Nuan'er held An Qian's arm and said with a smile: "Miss is not dreaming, this is all true! Miss's lover is King Yan!" An Qian couldn't help but said: "I have long seen that the eldest brother must be a powerful man. The person behind this! I originally thought it was a certain Yanyun warrior, but I didn't expect it to be King Yan himself! God has been so good to me!" He paused and smiled: "Now that I think about it, how can I think that my eldest brother has such a temperament? How can he be just a general? Only the world-famous King Yan can have such a kingly aura!" As she spoke, An Qian's eyes couldn't help but reveal a look of obsession.
Nuan'er said happily: "Everyone said that King Yan will rule the world in the future! At that time, the young lady will be a noble concubine!" An Qian couldn't help but be very happy, and couldn't help but look forward to the future, thinking of herself among the palace ladies Surrounded by many people, wearing gorgeous palace attire, and accepting the pilgrimage from An Bing and others, I couldn't help but be so excited that I couldn't contain myself!
Thinking of An Bing's incident, he asked: "Yan, what do you think, eldest brother, about An Bing's intention to surrender? Has he agreed?" Nuan'er said, "King Yan originally didn't intend to agree, but he heard what the slave said. After understanding the situation of the young lady, he changed his attitude and agreed to An Bing's request. King Yan did it all for the young lady, and he was really kind to the young lady!"
Anxi felt sweet in her heart, and then a feeling of pride surged into her heart. Nuan'er suddenly remembered something and said, "Miss, Brother Yan Wang has something he wants his servant to do."
"Oh? What's the matter?" Nuan'er said, "Brother Yanwang asked me to go to the Yunlai Inn to find someone." Then he took out a piece of paper filled with numbers from his arms, handed it to An Qian, and said: "Brother Yan Wang asked me to hand this piece of paper to that person!" An Qian took the paper and saw that the paper was filled with the numbers '1234567'. She didn't understand what it meant at all, so she frowned and said, "What does this mean?" ?" He said and looked at Nuan'er. Nuan'er shook his head and said, "I asked about it at the time, but Brother Yan Wang told me not to ask any more questions. He told me to just follow his instructions and not worry about other things."
An Qian thought: "The people in the inn must be his people." She returned the paper to Nuan'er and said: "Since it is the eldest brother's order, you just do it! An Bing's people are no longer guarding him like before. It's so strict. There are only people guarding the front and back doors. When it gets dark, you can climb over the wall and go out." Nuan'er nodded.
On the other side, Jiang Tong returned to the Xuanfu ambassador's residence and told An Bing about Yang Peng's recovery. An Bing was very happy and sighed: "I originally didn't believe that An Qian hooked up with King Yan, but I didn't expect it to be true!" Jiang Tong said quickly: "Listening to King Yan's tone, it is obviously because of An Qian It’s because of the lady that I agreed to your terms! King Yan seems to value Miss An very much. When he talks about Miss An, he always calls her Xiao Qian. The relationship between the two is obviously very important!"
An Bing nodded and murmured happily: "Now that King Yan has agreed to my conditions, but has not agreed to Zhou Rong's conditions, I can be considered invincible!" Then he frowned and said: " It's just that it will take half a month to reach a conclusion, which makes people a little worried about the long nights and many dreams!" He glanced at Jiang Tong and asked: "Do you think what King Yan said is true? In Yanyun, is it possible that King Yan still Can't you keep your word?" Jiang Tongtong said: "I have long heard about Yanyun's Military Committee, Government Committee and Political Committee. I heard that these three committees have great power. I must be sure that the King of Yan is not lying! But the general does not think this is the case. The Three Councils can restrain the King of Yan, and the general will think that the King of Yan probably wants to show respect to the Three Councils, so the decision must be made through the Three Councils!"
An Bing felt that what Jiang Tong said was reasonable, so he went to sit down at the top and said angrily: "I have long heard that King Yan is a very powerful person, but I didn't expect that he is such a mother-in-law! Hey, I am worried about King Yan's edict. They didn't come down, but the Tubo army and the imperial army have already arrived! At that time, I will be in a dilemma again!"
