Just when the bald Hutai was drinking alone in the tent, Li Yan and his party finally came to the camp of the Nanliang army.

"Stop! What do you do? Nan Liang's Xianbei sergeant drew his sword and surrounded him, all of them glaring angrily.

Liang Xing saw that Xianbei people were about to raise their knives to cut if they disagreed, and hurriedly said: "Generals, move slowly, the old man is Liang Xing, the envoy of Jiuquan Gong, who sent an envoy to Gu Zang two years ago and met Guangwu Gong. Now I have come to ask to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and I would like to ask the general to give me a word. ”

"Then you wait, if you dare to move around, there will be no mercy." When the leading general heard that he was asking to see the bald Hutai, he didn't dare to be careless, so he immediately ordered his sergeants to take care of Li Yan and his party.

Li Yan looked at the big camp in front of him, there was a deep trench dug in front of the camp, and there were horses that were rejected. Groups of Xianbei people in the large camp patrolled back and forth.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the envoy of Xiliang asks to see you." Outside the camp tent of the bald tiger, the general at the camp gate was bowing his head and reporting.

"Nope!" Two cold words came from inside the tent.

"Yes. The last will be retired. ”

"Come back! You mean the messenger of Xiliang? The bald tiger stood up and said.

The general, who was about to leave, walked into the tent and saw the empty wine jar and the broken bowl on the ground, and his heart was uneasy.

"Yes. His Royal Highness the Prince! At the gate of the camp, a messenger who claimed to be the Duke of Jiuquan was named Liang Xing, and said that he wanted to see His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"Liang Xing? It is true that there is such a person, two years ago he sent an envoy to Gu Zang on the occasion of his father's birthday, and you go and invite them in. The bald tiger looked down and thought about it, and then commanded the general in front of him.

"Yes! His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

"Come on, clean up the big tent!" The bald tiger commanded the sergeant outside the tent.

After a while, the big tent had been cleaned up, and then the messenger from Xiliang had been brought outside the tent.

"Xiliang's envoy Liang Xing has seen His Royal Highness the Prince." Liang Xinghe and Li Yan behind him clasped their fists at the bald tiger platform and said.

"The messenger does not need to be polite, please be seated. I wonder why the messenger is here? ”

The bald Hutai motioned for Liang Xing to sit down, and Li Yan stood beside him.

"Liang came here, first, to visit His Royal Highness the Prince; The second is to take advantage of Daoxi County to envoy to the Jin Kingdom. I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will forgive me. Liang Xing said and got up and saluted the bald tiger platform.

"Oh? The envoy is polite, the Duke of Jiuquan has an alliance with my father, and it doesn't matter if the envoy wants to borrow Daoxi County. It's just that over the years, the court of the Jin Kingdom has been in turmoil, and the traitorous ministers are in charge, and now the Jin Emperor himself is difficult to protect, why do he still send envoys to the Jin Kingdom? ”

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, my Daliang Jiuquan Duke has been a minister of the Jin State for generations, and he should be presented to the imperial court, although some things have happened in the Jin State over the years, but the Duke of Jiuquan is still the minister of the Jin State. So~"

"In that case, then you will stay here tonight, and I will personally send the messenger out of Xijun early tomorrow morning. Come, bring the messenger down and rest. The bald tiger stood up and said.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Prince, Liang Xing is grateful." Liang Xing said excitedly.

"It's okay, it's just that my army is heavily guarded, if the envoy has nothing else to do, don't walk at will, otherwise the brothers in the camp may accidentally injure the envoy." The bald tiger tai smiled and reminded Liang Xingdao by the way.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rest assured, Liang Xing will retire." Liang Xing and Li Yan walked out of the big tent, and then a sergeant took Li Yan and his party to a corner of the camp tent overgrown with grass.

Li Yan didn't care, anyway, it was better than sleeping in the wild.

In the tent, after Han Qian settled the Blood Wolf Guard, he walked in.

"Childe, you said that this Prince Nanliang will not be unfavorable to us, right? Now there are Xianbei people everywhere outside the tent watching us and others, in case~" Han Qian's face was full of worry.

"It doesn't matter, if the bald tiger wants to be unfavorable to us, the knife and axe man who was just outside his tent has already rushed in, so why bother so much. Brother Han can sleep in peace. I'm going to be on my way tomorrow. Li Yan lay in the tent and prepared to sleep in his clothes, and after a night's journey, he was now extremely sleepy.

Then Han Qian withdrew from the tent, although what Li Yan said was reasonable, but Han Qian didn't dare to be careless at all, and arranged for the Blood Wolf Guards to take turns on duty.

Qilian County.

Less than twenty miles north of the county seat is a long and narrow valley called Sunset Valley. Every day, the sun sets over the west side of the valley, and over time it is called Sunset Valley. This is the only channel for Qilian to communicate with Zhangye and Linsong. The valley is flanked by high mountains and dense forests, with thorns.

At this time, the whole valley was silent, and on weekdays hundreds of birds chirped in the valley, but now it was so quiet that only the sound of their own breathing could be heard.

"Lord Taishou, I've been keeping watch here all night, so the people of the Xiliang Mission should have already passed, or they should have taken a detour."

On the top of the valley, there were hundreds of soldiers in ambush, all of them holding longbows and crossbows, and at this moment a man in armor knelt in front of an old man with a white beard, and his speech and demeanor were very respectful.

"Shut up! If you miss the king's errand, you will be severely punished! The old man stroked his beard with one hand and pointed at the man in front of him with the other and scolded angrily.

"Yes! Taishou-sama. The last will obey! The man in armor hurriedly kowtowed to the old man in front of him and said.

"Go ahead. If you dare to let a bird go, watch your head. ”

The old man was Qilian Taishou Xu Xian, who followed Duan Ye, the king of Beiliang, and later joined the service of Fuqu Mengxun. Just last night, Xu Xian received a secret letter from Zhang Ye and Qu Mengxun, ordering him to pay attention to the Xiliang Mission, set up an ambush in advance, and be sure to annihilate the Xiliang Mission.

After Xu Xian received the secret letter, he led a battalion of sergeants guarding the county town to set up an ambush here, which was the only way to enter Qilian, in order to be able to annihilate the Xiliang Mission, Xu Xian ordered the sergeant to bring a strong crossbow, and now wait for the Xiliang Mission to enter the valley.

"General Tohemu, I've been on the road for a day and a night, and I've rested for a few hours in Chiquan, so in my opinion, it's better to rest here for a while. You see, the brothers are also tired. Zang Mozi gasped and said to Tuohemu with a fist.

"General Fuguo, have you forgotten the king's orders? They have been chasing all night, and Li Yan and his party have already planted their wings and cannot escape. ”

Tuohemu's hoarse and gloomy voice, Zang Mo's scalp tingled when he heard it, and when he thought of the words of Frustrated Qu Mengxun, Zang Mo'er was shocked, and the whole person was much more sober.

"Huh. General Tohemu, the general is just talking, talking. Let's continue on our way. Passing through the Sunset Valley in front of you, you will arrive at Qilian, and it is estimated that Li Yan's kid is not far ahead. Ha ha! Zang Mozi hugged his fists and said with a smile.

"Let's go! After entering Qilian, I immediately ordered the four gates to be blocked, and this time I want to see where the Xiliang mission can escape. ”

"Yes! Checkmate! ”