The Tubo soldiers were already frightened by the Yanyun war cavalry, and at this time they suddenly saw the defeat of the Zhandui battle and fled, only to feel frightened and inexplicable, all the fighting spirit disappeared in an instant, and they gave up the battle and ran for their lives.

Zhandui, who was seriously injured, ran wildly for his life, and I don't know how long it took, the Yanyun warrior who was chasing behind him was gone. Zhan Dui was shocked, and couldn't help slowing down a little, then remembered Hanon, and said angrily: "That guy must have deliberately watched me be defeated by Yan Yunjun!" I will go to the general to accuse him, and I must behead him!" ”

One man and one rode for a moment in the wilderness, and then encountered dozens of escaped cavalry, and the two sides converged together and continued to run north. Soon after, only the rumbling of horses' hooves was heard, chasing them from behind. Zhandui and the others thought that it was Yanyun's pursuers coming, but their faces couldn't help but change, and they didn't have time to think about it, so they hurriedly whipped their horses and urged their horses to gallop towards the north, turning their heads and looking back while galloping, but found that what was coming behind them was not the terrible Yanyun army, but their own cavalry, which numbered a large number of thousands of people. Zhandui thought of Hanon, and his anger swelled up in his heart, and he immediately reined in his horse and crossed the road, and the other cavalry also stopped.

After a while, the brigade of Tibetan war cavalry retreated, and Zhandui saw that Hanon was indeed among them, and immediately asked angrily: "Hanon, our army has been ambushed, why don't you lead the army to come and support?" You want the Han people to kill Lao Tzu, right? Hmph, it's a pity that Lao Tzu didn't die so easily! When I get to the general, I must report it to the truth, and it is you or me who will die when I see it! ”

Hanon said urgently: "Brother Zhandui, you misunderstood! As soon as I found out that the situation was wrong, I was going to lead the army to support you, but at this moment, the cavalry of the Yanyun brigade suddenly killed from one side, and our army was caught off guard and was rushed into chaos. Fortunately, Yanyun Zhanqi did not chase and kill! I was still worried about Brother Zhandui, but I didn't expect Brother Zhandui to be out of danger! At this, Hanon looked happy.

Seeing that Hanon's helmet was gone, the armor on his body still had a knife mark, and many of the soldiers behind him were wounded, it was obvious that he had just experienced a fierce battle, and the anger that was originally full of anger couldn't help but subside. said: "In that case, I won't blame you!" Then there was a pain in the wound, and he couldn't help but snort, and reached out to cover the wound, and at this time the blood from the wound was bubbling out, and the situation was very serious. Hanon hurriedly said to an officer beside him: "Quickly take the wound medicine and treat the injuries of the Zhandui brothers!" ”

The officer answered, immediately turned over and dismounted, took out an oval-shaped copper kettle from the leather pocket hanging on the side of the saddle, and ran to Zhandui, who was already supported by two soldiers beside him and dismounted and sat on the ground. The officer quickly opened the copper kettle, poured a pale yellow medicinal powder on top of Zhandui's wound, and then tore off a strip of cloth from Zhandui's shirt to bandage Zhandui's wound. The blood oozing from the wound instantly stained the cloth strip red, and the blood stains on the cloth strip slowly spread around, but gradually this spreading trend stopped, and there was no more blood gushing out of the wound, and the yellow medicine powder reacted with the blood water to produce a gel-like object that sealed the wound.

Zhandui took a breath and said with palpitations: "I almost didn't get this life back!" He glanced up at Hanon and said, "I met a Yanyun warrior," his brows furrowed, his eyes showed fear, and he continued: "This person is tall and majestic, very fierce, only three moves, only three moves, I almost died in his hands!" ”

Hanon and Yan Yunjun have fought many times, and they have long known the power of Yan Yun's fierce generals, and they are not surprised when they hear Zhandui's words, and they think: "According to the intelligence, the commanders of this Yanyun army are Yang Qi and Yang Gui, I saw Yang Qi but didn't see Yang Gui just now, and the Yanyun warriors that Zhandui brothers met are Yang Gui nine times out of ten!" Zhan Dui had never heard of this name except for this time and before in the big tent, and he showed a blank look, and said, "Yang Gui? ”

