King Xiyi and the others looked at Mu Beituo strangely, all of them were full of questions, and King Xiyi asked again: "Does the third prince have other ideas?" ”

"Dare to ask the king, is it more valuable for Jiang Tianba to die in the hands of the emperor, or is it more valuable to turn against the emperor and use it for us?" Mu Beituo didn't answer the rhetorical question, his eyes were smiling, and he was calm.

Jiang Tianba is dead, at most, Xiyi has one less enemy general, and if he can serve Xiyi and use it to deal with Dayan, then Xiyi will be like a tiger with wings, and the chances of victory in the future will be much greater.

Thinking of this, King Xiyi replied seriously: "Naturally, the latter is more valuable, but Jiang Tianba is now on the run, his life and death are uncertain, and no one can find him, how can he be made to work for Xiyi?" ”

Mu Beituo said confidently: "After Jiang Tianba escapes, the Dayan military will definitely launch a pursuit, if he flees to the territory of Dayan, no matter if he has the ability to reach the sky, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape, therefore, if it is him in the future, he will definitely flee to the outside of the pass, Jiang Tianba is not a fool, he must make the same choice." ”

"What does the third prince mean is that Jiang Tianba is coming in the direction of Xiyi?" King Xiyi was suddenly in high spirits, and his joy was beyond words.

"Except for Xiyi, Jiang Tianba has no place at all."

King Xiyi nodded, thinking that this was reasonable, thought for a moment, and shouted: "Come on, send a team to search within a hundred miles, and once you see Jiang Tianba's figure, report immediately!" ”

Although the others didn't agree with Mu Beituo's words, they didn't say anything about chatting and drinking.

As Mu Beituo expected, Jiang Tianba did escape from Xilin Pass and came to the west, but after all, he was single-handed, with many obstacles in front and pursuers behind.

When the Xiyi people found Jiang Tianba, he had already fainted and fell to the ground, unconscious.

They took the man back to the military camp and placed him in the military tent, the king of Xiyi came to visit him in person, and asked the soldiers to take care of him, Jiang Tianba was groggy and lay in bed for two days before he woke up.

When he woke up not long ago, King Xiyi rushed over when he heard the news, picked up the curtain and walked into the tent to take a look, Jiang Tianba was leaning on the side of the bed in a daze, his face was pale and lifeless, such a big man, but he was cowardly, drooping his head, like a frustrated leopard, and like an angry little daughter-in-law, not to mention how disobedient the scene was.

He paced slowly and said in a gentle tone: "I heard that Brother Jiang woke up, and this king specially rushed over to take a look, I don't know if my body is better?" ”

The title of "brother" is the old title used by Jiang Tianba when he was still the king of the mountain in Yunzhou in the past.

However, Jiang Tianba was in a trance, he only knew that someone was coming, he didn't pay attention to what he said, looked up, and reacted for a long time, and then recognized the other party.

"It turned out to be the King of Xiyi, thank you for saving your life, please accept Jiang Tianba's worship!" As he spoke, as soon as he bent his knees, he was about to kneel on the ground, and King Xiyi hurriedly held him up and looked at him with astonishment.

Jiang Tianba is rude and arrogant, and he has a bit of arrogance in his bones, it can be said that no one cares about it, he met when he dealt with him in the past, although he is the king of Xiyi, this person will not give more than half a face, at most he hugs his fists to show etiquette, it is impossible to ask him to kneel, Mo said that he just saved his life, even if he saved his whole family, don't think that he would make such a big gift, but now he will fall to the ground as soon as he comes up? It's unbelievable!

Looking at his lost and haggard appearance, it seems that he was tortured by Emperor Dayan, and even half of his mind was consumed.

"Brother Jiang, don't be so polite, you and I have some friendship, although we haven't met for many years, and now we are in the camp of the two armies, but this king has always regarded you as a brother in his heart, you are in trouble, how can this king not take a hand? You're still wounded, don't move, sit down. ”

Jiang Tianba was supported by him, and sat back on the side of the bed with difficulty, with no half of the expression on his face, he just raised his eyes to look at the other party, and said weakly: "Thank you for remembering the old friendship, I am ashamed." ”

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, you and I are just in different camps." King Xiyi said very reasonably, "Now that you have come to the Xiyi military tent, everything will be different, and you will mention it again." ”

"The king is tolerant, regardless of my previous suspicions, take me in to recuperate, and when I am better, he will leave immediately, so as not to cause you trouble."

"Don't worry, you just have to take care of it here, and if you need anything, just mention it to the soldiers." King Xiyi said with a smile and stood up, he was going to talk to Jiang Tianba about taking refuge in Xiyi, but seeing that he was so depressed, and said that he was leaving, he thought it would be better to talk about it in a few days.

Jiang Tianba was seriously injured, with multiple knife wounds and arrow wounds on his body, but fortunately, he was well taken care of, and he was physically strong, and he recovered faster than ordinary people, and in just four or five days, he was more than half better.

