Chapter 40 2 Gambling Contract
Abicheril looked coldly at the young man named Ginger in front of him. He clearly remembered that this was the escort he had appointed to serve Yang Lian, the ambassador of the Silk Country, and as for the origin of this child, it seemed that he was the son of the leader of the Ramandel tribe.
During his inspection of the camp, he could see that the boy was clearly on his mind, but when he asked, the boy looked like he wanted to say something, much to Abicheril's dissatisfaction. As his guards, they are naturally straightforward and heroic men, how can they have such a twisted and pinched demeanor?
"If you don't think Ben Khan is qualified to listen to you, forget it." Abicheril raised his leg and was about to continue patrolling the camp, and Ginger finally couldn't help but speak: "Great Khan, that Lord Yang intends to entrust the villain to do something, but the villain doesn't know whether to agree to him or not. ”
"Oh? What is it? When Abicheril heard that it was Yang Lian's request, he couldn't help but be interested.
Jin Jill said: "The lord said that he had an old friend who was an official in Zhuozhou City, and this time the Great Khan besieged Zhuozhou, he was afraid that this old friend would be killed after the city was broken, so he wanted to ask the villain to shoot a letter into the city to the old friend, so that he could escape as soon as possible." The Great Khan instructed the villain to serve the adult, and the villain should naturally do things for him, but the villain was afraid that he would reveal the military situation of our army in the letter to the disadvantage of the Great Khan, so he did not dare to agree to him immediately. ”
Abicheril couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and said, "Are you afraid that he will reveal the military situation of our army in the letter, so won't you take the letter again and read it first?" ”
"This is not right. If I take the letter and peek at it, I will be dishonest. Ginger said with a blushing face.
Abicheril was even more interested at this time, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be a man as a little baby." Your name is Kingill, isn't it? I'll teach you how to do it, and now you go back and invite Mr. Yang to Benhan's tent. Ben Khan took care of it. ”
"Great Khan, you won't punish Lord Yang, will you? Wouldn't I be a whistleblower then? Kingill said with a sad face.
Abicheril laughed, took off a sea bead on his chest and stuffed it into Gingier's hand, and said, "This is your reward." Feel relieved. Ben Khan won't say it directly. ”
When Ginger heard him say this, he thanked him and hurried away. Abcilir stopped patrolling the camp and went straight back to his tent to wait. After a short time, Wu Sicheng strode into the big tent and arched his hand: "Yang Lian has seen the Great Khan, I don't know what the Great Khan has to say?" ”
Abicheril smiled and said, "Mr. Yang, please take a seat, Xiao Wang invites you to come over, there is indeed something unknown and wants to ask Mr. for advice." Thinking that my Turkic army has broken through all parts of Youzhou, why is Mr. Yang still as good as ever. Don't you have any worries? ”
Wu Sicheng smiled and said loudly: "This question is simple, I saw that your army plundered property and women after breaking the city along the way, I knew that Tuqi had no great ambition, but it was just a quick moment, even if I captured more cities, I would not stick to it, just wait for my army to retreat like birds and beasts as soon as I arrived, although I have a slight loss in Youzhou, I will be able to recover soon." And Tuqi doesn't get any stronger because of this, so what's there to worry about? ”
These words hit Abicheril's sore spot, and Abicialir stood up and saluted Wu Sicheng: "Mr. Yang forgives you." This captivity is a bad habit of the Turks. It's hard to change even for a while. ”
"Why should the Great Khan apologize to his subordinates? If you do this, you won't be able to convince people's hearts, and it should be about the same for me Xie Dahan. ”
"Don't make fun of it, sir. Xiao Wang is also well aware of the drawbacks, but changing bad habits is not something that can be done overnight. Please also Mr. Haihan. However, Xiao Wang is really curious to know, sir, what do you think of the current battle situation between the two sides? ”
