Lu Xiaoxian suddenly felt unbearable in his heart, and wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak, so he asked Zhang Shuo gloomily: "What's going on?" ”

Hearing Zhang Shuo tell what happened, Lu Xiaoxian frowned and asked, "Where is Su Hao now?" ”

Zhang Shuo shook his head: "After evacuating from Dongxia Stone Valley, I haven't seen him again. I asked Su Honghui what was going on, but Su Honghui never said a word! ”

Lu Xiaoxian was thoughtful.

Wang Xiaojie jumped off the cliff and died in the country, soon spread throughout the rear army, the soldiers of the three armies were grief-stricken, they spontaneously focused in front of the tent, and knelt down to Wang Xiaojie's body with brushes, the scene was shocking.

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In the handsome tent, there are only Lu Xiaoxian and Su Honghui.

"If I'm not mistaken, all of this is Su Hao's ghost!" Lu Xiaoxian looked at Su Honghui and said word by word, "The reason why you don't defend yourself is because you don't understand why your adopted son, who has been with you for more than ten years, wants to fall into disloyalty and injustice!" ”

Su Honghui, whose face was gray, suddenly raised his head and hissed: "I treat him closer than my own son, why is this?" Why? ”

Lu Xiaoxian looked at Su Honghui, who was like crazy, and shook his head: "You don't need to ask why, many things in this world can't be explained at all." Perhaps, you don't understand what Su Hao wants! ”

At this moment, Lu Xiaoxian can basically conclude that Su Hao, like Wei Qing, is Mr. Wang's person.

One is the Zhonglang general of the left prison guard, and the other is Su Honghui's adopted son and deputy general, they have all become Mr. Wang's undercover agents, and they are so deep that people are very scary to think about.

The battle of Huangzhang Valley and the battle of Dongkip Stone Valley were not so much a defeat to the Khitans as a defeat to Mr. Wang. One Wei Qing and one Su Hao, the two played a huge role in it.

From the first time he met Mr. Wang in Panzhou, Lu Xiaoxian felt that he was not simple, and he did not dare to underestimate him. Now it seems that Mr. Wang's secret strength is even stronger than Lu Xiaoxian imagined.

Listening to Lu Xiaoxian's words, Su Honghui lowered his head. Maybe he really doesn't know his adopted son, but the big mistake has been made, Wang Xiaojie died because of him, tens of thousands of soldiers died on the battlefield because of him, and he couldn't atone for his sins even if he died a hundred times.

Lu Xiaoxian knew Su Honghui's mood at the moment, sighed and said, "You have negligence, this can't be escaped." Even if you return to Luoyang, Your Majesty will not let you go! I'll teach you a way to save your family......"

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He Axiao's camp was set up in an open field in the Xuanshui River Valley, and he was very bold and not worried about the attack of the Zhou army at all.

Since the Yingzhou army, the two battles of Huangzhang Valley and Dongxia Stone Valley have been completely victorious, and the Great Zhou army is afraid of the Khitan like a tiger, how can it still have the courage to sneak attack.

The young and strong people of the Khitan have participated in the military training of the city more than once, and now this army trained by the Great Zhou himself has beaten the Great Zhou army as the master all over the ground, what kind of irony is this.

After the two wars, the Khitan captured a lot, the equipment of the soldiers has been significantly improved, and some elite troops have become more and more presentable.

Although it was dark night, there were still more than 2,000 prisoners of the Great Zhou army, who were used by the Khitans to chop wood and make fires and strengthen the camp fence.

He Axiao was in his tent, drinking wine and eating meat.

Sun Wanrong is delicious, and He Axiao, as his confidant, is naturally no exception. The only fly in the ointment is that there are no cooking masters like Chen San and Wu Liu around Sun Wanrong.

He Axiao was enjoying the wine and food while thinking about the next step of the march. At this moment, there was a sudden shout of killing outside the big tent, and then the flames were everywhere.

Enemy attack?

He A was startled and quickly ran out of the big tent.

By the faint light of the fire in front of the tent, He Axiao saw countless soldiers either awakened by the fire or by the noise and screams outside the tent, and one by one they ran out of the tent without even wearing clothes.

In the darkness, there were routs everywhere, and it was impossible to distinguish which ones were their own and which were enemies.

What's even worse is that in the chaos, people keep raising knives and slashing, occasionally provoking oil lamps in the village, causing fire everywhere in the camp.

He Axiao happened to see a person's face clearly from the firelight mapping, although he was wearing the clothes of a Khitan soldier, it was obvious that he was from the Great Zhou.

He slashed and killed the people around him without saying a word, and from time to time someone fell in a pool of blood.

He Ah was in a hurry, and pulled out his knife like the man running. But in the chaos, the pretender quickly disappeared from He Axiao's sight.

Just as he was paused, He Axiao suddenly felt a blade slashing at him, he keenly dodged and then fired back, and the attacker fell to the ground in response.

Glancing at the person who was killed, He Axiao couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine: it was the real Khitan soldier who attacked him.

It seems that the enemy's goal of deliberately creating chaos has been achieved, and the Khitan soldiers have begun to kill each other indiscriminately.

The pretender who fell into He Axiao's eyes just now was none other than Su Honghui. After he succeeded in the first blow, he did not rush to retreat, but vented his aggrieved anger to the fullest, and kept lighting the camp, causing countless Khitan pawns to trample on themselves.

This time, he brought more than 200 people to attack the camp and did not plan to return alive.

Although the two hundred people were a little small, they pulled away and blended in with the Khitan soldiers, cutting people when they saw them, and the probability of cutting their own people was much smaller than the probability of cutting the enemy.

Towards dawn, the assault was finally over.

Su Honghui and the 200 dead soldiers did not survive, but the Khitans injured more than 2,000 people, ninety percent of which were caused by crazy cannibalism.

