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Wei Tianqing is the number one brave general in the West Mountain Road, but he is not a famous general in the world. Although he is loyal and brave, it is precisely because of his loyalty and integrity that he has won the trust of Qiao Mingtang and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.

However, being loyal and brave does not mean that he will lead the army to fight. Wei Tianqing is aware of his own shortcomings. Although he has been studying military books hard all the time, military books are always dead, and people are alive. Not everyone who is familiar with military books Can become a generation of famous generals.

To become a famous player, sometimes you really need talent.

Although some people haven't read many military books, they use soldiers like gods when they go to battle, while some people have read military books thoroughly, and they are well-versed in debates on weekdays, but when it comes to the battlefield, they are full of flaws.

Although Wei Tianqing was not a famous general, he was not a mediocre either.

If he had anticipated Liuzihe's ambush in advance, he would naturally be able to come up with countermeasures, and the tens of thousands of troops under his command would never be easily swallowed up by the Northwest Army.

But at this moment, although Wei Tianqing wanted to change the situation, he was already powerless.

As the saying goes, the defeat is like a mountain. This is not a few generals who can turn the tide. Most of the soldiers of the Xishan Army are actually not greedy for life and fear of death. They are even very brave. If they fight head-on, they can even resist to the end. But at this time, they were in an ambush, and the soldiers knew that they had fallen into the enemy's trap. Under such circumstances, the morale of the whole army was completely lost, and some of them had already scattered and fled, which seriously affected the morale of the whole army.

Wei Tianqing slashed and killed with all his strength, when he looked back, the northwest cavalry was massacring in the chaotic army formation, the sabers were like ice, the light of the saber flashed, and the heads fell to the ground, but the Xishan army had already collapsed one after another.

"My lord, it can't be done." A general finally approached, with a bloody face, "The troops on the other side have already collapsed, and we can't hold on here anymore...!"

Wei Tianqing clenched the knife in his hand, and said sharply: "Even if you lose, you must fight to the end and serve the Governor with your death."

Qiao Mingtang treats Wei Tianqing with deep kindness and righteousness. Although one is the governor and the other is the ruler, in these years of getting along, Qiao Mingtang treats Wei Tianqing like brothers in private. Wei Tianqing pays attention to friendship, but he is also loyal to Qiao Mingtang dedicated.

The main force of Xishan is stationed in Liangzhou.For such an important task, Qiao Mingtang entrusted it to Wei Tianqing, which also shows his trust in Wei Tianqing.

Now the main force of Xishan has fallen into an ambush, and almost the whole army has collapsed. This is Qiao Mingtang's foundation. Seeing that he is going to be defeated in a single battle, Wei Tianqing is both angry and guilty.

Although the Northwest Army was cunning and set traps, no matter what, as the commander of the Liangzhou Army, he was really to blame for being beaten like this by the enemy.

Wei Tianqing felt guilty already, and if he wanted to, he would die in battle.

"My lord, let's withdraw." The general said loudly: "The team has collapsed, we can't fight anymore...!"

Hearing this, Wei Tianqing suddenly turned his head, pointed the blade at the general, and shouted sharply: "You want to escape?"

"Who is the last general, sir, don't you know?" The general said: "The last general is not afraid of death, so how could he run away? The last general is worried about the loss of Liangzhou...!"

Wei Tianqing was shocked when he heard this.

"My lord, the Northwest Army's siege of Tongzhou now seems to be just to lure us into the trap." The general said: "The last general is only worried that if we die here, the Northwest Army will definitely take advantage of the situation and attack Liangzhou...!"

Wei Tianqing said in shock: "That's right, I was negligent...!"

"Let's evacuate here and return to Liangzhou immediately. The most important thing is to defend Liangzhou." The general persuaded: "Victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers. If we lose this battle, it does not mean that we are defeated in Xishan. In the hands of the Northwesterners, our West Mountain is really over. Your Excellency returns to Liangzhou and defends Liangzhou City. The Northwest Army’s logistics supply is not good enough, so we can’t hold on for too long. As long as we hold Liangzhou, we still have a chance to make a comeback...! "

Wei Tianqing was thinking, the defeat of tens of thousands of troops was already a pity to Qiao Mingtang, if Liangzhou City was also lost, it would be hard to recover, so without hesitation, he turned his horse's head and shouted loudly: "Withdraw! ...!" Killed in the direction of the flank, and a group of soldiers around him followed behind, breaking out to the flank.

The Northwest Army attacked from the north. Although cavalry rushed in from the flank, it was only to disrupt the formation of the Xishan Army, and it could not prevent the Xishan Army from fleeing from the flank.

Wei Tianqing swung his knife and cut down a Northwest cavalry soldier who was coming towards him. Knowing that the battle was over and it was important to keep Liangzhou, he led a group of soldiers to protrude from the flanks. To my ears, it was already difficult to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, but the Xishan Army was clearly completely disintegrated.

There were no soldiers and horses blocking the flanks, Wei Tianqing's flying horse stood out, and hundreds of soldiers followed behind him, Wei Tianqing turned around and shouted: "All retreat to Liangzhou...!"

The bright moon is in the sky, and the earth is cold.

The Northwest Army didn't seem to notice that Wei Tianqing had left the battlefield. Wei Tianqing galloped his horse for more than ten miles, and heard the voice behind him was much weaker. When he looked back, he saw a dozen or so soldiers on horseback scattered behind him. However, the pawns have all been left behind.

Wei Tianqing reined in his horse, and all the riders had already followed up, Wei Tianqing's face was livid, he hesitated for a moment, turned his horse's head, and some generals stopped him, shouting: "My lord, what are you... ..!"