Seeing that he could leave, this morning, Jiang Tianba came to bid farewell to King Xiyi.

"What? Are you leaving? King Xiyi stood up from the bookcase, his eyes full of reluctance, "Your injuries have not healed yet, why are you in a hurry to leave?" It's not like this king can't afford to take care of you here. ”

"Thanks to the king's rescue, I am very grateful, the great favor has not been repaid, how can I stay here with a dead face and cause you trouble?" Jiang Tianba paused, sighed, and said: "Besides, I'm a general of Dayan, and it's inconvenient to stay under your Xiyi tent, so I'd better leave." ”

King Xiyi smiled, looked at him with his eyes and said, "Are you still the general of Dayan now?" Didn't you forget so quickly that you were wronged and escaped after several life and death? ”

"This ......" Jiang Tianba was speechless for a while, frowning and looking down at the ground, his face extremely ugly.

King Xiyi said: "Emperor Dayan does not distinguish between right and wrong, regards loyal ministers and good generals as sinners who collaborate with the enemy and treason, and wants to kill you completely, so faint monarch, do you still want to go back to serve him?" ”

"It's impossible to go back, there's only a dead end to go back." This sentence was said by Jiang Tianba through gritted teeth, his fists clenched, and the flame of resentment danced in his eyes, which seemed to be forcibly suppressed before he gradually calmed down.

"I can't go back to my home now, so I can only wander."

"Look at how pitiful you say about yourself, didn't this king let you live here?" King Xiyi tried his best to be patient and said, "Although this is Xiyi, you have been friends with me for so many years, and I treat you as a brother, so I can't treat you badly, so you can rest assured." ”

Jiang Tianba glanced at him quickly, and barely squeezed out a smile: "Of course, I know that the king will not treat me badly, but I am uncomfortable living here, so it is better to leave." ”

Hearing this, the king of Xiyi didn't plan to go around the bend anymore, pulled his sleeve, and said sincerely: "This king will tell you clearly, I hope you can stay, serve me Xiyi from now on, defeat Dayan in the future, make great contributions, and pay homage to the prime minister, I am different from Emperor Dayan, I am not a merciless person, you serve me here, you must be more promising than in Dayan." ”

Jiang Tianba looked deeply into the other party's eyes, thought for a moment, and arched his hand: "It is an honor for the king to see it, but if you want me to take refuge in Xiyi, it is absolutely impossible." ”

"Why not?" There was already a thin layer of anger surging in the eyes of King Xiyi.

The other party's answer was very succinct: "I am from Dayan, not from Xiyi." ”

King Xiyi sneered, "What about the Great Yan people? The third prince, Mu Beituo, is still the royal family of Dayan, the emperor's own brother, isn't he also serving the king in the Xiyi military tent now? ”

"He's him, I'm me," Jiang Tianba hooked his lips slightly, revealing a hint of sarcasm and disdain, "The third prince became a rebel many years ago, if it wasn't for the plan to get the golden cicada out of his shell and flee to Xiyi, how could he have survived until now?" As a prince, how can he lead the enemy army to attack his mother country and kill the people, how can this kind of person be compared to me? ”

"You ......" King Xiyi probably didn't expect that people like Jiang Tianba still had those so-called family and country feelings in their bones, "When you were the king of the mountain, didn't you also have frequent contacts with Xiyi, and you didn't do less things that harmed the people, but today you still look down on others?" ”

Jiang Tianba was stunned, his face was ashamed, and he frowned: "I was forced to be helpless at that time, and I became the king of the mountain in order to survive, and I didn't intend to hurt the people, which is essentially different from what Mu Beituo did. ”

"I don't think it's any different, you are all people who have been abandoned by the Great Yan Kingdom, and you can't go back to your homeland, you can only wander outside, and you don't attach to Xiyi, what else can you do?" King Xiyi looked at him with a smile, "You are loyal to Emperor Dayan, but he is suspicious of you and wants to kill you, and the soldiers and people of Dayan, when you fled, not only did not help you, but also handed you over to the officers and soldiers, and did you remember that you killed the enemy on the battlefield to defend your home and country?" ”

"They are as cold-blooded and ruthless as the Emperor! Now, what else is there for you to be nostalgic about? If you join my Xiyi camp, you will be a Xiyi person in the future, and when you make contributions in the future, the Xiyi soldiers and the people will respect you and love you, how much better is it than in Dayan? ”

Jiang Tianba lowered his eyes, as if he was shaking, and after pondering for a long time, he suddenly raised his eyes again: "Emperor Dayan is unkind, I can't be unjust, it's still that sentence, I won't take refuge in Xiyi, I'm done with the words, I'll leave first." ”

"Stop!" As soon as the front foot stepped out of the door of the military tent, there was an angry shout from the king of Xiyi behind him: "What place should you be here?" Come as you say, or go as you go? ”

"What does the king want?" Jiang Tianba didn't look back and asked very calmly.