At dawn, the first light of dawn appears, and a new day comes.
When Zhang Yanling and others escorted Asbas's son Jida out of the Tatar camp in Nancheng, behind them, the Tatar camp was filled with flames.
That was another condition Zhang Yanling put forward. It was to ask Asbas to burn all the siege equipment that was being built, and all the logs that had spent a lot of manpower and time on felling and transporting to show his sincerity.
Asbath couldn't refuse. This was indeed a way to express sincerity. If he didn't agree, it would appear that he was ready to go back on his word and want to launch an siege. In fact, Asbath was somewhat glad that Zhang Yanling did not make more excessive demands.
.These siege equipment and logs will be burned if they are burned. They can be cut down and built later. It is just a matter of time.
Asbasi stood in front of the camp, watching Zhang Yanling and others leave. His mood was very complicated and contradictory. What the Marquis Zhang had just said to him echoed in his heart.
"Commander Asbas, I ventured out of the city tonight. My original purpose was to capture the thief and capture the king. I wanted to capture you and force you to order the route to the south city to be opened up for us to leave. If you don't agree, we will
I will kill you without hesitation. But now we have not done so, do you know why?"
"It's not because we are afraid that if we kill you, we will die here. If we were afraid of death, we wouldn't risk coming here. The real reason is that I know that you can't make the decision. You are controlled by others, so you don't have the courage at all."
"You may be very angry when I say this. But I don't care. In my opinion, you are just a bloodless person. In the eyes of Batu Munch, you are just a dog, and he has no regard for your life.
I don’t care. You know this in your heart, but you don’t dare to resist in any way.”
"...You also understand that we will never agree to the conditions proposed by Batu Munch. This so-called peace negotiation is simply impossible to succeed. You know this in your heart, so you refuse to go back to Monolith City with us.
.Because you understand, you only need to mention it in front of me, Emperor Ming
If you meet these three conditions, you will be killed on the spot immediately. You know in your heart that Batu Munch doesn't care about your life or death at all. He even hopes to kill you with our hands. Just lend me Ming's knife to kill you.
You actually know this, but you dare not express it in any way."
"Don't say that I am sowing discord. You know that what I say is the truth. The facts are obvious. If Batu Munch really cared about your life, how could he put forward such conditions that we would never agree to?
When your life is threatened, I put forward unacceptable peace conditions and asked you to be the messenger of the negotiations. Isn’t it obvious? I mean to ask you to follow us into the city and die. If this is not killing with a borrowed knife, then what is killing with a borrowed knife? "
"...Commander Asbas, although you and I have never met each other, I have heard of your name. You are the commander of the Duoyan Tribe, the most famous person in the Modong Desert. Your Duoyan Tribe's own
It belongs to the eastern tribe of Wulianghamo. Now that the Wuliangha tribe has been wiped out by Batu Meng, all three of you Duoyan tribes have no choice but to surrender to Batu Meng.
His mission. The chief of the tribe who used to be equal to Batu Monk now has to bow his head under the eaves. I also know that in order to win over you, Batu Monk made a promise to you before, letting you command the troops of your tribe and maintain
Original strength. It is precisely because of this that the three of you, Duoyan, surrendered to Batu Munch in order to preserve your interests."
"But... Commander Asbas, don't you think about it. If you were Batu Munch, would you want your men to have a huge army that could threaten his position at any time? This is how you behave.
The most taboo thing for a king. Batu
Munch has great ambitions to be the lord of the desert, so how can he allow a tiger to sleep soundly next to his bed? I dare say that in his heart, he is always thinking about dividing the strength of the three of you, Duoyan, and eliminating your threat. This is what he wants
Reason to kill you."
"Perhaps, he doesn't actually want to attack you at the moment, because he is using your power. He has not yet unified the desert, so he may call you brothers and use your power to help him unify the desert. In the future, he will gradually
I will take care of you. As the saying goes, the cunning rabbit will die and the running dog will be cooked. This is the truth. But if there is an opportunity in front of you,
, how could he let it go? Join you and die in our hands, and he would get rid of you, a tiger, without taking any responsibility. Why not? This is when he agreed to the peace negotiation and showed his willingness to save your life.
He is a gesture of peacemaking, but at the same time he puts forward impossible conditions, forcing us to kill you. This is his insidiousness."
"Commander Asbas, maybe you think that what I said is just to sow discord. Whatever you think, I will only tell you what I saw. As for whether you believe it or not, that is your business.
.The reason why I am willing to let you go is because I am biased
I don’t want Batu Munch to succeed. He wants to use our sword to kill you, but we just can’t do what he wants. Anyway, this stop is unavoidable, so I’ll simply spare you and let’s fight openly. Anyway, no matter what, we
It’s going to be a bloody battle.”
