The two armies marched out of Anxi Pass at Li Yichen's command. At the same time, the Song army in Mozhou also received Li Yichen's order. Under the leadership of Li Jilong, they came to Anxi Pass in a mighty force.

Through the intelligence of Jinyiwei, Li Yichen already knew that there were 280,000 troops in Heishi City. Even a lion fighting a rabbit would use all its strength. Li Yichen used Tianwei and the two armies of the Tang Dynasty as the vanguard, and then transferred the Song army as the backing, just to ensure that nothing could go wrong.

In Heishi City, in the city lord's mansion, Tuoba Tianhong sat on a chair made of pure gold. Two maids with extraordinary looks beside him held fruit plates and kept feeding fresh fruits into Tuoba Tianhong's mouth.

A burly man below knelt on one knee and said respectfully: "Your Highness, the Qin army's flag has been replaced on the Anxiguan city wall. Hubitu and Sakdor have lost contact with us."

"In my opinion, they are probably in danger."

Tuoba Tianhong's face was not the slightest bit rippled, he just said lightly: "Qin army? Is it the rebels who occupied Beiting Mozhou? Hubitu and Sakdor are really two wastes. They were actually captured by a small separatist force, which lost the face of my Tatar Dynasty."

Turmer, who was standing below Tuoba Tianhong, said: "Your Highness, the Sixth Prince, you can't underestimate the Qin army. Although Beiting is not strong in the dynasty, as far as I know, more than 400,000 Beiting bandit-suppressing troops were easily destroyed by 100,000 Qin troops. This Qin army is not simple."

Turmer is Tuoba Tianhong's chief think tank, and Tuoba Tianhong usually values ​​​​Turmer's opinions.

"Since Mr. Tur thinks highly of the Qin army, it means they are really capable."

Tuoba Tianhong began to think highly of the Qin army. After all, the fact that Turmo was afraid of them was enough to show how powerful the Qin army was.

However, despite his concern, Tuoba Tianhong still didn't take it to heart. Kubitu and Sakdor were dead, and the Tatar dynasty's goal this time was just to plunder the population and food from Lizhou. The goal had been achieved. Although the Tatar warriors under their command died a bit, it was not unacceptable compared to the generous rewards.

Turmo was meticulous and different from Tuoba Tianhong, a reckless man. He felt that the Qin army, which acted ruthlessly and decisively, would not give up so easily.

Turmo ordered the kneeling man: "Send someone to keep a close eye on the Qin army's movements to see if they will go out and harass our Tatar Dynasty."

The man took the order and left, but Tuoba Tianhong was a little dissatisfied and said: "Sir, are you worrying too much? No matter how powerful the Qin army is, it is composed of cowardly Beiting people. Do they dare to invade our Tatar Dynasty?"

Turmo shook his head. Tuoba Tianhong was the bravest of the three armies and had extraordinary talent. His only shortcoming was that he was arrogant and had no brains. If he wanted to assist Tuoba Tianhong to succeed to the throne, he still had a long way to go.

"It's better to be careful. The Qin army is extremely ruthless and cruel. Its leader Li Yichen is a vengeful person. Your Highness the Sixth Prince must be on guard."

A trace of disdain flashed across Tuoba Tianhong's face, and he laughed wantonly: "If the Qin army defends Anxi Pass, I will still be a little afraid. If the Qin army dares to go out of the pass to invade Tatar, I will make him never come back!"

The maid next to her was startled by the sudden laughter. The hand holding the fruit plate trembled slightly, and the fruit plate fell to the ground, and the fruit on it rolled all over the ground.

The two maids were trembling with fear, and they knelt on the ground in panic and begged for mercy. Tuoba Tianhong was cruel by nature and killed people at will. I don't know how many servants and maids who served him died every year.

Tuoba Tianhong slowly stood up, drew the black dragon sword from his waist, and beheaded one of the maids with one sword. The other maid was so scared that she was paralyzed and fell to the ground screaming.

