Di Yan was overjoyed and asked quickly: "Where are they now?"

A soldier pointed to the west and whispered: "They are right next to us, only more than three hundred steps away from us. We accidentally discovered them when we came back."

Everyone looked at each other. The target they were looking for was three hundred steps away. Everyone became nervous. Together? Di Yan looked at him. Di Yan had never commanded a battle independently, and her heart was pounding with nervousness. Thinking of the several times she and Li Zhen hunted the target, she thought for a while and said to the two soldiers: "You two stayed to take care of the horses, and the rest came with me."

Everyone followed Di Yan with crossbows and swords to the west and climbed up a hill. They immediately found two bonfires at the bottom of the valley. More than 20 black shadows were joking around the bonfires and smelling the smell of barbecue.

This team was indeed guarding the Xi clan prince Li Daqiu to Miyun. Because the Xi clan prince was seriously injured in the battle to attack Jixian County, he died after being delayed for half a month. Sun Wanrong did not tell Xi prince Li Pidi the truth, but only told him that his son was injured and could be sent back to Rao Le for treatment, but the premise was that the second son had to be sent to replace him. Li Pidi asked the soldiers to escort the second son to Miyun to replace the eldest son back.

The team never dreamed that they had been targeted by the Tang army scouts. They shot two yellow sheep in the afternoon, then lit a bonfire and barbecue, preparing to continue traveling west after eating.

Di Yan gently climbed up a big tree and observed for a moment. She saw a young man wearing expensive fur and a little weak body. He seemed to be worried and sat by the bonfire in a daze. The others were wearing Xi warrior leather armor, with bows and arrows and spears piled up next to a big tree.

Di Yan immediately had a bold plan in her heart. She jumped off the big tree, waved and called two agile soldiers, and whispered a few more words to Yang Honglie. Yang Honglie was shocked and shook his head quickly, "Madam, can't take risks."

Di Yan smiled and said, "This is not a risky one. I have experienced things that are ten times more dangerous than this. Don't say anything more. If I can't succeed, I can protect myself."

Yang Honglie also knew that his wife was very good at light skills, so he stopped insisting. He led his brothers to touch her slowly, ambushed in the dense forest thirty steps away, holding a crossbow arrow in his hand, aiming at the Xi soldiers.

Di Yan fully utilized her superb skills in light skills. She climbed up a big tree and quickly approached the Xi people from the tree. Soon, she was already on the tree where the weapons were placed, hiding behind a trunk, observing the movements of the Xi people and soldiers under the tree. The twenty Xi people and soldiers were eating happily, and did not realize that there was a person hidden above their heads.

Di Yan climbed the trunk tightly like a gecko and slowly slid down, about five feet away from the tree. She hooked a branch with her feet, gently swung her body, head down, and hung a golden hook inverted. She grabbed several Xi's bows and arrows with her hands and threw them towards two big trees not far away. Behind the big tree, a Tang soldier flashed over, caught the bow and arrow, and threw it to another person, as if relayed.

In just a moment, Di Yan stole more than twenty pairs of bows, arrows, spears and swords. She quickly climbed up the big tree and made a gesture to Yang Honglie not far away. At this time, Yang Honglie and other Tang soldiers admired Di Yan's light skills. She actually stole the enemy's weapons with such an incredible method.

Yang Honglie was excited and whispered to everyone: "Listen to my orders and shoot together, and do not shoot the man in the middle who is not in military uniform."

Everyone nodded and raised their crossbows to aim at Xi's soldiers. Yang Honglie shouted softly, "Shoot!"

Only a sound of crossbows hitting the enemy was heard, and twenty crossbow arrows shot towards the Xi soldiers like rain. The Xi soldiers were caught off guard and were shot by arrows. A scream suddenly sounded by the bonfire. The soldiers who were not caught in the arrow were so scared that they stumbled to get their weapons, but found that their weapons were gone. When they were panic, twenty Tang soldiers roared and rushed over from the woods to the west, and their swords slashed the enemy. The bonfire was suddenly in chaos.

At this time, the Xiren Prince Li Dali was also scared to death. He happened to sit next to a grass. He turned around and crawled into the grass. He crawled out more than ten steps, and got up and ran wildly. But after only a few steps, he felt a heavy blow on his back, and he staggered and fell to the ground. He was about to get up, a sharp sword had already pressed against his neck. Only a woman's voice was heard behind him, saying coldly: "Dare to run again, cut off your neck with one sword!"...

After dawn, several scout teams came back one after another. They did not notice anything abnormal, but Di Yan's team had not returned yet, which made Li Zhen a little worried. He waited until noon and there was no news about Di Yan. Li Zhen finally couldn't hold back and forth in the marching tent with his hands behind his back.

Li Zhen was very regretful. He had known that he would not have agreed to let Di Yan go out. If something happened to her, how could she make friends with Prime Minister Di?

At this time, Zhang Li next to him comforted him and said, "General, I think Miss Di should be fine. Even if they encounter any danger, someone should escape back to report the news. Moreover, Yang Honglie is cautious and steady, so he will not let Miss Di go deep into the danger. I guess they have gone the wrong way, so they will come back later."

