Fenghou

Chapter 688 surrender
Ashali is known as the number one warrior in the Eastern Qiang. He is two meters tall, has a big arm and a round waist, and is extremely powerful. He can lift a boulder weighing [-] catties. A god-like existence among human soldiers.

It was also for this reason that after Brother Li Cha reorganized the Khitannu into the Xixia Army, he had no choice but to appoint him as the deputy general to assist the general in commanding an army of [-] troops.

There are [-] Khitan slaves in total, including [-] Qiang people, [-] Khitan people, and [-] Dangxiang people at the bottom. Khitan people and Dangxiang people were killed in two fierce battles in Xiping Mansion successively, leaving only [-] Qiang people.

When Li Kan led the army and had just left, Ashali sent someone to secretly shoot a letter of arrows on the top of the city. Ashali was not only extremely strong, but also very clear-headed. He knew that the Song army in the city would come out at any time. None of his soldiers were willing to sacrifice their lives for the Xixia people, so how could they resist.

In order to avoid unnecessary accidental injury, he wrote a letter to Liu Cui as quickly as possible and shot him on the wall.

At this time, Liu Cui also received the letter from Asali, which really surprised him. Of course Liu Cui knew about the Khitan slaves, and also knew that Dutong and the Qiang had reached a cooperation, and accepting mutiny among the Qiang slaves was also planned.

It's just that he didn't expect it to be so soon, and he was worried that this was a trap, so Liu Cui hesitated for a while.

The lieutenant general persuaded Ying: "The possibility of a trap is unlikely. If the Xixia army knew about such a secret matter, they would have taken advantage of it to seize the city. General, this is an opportunity. The opponent has [-] troops, plus With our [-] troops, we can take care of the capital."

Liu Cui nodded, "You are right!"

Liu Cui immediately wrote a reply letter, and a Qiang subordinate pretended to be an enemy soldier and went down to the city to deliver the letter.

At night, in a large tent, Ashali and ten generals secretly discussed the action plan. The ten generals were all Qiang people. They heard that the great chief Jiang Guang had passed by, and everyone was very excited.

"This is a letter from General Liu in Xiping City!"

Ashali took Liu Cui's letter and said to the crowd: "We have an appointment to meet at the second watch, and we must get rid of Murong Tao before the second watch. Letting go of one person is the key."

A general said with a smile: "At the second watch, everyone is already asleep. Our [-] troops surrounded them tightly. Forgive them for not being able to fly even with their wings."

Ashalli nodded, "You're right, I was a little overwhelmed, everyone is going back now, keep the secrets, and at the second watch, use fire as a sign."

Ashali thought of everything, but he ignored an important link, that is, the outside spies, and the outside spies reported directly to the general, and Ashali sent someone to deliver a letter to the city, but was discovered by the outside spies.

When Murong Tao got the news of the outside spies, he suddenly became a little nervous. Everyone in Xixia knew that the Khitans were unreliable, and it was Xiao Heda's army. If it wasn't for the lack of troops, Brother Li Cha would never use the Khitans again.

No one wanted to command this Qiang army, and finally threw it to Murong Tao. Why did he give it to Murong Tao, because he was originally a Song general and surrendered to Xixia, and he was still looked down upon by Xixia people in his bones.

Murong Tao did not have any prestige among the Qiang people. He only commanded the army by commanding Ashali. If Ashali surrendered to the Song army, he would only die.

Murong Tao paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back, worried and afraid, what does this Ashali want to do? Could it be that he wants to surrender to the Song Army?

At this time, a personal soldier walked into the big tent and reported: "Report to Du Commander, the humble officer has discovered the situation!"

"What's the situation?" Murong Tao asked anxiously.

"Just now, Ashali summoned ten Qiang generals for an emergency meeting. The specific content is unknown, but I heard that someone sent a letter to Ashali. It's just heard, and the specific situation is not clear."

Murong Tao knew it well, it must be Song Jun's reply, and Ashali called ten Qiang generals to discuss matters, of course to discuss how to deal with him.

