Chen Ao sighed for a while, and Xuan Ning was already examining the few people who were not dead. For the sake of his own safety, Xuan Ning could only kill them all.

After doing all this, she said, "Let's go!"

Chen Ao thought for a while, and suddenly picked up an iron arrow stuck in the ground and stabbed it into his arm. The crossbow arrow was very sharp, and it immediately cut a hole in Chen Ao's arm, and blood gushed out.

Xuan Ning was startled, hurriedly stepped forward and tore off a piece of cloth, bandaged Chen Ao's wound, and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Chen Ao smiled slightly, endured the pain and said, "Only in this way can we return to the Liao army camp!"

Xuan Ning was taken aback: "Do you still want to go back?"

Chen Ao nodded and said, "Of course, I said that I would explain the matter clearly to Xiao Shuixian, how can I say it if I don't go back?" If she didn't know why and crashed into the encirclement of the Liao army, wouldn't we have harmed her?"

As soon as Xuan Ning heard that what he said made sense, he sighed slightly and remained silent. In fact, Chen Ao still had an idea in his heart that he didn't say. He watched Song Liao's tragic siege battle yesterday, and his heart was extremely uneasy. If this war continues, it is not known how many people will die, and what will happen to themselves and many others. As the saying goes, it is better to be a peaceful dog than to disturb the world. For himself, for Zhao Ling, and for many people he cared about, Chen Ao decided to end this war.

And Xiao Tzu Rin was shot to death by an arrow here in a daze, which undoubtedly provided an opportunity for Chen Ao's idea. Xiao Tart Rin is the most relied on general of the Empress Dowager Xiao now, and his death will definitely make the Empress Dowager Xiao want to retreat!

Thinking of this, Chen Ao turned his head to look at the camp at the bottom of the mountain. There was the strength of a forward battalion of the Liao army, about one or two thousand people. They didn't expect that there would be people on this hillside at all, because a few days ago, they found that this hillside could observe the situation at the head of the city of Lanzhou, and they were also shot back by the Song army. They had long since abandoned this reconnaissance site, so they would not have imagined that their great general would actually climb this mountain at this time and be shot to death.

With the support of Xuanning, Chen Ao went down the mountain and rushed into the camp, shouting anxiously as he ran: "Oh no, no! The general is dead!"

Xuanning's face was still a little thinner, so he could only follow him, but he couldn't let go of his voice and shouted. The two of them quickly attracted the attention of the battalion officers. Because they were dressed in Khitan clothes, the sentries in the watchtower did not fire arrows, and a group of people surrounded them and asked, "Who are you?

The man spoke in Khitan again, and a Han man next to him spoke in Chinese again. Chen Ao then "hurriedly" announced: "I followed General Xiao up the mountain to observe the enemy's situation, but I was discovered by the Song people, and General Xiao was shot to death by the Song people's bed crossbow!"

The guards were startled, seeing that the blood on Chen Ao's arm was still seeping out, not like a fake. Someone asked, "Which General Xiao?"

Chen Ao said: "Which other General Xiao is?" Of course, it's General Xiao Tzu Rin!"

The crowd was even more surprised. One of them immediately turned over and returned to the camp and reported to the top. Not long after, a lieutenant came out, asked Chen Ao again, and ordered someone to bring Chen Ao Xuanning into the camp with a gloomy face.

A group of people escorted the two and walked towards the big tent. A bearded man who looked like a general in the tent asked again. Chen Ao said the same thing three or four times, and this was the end. The bearded man seemed to be a little unconvinced, and asked about the situation in the main camp of the Liao army. Fortunately, Chen Ao went to the camp yesterday and knew some information, so he returned accordingly, but there was no mistake.

The bearded man believed it, and hurriedly led people up the mountain to check, and immediately found Xiao Tzulin's body. They brought the corpses of the 100 people back to the camp, and sent someone to report to the Empress Dowager Xiao.

The forward battalion immediately wanted to blow up the pot, and everyone was a little incredulous when they heard about it. The whole camp immediately became noisy.

