0357 No Choice
Remember [Chinese Network] in one second, and provide you with high-speed text debut. Emperor Li Pi had no choice, fortunately, Li Zhen's attitude was not bad, not like he was coming to fight, he ordered his subordinates a few words, and then urged the horse to follow the Tang army into the camp, He Yan Bashou led 3,000 cavalry to confront the Xi cavalry on the grassland, and Li Zhen invited Li Pidi into the big tent.
The two sat down in the big tent, and Emperor Li Pi sighed and said: "We don't want to rebel against the court, but the Xi people have always been involuntarily, this time they were held hostage by Sun Wanrong and sent troops, and we have no choice, I have already instructed the general Xi people, try not to hurt the people of the Tang Dynasty, leave a way back for themselves, I believe that the Xi people did not participate in the plundering and massacre of the civilians of the Tang Dynasty." ”
Li Zhen knew that the other party was telling the truth, this time the Khitan army invaded Youzhou, except for Luo Wuquan who slaughtered tens of thousands of civilians in Zhaozhou, the casualties of civilians in Youzhou were not tragic, there were many reasons, not necessarily what Li Pidi said to leave a way back for himself.
Li Zhen said with a smile: "I believe in the sincerity of the prince, and I am willing to put Ling Lang back, but according to the rules of the Xi people, if you want to ransom the prisoners of war, you must meet the conditions I offered." ”
Emperor Li Pi, he is mentally prepared, even if the other party offers a sky-high price, he can only accept it, "General Li, please say it directly!"
"Okay! Then I'll be straight, I don't want your money, I only have one condition, I ask the Xi people to withdraw their troops from Miyun immediately. ”
Emperor Li Pi didn't speak, at this time the news of the Turkic invasion of the Khitan nest had not yet reached Raole, Li Pidi knew very well the consequences of the Xi people's withdrawal, and it was very likely to shake the hearts of the Khitan army, so that the Khitan suffered a crushing defeat, how would he explain to Sun Wanrong at that time.
However, he also knew that there was no room for bargaining for this condition offered by Li Zhen, so he either agreed or refused, but how could he refuse, after hesitating for a long time, he finally sighed and said: "Okay! I will fight with Sun Wanrong to turn against the consequences and agree to General Li's conditions." ”
Li Zhen knew that since Emperor Li Pi was willing to enter the Tang Army camp alone to negotiate, it was actually an attitude of agreeing to all his conditions, if he dared not agree, he would also take him hostage, Li Zhen said happily: "I hope that after this battle, the prince can go to Luoyang and apologize to His Majesty the Emperor." ”
Li Pidi felt bitter in his heart, got up and said, "I will definitely go, but when will my son be able to put it back?"
"The prince doesn't need to worry, since I promised to let him go, I won't break my promise, as long as the war is over, he can leave at any time. ”
Emperor Li Pidi secretly admired Li Zhen's shrewdness, although the Xi army withdrew, but it could return to the front line at any time, so Li Zhen had to wait for Sun Wanrong to be defeated before he was willing to release people, helpless, Li Pidi had to agree to Li Zhen's conditions, and ordered someone to give the Tang army 30,000 sheep as military food, and he returned to the tooth tent......
After more than two months of confrontation, Sun Wanrong is almost unable to support it, the Khitan army was also trapped in Miyun for more than two months, although it was because of the blizzard road closure, but the Khitan tribes did not admit it, they all came for money, but did not get money and women, all tribes complained, the chiefs came to the Chinese army tent more than once to threaten Sun Wanrong, if they did not attack the Tang Dynasty, they would withdraw immediately.
Sun Wanrong was so anxious that he kept running to appease the tribal leaders and constantly increase the amount of rewards to them, but his empty promises did not have much effect, because Sun Wanrong did not attack for a long time, which made the chiefs begin to doubt Sun Wanrong's sincerity.
Sun Wanrong is indeed difficult to make the decision to attack, this time he met Lou Shide, who is famous for his endurance, Lou Shide has no sign of attacking at all, but slowly fights with him to see who can't support it in the end.
In the big tent, Sun Wanrong said to Yi Yu irritably: "I think the plan to lure the troops will not work at all, Lou Shide will not be fooled, and if we continue to consume the Tang army like this, our morale will be exhausted, so it is better to send troops south and fight directly with the Tang army." ”
Yi Yu sighed and said: "Lou Shide will not fight us in a decisive battle on the plain, if we go south, it will be difficult to give full play to the advantage of our cavalry, the other party has more than 200,000 troops, and we only have 120,000 people, we have no chance of winning, I suggest that we still save our troops and withdraw to Liaodong first!"
"What nonsense are you talking about, if you withdraw to Liaodong now, those people will have to tear me apart, and when the time comes, who will admit it to me, the big chief?"
Yi Yu thought for a while and said, "Either go to Liaocheng to loot the Goguryeo people and give them a benefit, and then after the Tang army withdraws next year, we will attack Hebei again." ”
Sun Wanrong finally calmed down, he walked a few steps with his hands and said: "Actually, I want to make peace with the Tang Dynasty first, we will fight Murwei first, and after annexing Murwei, we will become strong and establish the Khitan Dynasty, and then attack the Tang Dynasty, I think the certainty of success will be much greater." ”
Yi Yu was taken aback, and waved his hand again and again, "No! Murwei is the sphere of influence of the Turks, if we go north to attack Murwei, how can the Turks stay out of the matter, they will definitely attack the Khitan on a large scale, and then the Khitan will be exterminated." ”
Sun Wanrong gritted his teeth and said: "Then attack the Andong Protectorate and destroy Goryeo and Silla, and we also have the capital." ”
Yi Yu sighed secretly, Silla was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, they attacked Andong Protectorate and Silla, how could the Tang Dynasty sit idly by, the same is to start a war with the Tang army, it is better to fight to the death with the Tang army now.
