As soon as Yan Ping fell asleep, Zhao Xiong hurried in and said urgently: "Brother Yan, the scouts just came to report that the Tianzhu army has been dispatched!" Yan Ping frowned, "The Tianzhu army is here?" Zhao Xiong nodded and couldn't help cursing: "Damn it, Pi Bo is already a turtle in the urn, but people from Tianzhu come to make trouble!"
Yan Ping frowned and said: "It seems that we must take action today! We must win Pibo today!" Zhao Xiong was startled and said angrily: "This is impossible! If the Tubo people are not beaten, we will not be able to win in a day. Defeat Pibo from within!"
Yan Ping said: "How do you know if you don't try? Brother Zhao, we suffered a lot of losses before. If we can't capture Pibo before the imperial army arrives, we won't be able to get half of the loot promised by His Majesty. Then this time it will really be a disaster." We have lost all our money! We have nothing to say to the brothers who followed us to make a living, and to the families of those brothers who died!" Zhao Xiong frowned and said, "Brother Yan is right. But Pibo was captured in one day. , this is simply impossible!" Brother Yanping said: "Brother, this is not necessarily the case!"
Zhao Xiong looked at Yan Ping suspiciously and said: "Brother Yan, you are the coach whom His Majesty accepts his fate. I listen to you. But you have to think clearly. If we cannot break through Pibo in time and are attacked by Tianzhu people from behind, , then the situation is serious!" Yan Ping said: "Don't worry! If things are really uncontrollable, I will lead everyone to retreat in time!" Zhao Xiong nodded.
At the same time, Song Qian and others looked happy and excited, sweeping away the panic and fear atmosphere not long ago. The envoy originally sent to surrender to Tianzhu returned and told Songqian and others that the Tianzhu people had accepted Songgan's surrender request and promised that the Pibo area would still be Songqian's territory, and that General Tianzhu had personally led 100,000 people. The army came for reinforcements.
Song Qian immediately spread the news to the whole city, and the soldiers and civilians in the city couldn't help but rejoice, sweeping away the atmosphere of panic and panic after the defeat in the past few days.
Song Qian personally put on his armor and went to the city to guard the city. When the soldiers saw their lord coming, their morale was greatly boosted.
A whole day passed unconsciously, and the Ming army never launched an attack. In the evening, the Tubo soldiers on the city saw from a distance a busy scene of people shouting and horses neighing in the Ming army camp. They actually broke camp and retreated northward!
Qucuo rushed to Songgan and said excitedly: "Sir, the enemy has withdrawn!" Songgan also looked very happy, nodded and said: "Their scouts must have discovered that the Tianzhu army was coming, so they were busy. The Tibetan troops have withdrawn! It seems that we have finally overcome the crisis! There are 100,000 Tianzhu troops, not to mention the Ming troops outside the city, even if all the Ming troops in Tubo are mobilized, they are no match for us!" Turning to look at Qu Cuo ordered: "Immediately spread the news to the soldiers and civilians in the city, so that everyone will be happy!" Qu Cuo agreed and ran down. Soon after, Songgan heard bursts of ecstatic cheers coming from the city.
Night fell, and both soldiers and civilians fell asleep. This night was much quieter than before. Previously, the soldiers and civilians of Pibo stayed awake all night, worrying about whether the Ming army would suddenly invade. But now everyone no longer had such worries. The Tianzhu army was about to arrive, and the Ming army had retreated hastily. They could finally have a good night's sleep. Got it!
The bonfire on the top of the city must have been roaring, and the sentry was leaning against the bonfire with his sword in hand, already falling asleep.
At the gate of the city, General Qu Zha arrived with hundreds of his followers. The city gate officer stepped forward and saluted: "General Quza!" Quza nodded and glanced at the city gate. Seeing that there were only about twenty people guarding the city gate, he frowned and asked, "Why are there only so few people?" The officer quickly explained: "This is the order from General Qu Cuo. General Qu Cuo said that the enemy has withdrawn and the Tianzhu army is coming. There is no need to be so nervous anymore, so most of the people went to rest!" Zha nodded, "The general is considerate of his subordinates!" Then he said to the officer: "You guys go and have a rest. Now it's my turn to guard."