The Song army on the opposite wall was still inexplicable, and they didn't know what was going on, and they were all nervous, for fear that the Khitans would have some conspiracy.

Soon, a group of Liao troops galloped into the forward battalion, led by Xiao Ting. But looking at Xiao Ting's expression, he didn't seem to be as anxious as others, but faintly excited and joyful. Chen Ao didn't know that when he heard the news of Xiao Tzulin's death, his heart blossomed, so he was a little surprised by his expression.

Xiao Ting found Chen Ao and Xuan Ning, and when they saw that they both knew each other, he asked them to repeat their previous words again. Xiao Ting was in a good mood, and he didn't ask any questions, so he hurriedly returned to the camp with the bodies of the two of them and Xiao Tzurin.

Empress Dowager Xiao was anxiously waiting for news. As soon as Xiao Ting entered the camp, he immediately put on a sad look and hurried into the big tent. Chen Ao stood outside, only to hear the shouting inside for a while, followed by the sound of the ministers talking.

Then a waiter came and summoned Chen Ao into the tent to meet the emperor and the queen mother. At this time, Chen Ao was inevitably uneasy in his heart. But on the way here, he had already gone through the lie in his head several times to make sure that nothing was wrong. Moreover, on the way here, he had already learned from Xiao Ting's mouth that Nangong Jun was not in the camp at the moment. I think he tracked him all night, and he hasn't returned yet. As long as Nangong Jun is not there, those civil and military ministers don't know him, so there is nothing to be afraid of. So Chen Ao held his head high and strode into the big tent.

In the tent, Empress Dowager Xiao, Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu and a group of civil and military personnel were all standing, dozens of pairs of eyes staring at Chen Ao. Chen Ao glanced at the legendary Empress Dowager Xiao and immediately bowed.

Empress Dowager Xiao waved his hand to get him up, and asked, "What are you doing with General Xiao in the barren mountain?"

Chen Ao replied calmly: "General Xiao said that he wanted to observe the arrangement of the Song army at the head of the city, so he took a group of personal soldiers up the mountain. ”

After Empress Dowager Xiao asked this, she didn't speak, but stared at Chen Ao's eyes with blazing eyes, as if she wanted to judge whether Chen Ao was lying. Chen Ao looked at her calmly, and out of the corner of his eye, he inadvertently saw Xiao Shuixian standing aside with a worried look on his face. Unexpectedly, she would worry about herself, Chen Ao's heart warmed.

Empress Dowager Xiao looked at it for a while, but she didn't see anything unusual, and said in a deep voice: "That hillside is within the range of the Song army's bed crossbow, why does General Xiao still go there?"

Chen Ao sighed and replied, "Actually, General Xiao also knows that it is very dangerous there. But he once told Zai Xia that the Queen Mother wanted to take this city very much. He is trusted by the Queen Mother, so naturally he has to do his best and die!"

This was originally a rhetoric that Chen Ao came up with, but who knew that it happened to speak to the heart of Empress Dowager Xiao. Last night, the ministers argued, only Xiao Tzu Rin can really understand the true thoughts in her heart, could it be said that Xiao Tart Rin really knew that she was unwilling, so she took the risk to go up the mountain to reconnoitre?

Empress Dowager Xiao sighed, sat down on Feng Yi all of a sudden, and muttered to herself. No one could hear what she was talking about. Chen Ao had no choice but to continue: "Last night, General Xiao specially led his own soldiers to find Zaixia, because he learned that Zaixia had lived in this neighborhood for a period of time, and hoped that I would show him a way to approach Lanzhou City in concealment. Although we set out overnight, our operations were indeed very secretive, and we even chose the time of reconnaissance in the early morning when no one would have thought of it. But somehow, the Song army at the head of the city seemed to be ready for a long time, and as soon as we appeared, they immediately shot out the bed crossbow!"

"Huh?" Empress Dowager Xiao frowned, and immediately realized that something was wrong with Chen Ao's words, and said in a deep voice: "You mean, there are spies among you?"