Chapter 125: Mission Impossible

An easy fire, not only did the Liao cavalry not get any effective supplies, but also made Yelu Xiuke, who was racing against time, have to order the whole army to repair all night.

This gave the Great Xia army enough time to retreat, according to the original plan of Anyi, as long as the green battalions of Long'an and Chengdu quickly withdrew from the first line of heaven, and then took the canyon, plus the Long'an Mansion that was already fortified, the cavalry under his Yelu Xiuke could fight well, and they could only sigh with admiration.

But

The battle-hardened Yelu Xiuke also realized this, and the fruitless ending was definitely not acceptable to him, so he found the Xu Xiaoyuan found in Long'an Mansion,

"Your Highness Yelu, are you looking for the old man?"

Xu Xiaoyuan also found that people in the army called Yelu Xiu Ke His Royal Highness, coupled with his unique surname, it must be related to the royal family, so Xu Xiaoyuan also changed his words with interest.

Yelu Xiuke in the big tent of the Chinese army motioned to Xu Xiaoyuan to sit down and asked him: "I called Mr. to come, and I didn't mean anything else, I just wanted to ask clearly, does Mr. Xu really treat us Liao people as friends?" ”

Xu Xiaoyuan didn't know that this Yelu Xiuke took great pains to call him over, and asked what such a sentence meant, he glanced at the guards holding long axes on both sides, and said meaningfully: "Your Highness, you don't plan to cross the river and tear down the bridge, right?" ”

"Mr. Xu misunderstood."

Yelu Xiuke smiled at him again, and stretched out his hand to signal the fierce guards beside him to withdraw from the camp: "I want Mr. Xu to help me be a messenger, I don't know what I think?" ”

"Your Highness is planning to send me to negotiate with Zeng Ziren?"

Yelu Xiuke nodded, "That's right, you are all Han Chinese, you help me convey it to Zeng Ziren, just say that in three days, I will lead the army to personally attack the first line of heaven, hoping that he can set up an ambush there on time at that time." ”

"Your Highness means ........."

Xu Xiaoyuan was a little puzzled, how could there be any reason to ask others to set up an ambush?

"Don't tell the old gentleman that according to the investigation of my sentry horseman, there are two roads to go from the Qingchuan River to Chengdu, one of which was originally very spacious and could be used by the army, but I don't know who blocked it by a boulder and a wood, and it was impassable.

The other is a line of heavenly canyon, the middle of this canyon is long and narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the Xia army is blocked by boulders, it will never reach Chengdu.

Therefore, I want to ask the old gentleman to walk for me, as long as I can persuade Zeng Ziren to make up his mind to set up an ambush instead of directly blocking the road, I will have a way to pass. ”

If according to what Yelu Xiuke said, Xu Xiaoyuan went to Zeng Ziren as an envoy of the Liao people, once he showed his face, whether he succeeded or not, he would never be able to return to Daxia.

Yelu Xiuke also saw what Xu Xiaoyuan was thinking, and added: "Old Mr. Xu, if this matter is done, then I can assure you that I will take you back to Liao Country together, and with the talent of Mr. Xu, the festival of our Liao State is still not considered a condescending talent, right?" ”

The condition he offered was already quite tempting for Xu Xiaoyuan.

According to the local system of the Liao Dynasty, the envoy of the state capital is equivalent to the political envoy of the province of the Great Xia Dynasty, which is a local official, Rao is this Xu Xiaoyuan has been an official for a lifetime, but he has not even touched the edge of the prefect, let alone the political envoy.

Xu Xiaoyuan knew in his heart that although it seemed that Yelu Xiu could negotiate terms with him, in fact, he had no way out, if he took the opportunity to escape or turn back on the water during the mission, then Yelu Xiu could completely reveal his previous participation in the Battle of the Qingchuan River to the Great Xia Dynasty, it would definitely be a death.

