"I'll go for you!"
On the city wall, hearing the noise of "The government invites Dashilinya to a moment", Xiao Wulila whispered to his own king.
“No need.”
Yelu Dashi, who had been lying on the battlements, looking down at the Song army formation for a whole afternoon, suddenly laughed and stood up. "After all, he is the legitimate emperor of Zhao Song, and the most powerful soldier here. I should have gone out of the city to pay him a visit... In fact, if I didn't trust him, I wouldn't have easily crossed over to trap him after knowing that Xingling Land had changed hands... At that time, we handed our lives to him, let alone now? Now he is also the reinforcement we invited by the official clerk, and he is the one who saved our lives this time!"
As he spoke, following Yelu Dashi's signal, several personal guards stepped forward and helped the Western Liao ruler to take off his armor directly on the top of the city wall.
Xiao Wulila thought about it and sighed again: "I'm afraid that the other party is young and hot-tempered, and will force himself to suppress you! The people here may not know that you have already become the Khan in the Western Regions. Even if they know, they will probably pretend not to know. What will happen if they ask you to become their vassal?"
"Yes, so what?" Yelu Dashi, who was wearing a cloth robe under his armor, suddenly changed color when he heard this. "But what if I don't go?" Without waiting for Xiao Wulila's reply, Yelu Dashi turned around and went down the city, leaving only a few words. "This city is the key point of the rear set, you come to defend the city!"
Xiao Worila could only nod towards the back of his king.
On the other side, after taking down the city, Yelu Dashi did not call for any extra guards, nor did he dispatch troops. He just wore a cloth robe and carried a sword, then jumped on his horse and ordered the city gates to be opened.
When they got out of the city gate, the Song cavalrymen who were calling out to Dashilin Ya in front of the gate had already stopped their horses. They thought it was the envoy coming out, so they surrounded him and asked directly: "Where is Dashilin Ya? Our emperor wants to see you!"
Yelu Dashi immediately raised his head and laughed, and then he calmly answered: "I am Yelu Dashi, brothers, please lead the way!"
The surrounding Song army riders were stunned for a moment and could only hurriedly call Qu Duan. When Qu Duan arrived a moment later, he did not expect that Yelu Dashi had already gone alone towards the direction of the dragon flag in front of the Song army cavalry... and they did not dare to stop him at all.
Even Qu Duan could only sneer a few times and ignored him.
In this way, they tossed around for an entire afternoon. At this time, the sun had already changed color and dimmed slightly, but the summer wind was still howling as before, bringing countless noisy sounds. It was under such circumstances that Yelu Dashi came to the famous dragon banner on horseback.
Frankly speaking, he had been deeply impressed by the dragon banner since before he set out on the expedition, following Yelu Yudu's words.
But it was obvious that there was no particularly young nobleman under the dragon banner. Dashi turned his head and asked frankly, pointing directly to an extremely tall tree on the side of the road. There, there really seemed to be several circles of armored soldiers surrounding it.
Although there are trees in Houtao, they are still rare compared to the south, especially this tree which is extremely tall and quite old, and its crown is like a pavilion or a canopy... Therefore, Dashi did not take it seriously. He just thought that this Zhao Song official was used to enjoying it and was taking a rest there. Or perhaps it was because the tree had some charm that aroused the poetic inspiration of this official who was said to be very good at writing poems and lyrics.
But no matter what, Dashi was too lazy to think about it. He just got off the horse and walked to the tree.
However, when he arrived at the tree, he still did not see the nobleman, only the armored soldier pointed again. Yelu Dashi then discovered that there was a pool of water more than a hundred steps behind the tree, where people were busy, and outside the crowd, there seemed to be someone standing solemnly in gorgeous clothes.
Dashi had no choice but to move forward again. When he was a few dozen steps away, he no longer saw Hebula, who was the farthest away, but only saw Huerzhahusi, who looked a little nervous, coming towards him. It was obvious that he had greeted the Zhao Song officials, and when he saw him arrive, he was asked to leave.
Suddenly, Zhahusi bowed slightly to Yelu Dashi, then turned his head and nodded to a plain cloth figure standing solemnly by the reeds. At the same time, several Han and foreign officials dressed in gorgeous clothes saw this and knew who had arrived. Although they were surprised by the other party's attire, they still rushed forward and prepared to say some polite words.
Yelu Dashi ignored these people and walked through them with his hands behind his back. Then he stepped forward and said with a smile, "Emperor Zhao was thoughtful. He knew that the reeds were about to bloom here, so he specially called Dashi over!"
Unexpectedly, the young man, that is, Emperor Zhao, turned around, looked at the visitor slightly, and then slowly shook his head: "Dashilin Ya thought too much. I stopped here without any extra thoughts. I just passed by here and dismounted to relieve myself. Unexpectedly, I saw dozens of floating corpses in the reeds. They were all dressed as Xixia people. They should be the work of Dashilin Ya's subordinates, but they were all rotten... I was afraid that they would pollute the water and soil, so I stopped here to supervise the laborers to collect the corpses and bury them, and clean up the water. As for the reed flowers, although they look the same as the reed flowers in Dashilin Ya's hometown, they will be burned later."
Yelu Dashi, who was walking slowly forward, was startled for a moment, but soon he stopped and stood more than ten steps away from the other party, then smiled again with his hands behind his back: "Your Majesty is kind-hearted and compassionate. I heard that you believe in Buddhism?"
"Those bald donkeys should believe in me!" Zhao Jiu also stood with his hands behind his back, but his feet did not move at all.
Dashi also did not move, but smiled again and again, "The Zhao official is indeed exactly the same as the rumors say... He is nothing like the officials of the Zhao and Song dynasties in the past."
Zhao Jiu also laughed: "Dashilin Ya hurried to Lanzhou, and then headed north to here. How could he have time to listen to my rumors? Can he rely on Yelu Yudu and Zhao Heda alone? You must know what kind of person I am. If you don't come forward in person, you will not be able to see clearly."
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