Wu Sicheng squinted at Abichilir and sneered, "The Great Khan wants to hear something from his mouth, right?" That's fine. The Great Khan who is mentioned below may not believe it all, so he will say it. At present, the Great Khan is attacking Zhuozhou with all his might. It's really a stupid move that doesn't outweigh the losses. ”
"Oh? How so? ”
"Although Zhuozhou City is small, it is the throat of the southeast of Youzhou, so the defense is very strong. This place was no more caught off guard and captured as quickly as the previous cities, and it was very difficult to capture this city with the little siege skills of Tuqi, and even if it was captured, it would take time and cause heavy losses. In this way, the reinforcements of our dynasty will have more time to complete the assembly and mobilization, and then the Great Khan may not have time to capture Youzhou and will have to retreat to the grassland. ”
Abicialir rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said with a smile: "According to what Mr. said, then you should give up Zhuozhou and go straight to Youzhou?" However, as Mr. Fang just said, Zhuozhou is the throat of the southeast of Youzhou, and it is impossible to complete the real encirclement of Youzhou without taking it. ”
Wu Sicheng sneered and said, "Great Khan, don't you understand? The so-called important strategic location of Zhuozhou is based on the premise that Zhuozhou is used as a strategic base after the capture, and Tuqi has no intention of holding on to it, so why fight hard under this city? It is the best strategy to quickly capture Youzhou, take what you can hold and return to the grassland as soon as possible! ”
Wu Sicheng's words stabbed Abicheril's self-esteem, and he couldn't help but be angry, thinking of Wu Sicheng's previous relationship with the guards in Zhuozhou City, and even more convinced that Wu Sicheng was deliberately maintaining old friendships and wanting to lure the main force of Tuqi away from Zhuozhou. couldn't help but laugh a few times and said, "Sir, I can't help but underestimate Xiao Wang too much." Xiao Wang made a bet with Mr. that before the reinforcements from your country arrived, Tuqi would not only capture Zhuozhou and Youzhou, but also hold on here, so that the cities here would become part of the Tuqi country! ”
Wu Sicheng was shocked and said, "Does the Great Khan mean that plundering will be prohibited after the capture of Zhuozhou?" ”
"Not bad! That's right, since Xiao Wang wants to change the bad habits of Tuqi, it is better to start from this city! But since it is a gambling contract, if Xiao Wang wins the gambling contract, then please give up his current position and be Xiao Wang's staff, how about it? ”
Wu Sicheng slapped his thigh, stood up and said, "Okay!" Since the Great Khan promised not to plunder, he agreed to this bet. If the Great Khan loses this bet, in the face of the Great Khan's good life, he will definitely not kill the Great Khan, how about it? ”
Abichilir laughed loudly: "The pride of the gentleman is not lost to the Tuqi warriors in the slightest, and Xiao Wang wants to take the gentleman under his command more and more." ”
Wu Sicheng also laughed, and the two immediately high-fived and swore an oath. Then Abicherier held a feast and entertained Wu Sicheng, and the banquet was drunk until late at night. Beginning in the early morning of the next day, the Turkic army began to intensify its attack on Zhuozhou City, and at the same time, a part of its forces crossed the Sanggan River north and marched towards Youzhou City. Abicheril himself stayed on the front line of Zhuozhou City to take command, first, he wanted to show Wu Sicheng that the Tuqi army was not unable to capture Zhuozhou, and second, if the city was broken and there was no him in charge, I am afraid that he would not be able to stop the plundering behavior of the Tuqi soldiers, so he would lose the contract. In Abicheril's heart, the city of Youzhou is far less important than being able to get "Yang Lian".
However, Abicil was wrong, first of all, Yang Lian, the servant of the Ministry of Officials he wanted to subdue, was actually Liu Yan's confidant Wu Sicheng, and this was a bet that would not be honored. Besides, what he didn't expect was that the reinforcements from the Silk Country would come much faster than he expected, and there would be more than one reinforcement army. (To be continued......)