Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 737 Stupid
As the son of Murong Yanzhao, Murong Defeng is holding the hilt of the knife in one hand at this moment, and glaring at Murong Rujie in the hall with his eyes, his aura is very similar to that of his father in the past when he walked tigers in Longxi and was unprecedented.

Murong Rujie had no intention of killing Murong Defeng, but if he did it today, the Murong clan of Guazhou would disappear from history.But if we don't do anything today, Guazhou will be under the control of the Central Plains, and it will be extremely difficult for the Murong family to succeed.

Many thoughts flashed through my mind...

Shannon from Yanmo said again: "General Murong, I have close contacts with Ning Dejia, the captain of Shazhou. This person is the uncle of the general guarding the north gate of Shazhou. Maybe you can persuade him to surrender and let him surrender."

Murong Defeng was overjoyed and said: "If this is accomplished, I will credit you with great merit."

Murong Rujie glanced at Shannon unexpectedly, he didn't dare to hesitate any more, and said in a weeping voice: "Your Majesty is far away, but his heart is on the affairs of the West. To rectify the name of my daughter and son-in-law, Murong Rujie thanked His Majesty for his great kindness, and is willing to help Vanguard, seek thieves for His Majesty."

He finally understood that Shannon had already fallen for the Dayu court, even if he wanted to kill Murong Defeng at this moment, he couldn't do it.

Shannon's move really showed his attitude. The Gamo people were a tribe gathered as war slaves. Because of their origin, they were good at fighting and tired of war, and they were extremely united.

They hate fighting for others, but they will risk anything to maintain a peaceful life.

Guazhou Jiuquan is located at the west end of the Hexi Corridor, and most of its territory is windy and sandy. There are only a few places near the Shule River and Yulin River where livestock can be farmed, and they can only make ends meet.

For a long time, the Gamo people in Guazhou have lived in poverty.With the power of the Eastern Dayu court, the Silk Road connecting the east and the west was re-opened, and the life of the Yanmo people has improved significantly.

Compared with the Guiyi army around Khotan and Ganzhou Uyghurs in the west mountain at sunset, the Dayu imperial court has not officially taken over Guazhou, and it has already brought earth-shaking changes to the lives of Guazhou.

Maybe Murong Rujie, a century-old powerful man, can't feel it, but the former Tubo war slave group like the Gamo people, who hold together for warmth, have a deep understanding.

It is self-evident who can bring a better life to the tribe.

The Gamo people, represented by Shannon, already wanted to follow before the Dayu court set their minds on the West.

Murong Defeng used force to force Murong Rujie to compromise, and Shannon naturally stood up to support without hesitation.

Everyone in Guazhou knows that the general situation is over. No matter what thoughts they had before, they have put away their extra thoughts at this point, and strive to perform well in front of the new master, in order to maintain their wealth.

When Murong Defeng led the Guazhou soldiers and horses to set off from Shazhou, Yin Chongke had already arrived at Crescent Bay to rest and fetch water.

They crossed the desert, and the men and horses were exhausted. Although they knew that resting at this moment might expose their whereabouts, they had no choice.

As soon as Dayu's soldiers and horses entered Crescent Bay, the news spread to Shazhou immediately.

Cao Yanlu, who was still complacent, was dumbfounded for a moment. He looked at the pale messenger in horror and said, "Are you sure they are soldiers from Liangzhou? Not from Guazhou?"

He had already sent people to watch Dongfang's movements. Of course, the target was not Dayu, but Guazhou.

After all, in his plan, there will be a battle between the Cao family in Shazhou and the Murong family in Guazhou to determine the ownership of the rebel army.

All this is also his calculation.

He was not willing to be controlled by Yutian. In order to consolidate his position, on the one hand, he sent people to Bianjing with heavy gifts to hope to get the support of the imperial court. , to avoid falling into the dilemma of supporting Khotan.

I thought everything was under control, and then I just need to wait until Guazhou condemns sending troops, and everything will be fine.

The core of the Guiyi Army has always been in Dunhuang, Shazhou, and the strength of Guazhou is far inferior to that of Shazhou.

Cao Yanlu has enough confidence to quell the troubles in Guazhou, and he may take this opportunity to pacify the Murong family in one fell swoop, and turn the Guiyi army into the Cao family's Guiyi army.

Unexpectedly, it was not Guazhou soldiers and horses, but Dayu's light cavalry.

The messenger said in a trembling voice: "It is indeed Dayu's soldiers and horses. They are holding Dayu's banner high. The soldiers are all wearing blue and black armor, and there are a total of [-] people."

Cao Yanlu instantly understood that the sky was falling.

Even if the entire Guiyi Army couldn't get together three thousand uniform cavalry armor, there is no doubt that this was Dayu's handwriting.

He looked at the pale-faced messenger and said, "It turned out to be a hard journey, let's go down and rest first!"

He didn't ask the messenger to retreat, but asked someone to bring the messenger into the vacant guest room and guard him.

Until the messenger retreated, Cao Yanlu collapsed on the ground, he didn't dare to delay any more, and ran to the backyard without any delay.

Escape, the only way to survive is to escape from Shazhou.

The Shengtian Princess Li in the backyard is not idle. She is counting her belongings. This battle with Guazhou is related to the future of the Guiyi Army and the future of Khotan. On one side is her husband and on the other is her father. She is the most important person in her life, even if everything is at stake, she must win this battle.

