After eating a few mouthfuls of dry and hard pancakes, Xing Youwei stood up from the ground and endured the pain. With the help of his attendants, he walked up to Wei Cheng and said, "General Wei, I think I can go on my way, don't stay here. It’s a waste of time.”
Wei Cheng put the last bit of pancake in his mouth into his mouth, chewed it hard a few times, swallowed it forcefully, and drank some water from the water bag to smooth it down.
Only then did he say to his flag soldiers: "Don't eat, hurry up and pass the order, and the army will continue on its way."
He ordered the flag soldiers to run away quickly with the uneaten half of the pancake in their hands.
"Duxian, are you okay?" Wei Cheng said worriedly when he saw Xing Youwei walking with his legs crossed, "Otherwise, he will be on his way slowly."
"It's okay. I often ride horses when I'm studying. Just make people happy." If Xing Youwei is willing to continue to stay here, he won't feel at ease if he doesn't return to Juyongguan for a moment.
Wei Cheng saw that Xing Youwei would take a breath of cold air from time to time and was hard-pressed to say anything, so he said, "Duke Xian, please rest here for a while. After the arrangements are made, we will be on our way."
Xing Youwei nodded.
With the help of Chang Sui, he sat down on a stone.
After Wei Cheng arranged everything, he came back to see Xing Youwei.
Xing Youwei got on the horse with the help of Chang Sui and several personal guards. However, he could only barely ride the horse now. It was difficult to go faster, so he could only ride with one of the personal guards.
drive!
Thousands of troops left their temporary resting place and continued on their way.
Xing Youwei, who was sitting on the horse, felt the pain between his legs gradually disappear as the horse's back rose and fell, and his brows would frown from time to time.
It was far less comfortable than the sedan I rode in when I came to Baoanzhou.
Fortunately, he knew that this was not a time to enjoy. Thinking that he was running for his life and suffering some pain, he could barely bear it.
"Thief Cavalry, it's a Thief Cavalry."
The sentinel who was scouting the road ahead brought back news of the thief cavalry.
Wei Cheng stopped the team and rode to Xing Youwei's side.
"What's going on in front?" Xing Youwei watched the team stop and saw Wei Cheng rushing over, feeling a bad feeling in his heart.
Wei Cheng said with an ugly face: "A large number of thieves were found five miles away."
"Didn't you say we were taking a detour? Why did we collide with the thieves?" Xing Youwei's eyes widened in vain, and his whole body suddenly started to tremble.
Wei Cheng said in a low tone: "The last general clearly bypassed the road blocked by the bandits. I don't understand why the bandits suddenly arrived here. There is a difference of more than twenty miles between the two sides."
"What's the use of talking about this now." Xing Youwei felt hatred in his heart and immediately asked, "Can we avoid it?"
Wei Cheng shook his head and said: "It's too close, and the bandit cavalry has already discovered us. It won't take long for them to arrive. I'm afraid we won't be able to leave even if we want to."
"What about going back? Can we go back to the camp?" Xing Youwei asked with a trembling tone.
Now he just wants to return to the camp outside Baoan City. It is protected by more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, which makes him feel safer.
"It's too far away from the camp. I'm afraid we'll be overtaken by bandit cavalry before we can get back." Wei Cheng said with his head lowered.
"Then what do you want to do? You told me what to do. You brought me out, but now you tell me that you have no choice. How can you live up to my trust in you?" Xing Youwei almost went crazy. He yelled at Wei Cheng.
He regretted that he had listened to Wei Cheng's instigation again, left the protection of an army of 50,000 men, and ended up in such a situation.
"Actually, it's not that there's no way at all. There's another way." Wei Cheng raised his head and looked at Xing Youwei.
After hearing this, Xing Youwei hurriedly asked: "Tell me, what can I do? As long as I can return to Juyongguan, no, even if I can return to the camp outside Baoan City."
Wei Cheng's words were the last glimmer of hope for him.
"Du Xian surrender, as long as we surrender, there will be no problem in saving our lives. Besides, Du Xian, you are the commander in chief of the army. The leader of the bandits will definitely not do anything to you." Wei Cheng said cautiously.
Hearing this, Xing Youwei's eyes widened and he stammered: "You, you want me to turn into a thief?"
"It's not surrender, it's surrender. For the sake of your own life, Du Xian, and for the lives of the general and others, please surrender." Wei Cheng said again.
Xing Youwei raised his hand and pointed at Wei Cheng, his lips trembling with anger as he said, "You, you, this commander ended up like this, could it be all your fault?"
Wei Cheng lowered his head again.
Seeing this, Xing Youwei understood everything and laughed angrily: "Okay, okay, okay, I didn't expect that a person like you would appear under my command, a traitor and surrender to the enemy. No wonder you didn't let me retreat. It seems that from the beginning You have this plan for today."
I understood everything in my heart.
To capture Baoan Prefecture and prove himself to the court, everything was done by the traitor in front of him, just to swallow up the 50,000 court troops he brought.
"Duke Xian, please surrender. The cavalry of the Tiger Flag have been ambushing all around. You can't leave." Wei Cheng finally admitted that he had surrendered to the enemy.
"You did a good job. You know how serious this matter is. You must not leak any information." Xing Youwei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as the news of the robbery of food and grass did not spread, he and the army would still have a chance, otherwise they would not even have a chance to escape back to Juyongguan.
Wei Cheng said: "Half a month seems like a lot, but in fact the army does not have half a month to consume. The bandits from Yongning City will arrive in a few days, and then the army will really have no way to survive."
It was the faster-moving Dragoon Division that cut off the retreat of Xing Youwei's 50,000-strong army. The First Combat Division was also coming from Yongning, preparing to encircle Xing Youwei's 50,000-strong army.
"We really can't wait any longer. We must immediately summon the commander-in-chief of the army to discuss military affairs." Xing Youwei ordered his subordinates.
Guan Ning's 50,000-strong army were all destroyed in Yongning. Once the bandits from Yongning arrived in Bao'an Prefecture, he knew very well that he and the 50,000-strong army around him would not escape the fate of destruction.
"We cannot summon the generals of the camps." Wei Cheng stopped Chang Sui, who was about to leave, and turned to Xing Youwei and said, "If Governor Xian wants to return to Juyongguan safely, he must not discuss it with the generals of the camps."
"What do you mean?" Xing Youwei looked at Wei Cheng in confusion.
Wei Cheng took a few steps forward, approached Xing Youwei and whispered in a low voice: "If Du Xian wants to return to Juyongguan safely, he cannot take these 50,000 troops with him. Otherwise, he will be intercepted by the bandits halfway before he can return. .”
"You want me to abandon these 50,000 troops?" Xing Youwei said with an ugly expression.
Chang Sui on the side was staring at Wei Cheng with wide eyes.
Wei Cheng said: "The army's retreat to Tianjin Pass is cut off. If Du Xian wants to leave safely, he can only leave 50,000 soldiers and horses to attract the attention of the traitors, so that he can have a chance to escape."
After speaking, he looked at Xing Youwei, waiting for the other party to choose.
