After Li Tongren finished speaking, he stood up. Ao Daochong stood up quickly, and naturally all the nobles also stood up. Ao Daochong said apologetically: "You are really neglecting your envoy!" Li Tongren nodded and said: "Prime Minister, you don't have to be polite.
"Farewell." Odaochong said quickly: "I will see your envoy off!" He then led the nobles to send Li Tongren out of the gate. It was not until Li Tongren got in the car and left far away that he led the nobles back to the hall.
A young noble couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, we can't surrender to Yan Yun, otherwise all of us would be equal to the untouchables. It would really be an insult to our ancestors. What a shame!" Most of the nobles agreed one after another, saying that they couldn't.
Naturally, everyone's reasons for surrendering to Yanyun were very high-sounding, but to put it bluntly, they were actually unwilling to give up the privileges they currently enjoyed. In their imagination, being a commoner who lost all their privileges was really intolerable.
An old man frowned and said: "Even if we don't surrender to Yan Yun, we can't refuse so straightforwardly. Wouldn't that directly refute King Yan's face and inevitably make King Yan angry? We might as well push this matter to the people, just
It is said that the people care about their homeland and are unwilling to surrender, so we have no choice but to ask the King of Yan for your forgiveness! Then we will profess our vassalage to Yanyun and send envoys to pay tribute to Yanyun! In this way, as long as Yanyun accepts our vassalage, then
We will be safe, after all, even if you are as strong as Yan Yun, you can't attack your own country!"
Everyone nodded and praised the good deeds, and Odao rushed out: "What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true, let's do it like this!" It turned out that this old man was the Prime Minister he had conferred not long ago, and his name was Shan Li. He had not entered the Xixia court before.
Ao Daochong, the largest aristocratic landowner in Liang and a Dangxiang member, canonized him as prime minister. Naturally, he also considered wooing the local forces in Xiliang.
Brother Weimingxiu ran in from outside, and everyone's eyes fell on him. Brother Weimingxiu hurriedly saluted Aodaochong and said: "Your Majesty, it seems that the people who came to attack were not the Tubo people, but the Yan people.
Yunjun!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard the three words 'Yanyun Army', and the scene suddenly became silent. Ao Daochong said in disbelief: "How could it be Yan Yun Army? How could Yan Yun Army appear there?
They don’t have wings, so how can they not fly?”
Brother Wei Mingxiu shook his head and said: "The news is a bit confusing, the situation is not very clear yet!" Odao said urgently: "Go to the city wall and take care of it, send more scouts, and make sure you find out what is going on!
"Brother Wei Mingxiu responded and ran down.
Ao Daochong frowned, and the nobles whispered, and everyone looked frightened and uneasy. Li Tongren returned to the hotel. Li Qian, his confidant and deputy, said angrily: "These Xixia people really don't know how to praise, King Yan
Even though they are showing mercy, they are still resisting! If Yanyun's army comes to the city, well, it will be too late to surrender!" This Li Qian is an ordinary-looking young man who has been following Li Tongren for many years. The tone of his words at this time
, he is completely an official from Yanyun, but there is no hint of a party member.
Li Tongren smiled on his fat face, walked to the side table, sat down, and said: "It's human nature that they don't want to give up the privilege and honor of being a noble. In fact, in this situation, I
I have expected it a long time ago." Li Qian said worriedly: "If you can't persuade Xixia to surrender, how can you return your life to King Yan!" Li Tongren waved his hand and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." After all, Li Qian
It's not Li Tongren. He was very puzzled by Li Tongren's words. He didn't understand why it was okay if he couldn't complete King Yan's mission. Although he had this question in his heart, he didn't ask it out.
At this moment, the captain of the secret guard team who was ordered to protect Li Tongren rushed in, clasped his fists at Li Tongren and said: "Sir, we have just received an uncertain news, saying that the troops appearing in the direction of Jisang in the southeast do not seem to be the Tibetan army.
But our army!"
Li Tongren and Li Qian were both surprised when they heard the news. They looked at each other and saw the look of disbelief in each other's eyes. They naturally knew how powerful Yan Yunjun was, but they couldn't believe Yan Yun no matter what.
