Li Qi asked Tian Hangnan to find all the centurions, conduct some mobilization, and explain the oil matter.
Although everyone seemed to understand it, they all understood the concept, that is, oil is just a kind of oil that can burn. If it accumulates too much, it will explode.
Li Qi didn't know if this explanation was useful, but now this is the only way.
After being surrounded for a month, Huang Jin did not receive a reply. Instead, a person from the Snow Country Army was sent over, saying that he wanted to talk to Li Qi.
This man dismounted a hundred feet away from the camp, and then walked towards the military camp step by step.
After Tian Hangnan informed Li Qi, Li Qi rushed over.
"Sir, look..." Tian Hangnan hesitated as he looked at the man walking not far away.
"Since he wants to talk, I will talk to him." Li Qi said.
After saying that, he asked someone to move the fence and let the other party come in.
The person who came was a middle-aged man. He couldn't tell how old he was. He had a strong body and sharp eyes, but his appearance looked a bit like a mixed race.
As for the mixed race, Li Qi didn't know.
"I wonder who is coming?" Li Qi looked at the man and asked.
"I am the envoy of Xueyuan under the banner of General Tianshan. I guess you are the commander, right?" the man said.
Li Qi looked at this guy. His appearance was similar to that of Daxia people, except that the bridge of his nose was higher.
Li Qi had also heard Tang Yun say before that the Snow Country people looked very similar to Daxia people, and they also spoke Daxia dialect, but their accents were slightly different.
It turned out to be true when I saw it today.
"I wonder what you want to talk to me about here?" Li Qi asked.
"I came here to persuade you to give up resistance and hand over the food and fodder. As long as you are willing to agree, General Tianshan can let you live." The man said expressionlessly.
Li Qi smiled and said: "So you are planning to transport grain and grass? I'm very surprised. How did you know that we were transporting grain and grass through this place?"
"No comment on this."
"Then what if I say I don't agree?" Li Qi said.
The man was slightly startled: "Don't agree? If you insist on starting a war, you will only lose your life in the end."
"Really? It seems that you have a good chance of winning. Since you have such a good chance of winning, why have you been reluctant to attack?" Li Qi smiled and said, "Go back and tell your Tianshan general that it is impossible for me to surrender. If you have the ability,
Just launch an attack, I want to see whose life is at risk!"
When Li Qi said these words, he was full of energy and every word was sonorous and powerful.
Even Tian Hangnan on the side felt a surge of blood after hearing this.
The man wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Li Qi: "I'll count the dozens. If you don't leave, I'll kill you right away!"
"I……"
"one!"
"two!"
Seeing Li Qi start counting, the man suddenly didn't know what to do. He gritted his teeth and turned around and left.
Li Qi couldn't help but speed up his counting. When he counted to eight, the man immediately started running.
Seeing him running towards the outside of the camp in embarrassment, Li Qi thought for a while, glanced at Tian Hangnan and said, "Shoot him to death."
"Ah?!" Tian Hangnan was stunned for a moment.
It has always been an unwritten rule that the two sides will not kill each other when fighting. Tian Hangnan is a little confused. Why does Li Qi have to...
"Captain Tian, what are you doing standing still? He ran away after a while." Li Qi said.
Tian Hangnan nodded and said, "Yes!"
As he spoke, he took the bow and arrow, opened the bow, and shot out an arrow.
Only a "whoosh" sound was heard, and the man not far away fell to the ground instantly.
Seeing this, Li Qi said again: "Send someone over to see if he is dead. If he is not dead, give him a stab wound."
"yes!"
After Tian Hangnan sent someone out, Li Qi said: "Are you thinking why I killed him?"
Tian Hangnan thought for a while and said: "Sir, it has always been a rule that the two armies do not kill the envoys when fighting..."
"Rules? Who made the rules?" Li Qi said angrily, "Besides, who does he come to be? He just came here to take advantage of the power of others. Since he wants to threaten me, he has to pay the price."
As he spoke, Li Qi saw that Tian Hangnan still had some doubts in his eyes, so he continued: "Think about it, if we keep the food and grass as he said, even if they keep their promise and let us go, we still have a chance to survive when we go back.
?”
Tian Hangnan was shocked.
"Since you can't survive by escaping, you can only fight. There is going to be a war. I don't care what he does or not. Killing him to stabilize the morale of the army is the most important thing."
Li Qi sighed and said: "Captain Tian, be ready for war. If there is no letter from General Huang and they don't attack, we will break out."
Tian Hangnan looked at Li Qi with some confusion, and finally could only clasp his fists and say: "Yes!"
Li Qi has been in a torturous mood these past few days. He has thought about many possibilities, but now the only way to solve the predicament is to provide reinforcements from friendly forces.
If there were no reinforcements, this battle would have to be fought. As for how to fight it, he had not thought about it yet.
After all, the situation of the battle in front of us is very clear. Either continue to waste and wait for the opponent to attack, or break out in advance.
No matter which path you choose, a bloody battle cannot be avoided.
Two days later, Huang Jin finally got news.
But this news is also bad news.
Huang Jin said in the letter that he and Liang Fuhui had argued several times, but neither party had the intention to send troops for reinforcements.
When he saw this letter, Li Qi was also a little disheartened.
Since there are no reinforcements, we can only follow Liang Fuhui's wishes and transport as much grain and grass as we can.
After all, military orders are like mountains, and success or failure is a matter for the future.
Li Qi felt that Liang Fuhui actually wanted to kill him, so if he didn't obey his orders, he would be playing into his hands.
Maybe Liang Fuhui just wanted to not follow what he said and choose to save his life.
You really underestimate me, Mr. Li!
…
Li Qi asked Tian Hangnan to get everyone ready, and then he called all the captains of ten thousand men to his tent.
Pointing to the map on the table, Li Qi said: "This map was collected by the scouts in the past few days. You see, if we attack from the front, we can go around and reach the designated destination through this side. But if we attack from the back of the valley,
If we attack, we will have to take a lot of detours to get to our destination...so what I mean is that we have to break through head-on."
"Breaking through head-on?" A captain of ten thousand men said in surprise, "Sir, if this is the case, our military strength will be greatly different from that of the other party, and there will be no chance of victory at all."
"That's right, so we have to make some preparations in advance to increase our chances of winning." Li Qi looked at the crowd and said.
Everyone was a little puzzled, wondering what the current commander's clever trick was.