Tuoba Tianhong had no emotion at all. A sharp edge flashed past, and the maid's scream stopped abruptly. A blood line appeared on her neck, and blood spurted out.

Tuoba Tianhong stretched out his tongue with a crazy look, licked the blood on the sword edge, and said intoxicatedly: "The blood of the girl is really unique. Come on, take the bodies of these two people down, chop them up and feed them to the vultures."

This was the first time that the Qin army went to war with another country. Li Yichen also went to the battlefield in person, taking Jia Xu and Dian Wei with the two major legions to go out of the pass and enter the Tatar territory.

In the court of the capital, Emperor Chen Li, who received the news that Zhang Yuyang surrendered to the Qin army and handed over Lizhou with both hands, looked extremely gloomy at this time.
The civil and military officials below were silent, no one dared to anger the emperor at this time.

Soon, Chen Li's cold eyes swept over the Grand Commandant Cui Xiu: "Grand Commandant Cui, Zhang Yuyang is really your good student. He openly betrayed the court and surrendered to the Qin army. He is really a shame for my Beiting!"

Cui Xiu had been mentally prepared for this scene. The moment he received Zhang Yuyang's letter, he had foreseen his fate.

Fortunately, he made arrangements in advance. Now the direct descendants of the Cui family have already left Tingjing City and went to Lizhou to join Zhang Yuyang.

Before Cui Xiu could speak, the Grand Tutor Cai Yong on the side added insult to injury and said, "Captain Cui, you have recommended Zhang Yuyang, and he also obeyed your words. Is it your order that he suddenly surrendered to the Qin army this time?"

Qian Zhen also sneered, "You old man, you should share the worries of the emperor, but you secretly colluded with the bandits and offered my Beiting state with both hands. What is your intention!"

Cui Xiu looked at Emperor Chen Li with a frank look and a straight figure, and said, "Although Zhang Yuyang's offering of Lizhou this time was not decided by me, I have known about it and I support his actions very much."

Qian Zhen and Cai Yong looked at each other, and both of them were surprised. Did this old man not want to live? He actually admitted this matter openly. If Chen Li did not kill his nine clans, it would be the sun rising from the west.

Of course, the old man Cui Xiu had always been at odds with the two of them, and they both wished that Cui Xiu would die immediately.

Chen Li's eyes were cold, and he shouted sternly: "Cui Xiu! You are a two-generation old minister of Beiting, and the court has never treated you unfairly. I really didn't expect that you, a disloyal and unrighteous dog thief, would dare to collude with the bandits!"

Cui Xiu smiled faintly, without the slightest panic, and his eyes were full of calmness. He looked at Emperor Chen Li and said: "The court has indeed never let me down, Cui Xiu, but it has let down the millions of people in Lizhou and the hundreds of millions of people in Beiting."

"Your Majesty, do you know that the court is Why did they lose to the Qin army repeatedly? It was not because the Qin army was so elite and fearless, but because our Beiting court had lost the support of the people! "

"There are treacherous ministers like Cai Yong and Qian Zhen in the court who form cliques for personal gain and deceive the emperor. Your Majesty, you are greedy for pleasure and don't care about government affairs! Today's Beiting is rotten to the core!"

Cui Xiu was desperate at this time. His words were deafening and sharp, but they still couldn't wake up these people who had long been addicted to power.

The officials were also shocked. Cui Xiu dared to speak like this. It seemed that he didn't want to live at all.

Cui Xiu continued, "My founding ancestor of Beiting was so wise and brave. He rose from obscurity, founded Beiting, and built a foundation that would last for hundreds of years. But now, this foundation of Beiting is about to be destroyed by your majesty. I want to vent my anger today. I am willing to shed my blood in the Golden Palace with my broken body, just to make your majesty wake up and stop before it is too late!" As Cui Xiu spoke, he hit his head against a pillar not far away with a determined look in his eyes. This was so powerful that Cui Xiu's brain burst out instantly, bleeding profusely, and he died on the spot.