Chapter 33: A dilemma
Bals's face was gloomy, his right hand was brushing his golden beard, and he listened to Ulligi's statement with a frown, without saying a word.
When Uliji finished speaking, Agudamu came out with a scimitar in his hand and shouted: "Great Khan, no matter what, even if Chaolu is at fault first, he can be forgiven for his drunken gaffe." In any case, he is also the envoy of my coalition army, and he represents you the Great Khan! To lay a dead hand on him is to despise our coalition forces and to despise the Great Khan of the steppe! We must let them pay with blood, and from now on set a rule for those tribes who are still swinging and wandering outside of our coalition forces! ”。
The crowd was filled with righteous indignation and echoed in unison.
Bars closed his eyes slightly, lowered his head thoughtfully, and remained silent.
Seeing this, Chagan Temur also walked out of the queue, rolled his white and black eyes and said: "Great Khan, don't hesitate, a small Tuni tribe, are we afraid of him?" Didn't the Kates tribe still be killed by us and not leave a piece of armor?! ”。
Bars opened his eyes and said, "At the beginning, it was Unabatur of the Kates tribe who was arrogant and unreasonable, and our army won with great difficulty when it was necessary to cooperate with the outside world. Now the Tuni tribe naturally cannot be compared with the Kates tribe in terms of strength, and our army has an absolute advantage in strength, but it is only ......."
Agudammu shouted in a loud voice, "Just what? Outsiders only know that their Tunis have killed the envoy of our coalition army, and they don't pay attention to us at all, who cares about those details? ”。
Everyone nodded yes, and they thought so.
Baas quietly observed everyone's reactions, he had the strength to repel public opinion, but after all, the current combination of the tribes in the coalition is still relatively loose, and everyone has tasted the sweetness of killing in the previous battles, eliminating a disobedient tribe, everyone can share the results, and everyone is happy. Many people have become deeply enamored with the power of the scimitar.
If you forcibly disobey the will of the majority of people at this time, I am afraid that the foundation of the coalition army will be unstable and the morale of the army will be weakened.
If he really wants to make a move, Baars still has full certainty of victory, and he can also use this battle to boost morale and win more people's hearts. But since ancient times, wars have often killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800 themselves, is this generation worth paying? Bars inevitably hesitated.
At this time, one of the guards in front of the tent entered the account and saluted: "Honorable King Khan, there is a messenger from the Tuni tribe outside the tent asking to see you. ”
Agudammu turned around and snorted, "Hmph, they're coming pretty fast!" I advised the Great Khan to listen to the sophistry of the messenger, and without doing anything, he cut off the messenger, sacrificed the banner with his head, and then led the army to kill the tribe of the Tuni tribe directly. ”
Bars waved his hand again and again: "I still have to meet for a while, our coalition forces can't leave an arrogant and unreasonable pretext to the outside world." ”
He turned to the guard and said, "Let the Tuni messenger in." ”
Agudammu sighed softly, turned and retreated, and said no more.
A moment later, a Tuni emissary wrapped in a thick cotton robe stepped in, saluted Bars deeply, and when he looked up, he was not surprised to see the angry eyes of the rest of the crowd.
He turned around and said without humility or arrogance, only to face Bars, "Honorable Khan, I have been entrusted by the head of the Tuni tribe Chao Gesulid to convey to the Khan the deep gratitude of our Tuni people, and bring a rich thank you. Thanks to the Great Khan for not disliking the weakness of our Tunis, he sent a distinguished envoy to the Tunis to hold negotiations and accept our people as a member of the coalition army. At the same time, he expressed his deep apologies for the accident of the Chaolu envoy. ”
Agudamu was the first to raise his eyebrows and shouted: "Since you know the noble status of the envoy we sent, but you have the audacity to harm him, and even let him be in a different place, what should you say?" ”。
The messenger glanced back at him, then turned to Bars and said, "Respect the Great Khan, I, the Tunis, have no intention of offending. But I don't know that after Lord Uligi returned, he told everyone everything about the unfortunate accident. I believe that Lord Uliji has a noble character and a broad mind, and will never add fuel to that accident. ”
He glanced around at the crowd with righteous indignation on their faces, then turned to Bars and said respectfully, "Dear Great Khan, I only want to emphasize two points: First, everyone drank too much that day, so that that kind of unfortunate accident would happen. Second, the Tuni chieftain, Lord Gesulid, had severely punished his eldest son, Suha, and sincerely apologized to the Khan for Suha's recklessness. ”
Chagan Timur in the crowd sneered: "Since ancient times, killing people to pay for their lives, and paying off debts, can it be perfunctory to be punished heavily? Besides, we don't know whether to punish or not. ”
The envoy secretly gritted his teeth, solemnly saluted Bahrs again, and then raised his head and said: "Honorable Khan, our leader has specially ordered me to come because he cherishes the hard-won opportunity to join the coalition army. ”。
Hearing him say this, everyone closed their mouths one after another, and just turned all their eyes to the new Khan King Bars. As the envoy spoke, Bars always twisted his beard lightly, closed his lips, and did not say anything.
Great Qi Emperor Li Hongji looked at Guan Yu with complicated eyes and said, "I promise you to let Miss Ruyan out of prison as soon as possible." ”
Guan Yu was overjoyed, and solemnly saluted: "The saint is wise, generous and benevolent, which is really the blessing of the people of the world. The kindness of the saint is small in mind, and he will definitely find an opportunity to repay it in the future. ”
Li Hongji said with a smile: "Are you planning to steal a bunch of treasured jade, gold and silver again to honor me?" ”。
Guan Yu hurriedly replied with a smile: "Where is it, I have learned that the Holy Lord regards gold and silver as dung, and I just hope that I will have the opportunity to do something for His Majesty in the future." ”
Li Hongji retracted his gaze, and the murderous intent that had surged in an instant just now had also subsided a lot, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still raised his arm and waved his hand. It can be regarded as raising his noble hand, and temporarily letting the thief in front of him survive.
Guan Yu returned to the inn where he was temporarily staying, but he found that his room was faintly lit by the light of the lamp, and he couldn't help but be very surprised.
He first jumped on the ridge of the roof, hung upside down on the eaves, and clicked through the window lattice paper to look in.
But he saw that the table in the room was full of wine and food, and a short man with a thief's eyebrows and rat eyes, and a beard on his chin like a broken rat's tail, sat in the middle of the room.
Guan Yu was very puzzled, jumped off the ridge of the roof and gently pushed open the door.
The little man with thief eyebrows and rat eyes hurriedly stood up, and with a smile on his face, he clasped his fists at Guan Yu and said: "Little brother is very skilled, I won't tell you anything, I am a fellow brother in the same way, and I have already prepared wine and food, and I have been waiting here for a long time." ”
(To be continued in this chapter)