Of course, Duan Zhixiang and his son will not believe it.

The rest of the city in Dali are the remnants of the weak soldiers, Duan Yanzhen brought some people back, but it is not enough for the barbarians to see, the origin of Dali to fight, the barbarians are the main force, Dali standing army, but a supplement. The 36 barbarian tribes contributed a lot when Dali was founded, and it can be said that Dali can have today, and it is inseparable from the support of barbarians.

The lord of Dali is in the barbarians, similar to a loose federation, and the barbarians are the co-masters of the thirty-six barbarian tribes, and this co-lord has a more terrifying name called ------ ghost king.

The Dali Emperor is hereditary, but every time the lord succeeds to the throne, the first thing is to convene a meeting of the thirty-six barbarian chiefs, with a lower posture, and the leaders of the wine and chat, seeking support, the general leaders get some benefits, they will naturally draw a pledge on the blood alliance book, and officially recognize the change of the lord of Dali.

Similarly, when the leader of the barbarian tribe dies and his son or brother takes over, he must go to Dali City to worship the Dali Emperor, that is, the ghost king, and get the edict of the ghost king to appoint him before he can officially become the leader de jure sense.

The two ceremonies firmly tied the Dali royal family and the thirty-six barbarian tribes together, and the two complemented each other, relied on each other, and continued for hundreds of years. Therefore, although Dali has always been in charge of the ministers, whether it is the Dong family in the past or the Gao family in the future, although they have controlled the military and political power, they can let the imperial power not go out of Dali City, but they have never dared to replace the Duan family, and it is this kind of relationship between the barbarian and the royal family that is sympathetic.

But this year is different, Duan Zhixiang always feels that the barbarians are hiding from themselves and doing something terrible.

He stood on the Jiufeng Tower, looking at the simple and overwhelming tents outside the city, worried and worried.

almost wiped out the excitement of winning the Gao family.

After the rain, the blue sky and white clouds are exceptionally refreshing, and the breeze brings fresh and warm air, which is refreshing. Looking high and looking into the distance, a piece of eaves and beams stretch at the foot of Cangshan Mountain, Erhai Lake seems to be rippling at the end of Daiwa, the tide rises and falls, slightly intoxicated, there is the illusion that Jiufenglou is built in the vast place of smoke and waves, and it is like a wave of Qiongchi, which is particularly comfortable and comfortable.

This building was originally built for the abdicated Emperor Taishang to practice meditation, but Duan Zhixiang's father died two years ago, so he was happy. Boiling tea and burning incense in the building, full of fairy spirit, but at this moment, his heart is full of anger.

Duan Yanzhen stood not far behind him, a little farther away from him than Duan Xiangxing.

Duan Yanzhen spoke, his expression was nervous.

"The ministers went to the Huazhu Department and the Nalou Department in civilian clothes, and used the name thorn given by His Majesty. Walking on the north gate city wall, up and down the rope, even the guards were not alarmed, and no one noticed. He bowed down and lowered his voice: "The head of the Huazhu Department said that he was not sick, and said that he was drenched in rain two days ago and contracted the wind and cold, so he directly closed the gates of the village. ”

Although the room was ventilated on all sides and the windows were wide open, there was an oppressive atmosphere that squeezed the air to the point that it was difficult to breathe.

The faces of the Duan family father and son were not good-looking, Duan Zhixiang stood by the railing near the window, one hand on the railing, his knuckles trembled slightly, and he picked the wooden railing to death.

Duan Yanzhen didn't see it because he lowered his head, he continued: "The leader of the Nalou Department of Mi Jialan saw Wei Chen, but he saw it in a deserted dense forest on the edge of Dazhai, and his barbarians surrounded the surrounding land, and they were very cautious when they saw me as if they were conspiring with the enemy country. ”

Weichen asked him, what is the real intention of the thirty-six barbarians to come to Dali? Mi Mi Jialan said that before they came, they had already met with the people of the Shimen Fan Department, and Shimen Fan wanted to clear the monarch's side and occupy the position of Xiangguo on behalf of the Gao family. Gao's ruthlessness, there is no benefit to the barbarians, they have long been dissatisfied, and Shimen Fan does business with them, buys their tea, sells them iron grain at a low price, and often sends some extravagant things, compared with the two, so they naturally have a better impression of Changsun Hong, Changsun Hong wants to fight Gao, they acquiesced, this time, in order to uphold justice, prevent chaos in Dali, and protect His Majesty's safety. ”