"What I, Zhang Yanling, hate most are people who hide their heads and show their tails and play tricks, especially people like Batu Munch who play dirty tricks on their brothers. You are loyal to him, but he plans to kill you. This kind of person
I, Zhang Yanling, hate it the most. If someone treats me like this, I will repay him twice as much, expose his ugly face, and completely break up with him."
"Of course, I also know your difficulties. After all, Batu Munch is famous and powerful in the desert now. No one dares to provoke him or resist him. Therefore, it is understandable for you to give in and pretend not to know all this.
.But if you endure until the end, what awaits you is the end of the cunning rabbit being killed and being cooked by the lackey.”
"Commander Asbas, maybe you won't believe what I say and think I have other motives. It doesn't matter, time will prove everything. And I can tell you, not only will I not kill you now, your
I will also release your son and reunite your father and son. You don’t have to be surprised. I don’t need your son as a hostage at all. If I exchange him for you, it will be a loss-making deal. Your life is much more valuable than your son.
, what am I?
Do you have to do this? It’s just a gesture to let you have a step to go down. If I don’t embarrass you at all and just let you go back to Monolith City, what will Batu Munch think? He will definitely have doubts about you.
Zhongzong, I thought you had reached some kind of deal with me in private. If I had an agenda, wouldn't it be more effective? But I don't want to do that. Let's fight a decisive battle openly and openly. I, Zhang Yanling, disdain to use such
means."
"You don't have to look at me like that. I told you that I despise Batu Munch's behavior, but I'm not trying to help you, let alone want anything from you. It's up to you whether you believe it or not. After I return to the city, I will
Let your son come back. Then you
Then I know whether what I said counts. I just hope that you keep your promise. I still have a lot of things to do before sunset. I want to write a suicide note, explain the funeral arrangements, and have a good drink with my brothers.
Wine, ready to arrive at the last minute
Come. I just want to enjoy this last moment and don't want to be disturbed. You may think that we are delaying time, but delaying this day will do us no good. We have no reinforcements coming, and there is no possibility of escape. Burn
I have to equip you with these siege equipment, that is what I must do. Since the final battle is unavoidable, of course I have to consider the battle. In fact, you also know that these cannot change the outcome, but I must do what I should do, as long as
That’s all.”
"Commander Asbas, I have never said so many words to a person in my life, let alone to an enemy. I feel weird myself. Anyway, I did say too much.
Maybe it was because I saw you, Commander Asbas, living under someone else's roof and feeling lonely as a hero, so I said some things that I shouldn't have said. After this moment, you and I are enemies, so there's no need to say anything.
That’s it for now.”
Asbasi stood in front of the camp, watching Zhang Yanling and others arrive at the city, and watched them being pulled up the city wall by the rope hanging from the city head. Zhang Yanling's words echoed in his heart for a long time.
Of course, Alsibas understood the purpose of what Zhan Yanling said. He was indeed trying to sow discord. He hoped to make a last-ditch effort and hoped that he could let them go. Alsibas was not a fool, and naturally understood him clearly.
intention.
But Asbas also had to admit that what Zhang Yanling said was right. As the leader of the Duoyan tribe, Asbas was once a powerful figure in Modong. However, with the growth of Batu Munch's power,
Strengthened, their Duoyan tribe had to rely on others
Next, he is loyal to Batu Meng. In recent years, Batu Meng has become more and more harsh and cruel in squeezing and driving the Duoyan tribe. He even bribed Asbas's best brother, a member of the Duoyan tribe.
The leader, Meng Duo, placed spies within the Duoyan tribe to stir up trouble.
Although Althbarth quietly looked for opportunities to get rid of Mondo, this also became a tacit understanding between Batu Munch and Althbarth. Althbarth has been trying to actively respond to Batu Munch.
Tu Meng tried to dispel and bridge this knot by actively participating in the execution of Batu Munk's orders, hoping to win Batu Munk's respect and trust. However, various signs indicate that little success has been achieved.
This time, the news of the Ming Dynasty's young emperor's appearance on Xuanbei Road was known to Asbas first, and it was he who reported it to Batu Munch and actively asked to participate in the war. All this was just to please the Great Khan and do a good job.
It's just a relationship.
However, what Zhang Yanling said was right. Batu Munch's performance today did have the intention of killing people with a borrowed knife. Zhang Yanling could see it, and naturally he, Asbath, could also see it.
If he was killed by Akito in anger, Batu Munch obviously had no responsibility. He did not have to bear the reputation of killing the tribal leader, and he could annex his tribe in an upright manner. He already had his people in the army. Once he died, these people would
Then he will act completely according to Batu Munch's orders.
However, even if this is the case, what can Asbath do at this moment? Apart from pretending not to know and continuing to attack the city, does he have any other choice?