Seeing her husband coming in fear, Xiumei couldn't help but twitch her eyebrows. My husband is good in everything, but a little weak. If it wasn't for Ge Zhuoxi's design, how could he sit in the position of Jiedushi of the Guiyi Army?
"Quickly, the soldiers are coming to the city, pack up your things, let's go to father-in-law..."

Before Cao Yanlu had time to elaborate, he began to fiddle with the valuables in the house.

Mrs. Li didn't know what was going on, so she raised her brows with anger, and shouted, "Isn't it Guazhou that sent troops... There's nothing to run for, it's just in time, let's see how many catties Murong has."

Cao Yanjing demoted them to Guazhou. In the one-acre three-point land controlled by the Murong family who had a good relationship with the Uighurs in Ganzhou, the Li family, the princess of Tiantian, was not unreasonable.

Cao Yanlu looked at the lady who didn't know the so-called, and his heart was also angry. If he didn't need the help of his stupid lady when he went to Khotan, he would have left her at this moment.

Suppressing his anger, he said in a nonchalant manner: "The Liangzhou cavalry from the imperial court came here, how much is it? Just rely on the Shazhou test?"

Li Shi suddenly exclaimed: "How could this be?"

"You ask me, who do I ask? Go, run now, there is still time, everything will be closed if it is too late. You go and bring your son back, don't tell anyone, just run as a family."

Cao Yanlu did not stop his movements, and put all the treasures he had collected over the years into the bag.

Mrs. Li finally panicked when she heard the words, and said, "Where else can I go? Khotan is not safe. Why don't you explain to His Majesty that it was Ge Zhuoxi who poisoned Cao Yanjing, and you didn't know about it."

Cao Yanlu finally stopped, and said angrily: "A woman's opinion, at this point, does the fact matter? I know I am innocent. If you didn't make your own decisions, I would still be enjoying happiness in Guazhou. Now Luo Tianzi needs a The reason for taking over Guiyi Army. They need me to be this villain, I didn’t kill him, and I kill him now. As long as it falls into the hands of the court, there will be no chance to speak.”

When Mrs. Li heard this, she ran out of the backyard in a panic.

Cao Yanlu was so angry that his mouth was dry, he didn't bother to drink water at all, and continued to clean up the soft food.

This trip to Khotan is also a temporary measure. Sooner or later, the Yutian court will enter the Western Regions. Even if Khotan can stop the West, it cannot stop the East.

Only when you bring enough money and silk can you live the rest of your life comfortably.

Footsteps sounded, Cao Yanlu thought it was Mrs. Li bringing his son back, but when he turned his head and saw Mrs. Li leading Ge Zhuoxi, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Li Shi said: "Mr. Lang, I have thought about it and I have to discuss it with Mr. Ge. It's not a problem for us to escape like this."

Cao Yanlu was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, his mind was full of benevolence of women.

Ge Zhuoxi also had a frightened expression on his face, he never imagined that things would come to this point.

Even though he knew that poisoning Cao Yanjing would probably arouse Dongfang's wrath, it would take a certain amount of reaction time after all.In this limited time, they still have a lot of room for manipulation.

Ge Zhuoxi suppressed his panic, and said solemnly: "Jie Shuai, the princess is right, if you can escape for a while, you can escape for a lifetime. The Dayu court dispatched troops so quickly, it must have moved the idea of ​​​​taking back the rebel army. Jie Shuai stayed here, It is indeed a dead end. But if he fled to Khotan like this, Khotan would not be able to protect Jieshuai."

He glanced left and right, and said: "Jie Shuai, the current situation, the only way is to give up returning to the rebel army, and transfer the soldiers and money that can be transferred to Khotan." He said in a low voice: "Some words, I don't want to To put it bluntly, in fact Khotan is far from falling into decline as it is seen now. My Majesty has already had a winning hand, but he has not used it. As long as he can get some help from the Guiyi Army, everything will be safe. The commander-in-chief can receive His Majesty's letter He ordered the soldiers stationed at Yumen Pass to support Khotan immediately..."

Mrs. Li hurriedly said: "Lang Jun, what Mr. Ge said is reasonable, if he fled back like this, what face does the concubine have to meet the emperor?"

On the surface, Li Shengtian surrendered to Dayu, but he himself maintained the honor of the emperor in everything, and he also called himself the emperor to the West.

Princess Li, who is located in Tiantian, is naturally honored as Li Shengtian Father Huang.

Cao Yanlu glanced at his stupid wife, shook his head and said, "That's it!"

He had almost predicted his end...

Khotan really cares about them?
What Khotan wanted was money, food, and people from the Guiyi Army, and they were just incidental.

If there are no money and food people, just a few of them will become a tool for the Dayu court to attack Khotan, which is useless at all.

Couldn't Ge Zhuoxi see that Liangzhou Qingqi came so fast to prevent them from taking Shazhou's people, horses, money and food to Khotan?

It's just that they don't have money, food and people, so they don't have to go to Khotan.

So be it……

Stop struggling!

Just as Cao Yanlu thought, Dayu's cavalry didn't give Cao Yanlu any time at all.

Yin Chongke is an experienced veteran. When he went to the desert, he made a reasonable allocation of water for the general. 2000 people maintained the minimum water supply, and 1000 people maintained sufficient water.When they arrived at Crescent Lake, 1000 soldiers had indeed lost their fighting strength, but [-] remained strong.Just resting for a while, they set off to attack Dunhuang.

(End of this chapter)