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Chapter 386 Return to the East
The Anmu area is not smaller than the Central Plains, and the war against the Waqiang people in the north has been going on for nearly a year.

There are as many as eleven small countries that fell under the iron heels of the Waqiang people, but the hundreds of thousands of coalition forces in Ammu are still relying on the castle to fight against the Waqiang people.

The camps of the Waqiang people stretched for dozens of miles, with horses flying and people buzzing.

The big red tent standing in the middle is the king's tent of Eagle Khan, but at this moment the guards in front of the king's tent seem to be in a dilemma.

A man from the Central Plains was holding a knife for cutting meat and wanted to enter the king's tent to meet the great Eagle Khan.

In fact, it's not that Xiongying Khan doesn't want to see this Central Plains man, but Xiongying Khan has already confessed that now is not the time, and he has to postpone it for a while.

This man is Huo Bingcheng, an envoy from Zheng Guo in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

The meat-cutting knife was placed on his own neck by himself, and a finger-length bloodstain had been pulled away. The blood soaked his chest, but Huo Bingcheng's left hand still held his envoy's banner high. .

"The Great Khan keeps delaying and refusing to see me. This is the greatest shame as an envoy! This is not the Great Khan's neglect of Da Zheng, but his dissatisfaction with myself. If this is the case, I will splatter blood here for three steps. Let Da Zheng send another envoy who can be received by the Great Khan!"

The head guard beside Xiongying Khan was annoyed and funny when facing the knife in Huo Bingcheng's hand, and he also admired it.

The Great Khan didn't want to see Dazheng's envoys at this time, because he wanted to delay Waqiang to win a complete victory in the Ammu area. At that time, the negotiation with Dazheng would be the most beneficial to Waqiang.

"Lord Huo," the chief guard pointed to the small knife on Huo Bingcheng's neck in an awkward Central Plains dialect, "Please don't do this, you should know that our war with the Anmu people has reached the most intense time, and the sweat is every day. I don’t have time to worry about the affairs of the East, so I ask you to wait for a while, and we, the Great Khan, will definitely meet you.”

"I came here for the alliance between the two families, but I just received news from the Central Plains. There may be some changes in the alliance between the two families. I urgently need to go back east immediately and go to the territory of the Beibei people to visit Xingkong Khan, that's why I can't wait to go to another errand immediately after handing over the credentials. I also ask the chief guard to convey my meaning to Dahan. Huo just wants to hand over the credentials today. Dahan agrees or not The country's request is now irrelevant."

Hearing Huo Bingcheng's words, the chief guard showed a puzzled expression. Didn't the Central Plains people come to ask Waqiang for help? Why don't they want to ask for it anymore? They still want to visit that Xingkong Khan?

"Honorable Envoy, wait a moment, I'll go and ask the Great Khan."

The chief guard felt that something was wrong, so he immediately turned around and entered the king's tent.

"Strange!" Khan Bordrey Hudden, the eagle, was also surprised when he heard the message from the head of the guard. He suddenly wondered what happened in the east?

"Great Khan, why don't you meet him and see what's going on?" It was Rasari, the younger brother of Bordre Hudden who spoke, "If he still talks about forming an alliance, we will take it with the people of Amu The war against him will only drag him down."

Bordley suddenly nodded.

"Go and let him in!"

The chief guard came outside the tent, and with a smile asked someone to bandage Huo Bingcheng's neck.

"The Great Khan has invited a messenger."

Huo Bingcheng, holding a banner and wearing a bloody white cloth around his neck, strode into the king's tent.

Except for Xiongying Khan, several of his younger brothers and sons were in the tent, and when they saw Huo Bingcheng's neck and red-dyed chest, the look in their eyes lost a little of the previous frivolity.

"Da Zheng's envoy Huo Bingcheng has met the leader of the Waqiang people, Hatuo Saxiumi Khan."

"The honorable envoy is too anxious. I don't know what happened in the east to make the honorable envoy so anxious?"

Huo Bingcheng already had a plan in mind, and when Xiongying Khan asked him, he put on a show and let out a long sigh.

"Don't dare to hide it from the Great Khan. Great changes have taken place in the war between our Dazheng and the Beibei people. The foreign ministers have received the news, and they will immediately go east to the Xingkong Khan to seek peace. Therefore, the Great Khan accepts the kingdom. Book, give the foreign minister a certificate, so that the foreign minister can rush to the Eastern Grassland."

"Hehehehe," Lao Sari asked with a smile, "couldn't your country send another envoy to visit Tie Shuhan (Xingkong Khan)? You have to travel thousands of miles to do it." .”

Huo Bingcheng was waiting for this sentence.

