The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1417 Negotiation Failure
Another few days.

Outside Zhongxing Mansion.

Zhao Dongting led the Flying Dragon Army and finally joined Shi Kaiji's army.

Shi Kaiji, Zhang Guangbao and others went outside the military camp to welcome Zhao Dongting into the camp, and the two armies joined forces.

In the Zhongxing mansion, Luotuo had not been seen for more than ten days.This made Wu Shangyun and others sleepless all night, and Luo Tuo's disciple was even more uneasy.

Although it is not certain what Luotuo went to do, everyone knows that the possibility of him going out of the city to assassinate Emperor Song is the greatest.

But for such a long time in the past, Emperor Song had already led his army outside the city, but the Fa Wang was still missing.This naturally made Wu Shangyun and others feel bad.

Only on the evening when Zhao Dongting and Shi Kaiji joined the army, Zhao Dongting revealed the mystery to Wu Shangyun and others.

Dozens of Flying Dragon Army soldiers galloped outside Zhongxing Mansion and threw Luotuo's body on the ground.

After they left, the guards in the city opened the city gate and hurriedly carried Luotuo's body inside.After confirming Luotuo's identity, Wu Shangyun and others rushed to the gate of the city.

All the generals of the Great Xia changed their colors.

Luo Tuo, who was in the extreme realm, was their biggest reliance against the Song army, but now, this reliance seems to be gone.

Now the ordnance and reinforcements of the Yuan Dynasty are still far away from the Zhongxing Mansion. They really don't know if they can stop the imperial army of the Song Dynasty.

Although there is actually not much difference in the armaments of the imperial army of the Great Song Dynasty and that of the Xixia army, even if they both use Shenlong blunderbuss, there is a big difference in combat effectiveness.

Since the imperial army of the Song Dynasty made their fortune in Naozhou, they have never been defeated. This is no joke.In terms of marching and fighting, no country dares to say that it is the opponent of Song Dynasty.

Even the Yuan Dynasty can only be said to have the strength to barely compete with the Song Dynasty at most.Moreover, this is due to their large number of soldiers.

There were hundreds of thousands of imperial troops in the Song Dynasty, but they could reach more than a million male troops.This sentence is not a joke.

That night, Wu Shangyun and other great Xia generals went to the palace together and discussed with Luotuo's disciples for a long time.

to the next day.

Zhao Dongting personally led a large army to press outside the Zhongxing mansion.

He was wearing armor, with a sword hanging from his waist, and sat on a tall white horse.

After arriving at the bottom of the city, he raised his binoculars and looked towards the top of the city.

Wu Shangyun and many other generals of the Xia Dynasty were standing on the top of the city, and his eyes quickly focused on a rather haggard figure among them.

Immediately, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Although Li Xiushu looked haggard, she did not die after all.This made Zhao Dongting heave a sigh of relief.

As long as she is still alive, there is still room for things to change.

Immediately, Zhao Dongting slowly put down the binoculars, circulated his internal energy and shouted at the head of the city: "Where is the main defender in the city?"

Wu Shangyun roared: "My handsome Wu Shangyun is here."

Zhao Dongting said again: "Marshal Wu, how about we talk?"

Wu Shangyun did not refuse.

After only a few minutes, the Chengtou Suspension Bridge was slowly lowered.Wearing silver armor, Wu Shangyun rode out of the city alone.

Zhao Dongting untied the sword from his waist and threw it to Zhao Da who was next to him. He also flattered his horse and went to welcome Wu Shangyun.

The two quickly converged and reined in at the same time when they were less than two meters apart.

Eyes met.

There was a moment of silence.

Then Zhao Dongting said: "Let the Empress leave the city, and I will spare you from dying."

His arrogance is evident at this moment.

Wu Shangyun looked deeply at Zhao Dongting, remained silent for a while, and said: "Retreat the army for fifty miles, or I will kill the Empress immediately."

Zhao Dongting narrowed his eyes slightly, "Do you have the guts?"

Wu Shangyun said: "This commander knows that Song Jun is powerful, but the relationship between you and the empress, Emperor Song, seems to be not shallow, right? Do you have the guts to disregard her life?"

Zhao Dongting was silent, then smiled, "You should know that Great Xia can't stop my Great Song Imperial Army. As long as I want to, I can destroy you Great Xia at any time. You were originally a general of Western Xia. If you are sincerely loyal to the empress, Why do these fearless resistance now when you can live this life in safety?"

"Ah."

Wu Shangyun sneered, "Even if I am loyal all the time, do you think the empress can let our Wu family continue?"

Zhao Dongting didn't take it seriously, "I don't want to mention the past, but as long as you choose to surrender, send the Empress out of the city. I will ensure that your Wu family will last forever, how about it?"

