The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 358 Dangerous situation
"Prince, their men and horses are moving!"

The big tent of the third prince of Wala, the ministers hurriedly came to report.

"Oh, how many people did they leave?"

"Your subordinates are watching, almost all the cavalry have been withdrawn and left."

"Very good! Next, it's our turn to go out, hehehe..."

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Under the blue sky, a vast amount of smoke and dust rolled in again.

All the soldiers on and off the Zhanghe beach immediately rectified their spirits and stood ready for battle.

However, after seeing the face of the enemy clearly, all the soldiers couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.

Just because it was not lost at all to the cavalry battle that appeared in the morning, accompanied by a large number of infantry.

This is the case for soldiers, not to mention the civil servants, court ladies and eunuchs, and logistics servants in the central area on the river beach.

In the big tent, Xiang He urgently summoned the person in charge to discuss countermeasures.

"What to do, what to do, the imperial envoy hasn't returned yet, and now there are only more than 1000 soldiers in the camp, and almost all of them are infantry.

As for the Tatars outside, there are at least three or four thousand people, and we may not be able to stop them.

If we let them break through the line of defense, we will die! "

The civil servants were obsequious and wailing.

I originally thought that they, as envoys from the state, traveled thousands of miles to Oala. Although the journey was a bit difficult, at least they could receive the highest standard of reception when they arrived in Oara.Maybe, you can also enjoy some exotic customs.

How could I know that I didn't feel the exotic style now, but I saw the blade of the alien race first!
At this time, when they heard the comparison of strength against each other, the thick haze couldn't be lingered, and the breath of death enveloped the body and mind.

"Master Xiang, what should we do now..."

Faced with the hard questioning of his colleagues, Xiang He gave a wry smile and tried his best to ask about the situation.

After hearing that the enemy did not attack immediately, but surrounded them in a siege, Xiang He sighed: "At the moment, we can only resist with all our might. If we can last until the imperial envoy or reinforcements arrive, we will wait until the arrival of reinforcements." There is a silver lining.

If not...

Ladies and gentlemen, maybe today is the time for you and me to be loyal to His Majesty and Great Wei! "

Xiang He's words silenced everyone in the tent.

Suddenly someone said: "Master Xiang, since the enemy didn't attack immediately, see if you can find someone to go out and negotiate with the other party...

If the other party's purpose is only to seek money, then we may be able to avoid disaster. "

Hearing this, many people fell silent.

Gein, the possibility of this is too low.

The enemy in front of him looked like a regular army of Tatars. There were thousands of them.

But the hope of surviving still made them unopposed.

Xiang He sighed inwardly. Although he knew the chances were slim, if he could live, how could he be willing to die?

Perhaps, the enemy may not necessarily want to fight them to the death. After all, the total number of people in the camp is two to three thousand. If they really want to fight, the enemy may not be good!

It doesn't hurt to see what they're for.

So Xiang He asked who would dare to act as an envoy.

No one answered, everyone looked at him.

Xiang He was speechless, so he could only pack up and go to the front of the enemy's formation.

The closer he got to the enemy line, the heavier Xiang He's heart became.

Those tall and mighty war horses and pitch-black weapons brought him a great sense of oppression.

Fortunately, the other party seemed to know his purpose and did not intend to attack him.

After explaining his intention, a seven-foot strong man came slowly with a black horse on his shoulders, his eyes staring at him.

"Who is Er?"

Wei State has been entangled with Tatar and Wala for hundreds of years, and there are many people who are proficient in Mongolian.

During this mission, there is naturally no shortage of such people in the mission.

"I am an official of the Great Wei Dynasty. Dare to ask who is your Excellency and why are you bothering us?"

The alliance and marriage with Oala this time is a military secret, and Xiang He did not take the initiative to disclose it until he was sure that the other party knew about it.

The black horse general touched the waist knife, deliberately letting Xiang He see the Tatar totem on it, the meaning was self-evident.

After confirming that Xiang He had seen it clearly, he smiled and said, "Our leader is always hospitable. I heard that the princess of your country came to the grassland. Our leader prepared a special drink and ordered me to come to welcome the princess and all the distinguished guests.

I also hope that everyone will save face, and don't disappoint our leader's kindness. "

Xu Shi saw that what his boss said was interesting, the soldiers on the left and right couldn't help laughing.

Some seemed to have thought of something, showing obscene expressions on their faces.

Xiang He's face darkened, and his heart sank at the same time.

The other party even knew about the princess, so they obviously came prepared.

Things, there is no room for maneuver.

