"Don't believe him! He is trying to delay time!" Chacha Axilanda came to ask Wang Xun for a royal tassel. After hearing the prisoner's words, she raised her voice to remind him, fearing that Wang Xun would be deceived.
At this time, Wang Xun's thinking was already difficult to be influenced by others. He waved his hand to signal Axilanda to be calm, then ordered the guards to push the prisoner back, and asked with a smile: "Did you hear it? Give me a chance to believe it."
Your reason. Don’t swear by your own life, I know you are not afraid of death!"
Aikailamu's stand-in was slightly startled by Wang Xun's question, and suddenly he felt a sense of discovery in his heart. He grinned and sighed, "There is an old saying in the Tang Dynasty. In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks will fail."
It has lost its effect. At this moment, Hulun and Dawei Ercheng are just fish on the chopping board to you. Fighting early and late makes no difference. Even if I deliberately delay, how long can I delay?!"
Wang Xun originally thought that this person was just fluent in Tang dialect and had some courage. However, he did not expect that this guy was so familiar with the Central Plains culture. He was stunned and said with a smile: "This is indeed a good reason. Then tell me.
, is there any way you can allow me to capture these two cities without a single blow?!"
"Aliyi, the city lord of Hulun City, and I once studied with the same teacher. According to your Tang Dynasty, it was a friendship between classmates. I wrote a letter to clearly explain the comparison of strengths between the two sides. I believe he will make a decision.
The right choice. But Sir, you have to promise me that after entering the city, firstly, you will not kill innocent people indiscriminately. Secondly, you will not deliberately cause trouble to the Tianfang Cult members in the city!"
"These are two conditions!" Wang Xun stretched out his finger, waved it in front of the prisoner, and reminded with a smile. "You said before that as long as I agreed to one condition, I could capture Hulun City without a single soldier. Now you are asking
Got two!”
"I can take two cities, one for one condition!" Aikelam's substitute reacted very quickly and quickly found a sufficient reason for himself, "I can write a letter to persuade the lord of Hulun City, Ali Yi, to donate the city.
To the Commander-in-Chief. And the guard general of Talmu City is a disciple of Aliyi. As a teacher, he went to the city in person to surrender, so he has no reason to resist to the end!"
This promise made Wang Xun somewhat moved. After hesitating for a moment, he continued to ask: "How can you guarantee that Master and Disciple Aliyi will listen to your advice?!"
"Zhezhe City and Ju Zhanti have learned a lesson from the past. It is estimated that no one in the entire Western Region is aware of your prestige at this moment!" Aikelamu's stand-in shrugged and responded with a somewhat mocking tone.
Three-quarters of Zhezhe City was destroyed, and Ju Zhanti ended up with a better outcome. The killing and looting were forcibly banned by Wang Xun, but that was only after dawn. In the middle of the night, countless families were broken up and people died. Although the responsibility was
Even though he was not with Wang Xun, he still felt a little embarrassed when he was mentioned to his face. He couldn't help but sneered a few times, curled his lips and retorted: "When your country marched eastward, I'm afraid it didn't do as well as Wang. If so.
On that day, Zhezhe City was destroyed by your country's Eastern Expeditionary Army. I wonder how many of the people among them could survive safely?!"
"Aikelam's ability to control the army is not as good as yours, sir. In the Eastern Expeditionary Army, there are also some villains who come here with the purpose of making a fortune." The substitute spoke very openly, directly admitting that his own family also knew how to burn, kill and loot.
This attitude alone was already very surprising. Wang Xun was stunned again, and ended this embarrassing topic with a smile, "I'll give you a chance. You should prepare to write a letter! However, as long as
This time, before noon tomorrow, if the Lord of Hulun City refuses to take the initiative to go out and ask for surrender, don’t blame me for being ruthless! Someone, untie him! Prepare a pen and ink.”
"No!" the guards on the left and right agreed, and stepped forward to untie Aikelamu's stand-in. Arilanda was so anxious that she rubbed her hands beside her, but she didn't have the guts to question Wang Xun's decision, so she could only look at the prisoner helplessly.
Keep showing off.
After a while, someone brought a brush and paper. Aikelamu's stand-in moved his numbed arms, broke the brush, dipped the hard part of the second half in some ink, and wrote quickly on the paper. After a while, a
The letter of persuasion to surrender was written. He picked it up himself, dried it carefully in the sun, and folded it. Then he held it in both hands and gave it to Wang Xun, and said in a very respectful tone: "Please send your capable men to deliver this letter."
At the hands of the Lord of Hulun City. If you set out now, you will probably be able to celebrate your victory in Hulun City before noon tomorrow!"
"Are you so sure?" Wang Xun couldn't understand the ghost-like writing on the letter, but as far as he knew, most of the middle and upper classes of Tianfang's followers would rather go to heaven to enjoy their blessings after death than face the reality of the world. There are very few of them.
Someone will know how to assess the situation.
"He only has a thousand soldiers and horses. What's the point of resisting desperately? It's better to surrender quickly, so as not to give others an excuse to rob and kill!"
The second half of the sentence was a bit deliberately provocative. When Asiranda and others heard this, they immediately yelled, "Shut up! Your Excellency has given me grace. You don't have the sheep, but you want to take away another camel. If you have the ability, call me Hu."
Lord Lun, please don’t surrender, I’m worried that all my strength will be useless!”
Aikelamu's substitute smiled and ignored Axilanda's angry shouting. This neither humble nor arrogant attitude made Wang Xun more fond of him. He temporarily handed the letter to the guard beside him, and then was very polite.
