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Chapter 444
More than 120 miles northwest of Chengdu City is Dujiangyan, which is located at the junction of the Western Sichuan Plateau and the Chengdu Plain.

Not far to the north of Dujiangyan, there is a mountain stream flowing into the Minjiang River.

There are high mountains on both sides of the creek, named "Liangjiayan".The two mountains are a stone's throw away, with a deep valley in between.

Li Xia and Liu Heima made an appointment to meet at Liangjiayan.

Both sides sent more than a hundred retinues, Li Xia climbed the mountain from the south, and Liu Heima went north, and talked through the deep valley after arriving.

"Zhizhou, no ambush!"

From the top of the mountain, Liu Jinsuo's shouts sounded quite cheerful.

Those who are familiar with Liu Jinsuo can understand that Li Xia has no sincerity to surrender, otherwise Liu Jinsuo should be worried.

Sure enough, Liu Jinsuo yelled again soon: "Yang Ben, why are you stabbing me and staring at me? You have a nail in your eye, right?!"

Great mountains and rivers, a natural scene, among the singing of birds and insects, Li Xia only felt noisy.

He had known for a long time that Liu Heima would not have an ambush, so he picked up his steps and walked towards the top of the mountain.

Today he didn't wear any armor, but only a long gown, like a handsome young man going out for an outing.

Across the deep valley, Liu Heima did not send anyone to investigate first, and went straight to the edge of the cliff, and stood there waiting for Li Xia.

This boldness overwhelmed Li Xia.

"It's a pleasure to meet you!" Seeing Li Xia finally approaching, Liu Heima clasped his fists from a distance, and shouted loudly, "I knew you were young, so we met today because you are so young and outstanding, good!"

The shouting was blown away by the mountain wind, but he could still be heard to be very kind.

Unlike a prestigious general, more like a civil servant.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Li Xia turned up the volume and said, "General Liu is also different from what I imagined!"

"Hahaha, people often say that!" Liu Heima laughed, "It's a pity, Feiyu, you are too careful, and you are too life-threatening, otherwise, wouldn't it be better for you and me to talk about wine than shouting across the cliff?!"

"I cherish my life and want to live longer." Li Xia said, "I hope General Liu can do the same!"

Liu Heima was not angry, but was still smiling, and waved his hands: "Even if the two sides are fighting, you and I have no enmity, so there is no need to confront each other like this."

He took a deep breath and said with a smile: "The sky is bright and the air is clear, the wind is pleasant, if there is no need to fight, wouldn't it be beautiful?!"

"Then ask General Liu to withdraw his troops!"

Li Xia was not infected by Liu Heima Hexu's voice.

The two can stand and chat here because one side is preparing forage and the other is preparing for defense, and the battle cannot be fought for the time being.

When the time comes, the Mongolian army will come over, so they don't care about the weather.

"Come all the way, how can there be any reason to withdraw the army easily?!" Liu Heima said: "But Feiyu came to see me today, and there was a lot of movement. I think the Zhao Song court will know about this sooner or later, and I will blame you for sneaking." Tong Mongolia', what should you do? How about surrender?!"

"Thank you, General Liu, for your concern." Li Xia turned his head and looked east of the mountains, and said, "But as long as I kill you, surely the imperial court won't blame me?!"

"Hahaha!" Liu Heima laughed again.

There was an echo in the valley, and it really shook the world.

"Young man, don't be too hostile. The old man admires you very much and wants to recruit you as his son-in-law. What do you think? Don't you see that the old man is fifty and eight this year, and he has sixteen daughters under his knees. Not out of the cabinet, just suitable for you!"

Li Xia squinted his eyes, and although he was far away, he could still see Liu Heima's vigorous figure, not like 58 years old.

"Thank you General Liu for your kindness, I'm married now!"

"So what? I don't have so many rules in the Mongolian Kingdom. If you surrender, marry a few more, who can make irresponsible remarks? This old man has nine wives!"

