After another hour, the gate of Dingyuan East opened, and a group of envoys came out.

The Hu army, which had already received the orders of the Great Khan, immediately welcomed them into the tent of the Chinese army of the Great Khan of Xihu, and the old man of that day sat in the center, and the generals stood majestically on both sides in helmets and armor.

As soon as he saw the bearded man sitting on the table above, with thick eyebrows like a halberd, Tie Miao knelt on the ground with a "porphyr" and said loudly: "Daxia Lingzhou stabbed Shi Tiemiao, and decided to surrender the army and the people from afar, and meet the Great Khan!" ”

As soon as Tie Miao knelt, the three accompanying officials behind him also knelt down, but the older people who were selected were panicked when they saw such majesty in the army, and when the three officials all bowed down, they suddenly rushed to kneel down, but they were timid and only hid behind.

If you want to talk about Tie Miao, you can also be scheming, among these people, regardless of the officials and people, they don't know the truth of the proposal, not to mention that Xihu Khan and the generals have been watching their behavior and expressions coldly since they came in, even if they are all fiery eyes, they don't want to see half of the flaws in the demeanor of these people.

The old man said coldly: "You have resisted the soldiers and horses of Ben Khan, and held on to this Dingyuan City for more than a month, and now ------ is finally willing to surrender?" ”

When Tie Miao heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed and pleaded: "The Great Khan forgives the sin." The khan is an eagle of the steppe, but we are all subjects of the Xia Dynasty, and we are ordered to defend the land, how dare we disobey the order of the Son of Heaven? But Dingyuan is a lonely city, and it has endured to this day, all because the guards in the city do not know the destiny of heaven, so they are obsessed. Now, the Great Khan has slaughtered the people of the whole city, and the people in the city are afraid and weeping when they hear it, and it is difficult for them to be themselves, and General Mu also knows his sins and remorseful. Therefore, I waited to go out of the city to beg and surrender, and I still hoped that the Great Khan would open the net. ”

When the Great Khan saw that his words were earnest, not hypocritical, and that he was just begging to surrender, he dared to agree with himself in his words, and hurriedly asked, "If you are willing to open the city and surrender, why should this king kill again?" The left and right generals laughed when they heard this,

Zhu Di said with a smile: "This used to be their master, but now that they have surrendered to me, I will naturally not add to the crime, but praise the general for his ability!" Don't worry, if this general is willing to surrender, this king will also use it. ”

"Yes, yes, the Great Khan is broad-minded, and his subordinates are ashamed and ashamed to be ashamed of the will of the Han with their own hearts!"

The old man smiled again and asked, "If you want to surrender the city, when will you open the city to welcome you?" ”

Tie Miao hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the city has been held for more than a month, and there are many injuries to the soldiers of the Hu army, both the army and the people, in fact, they are all worried, for fear of retaliation, this Dingyuan City is the last place of refuge, how can you have the courage to leave easily, and please ask the Great Khan to leave the army behind, and lead the guards to ride into the city to show sincerity, and the soldiers and civilians in the city dare to abandon their weapons and surrender." ”

The old man was stunned, his smile slowly narrowed, he stared at Tie Miao suspiciously, and said coldly: "Begging to surrender and not coming out to welcome, how can there be such a reason since ancient times?" Do you ----- have to cheat and surrender? ”

"Your Highness only needs to give an order, and Dingyuan will become a ruin, how dare the ministers and others deceive the Great Khan again, because of the fear in their hearts, they dare not come out to greet it!"

Tie Miao kowtowed again and again: "The Great Khan should know the embarrassment in Dingyuan City, the lack of soldiers and horses, and the civilians are all transferred to the city, these Xihu warriors under the command of the Great Khan, but when they enter the city, who can defeat them?" How can there be a reason for deceitful surrender, but it is because of fear!" As he spoke, he gave Zhu Di, the Great Khan of Xihu, a look.

The old man's heart moved, and he waved his hand and said, "In this case, you will retreat, and Rong Ben Great Khan will discuss with this Xia official." ”

The rest of the people and others were taken out, and immediately all the generals came out, each with one person, and questioned them separately, and bluffed and deceived them to see if they had the intention of surrendering, and Tie Miao was brought before Nasihu again.

"Tie Miao, do you still have any unspeakable addictions that you want to say to Ben Great Khan?"

"Yes, yes, the minister still has something to say, and I want to report it to His Highness." A gleam flashed in his eyes!

It turned out that when Tie Miao accepted the responsibility of the envoy, he heard that General Mu and others only set up incense cases in the city, and did not go out of the city, and asked the Xihu Han not to let the army enter the city first, but to enter the city first, so he felt that it was a little too unreasonable, so he had doubts in his heart, and he just presented this situation at this time.

