It is still twenty or thirty miles away from the southern mountain pass of Gongzang.

The men and horses led by Wang Hou, Tong Guan, and Yang Keshi had already set up camp on a gentle high slope at this time.

said that it was camping, but in fact, it was just finding a high place to rest. Thousands of men and horses flocked together, and they did not erect any fences or dig trenches, but only sprinkled a lot of thistles under the hillside. Most of the people had already dismounted, either waiting for the war horses, walking the horses, or guarding around.

The 5,000 cavalry led by Wang Hou hurried for days, and was already a little tired, and when they approached the Gongzang Ridge today, the cavalry that opened the road in front of them encountered Doropa's hard sentry cavalry. Knowing that the Doropa soldiers had arrived, Wang Hou and Tong Guan immediately ordered their troops to stop advancing, and then chose this highland called Yemapo to camp and rest.

In the chaotic camp, some of the men had already finished serving the horses and began to boil water, the smoke of the cooking rose one after another, and the smell of broth floated down the wild horse slope.

The knights in front of the palace are all lords with their retinues, and although they also have to serve their foals, when they are done, they can gather around the broth that has been cooked, take out the salted yak beef jerky and start to eat dinner. The physical strength of these knights is not as strong as that of the house slave man, and they are not as strong as the latter--they are all too heavy, and the four-foot-five-six war horse is too difficult to carry, so the knight is not as strong as the house slave - but they did not show much fatigue at this time, and many of them were even more excited, and their eyebrows fluttered about the process of capturing and killing Alingjie and Amon.

This is the first battle of the knights in front of the palace! The first victory is indeed exciting.

Yang Keshi and his brother Yang Kebi are also among these knights, for the group of Imperial Knights, the two of them are outsiders, but they can also get along with them - after all, there are more than 300 people in the knight group who are from the Western Army!

The two brothers of the Yang family were leaning on the unloaded saddle, looking at the group of "old cavalrymen" with a smile, and someone brought them a fresh soup with gnocchi and beef and mutton, and the two took it and drank it while blowing it with their mouths.

Wang Hou and Tong Guan were not as leisurely as the two brothers of the Yang family, both of them were neatly tied, patrolling around with the long sword at their waists, and kept urging the officers and soldiers of the Xining Army to walk the horses and feed them well, and then let the sentry out.

It was getting dark soon, but the Tibetans attacked their campsite at night!

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the distance, and the soldiers on patrol and guard immediately cheered up and rode up to meet them, and saw a number of horsemen galloping from afar, and the people on horseback were all dressed in Tibetan costumes, and the first rider held a white flag in his hand, on which the word "make" was written in Chinese characters.

It turned out to be a military envoy sent by Doropa - before the war, the conditions for sending an envoy to negotiate were the rules here in Hehuang, and there were very few military envoys to communicate with the Western Xia when they were fighting.

Several Tubo people were quickly brought to Wang Hou and Tong Guan, and it was a Tibetan monk who spoke fluently Chinese, and he was righteous and stern at the moment: "My family observation, please ask why General Wang came to invade the territory of my domain!" ”

"Observation" refers to the official position of Huangzhou Observer Envoy granted by Doropa in Western Xia. When the envoy of Tobaro mentioned this official position, he was reminding Wang Hou that Xixia was his backstage.

Wang Hou smiled: "Huangzhou is the hometown of the Tang Dynasty, not owned by the feudal family, but the common land of the Han Dynasty. Besides, the great leader of your family has also received the official position of our court, how can he now claim to be the observation of Western Xia? As for the fact that the official led his troops to come, it was not for the invasion, but for the betrayal of the imperial court and the attack on Zhao Envoy (that is Zhao Huaide, and now he has gone to Kaifeng Mansion). If the great leader of your family can repent and crusade against the rebels for the court, this official should be honored with a holy and rewarded. ”

Standing with Wang Hou, Tong Guan also smiled warmly at this time: "You go and tell the great leader of Doroba that as long as he is willing to cut two pieces with the traitor Xi Luosa, our family can ensure that he does the affairs of Huangzhou, and he can also reward 10,000 horses of silk and silk, and tens of millions of money!" ”

Of course, Wang Hou and Tong Guan are fooling people! The house slaves and knights who had fought without a heavy deal had already killed Doropa's two sons, and this was a son-in-law! It's a fart! I can't trust Dorobah even if I am appeased.

However, the two of them were afraid of scaring Doropa away, so they deliberately spoke softly, and did not take Amuna out to meet Doropa's messenger.

Doropa's envoy was actually very moved when he heard the conditions offered by Wang Hou and Tong Guan. Knowing that Huangzhou is empty, but the silk is ten thousand horses, and the money is tens of millions (just 10,000 yuan) is true. This money can be used to buy a suite in Kaifeng Mansion, but it can be of great use in the Hehuang area.

But it was not he who was the messenger, but the great chief of Doropa.

