Wang Pang's estimate of what was ahead was absolutely correct. No matter how young and vigorous Li Liangzuo was, when he came to lead an army of 100,000 people and left the Weizhou Castle several hundred miles away, his heart froze when he saw the confrontation between the two men on the opposite side.

The weather in June and July can change at any time. The sun was shining brightly a moment ago, but soon there were dark clouds. Li Liangzuo led his team to rush to the nearby high mound. Amidst the thunder, he could still see the overwhelming black camp on the opposite side, and the horns and horns.

His army had already set up its position and was waiting for him to come. A rough look at the camp estimated that the number of incoming troops was two or three times as many as his own. Flags were fluttering in the camp, and the army of horned soldiers was majestic.

A bolt of lightning flashed across, and the horses of the guards around Li Liangzuo actually took a few steps back. When Li Liangzuo turned around, he saw the soldiers and horses around his unit looked frightened.

General Manmei came to Li Liangzuo's side and said that when he saw the formation on the opposite side, he knew that he had very little chance of winning. Before Manmei could say anything, he heard the sound of drums, mixed with the sound of thunder.

, from the opposite corner, the formation suddenly split into left and right, and a group of cavalry rushed out from the middle.

Li Liangzuo and Manmei watched intently. No, it was not a group of cavalry. The opening of the horn formation expanded, and the cavalry from behind rushed towards them like a tide. Manmei hurriedly looked back and found that Li Liangzuo's troops had not yet arrived.

Form a team.[

Manmei looked at Li Liangzuo again, and the emperor gave an order in desperation and rushed over with the troops like scattered sand. Manmei was worried, this emperor was too young and reckless, so he hurriedly picked up his sword and urged his horse to rush over to protect him.

As soon as Li Liangzuo's team connected with Jiao Siluo's team, it could no longer hold up. Jiao Siluo's army was like a flood and was about to overwhelm Li Liangzuo's team. It was only an arrow's distance away.

The cavalry were hedging again, and in almost the blink of an eye, where the front ends met, there was a dazzling sound of metal, the sound of horse hooves, the roar of thunder, and the thunder of war drums, covering up the thrilling screams of the soldiers.

As soon as Li Liangzuo's leading cavalry faced off, several of them fell off their horses! Jiao Siluo's cavalry queue was still dense. Even if these powerful vassal soldiers in the leading queue fell off their horses, they would not even look at their companions, but just kept urging them.

The horses, waving swords and spears in their hands, charged towards Li Liangzuo's team with red eyes! Even though Li Liangzuo had three heads and six arms, he was still among the pack of wolves. He could only parry with the courage of a man, and his armor was crooked at this time.

Sweating profusely.

Seeing that the young emperor of Xixia was about to die on the battlefield, the veteran Manme led his troops and rushed to Li Liangzuo's horse. While blocking the cavalry for him, he used the team of Xixia soldiers to cover Li Liangzuo's retreat.

Liang Zuo was frightened, resentful and helpless, so he turned his horse and ran back. The Xixia army's rear group became the front group, and they were defeated like a wave.

Li Liangzuo ran for dozens of miles in one breath. When he looked back, he saw that the sparse cavalry troops were retreating with him, and the slow-moving infantrymen were resisting the horned soldiers at the back while retreating in a broken army. It was pouring rain at this time, and Li Liangzuo

Liang Zuo's vision was blurred, and he finally saw the veteran Manme following him. Li Liangzuo almost threw himself into Manme's arms as if he were seeing a relative.

The heavy rain stopped Jiao Siluo's pursuit, allowing Li Liangzuo to take a breather. Seeing that it was getting dark, he rested his troops, only to find that there were still 60,000 to 70,000 of the 100,000 troops he had brought out, and Li Liangzuo was slightly reassured.

Come on, luckily, this is much better than the worst plan he had just made.

When darkness came, the rain stopped. The Xixia troops, who had just experienced a life-and-death disaster, were exhausted and soaked by the heavy rain, and their morale was low. From time to time in the camp set up, the sounds of sorrow for injuries and illnesses could be heard.

Before dinner was finished, the troops of Jiao Siluo, who were charging in high spirits, had been reorganized and launched another sneak attack. Fortunately, Manmei reminded Li Liangzuo this time, but Li Liangzuo did not dare to confront them head-on and hurriedly continued to retreat with his troops.