At this moment, Murong Tao finally made up his mind, if he didn't leave, he would have no chance.

"All the soldiers are assembled, I'm going to inspect the camp."

At dusk, Ashali was having dinner with a group of generals. A soldier walked up quickly and whispered a few words to Ashali.

Ashari stood up abruptly, "What? He ran away!"

"General, what happened?" Several generals asked one after another.

"Just now Murong Tao left the barracks with three hundred soldiers and headed south, but he let this bastard run away."

Several generals were also stunned, how could Murong Tao get the news, he shouldn't!

Ashali couldn't care less about eating, so he threw down his bowl and rushed to the camp of the Chinese army. At this time, general Luo Jin had led thousands of people to control the camp of the Chinese army. Among Murong Tao's [-] soldiers, except for [-] people who followed Murong Tao Except for running away, the other [-] people were all captured, and they knelt down in the open space.

Ashali went into the big tent of the Chinese army and checked it. The seals and documents were taken away, and all the silver and money in the box were gone. He must have escaped.

"Pass my order, and all soldiers must assemble immediately."

Before it was dark, Liu Cui received another letter from Asali, and Murong Tao had fled. He had already led his troops to gather outside the west city without any weapons or armor, waiting to be recruited.

Liu Cui hurried to the head of the west city, and sure enough, he saw a dense mass of Xixia soldiers outside the city, all dressed in white clothes of the Qiang people, which was very spectacular.
Liu Cui was overjoyed, and immediately said to the deputy general Xiang Ying: "We will go out of the city to recruit the Qiang people!"

The gate of the city was opened, and [-] Song troops left the city in the direction of the suspension bridge. The soldiers moved their armor and weapons into the city, and Liu Cui led the generals to greet Ashali and the Qiang generals. The two sides met happily.

"It's getting dark, all generals, please go to the city to rest, the soldiers can go back to camp, let's discuss the next step tomorrow?"

Liu Cui asked the Qiang generals to go to the city to rest, while the soldiers returned to the camp. This is the rule, whether it is surrender or surrender, the soldiers will be separated at the beginning.

Of course Ashali also understood this rule, and ordered all the generals to follow the Song army into the city, while the soldiers went back to the camp to rest, and Ashali accompanied Liu Cui into the barracks to check.

Of course, the Song army also gained a lot, mainly because the logistics of nearly [-] troops and hundreds of thousands of sheep could not be taken away, and nearly [-] large tents were handed over to Song because of the surrender of the Qiang people. military.

Of course there is a reason for this. At the beginning, their logistics supplies were transported from Xingqing Prefecture by [-] Han people driving [-] carts. It was impossible for these Han people and carts to stay in the barracks. They returned after unloading In Xingqing Mansion, the Xixia court just wanted to use them to harvest wheat, and then use their carts to transport the wheat back.

These [-] Han people were forcibly escorted to the Hetao Plain in the middle of the Yellow River to harvest wheat. All kinds of supplies and food and sheep in the camp of Xiping Mansion could not be transported, and finally all became the possessions of the Song army.

The Song army began to transport all kinds of materials into the city, of course, they entered the city along the moat with leather rafts. Thousands of torches illuminated the camp and the road along the way like daylight.

At the gate of the city, Ashali and Liu Cui looked at the busy soldiers, and Ashali asked, "The Jin soldiers and the Western Xia army have all gone south to attack the main force of the Song army. What does General Liu think?"

Liu Cui smiled slightly and said, "I have a bold idea. I will leave [-] soldiers to guard Lingzhou, and then we will lead an army of [-] to attack Xingqing Mansion. I wonder if Li Kan will withdraw in a hurry?"

Ashali blinked, and asked with some surprise: "This is called encircling Wei and saving Zhao!"

Liu Cui nodded, "That's right, didn't the general arrest [-] soldiers? I showed mercy and let them go, and then told them that our army is going to attack Xingqing Mansion, and these soldiers will definitely go to Li worth reporting."

(End of this chapter)