Wang Hou said again at this time: "If the big leader of your family thinks that the conditions are not good, tomorrow morning, our two families will fight for a while under this wild horse slope!" ”

It's about fighting! It's to make an appointment at the time and place, and everyone will do it. It was rare in the Song-Xia War, but anything could happen here in the Western Domain. It is not surprising that a war is like a fight.

The envoy quickly informed Doroba and Qiao Abury of the Song army's recruitment conditions and requirements for the battle.

It is impossible to defect to the Song Dynasty, and Doropa, like Xi Cheng Luosa, is a hardcore anti-Song faction, and he wants to fight the Song Dynasty to the end.

So Dorobah chose to fight!

……

When the morning light once again rose in the east, 15,000 Tibetan warriors left their camp in Gongzangling with Doroba and Joabur, and lined up on a hillside called Wild Donkey Slope on the opposite side of the Wild Horse Slope.

The remaining 5,000 people stayed behind to guard the Gongzangling Pass.

When the Tibetan army arrived, the Song army had already set up a defensive formation on the opposite Mustang slope. The pikemen were in front, the archers were behind, and the cavalry was in the last, standing against the hillside. And the number of people doesn't seem to be much, just around 5,000.

"That's the ...... of people"

Doropa, who had been worried all night, was finally relieved to see that there were few Song soldiers. He still has a good command of his own army, and if the opponent comes with 10,000 cavalry, there will be no need to fight this battle.

Now it's 15,000 rides and 5,000 rides, and a draw can always be played.

"Big leader, there seems to be movement on the Song Army's side!"

Qiao Azhu suddenly shouted loudly at this time, his young eyes were sharp, and he had already seen Wang Hou, who was wearing armor, coming out of his own formation with a few personal entourage.

Qiao Azhu said again: "It seems that there is also a person!" ”

Holding an individual? Doropa fixed his eyes and saw that there was a person who was tied to the back of a Song general's horse butt with a rope, stumbling, strange and pitiful.

Just as he was thinking about it, another military envoy from the Song army shouted: "Please ask the big leader of Doroba to talk before the battle." ”

A pre-battle conversation is another negotiation. Doropa felt that the Song army commander might feel that he couldn't beat him, so he had to increase his bargaining chips to appease.

Although it was impossible for Doropa to belong to the Song Dynasty, he still came down from the slope of the Wild Donkey Ridge with Qiao Abury, escorted by a group of henchmen and dead soldiers, to the front of the battle, more than a hundred steps away from the Song army's main array.

At this time, Wang Hou had already led people to escort Doropa's youngest son, Ameng Tsema, to stand in front of his own army.

Two of Wang Hou's personal soldiers escorted Amun, who was tied up like a dumpling, and one of them was holding a rag in his hand. The other one, who could speak Tibetan, saw Doropa and the others appear, and said to Amon: "Look, is it your father who came?" If yes, just say hello. ”

Amon had already seen his father, and at this time he cried, "Daddy! Daddy, I'm Amon! Daddy, save me! ”

Doropa's eyes were not as good as his son's, but he could still hear his precious son's voice, and his heart tightened at the moment.

What's going on? How did Amon get the Song army to catch him? Isn't he in Bajin City? Could it be that Ba Jin City was broken by the Song army?

This terrible thought flashed through Doropa's mind, and was quickly denied by himself. An army of 7,000! And it is still defending the fortified city, how can it fall so quickly?

However, he still wanted to ask Amon how he was caught, but there was no chance, Wang Hou waved his hand, and the personal soldier with the rag had already blocked Amon's mouth.

Then a general officer surnamed Bao behind Wang Hou shouted: "Great Leader Doropa, your son Amun is in our hands, if you want him to live, immediately join the Great Song!" ”

Doropa didn't know that he had only one son-in-law left, Amon, and he didn't know that he had encountered an abnormally strong Song army. So when he heard Song Jun's shout, he just snorted and shouted loudly: "The Song people on the other side listen, if you dare to hurt a single hair of my son, I, Doropa, swear to the Buddha that I will kill you to the death!" ”

Wang Hou can understand the Tubo dialect, so he laughed at that time, what he wants is your words!

"Cut him!" Wang Hou gave orders to the two soldiers who were holding Amun.

"Whoa!"

The two pro-soldiers, both of whom were quick hands and feet, kicked Amon twice in the leg and stomach, and Amon fell to his knees with a puff. The other person had already drawn a straight knife, held the hilt with both hands, and swung it with all his strength behind Amun's ear!

The head falls, and the column of blood spurts out high!

Amon was beheaded on the spot...... In front of his father.

Seeing this scene, Dorobah was stupid. Not only was Doropa stupid, but the Tibetan warriors who followed him were stunned by this scene.

What's going on? Cut people if you don't agree with each other? And he also cut down the young lord Amun in front of the great chief of Doropa! Is the Song general on the other side crazy? Can't count? There are a lot of people on our side!

"Son!" Doropa reacted, his son was gone! These Song people are so bad that they actually killed their own sons, which is unforgivable!

"Sons!" Doropa was furious, "Kill all the Song dogs and avenge Amon!" Rush me! Rush me! Kill them all......"