Hanon explained: "Yang Qi, like Yang Gui, was originally the general of the so-called Yang family army in the Song court, and later the generals of their family joined Yang Yanzhao with Yang Yanzhao. Yang Peng, the king of Yan, incorporated them into the direct legion, and the treatment was very high, which showed that these generals of the Yang family army were not inferior to those generals of Yan Yun's lineage. Before the Yanyun Army attacked the Western Xia from the north and south, the army on the southern front was mainly Yang Yanzhao's army, which fought many battles with the Western Xia army, and its performance was not inferior to the descendants of the Yanyun army who attacked the Western Xia from the northern front! ”

Zhandui nodded, helped a soldier beside him to stand up, walked to the saddle, and wanted to turn over the horse, but he was afraid that the wound would burst, so he didn't dare to exert force.

Seeing this, Hanon hurriedly instructed several officers around him: "You carry the Zhandui brothers on their horses!" The officers complied, turned over and dismounted, ran over, carefully lifted the pile, and put him in the saddle. Zhan Dui took a deep breath as he took the reins in his right hand. Turning his head to look at Hanon, he said with great self-reproach: "This defeat is all my fault, blame me for not listening to you!" Hey, I didn't expect Yan Yunjun to be so fierce, and Yan Yunjun's fierce generals are even more unstoppable! Hey, even if our 30,000 riders compete fairly with their 10,000 or 20,000 riders, I'm afraid it will be difficult to defeat! Hanon nodded sympathetically and said to Zhandui: "Our army has suffered a new defeat and suffered heavy losses, so it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time. We need to hurry back and inform the situation, and ask the general to decide. Zhandui nodded.

Yang Gui led his cavalry back to a small hill next to the basin, at this time Yang Qi was immediately looking into the distance on the hill, and the forest in the basin was still roaring and burning, and the fire reflected the entire basin red, making the whole basin look like a huge furnace; In the distance, a soldier was cleaning up the battlefield, and groups of Tibetan prisoners were escorted over.

The war cavalry under Yang Gui's command stopped halfway up the mountainside, and Yang Gui rode his horse to Yang Qi alone, reined in his horse, and asked angrily: "Auntie, why did you order to stop the pursuit?" It turned out that Yang Guizheng led his cavalry to chase the dead and chase the north to kill, but suddenly received an order from Yang Qi, ordering him to immediately stop the pursuit and retreat, Yang Gui was annoyed, but he did not dare to disobey the military order, and immediately led the army to retreat, but he couldn't help but question Yang Qi.

Yang Qi smiled and said: "The enemy is also cavalry, and the pursuit is just in vain!" Yang Gui said angrily: "You can always kill more!" ”

Yang Qi smiled and said, "If we go to pursue and defeat the enemy, what will happen to the grain and grass here?" Yang Gui snorted and said, "The enemies have all run away, what will happen?" Yang Qi said: "How can you be lucky on the battlefield!" Our main task is to ensure that these 500,000 loads of grain and grass are sent back safely, and not to fight the enemy! Even if we completely annihilate this enemy, if there is a mistake in the grain and grass, it will be too much merit, and we will not be able to explain it to King Yan! Yang Gui's anger completely calmed down, and he muttered in a low voice: "What you said seems to make some sense!" ”

Yang Qi smiled: "Okay, let's not make any extraneous branches, hurry up and escort the grain and grass to continue on the road!" Yang Gui clenched his fists and promised, and prepared to leave. Yang Qi shouted, "Wait a minute! Yang Gui stopped, looked at Yang Qi puzzled, and asked, "What are you doing?" Yang Qi said with a smile: "I personally escort the grain and grass, and your task is to lead the five thousand cavalry under your command to follow me and keep guard." Yang Gui said with a smile: "The Tubo people have been beaten to the point of losing their souls, do they dare to come?" Yang Qi said: "In short, it is not wrong to be cautious." ”

Yang Gui nodded and said, "I understand." Then he turned his horse's head and ran towards his army, and ran before the cavalry, shouting, "Follow me!" Then he led 5,000 horsemen down the hill and went to the north to guard the front. Yang Qi led the army to push out the grain and grass carts hidden in the woods outside the basin, and escorted the grain and grass to Zhuoluo City.

