If the military situation in Lanzhou is delayed a day longer, the danger will be a hundred times greater!

Logically speaking, Wang Yi, as a manager, should be very aware of these principles.

Li Yanxian couldn't understand Wang Yi's behavior.

Of course, he didn't think much about it and led his people to head west quickly.

Huichuan City is two hundred miles away from Lanzhou.

Fortunately, at the end of February, the temperature has warmed up and the weather has become much more friendly for marching.

On February 26th, Xu Chongyan went to the Xixia camp again and met Li Liangfu.

"Li Shuai."

"how?"

"Wang Shuai has made all arrangements."

"How many troops does Wang Shuai bring?"

"Twenty-five thousand people?"

"Are these people willing to join Wang Shuai and join me in Daxia?"

"Of course it's been taken care of."

"Then let's make an appointment on the first day of March for all the Song army to disarm?"

"Okay! It's a deal!"

On February 27, Li Yanxian's army crossed the Qingshui River and arrived at Kan Valley Fort, where they found that Kan Valley Fort had been breached.

The soldiers and civilians fled and died.

After heading north along Majian Mountain, we arrived at Aganshui on February 29th.

In this season, the Loess Plateau is still bare, and the Gaolan Mountain in front looks like giant beasts crawling between heaven and earth.

On February 28, Li Yanxian stationed his troops twenty miles northeast of Aganbao, at the foot of Gaolan Mountain. The camp was very hidden and the terrain was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

He personally led his people from the mountain path to Aganbao, preparing to meet Wang Yi, the military commander of Xihe Road.

It was already evening, and the setting sun was like blood, making half of the sky red.

Looking north from Aganshui, Gaolan Mountain is also covered with a layer of red, as if those "giant beasts" are bleeding.

At this time, in Agan Fort, Wang Quan, the general manager of the Xihe Road Military and Horse Command, brought his people to see Wang Yi.

"Wang Shuai, Lanzhou City is right in front of you, why haven't you sent troops yet?"

Wang Yi glanced at Xu Chongyan who was standing aside. Xu Chongyan nodded and said with a smile: "Does the general manager of the capital know how many people the Western Bandits have come?"

"Didn't you say thirty thousand?"

Xu Chongyan said: "No, no, one hundred thousand are here!"

Wang Quan was stunned for a moment and said: "So what if one hundred thousand people are here? Now Lanzhou is under siege. It is our duty to rescue Lanzhou and repel the Western thieves. Commander Wang, please send troops immediately. The general is willing to be the vanguard!"

Xu Chongyan added: "Is the manager of the royal capital sure he can defeat the Western bandits?"

"If you don't kill the traitors who retreated to the west, you will never survive!"

Other generals also expressed their opinions: "Yes! If we don't kill the rebels who retreated from the west, we will never survive!"

Xu Chongyan smiled and said: "No need, I have a plan to kill all the Western thieves!"

Wang Quan immediately said: "What's the plan?"

"As long as we pretend to surrender, take advantage of the Western bandits' unpreparedness, and rush to kill them in one fell swoop, the Western bandits will definitely be caught off guard by us."

"Then how do we convince the Western thieves that we will surrender?"

"I have sent people to discuss with the Western Bandits. The Western Bandits are willing to agree with us that the first day of March is the day for reductions and exemptions."

Everyone became confused.

"What? Everyone, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to defeat the Western bandits."

Wang Quan asked again: "The Western thieves are very cunning. What if they deliberately promised to surrender us, but in fact they have ambushed us?"

If fighting was so easy, wouldn't everyone be able to pretend to surrender and then catch them off guard?

Both sides must have reservations about this kind of thing and are extremely distrustful of the other party. It must be extremely difficult to implement. It is by no means as simple as Xu Chongyan and others say.

Xu Chongyan said: "At that time, we will first remove our weapons to show our sincerity."

Wang Quan was immediately furious: "Absolutely not! This is a way out!"

"Hey, the general manager of the capital, don't be impatient. We can arrange a cavalry team behind us to wait until the western thieves relax their vigilance, and then kill the western thieves by surprise!"

