Chapter 819: Keeping Up with the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets (Part I)
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The armies of the Lie Ce Kingdom received the order to open that night, and then the armies retreated in an orderly manner in the direction of the bitter herb forest, while the 20,000 rangers lined up outside the fortress of Wolf's Head Mountain to prevent accidents.
Inside the Wolf's Head Mountain Fortress.
Just as he had been preparing to go to bed, a scout suddenly ran in to investigate: "General, the enemy army is retreating!" ”
He was stunned for a moment, then showed a contemptuous smile, put on his armor and went out, and came to the city wall, and sure enough, he saw that under the night, a continuous stream of figures were marching in the southeast direction!
He always sneered: "These despicable and cowardly fellows still want revenge!" ”
There was a burst of laughter on the city wall, and he had always ordered: "Order the cavalry to attack with me!" ”
"General, the cavalry team has only five thousand people, and I am afraid of ・・・・・・," the adjutant general discouraged.
He had always been unconcerned, but said with some displeasure: "Baga, you cowardly guy, against a group of cowards who are fleeing, five thousand cavalry is enough!" ”
Ignoring the adjutant general's dissuasion, he rushed out of the fortress with five thousand horsemen.
Soon after, the 5,000 cavalry of the Dog Slave Kingdom crashed headlong into the 20,000 cavalry of the Lie Ce Kingdom who were waiting for the battle, and the battle was fierce and short.
It lasted for a quarter of an hour, and the arrogant fellow who had always been single-minded shrank back with nearly three thousand remnants of the defeated general. The number of casualties on both sides of the battle was equal, and the main reason was that the equipment of the Dog Slave people was far stronger than that of the Lie Ce Kingdom.
Lie Ce **** scattered into the bitter vegetable forest to defend, and at the same time, the Han merchant entrusted by Xiao Donglie quickly rushed to the direction of Dawei.
This businessman surnamed Li is actually just a medium-sized businessman in Dawei. Named Li Tong, a native of Bingzhou, a real self-made businessman.
Li Tong hurried on the road, and met a group of people on the middle of the road, this group of about 100 people, all riding fast horses. The leader was a young man with a capable face, and although the entourage was dressed in civilian clothes, he had a strong military temperament.
The two sides staggered. Li Tong suddenly realized something, and hurriedly turned his horse's head to catch up, shouting as he chased: "Wait, wait!" ”
The group stopped, looking wary.
Li Tong ran a few steps in front of the young man and was blocked, Li Tong hurriedly jumped off the horse and saluted respectfully to the other party. asked: "Dare to ask Your Excellency is the envoy of Great Wei?" ”
The young man frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?" ”
Li Tong saw the young man's reaction like this, and he was seven or eight points sure. He hugged his fists and said: "Please forgive me for being rude, please prove your identity!" ”
A big man beside the young man suddenly pulled out a barrier knife, put it on Li Tong's neck, and asked, "Say, who are you?" What do you want to do? Immediately made a gesture, and more than 100 people immediately put on a defensive position.
Li Tong's heart couldn't help but tremble. He took a step back, but he stiffened his neck and said, "Your Excellency." Be sure to answer the questions below! ”
The young man hesitated for a moment, took out an iron order from his bosom and showed it in front of Li Tong's eyes, and said, "I am the special envoy of His Majesty the Great Wei Emperor!" Looking at the appearance of the gentleman, he should be a Han man who is a merchant, and he must be able to know this iron order! ”
Li Tong glanced at Tie Ling carefully, and couldn't help but be surprised. Hurriedly bowed: "Grass man Li Tong meets the envoy!" ”
"No need to be polite! Can you answer my question now? ”
Li Tong stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Special envoy, Caomin is a native of Bingzhou, who has been doing business in Fusang in recent years, and has been trading between Lie Ce and my Great Wei in recent times!" ”
Then he took out a roll of sheepskin from his bosom, presented it with both hands, and said, "Special envoy." This is a letter from the King of the Kingdom of Retze! ”
The young man couldn't help but be slightly startled, and asked him to take the parchment roll.
The young man opened the parchment scroll and was stunned for a moment, it turned out that the words on the parchment scroll turned out to be Chinese characters. The young man asked in surprise, "Is this a handwritten letter from the king of the Liece Kingdom?" But why are they all Chinese characters? ”
When Li Tong heard this, he said proudly: "Lie Ce does not have its own writing, and my Great Wei is strong and brilliant, and the Great Wei army is far away from Fusang. ”
Young people were not surprised by this answer, because many of the unwritten peoples around the Great Wei Dynasty used Chinese characters as their script, and nomads were the most common.
The young man nodded, and after reading the letter, he couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, and folded the letter and put it in his arms.
The young man jumped off the horse, came to Li Tong, hugged his fists and saluted, Li Tong couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly returned the salute.
The young man said: "Thank you, Mr. for this move, you will definitely report it to the court!" ”
Li Tong hurriedly humbled himself.
The young man said, "We are about to go to the country of Liece, if there is nothing else to do, sir, can you come with us?" ”
There is also a reason why he made this request, Li Tong rushed to the place where the Great Wei army was located with the letter of Lie Ceguo, which shows that he has a close relationship with the upper echelons of Lie Ceguo, and that many unnecessary entanglements can be avoided by having him go with him, and Li Tong agreed without hesitation.
At this time, their location was on the border of Yamatai, and after walking a few miles, they entered the territory of the Dog Slave Country.
On the way, Li Tong learned from a conversation with the other party that the young man who was the envoy of the Great Wei was named Wang Wen'an, and his father Wang Yao was the county guard of Wuyuan County.
The purpose of Wang Wen'an's envoy to Lie Ce is to set off a general rebellion against the dog slave country, so that the control of the Great Wei can be further extended, and weaken the dog slave country and those who dare to form an alliance to resist Tianwei's many small Fusang countries, and this is also an order from the imperial court, as a special envoy, stirring up the situation of the countries, it can be said that Wang Wen'an's envoy this time can be said to be excited and worried.
Of course, Wang Wen'an did not know that he himself was going farther and farther down the "evil" road of the imperialist evil bureaucracy, and he had the demeanor of an envoy sent by the empire to various countries in later generations.
A day later, Li Tong led Wang Wen'an and his party to finally arrive at the bitter vegetable forest, the garrison of the Liece National Army.
Xiao Xi Xingzhan didn't expect Li Tong to come back so soon, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and asked in surprise: "Why did Mr. come back so soon?" ”
Li Tong smiled and said, "King, I have only been gone for less than two days before I met the envoy of Great Wei!" ”
Xiao Xi Xingzhan and Xiao Donglie couldn't help but be stunned, and Xiao Donglie asked with a look of surprise on his face: "Does Great Wei also have the intention of aiding our country?" ”
"Exactly!" Li Tong nodded, and the two couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Konishi marched to the battle and asked urgently, "Where is the envoy now?" ”
"It's right outside!" Li Tong replied.
"Let's go, follow this king to meet the envoy of the kingdom!" Before the words fell, they couldn't wait to walk outside the big tent, and the two hurriedly followed. (To be continued.) )