Chapter 389: Negotiation
Li Liangzuo led the Xia army to rest for an hour, and then led the army to set off again, although the time for an hour was not very long, but it was basically the same, the combat strength of the Xia army had at least recovered to more than sixty percent, Li Liangzuo said that he still wanted the army to rest for a while, but time was no longer allowed.
"Order the whole army to launch the fiercest attack on the Serbian army immediately after the two armies have met, and to crush the Serbian army before it can react." Li Liangzuo issued a military order.
"Yes, the last general will go and give the order." Qin Hu took the military order.
Not long after the Xia army's iron cavalry rested and set off, it was discovered by the sentry cavalry of the Serbian army, and Maliksha did not expect that the reinforcements led by Li Liangzuo would arrive so quickly.
"How long will it take for Xia Jun to arrive here?" Maliksha asked the Sentinel.
The sentry immediately replied, "Your Majesty, the Xia army will arrive in half an hour at most." ”
Maliksha immediately issued a military order: "Mehhat obeys the order and orders you to lead 100,000 troops to continue to rescue the other besieged soldiers of our army, and I lead the remaining 100,000 troops to block the Xia army reinforcements." ”
"Yes, the last general commands." Mehhat took the order.
At this critical moment, Li Yanzong led the remaining 70,000 Xia troops to attack the Serbian army, and Li Yanzong frequently harassed the 100,000 army led by Mehat with attack tactics, causing Mehat's army to make slow progress and unable to break through the Xia army's defense line and rescue the remaining Serbian soldiers.
On the other side, Ma Liksha and Li Liangzuo each led an army of 100,000 to meet ten miles west of the original Xia army camp, although the two armies met and set up a position, but did not immediately start the war, Li Liangzuo arranged for people to put up tables, chairs, benches and wine and food in the middle of the two armies, after the arrival of the Serbian army, Li Liangzuo was already sitting in his position waiting for Ma Liksha, Li Liangzuo wanted to talk to Ma Liksha.
"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom, I would like to invite His Majesty the Emperor of the Seljuk Empire to go and talk about it." Xiao Zhuozi rode a war horse to the front of the big formation of the Serbian army and said.
"Your Majesty, don't go, in case the Xia army is treacherous." An adjutant general reminded Malikshah.
Maliksha said with a smile: "In this situation, we are half a catty against eight taels with Xia Jun, and I am going to meet this Li Liangzuo to see what tricks he wants to play." ”
"Command the army, wait here, and you must not attack without my military order." After Maliksha gave the military order, he immediately slapped his horse and left.
After the arrival of Malikshah, Li Liangzuo stood up to greet him to show respect for Maliksha, and Maliksha also returned the salute to Li Liangzuo after dismounting, although the two of them each led their own armies to fight with each other for more than a year, but the two had not met before, this time Li Liangzuo asked to meet Maliksha actually did not have any good intentions, of course, Maliksha came to see Li Liangzuo with a conspiracy.
"The Emperor has come to my China from afar, and I haven't treated him well, so I really snub Your Majesty, and I ask the Emperor to atone for my sins." Li Liangzuo first said to Maliksha.
Maliksha smiled and said: "Emperor Xia is serious, this is the Western Regions, not China, what Emperor Xia said is a bit exaggerated!" ”
"The Emperor should know that the Han and Tang Dynasties have always been my hometown of China, and the Emperor of the Han Dynasty has led the army to invade our territory so magnificently, which is a bit unreasonable!" Li Liangzuo said to Mariksha.
After hearing this, Maliksha laughed and said: "If you want to say this, my Seljuk Empire is a descendant of the Turkic Empire, and before the Tang Dynasty, the entire Western Regions, and even now all the territories of the Great Xia Kingdom are all the territories of my Great Turkic Empire, and the Xia Emperor is familiar with ancient and modern history books, and he should know about this!" This time, I led a million-strong army to the north, which means to recover my homeland, which is in line with the way of heaven and the Xia Emperor should have no opinion on this! ”
"It seems that the Emperor Sai intends to destroy my Great Xia Kingdom, but I don't know if the Emperor has such a big breath and has such a good mouth." Li Liangzuo said with a kind face.
"My army has always been invincible, and Emperor Xia should have learned this!" Maliksha said proudly.
Li Liangzuo smiled and said: "I have indeed been taught, and the army of the Emperor is really invincible in the world!" I am scurrying around like a rabbit, but no matter how cunning a rabbit is, I am afraid that it will not be able to escape the palm of the hunter! After Li Liangzuo finished speaking, he looked behind him.
"Today, Emperor Xia has been aggressive, I don't know what to do?" Maliksha said angrily.
"It's the emperor who is forcing him to go ahead, and I have to do this." Li Liangzuo said; "I am looking for Emperor Xia to come here today for the sake of friendship between you and me, as long as Emperor Xia guarantees to cede Samad City, I guarantee that all the territory south of Samad City can be assigned to the Seljuk Empire, I wonder what Emperor Sai thinks?"
"This is absolutely impossible, I will not give up the city of Samad, if the Xia Emperor is really sincere, then you and I will be bounded by the Hong River, the west of the bend of the Hong River belongs to my Seljuk Empire, and the east belongs to the Great Xia Kingdom." Maliksha said to Li Liangzuo.
"The Emperor is really a good plan! Now I am afraid that our army has the advantage! If what I expected is right, I'm afraid the Serbian army will run out of food soon, and if I avoid fighting now, I'm afraid the Serbian army won't last long! Li Liangzuo said with a smile.
Li Liangzuo's words can be said to have hit the key point of Malikshah, seeing that Maliksha was silent, Li Liangzuo continued: "If the Emperor agrees to my proposal, I will immediately order the release of all the Serbian soldiers, and I will immediately withdraw the troops blocked by the Serbian army on the way back to ensure that the Serbian army can return to China smoothly." ”
Faced with the conditions put forward by Li Liangzuo, Maliksha could be said to be very angry, but Maliksha still made an embarrassed expression and said: "Emperor Xia's condition is too harsh, if I agree, these soldiers will definitely rebel after returning to China, so won't they cause trouble for you if they go on the Northern Expedition again?" ”
In fact, Malikshah said this is just a measure of equity, Maliksha hopes that after the two sides reach an agreement, the Xia army will lift the blockade of the Serbian army, and after the whole army is combined, and then fight a decisive battle with the Xia army; Li Liangzuo looked back behind him again, and then laughed and said to Mareksha: "Mariksha, you are stupid!" Or are you stupid! Are you really willing to make a deal with you? Ha, ha, ha......"
Li Liangzuo's words made Ma Liksha extremely angry, Li Liangzuo had already fled after finishing speaking, and at this moment, a deputy general Kuaima came to Ma Liksha and said, "Your Majesty, please return to the battle quickly." ”
"I haven't given an order yet, where is the sound of fighting?" Maliksha questioned the adjutant general.
"Your Majesty, the cavalry of the Xia Army is sneaking into the rear of our army, please go back quickly." The adjutant general said as he helped Maliksha onto his horse.
After Li Liangzuo returned to the formation, he immediately ordered the army to attack the Serbian army, the original negotiation Li Liangzuo was just to delay time, in order to win time for the sneak attack of the soldiers and horses, when the army launched an attack, the Xia army released three rounds of arrow rain in a row, because the Serbian army was facing the sun, the dazzling sunlight made the Serbian army unable to effectively avoid the attack of the arrow rain.