Zanbutai frowned, and then said harshly: "There are only 20,000 warriors. Since they dare to attack first, I will kill them and annihilate them! Humph, you can't blame me for this!" Looking at Duosang, The order was given: "You stay here for me, I will lead 20,000 troops to support Roulang Mountain!" Zanbutai and others received the report from before the fall of Roulang Mountain, so Zanbutai and others had not yet received the report. I knew that Roulang Mountain had actually been captured by Yan Yun's army.
Duosang said with some worry: "Although there are only 20,000 warriors here, we must not be careless!" Zanbutai waved his hand, "I defend Roulang Mountain with twice the strength, and it is impossible for the Yanyun Army to break through. No matter how powerful Yan Yunjun is, he is still not a god!"
Immediately, Zanbutai rushed to the military camp, gathered 20,000 soldiers and horses, left Zhuoluo City, crossed the Garo River, and headed to the Xishou Baotai Military Division in the east!
Unexpectedly, less than fifty miles away from Koluochuan, defeated soldiers in twos and threes appeared in front of them, all of them were cavalry. Zanbutai was extremely surprised and immediately ordered people to stop the defeated soldiers and bring them over. When all the defeated soldiers saw Zanbutai, they all knelt down and saluted: "Greetings to the general!" Then an officer said urgently: "General, run away quickly, Yanyun's cavalry is coming!" The other defeated soldiers nodded one after another, and they all said A worried look on his face.
Duosang was very angry when he heard the officer telling him to run away quickly. Then he heard him say that the Yan Yun Army was about to arrive, but he was shocked again and said in disbelief: "What are you talking about? How could the Yan Yun Army appear?" Here!" Then he remembered something and asked urgently: "You are Hanon's subordinates, how come you are here? How is Roulang Mountain?"
The officer had a look of fear on his face and said, "Roulang Mountain has been captured!"
When Zanbutai suddenly heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and he became panicked and at a loss. Zan Bu Tai came back to his senses and shouted angrily: "You are talking nonsense! Yan Yunjun is not a god, how could he capture Roulang Mountain so quickly!" Then he frowned and looked up and down in front of him. These defeated soldiers looked suspicious and asked, "Are you spies sent by the Yanyun Army to disturb the morale of our army?" As soon as he said this, the soldiers around him immediately changed their colors, and everyone held their scimitars. The sword handle was staring at the defeated soldiers with very unkind expressions. When the defeated soldiers heard this, they were startled and waved their hands one after another, rushing to say that they were not spies. However, Zanbutai felt more and more that they were Yan Yun. The spy narrowed his eyes and shouted: "Come on, arrest them all!"
All the soldiers agreed, swarmed up, and captured all the defeated soldiers. Everyone had been holding back a bad feeling towards Yan Yun for a long time. As soon as they were caught, they punched and kicked without mercy. It was pitiful that these defeated soldiers could not defend themselves. , was beaten to a pulp by his own people.
"What is that?" someone suddenly shouted pointing into the distance.
The Tubo soldiers all looked in the direction of his finger. Those who were beating people stopped their violence and turned to look into the distance. I saw a black line appear on the horizon, and then the black line expanded rapidly, as if it turned into a black torrent, and at the same time there was a faint thunderous sound. The Tubo soldiers were all battle-hardened, and they immediately realized that it was the sight and sound of a large group of cavalry rushing in. They couldn't help but feel surprised, because they only had a few thousand combat cavalry on the Roulang Mountain side, and it was impossible to have any. Such scale and momentum.
Zanbutai's heart suddenly moved, and his expression changed. He realized that he had mistakenly blamed these defeated soldiers. They were indeed defeated soldiers, not Yan Yun's spies. What they just said was true! Zanbutai still didn't understand how the Roulang Mountain military camp could be abandoned so quickly. However, the situation was urgent at this time and he couldn't allow him to think about it. He shouted loudly: "The whole army is in formation, ready to fight!!" The soldiers replied. After thinking about it, they all realized the seriousness of the situation, couldn't help but become nervous, and hurriedly formed their formation.
