"Haven't the spies sent to the border haven't come back yet?"

"None of them have come back, and I think it's a little strange. Father, do you want to send some more spies over and take a look? ”

"Then send more people. In any case, we must always know the movements of the Hu people, at least to know where they have hit. ”

"Yes, father."

After the second son Xie Yuheng left the camp, An Guogong habitually walked to the desk and looked at the northwest map in front of him, and his brows furrowed deeply.

With his many years of fighting on the battlefield, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.

It stands to reason that such a big matter as the Hu people knocking on the customs will definitely have a great impact on the entire northwest.

However, the spies he sent to various places in the northwest to spy on the military situation did not find any signs of a large-scale transfer of the Northwest Army to the border passes, which was very suspicious.

Unless Ning Zhiyuan thinks that only tens of thousands of defenders at the border pass can withstand the large-scale siege of more than 200,000 Hu people.

But this is absolutely impossible, even if the Northwest Army is brave and good at fighting, it will not be able to do this.

The fierceness of the Hu people is by no means comparable to other forces.

Unless Ning Zhiyuan can quietly mobilize the army and secretly rush to the border pass for reinforcements without letting them find out.

But once the army is mobilized, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people march together, and it is impossible to hide their whereabouts, so this is unreasonable.

What the hell is Ning Zhiyuan doing? Is it really just about abandoning the side?

The core of his plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf is to let the Northwest Army and the Hu people kill each other, so as to achieve the goal of making them both defeated.

But if the Ning family is desperate, regardless of the harm of the Hu people breaking through, but insists on fighting with their Xie family to the end, the consequences will be extraordinary.

Although Da Wei has successfully negotiated with Da Ju, the Hu people have always been wolf ambitions, and as long as it is profitable, they may turn their faces and deny people at any time.

The south has been occupied by the Hu people, and if the north is also invaded by the Hu people, then the Great Wei will be attacked by the Hu people from both the north and the south.

Although the Ning family, who was trapped in the northwest at that time, had no good end, what would happen to their Xie family next?

Thinking of this, An Guogong felt more and more restless.

At this moment, Xie Yuheng suddenly hurriedly walked in and said, "Father, just now the spies reported that a large number of Northwest Army troops were found ten miles ahead, with about 100,000 people. The general in charge of leading the army seems to be Ning Zhiyuan himself. ”

Hearing the news, An Guogong's heart suddenly sank.

Even Ning Zhiyuan, the emperor of the Northwest Soil, had to go out in person, which meant that the other party really planned to start a decisive battle here.

Could it be that the Ning family really ignores the Hu people in the north and plans to fight the Xie family to the end?

"Gather everyone and get ready for battle, quick." Without thinking about it too much, An Guogong hurriedly ordered.

Xie Yuheng immediately ran out of the camp to call someone.

In order to deal with the large army from the front, the Wei army couldn't even care about the siege of Fengyang City, which was besieging but not attacking, and quickly transferred all the soldiers back to wait for the battle.

Half an hour later, the Northwest Army, which numbered more than 100,000, finally appeared in front of everyone one after another, holding high a banner with the word "Ning" in the ranks, and the general who rode on a horse and walked in the front was none other than Ning Zhiyuan, the general of the Northwest Army.

Behind him, there were several generals of the Northwest. Several people are like stars and moons protecting their own handsome.

Seeing that it was Ning Zhiyuan who went into battle in person, there was a commotion among the generals of the Wei army.

There are only about 100,000 people on the opposite side, and the millions of people on their own side, in addition to ordinary people, have at least hundreds of thousands of regular soldiers.

No matter how much the Northwest Army can fight, it is impossible for these 100,000 people to fight against their hundreds of thousands.

As long as they capture or kill Ning Zhiyuan, the head of the Ning family, alive in the battle, then they will win this battle.

Many Wei generals were already eager to try, and they were eager to immediately lead their troops to rush over and grab this great achievement.

There is a way that there are 10,000 people who are boundless, and 100,000 people who are connected to the heavens and the earth.

