Queen He Ning finally decided to let Ma Hong lead the army.

This was also the first time that Ma Hong led an army of 300,000 people on an expedition.

According to the imperial court, this expedition cannot delay too much time.

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

Zhao Changqing personally wore armor and went into battle.

I don’t know where the Tang Dynasty came from, but there were more than twenty land gods in the army assembled in Xianyang County this time.

Due to their carelessness, Wei Jun encountered successive ambushes from the very beginning, causing Wei Jun to suffer serious injuries.

After that, the Wei army regained their strength and pressed the enemy closer step by step. However, the enemy army, as if they were fighting guerrillas, would never charge head-on with the Wei army. Instead, they roamed and attacked without a fixed position. When they caught the opportunity,

It was like a mad dog, biting Wei Jun.

Moreover, they actually dared to divide their troops, with twenty to thirty thousand people, to attack Hucheng County.

If Zhao Changqing hadn't made a temporary decision to temporarily withdraw the army to alleviate the crisis in Hucheng County, I'm afraid Hucheng would have changed hands long ago.

The opponent's land gods no longer just charged into the army, but took on the role of assassins.

In a few days, many generals of the Wei army were brutally killed.

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

Once the goal is achieved, he will retreat without hesitation, never fight like a trapped beast, and never underestimate the enemy and advance rashly.

This left Wei Jun's three armies with nowhere to exert their strength, as if they were hitting cotton, and they didn't know what to do.

Finally, Zhuge Liang suggested that the troops of Zhao Yun and Zhao Changlin be gathered together, totaling 500,000 troops, all gathered outside Xianyang County.

Adopt a static approach and never send troops to attack other places besides attacking the city.

Although this method prevented the Tang troops outside the city who had been fighting guerrillas from taking the initiative to attack, continuous harassment was inevitable.

In the tent.

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

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

All the soldiers were silent.

As long as the enemy's fixed position 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 attacked Hucheng County. It seemed that they wanted to capture Hucheng in one fell swoop. We only left 10,000 garrison troops in Hucheng County.

We can take advantage of this opportunity to deliberately expose a hole and let the enemy troops get in."

Zhuge Liang asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, what you mean is to lay an ambush near Hucheng County, and then? We will make an all-out attack on Xianyang County, so that the enemy will mistakenly think that Hucheng has no reinforcements at present, so as to lure them there."

Attack Tiger City?"

Zhao Changqing nodded. "The most effective way at present is to swat all the flies to death. But the flies always fly around. If you can't swat them all at once, then swat them a few more times."

All the soldiers nodded in praise.

The army marched and formed its formation according to this method.

However, something unexpected happened.

The Tang army wandering outside Xianyang County did not attack Hucheng County at all. Instead, they actually knew the location of the Wei army's ambush and went to counterattack the ambush. After the first battle, the Wei army's 30,000 troops were almost wiped out.

After Zhao Changqing learned the news, he became furious.

Fighting has never been so frustrating.

In desperation, he had to let the Jiange group disperse and investigate the enemy's whereabouts.

Late one night.

Jianwu returned to the camp with wounds all over his body, saying that he had investigated the general direction of the enemy army, which was less than a hundred miles away from Xianyang County.

Judging from the injuries on his body, it seems that he was hit by several masters.

Zhao Changqing said: "You are seriously injured now and will definitely be discovered by the enemy. If you go at this time, I'm afraid the enemy has already moved."

Jian Wu said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. After investigating the enemy's whereabouts, my subordinates tracked down the traces of several Tang Army masters. They wanted to kill a general of our army. I had a big battle with them. In the end, they all died in my subordinates."

Under my sword, at present, no one should know that I have discovered the exact location of the enemy."

Zhao Changqing became happy.

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

Three hundred thousand versus three hundred thousand.

In the early morning, the battle broke out completely.

Six hundred thousand people were fighting in a valley.

The shouts of beating and killing shocked the world.

In the end, after a three-hour battle, the enemy army was defeated and enemy general Ye Xiaochen was captured.

Zhao Changqing did not say any nonsense to him and executed him in Lingchi.

One of the Kowloon generals died in this battle.

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

Just when he was attacking Xianyang County, the veteran general Ma Hong successfully suppressed the rebellion and returned to the court in triumph.

It took more than a month to annihilate all the rebels.

The Seventh Emperor Zhao Changyun died in the chaos.

The Sixth Emperor, Zhao Changping, was escorted back to Beijing by Ma Hong.

On the road approaching the capital, Ma Hong couldn't bear the bumpy journey and his old illness relapsed. His whole leg became extremely swollen, and his eight extra meridians were aching.

This kind of pain lasted for about two days. Ma Hong finally couldn't help it and kept vomiting blood, as if he had tuberculosis. He couldn't continue to suffer, and the phlegm he vomited was full of congestion.

According to the military doctor's diagnosis, it was said that the old general was terminally ill, and the old disease in his legs had gone upstream and infected his lungs.

I'm just afraid that if I can't reach 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 started talking like crazy. He had a high fever and even had no energy to eat. Even if he ate, he would die after a while.

So he vomited it all out.

I drank water to the point where I choked.

Even if he is carried for two steps, he will feel severe pain in his heart due to the bumpy road conditions.

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

The soldiers conveyed the news as quickly as possible to His Royal Highness, who was waiting ten miles away in Luoyang.

After the prince heard the news, he immediately mounted a fast horse and went to the front to see the old general for the last time.

After the prince arrived, Ma Hong's eyes began to crystallize, and he could no longer close his eyes. The appearance of death had already appeared.

"Is the prince here?"

"The general's eyes are blurry...I can't see clearly..."

After hearing the soldiers around him say that the prince had arrived, Ma Hong seemed to become a little more energetic for a moment, and he managed to say a few words, which would have been difficult to hear without putting it close to his ear.

Prince Zhao Hongqing held his cold, calloused hand and comforted him: "Old general, can you still hold on for two days? We are about to arrive in Luoyang, and all the civil and military officials of the dynasty are waiting to celebrate you. Again.

Hold on, this is your most romantic time!"

Ma Hong opened his mouth and wanted to smile, but it was too difficult. He could not even lift his limbs now. "General, the most popular time is when you follow your majesty, fight against the Chu army, attack the Tang army, and suppress the rebellion. That

The time is the most romantic for the general..."

Prince Zhao Hongqing trembled and almost burst into tears, "You... please hold on a little longer. Father, he will be back from the expedition soon."

After hearing this, Ma Hong's eyes seemed to glow with life, "Your Majesty, is he going to capture the Tang Dynasty?"

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

Tears suddenly fell from the corners of Ma Hong's eyes.

The prince saw him and wiped him gently.

At this time, the old general spoke again, but his voice was completely hoarse and he couldn't say anything anymore.

After a while, the old general couldn't even speak, and could only breathe weakly.

Gradually, I started to exhale outward instead of inhaling.

Until the hour that the military doctor said was approaching, Ma Hong's breathing suddenly stopped.

Everyone was somewhat used to the sound of his breathing coming in and out at that time.

However, after this breath expired, it never resumed.

After a while of tea, the prince came to his senses and shouted quickly: "Old general, old general?"

However, the old general could no longer hear any sounds.

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

The next day.

The whole army is pure.
Chapter completed!