"What did you say? My Khan's personal guards have been wiped out?"

Inside Khan's golden tent, Boli Khan Heliantao's complexion changed drastically, and he couldn't believe his ears.

No wonder he was so furious. After all, his Khan's personal guards were the most elite army of the Dihu people. Each of them defeated the invincible opponents of the entire Mobei Prairie. It is not easy to defeat them. If you want to wipe them all It is a fantasy.

The Dihu soldier who came to report the news knelt on the ground and bowed his head deeply: "Yes, Khan, we have sent people to search the battlefield for dozens of miles, but we have not found a single survivor..."

"Do you know who did it?" He Liantao gritted his teeth and squeezed out these words coldly.

The Dihu soldier who reported the letter hesitated for a moment, but still had to truthfully say: "Reporting to Khan, we are not sure yet... But some herdsmen nearby told us that they saw Ningguo cavalry wandering around..."

"Clang-crack-"

As soon as he heard the word "Ningguo", He Liantao couldn't restrain the anger in his heart any longer, and kicked the case in front of him into the air, smashed it to the ground, and smashed it to pieces.

This also seemed to hit the hearts of other people in the golden tent all of a sudden, everyone couldn't help trembling in shock, and unconsciously lowered their heads deeply one by one, lest Khan would vent his anger on himself.

Although he had vented his anger several times with an innocent case, He Liantao still felt that his anger was still lingering. He paced back and forth with a sullen face, feeling a deep uneasiness in his heart.

Compared with his elder brother Heliantuo who escaped again, Ning Jun's intervention made him feel that something was wrong.

When Xiao Huang raised his army before, he also thought about taking advantage of the domestic turmoil in Ning to lead his army south to the Central Plains, to cooperate with Xiao Huang inside and outside, and attack Luoyang, but the existence of Heliantuo always made him feel a thorn in his back, like a thorn in his throat, he was very worried about Heliantuo He would attack the royal court while his main force went south to the empty royal court. Once the family members of the nobles and generals who stayed behind in the royal court fell into the hands of Heliantuo, the consequences would be disastrous.

Therefore, in the end, he decided to assemble an army of 10,000+ and go out to attack Helian Tuo and those tribes that supported Helian Tuo, because in his opinion, Ningguo is also in civil strife now, and it is impossible to support Helian Tuo Tuo, intervening in the disputes in Mobei, once he loses the support of Ningguo, Helian Tuo is absolutely impossible to be his opponent.

Moreover, in his opinion, with Qin King Xiao Huang's ability and the strength of the Liangzhou Army, Ning Kingdom will not be able to quell this civil strife within a year or so. As long as his army can quickly wipe out Helian Tuo and the tribes that supported him, it will be completely impossible. You can take advantage of the situation and go south to the Central Plains. When Ning's domestic turmoil is still unresolved and you can't take care of both ends, not to mention breaking Luoyang and destroying Ning State in one fell swoop, at least you can force the desperate Ning State court to cede land and pay for peace, and share in the rebellion started by Xiao Huang. a cup of soup.

Originally, everything was developing according to his expected situation. Heliantuo and those tribes who supported him had no power to fight back in front of his 10,000+ army, and could only flee eastward in embarrassment like a bereaved dog...

Just when Heliantao was still planning how to go south to the Central Plains, he suddenly heard the news that Ningguo sent troops to wipe out the Khan's personal guards who were in charge of chasing and killing Heliantuo...

They Dihu also have a lot of eyes and ears in the Central Plains, so He Liantao, who is a khan, can keep abreast of the battle situation in Yongzhou at any time. In the Jinguan area, but because they were afraid of Xiao Huang and the trapped beasts of the Liangzhou army, they did not dare to fight the rebel army for a long time, so they could only be in a stalemate with the rebel army.

This is also the reason why Heliantao dared to attack Heliantuo with all his strength, because he believed that now that Ningguo was in deep civil strife, not only was he unable to send troops to help Heliantuo, but also he mobilized troops on such a large scale in Mobei, It will inevitably cause shock and uneasiness to the emperor of Ningguo and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. In order to avoid falling into internal and external difficulties and fighting on two fronts, Ningguo will definitely send envoys to appease him and promise him and Dihu a lot of benefits.