Holding back his anger, he said in a deep voice, "Thank you for your kindness, but I have other important matters to attend to, so I cannot accompany you."

"Hehe, that's up to you."

With a word from the black horse general, the knights on the left and right took a step forward and stared at Xiang He.

Xiang He's complexion changed, and he said sternly: "Is it possible that you want to provoke the war between the two countries again, have you forgotten the pain of my great Wei's conquest last year?"

The black horse general looked cold, raised his hand to stop the left and right, and said with a sneer, "You dare to be stubborn when you are about to die. Go back, give you a quarter of an hour, or put down your weapons and come to our grassland as a guest.

or..."

There was a cruel smile on the corner of the black horse general's mouth, he pulled out the saber at his waist, and gently stroked, "Or let me chop off your heads one by one."

"you……!"

After all, Xiang He was a Confucian scholar and civil servant, he was not good at making changes, so he suppressed his anger and returned to the camp.

Others were caught in a dilemma when they learned of the outcome of the negotiations.

"Otherwise, we'll just agree to them... Anyway, we can't beat them..."

A person made a proposal in a low voice, and from his lowered head, it was not difficult to see that he understood what his proposal meant.

surrender!

If you can't beat it, surrender.

What an easy and wise choice.

Xiang He looked at him in shock, and then found out in a daze that although the other people around him didn't speak, their eyes had already expressed their cowardice and fear of death.

"Confused! You, you are wasting your royal salary, and you say such a thing, how can you be worthy of being my minister of Wei!"

Xiang He scolded, but made the man ashamed, suddenly raised his head, and said angrily: "Does your lord think that I am willing to do this?

If the imperial envoy is still here, and we still have the strength to fight, then I will definitely not make such a proposal.

But the current situation is that the imperial envoy has taken all the elite away. What is the remaining force enough to do?
If you really want to fight, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold out for a stick of incense...

Is Mr. Xiang going to watch everyone die innocently? "

In the face of life and death, whether to fight or to surrender, there is never the only choice.

At least, not all the people in charge of the big camp are brave men who are not afraid of death and dare to sacrifice their lives for the country.

Therefore, when Xiang He was speechless by this person, other people also expressed their opinions one after another.

"By the way, why did the imperial envoy just leave at this time? Could it be that he knew something in advance, so..."

A person suddenly made a suspicious sound.

There was a sudden silence in the tent.

Everyone understood what he meant.

Xiang He was stunned, "What do you mean? General Zhu was trapped in Yinmulin, the situation was urgent, and the imperial envoy led people to help. We discussed and decided this matter together. Er'an dare to speculate and slander the imperial envoy at will!"

This place is the territory of Wala, and there are people from Wala in the mission.Zhu Dahe was besieged before, and based on the location information brought back by the soldiers calling for help, they could naturally determine where Zhu Dahe was besieged.

Jia Lian just found a guide and took the cavalry away, with the purpose of going back quickly.

Although Xiang He's scolding stopped the man from provoking the army's morale, the seeds of doubt suddenly took root in everyone's hearts.

Yes, as soon as the imperial envoy left, the enemy came.

Could it be that the imperial envoy knew there was danger, so he ran for his life in advance?

No wonder, the imperial envoy refused to let a few commanders go to the rescue, and insisted on going by himself.

Perhaps it was foreseeing such a situation, so he withdrew early.

With so many cavalry under his command, even if he encounters an enemy on the way, even if he rushes to kill him, he can safely return to Ganning Pass...

The imperial envoy has abandoned all of them!
Once such an idea is born, the generals will no longer have the heart to fight, and all of them will look sluggish.

Seeing this, Xiang He felt ashamed.

If it was said before, they could still fight to the death.Even if you want to lose, you have to cut off a layer of the enemy's skin.

Now, there is no hope.

These people in the tent have no will to fight, let alone the people outside.

If he is obsessed with his obsession, I am afraid that without the enemy's action, these people in front of him can cut him into pieces...

"The princess is here!"

Princess Zhaoyang stepped into the big tent slowly, facing the different faces of the people in the tent, as if she knew everything, she walked quietly to the innermost part, then turned to look at everyone.

"My palace is also aware of the situation outside.

Now in the big camp, even with the guards around me, the available troops are less than two thousand.

The enemy has four to five thousand people, and half of them are cavalry.

The disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves is too great. If we fight, we have no chance of winning. "

Hearing that even Princess Zhaoyang said that, the few people in the tent who wanted to take a chance all hesitated.

"So, I have a proposal."