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In the big tent of Tibet, the atmosphere was very solemn, Zhandui and Hanon knelt on the ground, hanging their heads, and their faces showed shame. The general Songhyuk paced back and forth, looking very annoyed. Duo Sang said: "General, we have not been able to destroy those grains and grasses, it seems that we can only retreat into the snow mountain!" ”

Songhe stopped, glanced at Zhandui and Hanon, frowned and thought for a while, shook his head and said: "No, no, no, we are not completely out of chance, there is still a chance, as long as the channel rushes to surrender to us within three days, the victory will still be ours!" Duo Sang felt that what Song He said made sense, as long as the Tangut people surrendered in the past two days, then the combined forces of the two sides would have more than 200,000 horses, and their own army would be able to get the grain and grass supply of the Tangut people, and at the same time, the country would transfer a large army to reinforce it, and it would be difficult for the Yanyun army to mobilize 120,000 soldiers and horses to shake its own position.

Song He said angrily from Zhandui and Hanon: "What are you still kneeling for, get up!" The two stood up. Song He said to Duo Sang: "Immediately send someone to urge Dao Chong and tell him that if he does not surrender before sunset tomorrow, I will attack the city!" It's an ultimatum, there's no price to talk about! Duo Sang nodded and said, "You should put more pressure on you!" ”

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Above the main hall of the Xiliang Mansion, the regent rushed to read the ultimatum that the Tubo people had just sent, frowned, and paced back and forth in the main hall. The civil and military ministers of Western Xia all looked at Daochong, and their faces showed anxious expressions, and finally Li Dingkun, the general of the Iron Harrier, couldn't help but ask: "King, what did the Tubo people say?" Dao Chong stopped, glanced at everyone, and sneered: "The Tubo people have given us an ultimatum, if we don't surrender before sunset tomorrow, they will attack!" ”

Immediately there was a commotion in the main hall, and the civil officials were talking to each other worriedly, and the generals were shouting and scolding indignantly. The noise in the hall gradually quieted down, and the new prime minister Shan Li frowned; "Looks like it's time to decide!" He glanced at Dao Chong and said, "If we don't accept the ultimatum of the Tubo people, will we be able to resist it?" ”

He asked Shanli: "What does the prime minister mean?" Shan Li sighed and said: "Our Great Xia has reached this point, I think it is the will of heaven, and the qi has been exhausted, how can we ordinary people fight against the destiny of heaven?" Many of the ministers chimed in, and when they saw the appearance of these men, they seemed eager to surrender at once.

Li Dingkun was furious and scolded: "As an important minister of Great Xia, when this country is in danger, you don't want to repay, but you want to surrender!" I, Li Dingkun, will never agree! Brother Hugh also said loudly: "The country is in danger, and our courtiers should die to repay it, how can we make such rebellious words without a king and a father!" ”

The two generals spoke together, and the top of the hall became silent, although many people didn't think so, but no one dared to touch the moldy head of Li Dingkun and Brother Hugh, not to mention that what the two of them said was indeed the great righteousness, and it was very reasonable to refute it.

He glanced at Li Dingkun and Brother Wei Mingxiu, and said, "What the two generals said is extremely true, but if the destiny of heaven is no longer on our side, why should we go against the sky?" When Shan Li and others saw Daochong say this, they were very surprised and echoed it.

Li Dingkun's face changed, and he asked, "Is the king going to surrender?" ”

Dao Chong shook his head and said, "This matter can't be decided by me, it should be decided by His Majesty!" "Li Dingkun said secretly: 'The emperor is just a baby, what do you know, you are the regent, handling military affairs on behalf of Your Majesty, this major matter is naturally decided by you, but you push it on Your Majesty, what does it mean?' As soon as I thought of this, I couldn't help frowning. I couldn't figure it out, so I simply didn't think about it, and said loudly: "No matter what the king says or does, I, Li Dingkun and the five thousand Iron Harrier Army, will definitely not surrender!" With a snort, he turned away. There was a commotion in the hall, and many people scolded Li Dingkun for being too rude, but there were also many people who were silent.

