The attack on Meng Zhixiang's troops was just the beginning.

After breaking through Meng Zhixiang's department, Yelu Abaoji led the Khitan army to continue to wait in the rear, and continued to lead the Shulu clan and Shatuo soldiers and horses to lure the enemy.

When the news reached the court of the Dongxi king, the king of the Dongxi Dynasty, Tules, was naturally furious.

He didn't expect Shulu and Shatuobu to be so bold.

After learning that there were only two coalition forces, King Dongxi directly ordered the cavalry of all divisions to be recruited and go to the crusade.

This expedition should be regarded as the most courageous since King Dongxi succeeded to the throne.

In the past, he didn't dare to crusade against the Shulu clan and other departments by force, perhaps because of the increase in strength in the past two years, which made him a lot more confident.

However, he forgot that the most elite army under his command was more than half in the hands of Meng Zhixiang.

If you want to crusade, you should wait for Meng Zhixiang to return with his troops.

However, after King Dongxi learned that Meng Zhixiang's tribe was broken and his daughter Wu Siduo and his grandson were killed, he was a little breathless and directly killed him with 40,000 cavalry.

If there is no external force, King Dongxi is really likely to succeed, after all, the strength of King Dongxi's army has increased in the past two years.

But when the 40,000 cavalry of the King of Dongxi were inseparable from the combined forces of Shulu and Shatuo, Yelu Abaoji led 55,000 Khitan cavalry to kill, and the King of Dongxi was defeated.

The 40,000 cavalry lost more than 30,000 people, and Tules was covered by his own guards before he escaped and ascended to heaven, and finally fled back to the Dongxi royal court, wanting to resist danger and hold on.

Yelu Abaoji naturally would not give up on this, and directly led the army to kill the Dongxi Royal Court, wanting to break through the Dongxi Royal Court in one fell swoop and capture Turus.

At this time, Meng Zhixiang withdrew to the Dongxi royal court with less than 20,000 cavalry.

When Meng Zhixiang set out on the expedition, he led 25,000 Xi cavalry, but when he returned, it was less than 20,000.

Naturally, this loss was not caused by the Zhenwu army, but by the Tang army.

In the face of Li Hong's pursuit, Meng Zhixiang tried his best to escape the pursuit at the cost of losing thousands of cavalry.

Who knows, as soon as he came back, he learned that his tribe had been defeated, his wife and children had been killed, and the Khitan army was killing the royal court.

Hearing the news, Meng Zhixiang was stunned, angry, and fainted after spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Just when Meng Zhixiang rushed back to the Dongxi royal court with less than 20,000 remnants, Tules was defeated and returned, and there were less than 10,000 people left in the entire royal court, and the morale was low.

Fortunately, the sinicization of the Dongxi people is more significant, and its royal court is a city, with higher terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Meng Zhixiang also rushed back with 20,000 elites, which can be regarded as alleviating the dilemma of insufficient troops. However, how to defend the royal court is a difficult matter.

"Father, the child is willing to take the heavy responsibility of guarding the city, and he will let the Khitan army return in vain."

Meng Zhixiang took the initiative to ask.

At this time, even the operation did not have the confidence to hold on, and before Meng Zhixiang came back, he also suggested that Tules surrender to Yelu Abaoji, after all, the Khitan was far away from Dongxi, and after the Khitan army withdrew, it was not necessary to continue to pay tribute to the Khitan.

If Meng Zhixiang hadn't rushed back, Tules would really have been moved, because he was no longer able to fight, and there was no other way but to surrender.

But Meng Zhixiang naturally didn't want to take refuge in the Khitan!

Wu Siduo's death, he didn't care.

But this time, the Khitans not only killed Wu Siduo, but also killed all his wives and children, including his sons and concubines, and even broke through his tribe. That was the foundation he had built with great difficulty in the past few years, and it was completely destroyed, and he had nothing left except the 20,000 cavalry he brought back.

He hated Yelu Abaoji, Shulu and Li Siyuan, especially Li Siyuan, he didn't expect that his former sworn brother was the most ruthless to him. He didn't have much hatred for the Tang Dynasty, but now he has a lot of hatred for Khitan and Li Siyuan.

In such a situation, even if surrender is only a stopgap measure, he does not want to.

"Meng Zhixiang, how can you keep it now? The army was almost completely wiped out, and all the tribes betrayed, and now if they continue to fight to the death with the Khitans, the entire Xi people will really be doomed. ”

Seeing that Meng Zhixiang wanted to take the last hope of the royal court to fight the Khitans, he jumped out to oppose it.

"In the operation, you are the eldest son of your father and the elder brother of Wu Siduo, so I will give you face. But there is a saying in Datang, don't be embarrassed. The Khitan destroyed my tribe and killed my wife and children, so hateful and hateful, they don't want me to take refuge in the Khitan. Meng Zhixiang said coldly.

"Meng Zhixiang!" Shuli pointed at Meng Zhixiang, "Don't forget, you are just a Tang person, this is the grassland, the habitat of our Xi people, what qualifications do you have as a foreigner to make decisions." ”

"What qualifications do I have?" Meng Zhixiang sneered, and as soon as his right hand was raised, a large number of soldiers poured into the king's tent.

Seeing this scene, Tules's face was gloomy, and his expression changed greatly, and his hand trembled and pointed at Meng Zhixiang, "Meng Zhixiang, what do you want to do?" ”

Meng Zhixiang glanced at the operation coldly, "Don't do anything, since you don't want to guard the royal court, I will guard it, you can have a good rest here." Father, rest assured, with me, the Khitans will not break through the royal court. ”

After speaking, Meng Zhixiang saluted Turus, and then turned to leave, leaving a father and son with not very good-looking faces.

As soon as Meng Zhixiang left, he shouted at Tules, "Father, you saw it." This Meng Zhixiang is the ambition of the wolf son, and now that he has been exposed, you should order him to be killed. ”

At this time, his expression was depressed, he looked at the angry eldest son in front of him, shook his head, and with the support of the maid, he left the big tent, leaving behind a stunned face.

The shocking changes in the king's tent have not yet spread, but it is only a matter of time. However, now that Meng Zhixiang controls the most elite army of the Dongxi Royal Court, even if the nobles of the Dongxi Royal Court know, they have to weigh whether they want to fall out with Meng Zhixiang, and when the Khitan army is in the city.

Regardless of the reaction of the father and son, after Meng Zhixiang left the royal court, he saw Kang Yanxiao kneeling outside and waiting, and when Meng Zhixiang approached, Kang Yanxiao howled and cried.

"The last general is incompetent, the last general has not been able to save the chief's family, please ask the leader to surrender."

Seeing Kang Yanxiao crying in front of him, the anger on Meng Zhixiang's face gradually dissipated, and he bent down and helped Kang Yanxiao, who was scarred on his body, up.

The armor had long since been tattered, and although the wounds had been bandaged, the blood stains and gaps in the armor were a testament to how terrible the battle had been that night.

"Get up and tell me about that night."

Kang Yanxiao nodded, and hurriedly explained the situation of the night in detail.

When he heard that Li Siyuan personally led the army to attack the tribe, Meng Zhixiang's hands were clenched into fists.

"This revenge is not revenge, it is not a gentleman!" Meng Zhixiang clenched his teeth, and the green tendons on his forehead bulged.