The Yanyun Army actually appeared so close to Xiliang Mansion. Although the Yanyun Army was powerful, they were humans and not gods after all. How could they leap over the Xishou Baotai Military Division, Zhuoluo and Nan Military Division controlled by the Tubo people and appear here?
?!Li Qian said excitedly: "No matter what, when our army comes, the Xixia people will be scared out of their wits. Maybe it won't be long before they surrender to us!"
Li Tongren's fat face wrinkled up and he said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid that the people who are coming later will not surrender to us but arrest us!" Li Qian was startled: "How could that happen?"
Li Tongren said in a deep voice: "It is human nature to get angry and jump over the wall in a hurry!" Li Qian suddenly realized the danger, and his expression changed. Li Tongren said anxiously: "No, no! If it is really Yan Yunjun,
We are in danger! We can't guarantee that the mediator will go crazy out of fear and use us to sacrifice the flag! We have to get out of here quickly!" Then he cupped his fists at the secret guard team leader and said: "General, hurry up and prepare.
We need to leave here right away!" The secret guard team leader responded and ran down.
After a while, the secret guard team leader came back and said: "Everything is ready!" Li Tongren couldn't wait to leave the room. Then the group left the hotel and ran towards the north gate. At this time, the entire Xiliang Mansion was already in full swing.
The city was under martial law, and there were no pedestrians on the streets. There were only groups of patrols. When they saw Li Tongren and his group dressed in Yanyun uniforms, they all looked sideways with strange expressions on their faces.
When Li Tongren and others arrived at the North City Gate, the city gate captain stopped them. He recognized them as envoy Yanyun and his party, and came forward and asked, "Where are you going?" Li Tongren rode on his horse and said angrily: "Of course
It's time to go back!" The captain frowned and said: "The whole city has been put under martial law, no one is allowed to leave!" Li Tongren stared at his goldfish eyes and shouted: "Bold! I want to convey your attitude and thoughts to King Yan.
, you, a little captain, dare to obstruct it, what are your intentions!" When the captain heard this, he immediately panicked and said quickly: "I have no intention of obstructing you, it's just the military order!"
Li Tongren asked: "Is it your general who calls the shots here, or your king?"
The officer thought to himself: "These envoys from Yanyun want to bring the king's words to the king of Yan. How can I stop them? What's more, even if the two countries are at war, the envoys from both sides should have unimpeded access!" As soon as he thought about this, he raised his voice to his subordinates.
"Open the city gate!" After hearing the order, the sergeants immediately rushed up to pick up the huge door latch and opened the city gate. Li Tongren did not dare to delay at all, and quickly led the team out of the city gate. As soon as they left the city gate,
The horse galloped towards the east, intending to return to Xingqing Mansion along the southern edge of the Tengger Desert.
The captain let Li Tongren and his party go, but he was still uneasy, so he sent someone to report the news to Aodaochong. When Aodaochong heard that Li Tongren and his party left in a hurry, he couldn't help but have doubts. At this moment,
Brother Wei Mingxiu rushed over and reported urgently: "Your Majesty, it's not good, it is indeed Yan Yunjun!"
Ao Daochong was shocked and panicked. Ao Daochong had been beaten by Yan Yunjun for a long time and had lost all courage. Now when he heard that it was indeed Yan Yunjun who was coming, the first thought in his mind was to run for his life.
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After calming down, he hurriedly asked: "Are you sure? Why are you so sure it's the Yanyun Army and not the Tubo Army?"
Brother Weimingxiu said: "Many scouts have confirmed that they saw Yanyun's battle cavalry wearing a black cloak and black armor, riding a huge war horse and extremely powerful! There is no other cavalry in the world except Yan Yun who looks like this.
Apart from the Xuanjia Army, who else is there? In addition, some defeated Tubo soldiers have fled to us. It turns out that the Yanyun War Cavalry raided Roulang Mountain a few days ago, and then rushed forward and defeated the Tubo Army one after another. Now the Tubo people have
Xishou Baotai Military Division, Zhuoluo and Nan Military Division were all lost, so it is not surprising that Yanyun Battle Cavalry appeared here! However, Yan Yun Battle Cavalry rushed forward wildly, spanning eight hundred miles, which was really hard to find
Believe it!"
