The Sui army captured at least tens of thousands of prisoners in the pursuit battle, and the base was huge. Of course, Xue Renguo selected 300 soldiers who were directly related to him, and many of them were Xue Renguo's direct soldiers. Chen Sangliang also spoke. To be honest, they not only sent back their horses, but also took out the best weapons and armor to arm them to the teeth, and asked them to escort Xue Renguo, who was also fully armed, to chase Xue Renguo's army.
In order to facilitate management, Xue Renguo temporarily appointed three old soldiers as brigade commanders. One of the brigade commanders was named Xue Liu. Asked Xue Renguo: "Prince, are you really planning to recruit His Highness King Jin and the others for the officers and soldiers? Or do you want to take the opportunity to escape? Unfortunately, His Majesty was captured. You are the prince. Return to our army. Our army should logically They are all under your command, but now His Royal Highness King Jin is in charge of the army, will he honestly hand over the military power to you?"
Xue Renguo hesitated for a moment, and then replied in a low voice: "Let's go back first, I'll think about it on the way."
After all, Xue Renguo rode forward, speeding up to catch up with his second brother who was fleeing westward, feeling extremely hesitant and shaken in his heart, and secretly said: "What should I do? Should I really recruit my second brother for Chen Yingliang? Or take the opportunity to escape? I will take the opportunity What will father do if he escapes? Also, what if the second brother refuses to listen to my command?"
Of course, it is not surprising that Xue Renguo has such thoughts. One way is to be a prisoner with an unpredictable future, and the other way is to take the opportunity to escape and go back to inherit the big position. Individuals will hesitate and waver. However, compared with his second brother Xue Renyue, Xue Renguo is still easy to choose and make decisions. In the early morning of the next day, when the rear army reported the news of Xue Renguo's return to Xue Renyue, they had already emptied the city's military supplies overnight. Xue Renyue, who was withdrawing westward, was surprised, but also immediately found that this matter had become extremely difficult.
"Elder brother has come back again? What should we do?" Xue Renyue pondered in his mind, and secretly said: "Didn't he be captured alive by Chen Yingliang's traitor? How did he come back? What did he do when he came back? Did he come to recruit our army for Chen Yingliang's traitor, or came to fight with him?" I grab the military power and the position of the commander? If he asks me to hand over the military power and admit that he will inherit the throne from my father, what should I do?"
Xue Jujun and all the civil and military officers next to him were also looking at each other. None of them expected that Xue Renguo, who had been captured alive by the Sui army, would come back. They also didn't know what Xue Renguo was going to do when he came back, let alone what he should do if Xue Renguo fought for power with Xue Renyue brothers. Stand on that side. But of course there was also an immediate choice. Several of Xue Renyue's confidants immediately came to his ears and whispered: "Your Highness, if the crown prince is here to ask for military power, you must not give it to him! The current army is yours! If you keep it, you can’t make it cheaper for others.”
Xue Renyue nodded subconsciously, and then ordered to lead his elder brother to meet him. At the same time, for the sake of caution, Xue Renyue immediately ordered the Chinese army under his direct control to be on alert, and also ordered the personal soldiers to prepare for battle. In his eyes, there were no words at all.
In this way, the reunion of the brothers after many days naturally changed. When Xue Renguo led 300 cavalry to approach, the Chinese army directly controlled by Xue Renyue tried to prevent Xue Renguo's subordinates from approaching. However, Xue Renguo was just more straightforward and not a fool. Seeing that the second younger brother's Chinese army had already lined up on guard, Xue Renguo was so stupid that he would leave his entourage to go forward alone. Not only did he not listen, but he kicked over Xue Renyue's subordinates who were standing in front of him, and scolded: "Bold! I am When the crown prince, what are you, dare to stop me?"
Kicking away the blockers, Xue Renguo made the cavalry under his command form a character-shaped charge formation, and then led them trotting forward. Xue Renyue also knew his brother's ability to fight cavalry, so he quickly asked the infantry to line up to intercept. It is still reasonable to explain that no one is allowed to shoot arrows without his own personal order. The two brothers had their own ghosts, and each was on guard. They stood fifty steps apart, and then saluted each other. Xue Renguo asked very rudely: "Second brother, what do you mean by this? Why did you let your subordinates Arrange the battle formation, what do you want to do?"
