Chapter 398: The End of the Road
Although the break between the Xi and the Khitan people was proved with practical actions, Li Dayu had no bottom in his heart. After all, he and the Khitans had rebelled against the Great Zhou court together, and if the Great Zhou came to settle accounts after the autumn, the Xi people would probably suffer a catastrophe.
In desperation, Li Dayu came to ask Lu Xiaoxian again.
Lu Xiaoxian smiled faintly and said, "Chief Li doesn't have to worry, you go and call Li Kaigu and Li Huohuo, and I'll give you an idea together." ”
Li Dayu didn't know what Lu Xiaoxian meant, but he still invited Li Kaigu and Li Yanhuo as he said.
Several people worked together and discussed for more than two hours, and finally reached a consensus.
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Mo Si led his troops to break through the Khitan New City, not to loot Sun Wanrong's hard-earned property from all over the Great Zhou, but also to take the men, women and children in the new city into exile as slaves, including Sun Wanrong and the families of those chiefs and generals.
What's even worse is that when Mo Si left, he set another fire, burning down the newly built new city, and Sun Wanrong's months of hard work were all reduced to ashes.
This time, Mo Si did not hesitate to adopt Tunyu's suggestion: let Yi Yiyu go to report to Sun Wanrong.
Mo Si and Tun Desire Valley have a tacit understanding in their hearts, knowing what the consequences of Yi Yiyu's report to Sun Wanrong will be.
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Sun Wanrong is high-spirited and has the courage to guide the country, and the Great Zhou army is like a chicken and a dog in his eyes, and it is not a problem at all. The reason why this is so is because the coach of Da Zhou is a straw bag.
After Wang Xiaojie's defeat, Wu Zetian quickly reached an agreement with the Turks, and ordered Yan Zhiwei and Zuo Weilang, the generals of Leopard Taowei, to take Tian Guidao as envoys and go to the Turks to canonize Mo Si as Qianshan Khan.
At the same time, Wu Zetian appointed her nephew, Wu Yizong, the king of Hanoi, as the chief of the Shenbing Dao march, Lou Shidao as the deputy chief of Qingbian Dao, and the general Shazha Zhongyi as the former army commander, leading 200,000 troops to crusade against the Khitan again, trying to save the unfavorable situation.
Speaking of Wu Yizong, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military all gritted their teeth and hated it.
This person is short in stature, with a bent waist and back, and is described as obscene, but what is more obscene than his appearance is his heart.
Wu Yizong has a brutal temperament, kills people without blinking, but is as timid as a mouse.
Wu Zetian appointed Wu Yizong as the commander of the army, which made people speechless.
But fortunately, Wu Zetian was not completely dizzy, and for the sake of insurance, Lou Shide was appointed as the deputy manager.
After the defeat of Suhan Luoshan, Wang Xiaojie was reduced to the people, and the prime minister Lou Shide was also demoted to the rank of foreign Sima of Yuanzhou.
This time, Wang Xiaojie was defeated and martyred, and no one in the court was of great use, so Wu Zetian remembered Lou Shide again.
Wu Yizong is a wine bag and rice bag that steals a high position by nepotism, and when he led his troops into Zhaozhou, and heard that thousands of Khitan cavalry generals had entered Jizhou, he was suddenly shocked and restless. His first consideration was not to block the troops and lead his army to resist the enemy, but how to escape south and avoid from afar.
Although his subordinates suggested to Wu Yizong: "The Khitan soldiers came lightly, and there was no food and salary to help them, and they all relied on robbery to maintain, if the officers and troops held on to their troops, it would not be long before the enemy would retreat on his own due to lack of pay, and then pursue and annihilate them in columns, which would make great achievements." ”
However, Wu Yizong ignored the dissuasion of his subordinates, hurriedly abandoned Zhaozhou, and fled into Xiangzhou in embarrassment, not even having time to carry military equipment, allowing it to fall into the hands of the enemy.
The Khitan soldiers went all the way unimpeded and occupied Zhaozhou without much effort.
After the Khitan soldiers captured Zhaozhou, the momentum was high and sharp
Unstoppable. Sun Wanrong led the elite soldiers and fierce generals to attack the counties of Yingzhou in the south, wantonly slaughtering and plundering.
Seeing that the commander of the Great Zhou was so incompetent, Sun Wanrong decided to seize the opportunity and go south.
At this critical moment, the ragged Yi Yiyu appeared in front of Sun Wanrong. Immediately afterward, the news of the loss of Xincheng spread throughout the army.
Sun Wanrong was furious at the Turks' treachery again, and he wanted to lead his troops to attack the Turks. But the problem was that because of the loss of the new city, the chiefs, generals, and soldiers looked depressed, restless, and had no fighting spirit.
Sun Wanrong's order was given, but the chiefs and generals ignored it at all, which made Sun Wanrong very embarrassed.
Immediately afterwards, a second bad news came: the Xi tribe who accompanied the Khitan troops turned to the imperial court, counterattacked, and sent troops to capture Yingzhou City.
The house leak happened to be rainy, and the bad news came one after another, just when Sun Wanrong was at a loss, the Great Zhou army, under the leadership of Lou Shide, suddenly launched a fierce attack on the Khitan.
Although Wu Yizong is a straw bag, Lou Shide is not. Lou Shide has been a prime minister and has also led troops to fight, how could he let the Khitans rage so much.
The news of the Turkic raid on the rear of the Khitan, of course, Lou Shide also knew, the opportunity could not be lost, and the time would not come, so he immediately decided to lead the officers and soldiers to counterattack the Khitans from the front.
Not long ago, the Khitan army, which was invincible, had no fighting spirit and could not form an army.