O Daochong's face changed several times, and he was confused and murmured: "The Tubo people are really useless!" Then he quickly raised his head and asked: "Do you have any countermeasures?" Brother Wei Mingxiu said a little at a loss: "Soldiers
When they heard that Yan Yun's army was coming, they were all very frightened, and the generals didn't know what to do!" The implication was that he wanted to escape.
O Daochong murmured: "Are we going to give up on Xiliang Mansion?" He paused, tried his best to calm down, and said: "We still don't know what the situation is at the moment, we can't mess up!" He turned to Wei Ming and asked.
Brother Xiu said: "How many soldiers and horses have come from Yanyun's army?" Brother Xiu of Weiming said: "At present, only more than ten thousand war cavalry have been found, and they are less than thirty miles away from our Xiliang Mansion. As for the ones behind it,
How many troops there are is unknown!" Aodaochong said hurriedly: "Didn't you say that some defeated Tibetan soldiers fled to us? What did they say?"
Brother Wei Mingxiu swallowed his saliva and said: "According to what they said, the Yanyun Army dispatched more than ten or two hundred thousand troops!" When Odaochong heard this, his head suddenly exploded, and he almost fainted on the spot, and then he
I wanted to run away immediately. I forced myself to calm down. I felt that if I just ran away without a fight, I was afraid that Xuanhua Mansion would not be able to defend it. In that case, I would really become a lost dog! I decided not to give up Xiliang easily.
Mansion, if the Yanyun Army's army is pressing down on the border and they really can't withstand it, then they have no choice but to abandon the city and run away! Thinking of this, he quickly said to Brother Wei Mingxiu: "We must guard and defend Xiliang to the death. We have no way out. We must defend Xiliang no matter what."
Mansion! Otherwise, even if you and I survive, we will become extremely lowly slaves!"
Brother Weimingxiu's heart trembled, and he quickly agreed and ran down. Odaochong shouted hurriedly: "Wait a minute!" Brother Weimingxiu stopped, turned around, bowed and asked: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?
What are your orders?" Odao rushed forward and said, "I'll go with you!"
The two of them left the mansion together and hurried to the city tower. They saw many defeated Tibetan soldiers gathered under the city gate, shouting at them. Although they could not understand what they were shouting, they obviously wanted to enter the city.
O Daochong turned his eyes away and looked far into the distance. Under the howling west wind, he saw that the sky and the earth were vast. Fear could not help but rise in O Daochong's heart.
Not long after, the scene that had been appearing in his nightmares for a while suddenly appeared in his field of vision. Countless black cavalry appeared among the flying yellow sand. The scene was like the cavalry from hell suddenly appearing in the human world.
!Odaochong couldn't help but his breathing stagnated, and his whole body couldn't stop trembling. For a moment, he couldn't figure out whether this was a real scene or another nightmare?
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." O Daochong heard Brother Wei Mingxiu's call, and suddenly came back to his senses, asking: "What?" Brother Wei Mingxiu had already seen the look of fear on O Daochong's face, and was surprised.
It was not surprising, because even he himself was frightened and frightened. At this time, when he heard O Daochong's question, he quickly said: "The enemy cavalry will attack soon. Your Majesty, who has a body of ten thousand gold, it is too difficult to stay here."
It’s dangerous, so go back first!”
Aodaochong wanted to escape, but he knew that once he left, the morale of the army would be shaken immediately. In that case, how could he withstand the attack of Yanyun's army? If Xiliang Mansion was breached, the consequences would be disastrous! With this thought, he slowly
He shook his head and said decisively: "I will stay and defend the enemy with the soldiers!" When the soldiers around him heard this, they were very moved and their morale was boosted. Brother Wei Mingxiu turned his head and rushed towards the city wall.
The soldiers shouted: "The king is on the wall, and he will fight against the enemy with the soldiers and live and die together!" When the soldiers heard this, their morale was greatly boosted, and they couldn't help shouting: "Long live! Long live!"