After a while, the cavalry arrived not far away and stopped. It was indeed the Yanyun War Cavalry! Nearly 20,000 warriors were arrayed there, as quiet as a forest, but containing endless murderous intent, like a volcano that was accumulating energy and could erupt at any time. The Tubo army pursed their lips tightly and stared at the Yanyun army in front with wide eyes. They had already formed a formation, with the shield bearers and spearmen outside, and the crossbowmen inside. They were just waiting for the Yanyun warriors to charge into the formation!
Suddenly, Yan Yun's army moved. Zanbu Tai's expression moved and he shouted: "Get ready!" The shield hand held the shield in his hand tightly, the spearman held the spear in his hand tightly, the archer bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and the crossbowman cocked his bow. Arrows are loaded and ready to go.
However, Yanyun's war cavalry did not charge towards the Tubo army formation. Instead, it bypassed one side and rushed towards the west.
Zanbutai's expression changed and he shouted: "No! They are going to raid Zhuoluo City!" Although there were nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in Zhuoluo City, the soldiers and horses there were unprepared. Yan Yun's army suddenly appeared. There is a great possibility of breaking into the city in one fell swoop. If Zoluo City falls, the situation will be serious.
Zan Bu was so panicked that he immediately ignored the formation and led his army to chase Yan Yun's cavalry. Yan Yun's cavalry galloped in front, and the Tubo soldiers chased behind. More than two thousand cavalry ran in front, and the infantry ran behind. It was a mess, and the distance between the infantry and cavalry was quickly widened.
At this moment, Yan Yun's cavalry, who was running wildly in front, suddenly turned around and rushed towards them, with iron hoofs rolling and smoke billowing. Seeing this scene, Zanbutai was horrified. He suddenly realized that he had made a big mistake! However, the matter has come to this, and it is impossible to rearrange the formation, so we can only bite the bullet and face it!
In the blink of an eye, the two sides collided violently. In an instant, there were shouts and screams, and the sound of weapons and weapons slashing. The Tubo cavalry were seen turning on their backs. The battle situation was one-sided from the beginning. In the dancing cold light, the Tubo cavalry Heavy casualties! How could the Tubo cavalry be the opponent of the Yanyun war cavalry, not to mention that the vanguard of these Yanyun war cavalry is the most elite Xuanjia army in the Yanyun army. The Tubo cavalry encountering the Xuanjia army is like meeting the tiger and wolf deer and sheep. Generally, there is no room for resistance at all, and they are killed one by one and fall into a pool of blood as if being massacred!
In the blink of an eye. Two thousand Tubo war cavalry were killed by Yan Yun war cavalry and suffered heavy casualties and were completely defeated. Yanyun's cavalry did not make any stop and continued to charge towards the Tubo infantry. The Tubo infantry was originally going to catch up to help their own cavalry to besiege Yanyun's cavalry, but suddenly saw their own cavalry falling into the clouds and scattering, and Yanyun's cavalry rushing towards them in a torrent. Shocked, they wanted to form a formation to defend themselves, but they couldn't make it in time!
There was only a loud rumble, and the torrential iron hooves crashed into the middle of the Tubo infantry. Like a surge of wheat fields, the Tubo infantry fell one after another. Not to mention resisting the charge of Yanyun's cavalry, it was like a ball hit by a bowling ball. Like bottles, they fell to the ground one after another; the Yanyun War Cavalry moved forward indomitably, trampling with iron hooves, colliding with the war horses, flying the enemies with spears, and raising blood rain with the horizontal swords. The Yan Yun War Cavalry, which had already killed red eyes, was boiling with blood and roaring like thunder.
In the blink of an eye, Yan Yun's war cavalry swept past the Tubo infantry, and saw corpses strewn on the battlefield. The Tubo soldiers who escaped were like frightened birds.
Zhan Jin Guole turned his horse's head and galloped back. Yanyun's cavalry also galloped back and rushed towards the Tibetan infantry again. The Tibetan soldiers who had been killed were so frightened when they saw this scene that they threw away their helmets and armor and fled in all directions. The scene seemed to have exploded.
