Chapter Seventy-Two: Hanzhu plotted against Xu Zhen
Zhang Shenzhi was not a heroic man, he followed Duan Zan and Hou Poyu, and led a thousand soldiers to assist Qi Bi He Li, although the battle had come to an end, but he still did not dare to go too far ahead, under the protection of the pro-corps, chasing and suppressing some lone thieves.
At this time, whether it was Li Jing's Ganzhou defenders or Qibi Heli's reinforcements, they all took the lead bravely, pursuing and covering the remnants of Ashinarier.
But at this time, he heard Xu Zhen call the sergeant and wanted to go in the direction of Zhangye, which made him suddenly puzzled, and hurriedly reported Duan Zan and Hou Poyu, the three of them looked at each other, knowing that Xu Zhen must have ulterior thoughts, and immediately took a hundred people, blended into the crowd, and rushed south to Zhangye.
Xu Zhenxin was concerned about Li Mingda's safety, and he didn't think too much, the six hundred people in the headquarters were well preserved, and there were not too many casualties, worried that Murong Geerhe's army was still strong, so he called out to a group of defenders, and recruited more than 1,000 people one after another, collected war horses everywhere on the battlefield, and drove to Zhangye in a hurry.
However, it was said that Li Mingda only had more than 200 elite guards, and he hesitated at the foot of Longshou Mountain, waiting for the information of Qibi He Li, and when the war was over, he could return to the city of Naganzhou to settle down.
Until the end of the day, the snow became more and more grand, although the team was in the shade of the wind, but it was difficult to withstand the cold, Li Mingda embedded leather armor, covered with winter clothes, still frozen so that his cheeks were red, and he couldn't stop shivering.
Just as they were hesitating whether to send someone to investigate, the elite guards suddenly became alert, but before they drew their swords and drew their swords, countless enemy troops had already poured out from three sides, surrounding them under the foot of the mountain!
Murong Xiao slapped out of the army, raised his sword and slashed from afar, and the knights under his command rushed out and immediately rushed over!
The elite guards were horrified, but they didn't know where this thief army came from, seeing that the situation was critical, they could only fight to the death, protecting Li Mingda, Mo Ya and Li Wushuang and others, clashes everywhere, but they had to get out of the siege, but they were slowly killed by Murong Xiao's men!
Murong Xiao sneered again and again, and had already ordered the people under his command not to hurt Li Mingda and the others, but to tease them like cats and mice, and finally killed all those elites, leaving only Li Mingda and a few other backbones.
He is not a stupid person, after experiencing several life and death dangers, his heart has been transformed, and this time he did not go to the aid of Ashinarier, it was actually caused by Murong Hanzhu's strategy, not that his father and son were distracted.
This Murong Hanzhu also didn't know where to get the military report, learned that Fu Qicheng had been captured by the army of Hou Junji and Li Daozong, and the king of Qinghe, Nuo Haobo, had been captured, and had already written a letter of surrender and dedicated it to Chang'an.
That Hou Junji and Li Daozong ran for a long time, entered the hinterland of Tuyuhun, beheaded countless people, plundered countless military funds, money and food, and harvested more than 200,000 cattle, sheep and livestock, and 10,000 excellent war horses, which can be described as a complete victory.
This also means that Ashinarir and his Murong Geerhe's troops have become rootless duckweeds, and now they are adrift on expeditions, unable to return home, and can only rely on themselves for everything.
Murong Geerhe's father and son are by no means indecisive, and it is precisely because of Murong Hanzhu's guidance that they have been able to rise again, so they are also obedient to Murong Hanzhu.
After Ashinarir set out on the expedition last night, Murong Hanzhu ordered someone to secretly pick up the Queen of Guanghua, followed Murong Geerhe's 5,000 men and horses, marched in the direction of Zhangye, bypassed Qilian Mountain, and then went west.
