"General Liu Rengui greets the King of Wu!"
Liu Rengui entered the city, climbed up the city wall, and knelt down on one knee in front of Li Ke.
Clang!
Li Ke pulled out the scimitar from Helian Tienan's waist and placed it on Liu Rengui's shoulder.
Liu Rengui's body trembled.
Li Ke's cold and deep voice sounded,""Liu Rengui, do you know that I want to kill you? Who do you think you are to dare to compete with this king!”
"Do you still want to rely on the twenty thousand soldiers under your control to arm-wrestle with this king for the right to command this Tumen Pass?”
Even with his head lowered, Liu Rengui could feel Li Ke's piercing eyes staring at him.
"Your Highness is a prince, I wouldn't dare to die!”
Li Ke's lips curled up slightly, and a hint of mockery appeared on his face.""How dare you! Since ancient times, those who thought they were talented and capable were all rebellious and craved for greater power. You, Liu Rengui, are one of them!”
"It's a pity that you're too eager!”
"If it wasn't for the fact that you brought 20,000 soldiers and didn't flee with that bastard Li Chengqian, I would have killed you right now!”
Liu Rengui slammed his head on the ground and said loudly,"Thank you for sparing my life, Your Highness!"
"No need to thank me too early." Li Ke snorted coldly." Li Tai will personally go to the city and defend the city with the soldiers in the upcoming battle. You, I'll give you a chance to live."”
"Outside Tumen Pass, there is a fortress on Dadun Mountain. You and the thousand people who entered the city with you will defend it!”
"If nothing unexpected happens, the Tubo people will soon attack Tumen Pass. If you are still alive after the battle, I will not pursue the matter. If you die in battle, I will personally ask for merit for you. Of course, you can go and join the Tubo people.”
"I am willing to leave the city to defend the fortress!”
Li Ke then handed the knife to Helian Tienan.
Liu Rengui's clothes under his armor were already drenched.
He was very sure that not killing him earlier was just an illusion.
If he had any objections to defending the fort and wanted to bargain, Li Ke would definitely cut off his head.
"Get up." After Liu Rengui stood up, Li Ke asked,""Where did my eldest brother, the Crown Prince, escape to?”
"Reporting to the King of Wu, the Crown Prince is not escaping. He is heading to Gaochang and requesting for Gaochang to send troops to attack Tuyuhun from the northwest.”Liu Rengui bowed and replied.
He knew very well that he could not become Li Ke's man.
He was very accurate in his judgment of Li Ke.
Although he looked like a silkpants on the surface and didn't take anything to heart.
However, he was very principled in his heart.
If your character didn't enter his eyes, he would never treat you as a friend. He wouldn't treat you as one of his own just because you were capable and valuable.
Li Ke waved his hand." Go down and rest. Rest in the city for two hours before you leave the city to change your guards."”
"Understood!"
Cheng Chumo watched as Liu Rengui left the city with his loyal 1,000 soldiers. He asked in confusion,"Why didn't big brother just kill him?”
"This person is talented. Just treat him as trash. It's too dangerous for us brothers to guard the fortress. We won't be sad even if we throw a dog out.”
"This person has three sharp blades, what if…" Qin Huaiyu said worriedly.
"I won't." Li Ke waved his hand and said with certainty,"As long as the others are not dead and his own life is in danger, he will definitely not surrender to the Tibetans.”
"This kind of person has an extremely strong desire for fame and fortune. The Tubo barbarians surrendered to Tubo, but their pursuit of power and fame could not be satisfied.”
Liu Rengui's talents did not belong to his brothers. If Liu Rengui was desperate and wanted to surrender, then his brothers might only be able to fight to the death to survive. The two would not have much impact on the overall situation.
"That's why he's in the fortress. I'm very assured that his surrender will be a final decision between life and death.”
There was no need to choose between Liu Rengui or his brother.
As Li Ke turned around and descended from the city wall, he said lightly,""Get ready. It's impossible for Songzan not to notice such a huge commotion on our side. He'll soon realize that the other two armies have been defeated, and Tuyuhun's pursuers will arrive soon.”
"Understood."
Just as Li Ke had guessed.
Four hours later.
The spies who were monitoring Tumen Pass from afar outside Songzan City noticed the commotion in the city.
"The right commander and the middle army of the Tang army have been defeated!”Songzan said excitedly after receiving the news.
Bang!
Then, he slammed his fist on the table and said angrily,"We were deceived by Li Ke again. He must have known the news long ago. He was deliberately tricking us earlier to buy time and wait for the defeated soldiers to enter the city!”
Lu Dongzan sighed helplessly and said,""Zanpu, there's no point in talking now. So what if he gets the scattered troops? He's being attacked from both sides. We'll immediately send troops to Tumen Pass and conquer it in the shortest time possible!”
"Pass on the order!"
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, the Tibetan camp's horn sounded, and the 100,000-strong army formed a flood and pressed toward Tumen Pass.
When Li Ke received the news, he also received the news of the Tuyuhun army.
Close to 150,000 troops, the front and back were the main forces of Tumen Pass.
There were only about 40,000 Tang soldiers in the city.
There were also 6,000 elites of Helian tribe.
After the defeated soldiers entered the city, Li Ke became more confident. He left 3,000 Helian troops in the barracks to monitor the situation while the other 3,000 scattered into the army.
Moreover, he had a firm grip on the Helian Clan nobles in the city, so he was not worried.
Tumen Pass was on the verge of a war.
Dafei Chuan's battle was also very intense.
"Why did you retreat again!"
Li Shi Min asked angrily as he watched the soldiers retreat from the mountain.
" Your Majesty," Li Jing said helplessly," the soldiers of Longyou Prefecture have not received any special training. They are different from the previous expedition troops.”
"I suggest that in the next wave of attack, half of the soldiers should be sabers and the other half archers. The number of people should not be less than five thousand!”
"According to our contact, there are less than a thousand people on this mountain. If there are five thousand people on each mountain, how many troops do we need?”Li Shi Min frowned.
"Also, it's already been a day, and we haven't even taken down a single mountain. It's already been three days, so how can we conquer Dafei Chuan in seven days?”
"Your Majesty, why don't you set the mountain on fire?" Cheng Yaojin suggested.”
"No." "The Dafei Mountains are continuous. How long will it take to set the mountains on fire?" Qin Qiong shook his head. Once the fire starts, it won't be extinguished in ten days or half a month. Even if we burn the enemy to death, we will still be stopped.”
"Let's follow the Great General's suggestion.”Li Shi Min said helplessly.
After a few moments of silence, he ordered,"Send a letter to Tumen Pass and tell Ke 'er to hold on for another ten days!"”
"Your Majesty, Old Cheng requests to personally lead the troops into the mountain!”Cheng Zhijie was anxious. Only three days had passed, and the time to hold the fort had become ten days.
Ten days later, the three little brats of his Old Cheng Family would probably be completely dead.
"Agreed!"
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