Xue Renyue didn't answer, but asked loudly: "Brother, weren't you captured alive by Chen Yingliang's traitor on the battlefield? Why did you come back again? How did you come back?"
"I am..." Xue Renguo changed his mind and said, "I was sent by the father, and the father asked me to come back to take over the army. Second brother, it is hard for you to lead the army to retreat here. Now you can You have transferred the military power to me, don't worry, I will not treat you badly in the future."
Xue Renguo's words naturally left plenty of leeway. As long as Xue Renyue surrendered his military power obediently and avoided the division of the army, Xue Renguo could discuss with him carefully whether to accept Chen Sangliang's surrender, or to lead the army back to Tianshui and find a way to rescue him. Xue Ju. But it's a pity that once a good thing like military power is in your hands, no one is willing to hand it over if you can't resist it, and no one is willing to be a younger brother after taking the position of the boss. He asked: "Why? Why should I hand over the military power to you? The father sent you back to take over the army. Now that the father is under the control of Chen Yingliang's traitor, how can he still issue a decree? Even if the father has such a decree, how can he Prove that this decree was not promulgated by Chen Yingliang's coercion?"
Xue Renguo, who was not very good at debating, was left speechless by the series of questions asked by his younger brother. After a little calculation, Xue Renguo could only change his words again and said: "I am the prince! The prince who was proclaimed by the father when he became emperor. , now that father is unfortunately captured by the enemy, I should take over the army!"
"Brother, you are the crown prince. It is true that your father had an accident, so you should take over the army." Xue Renyue nodded, and said loudly: "But you were also captured alive by the bandit army, and you became a prisoner of the bandit army. Now you suddenly came back for no reason, and you brought the army back. If you don’t explain clearly how you came back, and what you plan to do when you come back, how can I dare to hand over the military power to you? Brother, now I invite you Tell me, how did you come back? What are you going to do when you come back?"
Xue Renguo, who planned to get the military power first and then decide whether to surrender to Chen Sangliang, was extremely embarrassed, but Xue Jujun and other civil and military officers over there gave Xue Renyue their support. Zong Luohu, who was a high-ranking Xue Jujun, also asked loudly: "His Royal Highness, How did you come back? We all know that you were captured, and we have been trying to figure out how to rescue you and His Majesty, but now you have come back by yourself for no reason, and you have brought some troops back. You must at least tell Let us know why?"
Being persecuted, Xue Renguo could only reply hesitantly: "I was released by Chen Yingliang, and all the soldiers I brought were also released by Chen Yingliang."
"Chen Yingliang let you back?" Zong Luohu and the others were startled, and hurriedly asked: "His Royal Highness, why did Chen Yingliang let you back? What is his purpose for letting you back?"
"He...he sent me to recruit you." Xue Renguo finally chose to tell the truth, and then quickly added: "But I just..."
"Okay!" Xue Renyue's laughter interrupted Xue Renguo's explanation, and he said loudly and quickly: "Everyone, have you heard? His Royal Highness is here to recruit us for Chen Yingliang's traitor. Chen Yingliang's traitor killed thousands of us Great Qin soldiers and captured us. My father, His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor, has a deep hatred with our Great Qin. Not only does His Highness the Crown Prince not want to take revenge, he also surrenders to the enemy, and even comes to recruit us for Chen Yingliang's traitor! Do we still recognize such a Highness the Crown Prince? ?”
"I don't recognize it! I don't recognize it!" Xue Renyue's confidantes shouted one after another, because the position was in front of Xue Renyue's Chinese army, there were still many such shouts, Zong Luohu and Zhai Changsun, who were not directly under Xue Renyue's subordinates, and others one after another Keep your mouth shut, and refuse to stand in line—on such a matter, Zong Luohu and the others really can't just stand in line.
"I don't want to surrender!" Xue Renguo yelled out what was in his heart, and loudly argued: "The reason why I was captured was because I was surrounded by my father and me. My father ordered me to put down my weapon and surrender. I have no choice but to be a prisoner!"
"Brother, what are you planning to do when you come back now?" Xue Renyue hit the snake with the stick and asked loudly: "Do you want to take the opportunity to escape and come back, or do you really want to recruit us for Chen Yingliang's traitor? If you just want to take the opportunity to escape and come back, Well, you put down your weapon and follow me now, then you will still be my elder brother, and we will discuss other things slowly when we return to Tianshui. If you want to recruit us for Chen Yingliang's traitor, then you don't have to talk about it. For the sake of brotherhood, I also let you go, but if you want me to lay down my arms and surrender to the enemy, you are dreaming!"
