After more than three hours of hurrying, the Dai army and his party finally arrived at Xingkou in the evening, when the rain stopped again, and the faint fire on the distant city wall could be vaguely seen, and the heart of the plateau was also uneasy, I don't know whether it is the Qin army or the Wei army stationed in Xingkou City.

Fortunately, on the way, I met the early sneak into the Wei State to inquire about the news, and at this time the scout soldiers of the Dai Army who were waiting for the brigade of people and horses told the plateau that Xingkou is still in the hands of the Wei army, and the Qin army is still more than 30 miles away from Xingkou, which was blocked by the rain, and the plateau listened to it, and was greatly relieved, and finally rushed to Xingkou in time, it seems that the situation still has room for recovery. So he asked Wei Zeng to step forward and contact the Wei army in the city.

Although the Chu army rested halfway, Wei Zhuang still had to follow the plateau on the road, although he was riding in a chariot, but the road was bumpy, and he was also tired at this time, and he only felt that his whole body seemed to be falling apart.

After listening to Gao Yuan's instructions, Wei Zheng moved his hands and feet, and walked in the direction of Xingkou with a few servants.

After about 20 minutes, Wei Zhuang led a small group of Wei troops back, and brought a general of the Wei army to the front of the plateau. ”

Gao Yuan nodded, seeing that Su Hu was about forty years old, of medium stature, and quite brave, and said, "General Su, there is no need to be polite. ”

Su Hu stood up and said, "Wu Anjun, let's go to the city first, General Lu has already prepared hot water, food, and shelter in the city, so that the soldiers of Daijun can have a good rest." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Okay, enter the city." ”

A group of people followed Su Hu to the front of Xingkou City, in the dark, the plateau could not see the situation of the city defense, only saw that the city wall was not high, at most no more than two zhang. When entering the city, there was a veteran at the gate of the city who was about sixty years old, leading the Wei army to wait for them, Wei Zeng introduced that he was Lu Renjie, another main general of the Wei army.

After entering the city, Lu Renjie immediately arranged for the soldiers of the army to rest, and invited Gao Yuan and Wei Zhuang to the banquet at the Xingkou Zhi Office to receive the wind and wash the dust for them, and Gao Yuan did not dare to be careless, leaving the soldiers on duty to guard, and ordered the scouts to attack overnight, closely monitor the movements of the Qin army, and then ordered the other soldiers to eat, and then rest early, and at the same time told not to forget to feed the war horses, and also left Jiang Huan Wu to manage the soldiers.

After dealing with these things, Gao Yuan changed his dry clothes, took the thirty-six horses of the gale, and came to the administrative office in Xingkou with Wei Zheng.

Lu Renjie and Su Huji set up a banquet in the governance center, and also found a few singers to sing and dance. It turned out that the Wei army was defeated, and the main general Wei Cuo was killed, although Lu Renjie and Su Hu escaped from the battlefield, they also knew that it would be difficult to escape their lives when they returned to Daliang, so the two hid in Xingkou and did not dare to return to Daliang.

But hiding in Xingkou is not a way, if the Qin army kills, he will definitely not be able to defend Xingyang, and at that time, he will either die in Xingkou, or return to Daliang and be killed by the King of Wei. Just when the two of them were in a panic, Wei Zeng came to Xingkou and told them that the reinforcements of Daijun and Chu had entered Wei and the forward troops had arrived at Xingkou. Moreover, the king of Wei pretended to worship the plateau as a general, took charge of the military power of Wei, and admired the seal of Wei.

Only then did the two realize that there was a chance to live, and if they got on the plateau, maybe they would have escaped enough to escape this catastrophe, but if they couldn't, they would take refuge in the plateau and go to Daijun, so the two of them warmly entertained the plateau and his party in Xingkou.

Wei Zeng didn't know what to do, but at this time he was completely relaxed, picked up the wine and drank three glasses in a row, before he let out a big breath and said: "Today is the longest section of the road I have ever had, you think about it, in one day, from Taoyi to Xingkou, I have to have a good night's rest tonight." ”

Lu Renjie and Su Hu were both taken aback, from Taoyi to Xingkou, there were at least three hundred miles, and it only took one day to arrive, which was too fast.

Gao Yuan remained silent and said, "Two generals, how many troops are there in Xingkou City now?" ”

Lu Renjie and Su Hu glanced at each other, and Lu Renjie said: "Back to Wu Anjun, the army in Xingkou City now is less than 6,000 people. ”

Gao Yuan was also a little surprised, and said: "Why is there only such a small army, I heard that although the Wei army was defeated, there should still be about 20,000 people." ”

When the two of them heard this, their expressions were also very embarrassed, and Su Hu said: "Back to Wu Anjun, after the defeat of Chenggao, there were indeed more than 20,000 troops, but after the defeat, many soldiers fled, and there were only so many people who were brought to Xingkou by the two of us." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, how did you lose the battle of Chenggao, you tell me in detail." ”

The two did not dare to hide it, and told Gao Yuan in detail about the battle of Chenggao.

