Three days later, Sun Lei led 3,000 cavalrymen to the river at the junction of the Suide Army and the Jinning Army.
This time Sun Lei brought Li Zhu, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Qiao Daoqing, Hua Rong, Sui Sheng, Shi Xiu, Jiao Ting, Ou Peng, Deng Fei, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng and others.
"Set up camp!"
Sun Lei found a higher ground and ordered to set up camp.
"Brother, the Xixia people haven't come yet, is there another conspiracy?"
Jiao Ting was a little worried. They destroyed the 30,000 Xixia army, and the Xixia people would not let it go.
"Don't be afraid. Although Zhongshi Dao promised to open a hole, do you think he will really let the large group of Xixia people enter? If my guess is correct, Zhongshi Dao did all this privately!"
Sun Lei said with a smile.
"Do things privately?"
Lu Zhishen's expression changed. It was a serious crime to act privately in the army.
"Of course, otherwise why is Zhongshi Dao still in Fenyang Mansion? Tong Guan doesn't want to save Liu Fa at all. After the sudden entry of Xixia last time, the border is now under martial law. Zhongshi Dao privately opened the border. This is a serious crime. How could he still enlarge the team? Are Xixia people crossing the border?"
Sun Lei said with a smile.
"That……"
Lu Zhishen was a little worried about Zhongshi Dao. If this matter spread out, Zhongshi Dao would probably be accused. The Song Dynasty was very wary of military attachés, and convictions often resulted in an additional penalty.
"This is Shidao Zhong's own choice. He wants to obey orders and save Liu Fa. How can anything in this world be so cheap?"
Sun Lei shook his head and said, Zhongshi Dao will definitely be punished after this time. The imperial court will not allow this kind of thing to happen. Tong Guan will not allow his subordinates to disobey orders, and he does not want Liu Fa to be alive. After all, only the dead can guard the troops. secret.
Sun Lei was not in a hurry. After setting up camp, he roasted the whole lamb directly in the camp, and the aroma wafted everywhere.
"Brother, the Xixia people are coming!"
Shi Xiu pointed to the north and reported.
"Don't worry, I just finished roasting the sheep, I'm not in the mood to care about them!"
Sun Lei pointed at the fragrant whole sheep on the grill and said with a smile, since the Western Xia people arrived late, they naturally had to dry them out.
“The sheep here taste delicious!”
Lu Zhishen laughed and took a mouthful of mutton and wine, eating happily.
“It tastes really good!”
Wu Song also laughed and ate.
"Are you still in the mood to eat meat and drink alcohol when the enemy is facing us?"
Yue Fei looked at Sun Lei, this was different from what he had read in the military book.
"Junior brother, we are not here to fight this time, but to trade!"
Sun Lei pointed at Li Liangfu who was trapped on a wooden shelf in the middle of the camp.
"Business and business negotiations are all about your heart. The more impatient you are, the more the other party will dare to lower the price!"
Sun Lei smiled and handed a leg of lamb to Yue Fei.
"How much do you want this time?"
Yue Fei looked at Sun Lei curiously. When he was around Sun Lei, he always felt deviant and completely different from what he had learned before. But he was fascinated by this novel and refreshing feeling. It turns out that people can do whatever they want! The key thing is to do good things that are just.
"At least more than 10,000 war horses plus one Liu Fa!"
Sun Lei said with a smile, Xixia with 100,000 war horses will definitely not agree, but more than 10,000 horses plus one Liufa Xixia man should be able to agree.
The aroma of roasted whole sheep in the Liangshan camp spread for ten miles, but the faces of the Xixia people who came slowly were gloomy. Their 30,000-strong army was wiped out. This was a disastrous defeat that Xixia had not encountered in many years. Now that they are here, the enemy How arrogant is he to have a leisurely meal of roasted sheep and completely ignore them?
"I heard that these people are bandits?"
The leader, Brother Richard, looked at the generals around him and asked.
"According to the information from the investigation, the leader is Sun Lei, a water thief from Shandong in the Song Dynasty. I don't know why he led his troops to the east of the river."
