The sun was about to set, and Lu Dongzan was riding on horseback, looking very desolate. This day's rapid march made him look very haggard, in addition to often worrying about whether Li Hong sent someone to pursue him, he also had to worry about whether Zhuo Mi was loyal to him and whether he had two hearts. After galloping like this for a day, Lu Dongzan looked very tired.

"Zhuomi, where have we been?" Lu Dongzan asked as hard as he could. Zhuomi replied, "Daxiang, it's almost time to reach the Miro River. ”

"How far is it?" Lu Dongzan asked. There is no one who knows the Miro River better than him, so Lu Dongzan knows very well that as long as he enters the Miro River, no matter how powerful Li Hong is, he is not afraid. Because the Miro River Gobi is very desolate and uneven, it is easy to be embarrassed and easy to ambush. For Lu Dongzan, who is very familiar with the Miro River, as long as he enters the Miro River, Li Hong will send 100,000 troops, and he can also guarantee that they will be annihilated at the Miro River.

"Speed up the march and rest when we are in the Milo." Lu Dongzan said in a low voice.

"Yes, Prime Minister." Zhuo Mi received the order, and was about to give an order, when he saw more than a dozen war horses rushing out from the east, west, north, and south directions, and rushed towards them quickly. Seeing these cavalrymen appear, a bad thought flashed in Zhuomi's heart. Because these cavalry were scouts sent by him, and now that the scouts are acting so flustered, they must have encountered the enemy.

"Report, Prime Minister, we have found the enemy in front of us, and the number is about 20,000." A scout reported.

"Great Minister, we have found the enemy in the rear, and the number is about forty thousand." Another scout replied.

"Great Minister, the enemy has been found on our right, and the number is about twenty thousand."

"Great Minister, the enemy has been found on our left, and the number is about 20,000."

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As the scouts continued to report on the enemy's situation, Lu Dongzan's face became more and more gloomy. It was fine just now, why did so many enemies appear all at once?

"Is it the cavalry of the Tang Army?". Zhuo Mi hurriedly asked.

"No, their costumes are colorful, and their war horses are majestic, and they seem to be from the Western Regions." A scout replied.

"Are you sure that all the cavalry that appeared around us were cavalry from the Western Regions, and there were no cavalry from the Tang Dynasty?" Zhuo Mi asked solemnly.

"Sure." The scouts replied dryly.

"Lookout, something is wrong!" Zhuo Mi said to Lu Dongzan, "When did the people of the Western Regions join us in the war with the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Lu Dongzan's face had turned pale, he didn't speak, and continued to be silent. Seeing that Lu Dongzan didn't speak, Zhuo Mi didn't dare to speak again. The scene suddenly became a little depressing, even in the open grassland, people could feel that the atmosphere was very dull.

Lu Dongzan didn't speak, but his men were in a hurry, now there were enemies in all directions, and they should run as soon as possible, and if they were fighting, they should react, so what was going on.

"Great Minister—" Zhuo Mi couldn't help but shout.

"Don't panic, this must be the reinforcements invited by Li Hong. However, the Tang Dynasty implemented a high-pressure policy in the Western Regions, especially when Wang Fangyi became the governor of the Western Regions, his attitude became even tougher, forcing the people of the Western Regions to learn Chinese, speak Chinese, and wear Tang clothes. The nobles of the Western Regions were very angry about this, but they dared not speak out. Now they are sending troops to encircle and suppress us, probably out of desperation. I'll talk to them later, maybe I can reach an agreement with them, and in turn trick Li Hong. Lu Dongzan said.

Seeing that Lu Dongzan was so sure, Zhuo Mi no longer worried about anything, but ordered, "You go back and continue to investigate, don't do anything with their scouts, we will continue to march." ”

"Yes." The scouts departed.

The army continued to move forward, nearly half a pillar of incense time, Lu Dongzan noticed that a black line appeared in the sky in front of him, the black line slowly thickened, and gradually the city became a black dot, and then a distance forward, he saw clearly the cavalry that appeared in front of him, the decoration was colorful, the horses were as powerful as the might, and the knights were murderous, and he was indeed the cavalry of the Western Regions, and he was sharp-eyed, and he knew at a glance that the largest number of people in this cavalry team was the Loulan Iron Cavalry.

Moreover, it was in this cavalry that he also recognized Ah Man, the nephew of the king of Loulan.

Lu Dongzan had been to the Western Regions before, and he had also been to Loulan Kingdom, so he would know the dear nephew of the King of Loulan.

When the cavalry of the two sides was six hundred paces apart, they took the initiative to stop.

Lu Dongzan was sure that the cavalry of the Western Regions appeared in front of him, and he was sure that he knew the chief general of this cavalry, so he immediately sent someone to spread the word, saying that he wanted to talk to the main general of the other army. Zhuo Mi stepped forward and communicated with the other party in Chinese, and only after getting the other party's approval did he return to his home camp and inform Lu Dongzan of the result. Because of the strength of the Tang Dynasty, the generals of the Western Regions all know some Chinese.

Lu Dongzan did not hesitate, it was a matter of his life, he couldn't delay any longer, so he rode to the front of the two armies under the escort of Zhuo Mi.

