Dali territory of Weichu Province Luo Hu Department.

Luo Hu City.

It's time for the sun to set.

Only Dali's climate is quite dry, and even at this time, there is still not much moisture in the air.

Liu Zhuwen, Miao Cheng, Zhang Hongwei and others led the army to rest in Xinding City for two days and then continued to march westward, and now they are outside the city.

As one of the thirty-seven departments of Dali, the strength of the Luo Crane Department is much stronger than that of the Xinding Department.

Although this Luohu City is not a heroic city, it is not as shabby as Xinding City. The walls are made of blue bricks, several meters high, and the thickness is incalculable.

When Liu Zhuwen and others led the army to stop more than 1,000 meters outside the city of Luo Hu, they could see that there were many defenders of the Luo Hu Department at the head of the city.

Although their military uniforms are far less neat than those of the Dali Forbidden Army, there are no longer a few who wear armor.

Many flags with the word Luo Hu written on them fluttered on the head of the city.

There are also hundreds of catapults on both sides.

This made Zhang Hongwei, who was watching with a telescope, a little surprised, "I didn't expect that such a force could be organized in this Luo Que City." ”

Liu Zhuwen chuckled lightly beside him, "The strength of the Luo Crane Department is not comparable to that of the Xinding Department, and it is not surprising that there are so many soldiers left to defend the city." ”

He also raised his binoculars to look at the city, and at the same time continued in his mouth: "When Rufeng Hebi was defeated in Hengshanzhai and fled for dozens of miles, although he suffered countless losses, he was able to return to this Dali territory with many remnants of the defeated generals. After we chased after us, we didn't see his army resist us, and I think that even Feng Hebi couldn't suppress the generals under his command, and those people all led their own troops back. ”

However, he noticed that there were defenders of the Luo tribe at the head of the city, and the armor was still in tatters.

These people should have participated in the previous battle against the Song Dynasty.

At the beginning, Duan Qilin was handsome with Wang Ziqian, Feng Hebi, and Chi Fenggu. Wang Ziqian surrendered to the Song and Chi Fenggu armies alone, but Feng Hebi came back with some military horses.

After Liu Zhuwen finished speaking, he seemed to suddenly remember something, looked at the prince next to him and said, "General Wang, it seems that the Weichu Mansion army was led by you at the beginning?" ”

Wang Ziqian nodded beside him, "Exactly." At the beginning, Chen Guangbin, the deputy head of the soldiers and horses of Weichu Mansion, took 20,000 soldiers and horses of Weichu Mansion to serve under my command. ”

"Then do you know the leading generals of this Luo Hu Department that day?"

Liu Zhuwen's eyes flashed a little, and he asked again.

When the prince heard the sound of the strings, he couldn't help but chuckle, "The commander wants me to go and persuade the general of this city to surrender?" ”

Liu Zhuwen smiled and said nothing, noncommittal.

He is not the kind of general who likes to fight hard, and he prefers to surrender without a fight. In this regard, Miao Cheng and Zhang Hongwei are not as good as him.

Miao Cheng is old, but in order to take too long, his thinking will inevitably be rigid, and he is not as wise as Liu Zhuwen.

Zhang Hongwei is calm and good at waiting for opportunities, but he is not used to fighting tough battles.

Zhao Dongting let Liu Zhuwen be the three-person center at the beginning, not without reason.

The prince slapped his horse forward.

Sword XIV followed closely behind the arch guard.

In full view of the city, the two went to the city.

The prince shouted at the head of the city: "My prince is dry, can King Luo Hu be in the city?" ”

He actually saw King Luo Hu, but he just asked this deliberately.

King Luo was wearing a Dali official robe with a hooked nose, which looked quite cold.

He had never seen Wang Ziqian, and he had heard the name Wang Ziqian.

A general at the head of the city hurriedly ran to him and whispered, "Chief, the person who came is Wang Ziqian." ”

This is the general who led the soldiers of Luo Hu's army to follow Wang Ziqian to conquer the Great Song Dynasty.

It's just that his status in the army was not too high at that time, and he didn't have much contact with Wang Ziqian, the commander.

King Luo's eyes were cold, he nodded lightly, and faced the city, "Wang Ziqian, you are the commander-in-chief, but you surrender to the Song!" What kind of face do you have to come to the city to call for battle? ”

Wang Ziqian was not annoyed, but said: "I didn't come to call the battle, but to show you the way to King Luohu." ”

King Luo sneered, "Do you want this king to be like you?" ”

The prince said: "King Luo, do you think that the soldiers in your city can stop the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

King Luo Hu said: "My Luo Hu Department is full of warriors who are not afraid of death, and if you want to attack the city, you can try it." ”

When Wang Ziqian heard this, a little disdain flashed in his eyes.

