The Court of the Heavenly Yuan.

The crown prince Meng Chi, the right virtuous king Chalahan, and the princess Xiao Yan are discussing the big tent.

"According to the analysis a few days ago, the court of the Southern Dynasty did not want to really start a war with us, and sent the Yanmen army to the grassland to show off its might, just to put pressure on us and make us agree to their conditions. ”

Meng Chi handed a written document to Xiao Yan and motioned for her to read it with Chalahan, "But the Yanmen Army may not think so, now Zhao Ning should have arrived at the Khitan Department, and we can't afford not to guard against it." ”

After Xiao Yan read the document, her face changed, and she handed it over to King Youxian.

Meng Chi continued: "The Great Khan has decided that the planned war against the Dadan Department is of great importance, and it cannot be easily abandoned because of the various actions of the Southern Dynasty with unclear intentions.

"The more the Yanmen army is wary of us and the grassland, the more we must immediately go to war, otherwise the night will be long and dreamy. I have given up now, and I don't know what will happen in the future. ”

Charahan also finished reading the paperwork, and his face was also pale, and there was already annoyance and anger in his eyes, as if he had been greatly insulted.

Meng Chi continued: "What we need most at the moment is time, so we must stabilize the Southern Dynasty court. It will not take long to defeat the Dadan Department, as long as the forbidden army of the Southern Dynasties does not participate in the war, with only one Yanmen army, we can't help it.

"The content of this document is the credentials I intend to submit to the Southern Dynasty, and I believe that the conditions on it are enough to satisfy the emperor of the Southern Dynasty and let go of Yanping City's detailed crime. ”

Charahan sat up straight, his face flushed, and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the conditions above are too much, and the minister can't agree!"

Xiao Yan didn't interject to show her attitude, with a thoughtful look.

Meng Chi pressed his hands and signaled Charahan to calm down, "The Southern Dynasty wants the Great Khan to go to Yanping City to make amends, of course this is impossible, and we absolutely cannot accept it." With such harsh conditions, I believe that the Southern Dynasty can also think that we will not agree.

"Asking for a price all over the sky, pay back the money on the spot, the Great Khan can not go to the Southern Dynasty, then I, as the crown prince, must go, not only have to go, but also go with sincerity.

"Our envoys have been rejected so many times before, which proves that ordinary wealth beauties can no longer impress the emperor of the Southern Dynasty. So we had to sign an alliance with the Southern Dynasties and contribute 30% of the annual tax, which was very impressive. ”

Charahan finally listened to Meng Chi's words, and his face turned red, "The crown prince must not go to the Southern Dynasty! If the Southern Dynasty takes the crown prince as a hostage, what should he do?"

Meng Chi smiled faintly: "Proton is a reasonable condition, even if the Great Khan goes to Yanping City in person, it is estimated that he will still need proton in the end." Only in this way can we show our sincerity and appease the anger of the officials and people of the Southern Dynasties. ”

What else did Charahan want to say, but Meng Chi had already waved his hand, "I have to go this way." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Xiao Yan, "You should understand what I mean." ”

"The prince naturally wants to go south, otherwise, it is not enough for the Southern Dynasty to let down its guard. ”

"Do you think that's enough?"

"Based on my understanding of the Southern Dynasties, this is enough for the Southern Dynasties to let go of their war attempts. After all, they are now busy with internal affairs. ”

"Okay, that's it!"

Charahan got up Huoran: "The prince ......"

Seeing that he looked like he was about to run away, Meng Chi smiled dumbly: "What is the right sage king anxious about?"

"I'll go south, but I definitely won't really go to Yanping City. By the time I get to Yanmen Pass, the war against Dadan should have begun, and I would be able to come back. ”

Charahan was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, and he was immediately overjoyed.

.......

Yanping, Miyagi, Chongwen Palace.

