Chapter 474 Qiu Liju's Dilemma

Qiu Liju wandered around in the big tent anxiously. In just a few days, his temples had grown gray hairs, bags under his eyes were deep, and his eyes were slack. Compared with her previous high-spirited appearance, she looks twenty years older overnight!

"grown ups!"

A Wuhuan military general rushed into the big tent, Qiu Liju got up quickly, and asked expectantly: "What do you say, what do you say, brothers Nanlou and Wuyan?"

Under Qiu Liju's expectant gaze, the Wuhuan general who came in slowly shook his head.

"Traitors! Bastards! They are not worthy of being Wuhuan warriors!"

Qiu Liju's expression changed instantly, his face was full of anger, and he cursed loudly!

General Wuhuan was silent beside him, quietly waiting for Qiu Liju to finish venting.

Qiu Liju's cursing is not so much to vent anger as to relieve fear.

When Su Puyan's entire army was annihilated, Qiu Liju felt that the situation was not right. Sure enough, news came that the Liaodong army surrounded Liucheng, and the two Wuhuan giants, Wuyan and Nanlou, jumped back.

On the one hand, Qiu Liju submitted a petition to the imperial court to surrender, on the other hand, he dispatched envoys to discuss peace talks with Shang Ji, and at the same time ordered Tadun, who stayed behind in Liucheng, to stick to the city.

However, Qiu Liju's operation had little effect, Dong Zhuo refused his request to surrender, and Shang Ji didn't even meet the envoy.

In desperation, Qiu Liju remembered his Xianbei "friend"!

He has been in business in western Liaoning for a long time, and has trade relations with Xianbei, so there is no shortage of Xianbei acquaintances.

The Erdong tribe and the Naershi tribe are both Xianbei tribes who had good relations with Qiu Liju. Qiu Liju sent people with heavy gifts to ask the two Xianbei tribes to send troops for support.

However, Xianbei is now in the midst of fierce internal struggles, and these two tribes are not ranked among the Eastern Xianbei, let alone have the right to speak in the entire Xianbei Alliance.

They have absolutely no ability to represent Xianbei in fighting Shang Ji's army, even if Bu Dugen and Ke Bineng tried to fight Shang Ji in vain, they would have to think twice.

Qiu Li chose the next best thing, and asked the two departments not to really fight the Liaodong army, but to make a gesture of going south and force Shangji to divide his troops to relieve the pressure on Liucheng.

The two tribal handsomes discussed for a while, and felt that there would be no problem just to restrain the temptation. Moreover, Qiu Liju's reward was very generous, and the two guys who were dazzled by wealth boldly agreed to Qiu Liju's request.

However, this plan did not achieve the desired effect. Shang Ji did send out a partial division to contain the Xianbei tribe, but this did not affect Shang Ji's offensive strategy against Liucheng.

Two days ago, Liucheng and Changli were destroyed one after another, and news came that Tadun was dead.

Immediately afterwards, the Xianbei allies, whom Qiu Liju placed high hopes on, fled in panic after receiving the news that Liucheng had been broken.

After confirming that the Xianbei people were still in a civil war, Shang Ji immediately ordered Zhao Yun to teach these two daring Xianbei tribes a lesson.

And Zhao Yun lived up to expectations, pursued all the way, went deep into the hinterland of Xianbei, 10,000 silver dragon cavalry stared at him, and abruptly defeated the 100,000 two coalition forces, turned the world upside down in the two tribes, and took the opportunity to loot a large number of cattle. The sheep and horses return in triumph.

The last ally that could be counted on was also abolished, and Qiu Liju's panic can be imagined.

Afterwards, Wuhuan Tanqi came to report, and the famous Han general Zhang He led 50,000 elite troops as a striker to the west of Liucheng. The farthest Tanqi was less than 500 miles away from Wuhuan Camp!

He sent a request for help overnight to Wuyan and Nanlou, who had surrendered to the Han Dynasty again, and asked the old brothers to help them.

