A group of 30 Liao patrols rushed into the chaotic Yangma City. They originally wanted to control the chaos first before talking about anything else. After hearing these words from the Xiao family master, the leading military attache immediately changed his face. That changed. Who in the city of Nanjing didn’t recognize these two young masters of the Xiao family? Seeing that they had spoken and had no hesitation in dealing with the Song people, they immediately shouted: "Song Zhu will be captured without restraint!" Then he took everything with him. The people rushed towards them quickly, and the swords and spears of the first few people were directed at Sun Tu and Luda. Obviously, as long as they dare to resist, they will be killed.
Sun Tu's face also suddenly turned cold. He really didn't expect that the Liao soldiers here would be so unscrupulous. After all, he was also an envoy of the Song Dynasty, so he was about to kill him? However, it was naturally impossible to restrain his hands. He immediately turned around, swung his sword, and attacked with all his strength. With a series of cries, he had already scattered several spears that were pierced in front of him. Then, with a movement of his body, he pounced forward with overwhelming momentum.
This was really beyond the expectations of these Liao soldiers, especially those at the front whose spears were blocked, and the middle door was opened wide. Sun Tu grabbed him in front of him, and the sword in his hand flashed, popping. With the continuous sound, they were slashed to the point where they screamed and fell down. When the others attacked again, he easily dodged them. Without stopping, he rushed forward again, approaching the captain.
The captain of the Liao soldiers immediately felt the terrible pressure and murderous intent, and hurriedly shouted with a look of shock: "Back off, archers, prepare!" There were seven or eight archers in his team. As long as they were allowed to pull away, Given the distance, let alone two people, even twenty people have to be accounted for here.
The ordinary businessmen and people around had already fled far away, looking at this increasingly serious scene with horror. Only Sun Tu and the two of them, the master and servant of the Xiao family, the Liao soldiers, and the four following people who were completely confused were left here. gang.
Among them, the people who were following were the most troubled. Although they had no good impressions of the Song people, they did not want them to die here. Seeing the Liao archers unloading their arrows, the leader immediately became anxious. He shouted: "Tie Or, this is the Song envoy, you can't really hurt them."
The captain over there, named Tie Ao, frowned immediately after hearing this, and his hand that had already been raised froze. He did not wave it down decisively, so the archers did not release arrows immediately, but the bow strings were stretched. Tight and can be loosened at any time.
As for Sun Tu, just when they were hesitating, he suddenly shouted: "Brother Lu, shoot the man first, shoot the horse!" As soon as the words came out, the man had already risen up diagonally and rushed towards the side of the Xiao family's master and servant. Before they could react, the sword in his hand quickly swung again, cutting down all the evil servants blocking the way of the two young men. Then, with a flash of his body, he appeared in front of one of the pale-faced young men. After turning sideways to let go of the knife that struck him in the chest, he quickly raised his left hand, grabbed the opponent's forearm, and pulled hard. Next, he pulled it into his arms, raised his right hand, and already placed the knife across his throat.
As a good brother who has been with Sun Tu for several years and has been through life and death many times, Luda fully demonstrated his strong tacit understanding with him at this time. Just as Sun Tu rushed over, his burly and tall body also appeared in front of the slaves at an astonishing speed, swinging his weight with his two fists.
The heavy-punching figure actually knocked down or pushed back all the remaining people, then shouted loudly, reached out and picked up another young man who had been too frightened to move, and then imitated Sun Tu to pull him away. Blocking it in front of his chest.
The movements of these two people were so fast that before anyone else could react, the two noble young men had already become their hostage targets and human shields. It wasn't until Sun Tu shouted loudly: "Who dares to take action? If you dare to shoot an arrow, you will die together!" Those Liao soldiers hurriedly lowered their bows and arrows that they had subconsciously aimed at. If there was a mistake and injured a certain young master with an arrow, they would die. No doubt!
Tie Yi and the leader of the stalkers couldn't believe their eyes. These two Song people were so powerful. They could actually hijack two young masters of the Xiao family who were protected by many people in the blink of an eye. , and it was still under the eyes of dozens of people like me...
Especially the leader of the stalkers, he was even more surprised. Although Sun Tu and the others looked fierce before, they were not so fierce. They were still fighting back and forth with these powerful slaves. How come in the blink of an eye, they So much more powerful
But now he couldn't care about such trivial matters. He immediately shouted: "General Sun, don't mess around. Everything is easy to talk about. We won't hurt you, and we also ask you not to hurt the two young masters. , they are my young masters, Privy Councilor Xiao of Nanjing City..."
Many of the southern officials of the Liao Kingdom were the same as those of the Song Dynasty. For example, except for Yelu Xiongge, the king of the South Courtyard, the highest-ranking official here was the privy envoy Xiao Jinde. This was also the consistent rule in the Liao Dynasty. The emperor's surname was often Yelu will be accompanied by a surname of Xiao to provide balance.