When Zhan Jinguo saw this scene, he frowned, but did not order the cavalry to pursue them in all directions, but rushed straight to the west. The fleeing Tubo soldiers saw those terrifying Yanyun warriors rolling westward and not chasing them. They couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. They felt that they had just returned from a ghost gate; but Zanbutai looked pale. Looking at the back of Yan Yun's warrior, he murmured: "It's over! It's all over!" After coming back to his senses, he quickly gathered the remaining soldiers and rushed towards Zhuoluo City, hoping that it was not too late.
Hurrying and daring to rush slowly, I kept praying to the Buddha in my heart, praying that Duosang would discover Yan Yunjun in time and resist Yan Yunjun.
In the evening, we finally arrived at the east bank of the Kalo River. Shockingly, I saw smoke billowing in Zoluo City on the west bank! The hearts of the Tubo soldiers couldn't help but sink to the bottom, and they were panicked and didn't know what to do. Zanbutai did not dare to stay here longer, so he quickly led the remaining defeated generals under his command, crossed the Roluo River from the upper reaches, and fled to the west. Along the way, he met many of his own soldiers who had escaped from Zhuoluo City. Knowing that the defenders in Zhuoluo City were unprepared, they were rushed into the city by Yan Yun's cavalry. The defenders hurriedly counterattacked, but were crushed to pieces by the Xuanjia Army. The 20,000 defenders were defeated and fought for their way. Escaped the city. After those tiger and wolf-like Yanyun war cavalry defeated the Tibetan defenders, they left one group to occupy Zhuoluo City, while Zhan Jin led the main force to continue their advance.
Zanbutai no longer had any desire to compete with Yan Yun's army. He just wanted to flee back to his country and lead the remaining defeated soldiers towards the Snowy Mountains. Along the way, there were soldiers all over the grass and trees. He kept praying in his heart: Buddha bless, Yan Yun's army must not Go to the Snowy Mountains! Buddha bless, Yan Yunjun must not go to the Snowy Mountains!
His eyes turned to Xiliang Mansion. Ao Daochong warmly entertained Li Tongren, who was the envoy of Yanyun, in the hall of the Xiliang Mansion. There were singing and dancing in the middle of the hall, and the table was filled with fine wine and delicacies. All the party nobles and officials were accompanying the drink, and everyone was full of smiles. Duixiao nodded and bowed, for fear of offending this distinguished envoy representing King Yan.
After drinking for three rounds, Li Tongren put down his wine glass and said straight to the point: "I am here specifically to convey the kindness of King Yan! King Yan said that Dangxiang and Han people are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and King Yan will treat everyone equally, and there will be no No prejudice! If everyone submits to King Yan, life will be better!"
Everyone couldn't help but feel moved after hearing this. To be honest, for everyone here, what they care about is not who rules them, but whether they can continue to enjoy the glory and wealth they have obtained. Ao Daochong put down his wine glass and smiled slightly, "King Yan is really as broad-minded as the sea!" Looking at Li Tongren, "I just want to know, if we defect to King Yan, will we still be able to enjoy the privileges we enjoy? "
As soon as Ao Daochong said these words, the scene immediately became silent, and all the royal family members and nobles looked at Li Tongren. The dancers who were dancing felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere, and the dance became a little unnatural. Then they stopped dancing and retreated consciously, and the sound of the music involuntarily turned silent.
Li Tongren smiled slightly, glanced at Ao Daochong, and said: "If you are loyal to King Yan, you will naturally enjoy the same treatment as the people of Yanyun. As for the privileges you currently enjoy, as long as they are not contrary to the laws of Yanyun, They will all be protected, there is no problem!”
Everyone started talking quietly. A young noble couldn't help but ask: "What do you mean by this, sir? What does it mean not to violate Yanyun's laws? Which ones do not violate Yanyun's laws, and which ones do? If it is violated, King Yan What is his plan? Is he going to deprive us of our rights?" Everyone agreed, and a middle-aged nobleman said: "Your Excellency, it is best to make these issues clear, otherwise everyone will have no idea at all!"
Ao Daochong looked at Li Tongren and said with a smile: "Master Li, you see that everyone is so concerned about these issues, please ask Master Li to explain it in detail."