Everyone fell silent, and Wang Yi said: "This is a very good plan!"

Wang Quan said: "This plan is too risky. If you are not careful, our army will lose everything!"

Wang Yi said: "Now the Western bandits have an army of 100,000, and we only have 25,000. If we want to defeat the Western bandits, we must use surprise troops!"

"The Western thieves won't believe it!"

Xu Chongyan suddenly said: "If we offer the head of our general, will the Western thieves believe it?"

As soon as he said this, everyone was stunned.

Wang Quan looked at Xu Chongyan and said, "What do you mean by this?"

As soon as Wang Quan finished asking, Xu Chongyan said: "Here comes someone, kill Wang Quan!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the swordsmen and axemen on both sides heard the order and stepped forward to capture Wang Quan.

Obviously this was well rehearsed.

Before the other generals could say anything, the swordsman slashed Wang Quan on the neck.

Blood spattered three feet on the spot and sprayed on everyone's face.

Everyone was stunned by this sudden change.

Wang Quan's head was seen rolling on the ground several times, and his eyes were as wide as copper bells. Xu Chongyan lifted Wang Quan's head and said: "Everyone, we are also for the overall situation. If we defeat the Western bandits this time,

Everyone can receive the reward!"

"Otherwise, we will die together. You are all wise people and know how to make decisions!"

When everyone came to their senses, Lieutenant General Liu Qian said quickly: "It all depends on Wang Shuai's arrangement."

Others also quickly said: "It all depends on Wang Shuai's arrangement!"

After the generals went down, they were in different moods.

Lieutenant General Liu Qian thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more something was wrong.

He immediately summoned his men and said: "Wang Yi wants to surrender to the Western traitors. As His Majesty's ministers, we must not do this. You all have families. If you become a traitor, how will your family look up to others in the future?"

"Deputy General Liu, what do you say, we will follow you."

"Gather all of you, we will leave the city overnight!"

Everyone said: "It all depends on Deputy Manager Liu's arrangement!"

After everyone left, General Zhou Song said: "Deputy Manager Liu, this is a serious matter. You and I have been transferred to Xihe Road not long ago. These people cannot be trusted."

"you mean?"

"Hurry out of the city and go to Huanqing Road to ask for help, otherwise you and I will die here today!"

Liu Qian broke out in a cold sweat and quickly left Agan Castle with his cronies on the pretext of going out for a patrol in the city.

Sure enough, when Liu Qian left, Wang Yi sent someone to arrest Liu Qian.

Hearing that Liu Qian had escaped, Xu Chongyan quickly sent people to chase him.

When it was getting dark, Liu Qian happened to meet Li Yanxian in the Aganshui area who was about to go to Aganbao.

Liu Qian's men were still in shock and doubt, and almost attacked Li Yanxian's men.

When Li Yanxian saw that the other party was a Song general, he said, "I am Li Yanxian, the magistrate of Huizhou. Who are you?"

"Li Yanxian!" Liu Qian's ears immediately stood up, "You are Li Yanxian!"

Although Li Yanxian was only the magistrate of Huizhou, he had a good reputation. In the first year of Jingkang, he spent all his wealth to raise troops to serve the king. He fought many times with the Jin people in the Tongguan area and defeated them many times.

And he is generous and generous.

Who didn’t know that Huizhou was a forbidden area for discussion between Xixia and Song Dynasty? It was so fat that Zhang Jun was worried and sent Li Yanxian to guard it.

"Who are you?"

"I am Liu Qian, deputy general manager of Xihe Road!"

"It turns out to be Deputy General Manager Liu!"

Liu Qian then recounted what happened today.

After hearing this, Li Yanxian took a breath of cold air.

Fortunately, I met Liu Qian here, otherwise I might have been tricked by Wang Yi.

Now all the doubts in Li Yanxian's mind were explained.

"Li Zhizhou, let's go to Jingyuan Road quickly to ask for help!"

Li Yanxian pondered for a moment and said: "It's too late. There are still more than 20,000 people with a net worth and lives in Agan Castle. I can't just sit idly by!"

"What is Li Zhizhou going to do?"
Chapter completed!