In Hezhou, since the outbreak of large-scale wars in the old days of Daliao, Khorezm, and Khorasan, the Hui merchants from the west have almost disappeared. The few who remained in the city were mostly Hui merchants employed by the Mongols. They were supposed to go to Khorasan to buy goods, but because of the war, they had to stay in the city of Hezhou.

Now they are looking forward to an early cessation of the fighting, so that they can go west to buy goods. This kind of transportation to Mongolia is another big gain. Leon Faris was not like them, he came from the west and renamed Balasagon Broken Leaves.

In the winter, he borrowed a lot of money from a rich boy and bought a small amount of goods in the land of broken leaves. Not long ago, taking advantage of the eastward advance of the Khorasan army, he came to Hezhou unscathed from Alimari.

I wanted to buy some local goods such as Douluo, brocade, silk, and cooked silk to go north to the Mongolian steppe as soon as possible, but who knows, the Khorasan army will come when it says it is coming. The twelve gates of Hezhou City were all blocked. The people outside can't get in, and the people inside can't get out.

Although he had expected this day when he had followed the Khorasan army eastward. I just didn't expect it to come so soon. Although with the nature of the Khorasan army, they would never break the city and slaughter it. But the sword has no eyes, and it is said that it cannot be said to have suffered an unjustified disaster in wartime.

So Leon Faris sighed a little secretly that he was unlucky!

Like his terrible mood, the Huihe Yidu Protector Alte, who was in the palace city, was also frowning and couldn't stop sighing. However, he regretted that he did not heed the warnings of Master Yijing and took refuge in Khorasan as soon as possible.

So that now the Huihe coalition army has been completely annihilated, and the Khorasan army has also reached the doorstep.

"Lord of the country, now is war or peace, you must make a decision as soon as possible!" , Prime Minister Alenchi urged.

He's an old minister who has served two of them! In the old years, because the former prime minister and the Da Liao supervisor colluded with each other, the new appointer also ordered someone to eradicate it in one fell swoop. He also took over the position of prime minister and became the most powerful person outside of Yiduhu.

But he didn't dare to hold his identity, and he was the slightest bit sloppy about this person.

Because he knew that the lord of the country in front of him was suspicious. Since his succession, how many Urch (ministers) have lost their lives because of his suspicions. Therefore, although he sat in the position of prime minister, he was walking on thin ice, for fear that one day he would be condemned by the lord of the country.

The three privy envoys also spoke up one after another, asking Balshu Arte to make a decision as soon as possible.

"How many soldiers and horses are there in the city?" , Balshu Arte frowned.

As soon as Allenchi heard it, he knew that the lord of the country didn't want to surrender so aggrieved, so he replied like a worm: "There are still 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city. If the troops stationed in Yangji Bali, Beshi Bali, Hamili and other places were called back to help, there should be 80,000. ”。

"Then the Khorasan army is still in the Ahuer River?" , Balshu Arte asked.

"An hour ago, the spies reported that Khorasan had captured Jiaohe!" , Allenchi said, and his face was a little decadent.

"How so? Isn't there two departments stationed in Jiaohe: public ironing and niche ironing? This is a tribe that has taken refuge in Huihe a long time ago, and has always been loyal to the Huihe royal court. That's why the hometown of Jiaohe in the west of Hezhou was handed over to the two ministries.

"I heard that the two tribes knew that they were invincible, so they opened the city and surrendered to Khorasan." , in front of the army of more than 200,000 people, the two are extremely small. The surrender of Kaesong is not unexpected.

Balshu Arte angrily scolded the two for their treachery, but the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to bother with words.

Just before they could discuss the result, a guard would report that the Khorasan army had appeared outside the city.

Balshu Arte was suddenly shocked and couldn't close her mouth, and Allenchi and the others were even more worried.

"Lord of the country, this is Hezhou. There are not many soldiers and horses in the city, do you want to attack immediately? Tomogan, the former crane general, asked aloud. He was originally the defender of Hezhou City, and he was trusted by Balshu Arte. Originally, he should not have taken refuge in Khorasan, but he just followed Ghazal on the expedition and lost too quickly.

For the sake of his own life, after being captured, he took the initiative to perform for Li Cheng.

In the future, these people will not be needed to govern the land of the crane. So as long as there are no bad deeds, Li Chengji is still willing to use those who have taken refuge in him to demote officials and generals.

"Lord, our niche ironing department is willing to be the vanguard!" , The patriarch of the minority ironing tribe came out to ask for war. Not to be outdone, the patriarch of the mass iron also followed suit.

Li Chengji sat on his horse, looked at the city wall more than six zhang high, and said loudly: "Don't worry! Send someone into the city to persuade you to surrender first! If Balshu Arte was interested, I wouldn't be too embarrassed by him. ”。

After that, let people call Bayingeleng.

No one thought that a small leaf-breaking vendor would be the son of the current Prime Minister of Huihe. If it weren't for Yelu Chahuchi looking for himself and wanting to intercede for Bayingeleng, Li Chengji would never have imagined that he still had this identity.

"Lord of the Kingdom!" , Bayingeleng soon came. People are tall and tall, and their faces look kinder. With a low-eyed and pleasing look, if he didn't admit it, no one would be able to believe that his father was the prime minister of Huihe.

"Go to the city for the king. Tell Balshu Arte. If you are willing to surrender, the royal family can still be rich for a hundred years. If the city is defended, after the city is broken, the royal family will not escape death. Li Chengji said very calmly, but the public ironing, the minority ironing and those who returned to the crane and surrendered to the generals listened to it, and they were all shocked.

Bayin Gelen responded respectfully, and went to knock on the city with Li Chengji's message. He was the sixth son of Alenchi, and was born to a concubine of the Han people of the Xia Kingdom. He was never favored at home, and later he had to give his woman to his eldest brother as a concubine.

So in a fit of rage, he took the Ejit clan away and went away to Broken Leaves, where he went incognito, preparing to spend the rest of his life. Because he had several encounters with Yelu Cha Huchi in Hezhou, he came to Broken Leaves, and Yelu Cha Kuchi happened to recognize him.

Later, after talking, I found that I could speak, and I became familiar with each other.

At that moment, he went to the city gate as a messenger, and assumed his identity. The guard learned that he was the son of the prime minister and the messenger of Khorasan. After some weighing, they took him into the city with a hanging basket.

I haven't been back for many years, and the state city has not changed much before leaving. It's just that the market is not as lively as it used to be. It could be a war, or maybe it was something else. Bayingeleng was only a little complicated in his heart, and followed the footsteps of the guards into the outer city, the inner city, and then to the tall and majestic imperial city.

On the other hand, Li Chengji ordered the army to camp outside the city, and was not in a hurry to attack the city. Of course, it is also because of the height of the city of Hezhou, so he is not willing to attack with brute force. waited for the artillery to be brought from Alimari, so that the Hui He, who toasted and did not eat and drink, also knew the power of Khorasan.