A fire burned until late afternoon.

Anci Castle was shrouded in despair, and even the soldiers who defended the city were left with no one to arrange. Aguzhe did not order the soldiers to raid the people in the city again, they had 20,000 horses, just by squeezing out some food from the homes of these poor people, enough to eat for a few days?

Agu Zhe sat at the top, and below sat Manu and Xi Ligu, discussing countermeasures.

They are all warriors of the Xi tribe and the warriors of the Mei tribe, but they can only watch as the monsters of the Wansheng Army fly into the sky and burn all the grain in the granary.

"General, let's go now! Maybe there are any tricks behind Wan Shengjun, and he won't be able to get out when it's late! Manu said with an anxious expression.

"If you want to leave, you don't have to rush this night, rest for one night, and leave again tomorrow." The 3,000 people she brought back had been starving for several days, and Xi Ligu naturally wanted to rest for one more night.

Manu and Xi Ligu were arguing, and they both looked at Agu Zhe, but Agu Zhe suddenly asked: "Manu, when you fled here with your men, did the Wansheng army take the opportunity to chase and kill?" ”

Manu didn't expect Aguzhe to ask this, and replied, "Not really. The sentry of the Wansheng Army just followed from a distance and followed straight to Anci City. ”

Agu Zhe asked Xi Ligu again: "You lead people to flee all the way, can the Wansheng Army chase and kill you?" ”

"Nope." Xi Ligu shook her head and said with a look of shame: "We haven't eaten for a few days, we came all the way from Jizhou, like beggars, at that time the Wansheng army had already entered Xianghe, watching from afar on the city wall, but they did not send troops to chase and kill us. I was able to bring my brothers back one by one. ”

"Who ambushed and killed five hundred grain soldiers in my Mei Division?"

"Do you need to ask? Of course, it's the bastard of eight pounds in the second room! Xi Ligu scolded.

"General, why do you say this?" Manu asked, puzzled.

"It was Room B that killed my five hundred soldiers, and now it is Xiao Gan who abandons me. I, Mei, are incompatible with these two! Agu Zhe said fiercely, "But although the Wansheng army burned my grain and grass, they did not kill my people......"

"General, you want to defect to ......," Manu said hesitantly.

"Exactly! That's the only way we can survive. Aguzhe said heavily.

"Although Wan Shengjun is not a grudge against us, there is no need to take refuge in them, right?" Manu objected, "We will do our best, and we are not afraid that we will not be able to take a single Wuqing." ”

"Manu, what about taking Wuqing? If you want to return to our tribe, you have to go through Xiao Gan's territory; When he returned to the tribal land, he also had to be neighbors with the people of the Ori tribe, and he still had to face Xiao Gan in order to avenge the killing of five hundred tribesmen. Unless our Mei tribe is afraid of Xiao Gan, move away and avoid them. ”

"General, if you are afraid of Xiao Gan and move far away, then how can we hold up our Mei only department on the grassland in the future?!" Manu said angrily.

"Then you say, can we win against Xiao Gan and the eight catties of the B room alone?" Aguzhe made this choice with a heavy heart.

"We Kumo Xi people, when the Han people were in the Tang Dynasty, our Xi people were canonized by the Tang King, and the princess was married to the King Xi; After the establishment of the Great Liao, we Xi people surrendered to the Great Liao and were used by the Great Liao. Now that the Great Liao is dead, the Xi people can't establish a country after all, and they have to rely on one side in order to survive. If you are not attached to one side, you will be destroyed. Now that our five departments have fallen apart, and civil strife has started, Xiao Gan and the eight catties of the second room have joined forces to increase their strength, if they do not rely on the overlord of one side, they will be destroyed by Xiao Gan sooner or later. Agu Zhe took a deep breath and asked, "The Jin people, the Song people, and the Wansheng army sandwiched in the middle, which side do you say?" ”

Manu and Xi Ligu only then understood Agu Zhe's foresight, coupled with the fact that for hundreds of years, the Xi people have either attached themselves to the Tang Dynasty, obeyed the Uighurs, or surrendered to the Great Liao, and the Xi people have always been compromised in order to survive, so they are not ashamed to submit to either side. Of course, there was no way to be forced, so I had to surrender, like Agu Zhe, who took the initiative to take refuge in which side, I really haven't come out yet. That's why Agu Zhecai has a heavy heart.

"General, the Jin people are brutal and can't work together; The Song people were weak and could not succeed. This Wan Sheng Army can make Xiao Gan afraid, but you can try. Manu said.

"Aguzhe, we listen to you!" Xi Ligu had a good impression of Wanshengjun, who had never sent troops out of the city to chase and kill him, and even supported Aguzhe.

"Okay, I'll write to Wan Shengjun." As he spoke, Aguzhe walked over to the table and began to write. Although Agu Zhe is a Xi person, he has the status of a young patriarch and knows a little about Khitan and Chinese.

"General, our Mei only troops have taken refuge in the Wansheng Army, if the Wansheng Army asks us to go north to attack Jizhou, will we fight or not?" Manu asked worriedly. After all, they are all Xi people, although they are not a clan, but they are also inextricably linked by blood for many generations. If his Mei tribe really obeyed the orders of the Wansheng army and went to attack Jizhou, what would other tribes, like Chuli and Yaoli, think of them?

"Then hit! Xiao Gan and Yi Room Eight Jin killed my people and took away my grain and grass, they are our enemies. Aguzhe said casually.

"General, Jizhou is not only the Ori Department and the Bird Department, but also the Chuli Department and the Yaoli Department and our Mei Department have no enmity." Manu simply pointed out.

"The people of Chuli and Yaoli, of course we can't fight." Aguzhe stopped his pen and said to Manu: "When we surrendered, we first made it clear to the people of the Wansheng army, and only the people of the Ori and Bird tribes were attacked. As for the people from other departments, we also have to persuade the people of the Wansheng Army to try their best and try not to kill them. ”

"We just took refuge in the past, so how could Wan Shengjun listen to us in turn?" Xi Ligu felt that Aguzhe's idea was too simple.

Agu Zhe rolled his eyes and said, "With these 20,000 soldiers and horses, the Wansheng army can always see it, right?" If you like it, you should send some gifts. Manu exclaimed: "General, it has always been the party that submits to pay tribute to the superiors, since we want to take refuge sincerely, why do we ask for gifts from Wansheng Army?" Annoyed Wan Shengjun, aren't we angry on both sides? ”

"Don't worry! It is to test the Wansheng Army. If he is willing to give gifts, he will look up to us, and he will be respected for his refuge in the past. If people look down on us, they accept us, and they just call us around like Xiao Gan, and they don't look down on us. If it's the latter, we'll take the opportunity to slip away and find another force. Aguzhe explained as he wrote.

"I wonder what gift you want from Wan Shengjun?" Xi Ligu asked curiously.

"Grain." Aguzhe said softly.