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It turned out that Yelu Deguang made the same mistake as Kang Huaizhen. Although he aimed at Xu Wen's heart and shot at Xu Wen's heart, Xu Wen's heart was slightly deflected and did not kill him immediately. When the shot came, the vitality could be said to be cut off, but Xu Wen was worried about the gains and losses of Weizhou City, so he stood up at the last moment.

"Shang...General Shang, let the soldiers stabilize their positions and call in the reserve soldiers to assist in defending the city. This general will be watching here. As long as this general does not fall, Zhu Wen will never let Zhu Wen take down Weizhou City." He said firmly, and after speaking, his slightly bent body stood up straight, and he looked at the city without blinking his eyes.What no one noticed was that after Xu Wen finished saying this, the look in Xu Wen's eyes secretly disappeared, and his eyes became hollow.

However, when the soldiers guarding the city saw Xu Wen's miraculous resurrection from the dead, their morale was immediately boosted. With the help of reserve soldiers, all Liang soldiers who attacked the city were killed.

Kang Huaizhen's two sons, one son, Kang Fei, was shot to death by arrows from the city because of his greed for meritorious deeds, and his adopted son, Kang Sheng, was hit in the neck by a human stone thrown from the city and died.

"Impossible, this is impossible. I saw Xu Wen's heart pierced by De Guang's arrow, so how could I stand on the top of the city?" Zhu Wen was furious when he heard the report from the retreating soldiers.

"Your Majesty, the villain saw Xu Wen standing on the top of the city with his own eyes, and looked at me with disdain." The soldier said.

"Your Majesty, Xu Wen was indeed hit by the arrow just now. From our point of view, he may be trying to hold on. In this way, our army can attack Weizhou City day and night, and stimulate Xu Wen's arrow wounds. As long as Xu Wen Once he dies, Weizhou City will belong to our army." The army staff thought about a result and said.

The sound of "rumbling" war drums did not stop all night, and the tragic fighting continued. The head of Weizhou City became a huge meat grinder. No matter whether it was the soldiers of the Liang Army or the soldiers defending the city, they all died here. A thick layer was piled up under the city.

The sky brightened up again, and Zhu Wen looked at Jiamengguan, where the flag of the Tang army was still fluttering, vomited blood violently, and fell off his horse.Zhu Wen's army hurriedly called Jin to retreat, and led the army back to the camp.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?" After Zhu Wen was rescued, a group of civil servants and generals asked.

Zhu Wen said with a pale face, "Everyone, I'm afraid I'm going to die. I just dreamed that my righteous brother asked me to leave together. Everyone, I regret that I didn't listen to you and didn't come to seize this Weizhou City. After I die, you When you can take charge of our army's various forces and return to the division calmly, I only hope that I can save the lives of my three sluggish sons, righteous brother, I have come to accompany you as a brother."

Zhu Wen was so angry that he vomited blood and died. Several important generals picked up the remnants of the defeated generals, and retreated fifty miles that day to Zhenzhou in defeat.

But he said that after Zhu Wen withdrew, Shang Rang came over with a happy face and said, "General, Zhu Wen's army has withdrawn, and we are defending Weizhou City." Seeing Xu Wen's expressionless expression, he said it again, only to hear Xu Jing's face was full. Tears said, "Father, he has returned to the west on a crane..."

Hearing the news of Xu Wen's death, every household in Weizhou City wore mourning, and everyone burst into tears, and the mourning was loud.

Half a day after the Liang army fled, Duan Mingyu led his army to Weizhou City. When he saw every household in the city wearing mourning filial piety, Duan Mingyu felt that many soldiers had been lost in this battle. How miserable the people are.

When Duan Mingyu learned that Xu Wen would not back down until his death in order to guard Weizhou City, he burst into tears.

"Xu Wen is really the king's minister. He would rather die than take a step back. He is a model for the army. Even ten Weizhous can't exchange Xu Wen. Pity Xu Wen, pity Xu Wen. Xu Wen This time, the Tang Dynasty’s Banbijiang will not be stable. Pass on my commander-in-chief to Li Ye... Cough cough, the emperor wrote a letter requesting Xu Wen to be named Duke Wu Ning. Since then, he will be a hereditary duke within three generations. After three generations, every generation Downgrade to one rank of title, if you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded separately."

Xu Wen's death dealt a great blow to Duan Mingyu. Xu Wen had always been Duan Mingyu's confidant, and he was extremely capable. Duan Mingyu could use it with confidence. With Xu Wen guarding Weizhou, Duan Mingyu could save half of his worries.

It seems that all the emperors of the Central Plains are keen to expand their territories and send troops to the Northern Expedition. As a result, Weizhou City is bustling again, and everywhere is full of hectic preparations for war.

The wealth of the Tang Dynasty's savings is really no small matter. The previous Zhang Jun's Northern Expedition used lightning tactics. The advance was fast and the defeat was also fast. Nearly one-third of the soldiers and horses were lost, but the loss of food, fodder and armor was not great. , so the savings are enough to support another national war. Inside and outside Weizhou City, there are groups of horses and horses traveling from south to north, and there are mighty and mighty troops coming and going everywhere, or they are driving donkeys and horses to transport food and fodder. The servants come and go.

However, unlike in the past, when the infantry of the brigade came and went in a hurry, there would often be thousands of horses trampling for a cavalry team, blowing past them like a gust of wind. But there is no such a large number of cavalry. This is Duan Mingyu's magic weapon. Originally, the Tang army's infantry was considered to be one of the strongest arms in the world. Insufficient mobility, unable to effectively kill the enemy's defeated soldiers and expand the results of the battle; unable to grasp the initiative of the battle situation, attacking the enemy must be rescued, and lead the enemy by the nose.

This is because Zhang Jun and Wei Zhaodu were selfish and did not want to share the credit with Duan Mingyu's old troops in the Shence Army, so they mobilized a large number of infantry. Instead, the Shence Army, the main force of the cavalry, was left behind. With the addition of so many well-trained cavalry, we have the advantage that the enemy does not have, and we also have the enemy's advantage. The result of the Northern Expedition again is really exciting. This battle was held with a rather optimistic attitude. In the streets and alleys, and in Goulan restaurants, you could often hear them assessing the chances of winning by Prince Duan's personal conquest.

Of course, if this battle is still lost, I am afraid that the heaviest blow to the Central Plains will not be material, but psychological. From then on, the people of the Central Plains will suffer from Khitan and Liang fears. The courage to use troops against the Northern Dynasty again.

The Luoyang River, the Bianliang River, and the Weizhou River have built a transportation lifeline. Ships travel day and night on the river. The official water transportation team spares no effort to support it, and invests a large number of newly built warships and transport ships. Guarantee the transportation of food from the south to the north and the transportation of various supplies for the army.