Chapter 40: Reversal
Outside of Dacheng, Jiuhuang looked at Dacheng, which had been unable to attack for a long time, and felt a little anxious in his heart. Su Nu stood beside her and said, "Seeing that Lado has been reluctant to go to war with us, is it because of the lack of troops in the city?" ”
A word woke up the dreamer, and Su Nu's words couldn't help but remind Jiuhuang that when he was in Yuzhou, the army of less than 100,000 in the Celestial Empire was facing Batu's army of hundreds of thousands, isn't it just like the situation in Dacheng now? Could it be that the troops in Dacheng are really insufficient?
"Send soldiers to investigate, if the troops in the city are really insufficient, we will directly attack the city and reach the capital city as soon as possible."
Jiuhuang thought in his heart for a moment and immediately said to the plain girl.
Sure enough, as Su Nu guessed, after sending soldiers to investigate, there were only more than 1,000 Batu soldiers in Dacheng City, which made Jiuhuang feel a little ironic when he was happy.
Think about the soldiers who only have more than 1,000 people in the city, and there are more than 30,000 people on their side, they didn't break through the city gate after two days of siege.
After learning of Dacheng's Batu troops, Jiuhuang used more than 30,000 elite troops of the Heavenly Dynasty to directly attack Dacheng.
The city lord Lado took more than 1,000 Batu soldiers to defend the city gate, and finally under the attack of Batu's army for nearly two hours, all of them were captured.
Jiuhuang, who had successfully captured Dacheng, did not make any stops, and once again swung his army towards the final destination, Batu, the first city.
At the junction of the Celestial Empire and Jingzhou at this time, after Bass ordered Batu's army to retreat to Batu's territory, Bath responded to Mu Kun's proposal and went to the junction of Jingzhou and Batu alone to meet his princess and son.
"Mu Kun, I have already followed your conditions, all the armies in the Celestial Empire have retreated to Pas, and Jingzhou has been returned to you, now I can let Prince Ben meet Prince Ben's princess and son."
Buzz sat alone on his war horse and looked at Mu Kun opposite.
Mu Kun glanced at Bass, looked cautiously behind and around Bass with Nanming's advice, and made sure that Bath was not ambushing Batu's army around, and then said to Bath: "Does Prince Bass think that retreating the army from Jingzhou is returning Jingzhou to my Celestial Empire?" ”
Hearing this, a bad premonition flashed in Bass's heart, and sure enough, after that, only Mu Kun continued.
"Has Prince Bass forgotten the edict that governs Jingzhou? If Prince Bass really forgot the talisman, then Mu said that he appeared now, and I believe the prince will not forget it again, right? ”
Thinking that Bass actually took away the talisman that managed Jingzhou and did not return it to them, then even if they took it back to Jingzhou, without the talisman, the people of Jingzhou would not obey the management of the Celestial Empire.
Bass did this to leave a back hand for Batu, so that even if they recovered Jingzhou, the people of Jingzhou would not obey them, and with such a good calculation, Mu Kun had to look at the cunning of the Batu people differently.
For Mu Kun to debunk his thoughts, Ba did not take out Jingzhou's talisman because of this, but said to Mu Kun: "General Mu also said that as long as this prince retreats the army back to Batu and returns it to Jingzhou, the princess and the prince will be returned to this prince safe and sound; But now, my Batu army has retreated back to Batu, and this king has also come here alone to greet the princess and the prince of this prince according to General Mu's wishes, but until now, this prince has not seen their figures. ”
When Mu Kun heard Bass's words, he didn't know whether to be angry or laugh.
Obviously, it was Baas himself who went back on his word, and did not return Jingzhou to the Celestial Empire as agreed by them, and now he bites them back.
Mu Kun smiled sarcastically, looked at Ba Mou and said: "Mu Mou has never broken his trust, if Prince Bu does it according to his own conditions, then Mu Mou will definitely send the princess and the prince to the prince safely in accordance with the agreement." ”
Seeing Mu Kun say this, the little caution in Buzz's heart instantly came to naught.
As if he had made up his mind, Ba was silent for a moment after Mu Kun's words, then raised his head, looked at Mu Kun, and said, "If you want this prince to hand over Jingzhou's talisman, does General Mu also have to let this prince see if this prince's princess and son are safe and sound?" ”
"The prince can rest assured, Mu is entertaining the princess and the prince with delicious food and drink, as long as the prince hands over the Jingzhou talisman, Mu will immediately let the princess and the prince send to the prince."
Indeed, Mu Kun has always been entertaining Princess Bass and the prince with good food and drink, although he had to let the soldiers cut a small cut on the neck of the princess and the prince of Bath on the city tower that day, but after the Bath retreated, Mu Kun immediately asked the best doctor in Yuzhou City to treat the princess and the prince of Bath.