Hearing Princess Zhaoyang's words, everyone bowed their heads and listened to the training.

"Everyone is a man of insight or a heroic general of our Great Wei.

Since the fight is doomed to fail, naturally one cannot die in vain.

Presumably everyone should also know in their hearts that the target of these Tatars may only be Ben Gong.

So, you now have a choice.

Handing over Ben Gong, perhaps, with Ben Gong alone, can give you a chance to survive. "

Princess Zhaoyang's voice was flat, revealing a hint of sarcasm, and seemed to have a hint of resignation.

Just listening to her as if she was talking about not doing her own business, "You don't need to feel any apologies.

This time I went to Wala to get married, and my palace was for the great Wei.

Now that I am in deep danger, if I can save thousands of good men from our great Wei with my own body, so that they can continue to be loyal to the country in the future, even if I die, I will have no regrets. "

After Princess Zhaoyang's words fell, the tent fell into a brief silence, and everyone's faces were very exciting.

All of a sudden, a person knelt down heavily, crying in a deep voice: "Chen, damn it!
Your Highness, please take back what you said just now, minister, swear to protect His Highness Zhouquan to the death, and never allow His Highness to fall into the hands of bandits! "

A man of insight, a brave general, a good son of Wei...

These words, uttered from the mouth of Princess Zhaoyang, made everyone feel ashamed, wishing to dig a crack in the ground to get in ashamed.

In the face of life and death, these six-foot men who have read poetry and books and been deeply educated in loyalty and patriotism, there is no woman who is more courageous and calm than a woman.

In vain they have been singing "eating the king's salary, loyalty to the king".

Now that the safety of Her Royal Highness is tied to them, they are actually trying to surrender to the enemy in order to survive!

Don't they know what will happen to the princess if she falls into the hands of those Tartars?

No, they all know.

No one said it before, it was just their selective forgetting.

"boom"

"Bang bang..."

A series of kneeling sounds smashed out countless knee holes on the ground of the big tent.

"Your Majesty, I would like to swear to the death to protect His Highness Zhouquan!"

"Your Majesty, I would like to swear to the death to protect His Highness Zhouquan!"

Will is a thing with two levels of existence.

A moment ago, he was depressed.

At this moment, it can emit a shocking power.

Looking at all the civil servants and generals kneeling down, and seeing the will to die on their faces, Xiang He suddenly understood what it means to be a leader and a general!
Just like in the morning, facing a strong enemy, under the leadership of Jia Lian, everyone worked together and won the battle without any accident.

Originally thought that there was no one willing to listen to him just now, and everyone was depressed because the situation was too bad.

Now Princess Zhaoyang is here, but with just a few words, everyone's fighting spirit has been rekindled...

Although it was frustrating to realize his own inadequacies, but looking at his colleagues who looked at death like home, boundless pride emerged in his heart.

Well, this is worthy of being my civil servant and military general of the Great Wei!

So with a plop, he knelt down with the others.

Facing everyone's oath of allegiance, Princess Zhaoyang was silent for a while, and said: "You know, everyone may lose their lives in vain."

"To be loyal to His Highness, even if you die, you will have no regrets!"

"There is no regret in dying!"

Facing everyone's eager and passionate eyes, Princess Zhaoyang's eyes were deep, and she suddenly turned to look at her valet.

The attendant hurriedly presented a sword inlaid with gold and jade.

Princess Zhaoyang took the sharp sword, raised her right hand to the sky, and said in a deep voice, "I will always remember your loyalty to Wei.

That being the case, let me and you all live and die together! "

Everyone in the tent looked up, and in a daze, they saw that Her Royal Highness was actually dressed in a military outfit, with the sharp sword drawn at this time, like an invincible general who has been battle-tested!
If the princess is like this, let alone a courtier?

To be able to be loyal to the country, and to be loyal to such a highness, at this moment, it seems that even death has become calm.

In front of the enemy's big tent that is far away from the big camp.

"General, the time is up, do you have to wait..."

"no need."

The general shook his head and smiled. He had already seen clearly that the other side had changed from being flustered at the beginning to actively deploying defenses.

He didn't expect that those Wei people, who were always weak, would still have such fighting spirit in the face of such a coercion from his army.

Originally, I thought that the soldiers would be bloodless, but it's a pity...

"Here's an order for the whole army to attack. Except for the women, no one will be left behind."

The messenger immediately ran to deliver the order.

The black horse general said to the left and right generals: "The prince is still in their camp, so be careful, don't hurt the prince!"

"Yes."

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(End of this chapter)