Li Tongren glanced at everyone with a smile and said: "I originally wanted to explain it, but I didn't expect everyone to be so anxious!" After a pause, he continued: "As I said just now, anyone who does not comply with Yanyun Law You can retain the rights that are violated. These non-violating rights include the safety and dignity of your life, property and that of your family. If anyone violates it, the King of Yan, his bureaucracy and the Yanyun soldiers will recover it for you. It’s fair; the real estate you own, no matter how much, is your own, and your private property, including gold, silver, jewelry, bank deposits, etc.”
"The above are the rights protected by the Yanyun Law. But the slaves in the family are contrary to the Yanyun Law. According to the Yanyun Law, no one is allowed to keep slaves. The kind of slaves formed due to debts The slave relationship must be resolved through legal means. If the debtor cannot repay the debt, he will be sentenced to a penalty as a punishment, but he will not be able to pay the debt personally. ..." When everyone heard this, there was a buzz of discussion, Most people frowned, obviously disapproving of this article.
Li Tongren saw everyone's expressions in his eyes and continued: "In addition, regarding the land," all the nobles stopped talking and looked at him, looking very concerned. Li Tongren said: "Nobles no longer enjoy the same agricultural tax benefits as before. Those who own fifty to one hundred acres of land will pay the same tax as the common people, that is, one tax per ten, and those with one hundred to three hundred acres of land will pay the same tax as the common people." , Five taxes are one, those from 300 acres to 500 acres are taxed four to one, those from 500 acres to 1,000 acres are taxed three to one, and those above 1,000 acres are taxed two and one!" The Xixia nobles present, before Most of them have no less than a thousand acres of grain fields and a large number of pastures under their names. According to Yanyun's system, they are subject to two taxes and one tax, which means that half of their annual income must be given to Yanyun. They have no way to accept.
There was a buzz of discussion, with many people looking sad and many looking angry. Li Tongren was busy relaxing and seemed not to care much about the attitude of these nobles.
A nobleman said angrily: "What King Yan did is just like a robber. From ancient times to the present, I have never heard of the principle of two taxes and one! Are all the nobles under King Yan's rule taxed two and one? I really don't think so. Believe it! How can King Yan convince us by doing this? How can this country be at peace?" All the nobles agreed, all looking very excited.
Li Tongren waited for them to calm down, glanced at them, and said calmly: "The same is true for all places under the rule of King Yan. King Yan treats everyone equally, how can there be any reason to favor one over another?" When the nobles heard this, they couldn't help but be speechless. However, he was still very unhappy and listened to Li Tongren continue: "The original big nobles and gentry in the Central Plains basically have no land anymore. Most of them have turned to business, and a considerable number of their families are more wealthy than before. Wealthy. In fact, King Yan did this not to make trouble with the nobles, but to force everyone to change their previous way of survival that depended on land and pasture, and to change everyone's dependence on land to dependence on business. Why do you think so about land? What about persistence? Don’t you see that the big merchants in Yanjing City now have thousands of golden cars and thousands of mansions? Why don’t you take out the land, either donate it to the King of Yan, or sell it, and focus on doing business instead? After the transformation, you will immediately find a broader and more fertile world, why bother holding on to those lands?"
A few nobles felt that what Li Tongren said was reasonable and couldn't help but feel a little moved. However, most of the nobles did not listen to what Li Tongren said. They only felt that Li Tongren was cleverly speaking for Yang Peng. Then Yang Peng He is a guy even more vicious than the legendary Dong Zhuo, who wants to seize the land and pastures that he relies on to maintain his status as a noble. The scene was silent and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Ao Daochong frowned and said, "This is hard for us to accept!" As he said this, he looked at Li Tongren's face, wanting to see what kind of expression he showed. Unexpectedly, Li Tongren didn't seem to care very much and said with a smile: "How you choose is your business. Of course, no one can force you!" Although he said he didn't force it, everyone felt a heavy pressure.
O Daochong thought for a moment and said, "If King Yan can withdraw his policy on land and slaves, we can still consider it!" All the nobles nodded in agreement with O Daochong's words.
Li Tongren smiled, shook his head and said, "This is impossible! As I said just now, King Yan treats everyone equally. This not only means that King Yan will not look down on any group, but it also means that King Yan will not give privileges to anyone!"
The nobles were greatly disappointed, and a young noble shouted: "In this case, we will have to fight with Yan Yun to the end!" Many young nobles shouted in agreement, and the crowd was excited for a while.
