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The military doctor shook his head and said, "The King's body is very weak. If she hasn't woken up in six hours, even if she were to shout, he still has to wake the King up. Only after the Lord has eaten the tonic can the King fall asleep."
"Oh!" It's like this! " Xiao Muqing nodded his head repeatedly in agreement, then turned around to the generals below him and said, "All of you should remember the time well, it's six hours.
"Yes!" General Xiao! "
Xiao Muqing muttered to himself for a moment, then said to the army doctor: "Medical Officer, how are the other soldiers?
The military doctor sighed and said, "The situation is very bad. Most of the soldiers were injured, but there was no medicine to cure them, and they didn't clean themselves either. Most of the wounds were already rotten. "
Xiao Muqing frowned and said faintly: "Those who survive are all my staunch sons, it's hard to even ask for a thousand gold. I ask that please save them no matter what and protect their lives!" Saying that, Xiao Muqing cupped his hands together and bowed to the Military Doctor.
Seeing that, Liang Qi, Zi Ying and the other generals cupped their hands and bowed. He quickly bowed to the ground and returned the gesture, saying: "Aiya, General Xiao and the other generals are too courteous. I will try my best to treat all the wounded soldiers, don't worry, generals!"
Xiao Muqing thanked him profusely. After that, he discussed with Liang Qi, Zi Ying, and Gu Yue before deciding to leave behind Directly Subordinate Army. Pingyuan Army. Among the entire army, Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi, Zi Ying, Zi Ying and Gu Yue held the highest positions of authority, and of the four, Xiao Muqing had the highest qualification, so he naturally became the person who replaced Tang Yin as the commander in chief.
Pingyuan Army, Sanshui Army, Heavenly Eagle Army, a total of more than a hundred thousand people, all of them advanced towards Qingyuan City. Nearly a hundred thousand people had Directly Subordinate Army, which was used to guard Ning Army Camp.
Zhangsun Yuanhong was indeed retreating towards the direction of the Qingyuan City. After all, there were still tens of thousands of soldiers there. Zhangsun Yuanhong led the tens of thousands of lightly armored Generals And Soldiers of Ning Army s to rush back into the camp that was outside of the Qingyuan City. When he was helped into the Central Army Tent, when he saw Wei Zheng, he did not know if Zhangsun Yuanhong was tired or angry, his face was pale. He pointed at Wei Zheng, his body trembling, and said weakly: "Wei Zheng, why did you keep resisting my orders, and not come to reinforcements?"
Wei Zheng had already thought of an excuse long ago. He did not even hesitate as he first cupped his hands and bowed towards Zhangsun Yuanhong, then said without hurry: "General Zhangsun is diligent in making a meritorious service. Despite knowing that Tang Yin's northern escape is the tactic of the Feng Army, he still chose to chase after him, disregarding the lives of his subordinates, and in the end led to being trapped in the wilderness.
"Bullshit!" Zhangsun Yuanhong was so angry that his face began to flush unnaturally. He said in a fierce voice, "Wei Zheng, you hate me in your heart, so you deliberately disobeyed my orders and foiled my plans. How can I let you live?" With that, he tilted his head and shouted, "Men, seize this thief!"
"Hold on!" Wei Zheng smiled fearlessly, and said: "General Zhangsun, you are Chief General, and I am also a Chief General. You and I are not even on the same level, what rights do you have to capture me?"
Zhangsun Yuanhong took a deep breath, and laughed out loud in anger. He squinted his eyes, looked at Wei Zheng, and said word by word. Just based on the fact that I am the general of the army and you are the second-in-command, you say that I don't have the authority to capture you? "
Wei Zheng shrugged his shoulders and laughed as he turned around. He walked back to the handsome table and slowly sat down, then he unhurriedly took out a scroll from the table and handed it over to Zhangsun Yuanhong. "General Zhangsun, please take a look first."
Zhangsun Yuanhong looked at the edict in Wei Zheng's hand, and his brows knitted together. He looked at the deputy general beside him, who understood and quickly went forward to receive the edict. Then, he returned to Zhangsun Yuanhong's side and handed the edict to him. Zhangsun Yuanhong took the letter and unfolded it. The letter was indeed personally written by King Ning, and it was a secret edict, which meant that Wei Zheng had to work together with Zhangsun Yuanhong inside the Western Army to defend against the Feng Army. However, if Zhangsun Yuanhong found out that he had misdirected, they could immediately take over the entire army and replace him.
The meaning behind this' misdirection 'was too vague. If he wanted to go against Zhangsun Yuanhong, every order he sent would be like picking a chicken egg with a chicken bone, telling them what was wrong with it. As a monarch, the meaning behind using such indistinct words in the secret message was actually very obvious. He couldn't trust Zhangsun Yuanhong, so he could not trust Zhangsun Yuanhong, and could not trust him to hand over the military power to Zhangsun Yuanhong. That was why he had assigned Wei Zheng as the secondary commander of the Western Army, allowing him to supervise Zhangsun Yuanhong.