That night, behind Li Liangzuo, the sound of fighting filled the sky, and the torches of the horned army illuminated the bloody night. At dawn, Li Liangzuo returned to the huge castle in Weizhou that Weizhou Manmei had ordered to build in advance.

The gate of the city firmly blocked Jiao Siluo's troops from outside the city. Li Liangzuo was in shock this time and counted his troops. This time, there were only thirty or forty thousand troops left. Li Liangzuo stood on the top of the city.

, seeing the army of Jiao Si Luo approaching the city, not only the camp was not in chaos, but the enemy soldiers seemed to be unharmed. Li Liangzuo's legs were trembling slightly. He was not afraid, but lucky.

Li Liangzuo hurriedly summoned General Manmei. He heard that the city had already prepared enough food and grass. Now it was a long journey for the Jiaosiluo troops. The opponent had a large number of troops. As time went by, supplies would become difficult. As long as they could persist for ten days,

Jiao Si Luo Xin Lian Zhan must withdraw his troops.

Seeing Manmei's confident description, Li Liangzuo felt relieved this time. Nothing could be better than the savior. Li Liangzuo bowed deeply to Manmei and said: "Thanks to General Manmei for this time, otherwise I would have been

A lonely soul on the battlefield."

When Manmei saw Li Liangzuo's actions, he was moved in his heart. He hurriedly returned the courtesy: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this. I, the minister, should protect the safety of your Majesty and show my loyalty." When he said this, he prayed in his heart. The king had done this in advance.

A good defensive strategy works best.

The weather was hot in the scorching summer, and Jiaosiluo's army was large in number. This time it was Jiaosiluo's son Dong Xiang who led the team. He saw that the Xixia army had been defeated, and the huge castle in front of him was really easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was difficult to attack again.

After attacking for several days, he was afraid that Xixia's reinforcements would catch up. Within ten days, Dong Fei was determined to fight and ordered his troops to retreat.

Li Liangzuo stood on the top of the castle in Weizhou, watching Jiao Siluo's troops slowly receding like an ebbing tide. Only then did he and Manme let out a long sigh of relief. Li Liangzuo admired Man in his heart.

With his foresight, he said gratefully: "Thanks to General Man for making preparations here in advance, otherwise my life would be at risk and Xixia would be in danger~"

Seeing what Li Liangzuo said, Manmei watched Jiao Siluo's troops withdraw. Seeing that the time was right, she took out a letter from her arms and handed it to Li Liangzuo with both hands.

Li Liangzuo didn't know what kind of letter Manme was sending. At this time, he was already confused. He was really worried about the bad news. When he opened it, he saw that it was written by Wang Pang to Manme. He suggested that Manme choose a place to fortify in advance on the way to send troops.

After Li Liangzuo read the letter, he suddenly burst into laughter with a sense of helplessness. After laughing, Li Liangzuo looked up to the sky and sighed: "I didn't expect that it was Wang Pang who saved my life!" At this time, he was sincerely convinced by Wang Pang.

, thinking about the previous two times of sincerity, I secretly felt guilty. Now that things have come to this, I am willing to admit defeat. I just want to wait until I return to Xixia to listen to Wang Pang's plan on the matter of trade.

He thought well, but he didn't know that a bloody storm was also brewing in Xingqing Mansion. News of Li Liangzuo's defeat spread to Xingqing Mansion, and the streets of Xingqing Mansion were filled with Yiwei Division troops.

Ji Laqing took people to Di Dian to find Wang Pang, and when he was about to detain Wang Pang, Wang Pang seemed to have disappeared from the world, and he left Xingqing Mansion together with his two guards.

Wang Pang didn't go far, and no one could have imagined that he was in the Chengtian Temple Pagoda not far outside Xingqing Mansion. The Chengtian Temple Pagoda is located in a monastery, with thirteen floors on the outside and eleven floors on the inside.

The brick pavilion-style tower is in an octagonal shape. The breeze blows and the tower bell jingles, which makes the tranquility of the Zen courtyard even more apparent. Climbing the tower and looking out, you can have a panoramic view of Xingqing Mansion.[

Xixia people have believed in Buddhism since Li Yuanhao. This is the best refuge arranged by He Xingyuan's disciples for Wang Pang. Wang Pang pinched his fingers and estimated that Li Liangzuo would be back soon.