He asked: "What is your name? You did this for me. Aren't you afraid that Aikelam will cause trouble to your family if he finds out?"
For Wang Xun who dared to believe in his sincerity, the substitute body had some admiration for him. He bowed and responded loudly, "If you want to reply to the Governor, the general's name is Omar Daramuk Ben Oude, my
Teacher Tang Yan named me Ma Baoyu. You can just call me Ma Baoyu. As for Aikelam, he lost the battle and probably didn’t have the guts to report the truth to him. He didn’t even dare to tell the truth about the loss of Hulun City.
Please send the details back to China for the reason!”
"Ma Baoyu?!" Wang Xun was very interested in the person with this name. "Is your teacher from the Tang Dynasty? What's his name?"
"His name is Du Huan, and he is the warehouse officer of General Gao Xianzhi. Three years ago, he was captured by our army during the Battle of Talos. His subordinates saw that he looked like a scholar, so they bought him and kept him with them until
It was only last year that he was sent to the city of Kufa to teach other younger members of the family to learn Tang dialect."
"Oh!" Wang Xun nodded lightly. The Du surname was a popular surname in the Central Plains, and there were many talented people in the clan. It was not a strange thing for one or two of them to follow Gao Xianzhi and seek a career. What made him curious was that this person was in short time.
In just two years, he actually taught someone like Ma Baoyu. Not only did he speak Tang Yan extremely fluently, but he also seemed to be familiar with many of the histories and allusions of the Central Plains.
From Ma Baoyu's words, it is not difficult to find that his family is also a prominent family in Dashi. This made Wang Xun feel more fond of this person. With a sense of sympathy, he smiled and said to Wanqi
Yu Xie took back the surrender letter written by Ma Baoyu and said, "Few of my subordinates can speak Dashi words. Why don't you go to Kulun City for me and personally persuade the Lord of Aliyi City to come out and ask for surrender. I
I can promise you that no matter who is in the city, as long as he does not take the initiative to cause trouble, my people will not hurt him. In addition, after completing this mission, we will be settled, and I can give you money and camels, and let you return home.
"
"Sir!" As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of opposition from around him.
Wang Xun was not moved by the objections at all. He just looked at Ma Baoyu with a smile, waiting for the other party's reply. The latter never dreamed that the Hammer King would actually believe that he had reached such a point, and he was stunned for a long time amid the doubts.
, then he bowed down and made a solemn promise, "Sir, do you dare to believe me? If I refuse again, it will be a great embarrassment to the big food man. Please give me a fast horse and a scimitar. I will set off immediately!"
"Thirteen, go find him a war horse and a scimitar!" Wang Xun ignored everyone's objections and immediately ordered the commander of the guards around him.
"Yes, sir!" Wang Shisan had always only had Wang Xun in his eyes, so he immediately took the order and left. After a while, he brought back a beautiful Dawan horse, handed the horse's reins to Ma Baoyu himself, then took off the horizontal knife from his waist,
Throwing it into the opponent's arms, "Take this knife to defend yourself. I hope you won't let the adults take away your eyes. If you dare to betray the trust of the adults, even if I catch that Kufa, I will take your head back!"
"Are you the only men of the Tang Dynasty who keep your promises in this world?" Ma Baoyu jumped on his mount and raised his sword to Wang Xun, "The Governor will lead his team and wait for you downstairs at Hulun City."
As he spoke, he hit the stirrups with his legs, turned around and galloped away.
Seeing that Wang Xun had fallen into the trap of a prisoner so easily, all the princes along the Yaochashui River were so anxious that they beat their chests and stamped their feet. They stared at the distant smoke and dust in a daze for a long time before they dispersed angrily.
Asilanda was the most frustrated, but she did not dare to express her dissatisfaction obviously. As she walked, she complained in a low voice, "That man is a liar at first glance. The governor let him go. Although the coalition forces are invincible, the city of Hulun can
If you are fully prepared, you will always have to put in more effort!"
"Since the Governor likes to have fun, let him be. Anyway, there are not many soldiers in Hulun City. Even if we make preparations in advance, we won't be able to hold on for a few more days." Cao Zhongjie was very good at comforting himself, grinning and smiling.
respond.
"How do you know that the Governor will definitely see the wrong person? What if the Governor is right in his bet?!" Balbo was also very disappointed, but he could not tolerate the slightest disrespect from others to Wang Xun. He stopped and faced his companions next to him.
Ask questions.
"How could it be possible?!" Axilanda couldn't tolerate a junior refuting her like this. She turned around and said with a livid face. "If you talk about credibility with a big cannibal, aren't you fooling yourself? When have they ever kept their promise?!"
The reputation of the Great Cannibal has indeed always been poor in the Yaochashui Basin, but Bao Erbo believed in Wang Xun's judgment more, "But when has the decision of the Grand Governor ever been wrong? At least not yet! I'll bet you
Hundreds of camels, no matter whether the surrender is successful or not, the man named Ma will definitely come back to take his life. Do you dare to bet with me?"
"Dang..." Axilanda responded instinctively. As soon as the words came to her lips, she swallowed the second half hard, holding back her face and flushed.
One hundred camels is not a big sum. The spoils I received today are more than that. But losing to a junior is too humiliating. "Why did I think I would lose?!" Suddenly, he
I thought in shock. Then I was stunned by my own thoughts.
"How could I believe that I lost? Why did I think that I would lose before I even started?! Why, why?"
