Chapter 529: Where to go
Chapter 529: Where to go
Koktai Menglie looked at the black-robed young man who walked alone, but he was actually extremely nervous. He already knew everything about yesterday, and he knew a lot about the affairs of the Buddha Sect in his capacity, and of course he knew that the Buddha Sect had the incorruptible body of Vajra, so he felt that since the people of the Buddha Sect could, it was not unacceptable for the cultivators on the side of the Great Sui to have such strength. What's more, the other party is not ignorant of him.
He was actually very disgusted with this kind of great cultivator joining the war, and in this way, the war would lose its original fairness. If Fang Xie knew that Koktai Menglie had placed himself in the ranks of great cultivators, he might have been very happy.
Just like now, he was nervous but had to face this Han man.
Of course, he knew that this Han man would not do anything to him, because he guessed why the other party suddenly wanted to talk to him. When we have the same interests, wars sometimes end abruptly.
"My name is Fang Jie."
Walking not far in front of Kuoketai Menglie, Fang Xie hugged his fists: "The leader of the Black Flag Army guarding the Wolf Milk Mountain Canyon has seen the special service. ”
Kuktai Menglie bowed slightly on the horseback and saluted, then got down from the war horse and asked, "I don't know if General Fang sees me, what do you have to say?" ”
Fang explained: "Since the secret service has seen me, it means that the special service has almost guessed my intentions. Then I will simply be more direct, I will lead the troops out of the canyon to make way for the road, and the special service can bring its own men and horses back to the grassland. I'm going to take people out of here, and I don't want to say why. ”
Although Koktai Menglie expected this to be the content of the negotiation, he couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Until today, you have led troops to stop me in the canyon for ten days, and suddenly said that you want to get out of the way, without a reasonable explanation, I can hardly believe your sincerity." If you lead an army to attack my rear after entering the canyon, it will be difficult for me to come back, so ......"
"Believe it or not."
Fang explained: "I have hoarded the grain and grass needed to support the people and horses for at least three months in the canyon, and the grain and grass in your hands are only afraid that they will not be enough for even three days, right?" So, I'm not afraid to put it off a few more days. ”
Koktai was silent, then took a few steps to the side and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of please. Fang Xie followed, but Meng Lie's personal soldiers wanted to follow but were stopped by Meng Lie. Since the topic has reached this Meng Lie, there is no need to worry about Fang Xie killing him, if Fang Xie kills him, then the two sides will be in a situation where they will not die.
"Do you have anything else to say?"
After leaving the team for dozens of steps, Koktai Menglie asked for a solution.
Fang Xie looked at the endless Wolf Milk Mountain and said: "When I led the army to be stationed here, what I thought in my heart was that even if the whole army died in battle, the special service would be blocked in the northwest of the Great Sui. But now I've changed my mind, and I've said it, and I don't want to say why. However, I have one more condition. ”
"What?"
Koktai Menglie asked.
"I want to know what agreement the emperor and you Mengyuan Great Khan have reached. I want to know even more why the special service would assassinate Luo Yao at the cost of the death of all the cultivators in the army. What is Luo Yao's identity? Why do the people of the Buddha sect want to kill him, you also have to kill him? ”
Koktai Menglie was silent for a while and said, "I can tell you, but I'm going to exchange. ”
"Exchange for what?"
"I want to know, what is the relationship between you and Luo Yao?"
Fang explained: "If I say I don't know, do you believe it? ”
Kuktai Menglie thought for a while and nodded: "This sentence makes me believe more than any story you made up, I know that Luo Yao is very good to you, you should have thought that since I want to kill Luo Yao, I have been observing his every move a long time ago." And you came into my sight more than a year ago, and I know Luo Yaojun's tolerance for you. ”
"I also know that your physique is very similar to Luo Yao. But you didn't have anything to do with Luo Yao a year ago, and there was no intelligence to tell me what intimate relationship you had with Luo Yao, so I guessed one thing, and I hope you can confirm it. ”
Fang Xie frowned: "After confirmation." ”
Koktai Menglie said seriously: "If you give me the answer to confirm my guess, then today's negotiations may be meaningless." Even if you are King Kong's incorruptible body, I will use 200,000 wolf horses to kill you. ”
"It doesn't take that much, and you don't have that chance."
Fang explained: "If I want to leave, what if you have an army of 200,000? ”
Koktai Menglie's face changed: "Are you confirming my guess?" ”
Fang Xie shook his head: "I just said that I don't know anything myself, how can I give you a clear answer." But because of your words, I got the answer...... If my guess is correct, why the emperor of the Great Sui joined forces with Meng Yuan, why the Buddha Sect killed Luo Yao, and why the Mengyuan royal court killed Luo Yao, it can all be explained. ”
Kuktai Menglie was silent for a long time, and sighed heavily: "Luo Yao is a madman. ”
Fang Xie nodded: "Thank you." ”
Koktai Menglie was stunned: "Thank you? ”
Fang explained: "This sentence Luo Yao is a madman, you have already told me that your guess is correct." I just don't understand why he would give up his former high status and so much power. ”
"Because he's a madman......"
Koktai Menglie repeated, his tone full of grief and indignation.
"So be it."
Fang Xie suddenly said: "You retreat the army back thirty miles, and I will leave the canyon with my men." ”
Koktai Menglie looked at Fang Xie and looked at the young man carefully: "I don't know...... Did I miss an opportunity? Letting you go may not be a good thing for Meng Yuan. ”
"I'm the one who let you go."
Fang Xie corrected seriously: "You only have to accept it, or you can continue to fight." ”
Kuktai Menglie's face kept changing, and after hesitating for a while, he asked, "Where are you going?" ”
"If you don't go to Mengyuan, you can rest assured."
