Emperor Li Pi had no choice, but fortunately, Li Zhen had a good attitude, and didn't look like he was here to fight. He gave his men a few words and urged his horse to follow the Tang army into the camp. He Yanbashou led 3,000 cavalry to confront the Xi cavalry on the grassland, while Li Zhen invited Emperor Li Pi into the tent.

The two sat down in the big tent, and Li Pidi sighed and said, "We are not willing to rebel? The court, but the Xi people have always been unable to help themselves. This time, Sun Wanrong was hostage to send troops, and we have no choice. I have already told the Xi people to try not to hurt the people of the Tang Dynasty and leave a way out for ourselves. I believe that the Xi people did not participate in the plunder and massacre of the Tang Dynasty civilians."

Li Zhen knew that the other party was telling the truth. This time, the Khitan army invaded Youzhou. In addition to Luo Wu massacred tens of thousands of civilians in Zhaozhou, the civilians in Youzhou were not killed or injured. There were many reasons. It might not be that Li Pidi said that he would leave a way out for himself.

Li Zhen smiled and said, "I believe in the sincerity of the prince and am willing to release the son back, but according to the rules of the Xi people, if I want to redeem the prisoners of war, I must meet the conditions I have issued."

Li Pidi nodded. He was mentally prepared. Even if the other party offered a sky-high price, he could only accept it. "General Li, please tell me!"

"Okay! Then I'll just say it straight, I don't want your money, I only have one condition, I ask the Xi people to withdraw from Miyun immediately."

Emperor Lipi did not speak for a long time. At this time, the news of the Turkic invasion of the Khitan's nest had not reached Rao Le. Emperor Lipi knew very well the consequences of the withdrawal of the Xi people, which would most likely shake the morale of the Khitan army, which would cause the Khitan to suffer a crushing defeat. How would he explain to Sun Wanrong at that time?

However, he also knew that there was no room for bargaining for the condition offered by Li Zhen, either agree or refuse, but how could he refuse? After he hesitating for a long time, he finally sighed: "Okay! I will fight against Sun Wanrong and agree to General Li's conditions."

Li Zhen knew very well that since Emperor Li Pi was willing to enter the Tang Army camp alone to negotiate, it was actually an attitude of agreeing to all his conditions. If he dared not agree, he would take him hostage. Li Zhen said happily: "I hope that after this battle, the prince can go to Luoyang and express his apology to the Emperor of our reign."

Li Pidi felt bitter in his heart and stood up and said, "I will definitely go, but when will my son be released?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Since I promised to let him go, I will not break my promise. As long as the war is over, he can leave at any time."

Li Pidi secretly admired Li Zhen's cleverness. Although the Xi army retreated, it could return to the front line at any time. Therefore, Li Zhen had to wait for Sun Wanrong to be defeated before he was willing to release the people. Helplessly, Li Pidi had to agree to Li Zhen's conditions and ordered people to give Tang army 30,000 sheep as military rations, and he returned to the tent...

After more than two months of confrontation, Sun Wanrong was almost unable to support it. The Khitan army was also trapped in Miyun for more than two months. Although it was because of the snowstorm, the Khitan tribes did not admit it. They all came for money, but did not get any money or women. The tribes complained. The chiefs came to the central army's tent more than once to threaten Sun Wanrong. If they did not attack the Tang Dynasty, they would withdraw their troops immediately.

Sun Wanrong was frustrated and kept running to appease the leaders of various tribes and constantly increased the reward amount for them. However, his empty promises did not have much effect, because Sun Wanrong did not attack for a long time, which made the chiefs begin to doubt Sun Wanrong's sincerity.

It was indeed difficult for Sun Wanrong to make an offensive decision. This time he met Lou Shide, who was famous for his patience in the Tang Dynasty. Lou Shide showed no sign of attack at all, but slowly worked with him to see who couldn't support it in the end.

In the big tent, Sun Wanrong said to Yi Yu in anger: "I think the plan to lure troops will not work at all. Lou Shide will not be fooled. If we continue to waste our time with the Tang army like this, our morale will be exhausted. It is better to send troops south and fight directly with the Tang army to the death."

Yi Yu sighed unjustly: "Lou Shide will not fight us on the plain. If we go south, it will be difficult to exert the advantages of our cavalry. The opponent has more than 200,000 troops, while we only have 120,000 troops. We have no chance of winning. I suggest that we should protect our troops and withdraw back to Liaodong first!"

"What are you talking nonsense? If you withdraw to Liaodong now, those people will tear me apart. At that time, who will admit me, the chief?"

Yi Yu thought unjustly and said, "Or go to Liaocheng to loot the Goguryeo people and give them some benefits, and then wait until the Tang army withdraws its troops next year, we will attack Hebei."

Sun Wanrong finally calmed down, and he walked a few steps behind his hands: "Actually, I want to make peace with the Tang Dynasty first. We will fight Shiwei first. After annex Shiwei, we will become stronger and establish the Khitan Dynasty. When we attack the Tang Dynasty, I think I will have much greater confidence in success."

Yi Yu was shocked and waved his hands repeatedly, "No! Shi Wei is the sphere of influence of the Turks. If we go north to attack Shi Wei, how can the Turks stay out of the matter? They will definitely attack the Khitan in large numbers, and then the Khitan will be exterminated."