The officer was very surprised and asked: "General, are you guarding the city gate?"
Quza picked up a command arrow and showed it in front of the officer, saying, "I came to defend the city gate under your military order. Do you have any questions?"
When the officer saw that Quza was holding the loose arrow, he dared not have any objections. He immediately bowed and agreed, greeted his sergeants, and led them out of the city gate. Quza immediately ordered his men to defend the city gate up and down.
The soldiers who had withdrawn from the city gate returned to camp. On the way, I met Qucuo and his party, and they quickly stepped aside to the roadside to salute. Qucuo led his soldiers past the crowd and was surprised to find that they were soldiers and horses guarding the city gate. He reined in his horse and asked: "Aren't you guarding the city gate? Why did you leave your post without permission?" The officer quickly said: "Reporting to the general, General Quza just took over the city defense with your Lord's arrows and ordered us to return to camp to rest. ."
Qu Cuo showed surprise and said, "I just came out from the adults, how come I didn't know about this?" Subconsciously feeling that something was wrong, he quickly led his soldiers towards the city gate. Arriving near the city gate, I saw that the city gate in front of me was wide open! Qucuo was startled, and immediately led his soldiers to rush forward, shouting and asking: "Who told you to open the city gate?"
When the sergeants at the city gate saw Qucuo's sudden arrival, they all looked a little panicked when they shouted and asked. "General, I ordered them to open the city gate." A voice came from the city gate. Qu Cuo looked up and saw that it was Qu Zha. He frowned and asked, "Qu Zha, what are you doing? When did your Excellency order you to take over the city defense?" He pointed to the open city gate and said, "There are also , who asked you to violate your curfew order and open the city gate without authorization?" Qu Zha raised his voice and said: "My lord just ordered me to take over the city gate..."
"Nonsense! I just came from the adults, so I don't know about this?"
"Oh, the general was indeed not here when I saw you just now!"
Qucuo opened his eyes and shouted: "You are so full of nonsense! I have been staying with the adults tonight, how have I ever seen you? Quza, what on earth are you doing?"
At this moment, a muffled thunderous sound came from outside the city. Qucuo was a veteran on the battlefield. As soon as he heard the sound, he immediately realized that a large group of people was rapidly approaching the city gate. With a horrified look on his face, he shouted: "Who are the troops outside? Close the city gate quickly!" Qucuo had already subconsciously sensed danger.
Qu Zha raised his voice and said: "We can't lock it down! It's the Tianzhu army that's coming!"
When Qu Cuo heard this, his panic immediately disappeared and was replaced by excitement. He raised his voice and said: "Is the Tianzhu Army here? This is much faster than I expected!"
While talking, I saw a huge crowd at the city gate, and large groups of people rushed in. Qucuo was very happy and immediately went to prepare to welcome him. "General, something seems wrong!" an officer next to him suddenly shouted.
Qu Cuo subconsciously reined in his horse and looked carefully at the crowd that was pouring in. His expression changed with horror. The crowd that is pouring in is not the Tianzhu army. They all have Han faces, are bloodthirsty and fierce, and are carrying the battle flag of the Ming Dynasty. They are clearly the mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty! Qucuo was startled and hurriedly rushed to the city gate and shouted: "Quza, release the iron gate quickly, release the iron gate quickly!"
Qu Zha, who was on the city gate, said calmly: "General, I can't obey your order." Qu Cuo was stunned for a moment, then understood, and couldn't help but cursed: "Qu Zha, look at you for being such a traitor!" The officer next to him said He said anxiously: "General, the enemy is coming, let's run!" Seeing the Ming army rushing in, Qucuo couldn't help being frightened. He hurriedly turned his horse's head and galloped towards the city, shouting as he ran: "The Ming Army has entered the city, the Ming Army has entered the city!" The soldiers and civilians in the city were woken up and heard a rumbling sound like a flood in the city. They were all pale with shock. The Tibetan army who was resting in the camp did not yet understand what had happened. , they were rushed in by a group of Ming troops, and they were killed in an instant. Their flesh and blood were scattered everywhere, and they fled in all directions.