The big man of Xihu was full of suspicion, and after listening to Tie Miao's answer, he couldn't help laughing.

It turns out that Tie Miao and the others also know that their conditions are too unreasonable, and it is not easy to trick this Xihu big man into the city, at least, you are unwilling to go out of the city, as long as he sends the army into the city first and takes over the city, you can't help him. I have to let the Great Khan of West Lake accept the surrender, and I want to trick this Xihu Khan into grabbing the city, how can I do it without some sufficient reasons.

Their reason: "If the soldiers and civilians defending the city do not come out, please ask the Xihu Khan to wave his army into the city and spread the word, this city is broken by the strength of the Xihu Khan, they are not captured by the enemy, they do not surrender on their own initiative." As for inviting the Great Khan of Xihu to march in the front, and the soldiers will march in the back, it is because in this month's hard fighting, too many people have died inside and outside the city, lest the soldiers enter the city first and kill to vent their anger.

"These officials of the Xia Kingdom can hold on to the lonely city for more than two months, and they can be regarded as the world's husbands, but when it comes to begging, they are so twisted and twisted, and the manly husband should act coolly and profitably, why do you want to do this thing of covering your ears and stealing the bell? It seems that they are just trying to leave a way out for themselves. ”

This Xihu Great Khan originally admired their ability to hold the lonely city for more than a month, but because of this, he couldn't help but be a little contemptuous.

waved his hand to repel Tie Miao, and the general of the Hu army standing beside him immediately stepped forward and said: "Great Khan, don't listen to what he said, surrender since ancient times, An You's surrender army does not go out of the city, but the surrendered army will be the first to enter the city?" The Great Khan has a golden body, but I am afraid that there will be fraud in it, and now the people in the city are uneasy, and we can fight hard, and the Great Khan cannot take risks. ”

The Khan of the West Lake shook his head and said: "This great Khan looks at his face, and sees that his words do not seem to be false, this reason is also reasonable, although it is said that at this moment, the city can also be broken, but I have accepted the surrender, and then interrupt the surrender, and attack the city, then the soldiers and civilians in the city expect that there is no way to retreat, and they will definitely defend to the death, and our army will suffer heavy casualties." If I can take this city without using my sword, how can I not take the risk? When have I not been in danger since the beginning of the army, and what is that? ”

But these generals of the Hu army were not at ease, this Great Khan thought about it, so he asked people to find all the officials who were captured after the city was broken in the prefectures and counties under the command of Lingzhou, and asked Tie Miao and the general who defended the city, and the officials who were familiar with the two commented: Tie Miao is an official who is indecided, and General Namu is a military general who likes to go straight!

Immediately afterwards, the personnel responsible for interrogating the begging soldiers and civilians reported one after another, Tie Miao and General Mu announced the begging surrender in public, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were all overjoyed, judging from the situation of the interrogation, there was no slightest weirdness, if it was said that those officials were deliberately fake, but the representatives of the people who could not be faked at all in their skins did not necessarily have such scheming city government, and their answers were the same.

Hearing this, this Xihu Khan became even more determined to personally preside over the surrender in order to show his sincerity in accepting the surrender. Those Hu generals had no choice but to ask their Great Khan to wear three layers of leather armor and cover it with thin armor, so that he was allowed to ride on a war horse, and then carefully instructed the guards around the Great Khan, telling them to be vigilant at all times, in case of accidents, and once an ambush was found in the city, they would immediately cover the return of the Great Khan.

Preparing here, Tie Miao and the others, who got the reply over there, happily returned to the city to report the news.

Seeing the envoys entering the Hu camp, and watching them rush back, in the end, the Hu army marched and moved, and the Xihu Khan straddled his horse and came under the arch guard of sixteen guards in front and behind, and the mighty army actually followed him in a neat line.

The ranks of the Xihu Khan were getting closer and closer, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down from Tie Miao's forehead in the city gate......

The big man rode on his horse and slowly walked towards the east gate of Dingyuan, his eyes slowly moved up from the battered city wall, and he saw countless cheering crowds and waving arms. Many soldiers and civilians leaned out of the city wall and were watching him, and some even climbed up the wall, and the old Khan's back quietly straightened up.

Dingyuan has finally arrived!

After nearly a month of hard fighting, he is also a wounded army and a tired division, and the losses are great, is it worth capturing a city at such a big cost? Compared with the annihilation of a large number of the main forces of the Xia army, in a direct sense, attacking Dingyuan is obviously worth the loss, but he is too eager to be recognized by the grassland, at the very least, to make people feel the sharpness of the scimitar in his hand!

He is still the Great Khan of Sihu!!

Attacking Dingyuan is not obvious in a military sense, but if it can successfully occupy Dingyuan, the political significance will be self-evident. Now, this fortified city has finally surrendered to his feet.