There are also two generals in the opponent's formation, in addition to Aman, there is also a Tang military general with an elegant temperament. Lu Dongzan thought that this was Aman's translation, but he didn't care about him.

The two sides were only a hundred paces apart, and they stopped and did not continue on.

"The general is the nephew of King Loulan?" Lu Dongzan opened his mouth and asked, his tone was quite respectful, he didn't have the domineering spirit of being the prime minister of Tubo at all, and now his life was in the hands of others, and he couldn't allow Lu Dongzan to pretend to be forced to play like before.

"Are you Tubo Lu Dongzan?" Ah Man was not polite to Lu Dongzan, but shouted by his name.

Lu Dongzan's face changed several times, but he still couldn't help but not get angry, but forced a smile on his face, "Yes, it's the true appearance." I don't know what General Aman led his army to appear here for? ”

"Naturally, it's for you, Tubo Prime Minister." A Man smiled, "If we catch you and hand it over to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, we will get a lot of benefits, and we can also make friends with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, if we don't do such a good business, who will do it?" ”

"May I ask General Aman, what benefits did Li Hong promise you?" Lu Dongzan began to get serious, he knew that his words alone would not impress Aman.

"Actually, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty did not give us benefits, and we did this just to fulfill our obligations as a subject country of the Tang Dynasty." A Man said honestly, they sent troops to support Li Hong, but Wang Fangyi forced the army to be recruited.

Since Lu Dongzan Aman said this, he was already determined to arrest him, he groaned for a while and said, "General Aman, Datang has not given you benefits, this is too unfair to you, although our Tubo is not a big country, but we are also willing to show our sincerity to deal with you, you see if you give Benxiang a way." ”

"What sincerity?" Ah Man's eyes lit up, and he asked with a very coveted look.

"One million taels of silver, ten thousand war horses, what do you think?" Lu Dongzan said.

Silver is nothing to Loulan, their country is full of gold, and there is still a lack of such a little silver? The key is the war horses, Loulan is a small area, and there is no large grassland, and their war horses are all bought from the surrounding Turks. But the war horses of the Tubo people were very expensive, and they were not willing to sell them more, and they did not have many war horses to form cavalry, so they only formed 13,000 elite cavalry.

Now Lu Dongzan is 10,000 war horses as soon as he makes a move, which is something that gold can't buy for Loulan, and Lu Dongzan believes that Aman will definitely be moved.

However, to Lu Dongzan's disappointment, Ah Man was unmoved, still silent, and seemed to be waiting for Lu Dongzan to continue to raise the price.

"Fifteen thousand war horses, what does General Aman think?"

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"20,000 war horses, is General Aman satisfied?".

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"30,000 war horses, can't there be more, what does General Aman think?" Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth and said, today's Aman is definitely ready to slaughter him!

But Aman still didn't speak, and he didn't even nod his head.

Lu Dongzan was furious, you are not satisfied with the 30,000 war horses, how many more do you want, so he asked, "What does General Aman mean?" ”

Ah Man smiled, "Lu Dongzan, should you know how many men and horses our thirty-six countries in the Western Regions have dispatched to arrest you this time?" 100,000 Iron Riders. 100,000 iron horsemen arrested you, and you gave out 30,000 war horses in order to sell your life, do you think I can be satisfied? ”。

"And how much do you want?" Lu Dongzan gasped, for his own sake of 100,000 iron horses, Lu Dongzan no longer dared to imagine that he had forcibly broken through Aman's defense, otherwise he could only wait for death.

"At least 100,000 war horses." Ah Man said lightly.

"Impossible." Lu Dongzan said kindly, but he realized that his words were too strong, so he said in a tactful tone, "We don't have so many war horses in Tubo now. ”

"Nope. Then don't blame us for being polite. Aman said in a stern tone.

Lu Dongzan was furious, "Aman, your Loulan is just a small country, if you dare to lead the army to arrest the prime minister today, aren't you afraid of our Tubo's retaliation?" I am not afraid that when the time comes, our Tibetan army will take revenge and kill you in Loulan, destroy your country, and slaughter your nation. ”

Since you can't be tempted, you can only coerce.

Who called Loulan too small, and Tubo is many, much stronger than Loulan.

"Lu Dongzan, are you sure you're talking to me?" Ah Man asked with interest.

"Why, isn't Benxiang worthy to talk to you?" Lu Dongzan coldly reprimanded, for the sake of a way out today, he was very polite to Aman, if it was placed before, he would never be so polite to His Majesty the Tang Emperor.

"Yes, you don't deserve it." "Because you don't have the ability." ”

"Aman, you—" Lu Dongzan roared in annoyance.

"Ludongzan Province saves effort." Before Lu Dongzan's words were finished, the elegant military general beside Ah Man suddenly spoke, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants your life, who do you think can save you?" ”

"You are?" Lu Dongzan asked in surprise, he didn't know why this Tang general dared to speak to him in a tougher tone than A Man.

"I am Wang Fangyi, the Governor of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty." Wang Fangyi said lightly.

"What?" Lu Dongzan was taken aback, he couldn't believe what he heard at all, he tempted A Man in front of the Governor of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, and let A Man let him go only one way, isn't this looking for death. In this case, it is strange that Ah Man promised himself. Thinking of this, Lu Dongzan was dizzy, and he almost fell off his horse.