After reading the national letter in his hand, Song Zhi had a smug smile on his face, and he raised his head and said to Zhao Xuanji and Xu Minglang in the hall:

"The Tianyuan royal court has decided to send the crown prince to Yanping City to ask for their guilt, and is willing to add 30% of the tax to the tributary list from now on, just asking Daqi to forgive them for their previous crimes.

"It seems that the move of letting the Yanmen Army patrol the grassland has had its due effect. In the final analysis, these barbarians are afraid of force, and as soon as the army comes out, they know what fear is. ”

Speaking of this, Song Zhi looked at Zhao Xuanji and did not hesitate to praise, "After a hundred years, the deterrent power of the Yanmen Army on the grassland is the same as it was at the beginning, and the Zhao Clan's army is worthy of the name of the first in Daqi!"

Zhao Xuanji was very modest, and attributed the credit to Song Zhi, "This is all Your Majesty's wisdom, the Yanmen Army has increased its troops several times, and now there are 160,000 soldiers, and the Hu people naturally dare not act rashly." ”

Song Zhi laughed heroically twice, sang and harmonized with Zhao Xuanji, and praised each other for a few words.

Xu Minglang stood aside and watched his nose and nose, without any intention of speaking. If this was before, he was still the first powerful minister of Great Qi, and he would definitely not be able to tolerate Zhao Xuanji being so popular.

But now, he has no idea of anything, he can only be a man with his tail between his legs.

At the end, Song Zhi said: "Since the Tianyuan tribe still knows what fear is, then I agreed to their request and gave them a chance to see what kind of attitude the prince of the Tianyuan royal court had when he arrived in Yanping." ”

Zhao Xuanji echoed, and immediately reminded the other party: "Although the Tianyuan Royal Court is willing to send their crown prince to make amends, we can't completely let down our guard before the Tianyuan prince arrives. ”

Song Zhi put down the letter of state and didn't care, "It's just a small state, and you dare to disobey yin and yang? If the Tianyuan tribe knows each other, I will give them a chance to live."

"If they dare to go back on their word, I don't need the forbidden army to dispatch, and with the combat power of the Yanmen army, sweeping their royal court is just a backhand.

"The most unfortunate, I issued an edict and asked Dadan, Jurchen and other ministries to assist. The mere Tianyuan tribe is only one of the four major tribes, how much more waves can it stir up?"

After saying this, seeing that Xu Minglang had been silent, like an outsider who had no power to speak, Song Zhi looked unbearable, and asked in a gentle tone, "What does the prime minister think?"

"Your Majesty said to the Metropolitan Governor very much, and the minister thought it was feasible. Xu Minglang replied honestly.

Song Zhi snorted, "In order to prevent Prince Tianyuan from being half-hearted, he is really fooling me, and the Yanmen army patrolling the grassland will supervise and monitor him to Yanmen Pass." ”

"The minister commanded. Zhao Xuanji clenched his fists.

Song Zhi waved his hand and motioned for the two to retreat.

"The minister retired. Xu Minglang turned sideways and waited for Zhao Xuanji to leave first, and then he took a step.

......

Lobular part.

The sound of horses' hooves rushing in the dark night woke up the shepherds, alarmed the B-shaped camp, and made Prince Dadan and others, who had fallen asleep, come out with palpitations.

He saw that Zhao Xun was drinking and ordering the soldiers to gather nearby, and there were several Yuan Shen Realm cultivators, who were flying back from outside the camp, and they should be masters who went out to investigate the situation.

He hurriedly ran over, grabbed the other party's arm, and asked nervously, "General Zhao, what's going on?"

Zhao Xun glanced at him coldly, "Enemy attack." ”

"Who is going to attack us?" Prince Dadan's face turned pale, and he looked left and right in panic, "Could it be a horse thief? Is it a horse thief who is robbing the tribe?"

"General Zhao, they won't be coming for us, right? We, our whereabouts have been discovered? But even so, why did the Khitans attack us?!

"No, no, we have no grievances with the Khitans in the past and no enmity in the near future...... The Khitans shouldn't have been your idea?"