"Yes, His Royal Highness, just tell me what you want to do." The general Zhang Gui, who was already clearly leaning toward Xue Renyue, said, "If you just tricked Chen Yingliang into trusting the traitor and came back by chance, of course we will admit it." You are our crown prince, but you have to lay down your weapons first, and hand over those attendants who may be hiding the secret work of Chen Yingliang's traitors to His Royal Highness Jin Wang for screening, and return to Tianshui with us to discuss other matters slowly."
Zhang Gui took the lead, and other Xue Jujun civil and military officers who are not Xue Renyue's direct descendants also echoed, kindly persuading Xue Renguo to put down his weapons temporarily, and first retreat to Tianshui with Xue Renyue. He came up and reminded in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, be careful. If you put down your weapon and go with King Jin, you may not have a chance to return to Tianshui. Some people will not let you go back to Tianshui and Jin in order to please King Jin." His Royal Highness is fighting for the throne."
Xue Liu's words reminded Xue Renguo, and made Xue Renguo suddenly think of a fatal problem - if his younger brother is determined to seize the throne, he will definitely not let him return to Tianshui smoothly. Send your neck to your brother's knife!
Wanting to understand this point, Xue Renguo made some calculations, finally made up his mind, and said loudly: "Second brother, you are right! Yes, I am here to recruit you for Prime Minister Chen of the Sui Dynasty. Agreed! All generals, all my lords, and all the soldiers of Daqin, our Daqin court is no longer good, and we are no longer the opponent of the Dasui army. The Dasui army is chasing us, we have no chance to escape back to Tianshui, only Putting down your weapons and surrendering is our way out! Don't worry..."
"Shut up!" Xue Renyue interrupted his brother again, and sneered loudly: "Brother, your fox tail is finally exposed. I didn't expect you to be so greedy for life and afraid of death. In order to beg for a life, you actually wagged your tail to the traitor Chen Yingliang and asked us The Daqin army followed you and surrendered to the enemy! You are dreaming! I will not go with you, and no one will go with you!"
"Zong Luohou! Chu Liang! Liang Lisu! Zhai Changsun!" Xue Renguo called several names of Xue Jujun's civil and military officials in one breath, and then said loudly: "Come back with me and surrender to the Great Sui Prime Minister. This is my father's will. It's also my prince's order, do you listen?! Don't worry, Prime Minister Chen is famously magnanimous. He can even forgive Chai Shao, who almost drove him to death. If you go back with me, Prime Minister Chen will definitely treat you badly. Not you!"
Xue Renguo's temper was irritable and straightforward, and he was not in harmony with many civil and military generals of Xue Jujun, but he had a better relationship with Xue Jujun's important minister Zong Luohu. Out of various considerations, the two important civil servants, Zhai Changsun and Zhai Changsun, did not say a word, but Liang Lisu, who was born as a Qiang chief, immediately refused, "Shut up! Pifu killed so many of my tribal people and asked me to surrender to him! Dreaming!"
"Bow and arrow team, get ready!" Xue Renyue took the opportunity to order, and first ordered his Chinese army to raise their bows and arrows at Xue Renguo, and shouted: "Xue Renguo is a man! Get out of here! If you don't get out, I will order the arrows to be released!" "
Some soldiers had already protected Xue Renguo with shields, but after observing the surrounding situation, Xue Renguo found that most of them were surrounded by his second brother's direct line of troops, so he immediately made a wise choice, ordered to leave immediately, and took Chen Sangliang to see him off. The 300 guards for him withdrew the way they came, Xue Renyue also heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly ordered the army to speed up and get rid of the Sui army's pursuit as soon as possible. However, Xue Renyue soon regretted not killing his brother immediately.
The reason Xue Renyue regretted was that after Xue Renguo withdrew to the side of the rear army, he suddenly charged forward and went straight to Xue Renyue's rear army general Zhang Xi. Zhang Xi was taken by Xue Renguo by surprise. His own commander, Zhang Xiben, was Xue Renguo's former department without hesitation, and immediately agreed to accept Xue Renguo's order. Then Xue Renguo first announced loudly that he had surrendered to Chen Sangliang, and asked Zhang Xijun to surrender with him, and then immediately ordered Zhang Xijun to raid Xue Renyue's central army, and promised that once Xue Renyue's head was taken, he would immediately reward him with three hundred taels of gold. With the three beauties, Zhang Xijun obeyed and actually launched an attack on Xue Renyue's Chinese army not far ahead.
