As soon as Asbas finished speaking, a deafening roar echoed through the night sky. Several archers beside Asbath fell out, their backs covered in blood and flesh.
Everyone followed the sound in horror and saw dozens of figures standing beside Asbas, holding dark firearms, aiming at Asbas and several generals beside him.
One person in the middle was holding a short-handled firecracker, with green smoke coming out of the muzzle.
"Commander Asbas, everyone who asked you is not to move around. If anyone moves around, I will treat you to iron peanuts."
Zhang Yanling walked slowly over and quickly loaded the gun in his hand without stopping.
Asbasi's mind raced, and he suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem. The people holding firearms, weren't they the Ming troops who blocked their troops in Dushi City today? They were actually mixed in among their own soldiers. It seemed that they
We are also going to attack the camp tonight.
"What the hell? Kill them." A general beside Asbath shouted loudly, and he himself reached out and drew his knife and rushed over. Several soldiers saw this and rushed over after him.
"Boom, boom, boom!" After several roars, Na Lai and several Tatar soldiers fell to the ground with blood splattering on their bodies.
"Asbasi, do you want to die? If you don't tell your people not to act rashly," Zhang Yanling shouted sharply, pointing the blunderbuss at Asbas's face.
Asbath originally wanted to escape quickly, but he knew the power of the opponent's firecrackers. At this moment, the opponent was only seven or eight steps away from him, and there was no way he could escape from the blast range of the opponent's dozens of firearms. He didn't want to
He risked his own life. So he shouted loudly: "No one is allowed to act rashly, and no one is allowed to mess around."
When the Tatars heard this and did not dare to move, Zhang Yanling stepped forward and put a blunderbuss on Asbas's waist. Chen Shiyi stepped forward and quickly struck the scimitar between Asbas's waist and the boot.
He took out the dagger and disarmed him.
At the edge of the forest, Zhao Yongsheng shouted in surprise: "Is it Mr. Zhang? Is it you?"
Zhang Yanling laughed and said: "Zhao Shoubei, this is me. Hahaha, I didn't expect you to be alive. I thought you were no longer alive."
Zhao Yongsheng laughed and said: "Originally, I should have defended the Chicheng Fortress and lived and died with the fortress. But when I thought that the emperor was in danger, how could I die easily? So I escaped with the remaining 100 brothers and rushed to Dushi City.
Come and escort me.”
Zhang Yanling laughed loudly and said: "That's true. How can you die easily if you are useful? Zhao Shoubei, why don't you bring your brothers over to join us soon?"
Zhao Yongsheng gave a loud order and rushed over from the edge of the forest with more than a hundred people. The Tatars were watching with eager eyes and were at war with each other, but the commander-in-chief Asbas was controlled by others and did not dare to take action.
Alsibas heard the conversation between Zhang Yanling and Zhao Yongsheng, and said to Zhang Yanling in a deep voice: "Are you the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty?"
Chen Shiyi shouted: "This is me, the Marquis of Jianchang in the Ming Dynasty, and the current uncle of the country. You are lucky to have fallen into the hands of the Marquis."
Asbath sneered and said, "Uncle, you are here to follow your little emperor to die."
Chen Shiyi reprimanded and scolded: "Shut up, if you keep chirping, I will teach you to die here."
Asbath sneered and said: "Do you think you can survive if you kill me? If I were you, I would never do such a stupid thing. My uncle, I would like to advise you, please quickly advise your little emperor not to resist.
Surrender obediently. I, Yuan Dayan Khan, do not want to kill him, I just want to negotiate terms with your Ming Dynasty."
When Chen Shiyi was about to scold him, Zhang Yanling waved his hand to stop him and said with a smile: "Commander Asbasi, I would also like to advise you, your life is your own, don't try to play tricks, lest you risk your own life.
.As for whether we people surrender or not, can’t you still see it? If you want to surrender, why bother going to this point?”
Asbas smacked his lips and said: "Don't threaten me. I, Asbas, am a Tatar warrior, not afraid of life and death. Do you think you can use my life to threaten me if you take me? I'm afraid you can't even think about it. Take my life."
, I’m worth it in exchange for your little Ming Emperor’s life. By the way, you, the Marquis, are also included.