If he refuses Jerusuk's terms and does not send a mission, then the sword and axe that he has just deliberately shown him will be recalled by Jerushuke and used on him again.

Rebellion and rejection are death, in fact, only according to what Jeruxiu said, can he survive.

"Since His Highness takes such a fancy to me, then if I refuse, wouldn't I just toast and not eat and drink? The old man obeyed his orders. ”

Xu Xiaoyuan bowed towards Yelu Xiuke and said,

Yelu Xiu was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up to bypass the handsome case, like the etiquette between the Han people, and gently held up Xu Xiaoyuan's slightly heavy arms, "As long as the old gentleman helps me get this done, in the future, you will be a friend of my Liao Dynasty royal family!" I will give you the glory, wealth, brocade and food that you will never see in Daxia in your life! ”

"Thank you, Your Highness! The old man went from now on. ”

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Day 1

A glimmer of sky canyons

When Anyi arrived at the First Line of Sky Canyon, Lin Muzhi and the guard battalion had already arrived in advance.

According to his instructions, Meng Qi had already taken the men and horses of the pioneer battalion to prepare rolling stones and trees on the cliffs on both sides of the first-line sky, and when Pei Zhenfeng's pioneer battalion and Zeng Ziren's men and horses passed, they could block the first-line sky.

An Yi is still very cautious to let Lin Muzhi take the guard battalion to fortify the valley mouth in the south, and in case of an emergency, he can also block the sky at both ends.

Pei Zhenfeng took the pioneer battalion, and because it was the last to withdraw from the Qingchuan River, the time to reach the first line was also the latest.

Standing comfortably on the canyon and seeing Pei Zhenfeng's figure Although it was almost dusk, he was still very happy, after all, most of his men and horses had withdrawn from the battlefield intact.

But

Pei Zhenfeng still brought him bad news,

Zeng Ziren gathered troops at Huling and stopped.

"What? What is he going to do? ”

Every time he planned, Zeng Ziren came up with a certain situation,

But he can't ignore Zeng Ziren and directly block the first line of heaven, in that case, it is equivalent to a death sentence for him and the green camp of Long'an Mansion, it is the empty plain of Fox Ridge, Zeng Ziren can take a head and touch Yelu Xiu?

If the whole army is wiped out because of this Zeng Ziren, then he can't get out of it, disobeying orders on the battlefield, escaping from the battle, and abandoning his comrades, which is enough to ask for his head.

Therefore, he must take Zeng Ziren and the people of Long'an Mansion to spend a line of heaven together.

"Let's go! In the canyon, it was handed over to Meng Qi, Zhenfeng and I went to the Fox Ridge Fortress, and told Lin Muzhi that before I came back, not even a bird could let it fly over! ”

After An Yi explained the matters here, he followed Pei Zhenfeng, took more than 100 cavalry, and flew to Fox Ridge.

Fox Ridge Fortress

Zeng Ziren stopped, of course, not without reason,

Xu Xiaoyuan, who was instructed by Yelu Xiuke, had already seen him,

Xu Xiaoyuan told Zeng Ziren that he had been captured by the Liao army because he was forced to do so, and he ran out while the Liao people were unprepared, and revealed to Zeng Ziren that the Liao army had broken through the first line three days later, hoping to atone for his crimes, and after the war was over, the court would not pursue him.

This made Zeng Ziren's heart inevitably itch a little, this is different from the Five Grains Sect, what kind of credit does it take to completely annihilate Yelu Xiuke's troops? The northwest is fighting against the Liao, he has a first victory here, not to mention the official reinstatement, if the old emperor is happy, he may have everything to do!

Therefore, when he learned from Pei Zhenfeng that An Yi wanted to block the first line of heaven to reject the Liao people and urge him to cross the valley quickly, he was rejected by him, and he warmly entertained Xu Xiaoyuan, promising that as long as this matter can be done, not only will he not be held accountable for surrendering, but he will also come forward and promote him to Zhu Zongchen as the prefect of Long'an.