Sun Wanrong's advance was blocked, there was no way back, and he was in a desperate situation. He knew that the imperial court could not be tolerant, and he also broke off the idea of surrendering and surrendering, and secretly led thousands of light horsemen to flee eastward.
Where there is life, there is hope.
Sun Wanrong also thought about it, first avoided the catastrophe in front of him, and one day made a comeback.
I thought I was doing something unknowingly, but I suddenly encountered the army of Da Zhou on the way.
The other party seemed to have discovered Sun Wanrong's intentions and tightly surrounded them from all directions.
Sun Wanrong was forced to start a fierce battle, but he was defeated again, and these thousands of people were lost again, and even his henchman He Axiao was captured alive. The rest of the men fled in all directions, and the weapons and ordnance seized by the officers and soldiers were piled up in a mountain that could not be counted.
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Chaobai River is located in the east of Luhe County, the trees on both sides of the river are lush and green, the water surface is rippling, the fish are playing under the water surface, the aquatic plants are dancing, the scenery is very good.
Lu Xiaoxian and Xing Feng took more than 20 strong slaves and slowly marched along the river.
Tang Qian and Lu Xiaoxian walked side by side, turning their heads to glance at him from time to time, and countless questions welled up in their hearts: Lu Xiaoxian led people to pursue Sun Wanrong all the way, no matter what Sun Wanrong thought, he couldn't escape from Lu Xiaoxian's palm, which was really strange.
If Tang Qian knew that Sun Wanrong had a fine work planted by Lu Xiaoxian by her side, she would be so strange.
As he walked, Lu Xiaoxian suddenly stopped and looked at Xingfeng.
Xing Feng knew what Lu Xiaoxian was going to do, he observed carefully for a while, and then nodded cautiously at Lu Xiaoxian.
Lu Xiaoxian understood, turned his head and smiled at Tang Qian: "Let's rest for a while!" ”
After that, he didn't wait for Tang Qian to play it back, so he sat by the river, looked at the rippling blue water, and fell into contemplation.
"Why don't you leave, what the hell are you going to do?" Tang Qian glanced at Lu Xiaoxian, who was sitting on the shore, and asked angrily.
"No need to go any further, just wait here, wait for what I want!" Lu Xiaoxian replied seriously.
"What's that?"
"Sun Wanrong's head!" Lu Xiaoxian said word by word.
"Huh?" Tang Qian was shocked in her heart, as if she didn't believe it, and couldn't help but sneer, "Just sit here and wait, will Sun Wanrong send you the head himself?" ”
Lu Xiaoxian turned his head and said with a weird smile: "Of course Sun Wanrong won't send it against his own head, but someone will!" If you don't believe it, just wait and see! ”
Looking at Lu Xiaoxian, he couldn't see anything from his expression, Tang Qian had no choice but to sit down and stop talking.
Over the past few days, as the contact with Lu Xiaoxian has deepened, Tang Qian has found that Lu Xiaoxian is becoming more and more elusive.
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In a small forest on the bank of another section of the Chaobai River, Sun Wanrong also sat under the tree, looking at Chen San and Wu Liu, the two "only left" attendants beside him, with a sad expression, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
On the way to escape, Chen San and Wu Liu always followed closely, not only did they not fall behind, but they also prepared delicious mutton for Sun Wanrong at any time for him to enjoy. It's okay that these two people are Khitans, but they are the people of the Great Zhou, and this loyalty alone moved Sun Wanrong.
Thinking about the current situation, Sun Wanrong sighed and said to Chen San and Wu Liu: "Now everything is over, although my life is still there, there is no way out." I wanted to return to the Great Zhou, but the sin was too great. Defecting to the Turks is also a dead end. I'm going to Silla first, and when I make a comeback, I'll definitely treat you both well!" ”
"Quack...... Quack ......"
At this moment, the crow of a crow suddenly came from outside the forest, which was very harsh and rhythmic.
Hearing the crow's cry, Sun Wanrong couldn't help frowning.
The crow is black, and the croaking is very ugly, and people have believed that the crow is unlucky, and the crow's cry is a bad omen and a bad omen.
At this moment, Sun Wanrong belonged to the time of despair, and listened to the crow's cry, of course, he felt very uncomfortable.
Unlike Sun Wanrong, Chen San and Wu Liu heard the crow's cry, and at the same time, a strange light flashed in their eyes, and they formed a tacit understanding the moment they looked at each other.
Chen San immediately made a sincere and fearful expression, and said to Sun Wanrong: "Thank you for the kindness of the handsome, the two of us will definitely serve to the death!" Dashuai has been running around for a day, and he must be hungry, so let's stew mutton for Dashuai! ”
If you don't say it, just listen to Chen San's words, Sun Wanrong suddenly felt hungry.
He asked curiously, "At this time, do you still have mutton with you?" ”
"Of course!" Chen San nodded, "Everywhere we go, we will prepare fresh mutton, and take it wherever we go, just because we are afraid that we won't be able to eat it when we want to!" ”
These two people are so intimate, Sun Wanrong's tears almost didn't fall.
"Thank you two!" Sun Wanrong said emotionally.
"It's an honor for both of us to serve the Great Shuai!" Chen San swore solemnly.
After a while, Chen San served Sun Wanrong a bowl of hot mutton soup, the mutton soup was milky, and there was everything in it, such as mutton, mutton tripe, mutton liver, etc., and the taste was very fresh.
Sun Wanrong drank three or four bowls until he was sweating all over, and then he reluctantly put down his rice bowl.
Sun Wanrong has enjoyed the delicious mutton soup stewed by Chen San and Wu Liu more than once, and he can still drink such a bowl of mutton soup at the end of the road, at least he can temporarily forget the dilemma he is currently facing.