Li Tongren burst out laughing, and everyone was so flustered by his laughter that the shouts immediately fell silent, and the place became silent. Li Tongren glanced at the nobles and said sarcastically: "Don't you think it's ridiculous to threaten the King of Yan and the Yanyun Army in this way? Before, Xixia's territory was intact, with more than 600,000 armored men, but in the end it was destroyed by Yanyun's tigers and wolves. Killed most of them and occupied most of the country! What capital do you have to challenge Yan Yun now? If Yan Yun's army really comes, how long do you think you can survive?" Everyone couldn't help but change their colors, and everyone remained silent, even The few young nobles who had the least knowledge of heaven and earth did not say anything.
Li Tongren turned to look at Aodaochong and said impatiently: "What I just said is the attitude of King Yan. There is no room for bargaining! Whether you agree or not, just give me a clear attitude. Come on, so that I can go back and resume my life!" Ao Daochong was in a dilemma. He agreed. He was not willing to give up many of the privileges of being a noble, and all the nobles present would obviously not accept it. He refused, but he was afraid that Yan Yun would really... In anger, the army pressed on the border. Although it was deduced that Yanyun's army was short of food and grass, and it would be difficult to attack in a short time, there was always a time when Yanyun's army had sufficient food and grass. At that time, Yanyun's army pressed on the border, but what should be done!
Suddenly, there were rapid footsteps at the door, and everyone couldn't help but look towards the door, only to see a man who looked like a general running in with a panic look on his face. When he came to the middle of the main hall, he knelt down to Ondaochong and said, "Your Majesty, Jisang Langyan suddenly appeared in the southeast. I don't know why!" After Ondaochong retreated to Xiliang Mansion, he respected his authority and was canonized in the name of the emperor. He is the king of Xiliang and is in charge of military and political affairs. In name, he is still a minister of Xixia, but in fact he is no different from a king.
Everyone present was very surprised when they heard the general's words. General Weiming Xiuge frowned and said, "Did the Tubo people come to attack us?" However, under the attack of Yanyun's army, they lost their troops and fled alone. That day, a group of their remnants retreated to Hue Fort. Seeing that Yan Yun's army was huge and unstoppable, they fled the Hue Fort. However, due to repeated losses of troops and ground, they did not dare to go south to Xingqing Prefecture, but fled to the Army Division of Baima Qiang Town. go. Then he fled to Xiliang Mansion through the Oasis Corridor through the Baimaqiang Town Military Division, until Aodaochong and others later fled to Xiliang Mansion, and he was canonized as the general of Xiliang Mansion. Brother Wei Mingxiu was grateful to Ao Daochong and swore allegiance to him, and became the most trusted general under Ao Daochong.
After hearing Brother Wei Mingxiu's words, everyone thought it was the Tubo invaders and couldn't help but feel extremely angry. Everyone was eager to try and shouted angrily. They were not at all like the depressed and frightened look they had when they heard Yan Yunjun's name just now. .
Aodaochong said coldly: "If the Tubo people dare to invade, we will tell them to go without return!" What he actually wanted to say just now: 'Since the Tubo people have violated the covenant and betrayed their trust, then don't blame us for being rude! ’ But when I said this, I suddenly thought that Yanyun’s envoy Li Tongren was here. Doesn’t ‘violating the covenant’ mean that we have reached a secret agreement with Tubo? He couldn't let him hear such words, lest they cause unnecessary trouble, so when the words came to his lips, he quickly changed his words to another way.
He turned to Brother Weimingxiu and said, "General, go down immediately to arrange the city defense. At the same time, send out scouts to investigate the situation, and then send messengers to the Daxue Mountain to inquire about the situation." Brother Weimingxiu agreed and ran down.
O Daochong said to Li Tongren with an apologetic look: "I'm really sorry. I didn't expect such an emergency to happen!" Li Tongren smiled slightly and said nonchalantly: "It's nothing." Then he said to On. Dao Chong nodded and said: "Since the Prime Minister has important matters, I will not disturb the Prime Minister and take my leave." He still called Ao Daochong the Prime Minister, obviously unwilling to acknowledge Ao Daochong's self-proclaimed title of King of Xiliang.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