Sun Wanrong gritted his teeth and said, "Then attack the Anton Protectorate, destroy Goryeo and Silla, and we will also have the capital."

Yi Yu sighed indifferently. Silla was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. They attacked the Anton Protectorate and Silla. How could the Tang Dynasty sit idly by and watch? They are going to fight against the Tang army. It is better to fight to the death with the Tang army now.

At this moment, a soldier rushed over and said anxiously at the door: "Khan, something big is not good!"

"What's the matter?" Sun Wanrong glared at his personal soldiers, and actually interrupted his thoughts.

"You reported to Khan, the Xi army. After withdrawing the troops, the Wu army followed."

"Ah!" Sun Wanrong was stunned by the news. After a while, he realized that he strode out of the camp. Yi Yu was also secretly shocked. If the news was true, the consequences would be quite serious. He didn't even think about it and followed him out of the tent.

The Xi people and the Wu people had about 30,000 troops stationed in the north of the camp, responsible for blocking the cold wind from the north for the Khitan army. When Sun Wanrong rushed to the Beidaying, the camp was already empty. Except for the camp tent, all soldiers and supplies were gone. Not only the Xi people's 20,000 troops, but also the 13,000 troops of the Wu people, but also disappeared.

Sun Wanrong looked at the empty camp, and his eyes turned black. He turned around and said angrily: "What the hell is going on?"

A Khitan thousand-man commander who contacted the Xi people said tremblingly: "I don't know what happened to Beizhi. He was fine in the afternoon and suddenly withdrew in the evening. They must have had a premeditation."

"You don't know anything, so what's the point of asking you?"

Sun Wanrong drew out the knife, slashed the thousand-man captain with one knife, swung the knife and shouted: "Chasing me! Chase them back."

At this time, Yi Yu's injustice had arrived. Seeing that Sun Wanrong had lost his mind and was about to go out of the camp to chase him, he hurriedly hugged Sun Wanrong's waist and said anxiously: "Khan, calm down, don't be impulsive!"

Sun Wanrong threw the knife to the ground and said angrily: "How can you calm me down? More than 30,000 people withdrew. Can this war be fought?"

Yi Yu said unjustly: "Khan must block the rehabilitation immediately and cannot let other tribes know, otherwise everyone will run away."

Sun Wanrong was stunned for a moment. He knew that the situation was not good, but he was not specific. Yi Yu reminded him with an unjust sentence, yes! These guys were clamoring for spoils all day long, otherwise they would withdraw their troops back.

If they were told that the Xi people and the Wu people had withdrawn, they would definitely withdraw their troops and their army would fall apart.

He grabbed Yi Yu's clothes and gritted his teeth and said, "How do you ask me to block the news? Who can I hide such a thing?"

Yi Yu sighed unjustly: "If you want to be irritated, tell everyone, you have sent the Xi people and the Wu people to attack the Anton Protectorate. You can only deceive everyone first and stabilize the morale of the army."

At this time, more than a dozen chiefs of various Khitan tribes rushed over after hearing the news. The news of the withdrawal of the Xi people and the Wu people was like wings, and had already spread throughout the military camps. The chiefs of various tribes could not sit still and rushed to launch troops to question the crime.

"Khan! What happened? Why did the Xi people and the Wu people withdraw?" Everyone asked angrily around Sun Wanrong.

Sun Wanrong didn't expect them to come so quickly, and he was as big as a fight. He couldn't find a reason for it for a while. He had to use the advice that Yi Yu gave him and said to everyone: "I'm worried that the Tang army will attack from Yuguan north, so he sent the Xi people and the Wu people to defend the Western Front."

Yi Yu was shocked. His idea was to attack the Anton Protectorate, not to defend against the Tang army on the Western Front. This would happen. How could Khan say this?

Sure enough, everyone looked at each other and a chief asked, "Khan, has the Tang army launched an offensive from the eastern front to Liaodong?"

Sun Wanrong secretly complained that he was not good. He knew that he had said the wrong thing, so that everyone would be even more worried about their nests. He hurriedly said: "I am just worried that the Tang army will attack from the Eastern Front. In fact, there is no news. The Tang army has not launched an offensive from the Eastern Front."

The chiefs were not willing to believe it, and they immediately shouted like a blow, "The Xi people and the Wu people only care about themselves, how can they help us? Our rear is empty. Once the Tang army goes from northeast Liaodong, what should we do if our parents, wife and children?"

Another shouted: "Khan, are you going to fight? What's the point of trapping us in Miyun?"

"Khan, if we don't fight the Central Plains, we will go back!"

Everyone was talking, and seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Sun Wanrong shouted anxiously: "Please listen to me, everyone."

But no one was willing to listen to him quietly. Sun Wanrong was forced to helplessly and shouted: "Come all the troops and prepare for a decisive battle with the Tang army!"

The unexpected withdrawal of the Xi people and the Wu people changed the confrontation between the Tang army and the Khitan army. In order to prevent the Khitan army from fleeing on a large scale, Sun Wanrong had no choice but to take a gamble and decide to fight the Tang army.
Chapter completed!