Su Chen was quite puzzled. Elsa had always wanted to go to the Tang Dynasty before, so why did she suddenly decide to marry the Lachem people?
"how?
The commander-in-chief doesn’t want me to marry Ils?”
Su Chen felt a little guilty: "Didn't you always want to go to Datang?"
"I think, if you want to get the support of the Lachem people, you don't have to humiliate yourself!"
Elsa complained bitterly: "I want to go to the Tang Dynasty with the commander, not alone."
"If the commander-in-chief wants me to commit myself to Ils, then give me a title and take me back to the Tang Dynasty."
Su Chen let out a long sigh: "Think clearly, following me is not a good destination. You know I have a family in Datang."
Su Chen is not stupid. He has long understood Elsa's thoughts towards him.
It's just that the environment he is currently in is complex and he has heavy responsibilities.
Moreover, there are Princess Changle, Sun Rong, and Wu Meiniang in the family, so Su Chen has always tried his best to avoid having an affair with Elsa.
But now it seems unavoidable.
When Elsa heard that Su Chen was relieved, her eyes immediately lit up: "I know, I also know that you are the consort of Princess Changle of the Tang Dynasty."
Su Chen looked at Elsa: "I know, you still..."
"Don't worry, I won't embarrass the commander-in-chief. If Her Highness Princess Changle doesn't want to, just ask the commander-in-chief not to forget your promise and secretly give me a few boats!"
Su Chen said: "You are quite open-minded!"
Elsa smiled and said: "What else can we do?"
"I really want to follow the commander to visit the Tang Dynasty,"
"Besides, if I hadn't happened to meet the commander on the shore of the Red Sea, I and Hashem would have died long ago."
Su Chen sighed and said, "We can wait until we defeat Dashi."
"The enemy is at hand, I don't have the heart to think about anything else right now!"
"And you should behave yourself from now on. There seems to be some gossip about us in the army in private."
Elsa nodded and said: "I am not an ignorant woman."
"Besides, I have no time to think about my own personal affairs until Hashem takes back the throne of Cannith."
"By the way, can I go to see Numan and his son in advance?"
Su Chen was stunned, frowned and said: "You still want to see Iers?"
Elsa said matter-of-factly: "Go to Numan and his son to propose marriage for Hashem!"
"Didn't I say that I would propose a marriage between Canni Kingdom and Lachem?"
"Ilse's sister Pulan..."
Su Chen stared at Elsa, breathing a little raggedly: "The marriage you just mentioned, did you mean Hashim and Ils's sister?"
Elsa tried her best to suppress her laughter: "Yes! I didn't say it was me, but you, the handsome man..."
Seeing that Su Chen was getting angry, Elsa turned around and walked out of the camp:
"If the commander has no objection, I will leave tomorrow morning!"
When she walked to the door, Elsa turned back and said: "Since the commander-in-chief has no right to commit myself to others, I will also make it clear to Ils this time!"
After saying that, he left the military tent and ran away in a hurry.
Su Chen was sitting on a chair in the military tent, looking up at the top of the military tent in a daze!
Hey! Forget it, we’ll talk about Elsa later, the military situation at hand is more important.
Su Chen stood up and grabbed an ice cube from the copper basin on the table and put it on his forehead to help himself calm down and concentrate on thinking about the battle that was going to happen next.
Osman personally led his troops to the city of Kufa. The next step should be the final decisive battle with Dashi.
In the current situation, Su Chen had to be extremely energetic.
The army continued to advance slowly along the west bank of the Euphrates River,
According to Su Chen's calculations, the possibility of taking Kufa one step ahead before Osman arrived in Kufa was very slim.
So let’s not be so anxious and let Osman go to Kufa first.
As long as he can rush to join the Lachem people before the Ottomans launch an attack on the Lachem people, there is no need for the army to march rapidly under the scorching sun.
Elsa and Hashim rode lightly and quickly the next morning to the southern shore of Lake Najaf, where the Lachem people gathered.
Su Chen agreed to Elsa's request and asked her to go to the Lachem chief Numan one step ahead.
Firstly, he asked her to resolve some private matters, and secondly, he asked her to bring a message to the Lachem people that the army would be here soon, so they don't have to worry.
Osman must now know clearly that the Lachem people are going to rebel. The Lachem people are very worried that Osman will suddenly destroy them first.
However, Su Chen felt that it was unlikely that Osman would do this:
The Lahemites live in the west of the Euphrates River, backed by the boundless desert.
Although they are no match for Osman, once they run into the desert and hide and seek with Osman, Osman will not be able to do anything to them in a short time.
If Osman really rushed into the desert to pursue the Lachem people in a rage, Su Chen would be able to crawl down with a smile!
But Osman is definitely not that stupid.
What surprised Su Chen was that Elsa and Hashim, who wanted to rush to the shore of Lake Najaf as soon as possible, hurried back the next morning after leaving for a day.
"Commander! The information is wrong!"
As soon as they met, Elsa hurriedly said to Su Chen:
"The defenders of Kufa, Shila and other cities have left the city and are heading south towards the commander-in-chief!"
Su Chen frowned and immediately asked the army to stop. He first asked someone to call Lapu Pasu over.
At the same time, several senior officers were called over, and they took out the map and looked at it carefully.
"Is the information accurate?"
The person who asked the question was Lapu Pasu who hurried over.
Elsa said: "The Lachem people have been keeping an eye on several cities in the north. The information they sent is correct!"
The two of them met the Lachem people who came to report the news halfway, and then turned back directly.
"Commander, it was my fault!"
Rappasu said, waving his hand behind him, and several Persian followers quickly left to arrange a detailed investigation of Osman's whereabouts. Several Tang army scouts also followed.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were not familiar with the place, and it was difficult for the scouts to detect hundreds of miles away.
The Mesopotamia is the homeland of Persia, and Su Chen has always given Rappasu the responsibility for detecting the movements of the cannibals.
"Commander, according to the intelligence received yesterday, the Ottoman army is still moving towards Kufa."
"I haven't received any news from the scouts today."
Rappasu continued to say to Su Chen.
Su Chen stared at the map and waved his hand. Of course he knew this information.
"Did the Great Eater abandon the city defense and want to go out of the city to fight with us?"
Rappasu said: "Commander, in fact, most of Dashi's most elite troops are Bedouin cavalry, and they are not good at defending the city."
"Besides, the Marshal burned Nasiriyah with a hot air balloon last time. The cannibal must have felt that staying in the city was of no use."
Su Chen smiled and said, "If that's the case, it would save us a lot of trouble."
Master Sun Ren shook his head and said: "Commander, there are many cannibals in the country, and we don't have much advantage in the wild."