"Yes, it's the Mongolian custom. It's not ashamed for a younger brother to accept his brother's wife and son as his father's concubine. Thank you, junior!"

"This old man sincerely persuades Fei Yu, even if Fei Yu doesn't want to surrender, why should he always retort?" Liu Heima was still not annoyed, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this old man really wants to be your son-in-law."

After some rhetoric, Liu Heima seemed extremely sincere.

From the perspective of outsiders, it is inevitable to think, what is your virtue, Li Xia, who wants to marry his daughter to you when they meet?How can you catch up with all the good things in the world?
But as far as Li Xia is concerned, he doesn't think Liu Heima's conditions are so favorable.

He goes all out to do things every day, reads and keeps fit, and fights in business and war, and he never relaxes.Every victory and every point of strength is the result of his hard work.

He is good enough and has enough qualifications. Of course, Liu Heima has to put forward conditions worthy of his value.

This is no pie from heaven.

On the contrary, compared to Li Xia's ambition, the smiling Liu Heima gave too little.

He was too lazy to pester him any more, and when he spoke again, it was another sarcastic remark.

"I told you, I came today to take General Liu's life!"

Over there, Liu Jinsuo and Yang Ben moved a giant crossbow and were groping to climb to the top of the mountain.

"Why did Zhizhou tell this old thief?" Liu Jinsuo muttered in a low voice, "I was going to shoot him quietly."

Yang Ben's face was stern, and he said lightly: "The ultimate move is not here."

"Then we still move?"

"You talk a lot... hurry up!"

On the top of the mountain, Liu Heima didn't back down when he heard the words, and said loudly: "Even so, the old man still wants to persuade you one more thing. You married a little girl, and you will be like-minded with the Liu family in the future. Da Khan will treat you leniently!"

On the opposite cliff, Liu Jinsuo and Yang Ben's movements suddenly accelerated, and they had rushed to the top of the mountain with their giant crossbows, and began to aim at Liu Heima, turning the reel.

There were followers running up behind Liu Heima, exclaiming as they ran.

"Brother, retreat quickly!"

"No rush." ​​Liu Heima said, "Feiyu doesn't need to rush to reply! Before the city of Chengdu is destroyed, I will wait for your reply!"

"Kill him!" Liu Jinsuo yelled.

Sweating profusely, he let go of the reel.

Yang Ben supported the crossbow stand with one hand, and put the other hand on the machine teeth. He squinted at Liu Heima on the opposite bank, and was frightened by the opponent's momentum.

"put!"

"Whoosh!"

A crossbow arrow suddenly left the string and shot towards the other side of the cliff.

I haven't tested it, so it is generally not accurate at such a long distance.

Liu Heima stood still, letting the crossbow bolt be nailed to the cliff.

This is the experience of a veteran, just looking at the terrain and distance, he judged that the possibility of the first arrow of the giant crossbow hitting is extremely low, so he dared to take a bet.

He laughed again and said: "When I was your age, I traveled alone. I met 13 soldiers surrounded by hundreds of Jin soldiers. They entered the siege with swords and killed several Jin soldiers with their own hands, so that all 13 people escaped. How can an arrow hurt this old man?!"

For a while, I was so proud.

But Liu Heima turned around and left immediately, not giving Li Xia a second chance to shoot.

"Haha, what I said today, Feiyu thinks about it slowly..."

~~
"Where is Kong Xian?"

Li Xia asked quickly as he walked quickly on the hillside.

Yang Ben was a little annoyed, followed his footsteps, and said: "The scouts on the top of the mountain in the east have detected that General Kong has come out of the three weirs."

The two mountains of Jiayan seem to be close, but the roads are different. It takes more than half a day to go down from the top of the mountain here, and then go around to the other side.

And on the plain to the east, Kong Xian was leading a Song army of more than [-] men on a hasty march, vowing to besiege and kill Liu Heima...

~~
Chengdu city.

"Report!"