Songgan jumped off the concubine's jade body naked, put on a robe and rushed out of the bedroom. All he saw in the city at the foot of the mountain were flashes of fire, longing figures, and a commotion. Songgan was startled and confused. Although he felt that the situation was not good, he didn't want to believe it. He even thought he was dreaming. There was a loud bang, and an officer stumbled in and shouted anxiously: "It's not good, sir, the Ming army has entered the city!" Song Gan was so frightened that he couldn't think about it and hurriedly Run towards the stables.
In the chaos, Songgan escaped from Pibo City almost completely naked under the protection of dozens of soldiers. Looking back, I saw the noisy city gradually disappearing, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Then I felt that I was in a dream. I was feeling dizzy and had not yet recovered from this sudden change.
In the early morning, Songgan and his group escaped to a small stream and rested. Soon after, the soldiers in charge of the defense rushed back and reported: "Sir, the general and the others are coming!" As if in response to his words, the sound of rapid horse hooves came from the north from far to near. Song Qian stood up and looked around, and sure enough he saw Qu Cuo leading hundreds of people galloping towards him. Songgan frowned. He had too many questions in his mind and was about to ask Qu Cuo.
Qucuo and his party galloped not far ahead and reined in their horses. Qu Cuo stood up, ran to Song Qian, bowed and saluted: "Sir!"
Songgan frowned and said: "What happened last night? Didn't the Ming army retreat? How could it suddenly appear and attack the city in one fell swoop? How on earth did you defend it?" Songgan was furious. He vented his anger on Qucuo.
Qu Cuo said angrily: "It's Qu Zha! He surrendered to the Ming Dynasty!"
Hearing this, Song Qian couldn't help but be stunned, frowned and asked: "Quzha surrendered to the Ming Dynasty?"
Qucuo nodded with a look of resentment on his face and said: "That bastard, he pretended to pass on the Lord's order and took over the city gate defense. Then he opened the city gate and let the Ming army in. That's why our army was caught off guard! Song Qian was furious and shouted, "Why didn't I see that he was such a pickpocket?" Then he frowned and said, "Why did he surrender to the Ming Dynasty? How did he get in touch with them?"
Qu Cuo said: "Your Excellency, you should know that Qu Zha has always advocated surrendering to the Ming Dynasty. He must have been thinking about betraying his lord for more than a day or two! As for how to contact the Ming Dynasty, it is too easy! He is the second most powerful person under your command. For my general, you can send people out of the city by just finding an interface!"
Song Qian regretted it endlessly, but what was the use of regret at this time.
"Sir, what should we do now?" Qu Cuo asked.
Song Qian looked at the hundreds of soldiers and horses behind Qucuo, frowned and asked, "Are you only going to bring out these few people?"
Qucuo said: "The incident happened suddenly and we were caught off guard. Only so many people escaped by chance, and the others were trapped in the city!"
Song Qian couldn't help but feel desolate, and couldn't help but regret in his heart. He regretted that he didn't surrender to the Ming Dynasty, which was why he ended up like this. Then he felt resentful again, resentful at Yan Yun, resentful at Qu Zha, even resentful at Qu Cuo and others for being useless, and they were defeated again and again. Seeing Songgan's uncertain expression, Qucuo didn't dare to say anything.
Song Qian's expression gradually calmed down, and he thought: "Now we can only go and seek refuge with the Tianzhu people! Alas, I hope the Tianzhu people still like us now!"
Qu Zha came to Yan Ping and Zhao Xiong and paid homage: "Meet the two generals!" Yan Ping and Zhao Xiong felt great when they saw him calling him this. In his life, he was just a bodyguard who licked blood with his sword, but now he was betrayed by a foreign general. Becoming a general is a great honor.