Moreover, Murong Hanzhu knew that Li Jing was resourceful and good at fighting, this old man would rather hold on for more than two months than go out of the city to fight, and if he was not completely sure, it was impossible to break through at night, so even if Ashinarier was undefeated in this battle, he could only end up with a miserable victory, and there was no strength left to restrain Geerhe's team.
Ashinalier didn't know the key, but Murong Hanzhu privately made a small move with the Tang Dynasty, as long as Li Mingda was captured, would he still be worried about not being able to leave the Tang Dynasty border?
Caesar struggled to support it, but after all, he was outnumbered, and he was restrained by Murong Xiao's troops, and he didn't need to be tied up, and several people were directly escorted to Murong Hanzhu.
Guanghua sat on the big car covered by the curtain, her eyes were projected on Li Mingda's body, and she didn't know how to feel it, as if she saw herself back then, that year, she was also a princess, just the princess of Da Sui.
"Hanzhu, can you take care of the north side?"
Hearing the sound of actinization, Murong Hanzhu bowed his head slightly, and asked Li Mingda Kaisa and others to be locked up in the prisoner car, and he didn't bother to clean up the mess, collected all the military rations and materials of this team, and prepared to cross the Heishui River, retreat to the north of Tuyuhun, and bypass Qilian Mountain, so that he could be received.
Unexpectedly, just as he was about to set off, he saw a military horse coming from the direction of Ganzhou splitting through the wind and snow, and stopped three hundred steps away from the headquarters.
Murong Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up, and through the wind and snow, he saw that the leader of more than 1,000 people was his mortal enemy Xu Zhen, and immediately ordered a vigilance, and after a while, he saw that the other party had no rear army coming, so he calmed down.
Although Xu Zhen's side had just won the victory and took advantage of this victory posture, it was only a matter of time before Murong Xiao wanted to kill Xu Zhen's thousand people with his five thousand men.
Unexpectedly, Changshengtian favored him, and before he fled north, he also sent Xu Zhen, the enemy of fate, to him Murong Xiao, and this revenge will not be avenged, let alone when!
Murong Xiao drew his knife and looked at it from afar, and was about to do that life-and-death duel with Xu Zhen, but Murong Hanzhu came forward and stopped Murong Xiao's impulse.
"If you fight to the death with it, although you can win a big victory, but time drags on, although Gao Zhensheng is not a brave general, but a cunning snake, at this time must have already left Zhangye, anxious to go to Ganzhou to grab credit, if I don't wait to leave quickly, when Gao Zhensheng's men and horses come, I will not be able to leave."
Murong Hanzhu's words were reasonable, and Geerhe's father and son also reflected on it, but they knew very well how important Li Mingda's identity was, even if they didn't want to duel, Xu Zhen couldn't let them go.
Sure enough, Xu Zhenxian was anxious, but he could suppress his temperament, and he didn't drive the army, he carried a corner flag on his back, and galloped single-handedly, hundreds of steps away in an instant, restrained the horse, and didn't look at Murong Xiao, but cast his eyes on Murong Hanzhu's body.
Murong Hanzhu's eyes narrowed, and he swept a round towards Xu Zhen, seeing that Xu Zhen's posture was calm, his bearing was stable, and he had the style of a tiger general, and he couldn't help but cherish it in his heart.
Caesar, Li Mingda and others visited in the prison car, and when they saw Xu Zhen coming to negotiate alone, their hearts suddenly swelled with hope, but they were worried that Murong Xiao's wolf and tiger heart and moody temperament would attack and kill Xu Zhen as soon as possible.
Xu Zhen nodded lightly towards the prisoner cart, and did not dare to dismount, so he bowed on the horseback and bowed to Murong Hanzhu, but it was not the ceremony of a military general, but the gift of a scribe.
