"It turned out to be an envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, hurry up and sit down! I was offended just now, I hope you will forgive me! Liu Xiaochen and Li Changyou sat down generously, and Brother Bile sighed with emotion, "It's still the benevolence of the Great Song Dynasty!" Who said that distant water can't quench the thirst of the near, only blame the neighbors for not being as good as the distant relatives! ”

When Li Changyou heard this, he was secretly ashamed, the Western Xia was so close, and the king of the Western Xia did not know that his lips were cold and his teeth were cold, and he actually fell into the strategic conspiracy of Yelu Dashi's distant and close attack. Bilge said that it was not Western Xia.

Biler went on to say: "It is true that my Xizhou has a good relationship with the Great Song Dynasty, but I also had an old relationship with the Liao State. Unexpectedly, Na Yelu Dashi Xiaoer, after the country was broken, fled all the way west, and wrote to me begging me to go west with him to eat. I took pity on his lost dog, agreed to his request, and treated him with great hospitality. Who knew that after he gained power, he instead attacked from within our Xizhou, causing my Xizhou to collapse inch by inch, so that I am in a dilemma today. I really want to eat his flesh and drink his blood! ”

Li Changyou said: "The Great Khan is angry, Yelu Dashi is such a rebel and mercenary child, he will definitely be killed by the Great Khan and be ashamed!" ”

"I hope so!" "I don't know who your Excellency is?" ”

Liu Xiaochen explained: "This is the former king of Xiazhou in the Western Xia, because he was slandered by the emperor and courtiers of the Western Xia, he abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and now he is valued by my Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Li Changyou glared at Liu Xiaochen, you said this too quickly, I didn't agree to anything, and I still have one day to return to China and turn over and clear my sins. But now that the situation is special, I won't bother with you for the time being, and I'll let you make it up.

Biler said: "It turned out to be the king of Xiazhou, disrespectful and disrespectful. ”

"Everywhere, it's all in the past." Lee Chang-woo said.

"Although I am very grateful to Da Song for coming from afar, if it is just Lord Liu alone, plus a king of Xiazhou, I am afraid that it will be a drop in the bucket to solve my urgent needs, is Da Song just supporting me mentally? Then I advise you two to go back as soon as possible, so as not to lose your life by mistake! ”

Li Changyou's expression was a little sneering, and his heart was not just the two of us, or he came to run for his life.

Liu Xiaochen said: "Don't worry, the Great Khan, I am only the pioneer who came to contact first, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of my Great Song Dynasty have already set off in full gear. ”

Li Changyou said in his heart, let you talk a lot, and there will be no rescuers to help you at that time.

"That's good!" "The two of you have worked hard all the way, so today we will fill our stomachs and rest early, and we will discuss the plan tomorrow." ”

The next day, Liu Xiaochen and Li Changyou got up. The two went out for a walk and met Bilgor, who had returned from his rounds. Brother Biler asked, "The two adults are so early, don't you rest for a while?" ”

Liu Xiaochen and Li Changyou glanced at each other, and Li Changyou said: "In the middle of the night, my stomach felt panicked, so I got up early to see if there was anything to eat." ”

"Our conditions are hard, so that the two adults suffer, today I will ask someone to kill a sheep to entertain the two!" Biler said.

Liu Xiaochen waved his hand and said, "Don't care, Master Li is talking nonsense, we are often full of hungry meals." The Great Khan is now in danger, and he has not forgotten to bring so many people, which is really benevolent! ”

Bilgor sighed and said, "Although I am not famous in the world, I also know that the people are my foundation, and there is a way that water can carry a boat and overturn a boat." These people are all from Xizhou, and their ancestors have lived on this land for generations, and I have the responsibility to protect them, even if I fight to the last soldier! ”

"It is a blessing for the people to have a great Khan like you!" Liu Xiaochen said.

Li Changyou asked: "I don't know how many soldiers and horses the Great Khan still has, and how many people there are?" ”

"There are less than 10,000 soldiers, about 3,000 horses, and almost 40,000 people." Bileco replied.

"With all due respect," said Lee, "the Great Khan is like a snail, not hard in itself, but carrying a heavy shell." ”

Brother Biler said with emotion: "I don't know that if the reinforcements of the Great Song Dynasty cannot arrive for a long time, I will only fight to the last soldier." Believe in my people, and they will fight with me until the last moment! ”

At this time, a soldier came to report: "Great Khan, a large number of Western Liao enemy troops have been found in the north, there are tens of thousands!" ”

And all the people were terrified.

Li Changyou said: "Great Khan, please let me go with you to fight the enemy!" ”

Bilgor refused, saying, "Both of you are distinguished guests, but you can't hurt me in the slightest." Come! Escort the two adults back to their rooms to rest! When he had finished speaking, he went out with all the generals to meet the enemy.

When they walked away, Liu Xiaochen said: "You and I are the first time to come to the ramp, and people won't let us go." ”

Li Changyou shook his head and said, "Hey, what's the matter!" ”

The two went back to the room and watched the soldiers outside shuttling back and forth, and the people were also in a panic, far away, and heard intermittent shouts of killing. I don't know if I will defend the city or go out to meet the enemy.

After a long time, the noise gradually subsided. A large number of wounded people were sent back to the city in a steady stream, and the people, especially the elderly, weak, women and children, were crying and grabbing the ground.