Yan Ping said: "General, there is no need to be polite! The general abandons the dark and surrenders to the Ming. The Ming Dynasty will never treat the general badly!"
Qu Zha sighed and said: "I surrendered to the Ming Dynasty not for my own glory and wealth, but just hope that my relatives and friends can find a way to survive! The two generals have already agreed to my request to the two generals. Please also ask the two generals to General, don't break your promise!" Yan Ping said: "General, there is no need to worry about this! Since we have promised you, we will never break our promise! Besides, the Ming army has strict discipline, so how can it harass ordinary people? Just don't worry!" Qu Zha put down his words. He shook his head and said, "Thank you two generals!"
Yan Ping and Zhao Xiong indeed kept their promise, and the mercenaries committed no crimes during the Mid-Autumn Festival in the city, which can be said to be strictly disciplined. In fact, according to Zhao Xiong's idea, he wanted to share the wealth with the local tyrants. After all, His Majesty had already promised to reward them with half of the property as mercenaries. However, Yan Ping disagreed. Yan Ping thought that it was ugly to do this, and once he started to fight against local tyrants to share their wealth, the situation might be out of control. Therefore, he decided to wait for His Majesty or regular troops to arrive before asking for rewards. Before that, everyone must follow the rules Yan Yun's military regulations bind him, and anyone who dares to violate them will be dealt with according to military law.
Song Qian and others fled south, and soon met the Tianzhu army heading north. The Tianzhu officers immediately brought Song Qian and Qucuo to the Tianzhu commander. This Tianzhu commander has been on the scene for a long time, but he has not been introduced yet, so here is a brief introduction. This man's name was Moise, of Turkic origin, and he was Tianzhu's so-called Northern Grand Marshal. This time Tianzhu's army entered Tubo, he was leading it.
Songgan and Qucuo saw Moise and hurriedly bowed to him: "I have met the Generalissimo of Tianzhu!"
Seeing the two of them looking very embarrassed, Moise frowned and asked, "Why are you here?"
The two of them felt a little embarrassed. Songgan looked at Qucuo and signaled that he would do the talking. Qucuo then bowed and said: "Reporting to the Grand Marshal, the thing is like this. We, we, the Ming people are really too cunning. Pibo City has been lost, and we finally broke out of the siege!"
Moise was greatly surprised, "Did Pibo fall?" The two nodded, feeling that each other's eyes were piercing like sharp arrows, and they felt very embarrassed. Song Gan said anxiously: "Generalissimo, now is a great time to capture Pibo! There are only a few thousand Ming troops in Pibo City, and your army will be able to capture the city easily!"
Moise asked suspiciously; "Only a few thousand men and horses defeated Pibo?"
Song Qian felt that he could no longer hide it, so he had to say: "Actually, it was because a traitor appeared among my men. He opened the city gate and let the Ming army into the city, so the city was suddenly lost!"
Moise frowned and said, "There are many soldiers and horses in your city. Even if this emergency occurs, can't you still resist thousands of their soldiers and horses?" Songgan and Qucuo hesitated, speechless.
Moise saw the expressions of the two men and felt that these two men were most likely concealing the true situation. The Ming army must have more than a few thousand troops. On that day, our own army of 100,000 and the Tubo court's army of 100,000 were besieging the city. After many days of losses, they were unable to break through. No matter how powerful the Ming army was, they could not defeat the city in such a short period of time with just a few thousand soldiers and horses. ! The Ming army currently in Pibo is definitely not the few thousand men and horses they claimed, but should be an army of tens of thousands! The two of them are talking like this because they want to divert our Tianzhu army to fight against the Ming army! The Ming Army is not someone to be trifled with, so it is better not to start a war with them!
After thinking this, Moise said: "I know everything you said. Since the situation has changed, our army can only retreat temporarily." Songgan and Qucuo were shocked, and Songgan said urgently; "Generalissimo How can we retreat?" Moise said angrily: "It's not your turn to make irresponsible remarks on what this Generalissimo is going to do!" Song Qian's heart trembled. Moise immediately issued an order, ordering the front group of the army to change to the rear group, and the rear group to the front group, and immediately return to the starting point. Songgan and Qucuo had nowhere to go, so they had to follow the Tianzhu army.