Li Zhen sighed secretly. Having said that, if they were surrounded by thousands of people, no one would escape. Li Zhen was most worried about this possibility.

At this moment, a noise came from outside. Jiu Zhi rushed in and said excitedly: "Old Li, Miss Di is back and has captured prisoners."

Li Zhen was overjoyed and walked out of the tent quickly. Di Yan and twenty subordinates came back on horseback. Seven or eight prisoners were tied to the horses behind. The cavalry surrounded them and applauded and cheered.

Di Yan bowed to everyone, turned over and dismounted, and walked towards Li Zhen proudly, "General Li, I'm sorry, I'm late to come back."

Li Zhen's face sank, pointed at Yang Honglie and ordered the soldiers, "Push him down and beat him fifty military sticks!"

The soldiers stepped forward and pushed Yang Honglie down. Di Yan was shocked and hurriedly said, "This matter has nothing to do with Captain Yang, it is my responsibility. I am willing to accept the punishment."

Li Zhen glared at her fiercely, gritted his teeth and whispered: "I really regret asking you to accompany the army and delaying the army for half a day. How do you ask me to punish you?"

Di Yan also knew that she was in the wrong, and the military orders were like mountains. Li Zhen asked them to come back before dawn, but they delayed for a long time, which would delay the military opportunity. She whispered: "I'm wrong this time! Don't punish Captain Yang, otherwise you will not be able to convince the public."

Li Zhen had no choice but to do anything to her. Speaking of which, it was his own responsibility. Whoever asked him to agree to Di Yan's journey north with the army, he had to wave his hand and "wait and then beat him!"

Li Zhen shook his head, stepped forward to the prisoners, and asked, "Who are they?"

Di Yan was excited and quickly pointed at a young prisoner of war and said, "He is Li Daqiu, the prince of the Xi clan. He was caught by us. Can he be punished for his merits?"

Li Zhen was secretly happy in his heart. He actually grabbed Prince Xi, which invisibly created an opportunity for him. Li Zhen immediately ordered: "Take him into the tent!"

After walking a few steps, Li Zhen ordered his subordinates again: "Let Yang Honglie be released, and he will be punished for his crime."

Li Daqi was quite frightened. Although he was reluctant to go to Miyun, he did not want to be caught by the Tang army. But at this time, he could only leave his fate. Li Daqi was pushed into the tent. He wanted to close his eyes and wait for death, but Li Zhen waved his hand and said to the soldiers on both sides: "Let him loose!"

Several soldiers stepped forward to loosen Li Dali's tie. A glimmer of hope suddenly arose in his heart. He rubbed his numb wrist and asked tentatively: "Don't General Li plan to kill me?"

Li Zhen shook his head, "I'm not going to kill you, please sit down!"

Li Daqiu was puzzled and slowly sat down. Li Zhen sat down opposite him and asked with a smile: "You speak Chinese well, have you been in the Central Plains?"

Li Daqi nodded, "I lived in Luoyang for ten years and studied in the Imperial Academy. I only returned to Raole the year before."

"I see!"

Li Zhen smiled and looked at him and asked, "What are you doing in Miyun?"

Li Daqiu was silent for a moment and sighed and said, "My brother was seriously injured. My father wanted him to come back, but Sun Wanrong said that I must go to exchange, so I want to go to Miyun to exchange my brother back."

Speaking of this, Li Daqi asked uneasy again: "Is General Li going to send me to Luoyang?"

"No need. I will send someone to deliver a letter to your father. If he wants to save you, I need to talk to him. I will feel wronged that you will stay in our army for a few days!"

Li Zhen then released several of Li Daqi's subordinates and asked them to bring him a letter to King Li Pidi of Xi. He led his army to continue north. At dusk, the army arrived at the grassland where Di Yan first encountered the mother and son of the Xi tribe. Li Zhen ordered the army to station and wait for news about King Li Pidi of Xi.

Two days later, a Xi cavalry of more than 2,000 people arrived at Li Zhen’s camp and stopped ten miles away. Li Zhen also received news and led hundreds of cavalry out of the camp to check the situation.

After a moment, a cavalry of hundreds of people rushed towards this side. The leader was a middle-aged man wearing a fox fur coat and a muddy hat. This man was King Li Pidi of Xi. He received the news that his second son was captured by the Tang army halfway through Miyun, which made him anxious and panic, and immediately led his army south.

Li Pidi had poor childbirth and had only two sons. He was over fifty years old and could no longer have a child. Therefore, these two sons held all his hopes. Moreover, he had just received news that his eldest son had been seriously injured and died in December last year. He now only has this son. If something happened to this son, he would have no descendants.

Li Pidi no longer cared about his danger and came to the Tang army camp to negotiate with Li Zhen. Soon, the Xi cavalry team rushed forward, and Li Pidi whispered aloud several dozen steps apart: "General Li, where is my son?"

"Are you King Xi?"

"That's it! Let me see my son."

Li Zhen turned around and waved his hand. Several Tang cavalrymen brought Li Daqi out. When Li Daqi saw his father, he hurriedly shouted: "Father save me!"

Seeing that his son was fine, Li Pi felt relieved. He said to Li Zhen again: "General Li, what conditions do you want to let my son go, just tell me!"
Chapter completed!