng had already thought of his words, and without even hesitating, he first saluted Changsun Yuanhong, and then said unhurriedly: "General Changsun is eager to perform his duties. He knew that Tang Yin's escape to the north was a plan of the Feng Army, but he insisted on going forward." I went to chase and kill them, regardless of the lives of my soldiers, and ended up being trapped in the wilderness. If I went to rescue them, wouldn't I be trapped in a tight siege and find it difficult to escape? "

"Fart!" Changsun Yuanhong's face turned red unnaturally, and he said fiercely: "Wei Zheng, you hold a grudge against me in your heart, deliberately disobeying my orders, and ruining my plan. How can I keep you?" As he spoke, , he turned his head and shouted: "Come here, take this thief down for me!"

"Wait a minute!" Wei Zheng smiled fearlessly and said: "General Changsun, you are the general, and I am also the general. There is no distinction between you and me, so what right do you have to arrest me?"

Changsun Yuanhong took a deep breath, burst into laughter, and laughed angrily. He squinted his eyes, looked at Wei Zheng, and said word by word: "Why? Just because I am the commander-in-chief of the entire army and you are the second-in-command, what do you think?" I don’t have the right to arrest you?”

Wei Zheng shrugged, turned around with a smile, walked back to the handsome desk, sat down slowly, then slowly picked up a volume of edict from the desk, handed it to Changsun Yuanhong, and said: "General Changsun , please take a look first.”

Changsun Yuanhong looked at the edict in Wei Zheng's hand, his brows knitted into knots. He looked at the general beside him. The latter understood, hurriedly stepped forward, took the edict, then returned to Changsun Yuanhong, and handed over the edict. Hand it to him. Changsun Yuanhong took it and unfolded it. He found that this edict was indeed written by Ning Wang Yanchu himself, and it was also a secret edict. The general meaning was that Wei Zheng should work together with Changsun Yuanhong in the western army to resist the wind army. However, if If it is discovered that Chang Sun Yuanhong has improper command, he can immediately take over the entire military power and replace him.

The meaning of 'inappropriate command' is too vague. If you intend to make things difficult for Changsun Yuanhong, you can find faults with every military order he issues and point out the inappropriateness. As a monarch, Yan Chu used such vague words in Mi Zhaoli, but his intention was also very obvious. He could not trust Changsun Yuanhong and could not safely hand over the military power to Changsun Yuanhong, so he appointed Wei Zheng. As the second commander of the Western Army, let him supervise the commander Sun Yuanhong. Whether the war with the Feng Army is good or bad is secondary. The key is to see whether he has a disobedient heart.

Wei Zheng did not realize that Changsun Yuanhong had any disloyal intentions, but he was opposed to the latter's radical tactics from the bottom of his heart. He felt that it was too reckless, and he was using the lives of all the soldiers in the army as a stepping stone for him to create extraordinary achievements. Now that Changsun Yuanhong came back and confronted him face to face again, Wei Zheng was no longer polite and took out Yan Chumi's edict for Changsun Yuanhong to read.

After seeing this secret message, Changsun Yuanhong suddenly felt like laughing. How smart he was, he understood what Yan Chu meant at a glance. He was fighting desperately at the front, but the king didn't trust him at all. He sent Wei Zheng as an eye to monitor him, and gave him this secret edict as a weapon to suppress him. How could he fight this battle? What's the point of fighting? Who are you fighting for?

"Haha..." Changsun Yuanhong laughed. He nodded repeatedly while holding the edict. He suddenly waved his hand and threw the edict directly to Wei Zheng. He said quietly: "Okay! You have the edict from the king and you can take over the army at any time. I We don’t have to wait until later. Let’s do it now. From now on, all the officers and soldiers of our Western Army will be commanded by you, General Wei Zheng. I don’t care anymore!” After speaking, Changsun Yuanhong said to the two guards who were supporting him: "Help me go!"