One person spoke.
"A small water thief can kill 30,000 of my elites and capture Li Liangfu alive? Do you believe it?"
Brother Richard sneered. These news were told by Song people. He didn't believe the "cunning" Song people.
Brother Richard led the troops five miles away from the Liangshan camp. The aroma of roasted mutton was even stronger, causing the Xixia soldiers to sniff. Xixia is also rich in sheep, but mutton is not something ordinary people can eat all the time.
"Send someone over!"
Brother Richard frowned and looked at the camp high up. They had arrived, but the people on the opposite side showed no reaction at all.
"Prince Jin, why don't you go directly to kill them and save General Li!"
One person spoke eagerly. The enemy was unprepared. Even when their army arrived, the enemy did not react.
"Idiot! Do you think the enemy will be unprepared? Look at the terrain? This group of people has occupied the high ground. If we cavalry attack from behind, we will die!"
Brother Richard glared at his generals, all of whom only wanted to fight.
A Xixia cavalry arrived outside the Liangshan camp and shouted in Xixia for a while, but there was no response from the camp.
The cavalryman became anxious and screamed again.
"What birdsong!"
Hua Rong, who was on the high platform, became irritated when he heard this. He drew his bow and shot an arrow directly, and shot the cavalryman's helmet away. The cavalryman was so frightened that he lay on his horse and did not dare to move.
"roll!"
Hua Rong shouted angrily. Since he was here to negotiate, he had to send someone who could speak human language.
"I, the King of Xixia Jin, have arrived!"
The cavalry finally did not dare to be arrogant anymore, shouted in fluent Kansai dialect, and then ran away on horseback.
"Look, in this world, people's hearts are not ancient. Even the Xixia barbarians are so cunning! They are full of evil intentions!"
Sun Lei patted Yue Fei on the shoulder and said helplessly, the Xixia people were scheming as soon as they came up, pretending that they could only speak Xixia dialect and didn't understand the language.
"Why? What's the point?"
Yue Fei didn't understand this. How could things be so complicated? This was completely different from what he had learned in books. Shouldn't the negotiation between the two armies be courtesy first and then attack?
"Meaning? You're just pretending to be stupid. He doesn't understand what we say, so he pretends he doesn't understand when I offer a price! Are you so narrow-minded that you want to deceive me?"
Sun Lei said with a smile.
Seeing how arrogant the people in Liangshan were, Brother Richard also had an angry look on his face. These people in front of him were so arrogant.
At this moment, a huge flag of Monkey King was raised in the Liangshan camp.
"Monkey King!"
Brother Richard's expression changed, and the expressions of the generals around him also changed. Although Xixia was a barbarian, everything after the founding of the country was learned from the Central Plains, and the emperor also called himself the emperor.
"How dare he be so bold!"
All the Xixia generals looked at each other, no one even in Xixia dared to call themselves that.
"Looks like a real thief!"
Brother Richard no longer doubted at this time that Sun Lei could not be the secret agent of the Song Dynasty. Even people sent by the emperor would not dare to take such a nickname that could not be rebellious. Of course, there are always exceptions, such as Luocao's thieves There is no such concern, and nicknames such as Great Sage, Demon King, and Holy Lord can be used casually.
"Come out! That group of people is coming out!"
someone shouted.
The gate of the Liangshan camp opened, and Sun Lei led the army out slowly. At the front of the army was a wooden frame, and the disheveled Li Liangfu was tied to it.
"Li Liangfu!"
Brother Richard and others were overjoyed to see Li Liangfu alive.
"Come on, come forward!"
Brother Richard immediately commanded the army to move forward, and negotiations began. His mission this time was to bring Li Liangfu back alive. There were too few talents in Xixia. Now they were constantly at war with the Song Dynasty. The Liao Kingdom was defeated by the Jurchens. , Liao Shangjing is about to be lost, Xixia may soon face the Jurchens, and then they will be attacked from both sides. They cannot lose Li Liangfu at this time.
