"Yes, Bal Khan, we steppe warriors, how can we let the Chu cowards tease like this!!" "Balekhan, if this continues, the soldiers will not only not get rest, but will become more and more tired!! There are already some warriors in my Khitan single painting department who have fallen ill because their bodies can't support it!! "Bal Khan, those Chu cowards are not our opponents at all, let's attack the city now, teach those Chu cowards a lesson, and let them know that I, the steppe warriors, cannot be defeated by conspiracy alone. 【】”

"Yes!! Even if the sons and daughters are physically exhausted, it is more than enough to defeat the Chu people!! ”

Listening to the clamor of the Great Khan and the tribal leaders in the Great Khan's tent, as well as the dark circles on everyone's eyes, Bale's eyes flashed a trace of gloom, and he subconsciously touched his eyes, as if he was worried about whether his image at the moment would be so embarrassed.

"This guard of Shangyuan City is a cunning fox," I didn't expect that in addition to the Eight Sages Wang Tian Zheng, there would be such a figure among the Chu people. Balak thought back to what had happened in the past two days.

Balak thought, "I don't know, isn't it?" ”

In the more than three months since the war with the Chu Dynasty, although he has encountered countless Chu generals, the only person who can be seen by Bale is only Tian Zheng, the king of the Eight Sages.

Although relying on the danger of the Great Wall, it can withstand the 100,000 elite soldiers of the Di tribe for nearly a month, which can already explain a lot of things, such as if it were not for the later surprise attack of the Khitan, Xianbei, Murwei and other ethnic groups, Bale even doubted that he would not be able to set foot in the Chu realm in his life. However, in addition to the Eight Sages Wang Tian Zheng, Bale led the army to attack all the way, and the Chu civil and military officials he encountered were either too cowardly, too pedantic, or not able to understand military strategy, which made Bale feel that "Da Chu is no longer capable except for the Eight Sages Wang Tian Zheng".

At this moment, although the war in Shangyuan City had not officially begun, under the successive tricks of the defenders of Shangyuan City, the grassland coalition army actually killed and wounded nearly 40,000 soldiers in just one night, and forced the grassland coalition army not to dare to act rashly within a few days, and the losses were unprecedented.

It can be seen from this that the defenders of Shangyuan City faced this time, even if they are inferior to the Eight Sages Wang Tian Zheng in terms of military strategy, but for intrigues and tricks, they are far beyond them and cannot be underestimated.

"I'm afraid this battle won't be as easy as before." Thinking of this, Bale continued to frown.

After a moment of contemplation, when he saw that the people in the king's tent were already excited, Balak raised his hands and pressed them weakly.

The Great Khan's tent soon became quiet.

A hint of satisfaction flashed in Bale's eyes, and he said lightly: "I also understand your feelings, I am even more angry than you when I am teased like this by the people of Da Chu, but if the sons and daughters are not rested and are still physically and mentally exhausted, even if this Shangyuan City can be captured, the sons will be even more tired, and the damage at that time will be far greater than we imagined." Please also remember that for every 100 Chu people, there will be one grassland person, so before attacking the Chu people's Kyoto, we must try to preserve every ounce of strength. "Bal Khan, I also know what you said, but if the Chu people continue to harass like this, our sons and daughters will not get any news at all, but will become more and more tired, there is no difference between attacking the city now and attacking the city three days later!!" Yelu Axiao said angrily. Balak nodded and said in a deep voice, "I know that, too." In this way, we will wait for the camps of all ethnic groups to retreat three miles again and widen the distance from Shangyuan City. In addition, the heralds are instructed to bring earplugs to everyone when resting. In this way, whether it is the feint attack of the Chu people or the so-called "Fire Thunder Demon Bull" limited by distance, it can no longer affect us, and the rest of the sons and daughters can be guaranteed to the greatest extent. ”

After a pause, Bale continued: "However, just in case, between our camp and Shangyuan City, we must leave a small number of men to set up an outpost and monitor the every move of the Chu army, so as to prevent these cunning Chu people from turning from a feint attack into a real sneak attack. ”

After hearing Bale's words, the eyes of the leaders of the Great Khan flashed with helplessness.

In their opinion, Bale's arrangement is no different from showing weakness to the Chu people, but Bale's strength is far superior to them, so they can only helplessly respond.

After some more deliberation on the details, the council was over.

