Further west out of Xining, it is necessary to go out of the Great Song Dynasty, the north is the Western Xia, and only along the southern border of the Western Xia is the land of no man's land in the Tubo realm.

Wu Jue looked at Qu Ping and led his troops away, and Wu Gong asked, "Father, how is this Qu Guogong?" ”

"Be thoughtful and be a good person! And there is such a fine horse, stepping through Helan Mountain, it is not a problem. Wu Jue commented.

"Will that hinder my Wu family?"

"Do your duty as a minister, it is beneficial but harmless!"

Passing through the vast mountains and over the endless grasslands, a populated land emerges in front of you.

Wu Ting said: "Dashuai, the front is the original Guy, decades ago after the Great Song Dynasty destroyed the Guy, put the right capital of Longyou to protect the house, until the Jin State invaded the south, the Western Xia followed the invasion of our country, cut off the communication between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, the resurgence of the old department, subverted the local Song Dynasty regime, and there was today's situation." ”

"General Wu understands quite well!" Qu Ping said.

Wu Ting said: "My Wu family has been stationed in the northwest for a long time, so I should know about the surrounding affairs. ”

Qu Ping nodded appreciatively and said, "General Wu has a bright future in the future, but you have to persist and make persistent efforts!" ”

"Xie Dashuai compliments."

Jiang Boyan asked, "The enemy is close at hand, should we kill him directly?" ”

Qu Ping asked Wang Chongyang what his opinion was, and Wang Chongyang said: "If you don't know the art of war, it is enough to be able to follow the Guogong and the generals and learn it personally." ”

Qu Ping looked at Wang Zhiquan, and Wang Zhiquan said: "Our army galloped for ten days, and all the tribes along the way heard the wind and surrendered. The Tubo tribe has long ceased to be majestic in the Tang Dynasty, how dare you fight with my Great Song Dynasty! The last general thinks that he can show his authority first, know the pros and cons, and the ministry will definitely surrender from the new! ”

"What you said makes sense, Ben Shuai ordered you to command 500 cavalry to go to the enemy's city gate to communicate with him!" Qu Ping commanded.

"Order!" After Wang Zhiquan finished speaking, he did not hesitate to order five hundred people and horses to gallop away.

Qu Ping ordered the parts to be temporarily repaired on the spot, sharpened the knife and wiped the gun in battle, and was on call at any time.

After a stick of incense, Wang Zhiquan came back with five hundred people. Wang Zhiquan scolded: "This group of people don't eat toasts, oil and salt are difficult to enter, if I don't run fast, I will be hit by his arrow!" ”

"It seems that we have to teach these people a lesson!" Qu Ping said, "The whole army obeyed the order, and the whole army attacked five miles outside the enemy's city, and then camped on the spot!" ”

Jiang Boyan asked puzzledly: "Is it too dangerous to camp under the enemy's nose in front of you?" ”

Wu Ting said with a smile: "General Jiang rest assured, the marshal naturally has his reasons!" What the big marshal means is to give him a dismount first, and tell them that we have eaten them properly! ”

"Isn't it too much?"

Qu Ping said: "Haha, it's okay, we should still have this self-confidence." When our door is open, I'm afraid he won't dare to come out! ”

In the city, all the leaders gathered together and brainstormed.

"The horsemen of the Great Song Army are coming to the city, and they must take care of our suspicion of rebellion!"

"The opponent has all the troops and horses, and the weapons are complete, so we have little chance of winning."

"Our 20,000 horses, with strong walls, and grain and horses for the people, are not necessarily afraid of him!"

"The Song army is making food in Wulizha outside the city, and it is too much to deceive people, please let me lead two thousand men and horses to rob the camp!"

A man named Zhao Huaien said: "Everyone should be restless and make plans." Two months ago, the remnants of the Uighurs in the west had announced their defection to the Great Song Dynasty, and I think that this Song army's westward expedition was largely related to this incident. ”

"Let's just serve Xiliao, and now Yelu Dashi is in the limelight, which is a good place."

Everyone said that the public was reasonable, and the mother said that the mother was reasonable, and there were too many leaders, and they couldn't discuss half of the results for a while.

It was getting late, and Qu Ping ordered people to pretend to be upright and bury the pot to cook, but in fact, they had already eaten dry food. Seeing that the Song army had lost his weapons and was busy cooking, the leader of the city called for three thousand elite soldiers, opened the city gate and rushed out with a roar.

Qu Ping had long expected that the enemy would take the opportunity to attack the camp, if it were not for the minimum cost in exchange for the greatest benefit, where would the opponent's four-meter-high city wall be able to block our army's strong attack.

The soldiers thought that the Song soldiers had fled, and they were about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and by the way, they picked up some loot, and suddenly roared head-on and shot an overwhelming rain of arrows. The soldiers did not have time to turn their horses, and a large number of soldiers had already fallen under their horses with arrows, and in the panic, it was even more difficult to fall off their horses, and the soldiers on the horses had to abandon their horses and run.

The Song army only released a round of arrows and wiped out half of the opponent's men, many of whom pushed and trampled each other to death as they fled. After all the soldiers ran back, the Song soldiers bandaged the enemy's wounded soldiers and sent them outside the enemy city, shouting: "The Song army has arrived, quickly go out of the city and surrender!" The Song army is benevolent and righteous, and does not kill and surrender soldiers! ……”

After shouting half a pillar of incense, the Song soldiers withdrew, leaving hundreds of wounded soldiers outside the city. When the leader of the city saw that the Song army was retreating, he observed the nonsense and did not return, so he cautiously opened the door and pulled the wounded back.