Life. I can let you leave here and go back to the city, or if you want to escape now, I can let you cross the river and escape. Other than that, I can't help you with anything. Don't even think about trading my life for one.
There is absolutely no way for you, the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty, to escape."
"Son of a bitch, you are so stubborn even when you are about to die. Fuck your grandma." Zhao Yongsheng cursed loudly.
Alsbath just sneered.
Zhang Yanling frowned and pondered. He had really thought that if he captured the leader of the Tatars in Nancheng, he could threaten his life and force him to open a passage to allow the emperor to escape from Nancheng. That would naturally be the best result.
However, Asbath actually said it in advance in front of everyone, which may indicate that he really will not agree to such conditions.
There are actually conditions for a deal to be concluded. The most important point is that the benefits obtained by both parties should not be too disparate.
Take the matter at hand as an example. If Asbath let the emperor escape in order to survive, what would the little Tatar prince Batu Munch do to him? He would definitely punish Asbath severely and kill him.
. He may even kill all his tribe members. Therefore, although Asbas can survive now, he will not be able to escape in the future. Under such circumstances, how can Asbas be willing to bow his head? Since it is all a dead end, of course he will
I will fight to the end.
The reason why Alsbas refused to say anything in front of so many people is because he would never accept such conditions. If there was a possibility of agreeing, he would not say these words in public.
"Chief Asbas, I don't want to kill you, nor do I want to force you to do something you can't do. I want to negotiate terms with you. After all, your life is in our hands.
If you don’t want to live, then there’s no need to say anything.
You just need to order your people to attack, and I will shoot you, and then fight them to the death. No need to bother. But if you don't want to die, you have to show some useful sincerity in exchange for your life.
Your life hangs in my hands now?"
Asbath sneered and said: "Didn't I say it? I can let you escape and I will never pursue you. Isn't this the best condition? Do you still want to go back to the city and wait to die? I'll let you go and then
I’m giving you a way out, isn’t that sincere enough?”
Zhang Yanling frowned and said: "Commander Asbas, if you talk like this, I have nothing to talk to you about. If we are disloyal and unjust people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, how can we risk going out of the city to get you? This
You have also seen Zhao Yongsheng and Zhao Shou. You fought at Longmen. He has already
Although he escaped with more than a hundred brothers, he could have survived by hiding in the mountains and forests. But why did he walk for days and nights to come here to die? You don't even think about it, how can I, the Ming soldiers, be willing to betray the emperor?
, violates the principle of loyalty. Your conditions are an insult to us."
Asbasi nodded thoughtfully and said: "Master Zhang, although we are enemies, I admire the loyal and righteous people. If you don't force me, I will not embarrass you. Today, since I, Asbasi, accidentally fell
There is nothing to say if I fall into your hands. Ants are greedy for life, and I am living a good life and naturally I don’t want to lose my life. If you want to negotiate terms, we can negotiate terms. As long as you don’t force others to make things difficult, I will naturally not do it myself.
die."
Zhang Yanling nodded and said with a smile: "If you have this attitude, then everything will be easy to deal with. In this case, I would like to ask the commander-in-chief to lead the way, and we will go to your tent to discuss the terms."
Asbasi nodded in agreement, and Zhang Yanling held a blunderbuss against his waist and returned to the big tent in the middle of the camp on the slope.
All the Tatar soldiers followed behind, and after entering the camp, they surrounded the tent. Zhang Yanling asked everyone accompanying him to stay outside the tent, and only asked Chen Shiyi to follow him into the tent to prevent Asbasi from breaking out.
I accidentally couldn't control him. With Chen Shiyi by his side to protect me, I didn't have to worry too much.
After entering the big tent, Asbath sat down on the felt carpet on the ground, reached out and took out the jug to pour wine.
Chen Shiyi shouted: "Don't move."
Asbath squinted and said, "What are you afraid of? It's just a drink."
Zhang Yanling waved her hand, signaling Chen Shiyi not to be too nervous. With the blunderbuss in his hand, he was not afraid of what Asbath might do.
Asbath drank half a bottle of wine while he was minding his own business. He wiped the drink from his mouth and said to Zhang Yanling, "How many sips will you like, Mr. Zhang?"
Zhang Yanling sneered and said: "It's not like I need to drink to calm down my shock. Besides, I can't compliment the taste of your Tatar drinks. I drink only the best wines, but I don't drink your bitter and spicy drinks."