However, just as the leaders of the Great Khan were about to leave, Bu Xiangen, the leader of Xixianbei, hesitated, suddenly stood up, bowed to Bale, and said: "Bal Khan, my Xixianbei clan is now completely destroyed, and the sons and daughters don't even have a place to rest, the fire, the grain and grass have also burned a lot, which is quite difficult, the Di tribe is strong, and the losses suffered in that bombing camp are the least. ”

After hearing Bu Xiangen's words, the Great Khan's tent suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Bu Xiangen thoughtfully. The eyes are weird.

In this bombing camp, among all ethnic groups, the Xixianbei clan suffered the heaviest losses, and most of the 20,000 soldiers who came from the tribe died overnight in the bombing camp, and the decline of the Xixianbei clan was almost doomed.

But what makes the other ethnic groups excited is that although the warriors of Xixianbei have lost more than half, their grasslands, cattle and sheep, women and children are still living in the northern grasslands intact.

In this case, the remaining warriors of Xixianbei naturally die as much as possible, and who is willing to be merciful to help the Xixianbei clan who are almost destined to be annexed?

Even the reasons are ready-made, all ethnic groups in the bombing camp have losses, and they are powerless to take care of it, and Bu Xiangen cannot blame it.

After all, the steppe people have never lacked warriors, but women and children, cattle and sheep, and grasslands.

However, just when the leaders of the Great Khan were waiting for Bale's refusal, they saw Bale groaning slightly, then nodded and said: "The Di and Xianbei clans have intersected for generations, and this joint battle with the Chu people is even more identical, I naturally will not watch the Xixianbei clan suffer, and please rest assured that although the grain and grass of my Di clan is not much, it is still okay to give some to Xixianbei, which is enough to support me when we break through Shangyuan City." As for the tent of the marching camp, if I let my sons squeeze it, I can also vacate two thousand sheets, and lend them to the Great Khan of Bu Xiangen first. ”

After hearing Bale's words, everyone was stunned, including Bu Xiangen.

He proposed to Bale to borrow grain and camp tents, he was just doing his best to obey the destiny of heaven, what kind of state Xi Xianbei was in at this time, and what kind of thoughts the leaders of various tribes had, he was naturally clear, but he didn't expect that Balak would agree so happily, and his shot was even more generous beyond imagination.

After a while, Bu Xiangen finally reacted, his face was happy, he bowed deeply to Bale, and said in a cry: "Thank you Bal Jia Khan, the kindness of the Di clan, my Xixian Bei clan will remember it forever." Old Bale nodded with a smile, his expression was full of politeness, and said: "Bu Xiangen Great Khan is polite, you and I are brothers, and it is right to help each other." As he spoke, Bale suddenly changed his words and said: "However, Xi Xianbei's losses this time are so heavy, and the remaining soldiers are less than 10,000, and it is inevitably a little difficult to independently surround the north of Shangyuan City. In this way, while subsidizing the Xixianbei grain and grass camp, I will send 5,000 soldiers to support outside the Xixianbei garrison, and obey the orders of the Great Khan of Bu Xiangen at any time, what does the Great Khan of Bu Xiangen think? Although he was asking, looking at Bale's face, such a suggestion could not be rejected by Bu Xiangen.

On the other side, after hearing Bale's words, Bu Xiangen's face changed, while the others all showed a sudden expression. Bale wants to take advantage of this opportunity to control the remnants of Xixianbei with grain and grass military funds.

Thinking of this, the leaders of the Great Khans of all ethnic groups were naturally not far behind. "That's right, this time to attack Chu, we and other clans are one, since we can't just watch Xixianbei suffer, so let's do it, my Khitan clan can also take out 300 loads of grain and grass and 500 tents, as well as 2,000 soldiers to support Bu Xiangen Great Khan." "My Murowei clan can divide two hundred loads of grain and grass and three hundred tents, as well as five hundred soldiers to support Xixianbei." As the words of everyone in the Great Khan's tent fell, Bale's brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of obscurity flashed in his eyes, but Bu Xiangen's face was already pale.

"Go and send someone to find out who is leading the army in this Shangyuan City." After the leaders of the Great Khan had retreated, Balak pondered for a moment and then suddenly commanded his attendants.

At the same time, in Shangyuan City, Xiao Mozheng and a group of civil and military officials gathered in the main hall of the Taishou Mansion in Shangyuan City, and the sand table deduced the upcoming war.