The four guards in front of him had already entered the city gate hole, and inside the city gate hole, the stones that had been used to resist the city gate had been removed and piled up on both sides, and there were several wooden pillars, firmly pressed against the dome, as if to prevent it from collapsing. Eight bare-handed doormen knelt on their sides, touching the ground with their foreheads, and did not dare to lift their heads.

There was some darkness in the city gate hole, and when the city gate hole went out, there was an incense case in the sun, and Tie Miao and the others were standing there respectfully in addition to their official hats and only official clothes. The four guards in front did not hesitate, and immediately quickened their speed through the city gate hole, and patrolled left and right, and found no ambush swordsmen, axes, and archers.

"Closer, closer------"

Tie Miao's heart was pounding, his face showed a deferential and surrendering expression, his hands were slightly arched, but his eyes were staring at the sweat for a moment, calculating the speed of the war horse under his crotch. This jack gate can't be sooner or later, and it has to be stoned to death. Because the jack gate is just a huge gate knife that was hastily set up.

The city gate tower is the strongest place, and it is impossible to leave a huge groove that can hide a huge iron plate large enough to seal the entire city gate hole, so the timing of killing this Xihu Khan must be accurate, and the blow will be fatal. If it starts early, it will keep the Xihu Khan out, and if it is late, the Xihu Khan will rush in before the gate knife falls, and once he finds that there is a change, he can circle the horse at any time and jump back from the gate knife to escape.

Seeing that the four soldiers had made a round of inspection, and had stood still on the inside of the city gate, the great sweat had a faint smile on his face, he knocked his legs in the stirrups, and the war horse ran briskly, and the horse's hooves trampled on the suspension bridge of the moat, and the sound of hooves was crisp and pleasant.

The whip was raised and gently whipped on the horse's thighs.

Closer, closer......

Tie Miao's throat was dry, and his heart was almost jumping out, calculating the speed of the horse, he suddenly took a step forward, clenched his hands into fists, and shouted angrily: "Kill Hu!" ”

There was a "click", and I don't know who among the doormen kneeling on the ground pulled the mechanism, and in the dark above the wooden frame, a big gate knife chopped off with a "whoosh".

Tie Miao summoned skilled craftsmen to design this jack gate, basically the prototype of this guillotine, said that it is a jack gate, in fact, it is only hundreds of pounds, the edge is flat, although it is thicker, cut a few times people probably have to roll the blade, but ...... Its mission is to cut off one person enough.

Tie Miao's calculation of the time is very accurate, according to the speed of this Xihu Great Khan, he should have walked exactly under the guillotine, not to mention that he only wore three layers of leather armor, even if he wore thirty layers of leather armor, he would be cut into two pieces by the gate knife that fell on his head.

However, at the moment when the horse's head had already penetrated into the hole in the city gate, the old man on the horse actually reined in the horse's reins by a ghost, and it seemed that he only moved subconsciously, so his movements were not resolute, so the horse only paused slightly, and still galloped forward.

But after a moment's pause, the sword fell with a bang, and it was faster than his speed for a moment.

"Poof", the sharp knife is sharpened on the horse's neck, weight, speed, and sharp knife edge, it is like holding a red-hot knife to cut butter, almost not a moment of stagnation, the guillotine pierced through, the horse connected the horse's head and legs, was cut in half.

The horse's blood was splashed with sweat, and he rolled his saddle and fell off the horse, looking at the life-threatening guillotine, and a chill rushed from the center of his feet to the top of his head, and his hair exploded.

"There's an ambush!"

The guards were shocked, immediately jumped off the horse and pounced on it, set up the frightened Khan and ran, they pushed their own Khan on a war horse, patted the horse's buttocks, and the war horse ran outside, and the guards got on their horses one after another, tightly protected behind their own Khan, and fled out together.

"Shoot the Hu people!"

Tie Xuan sighed with regret, and hurriedly sent a signal to the city head, and the cronies and soldiers who had been watching the sound at the city head immediately took out the bows and crossbows that had been hidden long ago and rushed to the city wall, while the guards pretending to be beggar officials rushed to the incense case, drew their blades from under the table, and pounced on the four guards who were angrily drawing their swords.

The sun was scorching, but the sweat was cold.

He came to be surrendered, he did not have a sword on his body, at this time he held the saddle with both hands, leaned down to protect his head and face and fled forward, the Ming army with a bow and crossbow pushed away the dazed crowd, pounced on the wall and threw himself on the horse, and the general below repeatedly persuaded him, he came with three layers of leather armor on his body.

Even if it is the arrow used by the border army, it can only penetrate two layers of leather armor, the arrow stuck on the leather armor does not fall, but it has not hurt his body, at most which arrow is more powerful, slightly piercing the flesh skin! A puff of smoke fled back to his back, and he had shot like a porcupine in the back------