"Didn't dare to hide the truth from all of you, Da Zheng lost more than 30 troops in the decisive battle with the people of Beibei because one of my emperor's younger brothers defected. And the prince who rebelled has already led his troops The front line of the Yellow River has been blocked, and we are attacking the capital of our country. The road to Xingkong Khan to seek peace has been completely blocked by this anti-king. The imperial court can only send people here to inform me that I will go directly to the king of Xingkong Khan from your area. court."

"What did you say?!" Xiongying Khan dropped his wine glass suddenly, "Did Zheng Guo wipe out all the main forces in the first battle?!"

There was no need to hide the grief on Huo Bingcheng's face.

"Goulian Xingkong Khan, the king of Hedong County, rebelled, and the capital of our country is in danger. Chen Guo has surrendered to Beibei, and Yanbei Road, Yunyou Road, and Haidong Road in the north of our country have all fallen into the hands of Beibei people. Baoxi, in order to preserve the legitimacy of our dynasty, our country has to immediately seek peace from Xingkong Khan to stop the attack of the anti-king, and please forgive me!"

Hearing the news that the Beibei people occupied Chen Guo and Dazheng's northern three roads, all the Waqiang nobles in the big tent stood up suddenly, with disbelief and nervous expressions on their faces.

"How dare you lie to me!?" Xiongying Khan also stood up, looking at Huo Bingcheng with murderous eyes.

"The foreign minister dare not, if the Khan doesn't believe it, he should send someone to the east to investigate one or two immediately, and then he will know that what the foreign minister said is true."

The air in the big tent froze for a moment, and everyone was looking at Yingying Khan.

"Okay!" Xiongying Khan suppressed the shock and anger in his heart, "Please also ask the envoy to go back to rest, and Japan Khan will give you an answer in a few days."

When Huo Bingcheng just stepped out of the king's tent, Yingying Khan couldn't hold back his monstrous anger anymore, and kicked over the table with one kick, and the gold and silver wine vessels flew all over the ground.

"Incompetent Zheng Ren! Cowardly Central Plains pig~! Broke my big business!"

Beads of sweat covered Xiong Ying's sweat-red forehead, and bursts of scorching hot air burned his lungs and made him feel upset.

"Khan!" Lao Sally's hands were trembling at the moment, "Go back to the army! We must not let the Beibei people digest Chen Guo and the northern part of Zheng Guo!"

"Father Khan~!~ I would like to be the vanguard and lead my tribe back to the east immediately!" Yingying Khan's youngest son clenched his fists tightly, "If the Beibei people completely swallow the northern part of the Central Plains, what will happen between us? The balance will be broken, and it will not be long before the forces of the Beibei people will crush us! According to the law of survival on the grassland, Tieshuhan will definitely attack us immediately and destroy us! Those Wunu people have already moved the capital of the king's account to the west For two thousand miles, in order to become the overlord of the prairie, only we, Waqiang, are the ones that Teshuhan must eliminate!"

Bordrey suddenly closed his eyes unwillingly.

The prairie is the foundation for the survival and development of the Waqiang people. After the Wunu people moved westward, he realized that there must be a battle between the Waqiang people and Beibei.The reason why he has been obsessed with attacking Anmu and refusing to return to the grassland is to strengthen his own strength by plundering Anmu, and to let the Beibei people feel at ease to start war with the Central Plains countries.

But those Central Plains people actually abolished their martial arts!

Tie Shuhan has won the extremely important Chen State, as well as the rich and prosperous Zheng State in the north!
If it is the next step, the anti-king of Zheng State seizes the throne, the whole Zheng State becomes the puppet of Tie Shuhan, Dai State and Wei State will also become the pastures of Beibei people.At that time, facing the Beibei people whose strength has doubled, the Waqiang people have no other way out except for the whole family to flee westward and give up their ancestral grassland.

All Waqiang nobles looked at their king eagerly. At this moment, no one cared about those stubborn Ammu people. The prairie was their root and home.

The eldest son of Bordre Hudden suddenly made a sound.

"Father Khan, could it be that the Central Plains man deliberately deceived..."

"No!" Bordley suddenly raised his head, "It won't take long for such a big thing to come over. If he dares to talk nonsense, he will just add a powerful enemy to Zheng Guoping. Even if he It is exaggerated, but it must be true that Tie Shuhan won a big victory in the East."

"It's all that damned Zheng Guo rebelling against the king!" Lao Sali unreconciledly drew his knife and hacked into pieces his desk case.

"The westward migration of the Wunu people makes our decisive battle with the Beibei people inevitable!" Bordley Hudeng also pulled out his golden knife, "We must attack immediately while those Central Plains people are still stubbornly resisting." Beibei! Weaken them, beat them, eradicate them!"

In the roar of Eagle Khan, all the nobles drew their knives and pointed to the sky.

Bordrey suddenly used a knife to cut a hole in his palm, and blood flowed out immediately.He casually opened Zheng Guo's letter of credence, and then printed his bloody handprint on the letter of credence.