The kind of sand table that covers hundreds of miles in the later generations is naturally not something that Xiao Mo can make today, in fact, in this era, a rough map is a treasure that cannot be taken away.

However, it would not be difficult to build a sand table with Shangyuan City as the center and a radius of thirty miles.

Of course, when Xiao Mo proposed the concept of sand table, it also shocked the civil and military officials of Shangyuan City again.

All the situations within a radius of dozens of miles can be seen at a glance in a mere room, and what kind of help this will have in the event of a war in the future, the officials can naturally think of it.

I saw that in the sand table with a length and width, there were black and white chess pieces inserted everywhere, representing the strength of the two sides, and the positions of the reserves, ballistaemen, spearmen, and shield bearers were all clear at a glance, and all kinds of defensive obstacles inside and outside the city were clearly marked.

At this moment, Xiao Mo and Zhao Ying, one representing the grassland coalition army and the other representing the Dachu defenders, are deducing all kinds of situations that may arise in the future when the war occurs on the sand table, although it will not be fundamentally helpful to the war, but at least when some situations really happen in the future, they can prepare early and respond in time.

And just as the two sides were deducing, a guard general hurried to the main hall, knelt down on one knee in front of Xiao Mo, and reported: "My lord, those grassland barbarians outside the city have moved again. After hearing the words of this guard, all the civil and military officials in the hall were shocked.

Xiao Mo raised his eyebrows, and turned to ask, "What?" The steppe coalition finally can't help but attack the city? During the inquiry, Xiao Mo threw aside the small white flag representing the reserve in his hand, and took a group of civil and military officials to quickly move towards the city wall.

I saw that the guard general followed Xiao Mo's side, shook his head and said: "It's not a siege, they once again retreated the camp three miles back, so far, the distance from my Shangyuan City is already ten miles away, but they still faintly surround us in the middle." Hearing the defender's words, Xiao Mo paused, and a look of disappointment flashed on his face.

Originally, Xiao Mo hoped to make the grassland coalition army angry and angry through successive harassments, and attack the city in advance when the soldiers were tired and morale had not recovered, although this would make the war happen in advance, but it could also make the grassland coalition army's combat power greatly reduced when attacking the city, and as the war progressed, the army of the grassland coalition army would become more and more tired.

Under such circumstances, as time drags on, the situation will become more and more favorable to the Chu army, until the grassland coalition army is defeated and retreats to the outside of the pass.

But to Xiao Shen's disappointment, the grassland coalition army was able to hold back its anger and retreat to show weakness.

"Nandi Bale...... It's more difficult to deal with than I imagined, I don't care about temporary gains and losses, and I am not affected by the emotions in my heart, but I just make the most correct judgment, which is indeed the capital of the hero. Xiao Mo sighed secretly.

Coming to the city wall, Xiao Mo looked at the grassland coalition army that was dismantling the camp and retreating, secretly estimated the distance between the two sides in his heart, sighed secretly again, turned his head and ordered: "Pass the order, from now on, our army will practice the method of defending the city day and night in addition to resting, and prepare as soon as possible." As for the original strategy of exhausting the enemy and harassing the enemy, stop it first. Liu Xingzhi was slightly stunned and asked, "Lord Privy Council, won't we continue to harass these barbarians?" Didn't you say that if they continue to harass them like this, they will greatly reduce their combat strength, or even collapse without a fight? Xiao Mo shook his head and sighed: "Bale's temperament is more forbearant than I imagined, so it widens the distance between the enemy and us, and there is an outpost in the middle to warn at any time, and the harassment technique is useless." In this case, the great war is imminent, and in the remaining two or three years, it is better for us to spend our time training soldiers. Liu Xingzhi and the others had a look of disappointment on their faces, and nodded yes.

"The big war is coming, there are still three days left at most......" Xiao Mo muttered, his eyes becoming more and more cautious.

In this way, in silence, Xiao Mo led a group of civil and military officials to inspect the four city walls one after another, and when Xiao Mo walked to the northern city wall, he looked at the scene in the distance, but he couldn't help but be stunned.

"What's going on?" On the other side, Zhao Ying, Cai Da and others were also stunned.