At this moment, a soldier rushed to the door and hurriedly said: "Khan, something is not good!"
"What's the matter?" Sun Wanrong glanced at his own soldiers, unexpectedly interrupting his train of thought.
"Qi Khan, Xi people's army. The withdrawal was gone, and so did the Igni army. ”
"Ah!" Sun Wanrong was stunned by the news, and it took him a while to react, he strode out of the tent, Yi Yu was also secretly frightened, if the news was true, the consequences would be quite serious, and he didn't have time to think about it, and followed out of the big tent.
The army of Xi and Xi people is about 30,000 people, stationed in the northernmost part of the camp, responsible for blocking the cold wind in the north for the Khitan army, when Sun Wanrong ran to the northern camp, the camp has long been empty, except for the camp tent, all the soldiers and materials have disappeared, not only the 20,000 troops of the Xi people, including the 13,000 troops of the Xi people, but also missing.
Sun Wanrong looked at the empty camp, his eyes were black for a while, he turned around and said angrily, "What the hell is going on?"
A Khitan commander who contacted the Xi people trembled and said: "I don't know what's going on, it's fine in the afternoon, but they suddenly withdrew in the evening, they must have been premeditated." ”
"You don't know anything, so what's the use of you?"
Sun Wanrong pulled out his knife, slashed the commander over with one sword, and shouted with his knife: "Chase me!" ”
At this time, Yi Yu had arrived, and he saw that Sun Wanrong had lost his mind and was about to go out of the camp to catch up, he hurriedly hugged Sun Wanrong's waist and said urgently: "Khan, calm down, don't be impulsive!"
Sun Wanrong slammed the knife on the ground, and said angrily: "How can you let me calm down, more than 30,000 people have withdrawn, and this war can not be fought?"
Yi Yu said hurriedly: "The khan must immediately block the breath and not let the other tribes know, otherwise everyone will follow." ”
Sun Wanrong was stunned for a moment, he knew that the situation was not good, but he didn't think about it specifically, Yi Yu reminded him in one sentence, yes! These guys are clamoring for loot all day long, otherwise they will withdraw their troops and go back.
If he let them know that Xi and Xi had withdrawn, they would definitely follow with the tribe, and his army would fall apart.
He grabbed Yi Yu's shirt, gritted his teeth and said, "How can you ask me to block the news, who can I hide from this kind of thing?"
Yi Yu sighed and said: "If you don't want to Khan, tell everyone that you sent Xi and Xi people to attack the Andong Protectorate, you can only deceive everyone first and stabilize the morale of the army." ”
At this time, more than a dozen chiefs of various Khitan tribes rushed to hear the news, and the news of the withdrawal of the Xi and Xi people was like having wings, and it had already spread throughout the military camp.
"Khan, what happened, why did the Xi and Xi people withdraw?" the crowd asked angrily around Sun Wanrong.
Sun Wanrong didn't expect them to come so quickly, and his head was as big as a fight, and he couldn't find a reason for a while, so he had to use the idea that Yi Yu had wronged him, and said to everyone: "I was worried that the Tang army would attack north from the Yuguan side, so I sent the Xi and Xi people to defend the western front." ”
Yi Yu was shocked, his idea was to attack the Andong Protectorate, not to defend the Tang Army on the Western Front, so something would happen, how could the Khan say that.
Sure enough, everyone looked at each other, and one of the chiefs asked, "Khan, has the Tang army launched an offensive against Liaodong from the Eastern Front?"
Sun Wanrong secretly shouted that it was not good, he knew that he had said the wrong thing, so that everyone would be even more worried about his nest, he hurriedly said: "I am just worried that the Tang army will attack from the eastern front, but there is no news, the Tang army has not launched an offensive from the eastern front." ”
Where are the chiefs willing to believe, and suddenly like a fried pot, they shouted one after another: "Xi and Xi people will only take care of themselves, where will they help us, our rear is empty, once the Tang army goes up from northeast Liao, what will happen to our parents, wives and children?"
Someone else shouted: "Khan, whether you fight or not, what is it to trap us in Miyun?"
"Khan, if we don't hit the Central Plains, we will go back!"
Everyone was gossiping, seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Sun Wanrong was so anxious that he shouted: "Everyone, please listen to me." ”
But no one was willing to listen to him quietly, Sun Wanrong was forced to be helpless, and yelled: "Qi army, prepare for a decisive battle with the Tang army!"
The unexpected withdrawal of Xi and Xi changed the confrontation between the Tang army and the Khitan army, and in order to prevent the large-scale escape of the Khitan army, Sun Wanrong had no choice but to make a desperate bet and decided to fight a decisive battle with the Tang army.
He immediately ordered the army to go south, just after dawn, Sun Wanrong led 80,000 troops to leave Miyun County, and went to Jixian County to kill, whether the Khitan could capture Hebei, it was a battle here.