Chapter 667 Bao Zhong is still loyal
Zhang Shuye invited Renduo Baozhong to meet in the name of negotiating the demarcation of the two countries. Of course, Baozhong could not refuse. This was a good thing he wanted!
In the current situation, even if the Song people want to get the Ancient Bone Dragon City, Renduo Baozhong will burn high incense and thank the Buddha...
The meeting place between the two sides was in a shallow on the Haoya River southeast of the ancient bone dragon city. The two arrived at the riverside under the escort of cavalry, and then rode alone to the middle of the shallow to negotiate face to face.
Renduo Baozhong rode on the horse in a tall figure. Although he did not carry any weapons, he wore a pair of Qingtang wart armor, which looked majestic.
Zhang Shuye, who met him, was wearing a civil servant's clothes and did not carry weapons. However, his body was also burly and had the murderous aura he had developed in the Northwest Army for a long time. He looked more like a general rather than a civil servant.
"I am the official in charge of Lanzhou, Zhang Shuye, who is the person who comes to command the army?"
Zhang Shuye looked at Renduo Baozhong who was riding a horse opposite and asked knowingly.
"A certain family is Renduo Baozhong." Renduo Baozhong can also speak Chinese, and Zhang Shuye, who has been in the northwest for a long time, can fully understand it.
Renduo Baozhong continued: "I was ordered to station troops in Gugu Long City, not to start a provocation, but to avoid the war affecting our country."
"Your country?" Zhang Shuye sneered, "Have Renduo forgotten that Qian Shun had been granted the title of King Xiping of the Song Dynasty and the governor of Dingnan Army?"
"Zhang Zhizhou," Renduo Baozhong looked at Zhang Shuye with an unhappy expression and frowned, "My Dabai Gaoguo has been established for more than 60 years, and the king of the country was only in his name."
"Is that true?" Zhang Shuye continued to sneer, "Don't you know that the military commander is willing to accept such a name?"
Renduo Baozhong's face changed drastically, and he looked at Zhang Shuye: "Zhang Zhizhou, what do you mean?"
Zhang Shuye said lightly: "I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, heard that the commander-in-chief is good at ease in the Qiang people. Because Qingtang is far away and difficult to control, I want to ask the commander-in-chief to serve as the lord of Qingtang City of the Song Dynasty, to know the affairs of Shanzhou, and to be hereditary and substitute!"
What? The Lord of Qingtang City, knows the affairs of Shanzhou, and is still hereditary and rebellious?
Renduo Baozhong's heart beats rapidly! Qingtang City is surrounded by fertile soil, and Qinghai is even more flat, with abundant water and grass, and it is suitable for farming and herds. It is much better than the broken places such as Karochuan and Renduoquan City.
In the past, Li Yuanhao coveted Qing Tang Fushu and led his troops to fight for it. As a result, he was defeated by Ye Siluo by defending the city and guerrilla warfare. After that, Xixia had no chance to take over Qing Tang again. Unexpectedly, the Song Dynasty court actually took out Qing Tang City to win over Ren's many families! It really cost a lot!
However, many families of Ren have been famous families in the Great Bai Kingdom for generations and have been deeply loved by the country. There are still many children in the clan who are officials in Xingqing Prefecture...
"How is it?" Zhang Shuye smiled, "Is this condition good enough? Is the military commander willing to surrender to our dynasty?"
Will there be a fight if you don’t surrender? Renduo Baozhong glanced at the Song army camp not far away with his eyes. The camp was still not very strong, but the troops stationed there were more than twice as many as they were at the beginning!
Renduo Baozhong withdrew his gaze, looked coldly at Zhang Shuye, who was smiling opposite him, and then nodded stiffly: "Zhang Zhizhou, I have long wanted to surrender. However, after all, our clan has received national favors from the country... It will take some time to make arrangements."
"Is that true?" Zhang Shuye refused to comment.
Renduo Baozhong said again: "If the magistrate is trustworthy, let the magistrate lead the troops to retreat to Renduoquan City, which is the old nest of my Renduo clan. It is next to Qingtang City. As long as you can rectify it, you can join the clan for one month at most."
Renduo Baozhong's words seemed reasonable. Although he was the patriarch of the Renduo family, he had no absolute authority because he had always defeated the war. If he wanted to betray the clan, he had to convince other elders in the clan to recall their children who were officials in Xingqing Prefecture as much as possible. Renduoquan City is the settlement of Renduo family, and many elders in the clan live there, and Renduobaozhong's family is also in Renduoquan City.
"So great," Zhang Shuye smiled, "Then we will meet again tomorrow, and we will swear to make a covenant. How about the Renduo family handing over the hostages?"
"Okay!" Renduo Baozhong focused his attention, "One word is determined!"
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"submission?"
"Ren Duo guarantees loyalty to surrender?"
"So refreshing?"
"I'm afraid of fraud?"
"There must be a fraud!"
Among the commanders in the Song army camp, Tong Guan, Gao Yongnian and Gao Qiu were all surprised to hear that Renduo Baozhong was going to surrender.
Gao Qiu's face was the ugly one. His brothers stretched their necks and waited to go into battle to cut their heads. Why did they surrender?
The credit he received was almost gone! Moreover, Zhang Shuye used Qing Tang City, which was fought in blood and the Dragon Martyrs in front of the palace to win over Renduo Baozhong...
Zhang Shuye's eyes swept across the faces of the three of them, and then he laughed: "Whether Renduo Baozhong is a scam, you can tell if he tries it."