On Song Jun's side, Qu Ping ordered everyone to burn a bonfire with confidence and boldness, set up a pot, cook rice, and cook meat.

Wu Ting saw Qu Ping's arrangement, and asked cautiously: "Dashuai, is it really defenseless this time?" ”

Wang Zhiquan said: "General Wu rest assured, there is a big handsome, let's put one hundred and twenty hearts!" And we're not defenseless, it's called relaxation! ”

Wu Tingxin said that you are blindly worshiping Qu Ping, so he didn't say more, but he still kept vigilant in case the chatters attacked the camp again.

Everyone nibbled on the mutton given by a certain tribe the day before yesterday, which was delicious. Wang Chongyang said: "Lord Guogong, I would like to take the liberty of asking, how did you manage to use soldiers like a god?" ”

"Haha, I don't dare to use soldiers like a god, it's just the accumulation of usual learning. Fighting a war is the same as looking at personnel, you need to learn things first, and then you can learn. ”

Wang Chongyang nodded and said, "Lord Guogong is really an all-rounder!" ”

Jiang Boyan was full and said, "Dashuai, I'll take people to patrol the surroundings first!" Wu Ting said secretly, it turned out that he was not defenseless, but he was too worried and underestimated General Qu.

Wang Zhiquan asked: "Dashuai, tomorrow if the enemy does not go out of the city and surrender, will he attack it?" ”

"Don't wait for tomorrow, order the whole army, light torches in three ways, besiege the three gates in the southeast, north and south, and put the west gate all the way. Beat the gongs and drums, and not give the enemy a rest, so that they can prepare for surrender overnight! ”

The arrangements are in place, and their own soldiers will report the current situation regularly. At the third watch, some of the enemies at Simon fled. On the fifth watch, the soldiers came to report that the enemy leader had come to ask for surrender. Qu Ping deliberately cooled him for about an hour before summoning the man in.

The man entered the camp tent and bowed his head: "Xiaomin Zhao Huaien, the ancestor was originally from the Central Plains. Hearing that the Heavenly Soldiers of Middle-earth were coming, Xiaomin risked his life to persuade the leaders that they were willing to surrender to the marshal, and hoped that the marshal would accept it, regardless of the previous suspicions! ”

Qu Ping let him get up and asked, "Oh, it turns out that he is also from Middle-earth, so it will be easy to communicate." I don't know what Brother Zhao is capable of, can stand on a foreign race, and can also persuade them to surrender? ”

"That's right, although it is far away in the Western Regions, but since ancient times, the Han people have passed through many ways, and many Han people have lived in it for a long time. The villain is not talented, and I have a little reputation among the local Han people, and everyone elected me to be the leader of the local Han people, and I can also compete with the local tribes. Yesterday, the villain persuaded the other leaders to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but unfortunately they were soft-spoken. After this defeat, many of the leaders who were unwilling to surrender yesterday had fled by night. After careful consideration, the leaders who remained in the city were unanimously unanimous in their willingness to return to the orthodoxy of the Great Song Dynasty, and they were especially expected to be accepted by the marshal! ”

Qu Ping said: "There is a way to know the times for those who are junjie, and Ben Shuai appreciates your choice." Your wise move not only saved your own lives, but also protected the people of the city. Go back and tell the other chiefs that those who are willing to take refuge in their hearts will be accepted. ”

Zhao Huaien received the order and returned to the city to inform the other leaders. Not long after, I saw Zhao Huaien leading five or six leaders out of the city gate one after another. Qu Ping and his army were already waiting outside the city gate. Those leaders saw the powerful and neat Song army, and the heroic general riding a handsome white horse in the middle must be Qu Dashuai.

Zhao Huaien led the leaders to kneel down together and said: "The criminals welcome the power of heaven, and I hope that the marshal will accept us regardless of his previous suspicions." ”

Qu Ping said in a deep voice on the horse: "If you are sincere, Ben Shuai will naturally be pleased." If you are unwilling or have bad intentions, once discovered, be careful that our army will trample through the city with iron hooves, and will not tolerate it! ”

"I'm waiting for you to take refuge sincerely!"

Seeing that they had answered very simply, Qu Ping dismounted, picked up the leaders one by one, and said, "May you sincerely seek prosperity for the well-being of the people." From today onwards, you will officially become my Great Song Dynasty subjects. Our Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty has always advocated that compatriots of all ethnic groups in the country should be treated equally, regardless of whether they are enemies or enemies, so as to achieve multi-ethnic unity and common prosperity and eternal prosperity! ”

All the leaders were grateful, and thanked the emperor for his grace.

Qu Ping ordered Jiang Boyan, Wang Zhiquan and Wu Ting to lead the large army to stay outside the city, and took Wang Chongyang to lead 500 elite soldiers into the city with the leaders. The common people only care who gives benefits, and the change of the king's flag at the head of the city is even faster than giving birth to a child, it doesn't matter if you are Lord Li or Lord Zhao, as long as you don't beat people indiscriminately.

At noon, the leaders of the original city slaughtered cattle and sheep, and prepared a sumptuous banquet and Yingge Yan Dance to entertain Qu Ping and his party. Qu Ping, Wang Chongyang and the leaders sat at the same table, everyone pushed cups and changed lamps, and they were as affectionate as a family.

Zhao Huaien said: "I heard that Middle-earth has been changing with each passing day in the past two years, and the pride of the people is even more than before. ”