Waiting, Dao Chong waited for everyone to be quiet, and said: "This matter is very important, and it is not something that can be decided in a hurry, I have to think about it carefully. Go down first. Everyone looked at each other, and they all felt that the matter was already very urgent, and the deadline given by the other party's ultimatum was before sunset tomorrow, so how could they have time to think about it carefully? Shan Li said to the Dao: "King, now that time is extremely urgent, I'm afraid, I'm afraid I don't have time to think about it!" Many civil servants chimed in.

He said: "This king knows in his heart, you don't have to worry. Anyway, I'll come up with a proper plan before sunset tomorrow. Well, it's useless for you to stay here, so let's all go down and rest. When the people heard him say this, their hearts went up and down, but they had to bow to him and retreat.

As soon as everyone left, the original unfathomable look on Daochong's face disappeared and was replaced by a deep worry. Although he was very calm and calm just now, in fact, he was very restless and couldn't make up his mind, he originally wanted to wait for change, but looking at the current situation, it seems that this intention cannot be realized at all, and the pressure on the Tubo people is increasing, but Yan Yun did not send troops to deal with the Tubo people as he hoped, and the attempt of the snipe and clam to compete for the profit of the fisherman seems to have failed.

Dao Chong paced back and forth in annoyance, and suddenly scolded: "Useless Yanyun people! Do we have to watch Tibet annex us before we are willing? He continued pacing back and forth, trying his best to come up with a solution, but his irritability made his mind so muddy that he couldn't think of anything. Finally stopped, looked at the outside of the main hall, and muttered: "Is there only one way to surrender to Tibet?" I couldn't help frowning, and I was very unwilling.

At this moment, I saw a person rushing in from outside the main hall, and it turned out to be Ye Lirong, a close confidant of Dao Chong. Ye Li Rong ran to the front of Dao Chong, his face was full of excitement, he didn't care about saluting, and said urgently: "King, good news, good news!" Dao Chong's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Is it that Yanyun people have sent troops?" Ye Lirong nodded vigorously and said, "Our scouts have found out that not long ago, the Yanyun war cavalry suddenly attacked and attacked the snow mountain fortress of the Tubo people, and the Tubo people not only lost 500,000 loads of grain and grass, but also nearly 20,000 war horses!" ”

Dao Chong was overjoyed, and high-fived: "Great! That's great! Then he paced back and forth excitedly, and said angrily: "Damn, the Tubo people are too busy to take care of themselves but come to scare me!" Lao Tzu almost fell for their evil! Ye Lirong said excitedly: "The Yanyun army sent troops, the big war between the Yanyun army and the Tubo people is inevitable, they are fighting with each other, our fishermen will benefit, and the crisis will be resolved!" Dao Chong nodded heavily, then frowned, and Okino Lirong asked, "Is this news you said true?" Ye Lirong said: "This is completely certain!" ”

He thought about it: "The situation has changed now, there is no need for us to pretend to be good to the Tubo people!" Then he said to Ye Lirong: "You immediately take someone to arrest the Tibetan envoy for me!" Ye Li replied and ran down.

After thinking about it, he called the captain of the pro-soldier and asked him to assemble the team. Moments later, he and his guards rushed outside a heavily guarded courtyard in the city. The guards suddenly saw the passage rushing towards them, and they bowed down one after another. Dao Chong led everyone into the courtyard, and walked straight into the hall, only to see Li Qian, the envoy of Yanyun who was under house arrest, standing on top of the hall. Li Qian suddenly saw Dao Chong come in with many armor soldiers, and he was shocked, thinking that they were here to kill him, so he forced himself to calm down.

The mediation conflict bowed to Li Qian, and said apologetically: "I really offended your envoy before, please forgive me!" Li Qian was very surprised to see that Daochong was so humble, but his nervousness dissipated a lot, and he said lightly: "The king doesn't have to be polite. But I wonder if the king suddenly came today, what advice do you have? His voice trembled.

