Xiyangguan is located dozens of miles outside Weizhou City, with bare stone walls on both sides, and the yellow sand of the Gobi as far as the eye can see.Beihu Khan's king's tent was in an oasis a dozen miles away from Xiyang Pass, and his troops had not been moved.

According to reports from the spies, Beihu's eldest prince and second prince followed Beihu Khan to march, and the Yan family and the little prince stayed behind in the royal court.Beihu Khan has three sons under his knees, all born to different mothers. The eldest prince Tuge is the least favorite of the Khan, the second prince Humeng is more irritable, and the younger prince Mingtian is the most favored.

Li Di first used a simple trick to separate the eldest prince Tuge and the second prince Hu Meng.Troops were often sent to harass the Beihu garrison. If Tuge led troops to fight back, he would immediately lead his troops back, and if Humeng led troops to fight back, he would beat them back hard.

After many times, the second prince Hu Meng couldn't help feeling suspicious, thinking that the eldest prince Tuge must have colluded with the Central Plains people, otherwise why did the general Yunmeng only beat him and not his elder brother.Hu Meng is straight-tempered, single-minded, and short-tempered, while the eldest prince has always been scheming, and the two brothers have always been at odds. It is only because of Khan that he can always see it on the surface.

The eldest prince went to Yunmeng during the Wan Guochao meeting. According to reports from his subordinates, the eldest prince had contact with Crown Prince Yunmeng and the King of Qin during the meeting. It was impossible to guess what deal the eldest prince had reached with the Yunmeng court, although it might be true.

After guessing in Hu Meng's mind, he felt more and more reasonable that what he thought was reasonable, so he determined so firmly that even nine horses would not be able to pull back, so there was inevitably discord and friction between him and the eldest prince Tuge.

The Beihu people believe in the method of raising wolves. All their sons are free-ranged and let them fight with each other. The winner in the end is the king. This is completely different from the respectful brothers and sisters that the people of the Central Plains pay attention to, especially Huohu Khan of the Beihu.Therefore, the relationship between the eldest prince Tuge and the second prince Humeng became more and more intense, and Huohu Khan was like a normal person.

When the time is right, take advantage of the second prince Hu Meng being beaten into anger again, lure him to the ambush at Xiyangguan, and severely wound Hu Meng in one fell swoop.

It was in the evening at that time, and the strong wind from outside the Great Wall gathered into a wind eye, rolling the long yellow sand high into the sky, covering the sky and covering the whole Xiyang Pass.The horses in Guanzhong neighed, even a warrior who had experienced many battles could not help being shaken in his heart and gallbladder, and the army horses brought by Hu Meng were in a panic for a while.

If it was normal, Hu Meng might have withdrawn his troops if he had a clear head, but after being harassed several times by Li Di's elite, his blood was already hot, and he wanted to rub General Yunmeng on the ground, so he couldn't retreat calmly.

In the end, except for the one hundred Beihu soldiers including Hu Meng who died in battle, all of them were captured alive by Li Di.

The news spread to the imperial court and Beihu Wangzhang, and everyone was shocked.

Within a few days, Li Di received a letter from Beihu Huohu Khan, wanting to negotiate peace with him.

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In the imperial palace, the emperor who was lingering on the sick bed had been unconscious for several days, only relying on a little porridge and decoction to continue his life.

This day, however, it was like returning to the light, waking up when the sky was slightly bright in the early morning.Eunuch Chang has been serving the emperor in front of him, and he has barely taken off his clothes for several months. He looks more and more old and decrepit, and looks almost the same as the terminally ill emperor.

Seeing the sober Son of Heaven, it was like a shot in the arm, and the whole person was almost weeping with joy.The emperor asked him to come forward, and after a few instructions, he closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Eunuch Chang said urgently, "Your Majesty is blessed with the same blessings as the heavens, and he will definitely get better. The slave will stay in front of His Majesty and will not go anywhere!"

The voice of the Son of Heaven lingering like an old broken bellows came, "You are the only trustworthy person by my side, do you want to let me down?"

The voice came lightly, and Eunuch Chang shook his body, kowtowed three times on the ground respectfully, gritted his teeth and said calmly, "Your Majesty, take orders, take care!"

As he spoke, he suppressed the grief in his heart, as if he had changed his face, and changed into a person who had nothing to do, hurriedly avoiding the eyes and ears around him, and left the palace day after day with the emperor's dictation and tokens.

Listening to the voice next to his ear, the Son of Heaven knew that Eunuch Chang had left and there was no one around him. Knowing that he was dying, he couldn't help feeling infinitely sad.He asked himself that he had worked hard all his life, as the son of heaven, as the son of man, as a father, as a husband, and as a brother, he had never made any major mistakes.

Even in the original Ningguo Mansion case, he never felt that he had done anything wrong.Ning Guogong has a powerful family, how can the king allow others to sleep soundly, even if King Yun blamed him all his life, he just made up for it as much as possible.

But for the queen and the prince, he thinks he has a clear conscience.He regarded the queen as his first wife and gave her enough dignity and respect.He has always raised the prince as his heir, and among all his sons, he has the most reliance and trust on the prince. Even after the incident with Shen Zhuang happened, he did not punish the prince heavily.

Unexpectedly, at the end of his life, he stumbled and was calculated by his most trusted pillow and his son. When he came around, he didn't even have a person to die, which is not desolate.

It was probably the end of his death, and many scenes flashed before his eyes as if he was watching flowers on a horse.The happiest picture stayed when I was a child, when Xiao Jiu was born, a little soft ball, and Queen Mother Deng also became more gentle.

When Xiao Jiu was a little older, like a glutinous rice dumpling, he followed him all day long and called "Emperor Brother", and at some point, he also became estranged from him.Until the kid from the Shen family was gone, the two brothers were not much better than strangers.No matter how many times he showed his favor in secret, Xiao Jiu acted as if he didn't see it.