"Tell all the troops, the whole army is going back to the east! Now it's time to decide who is the real master of the prairie~!"

"Eagle Khan~~!"

"Eagle Khan~~!"

Cheers came from the king's tent, and soon spread throughout the Waqiang military camp that stretched for dozens of miles.

On June 28, the first year of Longde of Zheng Zheng, the Waqiang army and the affiliated troops who conquered the Ammu area totaled 27 cavalry, and swore to return east outside the city of Ammu Beijiang.

Shihua City, the capital of Baibaluo Kingdom, has been besieged by Zhang Zhe's 2000 cavalry and more than [-] surrendered troops for six days.

This is the largest city in the entire Highland Four Kingdoms, with a population of over [-].

King Bibero recruited 2000 people to defend the city.

"The losses of the troops surrendered and recruited are a bit high," Geng Liang, who was holding the military report, looked at the Patriarch with some embarrassment. "These days, we have lost 300 people every day."

Zhang Zhe waved his hand indifferently.

"Send more of your recruits to Sanqi, so that he can dig the three tunnels faster. As for the surrendered soldiers, you can just let them surround the city, and launch a feint attack every other day. Let the defenders I think our army's courage is weak. If he is willing to go out of the city to fight in the field, that would be wonderful."

"promise!"

In Shihua City, the guard is removing his ear from a large urn buried in the soil.

"Hehehehe, these oriental devils are indeed digging tunnels, and they seem to have dug under the city wall." The guard greeted hundreds of soldiers and civilians, "I will start digging from here, as long as they dig through the city wall, I will cut off their tunnels." True, no one is allowed to go back!"

In Geng Liang's camp, near the city wall of Shihua City, there is a heavily guarded camp.

Zhang Sanqi is also in this camp, and he is listening to the report from his subordinates.

"You mean that the sound of digging came from the opposite side of the three tunnels?"

"Yes, my lord, people in the city seem to have discovered us, do we need to dig further?" The foreman looked at Zhang Sanqi anxiously, waiting for the lord to make a decision.

"Fortunately, Mr. Lang dried up the Baoli River. Otherwise, if the moat of Shihua City is still there, it would be a bit difficult for me. But since it has been dug under the city wall, it will be much easier to handle! Ask your people to remove the moat immediately. Carry those big boxes under the city wall, be careful not to touch the fire source, and not to shake violently!"

"Obey my lord!"

It didn't take long for the defender of Ten Flower City to be rewarded by his subordinates.

"Those Orientals stopped digging? Damn it, you're making too much noise, scaring the rabbits away!"

The guard went down the tower and rushed to an excavation site.

As soon as he put his ears on the skin of the big urn, he felt the earth under his feet suddenly lifted up, and the skin on the big urn burst suddenly, and his ears and mind were completely plunged into darkness.

Immediately afterwards, the whole section of the city wall jumped up, and then fell heavily. Countless limbs, broken bricks and wood flew into the sky. After a few seconds, the sound of cracking than thunder and lightning spread throughout the sky. The entire city of ten flowers.

The city wall about 30 meters wide disappeared, and the people and animals on the city wall and within a hundred meters around it also disappeared at the same time.

The next second, another section of the city wall also jumped up, and then another section.

Five minutes later, some of the guarding soldiers who survived the catastrophe rushed down the tower and ran away without a trace.

The surrendering soldiers and recruiting soldiers who were also stunned by this scene also fell into a frenzy after hearing the horn of attack.They threw down their leather armor and shields, twisted their knives and rushed towards the gap crazily. Everyone believed that the mighty power of the gods was protecting them!
This is the first time that gunpowder has been used in a siege battle in this world, and the effect is quite astonishing.

Zhang Zhe, who got the news of winning Ten Flowers City, was about to leave his camp and go to Ten Flowers City. At this moment, a horse flew straight into Zhang Zhe's camp from the north, and brought a letter from Chen Jiong from afar.

"Bang~!" The enraged Zhang Zhe drew his sword and shattered his chair, "The king of Hedong County, you colluded with foreigners and destroyed my 30 men in Dazheng, your crime is unforgivable~!"

"My lord! What should we do?" Ganxiu waited for Zhang Zhe to calm down a little, and asked eagerly.

"Don't go to Shihua City!" Zhang Zhe made a decisive decision, "Let Zhang Sanqi lead a thousand soldiers to garrison Yashe City, and the rest of the cities are allowed to be autonomous, and the rest of the army and horses will turn to the clouds at full speed!"

"The messenger!"

"exist!"

"Hurry up and hold my warrant, fly horse back to Yunshang County, and ask Mr. Chen and Xu to immediately apply for me to join the Qin King, and at the same time use all the soldiers in the government to arm the men in the county; let Gao Deshu conscript all 17-year-olds up to The 45-year-old man and all the horses are ready to go east to Qinguan!"

(End of this chapter)