He said: "I don't dare to advise, this king is here mainly to ask your envoy for sin." Li Qian smiled; "Say well," he said, "Hold your hand," the king, please take a seat. ”

He bowed and said, "Thank you." Then he said to his guards, "Wait for me outside." The guards said yes and exited the hall. Li Qian and Daochong walked to a coffee table on the right and sat down, and Daochong said apologetically: "I really had to offend your envoy before!" Your envoy may not know that at that time, the Tubo people forced the king to break off diplomatic relations with Yanyun by force, and the king had no choice but to offend the envoy, and asked your envoy to make tens of millions of Haihan! The king apologizes once again to your envoy! As he spoke, he bowed to Li Qian. Although Li Qian felt that the other party's attitude had changed too quickly, he was also sure that the other party's attitude had indeed changed, and he couldn't help but make up his mind.

Hu Daochong took out a small mahogany box from his arms, put it on the coffee table, pushed it in front of Li Qian, and said with a smile: "This is a little bit of the king's heart, and please make a smile!" Li Qian stretched out his hand and opened the box, his eyes were full of golden light, it turned out that the box was filled with golden sand, although this box is not big, but the gold is heavy, so full of a box, not to mention a hundred taels of gold, that is 10,000 taels of silver, this is definitely a huge amount of money! Li Qian's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly closed the box, put it in his arms, and said with a smile on his face: "The king is so polite, thank you very much!" Seeing that he had accepted the gift, he smiled secretly and said, "I'm afraid that this little meaning can't make up for the king's previous mistakes!" ”

Li Qian smiled and said, "Why did the king say this? The previous king was just involuntarily, forced to be helpless, the envoy would never blame, and he would never report this matter to King Yan. He said gratefully: "Thank you so much!" After a pause, he said: "This king has already thought it through, King Yan is a hero in the world, invincible in the world, and it is the destiny of heaven!" Our party and clan have reached this point, and it is obviously impossible to revive it, so it is better to take refuge in Yanyun! ”

Li Qian was overjoyed and said: "If the king can raise the party and the whole clan to defect to the king of Yan, the king of Yan will definitely not treat the king badly, and the high-level Houlu is for sure!" Like our adults, we didn't have any merit, but after defecting to King Yan, we got the high position left behind in Xingqing Mansion, and with the identity and merit of adults, King Yan will definitely be more important! He said: "This depends on the good words of your envoy!" Li Qian smiled: "This is natural, the king can rest assured!" After a pause, he asked, "But I don't know how the king plans to defect to King Yan?" What I mean is that the king immediately sent someone to express his intentions to General Yue Fei, and agreed on the time and method of surrendering, and then the two sides did it according to the agreed time and method. ”

Dao Chong frowned and said: "This, I'm afraid it's not safe, this king's idea is to send an envoy to Tianjing New City to contact King Yan first, negotiate relevant matters, and then I will surrender to King Yan!" What do you think? ”

Li Qian smiled: "The king is really cautious! Then he nodded and said, "That's fine." Seeing that Li Qian agreed, he was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Since your envoy also agrees, then this king will do so!" Please also ask your envoy to send one person to Tianjing New City with my envoy to meet King Yan! Li Qian stood up and said, "I should send someone to go with the king's envoy!" ”

A strange brilliance flashed in Dao Chong's eyes, but Li Qian didn't notice it. Dao Chong smiled and said: "After the matter is completed, this king will have a big gift for your envoy!" Li Qian couldn't help but be very happy when he thought of the box of golden sand, and said with a smile: "Then thank you king!" He Daochong held Li Qian's palm and said affectionately: "You and my brother, why do you say these unseemly words, this king's is your envoy's!" ”

Li Qian couldn't help but be a little moved, and also a little proud, after all, the former high-ranking Dao Chong is now close to calling himself a brother. After saying goodbye to Li Qian, he left the courtyard, and as soon as he left the courtyard, he ordered the removal of all the guards who were guarding Li Qian, and ordered his cronies to transfer a team of maids to serve Li Qian.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.