Jiang Tongtong: "My lord, why worry! The Tubo army and the imperial army will come as soon as they come. You can just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight! If Yanyun's army is defeated, you will still be the second emperor's general to suppress the west and the governor of Sichuan; otherwise, if The Yanyun Army had the upper hand, so your Excellency immediately turned against you. In the eyes of King Yan, Your Excellency has fulfilled the agreement. You are still a general and also the Governor of Sichuan! Your Excellency can now be said to be in an invincible position!"
An Bing was originally worried, but after listening to Jiang Tong's words, his doubts disappeared and he couldn't help laughing.
Time passed day by day. Although Yanyun's army stationed troops under the city, they only sent strong generals to challenge them every day and did not attack the city by force. Although Zhou Rong wished that Yan Yun's army would never come to attack the city, he was also very suspicious and worried about what Yan Yun's army was up to. He ordered his troops to guard and defend the city. He personally inspected the city defenses more than ten times a day to prevent Yan Yun from losing control of the city. The Yun army could take advantage of this opportunity; but An Bing believed that the reason why the Yan Yun army did not attack temporarily was to obtain the edicts of the Military Commission and the Government Committee from Tianjing New City, so he felt confident and not worried at all. The people in the city were originally very scared, but the Yan Yun army outside the city did not attack the city for many days, so their fear gradually faded away, and the taverns and teahouses gradually became lively.
At noon that day, an officer rushed into the study and knelt down to report: "Your Excellency, the governor just received a report that the Tibetan army had raised 200,000 troops, led by General Zanbutai, and had arrived in Mao. Prefecture." Maozhou, now the Maowen Qiang Autonomous County, was the junction of Sichuan and Tubo controlled by the Song Dynasty. It was north of Chengdu and only about 200 miles away from Chengdu. The Tibetan army has arrived in Maozhou. If it goes south at full speed, it will reach Chengdu in four or five days.
An Bing nodded and said, "I know." He turned to Jiang Tong and asked, "Why is there no news from Yanyun yet?" Jiang Tong said, "Counting the time, it should be within the next few days!" As soon as he finished speaking, a kiss came The military officer hurried in. An Bing's heart moved and he asked hurriedly: "Is there any news about Yanyun?"
The officer clasped his fists and said, "Report to your lord, the imperial court has sent someone here." An Bing felt a little disappointed and said, "Quickly shout!" The private officer responded, ran down, and after a moment he led a dusty man. The man came in. When the man saw An Bing, he clasped his fists and said, "I have been ordered by the general to tell you that our army of 100,000 troops has been dispatched and should have passed Badong by now!" Badong, eighty miles east of Wushan It can be said to be the easternmost part of Sichuan. After Badong, there is the most dangerous section of the Yangtze River represented by Wushan. After Wushan is Baidi City, and after Baidi City is Kuimen. From Kuimen to Chengdu, the straight-line distance is nearly 500 kilometers or almost a thousand miles. However, Sichuan has high mountains and dangerous roads, so the imperial army can only wind its way. It may take more than a month to walk two thousand miles.
An Bing took a long breath and said, "I feel relieved when the imperial army arrives!" Then he ordered a personal officer to take the officer who came to report the news to go down to entertain him.
Jiang Tongtong: "It seems that the Tubo army will arrive at the city first, and the Tubo army will fight with the Yanyun army first! The Tubo army has been defeated by the Yanyun army many times, and this time I am afraid it will be no exception!"
An Bing shook his head, "I'm afraid it won't happen this time!" Jiang Tong looked at An Bing in confusion. An Bing frowned and said: "Previously, the Tubo army encountered the real Yanyun army. Although they had the upper hand every time, the Yanyun tiger and wolf army was not something that the Tubo people could defeat, so the Tubo army was defeated! This time But it's different. Although there are more than 200,000 Yanyun troops this time, more than 100,000 of them surrendered from us, and another 100,000 are the so-called Hanzhong army. Those are just Liu Xi who surrendered to Yanyun before. Waiting for the generals, the combat power is about the same as ours. The really powerful one is the Yanyun Ninth Army, but at this moment, the Ninth Army has gone back to escort the grain and grass, and has not returned yet! The two hundred thousand people outside the city are probably It cannot be regarded as the real Yanyun Army. If we face the Tubo army, we will probably lose more than we win!"