"You can't leave the brothers behind." Wei Tianqing sighed: "If we just retreat like this, that would be running away from the battle. Brothers have no leader, I'm afraid...!"

"My lord, the matter has come to this point, we are powerless to return to heaven." The general persuaded: "My lord, if we go back now, we will not be able to gather troops and horses to fight the Northwest Army again. Our army has already been defeated, so we have to go back to Liangzhou first and defend Liangzhou city. If soldiers and horses are lost, they can be recruited again, but if Liangzhou falls, the consequences will be disastrous...!"

Wei Tianqing clenched his fists and said helplessly: "We have suffered a disastrous defeat tonight, we cannot reinforce Tongzhou, I am afraid that Tongzhou City...!"

"Your Excellency, there is no need to worry about Tongzhou now." The general also said helplessly: "Not to mention that Tongzhou may not fall, even if it does fall, the governor will definitely find a way to regain it."

Another general next to him also said: "Yes, my lord, the Northwest Army captured Tongzhou, but it was just an isolated city. Let's defend Liangzhou. Even if he wins Tongzhou, he can't go south to contact Jinling. There is no supply of supplies. With such a long supply line, the Northwest Army will not be able to sustain the supply from the northwest. The governor will definitely report the situation in Xishan to the imperial court, and Hexi will also send troops, and it will be easy to win Tongzhou when the time comes."

Wei Tianqing also thought at this time that Liangzhou is located between Tongzhou and Jinling Qiongzhou. Once Liangzhou falls, the Northwest Army will replace Xishan and use Tongzhou's minerals to trade with Jinling. Once this is the case, for Xishan , It is one that ebbs and flows, and the overall strategy is completely controlled by the Northwesterners.

Liangzhou can't afford to lose!

Wei Tianqing figured this out, and without hesitation, said in a deep voice: "Go, turn back to Liangzhou, and defend Liangzhou City to the death."

The horse galloped like flying, and under the night, it was like black lightning. After traveling to the east for more than 20 li, Wei Tianqing turned and headed south without stopping. The riders behind me did not know why, and they reined in one after another, and one of the generals asked: "My dear, why...!"

Before he finished speaking, he stopped talking, but he had already realized that not far ahead, in the darkness of night, a row of figures appeared in the dark. Looking carefully, it was a row of cavalry, at least fifty or sixty The crowd, stationed on the ground of the horse, was silent, lined up like ghosts.

Wei Tianqing had already drawn his sword, and everyone behind him also drew their swords. There were only 70 or [-] people around Wei Tianqing at the moment, and there were six or seventy people who appeared in front of him, and they were all cavalry. No matter how confident he is, he also knows that he is at a disadvantage at the moment, but meeting on a narrow road, naturally he can only fight to the death.

"Who are you?" Wei Tianqing asked in a deep voice, unable to see the other party clearly in the night.

Although he was tired all the way, hungry, and after a hard fight, Wei Tianqing was still full of energy, and his voice was heard far away.

"Wei Tongzhi, I've heard about his name a long time ago, and when I saw him today, he is indeed a hero." A slightly hoarse voice came from the opposite side: "Since the war is over, there is no need for you and me to meet at the sword."

It was only then that everyone thought that the Northwest cavalry was probably blocking the front, and now they were sure of what the other party said.

Wei Tianqing laughed loudly and said, "Could it be that you think you've already won?"

"I don't think so." A voice came from the opposite side: "Soldiers never tire of cheating, but if we hadn't waited for work at leisure, lay in ambush in Liuzi River, and wanted to defeat the Wei Tongzhi, it would undoubtedly be a dream."

Wei Tianqing didn't feel complacent at all when he heard the opponent's voice, instead he was looking for a reason for his defeat, his expression was slightly relaxed, but at this moment, he saw a few horses from the opposite side slowly coming forward, and everyone around Wei Tianqing immediately shook hands. Tightening his sword, Wei Tianqing said in a low voice, "Don't act rashly without my order."

There were three cavalry who came forward, the left and right sides were all armored Northwest cavalry, but the man in the middle was very strange, he was dressed in commoner clothes, wearing a cloth cap, without armor, with a long beard fluttering under the moonlight, There is a state of tranquility.

Wei Tianqing was stunned, but the commoner had already cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Wei Tongzhi, I, Pei Ji, have admired your name for a long time, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

"Pei Ji?" Wei Tianqing was taken aback for a moment, then remembered, his face changed drastically, and he lost his voice: "You are...!"

"Exactly." Pei Ji said with a smile, "I'm really ashamed, thanks to the great love of the Governor of Chu, I am now in command of the Northwest Army and serve as the General of the Northwest."

Wei Tianqing also clenched the knife, and said with a sneer, "Where is Chu Huan?"

Pei Ji sighed: "Chu Du knew that he was going to face Wei Tongzhi this time, and he didn't want to meet Wei Tongzhi's soldiers, so Pei led the troops to meet Master Tongzhi!"

Wei Tianqing said: "Is it your idea to besiege Tongzhou and ambush reinforcements?"

Pei Ji smiled and said: "Chu Governor knows that Liangzhou is garrisoned by the Wei Tong System, and has repeatedly opposed the ambush of the Wei Tong System, but...the general trend is, and there are some things that Chu Governor can't stop, and hunting with the general is inevitable. .Chu Du just asked Pei to say a few words to Wei Tongzhi, so Pei naturally didn't dare to disobey."

"He... what did he ask you to bring?"

Pei Ji said solemnly: "Chu Du said that he has always regarded you as an elder brother in his heart, and no matter what happens, he respects you as a big brother in his heart. If he has any faults, I only hope that you can not blame him."

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