The north of Shangyuan City, originally surrounded by the Xixianbei clan in the grassland coalition army, but after the camp was bombed overnight, the Xixianbei clan suffered serious losses, the camp tent was almost all burned, not to mention, the soldiers were also reduced by half, only less than 10,000 people, although it was still surrounded in the north of Shangyuan City, but the threat to Shangyuan City has been greatly reduced.

However, at this time, the Xianbei garrison in the distance was full of camp tents, and the number of people had doubled, recovering to as many as 20,000 in its heyday, as if the damage caused to them by the bombing of the camp that night had not appeared at all.

"Could it be that the other ethnic groups saw that Xixianbei had insufficient troops, so they specially sent troops to support?" Liu Xingzhi guessed after seeing that there were four or five kinds of flags in the station of the Xixianbei clan. Zhao Ying shook his head and said, "It's not as simple as coming to support. Everyone, please see, although the distance is still far away, but you can still vaguely see that it is not a camp, but four, the largest camp should be the station of Xixianbei, but for some reason, the camp of Xixianbei is quite far away from the other three camps, and it seems that they are faintly guarded against each other. ”

Xiao Mo suddenly groaned and said to the soldiers: "Do you know why I was admitted to the champion of the Great Chu Dynasty? ”

The generals complimented: "Of course, the adult is a Wenqu star who came into the world, and he is talented!" ”

Xiao Mo immediately said categorically: "You are all wrong, I can have today's achievements, all because I drank melamine-free zero-degree yogurt, drink zero-degree yogurt, have good legs, good brain, and better health, have you drunk it today?" ”

After hearing Zhao Ying's words, everyone was slightly stunned, and their faces were puzzled.

Xiao Mo pondered for a moment, and a trace of essence flashed in his eyes. Seeing Xiao Mo's appearance, Liu Xingjian said, "The Privy Counsellor has guessed the reason. ”

Xiao Mo nodded, as if he was a little delirious, but still replied: "The grassland people are like wolves, do you know what hungry wolves will do when they besiege other animals, once their own kind dies?" ”

Seeing that everyone couldn't answer, Xiao Mo sneered: "They will devour the corpse of the dead same kind as soon as possible, so as to replenish their physical strength and continue to attack." This time, the Xixianbei clan suffered heavy losses, and I am afraid that the other clans can't help but want to do something to them. ”

The defense made Cai Da incredulous: "The big war is imminent, these grassland barbarians are still thinking about annexing the Xixianbei clan?" Aren't you afraid of Xi Xianbei's counterattack? ”

Xiao Mo shook his head and said: "The weak eat the strong, this principle has been engraved into the bones of all the tribes in the grassland, and now in Xixianbei, most of the food and camp tents have been lost, and their lives and deaths have been controlled by other tribes in their hands, and they have no courage to fight back at all, only less than 10,000 soldiers, and there is no counterattack to fight back." For the Di people, Khitan, and Murwei, Xixianbei is a piece of delicious fat, for fear that others will eat it first, but at this time, they started in advance. After a pause, Xiao Mo sneered: "What's more, the strength of our Chu army has not been taken into account by the grassland tribes at all, for them, even after a small civil strife, it is more than enough to deal with us." ”

After hearing Xiao Mo's words, everyone was incredulous, but they were also silent.

Indeed, with the strength and quality of the Chu army, even if there was civil strife in the grassland coalition army, it did not have the courage and ability to take the initiative to go out of the city to kill the enemy.

And Xiao Mo was silent with everyone, but for some reason, his eyes were full of hesitation and contradictions.

After returning to the yamen of Shangyuan City, the officials were going to continue to perform with Xiao Mo, but Xiao Mo let the officials deduce on their own and returned to his room alone.

Sitting silently in the study, the contradiction and hesitation in Xiao Mo's eyes were not only not slightly reduced compared to an hour ago, but became more and more intense.

Behind Xiao Mo, Deng Shangquan, Chu Da, and Cao Fei stood silently with their hands down, occasionally glancing at Xiao Mo strangely, their eyes full of puzzlement.

Xiao Mo's contradictions and hesitations were not noticed by the civil and military officials in Shangyuan City, but the three of them had been following Xiao Mo for a long time, so they could clearly detect it.

Since Xiao Mo came to Shangyuan City, he has been extremely decisive and resolute, resolute and resolute, and he has not encountered such hesitation and contradiction for a long time.

What caused Xiao Mo's hesitation and contradiction was the Xixianbei clan that could be annexed by other clans at any time due to internal and external troubles.