As he was dying, the Son of Heaven seemed to see the little dumpling before his eyes again, raised his head slightly, and softly called him elder brother.If he had another life, would he still make the same choice as before?He doesn't know, after all, there is no chance for him to choose another life.

After the Son of Heaven breathed his last, it took nearly a stick of incense before he was discovered.

There was a sudden panic in the palace.

It was several days after the news spread outside the pass, and the imperial court was already planning for the crown prince's ascension to the throne.

At this time, Li Di was discussing peace talks with Huohu Khan in the king's tent of Beihu Khan.Shen Chu was worried and followed him.He was originally thin, even now that he is pregnant, he can't tell much from wearing thick cotton clothes and armor, at most he looks rounder.

When Huohu Khan saw Li Di, his eyes couldn't help being a little dazed. He quickly came back to his senses, and he drank three bowls of wine with Li Di first.

Shen Chu couldn't help but click his tongue in his heart, secretly thinking that the eldest prince and Beihu Khan are worthy of being father and son, they act the same way, when they meet, no matter if they are friends or foes, drink three bowls of wine first, after that they are considered friends, Even if the camps are different, it's okay to see you on the battlefield, I have to say that there is still a bit of heroism.

After three bowls, Huohu Khan sighed, "You are very similar to your mother."

"Thinking of my life as a soldier, I gave birth to three sons, but none of them can catch up with you."

Li Di: "The Khan praised it. The eldest prince and the second prince are all warriors who can fight one against a hundred, and they are all heroes in the world."

Huohu Khan snorted coldly, "Warrior?! Either a fool or a reckless man! Only my youngest son is worthy of a weapon."

As she said that, she couldn't help but have a look of nostalgia in her eyes, "I think back then, Princess Wuluo was the number one beauty on the prairie, and she was the dream object of many young men, including me."

"I didn't expect to be married by your Emperor Yunmenggou. If you marry him, it's fine, but you don't know how to cherish it."

"For a woman like Princess Wuluo, being able to ask for a wife is a blessing from three lives, and the offerings are almost the same."

"I heard that besides Princess Wuluo, your Emperor Yunmenggou also has a lot of women in the harem. Do you think he knows how to love his wife?"

Shen Chu couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, scolding Lao Tzu in front of his son, this operation is also fascinating enough.Look at his resentful expression, he just didn't know the word "big pig's trotters", if he knew, he would definitely scold Yundi a hundred times for "big pig's trotters".

He couldn't help gossiping a little bit, he seemed to have dreamed about Li Di's mother and concubine, and he still couldn't forget it to this day.He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, thinking that if Princess Wuluo didn't marry Emperor Yun, but married Huohu Khan, he would be much happier.

Beihu is different from Yunmeng. Men can only marry one wife, and they respect their wives quite a lot.Moreover, women from Beihu don't have to follow so many rules like Yunmeng women. They also have to herd sheep and horses, so they can run freely on the prairie.

While Shen Chu was sighing and sighing, Li Di was unmoved, and said expressionlessly, "Gu and Khan are not just talking about each other, and Khan should get to the point."

Huohu Khan choked for a moment, and said angrily in a hateful voice, "Your temperament must be exactly the same as that Yunmenggou emperor, it's really disgusting."

"Tell me, how can I let Hu Meng go?" Although Huo Hu Khan felt that his sons were not up to par, it was his son after all.

Li Di: "Retire the troops and compensate me for the damage Yunmeng received from intruding on the common people."

Huohu Khan stared at Li Didao with eagle-like eyes, "I heard that the dog Emperor Yunmeng will die soon. After Prince Yunmeng ascends the throne, King Qin's life will not be easy, right?"

"That's all for retreating. If we want to compensate the people of Yunmeng, I'm afraid that even my Beihu soldiers will not agree."

"Because of the snow disaster, my people in Beihu are already struggling to provide food and clothing. In addition, Beihu is not as rich as Yunmeng. The condition that King Qin proposed is too insincere."

Li Di: "Does Khan mean that he doesn't want peace talks? If so, it's okay for Gu to go back immediately. We'll see you on the battlefield then."

Speaking of getting up, he looked like he wanted to leave.Shen Chu also got up immediately.

The waiter beside Huohu Khan hurriedly asked to stay, "His Royal Highness, please stay. Isn't this peace negotiation just to negotiate terms, both parties can accept it, and it can't be a one-off deal."

Li Di turned around and looked at him coldly, "It depends on your sincerity."

"The lives of the people of Beihu are life, but the lives of the people of Yunmeng are not life?"

"You burned, killed and looted Weizhou City. Many innocent people died and were displaced. Just asking you to compensate is already cheap for you."

"Besides, the second prince is in our hands now. It is you who want to negotiate peace with us, not us."

The waiter was scolded by Li Diyitong, but he couldn't let Khan suffer this humiliation, so he could only stand up and say, "But we Beihu really can't pay compensation."

"However, there is a way. If Yunmeng resumes business with us, then tax money can be used to compensate the people of Weizhou City."

Li Di and Shen Chu looked at each other, and felt that it was not unacceptable.

The two sides put forward some conditions.

After Li Di and Shen Chu left, the waiter asked puzzledly, "Khan, why are we so humbled, why don't we fight Yunmeng again? Beihu Erlang are all warriors, and those Beihu troops are not our opponents." .”

Huohu Khan had a sharp light in his eyes, "Oh? Are you sure our warriors can defeat Li Di's army?"

"If I were 20 years younger, I might not easily admit defeat, but now I have to admit defeat. And I'm not lying. None of my three sons can defeat Li Di."

"Since this is the case, we should turn powerful enemies into allies."

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