Qiu Liju wandered in the big tent with an anxious expression, and in just a few days, his sideburns had already grown many gray hairs, deep bags under his eyes, and his gaze was scattered. Compared with his previous high-spirited appearance, he has aged twenty years overnight!

"Your Excellency!"

A Wuhuan military general hurriedly broke into the big tent, Qiu Liju hurriedly got up, and asked expectantly: "What do you say, what do you say about the two brothers Nanlou and Wuyan?"

In Qiu Liju's expectant gaze, the Wuhuan military general who came in slowly shook his head.

"Traitor! Bad seeds! They don't deserve to be Wuhuan warriors! ”

Qiu Liju's expression changed instantly, his face was full of anger, and he cursed loudly!

Wu Huan Wu was silent beside him, quietly waiting for Qiu Liju to finish venting.

Qiu Liju's swearing was not so much a vent of anger as a relief from fear.

When Su Muyan's entire army was wiped out, Qiu Liju felt that the situation was wrong. Sure enough, immediately afterwards, the news came that the Liaodong army besieged Liucheng, and the two Wuhuan giants of Wuyan and Nanlou jumped back.

On the one hand, Qiu Liju asked the court to surrender, and on the other hand, he sent envoys to discuss peace negotiations with Shang Ji, and at the same time ordered the remaining Liucheng to hold the city.

However, Qiu Liju's operation had little effect, Dong Zhuo refused his invitation to surrender, and Shang Ji didn't even see the face of the envoy.

In desperation, Qiu Liju remembered his Xianbei "friend"!

He has been operating in western Liaoning for a long time, and he still has trade contacts with Xianbei, so naturally there is no shortage of Xianbei acquaintances.

The Erdong Department and the Narshi Department are both Xianbei tribes that are good friends with Qiuliju. Qiu Liju sent people with heavy gifts to ask the two Xianbei tribes to send troops to support.

However, now Xianbei is in the midst of a fierce internal struggle, and these two tribes are not ranked among the eastern Xianbei, let alone have the right to speak in the entire Xianbei Alliance.

They are not capable of fighting the Shang army on behalf of Xianbei at all, even if Bu Dugen and Kebi can vainly try to start a war with the Shang army, they have to think twice.

Qiu Liju retreated and demanded that the two divisions did not need to really fight the Liaodong Army, but only made a gesture of going south and forced Shang Ji to divide his troops to reduce the pressure on Liucheng.

The two tribal marshals discussed it for a while, and felt that there would be no problem just to contain the lure. And Qiu Liju gave a very generous reward, and the two guys who were carried away by wealth boldly agreed to Qiu Liju's request.

However, this plan did not achieve the desired effect, and Shang Ji did divide a partial division to contain the Xianbei tribe, but this did not affect Shang Ji's attack on Liucheng

Two days ago, Liucheng and Changli broke one after another, and the news that they didn't know whether they were alive or dead came.

Immediately afterwards, the Xianbei allies, who had high hopes from Qiu Liju, fled in a hurry after receiving the news of Liucheng's breakdown.

After determining that the Xianbei people were still in the midst of a civil war, Shang Ji immediately ordered Zhao Yun to teach these two bold Xianbei tribes a good lesson.

And Zhao Yun also lived up to expectations, pursued all the way, went deep into the hinterland of Xianbei, and 10,000 silver dragon iron cavalry looked at him, and brutally defeated 100,000 two coalition troops, turned the world upside down in the two tribes, and took the opportunity to plunder a large number of cattle, sheep and horses and returned triumphantly.

The last ally that can be counted on is also abolished, and Qiu Liju's panic can be imagined.

Then, Wuhuan Tanqi came to report, and the famous Han general Zhang He led 50,000 elites as the vanguard to go west out of Liucheng, and the farthest Tancai was less than 500 miles away from the Wuhuan camp!

He sent a message for help to Wuyan and Nanlou, who had surrendered to the Han Dynasty again, overnight, asking the old brother to help.