"General——" The surrounding generals didn't know the specific content of the edict, but they could guess a rough idea from Chang Sun Yuanhong's words. When people saw that he had handed over the command of the entire army to Wei Zheng, they were all very anxious. , stepped forward one after another, ran in front of Changsun Yuanhong, and fell to their knees with a crash. They all raised their heads, looked at Changsun Yuanhong longingly, and said in a trembling voice: "General! General! You... you can't ignore us. ah!"

Changsun Yuanhong said nothing and turned his head away. He couldn't bear to look at these brothers who had followed him for many years.

Wei Zheng is not a mediocre person. He and Changsun Yuanhong only have a conflict in their combat ideas. Now that he sees that the latter wants to hand over the military power of the entire army to him, Wei Zheng does not dare to take over. He is self-aware and knows that he cannot take over even if he wants to. Remember, the Western Army was established by Chang Sun Yuanhong. From the generals to the ordinary soldiers, they are all Chang Sun Yuanhong's confidants. Apart from Chang Sun Yuanhong, there is no one else who can command this army.

Those who should be shocked have finished being shocked. Wei Zheng stood up, walked to Changsun Yuanhong's side, bowed deeply, and said with an apology: "What did General Changsun say? You are the commander-in-chief, and I am the second-in-command. Is there any reason for the commander-in-chief to ignore the matter and let the second-commander command the entire army? General Changsun please take back his orders and put the overall situation first and never act out of your own will."

"Yes! General!" "General, please think twice!" After hearing what Wei Zheng said, the generals of the Western Army secretly hissed, and at the same time they responded in a variety of ways.

Changsun Yuanhong looked at the generals, and finally his eyes fell on Wei Zheng. He sneered and said: "General Wei Zheng, isn't it just that the king sent you here to accept my military power? What? Now I give it to you and you pay it back. Why don’t you want it anymore?”

"Oops! General Changsun misunderstood." Wei Zheng said: "The king has no intention of doing this, and I have no intention of spying on the general's military power. The king made it very clear in the edict. He wants you and me to work together to deal with Feng. Army, I hope General Changsun will learn from this."

Wei Zheng had already spoken softly, and the eldest son, Yuanhong, had no intention of handing over his military power, so he took advantage of the situation. He nodded with a smile and said with a pun: "Of course I understand what the king is thinking. ”

snort! Wei Zheng sneered in his heart, but his face showed nothing. He changed the subject and asked suspiciously: "I wonder what the general's plans are now?"

Changsun Yuanhong was silent. Just as he was turning his head, someone outside the tent shouted: "Report——" Following the words, a Ning Army spy rushed closer from outside. Seeing Changsun Yuanhong, he hurried up He stepped forward and saluted: "Report to the general, nearly 200,000 Feng troops are coming from the north towards our camp at full speed!"

After hearing this, the expressions of everyone in the tent changed. Wei Zheng took a breath and murmured: "The Feng army came so fast!" As he spoke, he said sternly to his eldest son Yuanhong: "General Yuanhong, you are injured now, and our army has just eaten If the battle is defeated and morale is low, we must not fight hard with the Feng army. Our army... we should strictly guard the camp and resist the Feng army! "

At this time, Changsun Yuanhong, who had always been aggressive in combat, agreed with Wei Zheng. The Battle of Hedong had completely failed. With only its current strength of more than 100,000 troops, it was really difficult to resist the Feng Kingdom's army. He raised his head, sighed quietly, and said: "There is no place for our army to stand east of the river. The only current plan is that our army can only retreat to the west of the Zhang River to resist the wind army's continued westward advance!"

"this……"

Hedong is named after the Zhang River. If we retreat to the west of the Zhang River, it will be equivalent to giving up the entire Hedong area, which makes Wei Zheng, who has a conservative mindset, find it difficult to accept. He said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty sent us to the east of the river to recover the lost territory. If we retreat to the west of the river, wouldn't you and I... be unworthy of your great trust?"

Changsun Yuanhong smiled bitterly and asked: "General Wei, in your opinion, with the current situation of our army, how can we resist the menacing wind army?"