Xiao Mo has never been in contact with the grassland peoples, but history has proved countless times that the people of the grassland, especially the noble leaders of the various tribes of the grassland, are mostly ruthless and indifferent, in other words, they are all very selfish people.

For the continuation of power, for survival, betrayal, betrayal, and other things that are despisable to the people of the Central Plains are taken for granted and commonplace for them.

The Great Khan of the Xixianbei clan is half a first root, Xiao Mo has heard Qiu Hong, Liu Bo and others describe it, and he understands it slightly.

According to the words of Qiu Hong and Liu Bo, Bu Xiangen is the most greedy and selfish person in the Cuiyuan, and most of the property of the Xixianbei clan is occupied by him for his own use.

According to rumors, the reason why Bu Xiangen became the Great Khan of Xixian Bei was because Bu Xiangen personally poisoned his father and brother.

In this way, if the rumors are true, then Bu Xiangen is undoubtedly an out-and-out despicable villain.

Xiao Mo doesn't like villains, but he has to admit that in many cases, compared with decent gentlemen, despicable villains are easier to get along with, easier to persuade, and have a greater effect.

And now, Xi Xianbei is under internal and external troubles, and may be swallowed by other grassland peoples at any time, and once Xi Xianbei is annexed by other tribes, what kind of fate Bu Xiangen will end, needless to mention, everyone knows in their hearts.

Therefore, in this case, with Bu Xiangen's human nature, Xiao Mo is seventy or eighty percent sure that he can persuade him to cooperate with Da Chu.

In fact, with the current strength of Xixianbei, even if he is willing to take the risk of counterattacking, he will not be able to pose any threat to the grassland coalition army.

As long as he can report the news and cooperate with Xiao Dian's actions, Xiao Mo is confident that his victory rate in this war can be increased by at least thirty percent.

However, in Xiao Mo's hands, there was no manpower to contact Bu Xiangen and persuade him, and the officials in Shangyuan City were either too cowardly, too upright, or too pedantic, and sent them forward, they could only be sent to death for bad things.

After counting, Xiao Mo found that in the huge Shangyuan City, there were hundreds of civil and military officials, nearly 100,000 defenders, and hundreds of thousands of residents, and there was only one person who was suitable to be this messenger, and it was very suitable.

That is Xiao Mo himself. And Xiao Mo's identity as the superintendent of Shangyuan City, if he personally contacted Bu Xiangen, it would undoubtedly be more sincere and convincing.

It's just that Xiao Mo thinks that he is not a loyal minister like Wen Tianxiang who is not afraid of life and death for the sake of loyalty, after coming to this era, everything Xiao Mo does is just for self-preservation, or occasionally helping others, but it is also based on the premise of self-preservation.

This time, Mao Sui recommended himself to come to Shangyuan City to supervise the army, also because Xiao Mo was sure to resist the grassland coalition army for a month, and understood that once the Chu Dynasty was defeated or destroyed, it would not be beneficial to him.

I'm not a bad person, but I'm not a saint either, just an ordinary person.

Xiao Mo knew this very clearly.

Although there is a seventy or eighty percent chance that Bu Xiangen can be persuaded to cooperate with the Chu Dynasty, there is also a two- or three-percent chance of failure. It is not Xiao Mo's wish to take risks in person, once an accident appears, Xiao Mo is even more unwilling to be killed by Bu Xiangen without any merit.

In other words, Xiao Mo didn't dare to take this risk, saying that he was timid and afraid of death, and there was no mistake.

It's just that once Bu Xiangen can be persuaded to cooperate with the Chu Dynasty, the benefits that appear are easy to see.

Is it to ensure your own safety to the greatest extent possible and resign yourself to fate? It is precisely from this that Xiao Mo's struggle and hesitation to seek greater victory in danger and wealth in order to achieve greater victory.

In this way, in silence, Xiao Mo closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, suddenly opened his eyes slowly, and asked softly, "Shang Quan." ”

Hearing Xiao Mo's call, Di Shangquan took a step forward, lowered his head and said, "Young Master, please command." ”

"What do you think of the current situation?"

Xiao Mo suddenly asked.

Hearing Xiao Mo's inquiry, Cao Fei and Chu Da on the other side were stunned, it seems that this kind of thing should not be discussed with Deng Shangquan.

