Chapter 256: Subduing the enemy without fighting
Zhebie got himself drunk.
Everything is over.
If he was just surrounded here, he still had the courage to fight to the death.
Even if he died under the enemy's sword and gun, he would not be afraid.
The countless scars on his body have long proved that he is a brave man who is not afraid of death.
But Yingzhuo died and the civil war broke out suddenly in the Yuan Dynasty, but he lost the courage and motivation to fight for the last time.
What’s the point?
After a battle, even if he breaks through the encirclement, how many of his men will be left?
Without strength, what can we do if we escape?
Like a dog, returning in panic,
Let those people see your own joke?
The Great Yuan valued heroes but cherished them.
He would also look down on defeated generals who lost their troops and humiliated their country.
As for people like me, without strength, the only thing that will greet me is death.
Neither Tiele nor Akedun were merciful people.
What’s more, Dayuan’s tradition has always been like this.
It is better to die here than to die in the hands of one's own people.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Qin Gong desperately pushed Zhebie who was sleeping like a dead pig.
Zhebie turned over and looked at Qin Gong with some confusion: "Did the Qin people launch a full-scale attack? Take a break, take a break. Fight if you want to fight. You can escape if you can. Surrender if you want. It doesn’t matter!”
Qin Gong looked at the extremely depressed Zhebie with a bit of laughter. He really didn't expect that Zhebie, who always looked extremely stubborn and didn't seem to care about anything, would fall into such a state of despair after falling into despair. situation.
Seeing Zhebie turning over and seeming to fall asleep again, Qin Gong became anxious, jumped up, picked up a large bowl of herbal tea on the table, and splashed Zhebie's head and face with a splash.
This is the end of October. At this time in previous years, the snow has already started to fall. Although it has not snowed yet, the weather is already cold enough. Ice floes have begun to appear on the Qingshui River and Juma River. , in a few days, these two rivers will be frozen.
If Zhebie had brought enough food and persisted for ten days and a half, and the two rivers froze, the Yuan army would not be without hope.
But it is a pity that Zhebie only has two or three days of food left, and he cannot wait until the river freezes.
Moreover, Xiao Changche and Li Dachui of the Anxi Protectorate were careful and had made corresponding preparations. Even if it was frozen, the possibility of large troops escaping would be very small.
Stirred by the cold water, Zhebie jumped up. In a rage, he reached out and grabbed Qin Gong's throat, dragged him over, and shouted sternly: "Now I'm at the end of my rope. Are you going to humiliate me too?”
Qin Gong was not familiar with martial arts. He was held down like a chicken by a master like Zhe Bie. He suddenly had difficulty breathing and his face turned purple. He tried his best to grab Zhe with both hands. With other hands, no words came out of his mouth.
Fortunately, Zhebie hadn't completely lost his mind yet. Seeing that Qin Gong was about to faint, he let go of his hand.
Qin Gong fell to the ground, stroking his throat and saying in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, Li Dachui, the Protectorate of Anxi, sent a letter to invite your Majesty to a gathering on the Qingshui River. If the king does not want to be defeated and die, then this is the last chance he leaves to the king!”
"Who invited me to meet?" Zhebie was stunned.
"Li Dachui, the deputy governor of Anxi!" Qin Gong said: "He released a captain we captured and asked him to bring this letter. The captain did not dare to come to see the king, so he went He found me."
"Why did he want to see me?" Zhebie was mostly sober at this time, and he really couldn't figure out the reason: " Do you also want to humiliate me?"
Pressing the handle of the knife, Zhebie said bitterly: "How can I, the king, be humiliated by this villain!"
" Your Majesty, Li Dachui has a different identity. There is no need for him to do such boring things." Qin Gong shook his head and said, "I'm afraid he has other thoughts!"
"Seeing that I was desperate, why did you surrender to me?" Zhebie sneered: "Then he thought too much. Zhebie would rather die than surrender."
"Your Majesty, now we are in a desperate situation, and we can't do anything to our left or right." It's just death, so what's the harm in meeting him?" Qin Gong said, "Maybe the turning point is here."
"No!" Ankara's voice came from outside the tent. Stepping into the tent, Ankara said: "Your Majesty, this is probably a trap set by Li Dachui. His real purpose is to surround you or capture you alive!"
"Impossible!" Qin Gong said: "Your Majesty, Li Dachui doesn't need to do so much. As long as he surrounds us for a few days, we will run out of food. The army will be in chaos if there is no food. What's more, half of our more than 20,000 troops here are barbarians!"
"Then what do you think Li Dachui means?" Zhebie asked.
"Your Majesty, I thought that Li Dachui's appointment with you, Your Majesty, must have something to do with the affairs of Yandu!" Qin Gong said thoughtfully. "Who knows, the king can still use this opportunity to escape!"
"Can he still let us go?" Ankara sneered.
"There may be no chance!" Qin Gong lowered his voice: "So I have to talk to him to see if there is a chance and what price it will cost? I guess Li Dachui wants to take advantage of the king. With his identity, he will make the troubled waters in Dayuan even more muddy so that he can profit from it!"
"What do you mean?"
"The third highness is now on the throne of Yandu. His Royal Highness has ascended the throne in Zhending, and the civil war in the Yuan Dynasty is a foregone conclusion. I guess Li Dachui wants to use the king to make the situation in the Yuan Dynasty even more chaotic!”