Daliao has had a legacy since its founding, that is, the emperor and the empress check and balance each other. At first, it was the Yelu clan and the Shulu clan. Later, when the Shulu clan failed and was destroyed, the Xiao clan took over. Since then, these two families have completely controlled the power of all important yamen in Daliao from top to bottom, taking the methods of checks and balances and decentralization to the extreme.
The same is true in Nanjing City. Xiao Jinde, the Privy Councilor, holds the military power here and can compete with Yelu Xiongge. And he was an extremely protective man who doted on his sons, which made his two sons run rampant and lawless in Nanjing, but no one dared to provoke them.
But unexpectedly, today, these two Nanjing bullies kicked the iron plate. After the conflict with Sun Tu, not only did they not get any advantage, but they were taken hostage. It also made those around him frightened and helpless, not knowing what to do.
Faced with their threats, Sun Tu just responded with a cold smile: "Is this the way you treat guests in the Liao Kingdom? I, the Song Dynasty, have always treated people with courtesy, but what about you? Not only do you not do business with integrity, but you also Do we really dare not resist during the conflict? I will put it here today. If you dare to take action, these two dudes will die, and you will most likely be buried with them! Also, as an envoy from the Song Dynasty, I Once the members are killed, I'm afraid there will be another war between the two countries, and no one will end well by then!"
While he was talking, the knife in his hand pressed a little closer, cutting thin wounds on the hostage's neck. He was so frightened that the hostage's face turned pale and his body became weak. If Sun Tuqiang hadn't held him back, he would have escaped directly. Gone to the ground.
Moreover, he had a look of fear on his face. If he didn't dare to speak because of the knife in his throat, he would have directly begged for mercy.
"General Sun, don't get me wrong. We have no intention of harming you. This is just a misunderstanding. Please don't mess around..." The person on the other side was also panicking and sweating profusely. He repeatedly persuaded: "I can we The ancestors of the Khitan swear that we have no ill will towards you, and as long as you let the two young masters go, we will never dare to harm you at all..." As he said that, he glanced at Tie Yi again and motioned for the other party to follow suit.
Tie Yu was not ambiguous. He immediately waved his hands and asked his men to put away their weapons. He showed an extremely ugly smile and said: "General Sun, you and I have been friends with each other for hundreds of years. You don't want to start another war just because of this trivial matter." , causing the people to live in dire straits, right? Everything was just a misunderstanding before, just let it go. I can also swear that as long as you let the two young masters go, this matter will never be pursued again... "The top priority now is to save the people first, It’s not too late to talk about other things.
Sun Tu's face was still full of vigilance: "I may not believe what you Liao people say. But since you said so, I can let you go, but you have to wait until I am safe first."
"How...how are you doing?" They could only suppress the anger in their hearts and ask.
"It's very simple. I'll take them back first. As long as we can return to Guanyi safely, we will naturally let them go." Sun Tu made his request. These words really made it impossible for them to refute. After hesitation, the two leaders could only nod in agreement: "But please don't hurt the two young masters again." At this time, the hostages held by Sun Tu were fine. , there was just an additional knife wound on the throat, but the person held in front of Luda was already turning blue, and almost fainted from being restrained by his strong arms.
Only then did Sun Tu realize the situation around him and quickly reminded him: "Brother Lu, please spare his life." Then he held the two of them hostage and slowly retreated outside Yangma City.
The businessmen and people around him watched with fear and curiosity as the two Song people just kidnapped the Xiao family master and retreated. They did not dare to stay any longer and scattered again. Among them was the one who led the white horse, his face full of shock and regret. Huangfu Duan.
It can be said that this conflict all started because of his horse. If the government investigates this later, he will suffer. But Sun Tu didn't think much about it. When he passed by, he stopped and shouted to him: "Horse seller, the transaction between us is still counted. You can take the horse to the pavilion later." You can still get five thousand guan from the post." These words fell into Huangfu Duan's ears, and he really didn't know whether he should cry or laugh.
Seeing them retreating, the Liao soldiers, led by Tie Ao, chased after them. At this time, he was still talking to Qian, the leader of the stalkers. The latter said extremely angrily: "There is another Song Dynasty." People actually took advantage of the chaos and ran away just now, and we were ordered to keep an eye on all their moves. I can't waste time here anymore, I'll leave it to you to deal with it here, Tieou, how about it?"
"Okay." Tiebo also knew that the other party had a heavy responsibility, so he nodded in agreement.
Later, when Sun Tu and the others exited Yangma City, Qian had already led his people to rush to the other side, asking everyone around him for clues about the missing Wu Song.