But Deng Shangquan's face remained unchanged, and he replied respectfully: "Young Master Hui, I also think that now is a great opportunity to persuade the Xixianbei clan to cooperate with us." ”

As the person who knows Xiao Mo in the world, after thinking about it for so long, Deng Shangquan has already guessed the reason for Xiao Mo's hesitation and struggle.

Xiao Mo nodded, and asked again: "Then in your opinion, should I personally take the risk this time?" ”

Deng Shangquan was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "Although wealth is in danger, young master, you have a precious body, which is not comparable to others, but you should not be so easy to take risks." And once an accident appears, young master, you are trapped in the Xixianbei camp, and the dragons in Shangyuan City are leaderless, which is not good for the overall situation. ”

Xiao Mo smiled bitterly: "But do you think that besides me, who is worthy of this important task in this Shangyuan City?" ”

After hearing Xiao Mo's words, Deng Shangquan was silent again.

These days, Deng Shangquan has been following Xiao Mo, and he has already seen through the cattle of the civil and military officials in Shangyuan City.

If according to Xiao Mo's plan, let them disturb the enemy and frighten the enemy, waving their flags and shouting, they can still be elated, if they are really allowed to engage with the grassland coalition army, I am afraid that they will immediately turn pale. As for secretly going out alone to inspect the enemy's camp, no one dared to take responsibility. Even if someone has such courage, such as Zhao Ying, he is too upright to serve as an envoy.

Seeing that Deng Shangquan was also silent, Xiao Mo shook his head and sighed: "It seems that this can only be the case." ”

After Deng Shangquan frowned slightly, he suddenly said again: "Young Master, in fact, there is another person who is also suitable to send an envoy to the Xixian Bei camp and contact Bu Xiangen. ”

Xiao Mo was slightly stunned and asked, "Who?" ”

Deng Shangquan bowed his head and said, "Young Master, it's me." ”

Xiao Mo was stunned again, but after a while, he shook his head and said, "You are bold, but your eloquence is insufficient, and your identity is even more inappropriate." ”

Saying that, Xiao Mo always felt that he had grasped something, and frowned again.

Soon, the day passed again.

In the blink of an eye, Mandi had besieged Shangyuan City for three days. The night is like water, the moon hangs on the feast, the time is already the third watch in the evening, and the sky is the darkest.

The north gate of Shangyuan City suddenly opened silently, and dozens of black shadows slowly appeared.

These black shadows are Xiao Mo and others who are preparing to go to contact Bu Xiangen, as well as Liu Xingzhi, Cai Da, Zhao Ying and others who came to see them off.

But what is strange is that Xiao Mo is actually wearing an ordinary literati costume at this moment, and he always follows behind Bi Shang's body. On the contrary, it is Deng Shangquan, although he looks ordinary in his clothes, the clothes are expensive, and the matching is quite tasteful, and he is a person of noble status at first glance.

"Your Majesty, please think about it again, if there is an accident on this trip......"

Before leaving, Liu Xingzhi persuaded again.

Xiao Mo shook his head and said: "Although it is possible to fail, once this trip is successful, the possibility of winning this war will also be greatly increased. What's more, the official has already taken a countermeasure, so Lord Liu doesn't have to worry. ”

This time he came into contact with Bu Xiangen, and he didn't plan to use his true identity. Instead, he dressed up as Deng Shangquan's deputy. And Deng Shangquan's identity is Xiao Mo's staff.

In this way, as an inconspicuous little person, Xiao Mo's security will be greatly enhanced, and he will be sure to persuade him to do his best.

If Bu Xiangen is suspicious, with his personality, I am afraid that he will first gain Di Shangquan's trust, and take this opportunity to lure Xiao Mo out, and then he will try to see the dagger. And before that, Deng Shangquan will inevitably be put back in contact with Xiao Mo, and Xiao Mo, as the deputy envoy, is naturally fine.

If the information is wrong, if Bu Xiangen is an unwise and reckless man, according to the rules of the grassland, even if Deng Shangquan is killed because of a disagreement, most of them may let Xiao Mo go, just cut off Xiao Mo's ear, and let Xiao Mo take Deng Shangquan's head back to Shangyuan City to reply to the letter.

In this way, coupled with the possibility of convincing Bu Xiangen, Xiao Mo is already ninety percent sure that he can survive.

There is a ninety percent chance of surviving, which is enough for Xiao Mo to make up his mind.