After listening to what Zeng Ziren said, An Yi didn't believe a word of what Xu Xiaoyuan said, he suppressed the fire in his heart, and said to Zeng Ziren patiently: "First of all, this Xu Xiaoyuan, an old man who is almost old, may not even be able to ride a horse, how did he escape from the Liao Military Mansion?" Besides, this Yelu Xiuke is not a fool, and it is okay to tell a Han man about his strategy, but after this person still ran away, he still attacked the first line of heaven according to the original plan, is it possible? ”

In fact, he also wanted to add a sentence at the end, "You think everyone is like you?" But after all, I came to talk about things, and I was afraid of causing conflicts, so I finally held back in my stomach.

However, it turns out that the contradiction between An Yi and Zeng Ziren does not need to be caused at all, as if it was innate.

Zeng Ziren slapped the table and said angrily: "Comfort! Do I need you to educate me? I haven't bothered with you about your subordinates not listening to the dispatch, and now that you are in charge of my people, are your hands stretched too far! ”

An Yi is naturally not a mud temper, and said-for-tat: "In the battle of Qingchuan River, the situation is unclear, you sent troops to join the battlefield without authorization, what is the final outcome?" Not all annihilated? It's all now, obviously the Liao people are going to Chengdu, they came from afar, and they haven't received supplies from our two big camps, and now I'm afraid they're going to burn their eyebrows, why do you have to fight them hard at this time? ”

"You still have the face to say! You ignored my military orders and refused to support, which led to the annihilation of the cavalry battalion, and I tell you, when this battle is over, I must go to the battlefield to disobey your orders! ”

An Yi looked at Zeng Ziren, who was thunderous, and sneered, "I support you?" What supports you? Annihilated with you? If I hadn't given you the news, would you be able to cross this Qingchuan River now! ”

Zeng Ziren swept all the scrolls, teacups, and square inkstones on the handsome case to the ground with a flick of his sleeves, and pointed at An Yi with a trembling finger: "Yes!" It's fucking because of you, Lao Tzu is now demoted by one level! You've done a killer to me, I'm going to get it back sooner or later! ”

An Yi said even more disdainfully: "Then fucking blame yourself!" Don't you have nothing to do with every day? Can you mix yourself up into a commanding acquaintance? I also have to go to the inspector to visit me, okay! Come on! Let's try the three divisions again, Lao Tzu will make you a deputy general of the garrison! ”

Several generals and garrison generals of the surrounding Long'an Mansion, as well as Pei Zhenfeng behind An Yi, were completely stunned, one of these two people was the commander of the army, and the other was the deputy commander of the army.

Zeng Ziren couldn't bear it anymore in the end, and pulled out the saber on his waist with a "bang".

"Arrest Comfort for me!"

"Boom!"

An Yi also pulled out the short sword on his waist, pointed the tip of the sword straight at Zeng Ziren, and shouted around:

"I see which of you dares!"

The guards around him looked at each other like the generals present, not to mention that the actual position commander and the garrison general were also four grades, and the Nanshan case also made An Yi's murderous reputation far away, plus Pei Zhenfeng behind him put the steel gun in his hand so horizontally, no one dared to step forward at all.

"Then you can do it yourself!"

An Yi saw that Zeng Ziren couldn't listen to him at all, so he didn't plan to stay here, put away the short sword in his hand, and took Pei Zhenfeng with his sleeves.

"My lord, do you think we should send someone to Chengdu and then transfer the Chinese military camp back to hold the first line of heaven?"

Pei Zhenfeng followed behind the comfortable horse and asked,

An Yi thought about it, but still shook his head, "Bet all the bets on the first line of the sky, the risk is too great, you send a sentry to inform Jiang Ruyue of the situation quickly, let him go to Ying Shu, and then mobilize Zhu Zongchen through Ying Shu, so that Chengdu can fully prepare for war!" ”

"Understood!"