In March, Marquis Jing'an returned to the capital from the northern border, and he brought back a grassland man.

Marquis Jing'an led his men directly into the palace.

The grassland man saluted to Emperor Yongxing and said, "Durman greets His Majesty the Yongning Kingdom."

Emperor Yongxing looked at the man in front of him and asked, "Do you have a token of trust?"

Duerman took out a jade pendant from his bosom and said, "This is the jade pendant of the Yema family, representing the head of the Yema family. I think His Majesty the King of Yongning should know something about it."

The chief eunuch presented the jade pendant in Duerman's hand to Emperor Yongxing.

Emperor Yongxing looked at it carefully and nodded, then returned the jade pendant to Duerman.

Duerman asked: "Your Majesty, how can you prove that the child you are talking about is my nephew?"

Emperor Yongxing said, "Wait a moment, I will send someone to bring him here."

Emperor Yongxing sent someone to call Daoxu over. When Duerman saw Daoxu, he knew without any other proof that the child in front of him was his nephew.

It is said that nephews look like their uncles, and Daoxu and Duerman are indeed somewhat similar.

However, Emperor Yongxing still took out two jade pendants and gave them to Duerman, "This one belongs to your sister, and the other one is from Daoxu, take a look and see if they are correct."

Duerman took the jade pendants. One of the jade pendants had the word "Ya" on it. This was the jade pendant of Duerman's sister.

There is also a jade pendant with the word "Tai" on it. This is a jade pendant from Daoxu.

Duer's eyes were red, he tightly grasped the jade pendant in his hand, and shouted in a low voice from his throat: "Ya..., Ya..."

Duerman then looked at Daoxu again, his voice choking, "Altai, Nahazi finally found you..."

Daoxu was a little confused at first, but when he heard Duerman's shout, he understood who the person in front of him was.

Emperor Yongxing said, "Daoxu, he is your uncle. He was found by someone in the grassland."

Duerman hugged Daoxu tightly in his arms and patted Daoxu's back hard, almost patting him away.

"Now that you are well, your Echige and Eji can rest in peace..."

Duerman let go of Daoxu, then bowed to Emperor Yongxing and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for taking care of my nephew over the years. Duerman is grateful!

Your Majesty, can you tell me where my sister is buried? I would like to go and see her."

Emperor Yongxing nodded, "I'll have someone take you there."

Durman went to pay homage to his sister, and then went into the palace to discuss some matters with Emperor Yongxing.

Three days later, Duerman put his big hands on Daoxu's shoulders and said, "Altai, stay here first. Wait for Nahachi to go back and take care of things, and then I will take you home."

Daoxu was actually quite willing to stay in Yongning. He grew up here, had friends and brothers here, and this was his hometown.

But ever since Emperor Yongxing told him his life story, he knew that one day he would leave here, but he didn't know how soon that day would come.

Daoxu just nodded and said, "Yeah, uncle, go and do your work first."

After Duerman left, Daoxu's mental state became a little bad, and he seemed to have no energy every day.

One day, he found Zhang Xinyue alone and asked, "Daoning, if I go back to the grassland, would you like to go to the grassland with me?"

Zhang Xinyue said: "Okay, then I'll ask Daohe and my cousin to come over to your house and play together."

Daoxu was pleasantly surprised when he heard Zhang Xinyue agree to it, but when he heard Zhang Xinyue say that she would invite Daohe and her cousin to come along, Daoxu felt a little disappointed. But he still had a smile on his face, "Okay, you all can come to my house to visit then."

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April soon arrived and the weather became warmer again.

Under the various persuasion and urgings of the Duke of Wei on the Tibetan envoys, the Tibetan king once again sent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and some food and fodder.

As soon as the silver and food arrived, the Tibetan envoy gnashed his teeth and asked the Duke of Wei: "General, can we send the army out now?"

Duke Wei smiled and said, "Of course, the Tibetan king is very sincere. This general is very pleased."

Duke Wei then ordered in front of the Tibetan envoys: "Notify them and march out immediately."

Upon hearing the order from Wei, the Tubo envoy finally smiled.

But he couldn't laugh for long before he stopped laughing.

The army did set out, but instead of advancing, it turned around and retreated.

The Tibetan envoy loudly questioned the Duke of Wei, "General, what do you mean? Why are the troops retreating?"

The Duke of Wei's smiling face suddenly changed. He stared at the Tibetan envoy fiercely and said, "When two armies are fighting, envoys should not be killed. I will spare your life. Go back and tell the King of Tibet that you are too naive to play tricks on our emperor."

The Tibetan envoy was shocked, "You...you..."

Duke Wei snorted, "Humph, we've seen through your little tricks. Tell the King of Tubo to clean his neck and wait for me."

The Duke of Wei ignored the Tibetan envoy and led his army back to the border town.

In June, Tubo and the grassland simultaneously sent troops to attack Yongning State, with Tubo sending 400,000 troops and the grassland sending 500,000 troops.

The Duke of Wei and the Marquis of Jing'an both stayed in the border town and refused to leave.

In front of the Tibetan army were rows of catapults, and they wanted to use them to attack the city walls.

When the Tubo army led by Duke Wei was approaching the city and was less than a hundred feet away, at a command, the heavy crossbows on the city wall fired thick arrows, knocking the Tubo army under the city to the ground.

The Tibetan army retreated immediately, and the catapults had no time to withdraw, so they all threw down.

The Duke of Wei did not lead his troops out of the city to pursue, but just held his ground.

The arrows of a powerful crossbow have a range of up to one mile and are extremely lethal, but their manufacturing cost is very high and they cannot be used all the time. They can only be used to intimidate the enemy at critical moments.

As long as the enemy's catapults dare not approach, it will not be easy for them to rely on numbers to attack the city.

The same thing happened to Marquis Jing'an. He used powerful crossbows to intimidate the grassland army so that they did not dare to approach, and they could only attack head-on.

Marquis Jing'an and Duke Wei are not afraid of a direct attack from the Tibetans and the grassland people. The casualties in a siege are at least three to one or five to one, depending on how many people from the Tibetans and the grasslands can fill the gap.

Yongning State currently has sufficient food and military funds, so they can afford it.

The Tibetan grassland people only tried to attack once and did not attack the city again. They were making large shields to resist the powerful crossbows of Yongning Kingdom.

The Duke of Wei and the Marquis of Jing'an were also busy, and had their people working hard to make arrows.

He also asked people to prepare kerosene and stones and move them to the city walls, waiting for the enemy to attack the city.

This is a war of attrition, and it depends on who can outlast whom.