Fang Xie smiled and turned to leave: "After noon, I hope to see that your men have retreated. If you plan to take advantage of the fact that I am leading the army out of the canyon and suddenly kill you, I can tell you very responsibly that even if you can win this battle, you will lose at least half of your men and horses, and on the west side of the canyon, there are at least 300,000 herdsmen, including the people of the Buddhist sect...... Think for yourself. ”
Koktai Menglie didn't speak again, just watched Fang Xie leave.
He thought to himself, if this person was really Luo Yao's chosen successor, then what would be the consequences of watching him leave like this? After a long time, he put that worry behind him, because he had more important things to worry about now. Luo Yao obviously hasn't reached the time to find a successor in a hurry now, and the royal court is already in a hurry that it may be defeated at any time.
Compared with the future crisis, the crisis faced by the gold family now is more worrying. If this war is lost, the Golden Family will be wiped out.
"Let the army retreat thirty miles!"
Koktai Menglie suddenly turned around and shouted.
When he looked at the young man again, the tall figure had disappeared from sight.
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The next thing went exceptionally well, the Meng Yuan people did not take advantage of Fang Xie to lead the troops out of the canyon to besiege, but only sent some scouts to watch them withdraw from the canyon. When the soldiers of the Black Flag Army came out of the canyon, everyone's faces were not good-looking. It wasn't because they felt uncomfortable that the war ended in such a hurry, but because of something else.
They all knew about the emperor's plan to drag Kuketai Menglie to death with 50,000 people of the Black Flag Army, and Fang Xie did not hide it, which made the soldiers who were full of respect for the emperor and love for the Great Sui, how could they easily accept it? They fought for the sake of the empire, for the sake of the dead and the people who had been bullied, but now they were outcasts.
Each of them was sad and at a loss, not knowing where they were going next.
The morale of the team was low, but fortunately there were no deserters.
The generals of the battalions and armies knew that there could be no chaos at this time, so their nerves were extremely tense. It wasn't until the team had driven dozens of miles that they breathed a sigh of relief. Fang Xie asked Chen Yishan to stick to Fangu, and then returned to the Wolf Milk Mountain cottage with the team.
Sun Kaidao, who received the notice in advance, led people to greet him at the bottom of the mountain, and he felt uncomfortable when he saw the soldiers walking with their heads down. Perhaps because of the different position, he didn't even guess that the emperor would do this in advance. He thought that he could use this war to enter the emperor's sight and then enter the imperial court. But now, as Fang Xie withdrew from the canyon with his men, his dream was shattered.
But he was just a little depressed, but not sad.
Because from the very beginning, he was sure that the country was going to be in chaos.
While waiting for Fang Xie at the foot of the mountain, Sun Kaidao thought about a lot of things. Later, he actually laughed, which made people very incomprehensible why he still had the heart to laugh at this time.
After the soldiers returned to the cottage, they went back to rest, and Fang Xie did not call them to say anything. Sun Kaidao and the others welcomed Fang Xie back to his residence, and all the officers above the fifth rank gathered outside Fang Jie's study, waiting for the general to make a decision. They all know that the direction they choose next will affect them for the rest of their lives.
Everyone has their own calculations in their hearts.
If they were really abandoned by the emperor, then if they returned to the Central Plains, they might be condemned as rebels by the imperial court. How did a group of warriors who had fought for years for this empire suddenly fall into such a situation? If General Fang hadn't found out about this, then they would probably all be corpses in the canyon, stinking and rotting and turning into dry bones.
Fang Xie sat in the room, looking at the faces of the generals outside in a daze.
He also knew that what he was going to say next would determine the fate of this team, and that a careless force would wipe out the power he had so hard gathered.
Willingly?
Fang Xie asked himself, willing to accept?
The emperor actually didn't calculate this, and the emperor firmly believed that even if these soldiers of the Great Sui found out the truth that they had become outcasts, they would not dare to really become rebels. Because they all have families, their every move involves thousands of families, not individuals.
The people outside were watching him, waiting for his decision.
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Wanyan Yunshu sat by the stream and watched in a daze, she held a branch in her hand and gently tapped the water, her eyes were a little confused and uneasy.
Wanyan Chongde walked slowly to her side and sat down next to her: "Have you thought about it?" ”
He asked.
Wanyan Yunshu turned his head to look at him, and then returned his gaze to the surface of the water again, where a thumb-sized fish was frightened by her branch and swam away all at once.
"Since this Han team has been abandoned by the emperor of the Great Sui, there is no point in us staying any longer. The reason why I didn't leave with my people and horses was because Fang Xie was a friend, but if it weren't for Fang Jie's hope of helping the people of Northern Liao to merge into the Great Sui, how could I take thousands of cold horses to my life? I know you like him a lot, but his identity has changed. When he withdrew from the canyon, he was no longer the general of the Great Sui, and the emperor of the Great Sui would not tolerate such a thing, and his fate was either to wander the world or be killed. ”
"We have been working hard for so long, wanting the people of Northern Liao to settle in a warm place and move out of that harsh environment, but now this warm Great Sui is already shaking, I think when I go back, I should admit my mistake to my father Khan. Even if you want to enter the Central Plains, you have to wait until the Great Sui settles down. ”
"No"
Wan Yan Yun raised his head sharply and threw the branch in his hand into the stream.
"Brother, you've always been doing things for the sake of the clan. You're here for the tribe, you're staying for the tribe, and now you're going to leave, and it's for the tribe, but I'm not! ”
She stood up and clenched her fists: "I'm for myself...... I didn't stay for the clan, just for myself! ”
Wanyan Chongde was stunned and didn't speak for a long time.
"Okay...... Follow him...... If it's hard work, go home. ”
He stood up and hugged Yan Yunshu: "You have always been my favorite sister!" ”