When Ankara heard this, he was surprised and happy: "So, is it really possible for the king to leave?"
"Yes!" Qin Gong said with certainty. "Your Majesty, if this is the case, then even if you risk it, you have to see it!" Ankara said excitedly: "No matter how many people we can take away from here, as long as Your Highness returns to Yandu, tens of thousands of troops from the West Camp will The horses can still rally Yes, even if we don’t have a foothold outside Yandu, we can still retreat to the north, where is your base.”
On the banks of the Qingshui River, a ship. The warship floated leisurely down the water.
Next to a backwater bay on the shore, several bonfires were burning, and green smoke was rising. Beside the bonfire, more than a hundred knights surrounded Zhebie.
After a while, the warship slowly docked.
A springboard was put on the shore, and Ankara and Qin Gong boarded the boat first.
In the cabin, Li Dachui sat cross-legged on the table. There were four or five dishes and a jar of old wine on the table.
"What? Are you afraid that I will set up an ambush to kill Zhebie? Is this necessary?" Looking at the two people who were poking their heads in the cabin, Li Dachui pointed at them and cursed with a smile.
Li Kaixin, who was sitting aside, smiled and poured wine for Li Dachui, "Sir, barbarians are barbarians. They don't know etiquette, so there's no need to be angry!"
Ankara was furious and wanted to explode, but Qin Gong grabbed Ankara and bowed and said: "My Qin Gong, I have admired the name of Deputy Protector Li for a long time, but in the current situation, we really can't figure out Deputy Protector Li's intentions. He Zai, it’s human nature to be careful!”
“Are you relieved now?” Li Dachui said with a smile: “If you want to come, Zhe don’t come, but if you can’t reach an agreement today, then Tomorrow our army will be surrounded on all sides!"
Qin Gong bowed and retreated, and after a while, Zhebie walked into the cabin.
He sat directly opposite Li Dachui, looked at the empty wine glass in front of him, and glanced sideways at Li Kaixin.
The fat man filled it for him with a smile. Zhebie picked up the wine glass and signaled to Li Dachui, and they both drank it down.
Li Kaixin stepped in for the two of them again.
"You look familiar to me!" Zhebie frowned and said, "Especially these eyes, I always feel like I have seen them before, but the two of us must have never met!"
Li Dachui was amused.
Of course I have.
In your palace in Dayuan, you exchanged palms with me and almost went to see the King of Hell. Even though the poison was detoxified, your right hand was still numb and itchy for several days before it was over. .
But of course Li Dachui would not admit it.
"Heroes cherish each other, but they are like old friends even though they have not seen each other. That is true!"
"A hero at the end of his rope? Are you laughing at me?" Zhe said goodbye.
Li Dachui shook his head: "You don't judge a hero by success or failure, and this time your failure was not military, but political. In Yandu, you have already lost everything, and Today's defeat is just a continuation of Yandu's defeat. "So, my failure was indeed because someone in Dayuan betrayed you military intelligence."
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Li Dachui said calmly: "Of course, there are not only Tiele's people, but also Akedun's people. They are afraid that you will not be defeated and that you will not die!"
Zhebie shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Qin Gong told me that you invited me here today because you wanted to let me live!" Zhe said goodbye.
"You do have a good adviser!" Li Dachui laughed and said: "That's true, I can let you go, but of course you have to pay the price!"
"Tell me what you want. Listen!”
"First, of the 20,000 troops here, you have to leave five thousand for me!" Li Dachui said: "We have several armies encircling us, and we have to give everyone an explanation, don't you think? You have 20,000 people here, half of them are Manhu, I need five thousand prisoners to explain to the people outside the pass!"
"Is that all?"
"Of course not, is His Highness Dayuan's identity just like that?" Li Dachui smiled. Said: "I also want Qingtong Gorge and Yezhu Ridge!"
"These two places are now in Lengge's hands, right?"
"When you go back, they will naturally be under your control. The overall situation!" Li Dachui said with a smile: "I will give you the evidence that Lengge and the others betrayed you. After you go back, you can deal with him. Besides, if you don't deal with him, will you have enough money to return to Yandu? He, can he allow you to go back and cause trouble for Tiele?”
"You are quite clever. You managed to take back the strategic locations of Qingtong Gorge and Yezhu Ridge without even using a single soldier!" Zhe said goodbye.
"You don't have to waste a single soldier?" Li Dachui said: "Isn't this the purpose of our competition? Your Highness, now, if we each get what we need, there will be no There will be a lot of bloodshed, don’t you think? Battles on the battlefield have always been just a continuation of politics. Now that we have a better way to achieve the original goal, we naturally have to choose the simplest way!" br>
After a moment of silence, Zhebie took the wine jar from Li Kaixin's hand, filled it up for Li Dachui, poured himself another glass, raised the glass, stood up and said: "This matter, I "Yes!"
Li Dachui and Li Kaixin stood on the deck of the warship, looking at the back of Zhebie and his men as they walked away.
“Sir, we left five thousand barbarians behind this time. After we return, there won’t be many barbarians that Zhebie can rely on. An Xuan’s status will definitely rise greatly.”
"If Zhebie and the others can only retreat to the north in the end, An Xuan's status will be further improved!" Li Dachui said with a smile: "Let's leave this chess piece to see the effect later!"
(End of this chapter)