"Everyone, hurry up, or the Song army will catch up." Tuoba Hong shouted to the soldiers following him as he ran forward.

Because none of them were riding horses just now, everyone was running to escape now, but human legs cannot be compared with horses, and Xixia soldiers marched on horses, and running was not theirs.

My strong point is that after running for a certain distance, my legs feel very heavy and my speed slows down.

Tuobahong and the others ran forward for five or six miles in one breath. At this time, they had reached their limit and could hardly breathe. Then they looked back and saw that the Song army was not chasing them, so they stopped to catch their breath.

A few breaths.

"General, why didn't the Song army chase us?" Xiao Xingzhong asked while panting. Tuoba Hong took a few breaths and said intermittently: "I guess they are still encircling other people in the city and have no time to chase us.

Bar."

"General, look, some of our people have escaped from behind." Li Zhen said. Tuoba Hong turned his head and looked behind him, and sure enough, there were three to four hundred soldiers behind him running towards them in different directions.

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Soon, these soldiers ran up to them, and Tuoba Hong asked: "Are there any Song troops chasing behind?"

"No, the Song army is still encircling the brothers in the city and has no time to chase us." The soldier coming from behind gasped.

Tuoba Hong took two more breaths, and then said: "Let's go, this place is still too close to Longwei Prefecture, if the Song Army comes after us, we will be in trouble." Then, he led these people and continued to go.

Run forward.

After running for about three or four miles, there were three forked roads ahead, one going left to Mengying County, one going right to Mengli County, and one going to Yuqiong Prefecture ahead.

But the distance to Yuqiong Prefecture is a bit far, nearly 130 miles, while the distance to Mengying County and Mengli County is only more than 30 miles.

"General, it's too far to go to Yuqiong Prefecture from here. Why don't we go to Mengying or Mengli County to rest temporarily, find some horses, and then go to Yuqiong Prefecture." Xiao Xingzhong said.

Tuoba Hong said: "Meng Ying, the two counties of Meng and Li are too close to Longwei Prefecture. After the Song Army captures Longwei Prefecture, they will definitely send troops to attack these two counties immediately. We have no time to escape, so we

You must not go to these two places."

"But with our two legs, I'm afraid that by the time we get to Yuqiong Prefecture, the Song Army will have already arrived." Li Zhen said.

"If the Song army really reaches Yuqiong Prefecture before us, then we will take a small road, bypass Yuqiong Prefecture to Heiyan Pass, and then go directly to Xingqing Mansion." Tuoba Hong said.

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of shouts came from all directions, making them tremble with fright. Then they hurriedly looked around and saw that they were surrounded by Song troops holding firecrackers.

"General, we are surrounded by the Song Army." Li Zhen said with a trembling voice. At this time, Tuoba Hong's face turned pale with fright, and his hand holding the weapon was trembling. He slowly looked around and saw that there were at least 10 people around him.

There are tens of thousands of Song troops, and with just their current numbers, there is no way they can get out.

"General, what should we do?" Li Zhen asked again. Tuoba Hong was worried and said: "There is no other way now. We can only fight with the Song army. Even if we die, we have to win over them."

Some people will support you." Xiao Xingzhong said: "General, the Song army has more people than us, and we can't defeat them. How about..."

"How about what?" Tuoba Hong turned to look at him and asked, his eyes were very fierce because he had already realized what Xiao Xingzhong wanted to say.

Xiao Xingzhong, who was reading a book, was frightened by Tuoba Hong's fierce eyes. He retracted the words he spoke, but soon thought of their current situation. If they persisted, everyone would die, so he finally stood up

Courage said: "General, we are at the end of our rope now. The only way we can survive is to surrender to the Song army. Why don't we surrender?"

"Shut up!" Tuoba Hong yelled angrily: "We are dignified Xixia generals, how can we surrender to the Song people?"

"General, we are surrounded now. Look at the Song troops around us. We can't do anything to them, so why waste our lives?" Xiao Xingzhong said.

"I would rather die in battle than surrender to these despicable and cowardly Song people." Tuoba Hong said.

"General..."

"Shut up!" Tuoba Hong shouted at Xiao Xingzhong: "If you dare to say anything about surrender again, I will kill you immediately." At this time, Sun An appeared on horseback in the encirclement.

From behind, he shouted to Tuoba Hong and others: "All Xixia soldiers, listen, you have been surrounded by us. If you don't want to die, quickly put down your weapons and surrender. If anyone dares to resist, I will kill him immediately."

"General, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about these brothers. They are all people with families and families. Are you willing to watch them all die here in vain? General, please think twice!" Xiao Xingzhong said again!

said.

"I'll kill you!" Seeing that Xiao Xingzhong was still urging him to surrender despite his own threats, Tuoba Hong shouted loudly, raised the iron gun in his hand and was about to stab him, but before he could stab him with the iron gun

Xiang Xiao Xingzhong, suddenly a knife was stabbed into his lower back and came out directly from the front of his abdomen.

Tuoba Hong lowered his head and looked at the tip of the knife exposed from the front, then slowly turned his head and glanced sideways from behind. It turned out that it was Li Zhen who stabbed him from behind.