Renduo Baozhong agreed so happily, and Zhang Shuye also found it suspicious.
"How to try?" Gao Qiu interrupted.
Uncle Zhang glanced at Gao Qiu and frowned slightly. This guy was a bit domineering! After all, he was a military officer of low rank, but he was only equivalent to the level of a general, but he didn't take Tong Guan at all. Gao Yongnian and himself even took him seriously...
Tong Guan didn't care at all, and even made a suggestion with a smile: "Tonight, Yumazhi and Yulong Mengshizhi drove away, and drove northwest along the Haoya River. He rushed to the front of Renduo Baozhong to block his retreat, and he had to surrender."
"Okay! Just do it!" Gao Qiu smiled, "A man in a certain family is so anxious that he can finally get into battle to cut off the Western thief's head."
A proud soldier!
Zhang Shuye frowned. He knew Gao Qiu's background very well. Although he was also involved in the Gao family's generals, he did not know the soldiers and had never been involved in the Kaifeng Imperial Army. He was just Su Dongpo, Wang Sheng and the current officials in the official family. He was lucky to win a great victory because he brought a strong soldier that gathered the elites of the world and met a few stupid opponents. However, it was a bit unreasonable to be so proud and domineering. It was not a good thing for the country or himself!
"Dutong Gao, what do you think?" Tong Guan asked Gao Yongnian, who was the commander of the Xihe Army, with a smile.
Gao Yongnian said: "Give me some family a hand to take 2,000 light cavalry first. Renduo Baozhong asked the Wen family members from the ancient bone dragon city to leave first... A family could take people to travel from the west bank of the Haoya River, pick up the group of old and weak Wen family, and use the Wen family to block Renduo Baozhong. The commander and Gao Du led the knights in front of the hall and the dragon warriors to pursue from behind, and they would definitely defeat Renduo Baozhong."
This guy is vicious enough!
Zhang Shuye was also a civil servant in the army for a long time. How could he not understand Gao Yongnian’s plan? This guy wanted to go around to the front of the Wen family and use his sword to drive the Wen family to attack Renduo Baozhong’s army.
The roads on both sides of the Haotu River are very narrow and easily congested. To block the 20,000 to 30,000 troops of Renduo Baozhong, it is not necessary to use house slaves and warriors, and the same is true for using civilians from the Wen family's Fan tribe.
As long as there are 10,000 or 20,000 people who are dragging their families, pulling big carts, carrying luggage, and even running away in fear and colliding with Renduo Baozhong's soldiers. If Renduo Baozhong has thousands of knights with red eyes behind him, the warrior... At that time, Renduo Baozhong will not be able to surrender.
Zhang Shuye was a little sympathetic to Renduo Baozhong and the women and children of the Wen family.
However, Zhang Shuye was still very clear about the principle that ci was not in charge of soldiers! So he wisely chose to pretend to be confused.
Zhang Shuye smiled and said to Gao Qiu: "Shi Yan, my family will be with you. How about we protect our entire life from behind? "
"Okay!" Gao Qiu smiled, "Sliced his head hard and killed Ren Duo into a 'small person', so he dared not surrender!"
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"Send the order to prepare seven days of dry food, all of which will be distributed to the soldiers, and we will deport tonight!"
At the same time, Rendo Baozhong was also arranging a large army to set off and retreat while the night was falling! Rendo Baozhong was indeed loyal, at least not yet at the point where he had to rebel.
Although Qingtang City is good, Renduo Baozhong is also a major official who was favored by the Emperor of Xixia. His son is still an official in Xingqing Prefecture. How could he be willing to betray the country easily? Even if he wants to treason the country and surrender to the enemy, he has to make a good plan.
Besides, although he was a defeated general who had been beaten, the Song army was not very good at fighting an annihilation war. Therefore, Renduo Baozhong was always defeated and was defeated many times, but he did not lose all his capital. Therefore, he did not feel that there would be any disastrous consequences for a battle with the Song army.
"An Zhong," Renduo Baozhong called his confidant An Zhong, and said to him, "You bring 5,000 infantry soldiers behind the palace, and prepare spears, sticks, talismans, caltrops. If the Song people chased him, they must form a formation to fight and advance and retreat slowly. Do you understand?"
"It's okay." Rendo Anzhong responded, and then asked, "Tongjun, what's the matter with the Song people today?"
Renduo Baozhong snorted and winked at the confidant warriors in the hall. The warriors retreated knowingly. Baozhong lowered his voice and said, "The Song people wanted to surrender us, saying that they wanted to give Qingtang City to our family."
"Qingtang City?" Rendo Anzhong stared at Baozhong with his eyes, "Really, is it true?"
"Who knows? The Song people are very cunning!" Renduo Baozhong shook his head, "But the ancient bone dragon city cannot be stayed, so he has to retreat to Suzi Mountain (where Renduo Spring City is located) before talking about it."
"Return to Mount Suzi... I won't be Zhuoluo City?" Renduanzhong asked again.
Of course he wanted Qingtang City, and his son was not qualified to be a hostage in Xingqing Mansion. Moreover, Qingtang City is a relatively safe foundation. If the Renduo family is managed, they can become kings on the banks of Qinghai! And if they continue to stay in the Xixia camp, the Renduo family can only serve as consumables for Song Xia's military battles. Moreover, Xixia is now withering the great clan and the royal family is dominant. As the leader of the Renduo family, I don't know when I will follow the footsteps of the destroyed Dangxiang wealthy families, and I will still be at peace with the peace of mind in Qingtang City...
Chapter completed!