Chapter 365 News leaked
The reason why I didn't say it at first was because I was worried that the news would leak out.
In the Hehuang area, the Qiang and Tubo people lived together, and there must be people from each other among them.
Now that Tubo is losing ground, no one knows whether there is anyone inside Tubo who is secretly colluding with the Qiang people.
In this case, if the Tubo were told the Song Dynasty's purpose, the news would easily leak out.
However, the leaders of the Tibetan tribes refused to send troops on the grounds that it was dark.
In fact, they were also afraid that the Qiang people would take advantage of their situation and deliberately create chaos to lure them out of the city.
After all, in their opinion, it would not be so easy to rob the Qiang camp.
To put it bluntly, they were frightened by the Qiang people.
Wang Shao was furious, but he had no choice but to send his own troops to support them.
Gu Tingye chose to raid the camp late at night, which was only an hour away from dawn.
When Wang Shao led his troops to a few miles away from the Qiang camp, he received Gu Tingye who was being chased with his remaining troops.
Seeing that the enemy had reinforcements, the pursuing cavalry retreated, fearing a trap.
"Zichun, if you come a little later, I will have to die here."
Gu Tingye was covered in blood and gasping for breath. He threw the spear in his hand to the side and lay down on the ground.
Charging into a camp of more than 100,000 people, even though the enemy was already in chaos, it was exhausting to hold on until now.
Not to mention him, many of the soldiers who escaped with him lay down exhausted.
"General, this place is not far from the Qiang camp. We have to leave quickly. Once the Qiang people react and send troops to pursue us, it will be troublesome." Wang Shao said.
"Yes, let's go!"
Gu Tingye's physical condition was still pretty good and he had recovered a little at this time. He knew he couldn't delay any longer.
Wang Shao quickly ordered his soldiers to help those exhausted soldiers up and retreat.
I finally breathed a sigh of relief after returning to Hezhou City safely.
When he returned to the camp, Wang Shao had already asked people to prepare hot water and meals.
Gu Tingye and his companions simply washed the food and began to eat it voraciously.
Wang Shao was relieved to see that Gu Tingye, Yuan Wenshao and Sheng Changwu were not injured.
Apart from Gu Tingye, the people he was most worried about were these two people.
They are relatives of the emperor's favorite concubine. It would be difficult to explain if anything happened to them.
Originally, he didn't plan to let the two go, but after they insisted, and Gu Tingye nodded, he had no choice but to agree.
Gu Tingye ate some meat and felt recovered. He slowed down his eating and asked, "Have all the Tibetan tribes refused to send troops?"
"That's right!" Wang Shao said angrily, "These people are so short-sighted. If they were willing to send troops, they would be able to hurt the Qiang people this time."
The defeat was like a landslide. Since ancient times, all the battles in which the outnumbered side defeated the larger side, no matter what strategies were used, the essence was to make the enemy chaotic and unable to get effective command.
No matter how elite an army is, it will fall into chaos if it is not effectively commanded.
If the enemy is chasing them, the soldiers will just try to escape and disrupt their own formation.
Even a powerful general would find it difficult to save the situation.
Gu Tingye's raid on the camp has thrown the Qiang camp into complete chaos. As long as Tubo takes the opportunity to send troops, the Qiang will surely suffer heavy losses.
That way it would be much easier to win over the Qiang people.
"It's as expected."
Gu Tingye didn't care at all when he heard this, and smiled: "But this is also a good thing."
"Hmm?" Wang Shao looked at Gu Tingye puzzledly.
"I didn't expect that the Qiang camp was completely unprepared. There wasn't even any horse traps dug around the camp. The Qiang suffered heavy losses during the camp robbery. If the Tibetan tribes sent out troops, they might be able to wipe out the Qiang directly." Gu Tingye said.
"That's a good thing indeed." Wang Shao nodded.
Their goal was to occupy Hehuang, not to completely destroy the Qiang and Tubo.
Otherwise, what's the point of getting a piece of vacant land. "Report!"
At this moment, a soldier came in and saluted, saying, "General, Tubo sent someone to invite you to lie down!"
"They should know that you're back. Please go over and ask about the results of the battle." Wang Shao said.
"Well, I'll go over there now. You write a letter of victory and send someone to deliver it to Bian Jing." Gu Tingye said.
Although they had Zhao Xing's secret order, they must have a battle report after the battle.
"I know, are you just going to go there like this?" Wang Shao asked.
At this time, Gu Tingye had just washed himself simply, and his armor was a little damaged and covered with blood.
"It's a good idea to go this way. It's a good way to scare them so that they don't take us seriously." Gu Tingye sneered.
He was squeezed yesterday, and it was inappropriate for him to get angry right after he arrived.
Now that the camp hijacking was successful, it's time to teach those people a lesson.
"I think the general does not need to be intimidated in this way. The results of the battle are enough. The general can take a look at them and then go after taking a shower and changing clothes." Wang Shao said with a smile.
"What Zichun said makes sense. I'll go take a shower then. It's really uncomfortable to be sticky all over." Gu Tingye laughed.
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In Bian Jing, in the imperial garden of the palace, Zhao Xing was taking a walk with Zhang Guifen.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the envoys from Western Xia will arrive in Bian Jing soon. Your Majesty has not yet named the boy born to Concubine Li." Zhang Guifen reminded.
"Um...oh, yes, I almost forgot about this."
Zhao Xing was thinking about something and came to his senses when he heard this.
It has been almost two months since Li Yunchu gave birth to her child, but she has not yet given him a name.
No matter what, the Xixia envoys should meet Li Yunchu when they arrive this time. If they find out that Li Yunchu has given birth to a child so long ago and doesn't even have a name, they will inevitably take advantage of the situation.
Zhao Xing was not afraid, but it would not be good if the news got out.
"If Your Majesty has something to do, you don't have to accompany me. I can just go for a walk by myself." Zhang Guifen said.
"I'm fine, but I'm a little troubled by my aunt's matter." Zhao Xing sighed.
When the news that Zhu Shiquan was going to be beheaded spread, Sun went to the palace and asked to see Zhao Xing.
After being rejected, she asked to see Zhang Guifen and Concubine Zhu respectively.
With Zhao Xing's order, this news naturally could not be delivered to Zhu.
The result Sun got was that she was not seen, so she knelt outside the palace.
"How about I meet her once and try to persuade her?" Zhang Guifen said.
"never mind!"
Zhao Xing hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "She won't listen to anything I say now, so it's useless to persuade her!"
"But…"
Zhang Guifen was about to say something when a eunuch came jogging over from a distance.
Sanshui went forward, but after hearing what the eunuch said, his face changed and he hurried back.
"His Majesty!"
Sanshui bowed and said, "When Concubine Zhu learned that Minister Zhu was going to be executed, she fainted!"
"What?" Zhao Xing was furious when he heard this and asked, "What does Liu Sanshi do for a living?"
"Your Majesty, calm down!" Zhang Guifen hurriedly advised: "Now is not the time to pursue the matter. We should go and see how our mother is doing first."
"Yes!" Zhao Xing calmed down a little and nodded, "You go back to the palace first, I'll go see my mother."
"I will go with Your Majesty." Concubine Zhang said, "If Mother is angry, I can help to comfort her."
(End of this chapter)