Tao Kan sat at the meeting place that had been arranged, watching more than ten horses gallop from afar.

Here it comes.

Sure enough, it came.

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, but the tea cup in his hand shook out of nowhere.

The meeting place on the hillside was tightly arranged, and there were many knives and guns, which was originally just Tao Kan could show his solemnity, but at this time he was afraid of scaring people away. Suddenly, more than a dozen horsemen had rushed down the slope, and after a while, Zhang Tietou was already holding a horsewhip and only brought one person up, without a piece of armor on his body, three points of smile, seven points of arrogance. Tao Kan got up from the table, greeted him for a long time, and then received him and greeted the honored guests. Zhang Tietou was polite to him, but he sat on the top of the head, sat on the head, Erlang's legs were up, and he said arrogantly: "General Xiao Tao." What's wrong with you lately? There are a lot of incidents out of thin air, can't you control the shape of the state? ”

Tao Kan replied with a smile: "Let General Zhang smile, someone in the court mentioned that he wanted to take back the plain, and he has already sent a note to you Dongxia, so naturally some people in the state can't wait...... This is not within the reach of this general, you have to understand the difficulties of this general, if you are not tough, naturally some people will criticize it, it is tough, there is friction, no, General Zhang will also ask me to explain. Zhang Tietou smiled, and the only trace of strictness dissipated.

Tao Kan poured the wine, handed it over to Zhang Tietou, raised his head and drank it all.

Tao Kan said again: "Originally, I only drank tea, but I was afraid that I would fall into the name of cowardice in front of the general, so I met here, but I didn't dare to entertain me with tea." I heard that the king of Dongxia rarely drank alcohol, and in recent years he has studied the tea ceremony, I wonder if the general likes wine or tea? ”

Zhang Tietou didn't expect him to not mention business at all, just chatting, thinking that it was just as he said, he was afraid of being caught in the trap, and he was afraid that people would think he was weak, so he drank and chatted about tea here, when the two clashed, he suddenly changed a fierce expression, and asked: "You want to drink, I drink with you, you want to drink tea, I drink tea with you, you want to fight, I fight with you...... How? Whatever you want, I dare to take it. I am going to go on a northern expedition in Eastern Xia, this is not a secret, but the strength of the northern expedition and the shortness of the victory, can General Xiao Tao consider it? ”

Tao Kan nodded, raised his glass and asked, "Just drink tea slowly, General Zhang, please." ”

The two exchanged drinks.

Talking a lot, drinking too little, even so, a pound of water and wine is about to run out, Tao Kan asked with advice: "Tao is shy in charge of the military of a state, in addition to other moderation, so far he has done nothing, and he is extremely unwilling...... So I asked the general to consider something for me. ”

Zhang Tietou asked: "If you want to talk about it, ask for advice." ”

Tao Kan stood up, bowed and said, "Please." ”

Zhang Tietou was full of vanity, and said with a smile: "Then I will answer you truthfully." ”

Tao Kan asked coldly: "What will I do in the end, so that the king of your country will return the Northern Plain to my Jingkang." ”

Zhang Tietou shook his head, suspecting that he hadn't heard clearly. Tao Kan repeated: "The public opinion in the country is like fire, and the end of the day and night will be roasted on the fire, so I have to ask the general what to do, and your country will return the Northern Plains...... If we can exchange, we will use the conditions to exchange, right? ”

Zhang Tietou solemnized and shook his head.