It turned out that the two of them accompanied Wei Cuo, leading 100,000 Wei troops, starting from Daliang and rushing to Chenggao. But just thirty miles away from Cheng Gao, the three of them received news that Cheng Gao had been lost. So the three of them discussed and prepared to retreat back to Daliang.

But at this moment, a Qin army attacked from Chenggao and attacked the Wei army. The number of people is about 20,000. Upon receiving this news, Wei Cuo immediately changed his mind and decided to face the Qin army first, and then retreat to Daliang after defeating this Qin army.

Because Wei Cuo knew very well that Chenggao was lost, and all the property and clansmen of Xiangguo Wei Xing in Chenggao were lost in Chenggao, so after returning to Daliang, Wei Xing would definitely not let go of himself. If you can win a battle, then after returning to Daliang, it is better to explain some. Moreover, the strength of the Qin army is only 20,000, while he has an army of 100,000, and the chance of victory is still very good.

Although Lu Renjie and Su Hu did not agree with Wei Cuo's decision, thinking that the Wei army should withdraw to Daliang as much as possible and should not stay here for a long time, Wei Cuo was the main general, and the two could not twist him, and the disparity between the forces of the two sides was indeed very large, and the possibility of the Wei army winning was indeed very great, so the two did not persuade deeply.

But as soon as the fight started, I knew that although the number of the Qin army was not much, the soldiers were all brave and abnormal, and they were a few generals who took the lead in the charge, which was even more terrifying, although the number of the Wei army was not an opponent at all, and it was beaten by the Qin army, the wolf bèi fled, and even Wei Cuo died in the enemy army. The two led the remnants of the army to escape to Xingkou.

During the speeches of the two, Gao Yuan also asked for details from time to time, and after the two finished speaking, Gao Yuan was basically certain that the Qin army did not have many troops, estimated to be about 20,000 people, but it included Han Teng's Nanyang army, and there were several generals under Han Teng.

While the three of them were talking, Wei Zeng was already drunk and fell asleep on the table, while Lu Renjie and Su Hu ordered people to carry Wei Zeng into the room he had prepared to rest.

Without Wei Zeng, there would be less scruples when he spoke, so after carrying Wei Zeng away, Lu Renjie and Su Hu immediately knelt in front of the plateau and said in unison: "Please Wu Anjun save my life." ”

Gao Yuan was stunned for a moment and said, "What's going on at this time." ”

Lu Renjie said: "In the first battle of Chenggao, the Wei army was defeated, the soldiers were lost, and the main general was killed, according to the law of Wei, both of us should be beheaded for the same crime, and only Wu Anjun can save our lives." ”

Gao Yuan is now in vain, but the defeat in this battle really can't be blamed on the two of them, and Gao Yuan thought that although the King of Wei was forced to let himself take charge of the military power of Wei, and he was also worthy of the Xiangguo of Wei, but after all, he was new to Wei and was not familiar with the place, and Lu Renjie and Su Hu were both military generals who had been in the Wei army for twenty or thirty years, so they were naturally familiar with the situation of the Wei army, and there were many relationships in the Wei army.

However, Gao Yuan's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered something, and said: "The defeat of Chenggao is not the fault of the war, you can rest assured, I will excuse the two of you in front of King Wei, but there is a question, you have to answer me honestly." ”

Lu Renjie hurriedly said: "Wu Anjun, please ask, we will answer truthfully." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said: "Before I arrived in the Wei State, you were already cornered, did you want to surrender to the Qin army, don't say some clichés such as the cruelty of the Qin State, unkindness and injustice, you Wei State defected to the Qin State There are many talents, I want to listen to the truth." ”

The two glanced at each other again, Su Hu gritted his teeth, and said, "We don't hide it from Wu Anjun, we did plan to surrender to the Qin army." Moreover, a few days ago, we had already sent henchmen to contact the Qin army, as long as the Qin army guaranteed our safety, we would surrender to the Qin army. ”

Gao Yuan was very interested, and said: "This is nothing, your current situation, it is normal to have such thoughts, don't care, but then why hasn't it been lowered?" ”

Lu Renjie smiled bitterly and said, "The Qin army killed our envoy and sent the head back, what else do we have to say." ”

Su Hu said: "And later we also learned that the Qin army killed all the more than 40,000 Wei soldiers captured in the first battle of Chenggao. Therefore, surrendering to the Qin army is also a dead end. ”

Gao Yuan was also slightly stunned, but immediately relieved, 40,000 captives is not a small number, guarding them requires a lot of manpower and material resources, but also to prevent them from resisting, and it will also drag down the action of the Qin army, because it is not over when the war is not over, leaving a large number of prisoners, no less than burying a time bomb, it is not as easy as killing them all, after the Battle of Changping, Baiqikeng killed hundreds of thousands of Zhao soldiers prisoners, and for this reason, so in this era, it is common to kill prisoners between countries.

Looking at the two of them again, Gao Yuan said: "Okay, you two don't worry, as long as I am in Wei for a day, I can ensure your safety." ”

When the two of them heard this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said in unison: "Thank you Wu Anjun." ”