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In fact, at this moment, O Daochong's inner fear reached the extreme, and he was praying to the gods and Buddhas all over the sky. He could not even think that his own army could defeat Yan Yun's army. He only hoped that the heavenly generals would miraculously help Daxia survive this disaster.
At this time, the wind became stronger. The strong west wind howled and roared, rolling up dust all over the sky. The sky and the earth were dim and confused. It was clearly noon, but it felt like dusk. The figure of Yan Yunjun was hazy and unreal, but it was
You can really feel that they are approaching, and this situation makes people even more frightened and uneasy.
Soon after, Yan Yunjun arrived not far outside the city. They were surrounded by flying sand, making it difficult for them to see clearly. To the Xixia people, they were just like the monsters and monsters in myths and legends that came to the world with flying sand.
, everyone was extremely nervous.
Suddenly, an astonishing shout came from the howling wind and sand, and the Xixia soldiers were startled. Then they saw hundreds of majestic warriors in black clothes and black armor rushing out of the wind and sand and running towards them! The Xixia soldiers were horrified.
Startled, Brother Weimingxiu, who was the first to react, shouted at the top of his lungs: "Crossbowmen, get ready!" The archers hurriedly bent their bows and set arrows, and the crossbowmen quickly picked up the crossbows. At this moment, the flying crossbowmen
The black warriors who came raised their cavalry steel crossbows together and aimed an arrow at the city wall. A black shadow flew through the wind and sand towards the city wall. Dozens of Xixia soldiers were caught off guard and fell down after being hit by the arrows. The crossbowmen screamed
Shocked, they fired arrows one after another without waiting for orders! At this moment, those terrifying black warriors had turned their horses and ran back. The arrows flying from the city wall hit their backs, but they did not respond.
They caused no harm. When the Xixia people saw this, they felt that they were really monsters. Otherwise, why couldn't the arrows hurt them? In fact, what blocked their arrows was not the magic of the monsters, but the cloaks on their backs.
The cloak that flutters in the wind while flying is not just to show momentum, but more importantly, it is to defend against the enemy's arrows. The long and thick cloak is not easy to be pierced by arrows even when it is stationary.
, and when he was running away, his cloak was flying in the wind and shaking violently. If an arrow was shot up, it would be blown away by the force of the flying and shaking. Therefore, most of the arrows shot from the city wall just now had no time to penetrate.
The cloak was swung away by the cloak.
The Xuanjia Army returned to the middle of the wind and sand, just like a demon retreating into the wind and sand after a single blow. The Xixia people widened their eyes and clenched their weapons, just waiting for their opponents to attack more powerfully. After a while, they saw only the people in the wind and sand.
Those black shadows gradually faded, and they seemed to be disappearing. The Xixia soldiers were puzzled, but they did not dare to be careless at all. They all stared round, for fear that those terrible enemies would suddenly rush out from somewhere.
Time passed slowly, half an hour, an hour, two hours, it was already dusk, but due to the wind and sand in the sky, the sky was as dark as night, and the lights in the city could not be seen clearly, bright and dim
, It's like a will-o'-the-wisp. There is no sound outside the city except for the roaring sound of wind and sand. The Yan Yun army seems to have disappeared, but the Xixia people dare not be careless at all. Brother Wei Mingxiu is afraid of Yan Yun.
The Yun army took advantage of this weather to sneak attack on the city, increased the garrison strength everywhere, and ordered all the troops who were not on the city wall to assemble and stand ready to fight at any time. The tense atmosphere of the army also infected the residents of the city, and everyone did not know what to eat.
The smell makes me sleep restless and frightened, fearing that Yan Yun's army will suddenly attack the city. A loud noise suddenly coming from outside the door will always make people startled and their complexions will change drastically!
The whole city's soldiers and civilians were on tenterhooks and suffering, and one night finally passed. To everyone, it felt like a year was so long.
The strong wind and sand that had been blowing all night finally stopped, and the sun rose from the eastern horizon. Seeing the sunshine, the soldiers and civilians in the city couldn't help but feel like they were human beings again. Then the scouts galloped in, riding their horses at full speed while shouting in great surprise.
