In the second half of the night, the huge Puhua City also fell into a deep sleep. The lights of thousands of homes are almost completely extinguished. On the city wall, which is only a few feet high, there are still several bonfires burning. But in the darkness of the night, it was also faint and almost nothing.

At this moment, above the city wall, it was eerily quiet. Not only were there no soldiers stationed, but they didn't even see the slightest rumor. But it was Puhua at night, and the temperature plummeted. So that the righteous people who have just picked up weapons and acted as soldiers are very unaccustomed to it. In addition, in recent days, Puhua City has been relatively calm. Therefore, the soldiers all cowered in the cave of the city gate and slept soundly.

If it had been the past, Mordur would have come to inspect and punish them severely. But now, Mordur has been stripped of his military powers. Yusuf, who has just taken office, is another guy who is all about glory and wealth.

It is simply impossible to expect him to be as dutiful as Mordur.

So when the sound of iron hooves sounded, there was no reaction on the city wall.

It was probably a long time before the sound of iron hooves faded away. When they came to a brightly lit valley, a spy on horseback immediately rushed into it at a gallop. The soldiers stationed there also put the switch card in time and did not dare to stop it.

This is a valley less than five miles away from Puhua. During the day, there are often passing merchants resting here. Therefore, the surrounding residents have opened several teahouses here for people to enjoy the coolness.

However, by this time, the teahouse had been used by the Mahamat as a temporary military command post. The entire valley was also blocked by the Khorezm army. Even the surrounding residents were wiped out. All the idlers and others have become cold corpses.

"Report! The spies sent out have news. A soldier in soft armor rushed into the heavily guarded teahouse road.

"Hmmm! Bring people in! Mahamat casually dropped a chess piece and said casually. Sadr Jahan, who was playing against him, immediately looked moved. The hands holding the chess were a little trembling.

Immediately, the spies were brought in and explained the defensive situation on Puhua City.

As if he didn't care, Mahamat just fell on his head and didn't speak. Sadr Jahan couldn't hold his breath anymore, and said anxiously: "Don't miss the opportunity!" The inner response in the city is waiting. ”。

Because Sanjar's time in control of Puhua was too short. In terms of buying people's hearts, they did too badly. It made those officials of the old school who originally belonged to the Burhan family dissatisfied.

I endured it before, but Sanjar was too popular to do it.

Now, Sadr Jahan has invited Khorezm's army to help, but he is not afraid.

After a little contact, he agreed to make an internal response for Sadr Jahan.

Now, it's time to get started.

When Mahamat heard this, he dropped another word and reminded in a deep voice: "Jahan, you have lost. ”。

Hearing this, Sadr Jahan watched the chess game. Sure enough, before I knew it, I had entered a dead end. He endured his impatience, half sincere and half flattering: "The Sultan has superb chess skills, and he has to obey in the game." ”。

Mahamat just smiled faintly and didn't speak.

Seeing that he was slow to give the order, Sadr Jahan became even more impatient. In an urgent tone, he persuaded a few times again.

At this moment, Mahamat said in a deep voice: "Taking down Puhua is as easy as finding a bag. But can what Jahan promised be fulfilled? ”，

This is something that is discussed before departure. Mahama helped Sadr Jahan to restore the throne, and in return, Sadr Jahan severed his affiliation with the Western Karat Khanate and incorporated the whole of Puhua into Khorezm.

In other words, in the future, the governor of Puhua City can only be dispatched by Khorezm.

Of course, the truth is far from that simple.

The governor of Khorezm was not the governor of the Western Karakhanate. In addition to the right to collect taxes, there is also military jurisdiction. Only in terms of people's livelihood, it is still Sadr Jahan who is in charge. In the future, Sadr Jahan's private soldiers could not exceed two hundred.

This is tantamount to choking Sadr Jahan by the neck.

Ordinary people are never willing to bear such a price.

It is for this reason that Mahamat chose to strike one or two at this critical point.

Although he was not afraid of Sadr Jahan's remorse, Pu Hua had a close relationship with the Western Qarakhanate, and it was difficult to say whether Sadr Jahan would rely on this and attract the intervention of the Great Liao.

Then the situation will be troublesome.

Although he is confident that he will compete with Da Liao, he can pocket Pu Hua at the lowest cost. Then he would rather maintain a superficial peace with Da Liao and secretly infiltrate the Hezhong region.

"Definitely, definitely!" , Sadr Jahan said respectfully. It's just that in my heart, I secretly scolded Mahama for not being a thing. Because in his heart, he really didn't want to fulfill the agreement.

After all, no one wants to be held with a knife around their neck. Even if it was out of necessity before, I had to agree. But in my heart, I was still willing to risk the wrath of the Lord and break the agreement.

Mahamat wouldn't believe it! But many times, people don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin. So he believed that as long as he maintained a certain military advantage, Sadr Jahan would not dare to disobey the agreement.

He didn't stay long, and directly ordered the army to set off.

So at three o'clock in the afternoon, Sadr Jahan waited a little impatiently. But looking at the closed gates, he couldn't do anything. I can only keep staring all the time, for fear of missing any movement.

Mahamat was calm as usual. Looking only at Puhua City, which is shrouded in darkness, is like admiring a perfect work of art.

Finally, the gates creaked and slowly opened. Sadr Jahan was immediately overjoyed. Mahama's face also showed a rare expression.

Zhangfu, Li Chengji is sleeping soundly. But suddenly, the cry of killing and killing broke into his dream. Frightened by this, Li Chengji immediately woke up and turned around.

"Knock knock knock · Li Chengji could clearly feel that the bed was shaking. Thinking that there was an earthquake, he immediately shouted, "Atmosphere! ”。

But after several shouts, no one answered. Instead, Rose rushed in with a cloak and sleepy eyes. After waiting for the palm, he immediately poured a glass of water for Li Chengji, who was sweating profusely.

"What's going on out there?!" , Li Chengji took the water cup and asked with some surprise.

"Slave-slave don't know!" Rose shook her head in fear. Because from the outside world, there is a piercing shouting of killing. The terrible screams were unusually harsh.

At this time, Ruyu was wearing a middle coat and rushed in in a hurry. Seeing that Li Chengji was fine, he sat quietly aside. This move made Li Chengji's gaze soften slightly.

So he stopped sleeping, put on his clothes, and rushed into the front yard.