Zhao Xun shook off his hand, listened to the reports of several masters who went out to investigate, and in the anxious eyes of Prince Dadan, he said coldly: "It's a horse thief here, densely packed in all directions, I don't know how many!"

"Is it really a horse thief?" Prince Dadan was stunned.

At this moment, Huang Kejie reported to Zhao Xun that the soldiers had been assembled, and Zhao Ning happened to rush over from the side and ordered: "Fight!"

The soldiers of the B battalion in the open space immediately rushed to their respective posts.

Most of them were still halfway there, and the cavalry outside had already rushed to the front of the Yuanmen, and many powerful Yuanshen Realm cultivators had already flown up to the Yuanmen one step ahead of the other and fought with the soldiers of the B-shaped battalion there.

There were many attackers, and the masters were like clouds, Zhao Xun led the Zhao cultivators to meet them, but they couldn't compare to the number of Yuan Shen Realm powerhouses on the other side, and they were soon bombarded into a chaotic formation and retreated step by step.

Within a few breaths, the cultivators of the B-shaped battalion on the Yuanmen were shot down one after another in the piercing light of the power of various primordial gods, completely losing control of the Yuanmen, and were rushed in by the opponent's cavalry.

A few horse thieves led by him stood on the gate and shouted in Khitan dialect: "We are the warriors of Tianluo Mountain, and those who don't want to die will surrender immediately!"

"The leader said, those who descend will not be killed!"

"Those who abandon their troops and unload their armor will not be killed!"

The soldiers of the B battalion, of course, ignored their deterrence and still fought endlessly.

But the battle was one-sided.

Outside the entire camp, there were cultivators who kept leaping in, leading the attackers who climbed the camp wall into the camp. Their numbers were too many, and the B battalion couldn't cope with it, and the first soldiers fell one after another, retreating step by step.

The camp suddenly turned into a pot of boiling water, and the cavalry who rushed in and killed wantonly, and the cultivators who jumped in from the camp wall attacked fiercely, and everywhere quickly fell into a melee.

The soldiers of the B-shaped battalion fought on horseback or on foot, and fought with the other side inexorably.

Seeing that more and more soldiers of the B-shaped battalion were falling, one by one being divided and surrounded, and the range of movement was getting smaller and smaller, Prince Dadan was so shocked that his liver and gall were split, and his legs were constantly trembling.

Although he is also a late-stage cultivator of the Yuan Shen Realm, and he also has a few masters with him, he is not fighting head-on with others this time, the number of people is limited after all, and there are too many strong people on the other side.

At a cursory glance, just the Yuan Shen Realm alone exceeded thirty! His guards and Zhao Ning's guards combined, there were only a dozen Yuan Shen Realms.

Not to mention the constant influx of other cultivators and armor warriors from the camp walls.

"General Zhao, Zhao Gongzi, what should we do? What should we do now?"

Prince Dadan has been pampered all his life, where has he experienced such a scene, and he suddenly panicked, "Why is this horse thief so strong, there are so many masters, what do they want to do, why did they attack us?!"

He couldn't help but sweat profusely because there were too many people who came, and they were about to drown them, and the two or three hundred soldiers of the B-shaped battalion who were guarding them nearby were about to be unable to hold on.

The shouts of the other party when they rushed into the gate deliberately named their identities as horse thieves in Tianluo Mountain, but seeing the battle situation in front of him, Prince Dadan didn't want to believe this.

How could a horse thief dare to attack the Yanmen army in a grand manner?

How can there be such a strong horse thief in the grassland?

If there were thirty or forty Yuan Shen Realm in a group of horse thieves, and there was no shortage of masters in the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, then they would not be horse thieves for a long time.

Either he became a ghost under the royal army, or he was recruited by Zhao'an.

"What's the use of saying this!" Zhao Ning gritted his teeth, "Break through, break through immediately!"

"Okay, let's go, let's go!" Prince Dadan nodded.

"There are too many people on the other side, we must keep people behind and attract the other party's ideas, otherwise we won't be able to rush out!"