Murong Hanzhu was born in the Cui family, and has inherited the fragrance of books from generation to generation, and when he saw Xu Zhen's literary etiquette, he also showed his temperament, and returned a salute, only then did he hear Xu Zhen's greeting: "Xu Zhen, the younger generation, has seen Mr. ”
He and Zhang Jiunian planned every day, circled the recent performance of the Murong Department, and had already peeked into the mystery, although this Murong Xiao had courage, but he had no resourcefulness, there must be someone behind him, and now he saw Murong Hanzhu's true appearance, but he was a Chinese scholar, knowing that this was the driving force behind the scenes, so he pointed to the key and negotiated with Murong Hanzhu.
"Xu Lang Junguo is young and promising, and his future life is terrifying, every time he hears about Xu Lang's deeds, he can't help but be embarrassed, and when he sees it today, he is lucky."
Murong Hanzhu is not lacking in etiquette, he is not like Geerhe father and son, worried about Gao Zhensheng's coming to help, but it is just to discourage Murong Xiao, in fact, he knows in his heart that even if Gao Zhensheng's team comes, he may not dare to rush to kill, because the ** high-level knows Li Mingda's identity, there should be a palm, if he Gao Zhensheng does not care about Li Mingda's safety, then the pickle in his heart will be revealed, and he will definitely not be so reckless.
And Xu Zhen is different, in order to save Li Mingda, even if he tries his best to kill these thousand people, it is estimated that he will have to drag the Murong Department to hold on, and when the time comes, he will not be able to rush to the north on time, and he will not be able to meet the person who responds, and the five thousand people of the Murong Department will have no place to take root.
In such a situation, Xu Zhen is clear, Murong Hanzhu also knows it, everyone is in a hurry, there is no need to pull and pull, Xu Zhen is younger in the end, and said straight to the point: "Sir, those friends of the juniors are not in the army, but they are relatives who follow and serve the juniors, the so-called war between the two armies does not hurt the innocent, and Mr. is not the bloodthirsty and murderous person, if you let go of my friends, the juniors must have read this love." ”
Murong Hanzhu also smiled, and said hypocritically: "It turned out to be the relatives of Xu Xiaoxiao's children, this is also a misunderstanding, but the generals behind you don't make such imaginations, it's really not a secret, I have been on the expedition for a long time, I feel homesick, and I don't want to do that life-and-death struggle, why don't we make a deal, I let go of your friends, and you also restrain the generals, don't do that senseless entanglement, so good?" ”
At this point, the two of them almost opened their hearts, as long as they can exchange a few Li Mingda back, why bother to let the next thousand brothers fight with others?
"Sir is really reasonable, so very good, this affection, the junior has written it down, please your brother, let go of all my friends, the junior naturally left, dare not keep it."
Murong Hanzhu shook his head and smiled, and said to Xu Zhen: "It's not that the old man is suspicious, it's really afraid that the people under Xu Lang can't suppress the blood, why don't Xu Lang follow me up for a while and escort us out of the border, I don't know if the children can trust me?" ”
Xu Zhen scolded himself secretly, but on the surface, he smiled and said generously: "Even so, what's the difficulty, the junior Mr. Confident is not the one who breaks his word and dishonesty, and he should be sent away." ”
Murong Hanzhu heard that Xu Zhen agreed without hesitation, and couldn't help but secretly admire Xu Zhen's courage, but he really couldn't stay, so he ordered the father and son of the Murong family to command the troops and horses, and they went north in a long way.
Xu Zhen naturally followed, but Zhou Cang and the others were in a hurry, and ordered many sergeants to stay in place, hung a flag themselves, and chased after them from the rear.
Murong saw that there was only Zhou Cang here, thinking that Xu Zhen needed to give instructions, and he didn't stop him, Xu Zhen said the benefits in a few words, and Zhou Cang went back.
Naturally, he couldn't say that Xu Zhen wanted to be a hostage in order to save Her Royal Highness the princess and send this enemy army out, and in the face of the doubts of many sergeants, he just suppressed it indignantly and let everyone stay put.
Everyone was naturally puzzled, and they rushed for dozens of miles, but they watched the main general follow the enemy army, what kind of thing is this?
Zhou Cang didn't have an explanation, there were many grievances in the army, and there was a lot of discussion and commotion!