A look of surprise first flashed in his eyes, and then Park Deok-fa hurriedly bent down and saluted, "Foreign minister Park Deok-fa, the Korean envoy, has met His Highness King Ji."
"The foreign minister Jin Dajiang, the Korean envoy, has met His Royal Highness King Ji."
The chief and deputy envoys bowed their heads and saluted, and their attitudes were very respectful. This was not only because of Tang Ao's status as the fourth prince, but more importantly because of his own abilities.
Feeling the respect from the two people's hearts, Tang Ao nodded lightly, "Goryeo is a vassal state of Daqian, so you are no longer an outsider when it comes to it, take a seat."
"Thank you, His Highness Prince Ji." Pu Defa and the other two thanked each other loudly, and then sat down on the chairs prepared aside.
After the two parties sat down, Tang Ao asked politely about the situation of Goryeo, especially after asking about the physical condition of Goryeo King Li Cunren and Park clan leader Silla King Pu Fengli, expressing his concern. After saying this, Tang Ao Then he stood up and left. As he left, he told Zeng Tong and Han Ce that they must do a good job in reception, and then walked away.
Tang Aohui's appearance here shows an attitude of concern and emphasis on this matter. It also shows Jizhou's attitude of agreeing to have good relations and even alliance with Koryo, especially the small country of Silla. As for the next step, it involves specific matters. It's not appropriate for him to stand here during negotiations.
After all, Tang Ao is now the lucky king. If he is like a businessman and wastes words or even disputes with others for the sake of profit, it would be too low a price. Fortunately, Tang Ao had put the bottom line with others before. Zeng Tong and Han Ce stated that they believed that they could handle this matter with their abilities.
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On the upper floor of Zhenxian City, Ning Feng, holding a telescope in his hand, was staring at the Beidi Army, which was getting closer and closer, and even the front army had reached the moat.
"It seems something is not right." Wu Dang, commander of the first battalion of the Fourth Army, stood on the tower and said with suspicion on his face as he put down Thousand Miles Realm.
"Oh, what's wrong?" Ning Feng also let go of Thousand Miles Realm, but to be honest, he didn't feel anything was wrong. Originally, he didn't understand military affairs, so he couldn't see anything.
After listening to this question, Wu Dang said very responsibly: "Master Ning, you see, these war horses are extremely powerful, which is very unreasonable. Why do you want to make them so good when you know that they are replacing people by quantity?" Give us the war horses? There are also the Di people who transport the horses. They are all tall and strong and walk very powerfully. They are not like ordinary Di soldiers."
Wu Dang had been on the battlefield and fought with the Di people.
What ordinary Di people are like, and even what their soldiers are like, they have all been seen and killed. That's why we can feel the difference. And hearing these words in Ning Feng's ears is the same as It was like a thunderous explosion, which made him startled. Then he thought of something and asked: "Battalion Commander Wu, do you mean there is some fraud in this?"
"Well, that should probably be the case. We only need to test it out. We can let them stop at the gate of the city and tell them that the horses can be sent here and just ask them to go back. If they are really the ones who sent the horses, even if they don't agree , they will also make some demands and argue with us. On the contrary, if they ignore us, or forcefully cross the city without even saying a few words, then there must be something wrong." Wu Dang thought for a while and gave the answer. A recommendation.
This plan was exactly what Ning Feng wanted. He nodded immediately and said to a person next to him: "Go ahead, everything will be done according to Battalion Commander Wu's wishes."
Soon, the voice of this personal attendant sounded on the city tower, and it was just as Wu Dang said, asking Di Bing to stop at the bottom of the city to prepare for the ceremony of receiving the war horse here.
"What's going on? Didn't you say you were going to Jicheng to receive you?" Among the team, the Hun general Qiao Xiong asked a Beidi envoy in charge of leading the team with a face.
"Well... I don't know." Beidi's commander shook his head. What happened was somewhat beyond his expectation. "General, please wait a moment. I'm just asking."
"Hurry up." Qiao Xiong didn't want to fall out now, thinking it would be best if he could fool him.
The matter was handed over to Beidi's envoy. When he stated that according to the agreement, he was going to Jicheng to join Gongsun Guangma's people, and when the time came, he would hand over people and horses. The voice of his followers from downstairs came out again, to the effect that there was no need.
For such trouble, war horses are needed here. They have reported it to King Ji and received permission. The horses will be exchanged here. After a few days, the prisoners from Beidi will be sent here, and they will be handed over to the same people.
Hand in hand.
"That won't work. It seems that we can only rush over." Qiao Xiong heard that he was not willing to obey. This time he was not here to send horses to the Jizhou army in exchange for Beidi prisoners. He used this as an excuse to enter Jizhou. Why?
Maybe I stayed here too long?
For his own purposes, Qiao Xiong showed his resolute side at this moment and did not discuss with the accompanying Beidi envoy at all. He immediately said to the soldiers around him: "Notify, speed up and bypass the town and county."
