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"I'm afraid even the grassland tribes could cause the Western Xia to gradually decline."
"If Li Qianshun agrees to return the Han people,"
"Then there must be a trap."
Zhao Yuan nodded and said, "I only have suspicions."
"Firearms are like divine thunder to uncivilized barbarians,"
"For the Western Xia people, it was just a powerful firearm."
"Although our Great Liang is invincible,"
"But in the Central Plains, it hasn't reached the point where people would surrender at the mere mention of its name,"
"Not to mention the Western Xia."
Lu Zhishen said, "We'll know whether it's a scam or not by seeing if Li Qianshun agrees tomorrow."
Xu Guanzhong laughed and said, "I'm afraid Li Qianshun's army will arrive tonight."
Lu Zhishen stroked his bald head and said, "Are the Western Xia people going to attack the camp?"
Zhao Yuan nodded and said, "That's probably true."
"The Western Xia are using their appeasement tactics to lull us into complacency,"
"Then a night raid,"
"Don't you realize that these are all tricks our ancestors used to play?"
Lu Zhishen laughed and said, "I'll grant your command."
"He led his troops to lie in ambush outside the stockade."
Wu Song also said, "This humble general is willing to lead his troops to ambush outside the camp."
Chapter 1854 To Bet or Not
Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "Alright."
"Then you two, one on the left and one on the right,"
"Ambushing outside the village,"
"When the cannon in the village fired,"
"You should cut off the Western Xia people from both sides."
Zhu Wu nodded and said, "We can also ambush another troop of soldiers at the Western Xia stronghold."
"Let's just plunder the Western Xia stronghold as well."
Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "Let's leave this task to Zhang Qing and Lu Junyi."
"They should be in Deshun Army by now."
Xu Guanzhong said, "If you want to capture Li Qianshun..."
"I'm afraid we'll have to ambush another force to the west."
"Li Qianshun probably won't personally come to raid the camp,"
"Perhaps we have an ambush on our side,"
He fled in panic.
Yang Zhi immediately replied, "This humble general is willing to go to the west to ambush them."
Shi Bao also chimed in, "This humble general is also willing to go."
Li Ying, Li Congji, and Sun Li were naturally not to be outdone.
Capture the king of an enemy country.
This kind of glory is exactly what military generals pursue.
This kind of opportunity is also very rare.
Many military generals may never have such an opportunity in their entire lives.
Even Zhong Shidao was tempted to speak up.
However, he didn't have many soldiers under his command.
They also cannot complete this task independently.
Although if I go with other people,
He must be the commander.
But it was blatant attempt to steal credit.
He wouldn't stoop to doing such a thing.
Han Shizhong and Liu Qi both looked interested.
However, both of them were short of troops.
Moreover, he lacks the necessary qualifications.
Zhao Yuan looked at the five people and smiled.
"I'd love to do this job,"
"How about this, you draw lots,"
"Lu Zhishen and Wu Song,"
Are you going to arrest them or not?
Lu Zhishen shook his head and said,
"Since I said we'd ambush outside the stronghold,"
"Then let's ambush them outside the village."
Wu Song also said, "I won't arrest them either."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yuan
So he made five slips of paper.
One of them had the character "Li" written on it.
Then crumple them all into balls.
I shook it in my hand for a while.
Then he spread his hands and laughed.
"Come on, whoever draws the character 'Li' on their name,..."
"I wish him luck in catching Li Qianshun tonight."
Yang Zhi and his four companions looked at each other.
Everyone wanted to be the first to act.
To avoid being captured by others,
But then again, the chances of getting the right answer out of five seem slim.
They also hope that others will grab a few empty ones first.
Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "Let's proceed according to the order in which you spoke."
"Yang Zhi is first, Shi Bao is second,"
"Li Ying is third, Li Congji is fourth, and Sun Li is fifth."
The five men watched as the king gave his order.
Then he no longer hesitated.
Yang Zhi was the first to come up.
I looked at the five crumpled pieces of paper, all of which were roughly the same size.
I could only choose one at random.
It opened but was blank.
"Not selected".
Yang Zhi smiled helplessly and stepped aside.
Shi Bao made his second choice, but he wasn't selected either.
Li Ying went up, but was still not selected.
"Choosing between two options shouldn't be difficult,"
"But seeing the results for the three of you,"
"I just don't think I'll get a chance to choose."
Li Congji went up with a smile.
Pick up a crumpled piece of paper and unfold it.
It really is just a blank IOU.
Seeing this, Lu Zhishen laughed heartily.
"I thought Sun Li had absolutely no chance,"
"I never expected him to win without a fight."
Zhao Yuan looked doubtful.
"Could it be that the note I wrote on earlier has fallen?"
"General Sun, open this note and take a look."
Sun Li naturally knew that Zhao Yuan was joking.
Step forward and open the note.
Naturally, it contains the character "Li".
Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "Alright,"
"The truth has come out."
"Everyone, go and prepare."
The night is like ink,
The sky was like the bottom of a pot.
The usually bright moon and twinkling stars have disappeared.
"So dark you can't see your hand in front of your face,"
"It's a perfect day for a night raid."
Li Qianshun led his personal guards on a tour of the camp.
The more than 30,000 soldiers who remained were all fully armored and guarding the camp.
The camp was prepared to defend against an attack from Daliang.
After nightfall, the 60,000-strong army quietly left their camp and headed towards the Liang Kingdom's main camp.
Both Chage and Weiming Anhui were important ministers under Li Qianshun's rule over Western Xia.
He was also a rare talent among the Western Xia royal family.
Both men died at the hands of Liang soldiers.
How could Li Qianshun be willing to retreat?
Although he had previously promised Ayane Yui,
He would retreat if his surprise attack failed.