The only drawback of this method is that in this way, it is equivalent to putting Deng Shangquan in danger, but first, this is Di Shangquan's voluntarily, and second, this is the best method, but it can only be so.

After explaining it like this, under Xiao Mo's greed, Liu Xingzhi and the others had no choice but to give up the idea of continuing to persuade.

But Zhao Ying suddenly walked to Xiao Mo and knelt down on one knee, lowered his head and said: "Since the adult insists, it is not easy to persuade the lowly position, but please also ask the adult to take the lowly position with him, so that the lowly function can protect the adult when an accident occurs." ”

Xiao Mo shook his head again and said: "This time I went deep into the enemy camp, if Bu Xiangen had bad intentions, how many people this official brought with him would be the same, not to mention, the more people in this line, the more unsafe I would be, and it was more likely that I would show my feet, so this official and Deng Shangquan could go." Don't worry, adults.

As he spoke, Xiao Mo subconsciously glanced at Chu Da and Cao Fei next to him.

After learning that Xiao Mo planned to take risks in person to negotiate with Bu Xiangen, Chu Da also proposed the same wish to Xiao Mo like Zhao Ying, but Cao Fei remained silent from beginning to end, and the attitude of the two towards Xiao Mo was already clear at a glance.

Perhaps, this time it will allow Chuda to get in touch with more things.

After convincing everyone, Xiao Mo no longer hesitated, signaled Deng Shangquan, and then rushed towards the direction of Xixianbei camp.

After the grassland coalition army camp retreated three miles again, the original station was left with an outpost, and about 100 people stayed behind to warn and monitor the dynamics of Shangyuan City.

The Qiu, Khitan, Murwei and other tribes, although they all sent troops to "support" Western Xianbei, but the outpost, which is dangerous and cannot rest, is naturally respectful and insensitive, and is still held by Xianbei people.

After Xiao Mo and Di Shangquan left Shangyuan City, they did not hesitate and went straight to the Xiangao outpost.

When the two of them came to the outpost twenty meters, they reined in their horses at the same time, stopped advancing, dismounted and stood there silently waiting. Soon, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and dozens of Xianbei knights rushed out of the outpost, quickly surrounded the two, took arrows and drew bows, and their faces were full of vigilance.

And Xiao Mo and Deng Shangquan both raised their hands to show that they had no malicious intent.

After a moment of confrontation between the two sides, a man who looked like a centurion drove his horse slowly to Xiao Mo and Deng Shangquan, looking at the two of them condescendingly, his eyes were full of anger and disdain, and the scimitar in his hand kept slashing over the heads of the two, full of threat.

However, the frightened cries he had hoped for were not present.

After another moment, the disdain in the centurion's eyes dissipated, but the anger was even greater, as if he was hesitating whether to kill the two Chu people or plunder them into slavery.

"You are the Chu people of Shangyuan City?" Finally, the centurion spoke, and his voice was quite strange, and Xiao Mo and Deng Shangquan could only barely understand.

Under Xiao Mo's signal, Di Shangquan nodded slowly and said, "We are the envoys of Shangyuan City, and we want to meet the Great Khan of Bu Xiangen, and trouble this warrior to go and report it." After a pause, Deng Shangquan added: "It's a matter of confidentiality, and I ask the warriors to be secretive when they report." "The leader who can serve as an outpost must be a cautious and shrewd person, and when he encounters the Chu people, he will only be caught as a spy, rather than killed without asking the reason.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Mo chose to go straight to the Xianbei outpost.

Sure enough, after hearing Deng Shangquan's words, the centurion showed a cautious look in his eyes, waved his hand to let the surrounding Xianbei warriors retract their bows, and said at the same time: "What are you looking for our Great Khan?" Deng Shangquan shook his head and said: "This is our matter with Bu Xiangen Great Khan, you are not qualified to know, just go and report it." Hearing Deng Shangquan say this, the centurion's eyes were even more angry, but he was also more cautious, and after shouting at the surrounding Xianbei knights in a language that Xiao Mo and Deng Shangquan did not understand, he pointed at Xiao Mo and Deng Shangquan with his saber, and threatened: "You just stay here, don't act rashly, otherwise I can only take your corpse to see the Great Khan." With that, the centurion glanced at Xiao Mo and Deng Shangquan deeply, and then without hesitation, he galloped towards the station of the Xixianbei clan.

