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Chapter 239 The Wolf's Ambition
However, the strange thing is that with such an excellent team in front, Beijun did not fall, only the city gate was closed.

Ye Zhaoyan saw the other party's plan.

Even if Beiliang takes the lead in taking Beijun, it will inevitably have to fight to the death with the Ye family army who was ordered to take Hexi.

Even though they have an agreement with Ye Wenxuan, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the Ye family army who is loyal to Tianlu will definitely fight hard and fight the Beiliang army for real.

In this battle, no matter what, it cannot be done without bloodshed.

The matter has come to this point, instead of letting Beiliang's own expendable troops and supplies to take Beijun and then fight hard, it is better to wait for Tianlu to take Beijun and then they will have "mantis catching cicadas and orioles behind". In this way, the loss can be reduced. Not to mention at the very least, it was possible to pretend that Tianlu was weak after the war, which gave Beiliang an opportunity to win with justification.

After all, Emperor Donglin was not easy to fool.

Ye Zhaoyan ordered people to sound the horn.

The soldiers of Beiliang rushed out of their tents one after another, holding their spears and bows and arrows, ready to fight.

They waited for the coming of this fight, with eyes like tigers and wolves fixed on the Beijun defenders, as if they would pounce on them in the next second.

Ye Zhaoyan stepped forward immediately, raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Major General Tianlu Ye Family is here, and he is ordered by His Majesty to take the land of Hexi! If you don't surrender, how long will it be! If you resist in the corner, there is only one way to die!"

The words were loud and resounded all around.

Just when Ye Zhaoyan and the others thought that another bloody battle was about to take place, the gate of Beijun City slowly opened, and a carriage drove out, and the prefect Sun Yanwu was sitting on it.

Sun Yanwu stepped out of the carriage elegantly in a blue shirt, his eyes paused for a moment under the city, and then quickly shifted to Ye Zhaoyan.

"Sun Yanwu, the governor of Xiabeiliang County, met the young general."

"Master Sun is being polite."

Ye Zhaoyan glanced at him indifferently, noncommittal.

The butler beside Sun Yanwu quickly delivered a document to Ye Zhaoyan.

I saw a line of words written in square regular script on it: "I would like to sign an agreement with your court, and I hope the general can keep his promise. Don't fight again, so as not to hurt the peace."

It was clean, without any stamps.

Obviously, the people of Beijun did not believe in Tianlu's army.

Ye Zhaoyan sneered in his heart, the sheriff was also cautious.

She raised her eyebrows, looked at Sun Yanwu and said, "Master Sun, I remember that Nanzhao Kingdom once said that you Hexi will not join forces with other countries, so what is the reason for singing now?"

Sun Yanwu's face remained unchanged, and he explained gently: "Major General, you don't know something, this is not collusion, it's just that we in Hexi have nothing to do with other dynasties, and there is no reason to cause a war because of this, please hold your hand high, and don't embarrass Hexi any more. people."

"Oh, so that's the case." Ye Zhaoyan suddenly realized, and immediately snorted coldly, "Did Mr. Sun forget something?"

"what?"

Ye Zhaoyan snorted coldly: "Of course it's your Hexi seal and documents. Since you want to surrender, how can you not hand over these?"

Sun Yanwu's face changed when he heard the words, but he still maintained a calm posture, and said: "General Ye, please be safe and don't be impatient. The messenger sent by Beijun to Nanzhao Kingdom will return in half a day. I will wait for the official to see His Majesty Nanzhao." I will give you all these in my letter."

Ye Zhaoyan shook his head and said, "You Hexi people are not sincere. How do I know if you are lying to me after such a delay? Why don't I take it now to save trouble!"

Sun Yanwu hurriedly said: "Major General, calm down! Your subordinates will never dare to lie!"

Ye Zhaoyan looked at him with a pair of sword eyebrows slightly frowned, and his eyes gradually darkened.

Sun Yanwu felt uncomfortable when she saw her, but he still stood motionless.

"How can I trust you?"

Sun Yanwu gritted his teeth and said, "If I deceive Major General Ye, I will be cut alive!"

There was a lot of restraint between his brows, as if he was really afraid of being cut alive.

Ye Zhaoyan saw that he was so determined, so he said: "Okay, I will trust you for a while, and I will give you another two hours."

In fact, she also needs time to deal with Beiliang.

"Young General Xie is considerate." Sun Yanwu said gratefully.

An hour later, the spies of the Ye Family Army who were far away on the border of Nanzhao Kingdom received the news that the envoys of Nanzhao Kingdom were coming.

Seeing that the other side did not bring heavy troops, the two lieutenants of the Ye family army followed the strategy Ye Zhengping planned in advance with the letter.

Ye Zhaoyan signaled Ye Jiajun to reorganize and station on the side of Hebei County.

At this time, a black steed galloped from Hexi.

"Major General, please wait a moment." On the horseback, a cavalryman got off his horse, walked up to Ye Zhaoyan and cupped his fists and said, "My master ordered me to send a letter to the general quickly."

"Okay, present it."

Ye Zhaoyan took the letter, looked at the bold and powerful characters on the envelope, his eyes flashed, and a meaningful sneer curled up at the corner of his mouth.

Sure enough, the visitor was not good.

She took the letter, unfolded it, looked at it, and immediately had a serious expression. She quickly folded another letter and stuffed it into the other party's hand, and said: "Quickly report to your master, and send an envoy to contact you in an hour."

The cavalryman looked at the letter that Ye Zhaoyan had prepared a long time ago, a little unbelievable, and finally nodded, "Of order!"

One man and one horse quickly disappeared on the path.

"Major General, what is written in that letter?" Deputy General Chen of the Ye Family Army asked.

"The prince of Beiliang sent someone to send a letter in his own hand." Ye Zhaoyan smiled lightly.

"What did the letter say?"

"What?" Ye Zhaoyan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, showing a strange smile, and said, "Chu Li wants to sign a covenant with us."

Ye Zhaoyan roughly explained the content of the covenant.

Ye Wenxuan had never told the truth to the deputy general of the Ye family before. These people did not know Beiliang's sinister intentions. Now that the matter is about to come to an end, although Ye Zhaoyan cannot strictly enforce the agreement between Beiliang and Ye Wenxuan, it is time for the other party's ambition to be made public.

"What a nonsense covenant, our Ye Family Army is not afraid of Beiliang people!" Deputy General Chen shouted angrily, "Major General, don't easily agree to Beiliang people at this time! They must use us to help them capture Hexi! "

Ye Zhaoyan looked at the young lieutenant and smiled, and said lightly: "The situation is urgent, but we can't help but agree!"

Deputy General Chen was taken aback, then his face changed drastically, and he said anxiously: "Is it true that you want to sign an alliance with Beiliang? No way! The major general must not give in to their schemes!"

Ye Zhaoyan sneered, "Do you think the people of Beiliang really want to sign an alliance with us and take Hebei County in peace?"

"Major General, what do you mean? Don't you mean?" Deputy General Chen was taken aback for a moment, and then realized.

"Well, they want to use us to contain the Nanzhao Kingdom, so that the Nanzhao Kingdom will not dare to invade rashly." Ye Zhaoyan said coldly.

(End of this chapter)