"
Asbas sneered and said: "My Great Yuan ancestors used to drink fine wine. It's a pity that this great country has been taken over by you."
Zhang Yanling spat: "It's a joke, I, the Central Plains, own the land. You barbarian tribes only occupied it for a short time, but they say it belongs to you. We are just driving away you barbarians and taking back our own land."
Asbas said: "I won't argue with you about this. Sooner or later, we will go south and take it back. Barbarian tribe? Hehe, whoever has strong force will win the world. Whoever has a strong fist will win.
It’s the master.”
Zhang Yanling raised the gun in his hand and shouted: "Commander Asbas, I'm afraid you are drunk. You shouldn't drink. Wake up. You are in my hands now. According to your words, I am you."
Master, please don’t make me unhappy. I don’t have a good temper.”
Asbath sneered and said, "I just let you take advantage of the loophole and threaten me again."
Zhang Yanling shouted: "A loophole was taken advantage of? You crossed the river today, and I only used less than 200 people to kill and injure thousands of you. Is this a loophole?"
Asbasi glared at Zhang Yanling angrily. After a while, he lowered his head in frustration and said, "That's all, I admit that you guys are very capable. I really didn't expect that I would fall into your hands when we crossed the river today."
Zhang Yanling sneered: "You still know how to admit this."
Asbath said: "But you have to admit that now you are in a desperate situation. It is impossible to escape with wings. The monolithic city will be destroyed. You have no way out."
Zhang Yanling looked at him and nodded: "I admit it. That's why I took the risk to come and get you."
Asbas said solemnly: "It's useless for you to kill me. I said, even if you kill me, I can't let your little emperor escape. If you are still thinking about this, there is no need to talk about it."
Zhang Yanling said: "Of course I know you don't have the guts."
Asbath said: "Don't try to provoke me, it's useless."
Zhang Yanling said: "Let's talk about something practical. You just said that Batu Munch just wanted to catch me, the Ming Emperor, in exchange for some conditions. Then, let's talk about the conditions. Maybe we can reach an agreement and let it go. Maybe.
It’s unclear whether everyone will be happy with the outcome.”
Asbath frowned and said, "You mean, you want to negotiate peace with us?"
Zhang Yanling said: "I actually don't want to, but at this point, I'm afraid this is the best way. Rather than being broken into pieces, it's better to destroy everything. We are trapped here by you now. If we can negotiate a deal through peaceful means, wouldn't we not have to fight against each other?"
Since your Dayan Khan has no intention of taking my life, the Ming Emperor, but just for some other things, why not have a talk?"
Asbath frowned and pondered. Logically speaking, it makes sense. But Asbath knew that Batu Munch had a huge appetite, and his conditions might be difficult for people to accept. Besides, Ming Chao was captured.
It would be much easier to negotiate terms with the little emperor in hand than it is to negotiate terms now.
"I can't decide on this matter, and I can't agree to it. This matter needs Dayan Khan's consent." Asbas said solemnly.
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "I know you can't make the decision, so you should immediately ask Batu Munch for instructions. Tell him that we want to negotiate terms with him. At the same time, tell him that you are in our hands now. Tell him about the situation here.
Tell him everything. You tell him, if he refuses to agree to negotiate, you will die in our hands. Since he has no intention of killing me, the Ming Emperor, he should care about your life and agree to negotiate terms. After all, this does not violate him.
original intention.”
Asbas looked at Zhang Yanling coldly and said, "Are you trying to sow discord? What if Dayan Khan disagrees, do you want me to hold a grudge?"
Zhang Yanling chuckled and said: "Commander Asbas, you have no choice. If you don't even want to report what we want to talk about, then I will be so disappointed. You say I am sowing discord? This is ridiculous.
Okay. Don’t you want to know your status in Batu Munch’s mind?
If your Khan cares about you, he will agree to peace talks. If he doesn't care about your life or death, and refuses to agree even though he can save your life, then it's not the result of my instigation, but the inherent thoughts in his heart. Be happy,
Tell me, will you write to Batu Munch as I say?"
As Zhang Yanling spoke, he pointed the muzzle of the gun at Asbath's chest with a cold and stern look on his face.