Jiang Tong changed his face slightly and said: "After listening to your analysis, the Yanyun Army has indeed lost more than it won! This is not good. The Second Emperor's army has just passed Badong, and it will take at least a month to arrive. If the Tubo army defeats the Yanyun army during this period, I'm afraid it won't stop there, maybe, maybe..."
An Bing frowned and nodded, "I'm worried about this too!" On the other side, the governor Zhou Rong heard that the Tibetan army of 200,000 was coming, and couldn't help but get excited. He felt very confident, not only He wanted to cooperate with the Tubo army to eliminate the Yanyun army outside the city in one fell swoop, and also wanted to further eliminate An Bing. His idea was good, but he didn't want to think about it. Now that the Tubo army has come in, will they attack the enemy for you, Zhou Rong, and let you, Zhou Rong, take advantage in the end? Now that they are here, they will definitely not leave!
Zhou Rong sneered and said: "Yang Peng, you are unwilling to accept my conditions. It is really your own fault! Now that the Tibetan army has arrived, you are finished!" Then he ordered his cronies to prepare wine, meat and food, and the Tibetan army arrived. When he arrived, he rewarded the Tibetan soldiers. Zhou Rong thought that Zambala was the general of Tubo, so he had to curry favor with him and get closer to him. There was someone in the court who could do things easily! So he specially ordered people to buy two famous courtesans from Chengdu brothels and red halls, and prepared to give them to Zambala.
However, to Zhou Rong's expectation, when the two brothel girls heard that they were going to be given to the Tubo people, they objected fiercely. Zhou Rong was very angry when he heard the report and went to threaten him personally. However, the two brothel women who usually make a living by selling jokes were not afraid to face the higher-ups. In the end, they even went on a hunger strike to resist! Zhou Rong had no choice but to put aside the affairs between these two women for the time being.
In view of the imminent arrival of the Tibetan army, Zhou Rong sent his confidant Sun Heng to contact the Tibetan army with his own handwritten letter.
An Bing and An Bing were informed of Zhou Rong's news, and they who originally wanted to sit back and watch the fight between tigers couldn't help but become anxious. An Bing paced back and forth in the hall, with all his cronies standing on both sides. Military advisor An Hua said: "Sir, the current situation seems to be very unfavorable to us! Now we have only two choices, either surrender to King Yan immediately and cooperate with Yan. Wang's army took advantage of the Tibetan army to occupy Chengdu before it arrived. In that case, even if the Tibetan army arrived, they could fight it with the fortified city, or they could quickly surrender to the Tibetan army and cooperate with the Tibetan army to completely defeat the Yanyun army outside the city. In this way, the contribution made by your Excellency is equal to that of Zhou Rong. I believe that the Tubo people will not favor one over the other. Your Excellency and we will still retain our current glory and wealth!"
After listening to Anhua's words, An Bing felt that they were reasonable, but he could not make up his mind. Is it better to surrender to Tubo or submit to Yanyun? In fact, An Bing wanted to defect to Tubo. After all, defecting to Tubo should be able to retain the power and position he had obtained from the second emperor. However, if he surrendered to Yanyun, all this would cease to exist. However, An Bing had some worries in his heart. He was worried that Yan Yun would raise an army to investigate the crime in the future, and he was also worried that the two emperors would not let it go.
An Bing stopped and frowned: "It is undoubtedly the most beneficial thing for us to defect to Tubo. However, I am worried that King Yan and the Second Emperor will raise an army to investigate the crime in the future!"
Anhua said: "Don't worry too much about this. Once the Tubo army arrives, the three of us will work together. Even if we can't completely wipe out the Yanyun army outside the city, we will inflict heavy damage on them, and then regain most of the states occupied by the Yanyun army." County, at that time Xiongguan was in our hands and heavily guarded. If the Yanyun Army tried to attack again, they would not be able to succeed! As for the Second Emperor’s army, when we defeated the Yanyun Army, we would have to deal with their 100,000 soldiers and horses. It’s not easy, and then the pass is guarded by heavy troops, and there is nothing the Second Emperor can do!”