Even if they couldn't outsmart them, they could only outsmart them. Qiao Xiong gave an order, and five thousand Huns cavalry and ten thousand horses (two horses per person) rushed straight towards the outskirts of the town and county like a whirlwind.
"No, it's really a scam!" At this time, how could Ning Feng still not see that something was wrong?
"My lord, I will request you to shoot arrows on the city to prevent the enemy from riding across the city." Wu Dang was decisive. After seeing the problem, he immediately made a suggestion.
"Yes! The 20,000 Guzhou Army prisoners of war in the city can also be mobilized by Battalion Commander Wu." Ning Feng knew that the matter was tense and had no time to delay, so he said decisively at the moment.
All of a sudden, everything in the city became busy.
Under the city, strong horses passed quickly around the town and county walls; on the city, Wu Dang was directing people to carry bows and arrows under the city, just because he only had a thousand elite men under his command, and the others were prisoners of war, or some who had not received any training.
Prisoners of war who were trained in any way were unable to follow orders and prohibitions. After giving orders, they became chaotic, which greatly hindered their preparations. By the time the first batch of bows and arrows were delivered to the city, nearly an hour had passed.
At this time, more than half of the Huns' cavalry had already left the city, leaving only less than a thousand cavalry.
Wu Dang led the soldiers and began to shoot arrows downwards. Firstly, the distance was very far. Secondly, the troops were limited and could not achieve the effect of arrow rain. Thirdly, there were not enough bows and arrows. In the end, they only killed and wounded dozens of Huns cavalry. In the end, they watched
The army passed by the city.
"Hey, if the outer city is also repaired, these people will not be able to pass by calmly." When Wu Dang saw the Huns cavalry flying away, he couldn't help but punched the city tower, and blood flowed from his fist.
He didn't even care about the blood. Because he knew that once these people rushed into the hinterland of Jizhou, they would cause serious losses to the local people.
Perhaps God saw the blood flowing out from under the fist peak, and the originally dark sky suddenly began to rain, and then the rain began to get heavier.
"Quick, Fei Ge will send a letter to the teacher and Commander Feng immediately, telling them what happened here." Ning Feng's expression also changed drastically, and he also thought of some possibility. But there is no way, the Huns cavalry are already crossing the city.
However, how to blame oneself can only be discussed later. What we need to do now is to spread the news and prepare as early as possible.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, accompanied by strong winds. At this moment, strong winds are blowing across the land of Jizhou!
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The speed of flying pigeons to deliver messages was still very fast. After dozens of flying pigeons rose into the sky, they flew quickly in the rain. Just one day later, the commander of the Quartet Army, Feng Feng, who had just received the news and was rushing towards the town and county.
Wan Li got the news about Di Qi's invasion of the town and county.
Even at this time, they thought they were coming from Beidi cavalry, but they did not know that they were actually coming from Huns cavalry, and there was essentially no difference.
After seeing the intelligence, Feng Wanli thought of what would happen next. He knew what kind of disaster would be caused once these enemy cavalry entered the hinterland of Jizhou. At this time, there was no point in going to the towns and counties.
Unfolding the map, Feng Wanli saw a route heading towards Jicheng. Following this route, he excluded Bai County and focused on Ancheng County, which was not far away from him. He punched it,
"This is it. Call the Second Battalion Commander Xiao Zaiyin over."
It didn't take long for Xiao Zaiyin to appear in Feng Wanli's eyes. He only stayed there for half a stick of incense before the second battalion commander gathered his troops in the rain and then rushed towards Ancheng.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, causing Xiao Zaiyin's second battalion to pay a higher price than usual every time it advanced. Fortunately, God is fair, and Qiao Xiong's troops who were rushing towards Ancheng were also hit.
Due to the heavy rain, the road became muddy, and the war horse's greatest advantage - speed could not be developed. Looking at the terrible weather, Qiao Xiong had to order to find a place to take shelter from the rain and rest.
This time I came to Jizhou to clear grass and plunder. Apart from the necessary dry food, I brought almost nothing extra. For example, I was not prepared for shelter from the rain. In order to prevent the troops from getting into trouble due to being exposed to the rain.
The area was reduced, and as a last resort, the five thousand cavalry and ten thousand healthy horses could only find dense forests and rest in them.
God help me, the Second Battalion of the Quartet Army, wearing raincoats, led by battalion commander Xiao Zaiyin, rushed forward without resting along the way, braving the heavy rain.
Xiao Zaiyin is a man of medium height. Although he does not appear to be tall, he does have a strong tenacity. His character of refusing to admit defeat until he is beaten to death was personally praised by Tang Ao, and he was awarded the second prize for it.
The position of battalion commander.
While leading a thousand officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion in the heavy rain, he stood on the roadside to encourage the soldiers, "Soldiers, Ancheng is right in front, and there are our brothers and sisters inside. If you get to the city as early as possible, you will have one more
In order to defend the city separately, for the sake of the safety of the people, and in order not to be invaded by aliens, we must grit our teeth and persevere. As long as we enter the city first, it will be a great achievement. Once we enter the city, we will have clean clothes for us to change.
, there will be delicious food and drinks waiting for us.”