The 100,000 people on the side of the Northwest Army standing together are already amazing, but in the face of the millions of Wei troops in front, this momentum is still a big difference.

Although the generals of the Northwest Army knew that at least half of the Wei army were ordinary people who had no combat power, suddenly seeing so many people standing together still made them feel extremely pressured.

They don't know why the marshal put on such a formation, although most of the Northwest Army is a tiger and wolf division that dares to fight, but the number of people on both sides is too far apart, and the chances of winning are really not high.

But no matter what, since even the big marshal has personally gone into battle, of course they have to follow.

If they really can't beat it, at least they can break through and leave with the big handsome. As long as the Ning family is there and the marshal is there, the Northwest Army will not be able to fall.

Compared with the apprehension of his subordinates, Ning Zhiyuan seemed calm, and even had the mood to look at the other party's military appearance.

After the men and horses on both sides stood still, the soldiers and generals on both sides held their breath and subconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands.

An Guogong looked from afar, and saw that the Northwest Army was up to the generals and down to the ordinary soldiers, and he almost didn't see anyone showing a timid look on his face, but showed a fierce and fearless look.

This is definitely not the expression that a recruit should have, obviously these are all veterans of the Northwest who have been fighting with the Hu people for many years.

The combat power of veterans and recruits is completely different, and the former is the elite soldier who really comes out of the pile of dead.

Ning Zhiyuan brought out 100,000 veterans at once, which shows that this time he is serious.

That's okay, if this army of veterans can be strangled now, then the combat strength of the northwest will definitely be greatly reduced in the future.

Although An Guogong wants to start immediately, he still has to go through the process on the surface.

In this era, wars have long been not like the Romance of the Script, before the war starts, each send a general out to fight alone, and then the winning side will lead the army to rush over with victory, and then the two sides will fight together.

But after the process is completed, the people on both sides will start fighting directly.

This so-called process generally refers to persuasion before the battle, and it is usually provoked by the army representing the imperial court.

Because Ning Zhiyuan was already a general in the northwest of Zhengyipin before he defected from the imperial court, and he was a hereditary Zhenguo Mansion, he was a veritable super-grade lord.

Therefore, it is an unwritten rule that the person responsible for persuading surrender, if not on an equal footing with him, must at least not be too far apart in status.

An Guogong himself naturally has this qualification, but he doesn't want to talk to Ning Zhiyuan in front of so many people, lest the other party say something that shouldn't be said.

After all, how the Xie family took the capital, many officials and families are clear in their hearts, but the ordinary soldiers below can't let them know too much, so as not to affect the morale of the army.

It didn't take long for the candidate to surrender to be decided.

An Guogong sent an official under his command: Lu Shicong, the son of the Lu family.

This Lu family, like the Sun and Ma families, was one of the families that contributed to the battle for succession.

Since the Sun and Ma families were abandoned by An Guogong because of their attachment to Emperor Shuntian, the Lu family has become the closest family to the Xie family.

In this Northwest War, in order to show their loyalty, the Lu family even called their son Lu Shicong over.

The Lu family did this, not in the hope that Lu Shicong would make any contributions on the battlefield, but just to show the Lu family's attitude of only thanking the family.

Lu Shicong, as the son of the Lu family, and the future head of the Lu family, it is barely qualified for him to persuade Ning Zhiyuan to surrender.

was appointed as an envoy to persuade him to surrender, and Lu Shicong was not afraid in his heart, after all, the other party was Ning Zhiyuan, the famous prince of Zhenguo. Once you accidentally make the other party angry, you will fall to the ground at any time.

But this is what An Guogong, the hidden emperor, means, and he can only do it hard.