Everyone agreed. An Bing nodded in agreement, with a smile on his face. It was obvious that he had completely let go of the heavy stone in his heart. He said loudly: "Okay! That's it! Let's go to Tubo too!" He turned to look at Anhua and gave instructions. Said: "You immediately send an envoy to Tibet, contact them first, and then come back and report back to me!" Anhua promised with fists clasped. An Bing murmured: "It will take a few days for the Tubo people to arrive. I hope we can negotiate terms with the Tubo people in the next few days!"
Later that day, Anhua, who was carrying the mission of An Bing, dressed in casual clothes, led a dozen followers, took precious gifts, left Chengdu on a fast horse, and galloped away towards the north.
The news that the Tibetans were about to arrive spread like wildfire in Chengdu. Some people were frightened and some were happy. Those who were happy were all the local gentry. They thought that when the Tibetans came, they could defeat the Yanyun army and defeat it. If they defeat the Yanyun Army, their land will be preserved, and their status will be preserved. As for whether foreigners rule them, it is not that important! In order to be in a more advantageous position after the arrival of the Tubo people, all the gentry and squires came to visit Zhou Rong with generous gifts. For a while, Zhou Rong's family was so crowded that the guests almost stepped on the doorstep! Correspondingly, the gate of An Bing's mansion was deserted and empty. Zhou Rong obviously won this round.
The gentry and gentry rushed to curry favor with Zhou Rong, but Zhou Rong had no time to pay attention to them. He was busy preparing to welcome the Tibetan army, preparing rewards with money, food, wine and meat, preparing to house the Tibetan officers and soldiers, etc., everything , Zhou Rong would personally take care of it, making sure it was perfect and flawless.
Two days have passed. Calculating the time, the Tubo army should be arriving. Early that morning, Zhou Rong and the rural gentry in the city climbed onto the city wall and looked towards the north, expecting the Tibetan army to arrive. The people behind him Under the city gate, there are gongs, drums and suona teams. As soon as the Tibetan army arrives, they will play gongs, drums and suonas to welcome them. At this time, the rising sun is rising in the east, and the sun is shining all over the earth. Although it is late autumn, it reveals a vibrant scene.
An old gentry with gray hair and beard who had spent his whole life reading books about sages bowed to Zhou Rong humbly and said: "Your Excellency has made extraordinary achievements for Tibet, and we are honored to do so!" All the gentry and squires agreed one after another. Zhou Rong smiled and said modestly: "Thank you, thank you! As a minister of Tubo, it is my duty to be loyal to the country. How can it be unethical?" The old gentleman had a look of resentment on his face. Authentic: "I think that Chen Xiao is tyrannical, cruel, deviant, evil and unkind. If the country of Tianfu is ruled by him, the people will suffer disaster!" Then he said with a face of joy: "Thanks to Mr. Zhou, who is wise and decisive, and saw that the situation was critical. , so we decisively surrendered to the country of benevolence and righteousness, which saved us Chengdu from the disaster!" Everyone agreed, and for a while, the sounds of flattery kept coming and going. Zhou Rong smiled happily and said: "As a guard, I have the responsibility to protect the environment and the people. Naturally, I can't just sit back and watch the people suffer! This is what this branch should do, so you can't praise me too much!"
The old gentleman said with great gratitude: "Your Excellency not only loves the people like your own children, but is also so open-minded and open-minded. You are really like the great sages of the ancients! It is a blessing for us to have your Excellency lead us in our previous lives!" Everyone agreed again, Another round of flattery, flattery. Zhou Rong laughed proudly.
"Someone is coming!" Someone suddenly shouted, pointing to the outside of the city. Everyone looked into the distance and saw dozens of riders galloping towards them. A young nobleman said excitedly: "The Tubo army is coming!" After a moment, everyone saw clearly that it was not the Tubo people who came, but Sun Heng and Anhua, and their entourage. It was strange that these two people came. Individuals actually came together!
A group of people rushed into the city gate, which was immediately closed. Then Sun Heng and Anhua were brought to Zhou Rong by Zhou Rong's soldiers. Zhou Rong was surprised when he saw the two of them looking very embarrassed and frightened, and asked: "Why are you two in such a panic?"