Shouted: "The Yanyun army has withdrawn! The Yanyun army has withdrawn!..." No matter whether they were soldiers or civilians, nobles or civilians, they couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard the news, and many people couldn't help but kneel on the ground.
, thanking the gods devoutly. They believed that the reason why the Yanyun Army retreated was because of the strong wind and sand blowing all night yesterday. The strong wind and sand came sooner or later, and it came just when they were most critical. That was not the divine salvation.
What else could they be? Suddenly, the city was filled with pious chants of thanks to the gods.
After Ao Daochong breathed a sigh of relief, he still did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered Wei Mingxiu brother to send out all the scouts to investigate the movements of Yan Yun's army.
At noon, the scouts reported that the Yanyun Army did not stop at Jisang, but passed Jisang and retreated towards Zhuoluo City. The report also said that the Yanyun Army only had more than 10,000 warriors and no large follow-up troops.
At this point, O Daochong and others were finally relieved. After this crisis, O Daochong immediately appointed General Er Pang as the envoy and ordered him to carry generous gifts to Xingqing Mansion.
Just after finishing this, the messenger who went to Daxue Mountain came back and reported: "King Qi, Daxue Mountain is fine. Tubo sent an envoy and came back with Wei Chen." Aodaochong was eager to understand the situation in Tubo.
, at this moment, I heard that the Tibetan envoy had arrived, and hurriedly said: "Summon him in quickly!" General Xiu Ge immediately shouted outside: "Summon the Tibetan envoy to come to the palace to see him!" The guards outside kept saying this all the way.
After the words were passed on, the Tibetan envoy who was waiting for the summons outside the gate heard the words and immediately straightened his clothes, then quickly walked into the gate and reached the main hall without any obstruction.
He raised his head and saw Wodaochong sitting high on the throne. He knew that although there was an emperor in Xixia now, Wodaochong actually made the final decision on everything. Therefore, he met Wodaochong in the Great Bow: "General Zanbu sent an envoy to pay homage to the king!"
Ao Daochong heard that the other party claimed to be the envoy of Zanbutai, not the envoy of Tubo. He couldn't help but frowned slightly and asked: "Isn't the envoy sent by His Majesty the Emperor of your country?"
The envoy immediately understood what the other party meant and bowed: "My general has sent someone to report the situation here to His Majesty the Emperor of our country. The imperial envoy will arrive soon. But what my general means is
, Before that, it is necessary to coordinate with the king on some matters!"
Odaochong secretly said: What does this mean? Could it be that Zanbutai wants to do something behind their emperor's back? Or do they want to play some tricks? Now that our Daxia is not as good as before, I'm afraid that Tubo will add insult to injury.
, Fortunately, the Tubo army was severely damaged by our army before. If they really want to take action, we are not totally defenseless! Just listen to what they say!
As soon as he thought about this, he asked: "I wonder what General Zanbu wants to coordinate with me? This is really confusing!" Seeing many people in the hall, the envoy bowed and said: "Your Majesty
, please stay away from the screen!"
O Daochong murmured in his heart and became more curious. After thinking about it, he felt that even if this guy had any bad intentions, there was no need to worry. There were guards with helmets and armor and sharp weapons just a few steps away. All he had to do was summon him.
, the guards could arrive as soon as possible and capture him. As soon as he thought of this, he said to the civil and military officers on both sides: "You all retreat!" Everyone responded and retreated.
After everyone had left, the envoy quickly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, for the sake of Xixia, our general has some things that we want to coordinate with the king. Regarding the previous peace treaty, I hope the king will not ask us.
His Majesty's envoy mentioned that it was our general who seized the Xishou Baotai Military Division, Zhuoluo and Nan Military Division from your country. It was the Yanyun Army who ignored the agreement with our country and sent troops brazenly. Our army was caught off guard.
Then they were defeated, and they took away the Xishou Baotai Army Division, Zhuoluo Army Division, and the Nan Army Division!"
After hearing such words, Aodaochong was really confused. He couldn't figure out what Zanbutai wanted to do. But after thinking about it for a while, he understood.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.