"You also... betrayed... Xixia..." Tuoba Hong said intermittently. Li Zhen said: "General, I have an old and a young child at home, and I don't want to die." Tuoba Hong felt that his life was draining away.

He used his last strength to say: "You... traitors from Xixia... will definitely not end well..."

"Maybe, but at least now we want to live." Li Zhen pulled out the knife with force. Tuoba Hong staggered forward two steps, then slowly turned around and picked up the iron gun in his hand, ready to fight Li Zhen.

, at this moment Xiao Xingzhong suddenly swung the big knife in his hand and slashed towards Tuoba Hong's neck.

Because Tuoba Hong was injured, he had no time to dodge, and his head was cut off with a knife. Tuoba Hong's headless body stood upright for about three or five seconds, and then fell to the ground. Li Zhen looked at Xiao Xingzhong, and two

The men looked at each other, then turned around and said to the soldiers behind him: "Are you willing to surrender with us?"

"Yes, yes..." said the soldier following behind.

"Since everyone is willing to surrender with us, then throw the weapons on the ground as General Song Jun said." Li Zhen said.

The soldiers all threw their weapons to the ground, and then Li Zhen and Xiao Xingzhong also threw their weapons to the ground. Then they raised their hands high and shouted to Sun An: "General, we are willing to surrender." Sun An had already seen them throwing Tuoba.

Hong Sha killed, nodded slightly, and then called Xiao Xingzhong and Li Zhen to him and asked: "What are your names and what positions do you hold in Longwei Prefecture?" Xiao Xingzhong said: "The villain's name is Xiao Xingzhong.

The deputy general of Tuoba Hong, the defender of Longwei Prefecture."

"The villain's name is Li Zhen, and he is also Tuoba Hong's deputy general." Li Zhen said. Sun An looked at Tuoba Hong's body over there and asked: "Who was the person you killed?"

"To the general, he is Tuoba Hong." Xiao Xingzhong said. Sun An didn't ask them any more questions, and directly asked them and the soldiers to line up in a row with their hands behind their heads, turned around and walked back.

Xiao Xingzhong, Li Zhen and others did not dare to go against Sun An's wishes, so they lined up in a row and headed towards Longwei Prefecture under the escort of the Song Army.

"Take away the body of the killed general as well." Sun An said to the soldiers around him.

"Yes." The soldier responded, then collected Tuoba Hong's body and took it away. Longwei Prefecture was completely controlled by the Song Army at this time. Hua Ju also entered the city and was going there accompanied by his generals.

He left for the government office in Longwei Prefecture.

After about half an hour, Sun An came and told Hua Ju about the situation. Hua Ju praised him a few words, then asked him to bring Xiao Xingzhong and Li Zhen to him. He looked them up and down and asked.

: "Looking at you, you should be Han Chinese, right?"

"Replying to your lord, the villains are Han Chinese." Li Zhen and Xiao Xingzhong said. Hua Ju nodded lightly and said, "Are you really willing to surrender, or are you pretending to surrender?"

"Young man, I sincerely intend to return to Xiang. I never dare to have any evil intentions." Xiao Xingzhong and Li Zhen both knelt down and kowtowed.

Hua Ju said: "Whether you are sincere or not can only be determined after a test."

"You can test me however you want, the villain will definitely not disappoint you," Li Zhen said.

Hua Ju thought for a moment and said, "Do you know how many guards there are in Yuqiong Prefecture in front of you?" In fact, Hua Juju already had a clear understanding of the situation in Yuqiong Prefecture. The reason why he asked this was just to see Li Zhen and Xiao Xingzhong.

Are you willing to tell the truth?

"I know, there are 30,000 people in total." Li Zhen said before Xiao Xingzhong. Hua Ju, who was reading the book, nodded slightly and said, "Who is the guard in the city?"

"The guard general in the city is Li Hongtai. He has four lieutenants in total, namely Tuo Ba Ling, Xiao Dakui, Li Zongping, and Li Zonglin." Xiao Xingzhong said.

Hua Ju saw that they had exactly the same situation as he had, and then nodded again and said: "Okay, you have passed this first level. I will give you another task next, as long as you can complete this task well.

Well, after Xixia is destroyed in the future, I will report to the emperor to grant you official positions so that your descendants can enjoy the glory and wealth."

"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir." Xiao Xingzhong and Li Zhen quickly kowtowed in thanks.

"You two, don't rush to say thank you. I haven't finished my words yet." Hua Ju said, "If you do it well, you can get a reward, but if you fail to do it or betray us, don't blame me for being rude.

, the day Xixia is destroyed will be the end of you." Xiao Xingzhong said: "Sir, please rest assured, the Tuoba Hong we killed was the nephew of Marshal Tuoba Yezheng of the Left Army, and Tuoba Yezheng knew that we killed him.

His nephew will not let us go, so now the Song Dynasty is our support, betraying the Song Dynasty is tantamount to destroying our livelihood, we will never betray the Song Dynasty."

"As the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven bear witness, from now on we will swear allegiance to the Song Dynasty and will never have any intention towards the Song Dynasty. If there is even half a lie, let us start under the blade of chaos and become a person after death.
Chapter completed!