Sun Heng calmed down, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, sir,..." Perhaps he was too excited, and he got stuck at this point. Everyone couldn't help but become anxious, and Zhou Rong said angrily: "What happened? Could it be that the Tubo people attacked you? This shouldn't be the case!" Sun Heng shook his head vigorously, "No, it's not," and swallowed He was slobbering, with a very frightened look on his face, and continued: "The Tubo army, the Tubo army, was, was killed, and the whole army was annihilated!"
When everyone suddenly heard this, they felt a thunderbolt explode above their heads. Everyone was stunned and turned pale! It took a while for everyone to react. The scene immediately became noisy and noisy. Many people shouted hysterically: "This is impossible! This is impossible!" "Why was the Tubo army suddenly wiped out! This is so unreasonable!" …
Zhou Rong asked angrily: "What happened? How come the Tubo army was completely wiped out? How come the entire army of 200,000 people was wiped out suddenly!"
Sun Heng organized his thoughts and recounted what he saw and heard from the beginning. About evening one day ago, Sun Heng and his group came to a creek. I saw flames soaring behind the mountains and forests on the other side, lighting up half of the sky, and at the same time, there were thrilling killing sounds coming from the north wind. Sun Heng laughed and said: "It must be the Tibetan army that is looting the town. These country bumpkins have never seen the world!" All the followers laughed.
Sun Heng and his party waded across the stream and moved quickly along the path in the forest. After a while, they passed through the forest and climbed to a small hill. Their eyes suddenly brightened, and a magnificent war picture appeared in front of everyone. . Everyone was stunned, and a follower asked strangely: "What's going on? Who are the Tubo people fighting with?" Almost at the same time, bursts of fighting and roaring sounds suddenly came from the left front, like tigers roaring and dragons roaring. Yin, everyone was startled and followed the sound. They saw that at the mouth of the gorge between the two mountains, thousands of iron tower-like warriors were like iron walls, blocking the tens of thousands of Tubo troops rushing to kill. The Tubo army was like a stormy wave. , extremely majestic, but always smashed into pieces against the 'iron wall'. The iron wall is like an unbreakable dam, standing firm in the stormy waves! The battlefield is full of blood, and the Tubo casualties are increasing!
Sun Heng and others were horrified. Sun Heng could not help but murmured: "Okay, how scary!"
Boom boom boom...a loud rumble suddenly came from the east. Sun Heng and others quickly followed the sound and suddenly saw two thousand majestic war cavalry wearing black armor and black cloaks leading five thousand light cavalry as they swept toward the Tibetan army formation on the other side of the river like a strong wind. The flying tiger war horse flutters in the wind, full of murderous intent! Sun Heng and others all exclaimed: "It's the Yanyun Army! It's the Yanyun Army!"
At this time, the Tubo army was being bravely raided by a Yanyun infantry army. A general who looked like Guan Gong was marching forward bravely, and the Qinglong Yanyue Sword caused a rain of blood in the sky. No one could match him! The Tubo army had been killed so that their formation was out of shape and in chaos. How could they have any energy left to deal with the sudden attack from behind by the Yan Yun warriors?
In the blink of an eye, seven thousand war cavalry crashed into the middle of the Tubo army. The iron hooves rushed like a tide, and the cold light shone like snow. The Tubo people were killed and they were so overwhelmed that they fled in all directions. The Tubo army completely collapsed! Yanyun's infantry and cavalry were chasing them from all sides, and the Tubo people were running for their lives. The mountains and plains were full of fleeing Tubo soldiers and Yanyun tigers and wolves who were chasing them! The screams and killing sounds echoed together, and in an instant, the entire area was a tragic scene of corpses strewn across the field! Many Tubo people rushed towards Sun Heng and the others, and jumped into the river in a hurry. As a result, five or six out of ten were washed away by the water, and the rest struggled desperately in the river, sinking and floating. , Seeing that a small life is about to be saved! Seeing this scene, the Tubo soldiers behind were frightened and hurriedly retreated, only to be killed by Yan Yun's pursuers who had caught up!
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