A few days later, the army retreated to the front line of Laluong Temple and Kaqu Temple. Song Qian saw that the situation of the Tubo people in the occupied area was very miserable. The Tianzhu people did not treat them like human beings, they were clearly treating them like animals. If you want to fight, you will beat them, if you want to scold them, they will scold them, they will take things when they see them, and they will rob them if they see some pretty women. There are wailings and crying everywhere; these troops from the hometown of Buddha have no Buddhist teachings at all. His kind qualities are just like those of a bandit. 'Traditional virtues' have always been the most misleading, making people unable to see the truth of the world. In fact, anywhere in the world, in any relationship between people, the law of the jungle prevails. If you believe that there is justice and virtue, then you He is destined to become a lamb to be slaughtered by tigers and wolves! Don't lament why the world is so cruel, it's actually because you are too naive!
After all, Songqian's status was unusual, so Moise arranged a decent place for him to live. Song Qian sat in this temporary residence, feeling regretful in his heart. He felt that he was so obsessed that he actually thought that Tianzhu could defeat the Ming Dynasty, and those Tianzhu people were simply afraid of the Ming Dynasty army! Now that I have ended up in such a homeless situation, it can be said that I have brought it upon myself! Song Qian couldn't help but sigh, thinking of his family members who were still in Pibo City. He was extremely concerned and worried, and he suddenly realized that in this world, glory and wealth are just clouds in front of his eyes, fame and wealth are just poison that harms people, and only his family is the destination for peace of mind.
There were footsteps at the door. Song Qian retracted his thoughts, looked towards the door and saw Qucuo coming in. I couldn't help but feel annoyed in my heart. I just felt that if he hadn't encouraged me in front of me, maybe I would have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty long ago. How could I have ended up like this!
Qu Cuo bowed to Song Qian and said: "The Generalissimo of Tianzhu sent someone to invite you to come over to discuss matters." Song Qian said angrily: "I am alone now, why does he come to discuss with me?" Even so , but finally did not dare to disobey the Tianzhu people, left the residence and went to see Moise.
Yan Ping and Zhao Xiong originally thought that the Tianzhu army was about to arrive, but they did not expect to see even a single person after waiting for two days. Soon after, the scouts came to report and found out that the Tianzhu army had returned halfway.
On this day, Yang Peng and Yang Dezheng arrived with five thousand Ming troops. Yan Ping and Zhao Xiong went out to welcome Yang Peng to the hall of the palace to pay their respects. Yang Peng smiled and said: "Your results are beyond my expectations! I didn't expect you to actually defeat Pibo!" The two of them couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard Yang Peng's praise. Yan Ping cupped his fists and said, "Both of us dare not bow. The reason why we were able to defeat the city in one fell swoop was all thanks to Qu Zha!"
"Quza?"
Zhao Xiong said loudly: "He is a general under Song Qian. He secretly surrendered to us. It was his handsome man who opened the city gate a few nights ago, and we were able to capture Pibo in one fell swoop!"
Yang Peng suddenly realized and asked: "Where is the Quzha man?" Zhao Xiong said: "We have sent someone to notify him, he should be here soon." While he was talking, a secret guard ran in and paid his respects; " Your Majesty, the Tubo people are asking for an audience."
Daming said: "Let him in." The guard agreed and ran down. After a while, he led a Tibetan general who had a rather bookish air in, it was Quza. When Qu Zha saw an extraordinary young man sitting high on the throne, his heart was shaken, and he couldn't help but worship: "Qu Zha, a Tubo man, pays homage to His Majesty the Ming Emperor!"
Yang Peng smiled and said: "No need to be polite, just get up and talk." Qu Zha stood up and stood respectfully with his head bowed. Yang Peng said: "You have made great contributions to Yanyun, I must reward you." He paused and said, "Let's do this, you will be the prefect of Luoshou City and be an official in the local civil affairs."
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
