Chapter 11 Five Snowballing
Li Tianhao recognized Gernas at a glance, immediately jumped off the horse and ran over, and saluted with a smile: "Seeing that Lord Gernas is recovering, I finally let go of my heart." ”
Seeing that everyone's eyes around him were focused on him, Gurnas stood up with his desk propped up and returned the salute: "The general of the defeated army, don't dare to bother. ”
Li Tianhao hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Gernas sit down slowly: "The adult's injuries are not all healed, so it is not advisable to be too tired." ”
"What does it matter about my useless body, I should be dead on the battlefield on the day of defeat."
"My lord, this is unwilling." Li Tianhao smiled slightly.
Gernas shook his head and sighed, "Don't dare." These days, when I think back to this battle, from beginning to end, whether it is strategic planning, tactical application, or personnel deployment, I have lost to you in the next place, and there is really nothing to be unwilling about. ”
Li Tianhao waved his hand: "This time I used a lot of dangerous tricks, although I won by luck, but I did see the way of using the first-class generals of the Yaji Army, luck will not follow the left and right forever, prepare more powerful armaments, train more and stronger soldiers, and have more talents to dominate these soldiers to be invincible." Therefore, I hope to recruit military talents like Lord Gournath to help me, but I wonder what the adults think? ”
Gernas looked at the young enemy in front of him, although he had expected such a move, and he had already thought of the answer. However, when it really came out of the other party's mouth, Li Tianhao's sincere expression, the light in the dark blue eyes and the depth in the black eyes still made Gernas shake slightly. Gernus's lips trembled slightly, and he spat out the answer that had been prepared for a long time: "After serving in the Yaki Army for nearly thirty years, it is impossible for me to wield a weapon against my own country. ”
Li Tianhao blinked, and then smiled: "That's the case, it seems that I have done something difficult for a strong man." Then don't mention it, Lord Gernas, do you see any difference in the appearance of this city of Assrath now than it was before? ”
Gurnas was stunned for a moment, originally thinking that after refusing, he might be imprisoned or executed, and he didn't want Li Tianhao to change the topic and ask somewhere else, so he had to reply at the moment: "Without the whip of the slave owner, without the slave in shackles, the prosperity seems to be even worse than before, and it seems that the city of Essrath is running well in the hands of your army." ”
Li Tianhao shook his head and said, "Actually, it's not. Slaves still existed, but they were now attached to the Tyrean rebels, and now they toiled in exchange for the necessities of life, and were not whipped or insulted, but they were not fundamentally freemen. ”
"Freedmen?"
"Yes, the ideal is to emancipate all slaves into free people, and the nobility will be just a name of honor, not a privileged class that can arbitrarily ** a weak life, and everyone should fight for his country in order to protect his own honor and interests, and not be driven to the battlefield by his master as he is now. Every freeman can own his own land and property, and he can make himself rich by labor, so that the country will become rich and powerful. However, all this was difficult to do, and the next attempt did not arouse the slaves' desire for freedom and labor, and it would take longer to complete this transformation. I deeply felt the lack of my own strength, and without the help of more talents, it would be difficult for the Dils Rebels to develop and grow. I heard that Lord Gernath was also dissatisfied with the current political situation in Yaki, and also hoped that Yaki could become better, but under the current rule of King Yaki, Usubu is an old and cunning politician, and he will only want to keep his power and status, so that Yaki has no other way out than to continue to fight with Arubania and consume the national strength! Lend me your power, my lord, and let's go together to change this gloomy Yaqui country, and restore him to its former vitality and glory! Isn't that what you want to see, Lord Gernas? ”
Gernas grew up and couldn't speak. He knew that his heart had been seen through by Li Tianhao. Changing the various shortcomings of the Yaqui country is his life's ambition, and the depression after middle age, and then the death of his wife, and his exile, if it were not for this glimmer of hope in his heart, he would definitely not be able to persevere. The young man in front of him was not only a talented general, but also an ambitious adventurer, and his heart was not only filled with the mountains of Dils, but also the whole of Yaqi that he wanted to swallow in one gulp. If this young man can really succeed, his ambition may really be realized.
Thinking of this, Gurnas trembled and said: "Zai Xia is a martial artist, and the martial man is ashamed of surrendering, do you really want to let Zai Xia continue to live a shameful life?" ”
Li Tianhao listened, blinked his black eyes and said, "Then how about this?" Seventeen days ago, Gernas, the commander of the Yaqui Crusade, had already done his duty as a warrior on the battlefield and sacrificed his life for his country. Now I would like to ask a free man named Gernas if he would like to serve the Tyrean rebels? ”
Gurnas froze, and slowly, the muscles on his face changed subtly, until the corners of his mouth rose slightly. Gurnas understood that the boy had convinced his heart.
Gurnas's defection led to a major breakthrough for the Tyrean rebels, starting with his success in convincing the wounded and captured Leo and Zaran, who had survived the fire in the Kabacha Valley. The addition of these two men made the strength of the Tyres rebels a step further. Immediately afterwards, at the suggestion of Gurnas, Li Tianhao sent Dara and Zalanzer to oppose the 5,000 Yaki army stationed on the border of Palchi, and instead marched to surround the city of Kadum, which had been completely isolated. Count Jacob had a meager army around him, cut off from inside and outside. Eventually, he had to abandon his home and flee to the city of Highcomb by water. The Tyls rebels took advantage of the situation and conquered all the cities on the west bank of the Namra River, gaining control of the entire Dils Mountains except for the northernmost city of Hykum.
In this year, Li Tianhao's name was mentioned for the first time in the history books of the Yaki Kingdom: Jakbu, the lord of Dils, sent troops to recruit the thief army, and the thief leader Chail sent his son Li Tianhao to meet the battle, and the crusading army was defeated, and almost all the army was wiped out. The thieves took advantage of the situation and captured almost all of the territory of the Dils.