A young general from the Jiading Army rushed into the dilapidated lobby of the government office and said: "Today, I led a team to repair the wall in the southern city, and saw a Mongolian sentry horse probing in the woods, and we captured him."

Pu Wei came out from the hall and said: "Li Zhizhou and General Kong are not here, let's go down first."

"But the Mongolian army seems to be making some moves today..."

The Jiading army was originally arranged by Pu Zezhi, and Li Xia's time was the shortest, and Li Xia had always issued orders through Pu Wei.

Therefore, this young general came to invite Pu Wei to interrogate him.

Pu Wei was about to turn around, when he heard the words, he remembered something, so he said: "Let me come to interrogate, where is the person detained?"

……

It was midsummer, and at noon, the city was far hotter than the mountains.

Along the way, I saw the soldiers carrying wood and stones under the scorching sun, which was hard work.

When Pu Wei saw it, he couldn't bear to let it go.

After a while, he walked into a camp in the south of the city, and saw a Mongolian and Han prisoner bound there, dejected.

"Why isn't he hurt?"

"Hey, this guy is very useless, he got separated from the team, and the horse suffered from heat stroke again, and he didn't resist when he was surrounded by us."

"Team?" Pu Wei asked back.

"Yes, it is precisely because of this that he is afraid that Meng Da will make a move, so he hastily went to the generals to interrogate him."

Pu Wei nodded and said: "I see, you go down, I'll ask him a few words."

"Don't you want me to wait and watch? In case this guy hurts you..."

"No need."

After a while, the rest of the soldiers left. Pu Wei looked at the man in the tent and asked, "What are you doing today?"

The man raised his head, and unexpectedly swept away the dejected look before, and grinned, his eyes were full of complacency.

"Don't Mr. Pu Xiaolang ask how your father is doing?"

In a word, Pu Wei was suddenly furious, and he picked up the horsewhip next to him and lashed at the opponent's body heavily.

"Don't mention my father! Don't!"

"hiss."

The man was whipped twice, his skin was torn apart, he took a breath, and said: "Mr. Pu Xiaolang, you are looking forward to your father's death...isn't it?"

Pu Wei's eyes were red, he didn't answer, and shouted: "Say! What are you doing today?!"

"The villain's name is He Sanchun, from Fufeng County, Guanzhong. His father is Jin Jun, and there are more than 30 people under him... When Jin died, the villain was seven years old, and my sister was only one and a half years old. I remember that my mother was ill at that time. Terrible, Dad cried for a long time beside A Niang's bed, and finally hugged A Mei and said that he was about to surrender, this villain remembers it very clearly... Does Mr. Pu Xiaolang have any family?"

"Shut up and answer my question!"

"Okay, okay...don't hit me." He Sanchun smiled wryly, and said: "The commander-in-chief counts that Li Xia is going to kill him... The fifth general has led his troops to meet you. The general sent a villain to see you."

Pu Wei was stunned for a moment, and understood.

Li Xia wants to ambush Liu Heima, I'm afraid he will be seen through.Did the other party deliberately dismiss Li Xia and Kong Xian in order to persuade him to surrender?
This He Sanchun deliberately appeared in the Jiading Army's line of defense.

"Don't even think about it." Pu Wei was furious, saying word by word: "I'll kill you."

"Mr. Pu Xiaolang, don't you really want to know how your father is? My general heard that your mother, elder brother, elder sister, brother-in-law, nephew, and many relatives are in Daliang City."

Pu Wei turned around to get the knife, but her hands were shaking violently.

"A villain is not afraid of death." He Sanchun said again, "But is it worthwhile for Mr. Pu Xiaolang to do this? Can Zhao Song trust you again? My general has sent a letter to your father, saying that he wants you to meet again..."

"I don't want to see him!"

Pu Wei holds the knife and is about to chop He Sanchun.

But halfway through the swing of the knife, he couldn't cut it completely.

"Father, he...he..."

(End of this chapter)