If King Luo really had such great courage as he said, then he would not have chosen to surrender to Dali in the first place, and honestly transferred half of the defenders in the tribe to the Dali forbidden army, let alone let the general lead the defenders to go out with his prince to the Great Song Dynasty.

To put it mildly, he has become Duan Qilin's minions, what else can say that they are warriors who are not afraid of death?

If they were all warriors who were not afraid of death, they should have directly confronted Duan Xingzhi's soldiers in the first place.

Only these words, the prince will not say it.

He also knew what King Luo was thinking like this.

It's just that he wants to save face, and then try to get Da Song to agree to him some conditions. For example, let him continue to be in charge of this Luo Hu Division.

This step, he needs to give to the king of Luo Hu. Otherwise, it may really make it difficult for King Luo to ride a tiger, resulting in an endless situation.

Wang Ziqian looked at King Luo Que and shouted: "Zi Qian has also heard that King Luo Que is the most capable general in Dali, but King Luo Que doesn't think about the people in this city?" ”

King Luo Hu said: "They are all the people of our Luo Crane Tribe, so they should fight for my Luo Crane Tribe!" There is no need to say much about this nonsense. ”

Wang Ziqian smiled, "King Luo is really bold, let Wang admire!" Only now that the monarch of Dali has fled north, the general trend is a foregone conclusion, Wang still hopes that King Luo Hu will consider more, and Wang can guarantee on behalf of the army commander that after the city is broken, the generals in the city will not be embarrassed, let alone disturb the people. But by the city, they went to the capital. ”

There were many people in the city who were slightly moved.

The hook-nosed King Luo Hu's eyes were also slightly narrowed.

As Wang Ziqian expected, in fact, he didn't have the confidence to resist the Great Song Forbidden Army at all, nor did he have the courage.

He made such an appearance of swearing to defend the city at the head of the city, and he really just wanted Song Jun to agree to some conditions for him.

Wang Ziqian just said that he would not embarrass the generals in the city, which of course made him excited.

It's just that it didn't live up to his expectations.

After a moment of silence, King Luo said again: "Is it really just borrowing the city? ”

Wang Ziqian nodded and said, "It's really just borrowing the city." At the same time, I only hope that King Luo Que can provide us with some food and grass, and in the future, the Great Song Dynasty will not forget the righteous actions of King Luo Crane. ”

King Luo was silent.

Wang Ziqian waited for dozens of seconds, and then returned to the military column with Jian Fourteen.

He knew that King Luo must be making a measure in his heart.

"General Wang."

And he had just returned to the army, Liu Zhuwen said with a smile: "It seems that this King Luo still wants to continue to be the king of his Luo Crane Department." Why don't you just promise him plainly? ”

The prince said: "It doesn't hurt for the last general to go back on his word, but if he promises him in front of the army, it will ruin the reputation of the Great Song Dynasty in the future." ”

Of course, he knew that after the army took the capital of Dali, it would be impossible for the emperor to let the leaders of the tribes such as King Luo Lu continue to divide and rule.

After all, even emperors like Duan Xingzhi were stabbing these tribes in the end. And the current Emperor Song is much more ambitious than Duan Xingzhi.

Liu Zhuwen nodded lightly, "It's not in a hurry." As long as we take the capital of Dali first, we still have time to let these guys bow down in the future. ”

He didn't take these people too seriously.

The soldiers of Dali were defeated by the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, and what waves can these tribes whose strength is far from the Dali royal family rise?

In the past, even Duan Xingzhi could suppress these tribal leaders, and Liu Zhuwen didn't think that the emperor would have no way to clean them up.

Time passed slowly.

The Great Song Forbidden Army stood quietly outside the city, silent in the army, but the killing intent never diminished.

This is an army that has undergone arduous training and flesh-and-blood fighting, and it should be the best in the world.

And after more than ten minutes, the gate of Luo Hu City finally slowly opened.

After all, King Luo was still moved by Wang Ziqian's ambiguous words.

Although he didn't know whether Wang Ziqian's words were a promise to him to continue to be the king of Luohu, but in front of so many people, he couldn't ask each other openly.

That would make the soldiers at the head of the city and the people in the city think that he was too selfish.

And what he Luo Hu can rely on from beginning to end is only the soldiers and people of the Luo Hu Department.

Retreating to the next best thing is also his choice in desperation.

The Great Song Dynasty went to the next city.

23