When Xue Renyue, who was furious, led his army to attack, a brotherly melee started. Although Zhang Xijun was small in number and had no morale and fighting spirit, it was impossible for him to be the opponent of Xue Renyue's army, but Xue Jujun was in chaos, wearing the same uniform and different colors. Soldiers of the Xue Ju Army with the same military flag killed each other, and it was difficult to distinguish the enemy from the enemy. Even if the soldiers of the Xue Ju Army who did not rebel died among their own army companions, quite a few died.
Xue Renguo's ruthless move was still behind, taking advantage of the opportunity of the chaos on the battlefield, Xue Renguo took the opportunity to take three hundred followers loyal to him to make a detour, and ran to the side of the former army, shouting loudly, asking his old troops to return to the army, while walking The Xue Jujun in front is the main force of Xue Jujun who retreated from the defeat at Tingkou the day before yesterday. Quite a few of them are former soldiers of Xue Renguo. Hearing the old master's call, they subconsciously returned to the army. Many generals who were directly affiliated with Xue Ju also ran to Xue Renguo Xue Renguo took the opportunity to disclose that his father had surrendered to Chen Sangliang, and asked the old department to follow him to capture the unfilial brother Xue Renyue who refused to surrender, and to go to Chen Sangliang's command to enjoy the glory and wealth with him.
As a result, Xue Renyue's front army was naturally in chaos. Although most of Xue Ju's soldiers could hardly accept this cruel fact for a while, a considerable number of Xue Ju's soldiers followed behind Xue Renguo, and led by Xue Renguo Xue Renyue's army launched an attack, causing Xue Renguo's front and rear army to be in chaos, killing each other until the sky was dark, and the generals and soldiers took the opportunity to engulf the gold, silver and jewels transported by the former army. Countless fugitives also took the opportunity to rebel , Shouting the slogan of surrender according to the order, launched an attack on Xue Renyue's direct lineage, and many people rushed to Xue Renyue's handsome banner in greed for rewards.
Under such circumstances, when the fast-moving Sui Army cavalry rushed to the scene, Xue Renyue's army naturally had no power to fight back. Countless people dropped their weapons and knelt down to surrender. The Sui army cavalry rushed to the vicinity of Xue Renyue's central army without even slashing with sabers. Under the guidance of countless leading parties, they were still chasing Xue Renyue's ass tightly, making Xue Renyue even if he wanted to escape. There are many difficulties, and I can only follow my father like a gamble, and flee desperately to the dense forests in the south. Zong Luohu, Chu Liang, Zhai Changsun and others who had already been shaken did not hesitate any more, and chose to lead the crowd to surrender without any hesitation.
In fact, the most pitiful thing is Yu Wenxin, the emissary sent by the brothers of the Li family. He didn't even have a horse and couldn't escape quickly. Yesterday, he saw the hope of using the remnants of Xue Ju's army to contain Chen Sangliang's western front. Brothers at home were smashed to pieces. Under the blows one after another, Yu Wenxin, who was discouraged, simply ran away, and climbed directly on a baggage cart that even the donkey pulling the cart was taken away, and sat on the roof of the cart. To avoid being trampled to death by the rebel army, and to wait for the great-grandson of a small county magistrate to capture his famous family alive, his heart is bitter.
On the roof of the car, you can see most of the battlefield situation. You can see the soldiers of Xue Ju who are wearing the same military uniform and the same military flag killing each other, and you can also hear the slogans of the soldiers of Xue Ju to capture Xue Renyue alive one after another, and then think of the current situation of the Taiyuan Army. Yu Wenxin felt dejected and grieved, and turned to look at the direction of Taiyuan in the northeast, weeping and choked up, and said: "Three young masters, you have learned from the past, and your mistakes are not far away. I hope you can read And brotherly love, don't just think about brotherly killing each other, but think more about how to work together to defend against powerful enemies."
"Work together?" Muttering this word, and thinking of Li Yuan's precious sons who were even more jackals and tigers, Yu Wenxin burst into tears again, and secretly said: "I'd better find a chance to sleep early." , maybe in the dream, I can see their concerted efforts and their brotherhood."