After he finished saying this, Duan Xiangxing first sneered and asked, "You believe it?" ”

"This ......" Duan Yanzhen replied with a wry smile: "Even if the minister doesn't believe it, that's what he said, and he won't let go." ”

"Hmph, Qingjun's side, the Nalou Department and my Duan family, the ancestors are friends of Mo Rebellion, and there have been royal relatives, Mi Jia Lan actually doesn't remember the past, with such words perfunctory prevarication, we see the wrong person! I thought he would really send troops to help us! Duan Xiangxing gritted his teeth and said hatefully, a punch hit the table, he was sitting, and this punch almost shook the teacup on the table to the ground.

Duan Yanzhen looked at him, and then at the back of Duan Zhixiang who was standing against the railing, his mouth squirmed twice, but he didn't say anything.

"Father, I think we should send someone to Longshou Pass and transfer the people from Shimenfan, what the hell is the idea of these barbarians, Erchen knows very well!" Duan Xiangxing was a little angry: "They must have come to rob the city, the harvest in the mountains has not been good in the past two years, and there have been rain disasters, and all departments have lost people." The Gao clan was stingy, and did not send food for disaster relief, and the barbarians were angry, and took advantage of the opportunity for us to take the Gao clan by Shimenfan, and wanted to fight the autumn wind. ”

His voice is very loud, but there is some truth in what he said, a few decades ago, there was also a barbarian robbery of the city, at that time it was also a disaster in the mountains, the barbarians could not survive, the grain and grass received by the Dali court was not enough at all, so there was a civil uprising, the barbarians swept the city in groups, looted the official warehouse, and there was chaos for a while.

This is certainly the case this time, the barbarians have complaints, and generally do not speak with their mouths, they like to speak simply and directly with knives.

"No wonder we want to transfer the barbarians, but we can't move them, the roots are here." Duan Xiangxing continued: "Since the barbarians are going to mess around, they can't ......help it."

Before he finished speaking, Duan Zhixiang turned around, his gloomy face was extremely frightened, and he looked at Duan Xiangxing's eyes full of anger, and blocked the unfinished words of the Prince of Dali in his throat at once.

"What about the Shimen Fan?" Duan Zhixiang asked in a low voice, "Let them fight the barbarians?" What if the barbarians retreat as soon as they come? When the time comes, do you want the people of Shimen to enter the city? If they are not allowed to enter the city, will they besiege the city and demonstrate, just like the barbarians? ”

Duan Xiangxing froze for a moment, sitting on the chair speechless.

"We took the risk and took down the Gao clan by ourselves, just to prevent Shimen Fan from coming over, and the people who told them to stay in Longshou Pass have passed, and then send someone to let them come, is it really child's play?"

"In the process of Shimen Fan defeating Xin Zhifu, you also heard Duan Yanzhen say, who can be the enemy in the world with such a ghost? What if the eldest grandson Hong sees that we are strong outside and strong in the middle, and has a different heart? How is it good? ”

Duan Xiangxing's face became more and more pale when his father said on the phone, and he was stunned for a while before he said, "Song Dynasty...... Didn't the Song Dynasty already send people to go over at the same time as our people, and asked them to stop the army at Longshouguan? He won't disobey, Father, as you said, they don't dare not disobey. ”

"The desire for profit is also!" Duan Zhixiang waved his hand and said categorically: "People's desires are endless, it's hard to say what Changsun Hong is thinking in his heart, we just use each other to give him the hat of the king of Zhenbei, what if he is not satisfied?" ”

"That'...... How do we do that? Duan Xiangxing was a little confused.

Duan Zhixiang took two steps in the house, turned around twice, and said to Duan Yanzhen: "General Duan, how many soldiers and horses are still available in the city?" ”

Duan Yan replied when he heard this: "Back to Your Majesty, there are 12,000 people in total, but only 4,000 can fight, and the rest are weak and old soldiers, which is not suitable." ”

"Deploy these people, all go to the city, let the barbarians see, don't fall into the prestige of Dali, lest the barbarians think that there is no one in Dali, and they will become more and more bold." Duan Zhixiang said: "In addition, prince, you immediately go to the household department, clean up the treasury, order a little money and grain, give everything you can give, send it to the barbarians, let them retreat, don't be reluctant, as long as you pass this time, you will get it back sooner or later." ”

(End of chapter)