Wei Zheng did not see any wrong intention in Zhangsun Yuanhong's words, but he wholeheartedly opposed the latter's aggressive tactics, and felt that they were too rash, using the lives of all his soldiers as the stepping stone for him to create a miracle. Now that Zhangsun Yuanhong was back, and had confronted him face to face, with his face torn apart, Wei Zheng was no longer courteous and took out the secret edict, letting Zhangsun Yuanhong have a look.
After seeing this secret command, Zhangsun Yuanhong suddenly wanted to laugh. He was very smart, he understood what Yan Chu meant immediately. He was fighting in front of him with everything he had, but the King didn't have a shred of trust in him at all. She had sent Wei Zheng, the eyes to monitor him, and even gave him this secret edict as a weapon to suppress him. What was the point in continuing to fight? Who was he fighting for?
"Haha ?" Zhangsun Yuanhong laughed, he nodded his head continuously while holding the imperial edict, and suddenly waved his hand, throwing the imperial edict onto Wei Zheng's body, and said indifferently: "Alright! You have the King's edict, you can take over the army at any time, I think there's no need to wait for the future, let's do it now, from now on, all my Western Army soldiers will be commanded by you, Wei Zheng and Great General, I don't care! After he finished speaking, Zhangsun Yuanhong said to the two guards who were supporting him: "Help me go!"
"Generals ? ?" The surrounding generals did not know the exact content of the edict, but they could roughly guess from Zhangsun Yuanhong's words. Seeing him handing over the command of the entire army to Wei Zheng, the people's hearts filled with anxiety, they all ran up and ran in front of Zhangsun Yuanhong, knelt down, and then looked up at Zhangsun Yuanhong with trembling eyes and said, "General! General! You... You can't just ignore us! "
Zhangsun Yuanhong did not speak, he turned his head and looked at his brothers who had followed him for many years.
Wei Zheng was not a person who fainted. He and Zhangsun Yuanhong had clashed in battle ideas, and now that the latter wanted to give him the entire army's power, Wei Zheng did not dare to accept it. He had a clear understanding of himself, and knew that he would not be able to receive the Western Army even if he wanted to.
After he finished intimidating those who should have been intimidated, Wei Zheng stood up, walked to Zhangsun Yuanhong's side, and bowed deeply. Then he smiled apologetically: "General Zhangsun, what are you saying? You are the commander-in-chief, and I am the second commander-in-chief. How can the second commander-in-chief not take care of things and let the second commander-in-chief command the entire army? I request that General Zhang Sun retract his order and pay attention to the greater picture.
"That's right!" "General!" Please reconsider! " Hearing Wei Zheng say that, all of the Western Army warriors secretly sighed in relief, and at the same time, replied together.
Zhangsun Yuanhong looked at the generals, and in the end, his gaze landed on Wei Zheng. He laughed coldly and said: "General Wei Zheng, didn't the King send you here to let you receive my authority? What? Now that I gave it to you, you actually rejected it? "
"Aiya! General Zhang Sun misunderstands. " Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty definitely does not intend to do that, and I even less so intend to pry into the military might of a general. In the imperial edict, the King made it very clear that he wanted the two of us to work together to deal with Feng Army.
Wei Zheng had already spoken softly, and Zhangsun Yuanhong did not have any intentions of handing over the military power. At this point, he could only take advantage of the situation and take down the donkey. He nodded with a smile, and said with a double entendre: "Of course I understand King's thoughts."
Humph! Wei Zheng scoffed in his heart, his face did not show it at all. He changed the topic and asked suspiciously: "What does General plan do now?"
Zhangsun Yuanhong remained silent, but just as he was thinking about it, someone shouted from outside the tent, "Reporting ? ?" Following that, a scout from the Ning Army rushed in from outside. Upon seeing Zhangsun Yuanhong, he quickly stepped forward, interposed and bowed, "Reporting to the generals, the Feng Army has brought nearly two hundred thousand people who were rushing over to our army camp from the north at full speed!"
Hearing this, the expressions of everyone in the tent changed. Wei Zheng gasped, and muttered: "The Feng Army is really fast!" Saying that, he turned to Zhangsun Yuanhong and said seriously, "General Yuanhong, now that you are injured and our army has just suffered a defeat, our morale is low, we cannot fight against Feng Army head on. We should still guard the camp strictly and resist the Feng Army! "2
At this time, Zhangsun Yuanhong, who had always been radical in his battles, agreed with Wei Zheng. The battle of Hedong had completely failed, and with just his own army of more than a hundred thousand, it was hard for him to defend against an army of Feng Country. He raised his head, let out a faint sigh, and said: "Our army no longer has a foothold in the Hedong. The only option left now, our army can only retreat west to guard the Zhang River, and continue to advance westward against the Feng Army!"
"This ?"
Hedong were named after Zhang River. If they retreated to the west of Zhang River, it would be equivalent to giving up the entire Hedong Region. This made even the conservative Wei Zheng somewhat unable to accept this. He said awkwardly: "The King has sent us to the Hedong to recover our lost territory. If we were to retreat and defend the river, you and I ? Wouldn't that mean I've failed to live up to my trust in the King? "
Zhangsun Yuanhong laughed bitterly and asked in reply: "General Wei, then in your opinion, with the current situation of our army, how do you think we should defend against the menacing Feng Army?"
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