After a while, he said: "When the king came back, the northern plain was just a wasteland, except for some herdsmen, people were very rare, and now it is as lush as the pearl of the continent, have you ever seen a sparrow borrowed and a horse returned?" Therefore, no matter what you do or what conditions you want to use, it is impossible to pay you back. For the sake of your honest advice, I advise you to write to your court and don't ask for it. I heard that the king is already saving up money and wants to pay for it, so let's discuss the price. ”

Taukan said bitterly: "If you want to come back, you can only fight? ”

Zhang Tietou said with certainty: "You can only fight." ”

As soon as Tao Kan stretched out his hand, he asked for a bamboo tube, and began to pour it out in front of Zhang Tietou, poured it for a while, poured out a shaft of holy decree, and said in Zhang Tietou's uncertainties: "His Majesty the Emperor has announced the recovery of Princess He's fief, and Princess He returned to the capital and disobeyed him...... Alas, it was also because she was her own husband. ”

Zhang Tietou gradually tasted the taste, and shouted: "Tao Kan." What do you want? ”

"Since there is only one way to recover the Northern Plains," said Taukan, "there is only one way to recover the Northern Plains, so let's fight with the general...... The general has been offended by being a prisoner under the Kan Steps. ”

Zhang Tietou was taken aback, got up and drew his sword, and the soldiers swarmed and pressed a ring of steel knives around his neck.

Although Zhang Tietou was full of turmoil in his heart, he re-examined the Tao Kan in front of him, but calmed down, laughed and said: "You provoked a war, didn't you really think about its price?" Now that I have hundreds of thousands of armor in Dongxia, that is, you have a million army, and the outcome is unpredictable, do you really dare to hold me hostage and forcibly take the Northern Plain? He added, "Do you think that if you take me hostage, you will be able to retake the Northern Plains?" The notoriety of treachery, you Jingkang can't wash it off when you carry it, do you think you can act recklessly? ”

Tao Kan laughed and said, "General Zhang." The war was fought first by you, Dongxia. You don't know yet, but your general Diaxiao has captured the city of Gaonu......"

Zhang Tietou thought about it and yelled: "This is impossible." ”

"Have you just received his letter and judged that he will not deliver it to you after the fight?" Before I saw you, I rushed back from Dengzhou six hundred miles in one night, and I can tell you that he has already started, and maybe today, he will capture Gaonu, and then march to Shangjun, but he will be surrounded by my Jingkang army...... A few days ago, the soldiers of the Western Expedition had retreated one after another, opening a big net for him. ”

Tao Kan looked at Zhang Tietou and found that the other party's eyes were still in disbelief, so he said again: "That's right." He wouldn't make such a common-sense mistake. But if he is surrounded by our Jingkang's spies, then it is not necessarily. There was someone in the city of Gaonu who claimed to be able to answer him, and the messenger to you was killed on the way, and the letter arrived four days late...... He was blindfolded, and he was surrounded by people whose hearts were in the court, and his ears and eyes had been broken. The news that your dark soul sent to him one after another could not reach him, he became blind, and even cutting off the way for Wang Shi to return to the east was planned by the imperial court and presented by other people's hands. ”

Zhang Tietou suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, could it be that this qiē is true? Or is it used by Taukan to break his confidence?

"Will it be so?" he asked. ”

Tao Kan smiled: "That's right. He hates Jingkang too much, and he believes in family affection too much. Wan Biao is also a talented person, his cousin. ”

Zhang Tietou sneered and said: "These are all secrets, why do you want to sue me and let me die blindly?" ”

Tao Kan shook his head and said: "I still hope that you know the current affairs, you can write letters to the generals, or you can write directly to your king, the purpose is just to let you withdraw from the plains, you conquer me, this outcome is unpredictable, sowing too many deep hatreds, please do a lot of fulfillment." ”

Zhang Tietou naturally won't just listen to him, but it is already a fact that he was detained.

He sneered, but threatened: "My 20,000 soldiers are already waiting for me, as long as I can't go back before sunset, you can wait for our Rui soldiers from Eastern Xia to fight under Weibo City." ”

Taukan shook his head and said, "We have forged an official letter, and someone has come to take over the Northern Plains...... Marching into the Northern Plains, just tonight. ”

After speaking, he smiled gloomily and walked away.

The slope has been fighting, and the roars of his comrades come from time to time, Zhang Tietou remembered the contempt before, and he was extremely annoyed, and laughed angrily.