When the time comes, whether it is war or peace, it depends entirely on one's own thoughts.

But under the current situation, the Ningguo court, which was deeply involved in civil strife, not only did not send envoys to make peace with itself, but even dared to send troops to attack its own Khan's personal guards, which itself revealed a strange feeling.

He Liantao has also read many history books and military books in the Central Plains, and he understands that there must be monsters in abnormalities.

Ning Guo still dared to provoke them Dihu at this time, and he was not afraid of leading troops southward in a fit of anger to invade the Central Plains. Even if Xiao Huang's rebellion has not yet been settled, it will no longer pose a great threat to the imperial court, so the Ningguo imperial court can now free up their hands to deal with them Dihu.

He couldn't help but recall the secret conversation between him and Xiao Huang at the lakeside that night, and he thought of Xiao Huang's evaluation of his younger brother: "Xiao Jie is the best at taking advantage of opportunities, and likes to attack later... Once you let him When he finds an opportunity, he will never give the opponent a little time to react, let alone give the opponent the slightest room to counterattack..."

Thinking of this, He Liantao couldn't help but secretly gasped, and his heart sank suddenly...

Although he had never fought Xiao Jie face to face, but at this moment he suspected that he had fallen into Xiao Jie's trick.

In He Liantao's view, neither the court of Ning State nor Ye Qiu, the governor of Youzhou, had the courage to provoke Di Hu before the internal strife was completely settled. Only Xiao Jie, the prince of Ning State who had never met Such a big deal.

He even suspected that Xiao Jie might have completely quelled his brother's rebellion, but deliberately released false news to confuse him, so that he could relax and deal with Heliantuo with all his strength.

As soon as this thought grew, it was as unstoppable as weeds growing wildly, and He Liantao fell into deeper anxiety.

Their nomads like to go south to the Central Plains in autumn, but if the south is blocked, they will try their best to withdraw their troops and return to their tribes before winter, because as the weather gets colder and colder in winter, they will have a large number of livestock frozen to death and frostbite. The fighting power and morale of their Dihu warriors were a fatal blow.

Moreover, the Dihu people are mainly cavalry, and they are best at fighting on flat terrain, but once the prairie is covered with a thick layer of snow, it will seriously affect the mobility and combat effectiveness of their Dihu cavalry.

And the reason why Heliantao dared to launch a large-scale attack on Heliantuo and the tribe that supported him in winter was because they were both Dihu people and they were in the prairie, and this was the time when they were most vulnerable .

But the Han people in the Central Plains are different. Their military books have always taught their generals how to fight in different terrains and weathers, especially Xiao Jie, an opponent that even Xiao Huang is afraid of.

Thinking of this, He Liantao couldn't hold back any longer, and immediately decided to lead the army back to the royal court.

Although this decision is embarrassing and will seriously damage his prestige as Dihu Khan, He Liantao knows that if he does not withdraw his troops as soon as possible, once Xiao Jie leads the army out of the customs and entangles them, as the weather gets colder and colder, the consequences will be serious. Even more unimaginable.

But just as he was about to give the order, a Dihu sentry cavalry scrambled into his golden tent and stammered the report: "It's not good, Khan, a large number of Ning troops have been found fifty miles away, and the number is roughly estimated to be no less than 10." Thousands of people."

He Liantao's heart fell into an ice cave in an instant...

In the end, He Liantao sent an unknown number of sentry cavalry to investigate, and quickly figured out the situation of the Ning army. He knew that there were 13 of them. The governor Ye Qiu, the deputy governor of Jiaozhou Gao Yang, and even his elder brother Heliantuo.

But this information made He Liantao even more uneasy, because he found that one of the generals was missing a very important figure.

The champion general Wu Ji who claims to be the best at fighting their Dihu people on the Mobei prairie!

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