With his temperament, he is actually unwilling to negotiate with Wu Shangyun like this.But Li Xiushu was in their hands, and Zhao Dongting had no choice.

In his mind, the empress is more important than Xixia, let alone a mere martial family.As long as Wu Shangyun agrees, he is really willing to let the Wu family continue to prosper.

Unfortunately, Wu Shangyun did not listen to Zhao Dongting's promise.

He only said again: "Retire from the army, or burn everything together, please let Emperor Song make his own choice!"

He believed that the matter had reached this point, and there was no room for change.Even if he surrendered and the empress regained control of Xixia, it would be absolutely impossible for their Wu family to survive.

There was killing intent in Zhao Dongting's eyes, and he suppressed himself, "Marshal Wu really doesn't think about it anymore?"

Wu Shangyun did not answer.

After a few seconds.

"it is good!"

Zhao Dongting spoke heavily, reined in his horse and returned to the army.

Afterwards, under the order of Zhao Dongting of the imperial army of the Great Song Dynasty, they retreated slowly and returned to the army stronghold.Immediately afterwards, they pulled out the stockade again and continued to retreat.

Shi Kaiji and others saw Li Xiushu at the top of the city and knew why Zhao Dongting wanted to retreat.From the beginning to the end, there are not many half sentences.

After returning to the city, Wu Shangyun told the disciples of Luotuo and the generals of the Great Xia in the city about the content of the negotiations between him and Zhao Dongting, and everyone in the city was overjoyed.

Unexpectedly, the empress, whom the King of France insisted on protecting at the beginning, has now become their amulet.

Amidst the joy, these people couldn't help teasing.It is inevitable to talk about the romantic affairs between Zhao Dongting and Li Xiushu that have been circulated among the people.

However, Zhao Dongting, who led the army to retreat, remained calm.

Jun Tianfang, Shi Kaiji and the others sighed in their hearts after learning of the negotiation process.

In order to save the life of the empress, the army retreated for fifty miles, and the loss caused by it was not mentioned.This is very likely to miss the best time to attack the city.

It is no secret that the Yuan army sent reinforcements to Zhongxing Mansion.

But what can they say?

Everyone knows that the emperor seems to have made a decision in his heart.

The army was getting farther and farther away from Zhongxing Mansion.

After a long time passed, Jun Tianfang suddenly said to Zhao Dongting: "Your Majesty, why don't you and I enter the city tonight and rescue the Empress?"

Zhao Dongting shook his head lightly, "Those people in the city will be on guard."

He wasn't worried that Jun Tianfang and the others would be in danger, after all, even if they fell, they were at the True Martial Realm.It is not something that the defenders in the city can easily deal with.

What he was worried about was that people like Wu Shangyun would use Li Xiushu as a threat again.When the time comes, Jun Tianfang and the others will cast a trap.

Since coming to Xixia, dozens of masters in the Song Dynasty have paid the price of falling.He also didn't want them to sacrifice their lives.

It is true that he loves Li Xiushu, but this kind of love is not the reason why he can disregard the safety of Jun Tianfang and other experts in order to save Li Xiushu.

Zhao Dongting couldn't do such a thing.

That night, Zhao Dongting led his army to camp about fifty miles away from Zhongxing Mansion.

Under the moonlight, he and Liu Piaoxu snuggled up in front of the big tent.

Liu Piaoxu gently raised her hand, smoothed Zhao Dongting's deeply frowning brows, and arched her arms in his arms, asking softly, "How do you plan to rescue sister Xiushu?"

Zhao Dongting shook his head lightly, "I don't know."

Liu Piaoxu thought for a while, and then said: "You should know that even if you lead the army to retreat, they will not let sister Xiushu out of the city."

"them……"

When Zhao Dongting heard this sentence, a light flashed across his eyes, and he chewed these two words, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

After a while, he hurriedly dragged Li Xiushu into the tent.

In the depths of the imperial palace in Zhongxing Mansion.

There are many torches in the courtyard.

There are many Daxia soldiers guarding it, and Luotuo's disciples personally sit here.

At the door of a certain room, there were several pretty maids standing.

Empress Li Xiushu sat alone in the room, shrinking herself to the corner of the bed as usual.

Today, her face no longer only has a look of fear and helplessness.But with a very strong joy.

She murmured to herself, "here he comes... he comes..."

At the head of Zhongxing Mansion, she saw Zhao Dongting who came forward to negotiate with Wu Shangyun.That figure seemed to rejuvenate her.

After a while, Li Xiushu got up suddenly and walked towards the window.

Through the hazy window paper, she looked at the bright moon in the sky.

(End of this chapter)