But Wuyan and Nanlou had just saved themselves, how could they help Qiu Li out of the fire? The two had a tacit understanding and rejected Qiu Liju at the same time, cutting off his last hope.

Qiu Liju even asked Ding Yuan and Gongsun Zan to surrender, but they still chose to refuse after some hesitation.

Previously, Shang Ji's performance on the Yellow Turban battlefield could only be said to be conspicuous, not so dreadful. But the First World War a few days ago completely washed away everyone's three views. The 500,000 Wuhuan elite cavalry of Su Puyan's tribe were wiped out in a short period of time.

This terrifying result not only shocked the Wuhuan people!

Shang Ji's relatively close neighbors, including Lelang Gongsun Du, Yuyang Gongsun Zan, Youzhou Ding Yuan, Jizhou Han Fu, Bohai Yuan Shao, etc. all looked sideways, especially Ding Yuan and Gongsun Du who had some minor conflicts with Shang Ji. He sent someone overnight to show his favor. Even Dong Zhuo, who was far away in Luoyang, raised the importance of Shang Ji.

Under such circumstances, Gongsun Zan and Ding Yuan, whose foothold was not stable, of course did not dare to risk offending Shang Ji and surrender Qiu Liju.

In fact, at this point, Qiu Liju's best choice is to surrender decisively to Shang Ji. Even the Wuhuan Army has a large number of surrender factions who demand surrender every day to end the war.

But for some reason, there was a voice in Qiu Liju's heart telling him that he could not surrender, and that surrendering to Wuhuan would be the end of it all!

It is undeniable that Qiu Liju is greedy for money, lustful and infatuated with power, but he has a lofty sense of mission and honor for the Wuhuan race. In other words, he is a true Wuhuan lover, and he will fight to the last drop of blood for Wuhuan.

He can allow surrender to the Han Dynasty, but if the price of surrender is the complete disappearance of the Wuhuan race, then Qiu Liju is absolutely unacceptable!

Therefore, although the isolated and helpless troops were fluctuating, he refused to surrender, and even ordered the execution of the two most clamoring capitulation nobles.

Although Wuhuan's army was temporarily stabilized because of Qiu Liju's thunderous tactics, he could feel the dark tide in the army. If a solution to the situation is not found as soon as possible, the wrath of the Wuhuan nobles will be vented on him, and he will be blown to pieces!

Currently, there are only two roads in front of Qiu Liju. One is to gather an army of 700,000 troops, march eastward into Liucheng, and fight Shang Ji to the death. If they are lucky enough to repel Shang Ji, they can take advantage of the situation to stop the war. However, from the analysis of the combat power of the two armies in the past, the hope of victory is slim.

The second is to lead the army to the north and choose one of Ke Bineng or Bu Dugen to defect to!

Ding Yuan or Gongsun Zan were afraid of Shang Ji's threat and did not dare to accept Qiu Liju. Xianbei didn't care about this. Anyway, Shang Ji and Xianbei were already sworn enemies, and no one would care about adding more hatred.

Moreover, if Kebi can fight fiercely with Budugen, Qiu Liju will definitely gain a good position in a short time if he goes to join him.

But in the long run, the future of the Wuhuan clan is also uncertain. Neither Ke Bineng nor Bu Dugen are good people, and they will definitely try their best to embezzle Qiu Liju's power. Although Qiu Liju still has an army in his hands, if he enters the Xianbei territory, he is still at the mercy of others, and he will be swallowed alive by Xianbei in a short time!

Of course, ordinary Wuhuan nobles strongly support the third option: Surrender to Shangji!

However, Qiu Liju was firmly opposed to choosing this path.

Just when Qiu Liju was struggling, a personal guard suddenly came to report: "A strange person from outside the camp came to vote, claiming to be able to solve the difficulty of the Generalissimo!"

According to Qiu Liju's usual personality, this kind of bluffing and deceitful people must have been played indiscriminately. But a drowning person will desperately grab a straw, Qiu Liju is now in a desperate situation, this news has become the last straw.

Soon, a middle-aged man dressed in brocade appeared in Qiu Liju's big tent!