Deng Shangquan whispered to Xiao Mo: "I don't know if it's true?" ”

And just when Xiao Mo and Deng Shangquan rushed to the outpost of the Xianbei clan, there was silence in the camp of West Xianbei.

This is not only the camp of the Xixianbei clan, but also the camp of the grassland coalition army.

Under Xiao Mo's tricks, the soldiers of the grassland coalition army had not been able to get enough rest for more than two days, and at this time, they were finally free from the harassment of the Chu army, and naturally they all slept soundly.

But in the tent of the Great Khan of Xixianbei, Bu Xiangen couldn't sleep for a long time.

He knew very well that his Xibenbei clan had been targeted by several hungry wolves.

But after the bombing of the camp, the Xixianbei clan was too damaged, and in front of those hungry wolves, they were like sheep, and they couldn't resist at all.

Not to mention that the current strength of Xi Xianbei is less than one-tenth of the grassland coalition army, and now all the food and materials needed by Xi Xianbei are in the hands of the other three tribes, and Bu Xiangen has no courage and ability to resist at all.

What is the meaning of the "support" of the Di, Khitan, and Murwei tribes, Bu Xiangen is very clear.

It is said to be support, but the grain and grass are all controlled by the other three clans, and the distribution to Xi Xianbei day by day is equivalent to grasping the lifeblood of the West Xianbei clan. And sending troops to assist this time is a great opportunity to infiltrate and control Xixianbei.

According to a report from Bu Xiangen's cronies, the envoys of the other three clans had begun to make secret contact with some of his commanders and centurions. I'm afraid that after the end of the battle in Shangyuan City, Bu Xiangen will begin to lose control of the Xixianbei clan.

Once the Xixianbei clan is annexed, I'm sorry for the ancestors, and the Xixianbei inheritance for nearly a thousand years is cut off, how will he end up, once he thinks about it, Bu Xiangen will shudder.

It's a pity that there is nothing to do about this situation.

Flee back to the prairie with someone? Not to mention that the warriors of Xi Xianbei have been monitored by the other three clans, and there is not enough food and grass to support them, not to mention, even if they can escape back to the grassland, they can't change Xi Xianbei's predicament at all.

Cooperate with the Chu people against the three tribes? Not to mention that it will become a public enemy of the grassland, the previous war also made Bu Xiangen lose confidence in the Great Chu, and did not think that the Chu people could fight against the forces of the Di tribe, the Khitan and the Murwei tribe.

Take people to take the initiative to take refuge in one of the three tribes of Di, Khitan, and Murowei? In this way, you may be able to save a life, but it is more uncomfortable to get used to being in power alone, and to give way to the roots and then go to live under the fence than to kill him.

Thinking of this, Sun Xiangen's heart became more and more helpless and angry.

"Despicable Chu people, if it weren't for their tricks to make my Xixian Bei suffer such heavy losses......" Bu Xiangen muttered through gritted teeth.

And at this moment, one of his cronies, the commander of the Thousand Commanders, suddenly lifted the curtain and entered, knelt in front of Bu Xiangen, and said in a low voice: "Great Khan, the outpost came to report, saying that two Chu people suddenly appeared there from them, claiming to be envoys from Shangyuan City, and wanted to meet you, but the outpost did not dare to make a decision in vain, and sent someone to instruct the Great Khan on your orders." Bu Xian was fundamentally resentful of the damage of the defenders of Shangyuan City to Xi Xianbei, in his opinion, if it were not for the trajectory of the Chu people in Shangyuan City, Xi Xianbei would not have fallen to such a point at all, after hearing the words of this thousand commanders, his eyes were suddenly murderous, and he just wanted to say something, but he was suddenly stunned.

After pondering for a moment, Bu Xiangen suddenly asked, "Does anyone else know about this?" The cronie replied, "Only me and the outpost know." Bu Xiangen nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Bring those two Chu people to me, let them put on our clothes, and don't attract the attention of others." ”

Sister Chunxiang said sternly: "No, unless you can win me in the next game of Go, don't think about going out." ”……

N years later, Xiao Mo's grandson said loudly: "The demonic life of Chen Wangou, the grandson of the second dog, has come to an end, why hasn't grandpa come out yet?" ”

The rebel minister Xiao Mo secretly made up his mind, and thought to himself: "The next game ...... Next ...... I'm going to win ......."