Bileco returned with his generals, covered in dust and torn clothes, and it was evident that he had just experienced a great battle. Liu Xiaochen and Li Changyou went out to meet Brother Bile and asked him with their eyes how the results were.

Biler took the jug of water handed to him by the people, poured a few sips, gasped and said, "Stimulus! The Western Liao army is really fierce, just like a wolf on the grassland! Just now, it was just a vanguard unit of the Western Liao Army, about 3,000 people, and it has been successfully repelled by me! After Brother Biler finished speaking, he shouted to the generals behind him, "Strengthen the defense of the city, do a good job in treating the wounded, and recruit new soldiers on the spot!" ”

"Yes!" The people below went as they were told.

Liu Xiaochen quietly asked Hemad: "What did you Great Khan say?" Hemad translated the meaning of Bilge to Liu Xiaochen, and Liu Xiaochen muttered: "There are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Xiliao who will arrive later, this is really to hit a stone with an egg!" ”

Li Changyou asked: "The strong army of Western Liao will arrive later, how will the Great Khan deal with it?" ”

"There is an old saying in Middle-earth," said Bilgor, "when a soldier comes, he will block it, and when the water comes to cover it!" I, the military and civilians of Xizhou, have no weak lambs! ”

"The Great Khan is ambitious, but you are at most a sheep in wolf's clothing." Lee Chang-woo said.

Bileco's face darkened, and he said, "At least he won't surrender!" ”

Just when everyone was at a loss, news came: Xiliao had a large army pressing the border, and the soldiers were approaching the city, claiming to be 80,000 soldiers and horses, and asked Brother Bile to go out of the city and surrender tomorrow morning within a day limit, otherwise they would attack the city, slaughter everything, and the grass and trees would not grow!

"What a big breath! Generally claiming to be 80,000, it is estimated that there are only 30,000. Liu Xiaochen said.

Bilgo's momentum is not as good as it was at the beginning, and he said: "Even if there are only 30,000, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the soldiers and civilians in Xizhou to resist ......."

After a period of silence, Liu Xiaochen said: "Great Khan, although you are brave and benevolent, and the soldiers and subjects trust you and are willing to die calmly for you, there is a sentence that I want to remind you in time. ”

"Please!"

Liu Xiaochen said: "Now that my Great Song reinforcements are halfway there, you also know that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, plus grain and grass, plus terrain restrictions, will definitely be constrained in the speed of the march. Therefore, please think about it seriously, save your strength, keep the fire, and don't let my Great Song army reach the time, there is only a chance to pay tribute to you. ”

Hemad translated it to Bilgo, and when the people heard it, they were furious, "Isn't this a curse for my great Khan?" "What did you say!" Some people were so impulsive that they wanted to hit someone, but fortunately they were pulled in time.

Bileco raised his hand to stop the agitated general, and said, "The words are not rough. What is Lord Liu's best plan? ”

Liu Xiaochen said: "In the past, Uncle Liu Huang led tens of thousands of people in Yizhou to migrate and won the title of unparalleled benevolence and righteousness, but history will only remember the final victor, only benevolence and righteousness will not be a big thing!" In the story of the Three Kingdoms, it was Cao Cao who was the final achievement, and it was the Sima family, not the Liu family. My suggestion is to stay in the green mountains and not be afraid of running out of firewood. As long as the spark is kept, he will make a comeback, and there will be a wildfire fire in the future! ”

"You want me to abandon these 30,000 people who will not forsake me even to death? No way! Bileco vehemently refused.

"There is a give-and-take! You might as well think like this, you first temporarily store these 30,000 people here, anyway, he occupies the territory in Xiliao, and he also needs the people to develop this place. You led your soldiers to the southeast to take refuge temporarily, so that you could get closer to the range of our Song army. He has the help of my Great Song Heavenly Soldiers in the future, why worry about the hopelessness of recovering the country? Liu Xiaochen said step by step.

Brother Bile fell into deep thought, Xiang Yu refused to cross Jiangdong in the past, and the hegemony disappeared for a while, and it was not a bad way to avoid retreating.

Hemad said: "Great Khan, there is still a city of Yochang in the south, it is better to retreat here first, hold on and wait for reinforcements, and hope that the Song army can arrive as soon as possible." ”

Liu Xiaochen said: "I will write a letter to inform the Great Khan of the place to be helped, and I believe that the Song army will soon come to the rescue!" ”

"That's all there is to it...... Biler said.

When night came, Bilge expressed his unwillingness to the people with a deep heart, saying that he would soon return to save the people from fire and water, and swore to the heavens that if he violated this oath, he would thunder and splend. Brother Bile said goodbye to the people in tears, and quietly slipped away from the south gate with 6,000 capable soldiers and Liu Xiaochen and Li Changyou.

In the dark, Li Changyou and Liu Xiaochen walked side by side, and whispered: "Lord Liu, you are boasting too much, you are completely improvised, in case no one responds in the Song Dynasty, then the two of us should slip away as soon as possible." ”

"Don't worry, it's a great achievement!" Liu Xiaochen patted his chest and said.

"I don't know where you got your confidence, don't blame me for running too fast when the time comes." Lee Chang-woo thought to himself.