Shi Le and Kong Ji were leading their troops to run wildly. The riders in front came back and reported: "Your Majesty, thick smoke is coming from the direction of the Panhe Palace and can be seen several miles away."
Hearing the smoke rising, Shi Le was heartbroken. The palace he spent several years building was burned to the ground by Long Chen.
"Chase! This king will cut Long Chengen into pieces with a thousand knives!"
Kong Ji advised: "Your Majesty, after Long Chengen burned the palace, he will definitely flee to the east! You should not go to the palace at this time, but should go east to intercept it!"
The palace has been burned down, and there is no point in going there anymore. The wisest thing to do is to intercept it eastward.
Shi Le was furious and said angrily: "Go north, south, east, you say it every time, but you fail every time!"
Kongji was scolded speechlessly.
Privy Councilor Lu Qichang was relatively calm and said: "Your Majesty, why don't you lead the troops to the east to intercept them while we go to the palace?"
Shi Le said nothing and led his troops to attack the palace.
Kongji led 50,000 cavalrymen from Jade Buddha Pass to the east to intercept them.
....
After Long Chen came down from the palace, he led the cavalry towards the east with all his strength. On the way, he burned another county government office to deliberately create a disturbance.
"Sir, are we going back?"
Captain Leng Yu asked.
Long Chen smiled and said: "I'm back. You can't be too greedy. You've done your best this time."
The soldier behind him smiled and said, "Yes, there are so many valuable things in the palace."
Almost every soldier has a box full of gold, silver and jewelry.
This trip was tiring and rewarding.
"When we go back, we can brag about it forever!"
"That is, I robbed Shi Le's palace, and I also sat on Shi Le's throne."
"I set the fire. I burned down his palace."
Because the battle went smoothly, I was not tired from the long-distance attack, but felt more energetic.
Long Chen saw that morale was booming and ordered everyone to speed up.
The war horses advanced along the official road and finally arrived in front of a mountain.
"Crossing this mountain is the Ape Roaring Valley."
Long Chen had already thought of a retreat path when he set out.
This road can only be crossed on foot by a small group of troops. The cavalry cannot pass at all, and large troops cannot cross it either.
"Everyone dismounted and marched on foot."
Long Chen was the first to come down, and the war horse was left on the spot.
Bai Tingting and Leng Yu dismounted, and the others picked up their boxes, weapons, and food.
When everyone climbed up the ridge, they saw the iron kites coming from the west, led by the general Kong Jing.
"Sir, look, Kongji is an old bald donkey."
Bai Tingting pointed at the foot of the mountain and smiled.
Long Chen took out his telescope and saw Kong Ji lying on the horse's back, and the iron kite behind him was exhausted.
"Let's go and ignore him."
Long Chen led the soldiers down the mountain, entered the Ape Roaring Valley, and then headed north back to Jade Buddha Pass.
At the bottom of the mountain, Kong Ji watched Long Chen run away.
"Uncle, do you want to go up the mountain to chase me?"
Hong Zheng was a little unwilling and finally caught up with him this time, only to watch Long Chen run away.
"Beyond this mountain is the Ape Roaring Valley, where Long Chengen killed Li Chengtong and three powerful Martial Emperors last year."
Hong Zheng was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat and did not dare to talk about the pursuit.
"Then let's... go back?"
Monk Kongji sighed: "What a good thief, he is really difficult to deal with!"
After collecting Long Chen's five hundred horses, Monk Kongji went to Panhe Palace.
When we got to the bottom of the mountain, we saw a fierce fire on the mountain and thick smoke billowing from the mountain.
Shi Le was ordering 200,000 troops to put out the fire, but the fire was so fierce that most of the palace was burned down to ashes.
"Kings..."
Kongji saw Shi Le who looked ashen as death.
"Caught up?"
"We caught up, but Long Chengen climbed over the mountain, entered the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and ran away again..."