But Mu Kun's words changed to another meaning in Bass's ears. Buzz listened to Mu Kun's words, thinking of the scene that day on the top of the city tower, Mu Kun ordered someone to use a knife on the neck of the princess and the prince, and what Mu Kun said now, in Bath's opinion, is just Mu Kun who makes people don't know how to torture their princess and the prince, thinking of this, Buzz's heart can't help but tighten.
"Mu Kun, you used a knife to stand on the neck of this prince, princess and the prince, what did you use to convince the prince that you would take good care of the princess and the prince? If you don't let this prince see whether this prince's princess is safe or not, this prince will never hand over Jingzhou's talisman. ”
Hearing Bath's words, Mu Kun looked at Bass seriously, and after making sure that if he really didn't let him see his princess and prince, Bath really wouldn't hand over Jingzhou's order, Mu Kun immediately agreed to Bath's words and let him meet his princess and son.
Subsequently, under Mu Kun's order, Princess Bass and her son were tied up on horseback by several soldiers of the Celestial Empire.
Ba saw that the two people who were tied to horses by the soldiers of the Celestial Empire and pulled out were his princess and prince, and couldn't help but drive towards Mu Kun and the others.
Mu Kun, who had been keeping an eye on Bass, was about to make a move, when an arrow was shot in front of Bass's horse, and the horse was frightened and let out a long roar.
Buzz, who reacted, had just stabilized the frightened horse, and Mu Kun's voice came from his ears, saying, "Now that the prince has seen the princess and the prince, should he also return Jingzhou's talisman to my Celestial Empire according to our previous agreement?" ”
Bath, who heard Mu Kun's words, didn't speak, but saw that he kept looking at the princess and prince not far away, and his eyes didn't seem to be looking at the princess and the prince, but through them, he should really think about something.
Mu Kun, who hadn't received an answer from Buzz for a long time, couldn't help but look at Buzz and said, "What, what else does Prince Buzz have any doubts?" ”
Buzz, who was thinking about things in his heart, suddenly heard Mu Kun's words, and then came back to his senses, glanced at Mu Kun meaningfully, and then said: "This prince will return Jingzhou's talisman to you, but this prince still has a small request. ”
Mu Kun looked at Buzz suspiciously, not understanding what else Buzz had asked for so far, or what trick he wanted to play, Mu Kun looked at Buzz cautiously, and said, "I don't know what else Prince Buzz has to do?" ”
"It's not a big deal, it's just that General Mu sent someone to send Prince Ben's princess and prince over, and then Prince Ben handed over the talisman to the soldiers of the Celestial Empire? How about we deliver the goods with one hand? Buzz said lightly.
After listening to Bass's words, Mu Kun did not immediately agree to Bass's request, but slightly lowered his head and thought about what was the conspiracy of Bass's request?
The border between the Celestial Empire and Batu is a wide flat land, and there is no place to hide people, which is why Mu Kun was able to determine from the beginning that Batu was not ambushing Batu's army nearby; But now Bass's sudden request has to make Mu Kun think more, and think more about whether Bass is hiding some huge conspiracy, and his sensitive sense of smell for soldiers makes Mu Kun have a feeling that a conspiracy is approaching.
"What, is General Mu afraid that Prince Ben has some conspiracy or is he afraid that Prince Ben has an ambush here?"
Just as Mu Kun was doubting in his heart, Buzz's sudden words rang in his ears again; Mu Kun looked at Buzz and saw that there was no superfluous expression on his face, and there was no trace of unnaturalness.
Although there were some doubts in his heart, Mu Kun agreed to Bath's request after a moment of silence, and agreed to let the princess and the prince of Bass be sent to Bath's side, and by the way, get Jingzhou's talisman back.
Immediately, Mu Kun called his lieutenant Cheng Wei, and he led the soldiers to send the princess and prince of Bass to Bass's side.
I have to say that the feeling of conspiracy in Mu Kun's heart is not wrong, but he believes too much in the apparent calm, so that Bass's conspiracy will succeed and let himself fall into Bass's conspiracy.
Cheng Wei was ordered by Mu Kun to take four Celestial Empire soldiers to send Bath's princess and prince to Bath's side, and Bath also according to his agreement with Mu Kun, when the princess and the prince arrived at him, he handed over Jingzhou's order to Cheng Wei.
Just as Cheng Wei was about to reach out and take the talisman in Bass's hand, a series of arrow feathers protruded from behind Buzz and shot towards Cheng Wei.
But before they came back to their senses, a wave of horses' hooves came from a distance, Mu Kun followed the sound to find it, and saw that behind the originally empty Bath, many Batu's army suddenly appeared, Mu Kun reacted, he and others seemed to be in Bath's favor, but he didn't expect that Batu was really backsliding, so cunningly agreed to his own conditions, and even made the retreat of Batu's army to make himself believe that Batu's army really retreated to Batu.