Tan Shihuai leaned against a dead tree, tied the horse aside, and sat panting, thinking about how to survive this dangerous situation. It was not that he had never encountered such a dangerous situation before. When he was young, he also had times when he ran away alone, but every time, he was able to avoid danger. Therefore, although he felt a little sad, he was not desperate.
As long as he can reach the Xianbei tribe alive, he can make a comeback.
Although he may not be able to command the army and command operations again, this time he has eliminated Zhang Huan, a serious enemy and severely damaged Liangzhou. It will definitely be much easier for Helian to make a comeback in the future. He was thinking in his heart. At this time, suddenly, the sound of horse hoofbeats was heard outside the woods. Tan Shihuai was shocked and stood up quickly, pulled out a long knife from his waist, and looked forward fiercely.
Not long after, several panicked figures galloped in on horseback from outside the woods.
Those people saw Tan Shihuai and quickly dismounted. The person who came was none other than Si Fu, the leader of eastern Xianbei. Si Fu got off his horse and walked up to Tan Shi Huai. He bowed heavily and said excitedly: "Your Majesty!", Tan Shi Huai was also a little excited and helped him up, murmuring: "Are you still alive??" Sifu lamented: "That day, the Han army came fiercely, and I led some close friends to break out from the east."
"I bypassed several groups of Han army scouts, and then I remembered this hiding place!"
He said helplessly: "There are Han army scouts all around. Duan Xi is looking for our whereabouts. In the past few days, he has captured a lot of people from the same clan and executed them all, leaving no one alive...", he said A little trembling, obviously frightened by Duan Xi's atrocities, Tan Shihuai heard this and said with some disdain: "Liangzhou is so vast, it will not be easy for him to find us!"
"Then does your Majesty have any plans to allow us to evacuate safely?"
"Not yet, just camp here and rest for a while! Let these subordinates try to break out and see if they can contact Helian and ask him to send people to rescue us!" Tan Shihuai said , Sifu was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.
Tan Shihuai closed his eyes and began to rest.
Si Fu walked out slowly, waved his hand, and summoned his confidants. He whispered: "The king wants us to break out of the encirclement and find that idiot He Lian. Which of you is willing to go?" The subordinates looked a little unhappy. Yue said: "Not to mention whether we can escape alive under the siege of the Han army, even if we can find Helian, what is the use of him? He has no guts to come to Liangzhou to rescue Tanshihuai!"
"The man from Tanshihuai is old and fatuous, and God is punishing him. Think about it, if it weren't for God's will, why would our fellow tribesmen become seriously ill when they attacked Guzang, and were unable to resist Duan Xi? This is all to blame Tan Shi Huai!"
"Chief, why don't we tie up Tan Shihuai and hand it over to Duan Xi? We'll kill Zhang Huan. He's the one who attacked Liangzhou, so what does it have to do with us?"
"We gave the Tanshihuai to Duan Xi and asked him to let us go. From now on, we are willing to serve the Han Dynasty, just like the Wuhuan and the Xiongnu. Why not?" a subordinate continued.
Si Fu narrowed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and looked ferocious. After thinking for a moment, he stood up and walked slowly in front of Tan Shihuai. As soon as Tan Shihuai opened his eyes, Si Fu rushed over. , kicked Tan Shihuai in the abdomen. Tan Shihuai screamed and fell to the ground. Sifu and the others immediately stepped forward and restrained Tan Shihuai tightly!
"What are you going to do?! Let me go!!" Tan Shihuai yelled angrily.
Si Fu looked at him coldly and said: "Tan Shihuai, you are just leading the soldiers. You stay here and watch Yi Zhuo, Qi Li and his chin die in battle. I don't understand why you killed us for that good-for-nothing son." Are these leaders who have worked hard for you all their lives worth it?"
"What are you talking about?" Tan Shihuai asked.
"What am I talking about? You know very well that you, an old thief, in the name of attacking Liangzhou, want to kill our three leaders for your son so that he can successfully succeed to the throne, right? Haha, the position of Wolf King, It was not inherited by his son, but by the bravest wolf in the pack after him! Have you forgotten even this after reading some Han Chinese books?"
Tan Shihuai was silent for a moment, sneered and said, "I am a hero, but I never thought that I would die in the hands of a villain like you!"
"I will not kill you. I am not qualified. I will hand you over to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty and let him kill you!"
Sifu then blocked Tanshihuai's mouth with a piece of cloth, then took him out of the woods and walked directly to the official road. Sure enough, not long after, they were surrounded by Han army scouts. Sifu Fu shouted: "We have brought Tan Shi Huai for General Duan!!" He pointed at the bound old man and shouted, but the Han army did not understand what he meant.
He didn't understand Chinese either, so Si Fu gestured anxiously. Suddenly, a man came up slowly on horseback, looked at him, and asked in Xianbei dialect: "Did you bring Tan Shi Huai?" Si Fu said hurriedly. : "Yes, I am Xifu, the leader of the eastern Xianbei. I, General Wei Duan, have brought Tanshihuai. We, Xianbei, are willing to surrender and become vassals of the Han Dynasty!"
The person who came was none other than Qierikai. After he ordered the remaining Qiang soldiers to take care of the Xianbei people, he came to help the Han army search Tanshihuai, because most of the Han army were soldiers of the Southern Army, and the Southern Army had never been to Liangzhou. , I don’t know the terrain here, but Cheli is a local. He has been herding horses in Liangzhou all year round. He is very familiar with various places, so he came to help. At this moment, when he saw Si Fu and Tan Shihuai, he was even more angry. burn.
The Han army scout looked at the white-haired old man who was tightly bound, covered in wounds, frowned, and asked, "What is he talking about?"
Cheriza stared at Tan Shihuai closely and said, "He said that this is how he tied up General Zhang and killed him with his own hands!"
The Han army scout was furious. He stared at Si Fu angrily and asked, "Do you want to die?"
Sifu looked at Chelishe, who said, "They asked you if it was true."
When Si Fan heard this, he quickly smiled and nodded.
The Han army scout suddenly waved the long knife in his hand. Si bowed in fear, his head flying high, and his frightened and puzzled expression was frozen on his face. He still never figured out why, Han The army wanted to kill him, and the Han army's scouts came forward one after another. These close people did not even have time to escape, so they were killed one after another, leaving only Tan Shihuai.
Cheri got off his horse, walked slowly in front of Tan Shihuai, and punched him on the bridge of the nose.
The bridge of Tan Shihuai's nose was instantly broken, and he fell down in pain. Qierize grabbed his hair again, pulling out several strands of white hair, and beat Tan Shihuai continuously with his other hand, directly pressing him on his body. , firing their bows left and right, the old Tan Shihuai was beaten with blood all over his face, and the Han soldiers were also a little confused. What was going on? They quickly stopped Cheri!
"This thief is Tan Shihuai!!"
"I'm going to kill him with my own hands!! I'm going to kill him!!"
Cherizu roared angrily and kicked Tanshihuai on the forehead again. Tanshihuai almost fainted. Upon hearing this, the Han army scouts immediately stopped Cherizuo and took Tanshihuai away directly.
Still roaring on the spot, Tan Shihuai turned his head and stared at him, his eyes full of hatred and anger. The scout on the side suddenly punched him in the abdomen, and blood came out of the corner of Tan Shihuai's mouth.
"I am a soldier from the North Army, you old dog!" the scout whispered in his ear.