After riding a horse to Ning Zhiyuan tremblingly, Lu Shicong said with a smile: "Hello general, it is Lu Shicong, the son of the Huainan Marquis Mansion. I have admired the name of the general for a long time, and today I am fortunate to see the demeanor of the general, and I am really fortunate to have three lives. ”

Ning Zhiyuan looked at the son of the Lu family in front of him with a smile and was obviously scared to death, but he was still smiling for a while, and then he spoke: "Xie Mingshun asked you to persuade you to surrender?" ”

"This, this is naturally the meaning of the imperial court, and it is also the meaning of the emperor.

It is hoped that the general will turn the conflict into a jade silk, put aside the dispute, and return to the imperial court.

As long as the general agrees to do so, the imperial court will definitely accept the general back to the court again. ”

"What if I don't say yes?"

"Please also think twice, the imperial army is right in front of you. Does the general really want the northwest to be ruined because of the general's insistence?

The emperor once said in person before Weichen went on the expedition that as long as the general is willing to put down the butcher's knife, everything is easy to say. ”

Ning Zhiyuan laughed and said: "I heard that some people have already called Xie Mingshun, an old thief, the hidden emperor, so I want to ask you, is the emperor in your mouth surnamed Zhao?" Or Zhao Xie? ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Shicong was suddenly shocked, and his whole face turned pale.

actually said such things in front of so many soldiers, this Ning Zhiyuan clearly wanted to tear his face.

Although the two armies are at war, they do not kill them. But who knows if this old man will use him as a sacrifice flag.

Fortunately, what he was worried about did not happen, and he saw Ning Zhiyuan say loudly: "I, Ning Zhiyuan, am the courtier of the former Emperor Jing'an, and Xie Mingshun, the old thief, colluded with the second prince and others to rebel and commit the heinous crime of Shijun Shi's father."

My Ning family has been loyal and good for generations, and I will never be in the same league with such rebellious ministers and rebels.

You go back and tell Old Thief Xie that he can let the horse come over, and I, Ning Zhiyuan, will follow. ”

Lu Shicong heard the gospel and hurriedly said: "I went back to tell Grandpa Guo that I was out of company." With that, he turned his horse's head and ran back.

By this time he could no longer care about maintaining his style, and drove his horse as fast as he could, and only wanted to get away from here as quickly as possible.

Even because he was in too much hurry, he almost fell off his horse, and he was very embarrassed.

Seeing this scene, many Northwest soldiers couldn't help but laugh, and the tense atmosphere dissipated in an instant.

Not long after Lu Shicong went back, the generals of the Wei army, who had been impatient for a long time, finally started to do it under the command of An Guogong.

With An Guogong and Xie Yuheng and other Xie family members as the core, supplemented by the battalion officer Lu Liuxin, the general Li Zhihai, the right post battalion officer Deng Zhilin and others, a total of three routes of the left and right flanks of the army, with a thunderous momentum, pressed the 100,000 northwest army in front.

Just when the officers and men of the Northwest Army subconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands and prepared to fight, the marshal Ning Zhiyuan suddenly shouted: "The Shenji Battalion listens to the order and sets up a formation!" ”

As Ning Zhiyuan's order sounded, the five thousand soldiers standing behind him but wearing special uniforms immediately walked to the front of the team and lined up.

The 5,000 soldiers lined up in a thousand columns, with five people in each column, forming an orderly horizontal snake formation.

What is even more strange is that instead of a conventional weapon such as a spear or machete, each soldier holds iron rods that resemble burning sticks.

The soldiers in the first row of each column raised their iron rods to the jaws and made a motion as if they were shooting arrows. The other four held the iron rod in their hands to the sky, their expressions solemn, and they did not say a word.

Not only were the 5,000 soldiers neatly arranged, but each of them wore special uniforms, which made them look very conspicuous.

For these strange soldiers standing at the front of the line, many of the Northwest soldiers didn't know what they wanted to do, and their faces showed puzzled expressions.

Ning Zhiyuan, the Northwest General who was only standing behind the soldiers of the Five Thousand Divine Machine Battalion on horseback, was like a hungry tiger, revealing eyes full of expectation and bloodthirstiness.

He deliberately used his body as bait today, just to let everyone see what the real big killer is.