However, Wu Yan and Nanlou had just saved themselves, how could they be in the fire for Qiu Liju, and the two of them rejected Qiu Liju at the same time, cutting off his last glimmer of hope.

Qiu Liju even asked Ding Yuan and Gongsun Chan to surrender, but the two chose to refuse after several hesitations.

Shang Ji's performance on the Yellow Turban battlefield before can only be said to be conspicuous, and it is not so fearful. But the first battle a few days ago completely washed away everyone's three views. The 500,000 Wuhuan elite cavalry of the Su Muyan Department were wiped out in a short period of time, and this terrifying result not only shocked the Wuhuan people!

Shangji's close neighbors, including Lelang Gongsun Du, Yuyang Gongsun Zhan, Youzhou Ding Yuan, Jizhou Han Fu, Bohai Yuan Shao, etc., all looked sideways, especially Ding Yuan and Gongsun Du, who had some small contradictions with Shang Ji, sent people overnight to show goodwill. Even Dong Zhuo, who was far away in Luoyang, raised the importance of Shang Ji.

In this case, Gongsun Zan and Ding Yuan, who had not yet gained a stable foothold, of course, did not dare to take the risk of offending Shang Ji to surrender Qiu Liju.

In fact, at this point, Qiu Liju's best choice is to decisively surrender to Shangji, and even there are a large number of surrender factions in the Wuhuan army, demanding surrender every day to end the war.

But for some reason, Qiu Liju has always had a voice in his heart telling him that he can't surrender, and surrendering Wuhuan will be completely over!

It is undeniable that Qiu Liju is greedy for money, lustful and obsessed with power, but he has a lofty sense of mission and honor for the Wuhuan race. In other words, he is a true Wuhuan lover, and he will fight to the last drop of blood for Wuhuan .

He can allow surrender to the Han Dynasty, but if the price of surrender is the complete disappearance of the Wuhuan race, then Qiu Liju is absolutely unacceptable!

Therefore, although he was isolated and had no reinforcements, he just refused to surrender, and even ordered the execution of two nobles who were the most vocal surrenderers.

Although the Wuhuan army was temporarily stabilized by Qiu Liju's thunderous methods, he could feel the dark tide in the army. If you don't find a way to solve the situation as soon as possible, the anger of the Wuhuan nobles will be vented on his head, and he will be blown to pieces when the time comes!

At present, there are only two roads in front of Qiu Liju's eyes. The first is to raise an army of 700,000 troops, enter Liucheng in the east, and fight to the death with the Shang Ji, if you can get away with repelling the Shang Ji, you can also take advantage of the situation to stop fighting. However, from the analysis of the combat strength of the two armies in the past, there is little hope of victory.

The second is to lead the army to the north, and choose one of Kebineng or Budugen to defect!

Ding Yuan or Gongsun Zhan were afraid of Shang Ji's threat and didn't dare to accept Qiu Liju, Xianbei wouldn't care about this, anyway, Shang Ji and Xianbei were already mortal enemies, and no one would care about any more hatred.

Moreover, Kebi can fight with Budugen, and Qiu Liju will definitely get a good position in a short period of time if he goes to defect.

But in the long run, the future of the Wuhuan clan is also uncertain. Kebi Neng and Bu Dugen are not good people, and they will definitely try their best to encroach on Qiu Liju's power. Although Qiu Liju still has a large army in hand, but when he enters the Xianbei realm, it is not at the mercy of others, or it will not be long before he will be eaten alive by Xianbei!

Of course, the ordinary Wuhuan nobles are strongly in favor of the third type: surrender to the merchants!

However, Qiu Liju is firmly opposed to choosing this path.

Just when Qiu Liju was entangled, a personal guard suddenly came to report: "There are strange people outside the camp who come to vote, claiming to be able to solve the generalissimo's predicament!" ”

According to Qiu Liju's usual character, this kind of swagger and deception must be played out with a stick. But the drowning person will desperately grasp a straw, and Qiu Liju is now in the end of the mountain, and this news has become the last straw.

Soon, a middle-aged man dressed in brocade appeared in Qiu Liju's big tent!