Shi Le sneered: "It's ridiculous that 500 of us, 250,000 people, are leading us by the nose!"
Monk Kongji was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to answer.
By nightfall, the fire was finally extinguished.
Shi Le and Kong Ji walked on the ruins of the palace, feeling heavy.
"When the Jade Buddha Pass is destroyed, let the Eastern Zhou Dynasty pay compensation to rebuild the palace!"
Kong Ji's words comforted Shi Le.
"Yes, if you break the Jade Buddha Pass and let them rebuild it, all the people and money will come from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty!"
Shi Le cursed fiercely.
"This time, I will personally conquer the Jade Buddha Pass with my chariot!"
Shi Le immediately ordered to advance to Jade Buddha Pass.
The army was exhausted and everyone was tired, but no one dared to say anything.
Shi Le is angry, whoever says it is unlucky.
Lu Qichang had no choice but to gather his troops again and fight to the Jade Buddha Pass overnight.
At midnight, the army marched forward holding torches.
Shi Le and Kong Ji were walking slowly in front, but their horses could not move.
"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the north, saying that the barbarian Chanyu Tuzhi led 200,000 troops to kill Xingqing City."
Lu Qichang suddenly received a battle report from the northern city.
Shi Le was shocked and read the battle report. It was a message sent by Fei Ying, the magistrate of the northern county, saying that 200,000 barbarian troops entered Xixia from Yuncheng, broke through the county seat, and were attacking in the direction of Xingqing City.
"This thief, it turns out that his real target is Xingqing City!"
Shi Le suddenly realized.
After Long Chen entered Xixia, he seemed to be running around everywhere, but his final goal was Xingqing City.
First, they made a big fuss in the hinterland, allowing Shi Le to mobilize in full force, then they attacked and destroyed the important border defense town of Yuncheng, creating convenience for the barbarians to march. Finally, they escaped the pursuers and went all the way south to burn down the Panhe Palace.
At this time, Shi Le's army pursued Panhe again. The north and Xingqing City were empty, and the barbarian army could march straight in.
"National Master, didn't you expect it at all?"
Shi Le was surprised that Kong Ji was an idiot, and he didn't expect it at all.
"The poor monk... The poor monk didn't expect this thief to be so cunning, he actually..."
Only then did Monk Kongji discover Long Chen’s true purpose.
"Let's go back to the army!"
Shi Le had no choice but to lead his troops back to Xingqing City to defend.
If the capital is captured, Xixia's face will be completely lost.
Monk Kongji secretly complained and ordered Tie Yaozi to follow Shi Le back.
Kongji knew that he should return to Jade Buddha Pass to defend himself. This was the right choice.
Long Chen asked the barbarian army to attack Xingqing City, creating a situation in which the Xixia capital was captured, and then sent troops out of Jade Buddha Pass. Xixia lost this battle.
However, Shi Le has become angry several times. If he does not follow Shi Le back, he will not be able to survive in Xixia.
Knowing that it was a mistake to go back to Xingqing City, Kongji had no choice but to do so. This is the most vicious thing.
Falling into the little thief’s trick again!
Kong Ji secretly ordered Hong Zheng to return to Jade Buddha Pass and tell Monk Deshan to stabilize the camp and never fight Long Chen.
After receiving the order, Hong Zheng quietly left the team and went to Jade Buddha Pass.
....
Long Chen came out of Ape Roar Valley and arrived at Xifeng City.
After asking Tian Liang for a war horse, Long Chen quickly returned to Jade Buddha Pass.
Emperor Lingyi led everyone out to greet him.
"Finally we are back, we were worried to death!"
There were 500 people when we set out, and more than 450 people came back. Emperor Lingyi was surprised that the losses were so small.
“I’m back, and I’m fully satisfied!”
Long Chen pointed at the soldiers behind him. Each of them was carrying a box.
Di Lingyi was surprised: "Where did you get so many treasures?"