At this time, Liang Luoyao heard the news in the palace. She was about to convey Yi's decree to summon the ministers, but she saw Man Chang suddenly barging into Funing Palace. Liang Luoyao was a little annoyed when she saw Man Chang barging in. She was about to get angry when she heard Man Chang say: "

The Queen is informed that there is chaos in the city of Xingqing Mansion. Ji Lalei, the Yiwei Si, led the troops to close the city gate. In order to protect the safety of the Queen and the Crown Prince, I have ordered the inner palace to be sealed off. Now I ask the Queen to move to Qianlong Palace to take care of the Crown Prince.

"

When Liang Luoyao heard that the prince was in Man Chang's hands, her lungs were about to explode. Without the prince, how could she give orders to the ministers of Xixia? Where did the Prime Minister and Ji Lalei die at the critical moment?

The Prime Minister Liang Yi was being monitored by Li Xili at this time. Wang Pang kept hinting that no matter how stupid Li Xili was, he knew that the emperor was not in Xingqing Mansion and that his troops were defeated. At present, the mission of the Prime Minister was to watch.

It became the focus of Li Xili's work.

Now only Ji Lalei was waiting for the palace's cooperation. He led his troops to close the city gate of Xingqing Mansion. Standing on the top of the city, he was proudly watching Li Liangzuo's remnant army line up from far to near.

Under the city.

Manmei rushed to the front of the formation and shouted to the city: "Why are the city gates closed when the Holy Masters are returning to the court?"

Ji Lalei looked at Li Liangzuo's 20,000 to 30,000 remnant troops in the city. Not to mention competing with the same number of troops as his own Yiwei Division, they had no time to mobilize the troops from the surrounding cities. What's more, the queen had a prince in charge. As long as there was a fall in the court,

If Li Liangzuo is deposed, the coup will be successful.

Ji Lalei laughed loudly and shouted proudly: "Master Man, you are old and confused. Now the Holy Emperor is waiting for food in the palace. You go and tell Li Liangzuo and let him announce his abdication. Maybe you can return to the palace to enjoy it."

A moment of family happiness.”

Manme gritted his steel teeth, this shameless villain who attacked from behind, he wished he could fly to the top of the city and rip off Ji Lalei's head.

At this time, Li Liangzuo also knew that something had changed in Xingqing Mansion. He looked at the city head from the team with suspicion, thinking about his wife and children in the palace, and even more worried about his throne. At this time, he had already been defeated once.

He was impatient and wanted to attack the city by force, but he didn't want his hard-earned foundation to be destroyed in one fell swoop.

Li Liangzuo's soldiers were even more anxious. Most of them still had children in Xingqing Mansion, and people were in chaos for a while. At this critical moment, one of the elite soldiers of the Yiwei Division behind Ji Lalei broke out and shouted: "

Don't panic, Your Majesty, Wu Su is here!"

Soon after speaking, Wu Su waved the steel knife in his hand and jumped out from behind Ji Lalei with the shouting. Ji Lalei just turned around after hearing the sound, opened his mouth and was cut off by Wu Su without making any sound.

Cutting off the head with a knife, Wu Su picked up Ji La Lei's head and threw it down the city. Ji La Lei's dead body fell to the ground. There was a chaos at the top of the city. At the same time, a cannon was heard, and people from Feilong Garden rushed out of the imperial city to rescue him.

The troops of the Yiwei Division were suddenly in chaos, and Manme shouted loudly: "Soldiers in the city, please open the city gate to forgive your sins and avoid killing each other."

The city gates opened wide, and the soldiers quickly knelt down to welcome the Holy Emperor back to the court. Li Liangzuo took a look at Wu Su at the top of the city. He saw that Wu Su was very majestic standing on the top of the city.

Wu Su was so majestic. He was so frightened by himself. The Yiwei Division usually didn't fight, and many of them had never killed anyone. At this time, Wu Su's legs were stiff with fear. It wasn't because he didn't want to kneel, it was because of his nerves.
Chapter completed!