One side is here to fight hard, the other side is to save his life, there are few people but they have an advantage, and the first thing that many people think about for fear of accidental injury is to run and hide, which is the reason for Su Honghui's victory in the night attack.

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After Zhang Shuo and Yang Si returned to Luoyang, they met with Wu Zetian in person and described in detail the battle situation in Dongkip Stone Valley.

After listening to Zhang's speech, Wu Zetian's face was solemn and silent.

Everything was expected by Lu Xiaoxian, and Wu Zetian finally understood at this moment that Lu Xiaoxian asked Wang Hufeng to order ropes and hooks, which were actually used to let Wang Xiaojie escape for his life.

However, how could Lu Xiaoxian conclude a few months ago that Wang Xiaojie would be defeated?

Besides, even if he loses, how will he know that Wang Xiaojie is going to be defeated in Dong Kip Stone Valley?

After a long time, Wu Zetian looked at Zhang and said, "Aiqing, how should the court treat Wang Xiaojie and Su Honghui?" ”

Wu Zetian was also very conflicted in her heart, although Wang Xiaojie was killed, the battle of Dongkip Stone Valley was lost after all, which made her very faceless.

Of course, Zhang Shuo knew what Wu Zetian was thinking at the moment, and argued with reason: "Xiao Jiezhong died bravely, but he was sincere to serve the country, went deep into the Kou realm, and used a small number of people, but he couldn't support him, so he was defeated, and he should be commended." Honghui was ashamed and brave, made meritorious service and atoned for his crimes, and led 200 dead soldiers to attack the enemy camp at night, killing thousands of enemies, which should be commended! ”

Wu Zetian nodded and adopted Zhang Shuo's suggestion.

So, Wu Zetian asked people to draft a decree, posthumously presented Wang Xiaojie as the Xia official Shangshu, named Geng Guogong, and worshiped his son Wang Haibin as the doctor of Chaosan. As for Su Honghui, he will be compensated according to the death of the battle, and will not be blamed on his family.

The defeat of Dong Kip Stone Valley was a greater deterrent to the Great Zhou court than the defeat of Huang Zhanggu.

Originally, Wu Zetian had already sent Wang Wu Youyi of Jian'an County to lead his troops north to support Wang Xiaojie and Su Honghui. Wu Youyi was deeply frightened by the defeat of Dong Kip Stone Valley, and as soon as he arrived in Yuyang, he ordered the army to stop advancing and wait and see.

After Sun Wanrong won another big victory, there was good news: the new city of the Khitans had also been built.

Sun Wanrong transferred all the troops and family members of Songmo Mansion to Xincheng, without worries, Sun Wanrong sent elite soldiers out to plunder, Youzhou, Yingzhou and other border states and counties were all victimized, and the Great Zhou army tried to block the Khitan cavalry, but all were repulsed.

At this time, Wu Youyi, who was the general manager of the Qingbian Road march, led a heavy army to be stationed in Yuyang, close to Youzhou, because he was frightened by the news of the annihilation of Wang Xiaojie's whole army, how dare he personally wave his troops to rescue Youzhou, and was willing to sit back and watch it lost.

After some killing and plundering, the former prosperous and wealthy border city of Youzhou in Middle-earth was razed to hell by the red-eyed Khitan soldiers and horses!

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After the fall of Wang Xiaojie's department, the whole country of the Great Zhou Dynasty was shaken, and even began to worry about the danger of losing the country, and Wu Zetian finally couldn't hold his breath. At this time, she finally remembered the valley of lust that she had left out in the cold.

Although Tun Desire Valley stayed in the Sifang Pavilion all day, he also knew the news of the battle of Dongkip Stone Valley, which made him feel confident, and he concluded that Wu Zetian would definitely summon him in the third day.

As expected, the day after Tunyugu got the news, Guo Zhen made a special trip to the Sifang Pavilion to welcome Tunyugu into the palace to see him.

Wu Zetian pinned his hopes on the Turks, and decided to put down his body and have a good relationship with the Turks first, and wait for everything to be destroyed before the Khitan who made her very faceless.

Taking advantage of the new defeat of the Great Zhou, Tunyugu took the opportunity to put forward two harsh conditions: the Tang Dynasty was required to cede all the land in Monan under the jurisdiction of Shan Yu Duhufu, and to provide the Turks with a huge amount of iron, grain, and silk.

Each piece is very harsh, how could Wu Zetian, as a shrewd empress, not know the stakes in this.

In the previous years, the Turks fought frequently with the Tang Dynasty, and these Turkic tribes in Hexi chose to attach themselves to the Tang Dynasty, which was tantamount to betraying the ethnic group and forming a deep enmity with other Turkic tribes.

It can be said that they entrusted all the net worth and life of the Ju clan to Datang.

Of course, Datang also solemnly promised to shelter them.

If they were to be betrayed outright and shamelessly, this move would inevitably reduce the prestige and integrity of the Great Zhou in the hearts of the neighbors, and be despised by all the neighbors and neighbors.

But now, Da Zhou himself is difficult to protect, and Wu Zetian can't take care of them.

Through negotiations with Tunyugu, Wu Zetian decided to agree with the Turks' opinions, and crowned Mosi as the Khan of meritorious service to the country, and asked the Turks to attack the Khitan from behind to relieve the danger of the Great Zhou.

After paying a heavy price in terms of both fame and practical benefits, the Great Zhou finally sought the Turks to send troops again.

Without paying a penny, he easily obtained 40,000 seeds, 50,000 horses of silk, 3,000 sets of farm tools and 40,000 catties of iron tools from the Central Plains. In addition to this, he also received a huge number of downgrades in six states.

Tunyugu successfully completed the negotiation task and returned successfully.

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