Chapter 625: Take it all
"Hmph, what a clever guy. Reading the secret letter sent with an arrow, Luo Ming laughed.
If it was at the beginning of this war, knowing that there was such a smart guy in the enemy camp, Luo Ming would have to be afraid.
But now, the overall situation has been decided, and it can be said that as long as Luo Ming himself is not careless, then he will not lose anything.
No matter how smart the other party is, doesn't it need Luo Ming's cooperation to make things happen?
- Actually, this was yesterday.
After reading the letter, Luo Ming decided to dry the other party, so he waited until today's celebration was done before dealing with the matter.
Anyway, now there are more places for the other party to ask him, it is completely a seller's market, and drying the other party has no impact on Luo Ming himself, and he can also bargain conveniently, why not?
Moreover, don't look at the tone of the other party's letter is very humble, one by one, "below", but what he thinks in his heart must be another matter.
This kind of clever person can hide from all the powerful enemies like Belan and Luo Ming in private, and there will definitely be a sense of pride that the plan has succeeded or everyone is drunk and I am alone.
And this sense of pride is actually detrimental to cooperation.
Luo Ming hung him for a while, and it was just to kill a little bit of his arrogance, asking him to recognize the current situation, knowing that he would not be able to play without Luo Ming's cooperation, and Luo Ming would not lose anything if he ignored his words.
It didn't take long for Luo Ming to write the letter, and then sent someone to hand it to a crossbowman, tied the letter to the crossbow arrow, and shot it at the place specified by the other party in the letter.
Luo Ming's men lacked qualified archers, but crossbowmen still had a little. While Lormin wants them to grow professionally as musketeers, there are still some crossbows that don't seem like a good thing to waste.
Vytautas picked up the crossbow, and although his face was expressionless, the slight sweat on his forehead betrayed his somewhat anxious heart.
When he opened the letter, he found that it was actually a small piece of parchment, and he had heard that Schönbrunn produced a thinner and cheaper paper, so how could he use expensive parchment?
And when he continued to read, he understood the other party's intention of using parchment.
“...... Vytautas, you want to surrender to the General, which is very good, and it will also give me enough credit to be promoted, so I will help you as much as possible. ”
This line of words, according to the eyes of the aristocracy, the handwriting is slightly disordered, and there is even a misspelled word, the grammar is cheesy and colloquial, and it does not look like it was written by a person with a high level of knowledge.
"Cunning fellow......" Vytautas couldn't help but be speechless as he read the letter.
He was very sure that this letter should have been written by Luo Ming, but just looking at the literal meaning, no matter how you look at it, it was just the personal behavior of an officer or vassal nobleman under Luo Ming, and Luo Ming himself was very innocently kept in the dark.
And Vytautas's name appears directly in the letter, not a pseudonym...... I guess it came from the mouth of a captive.
Originally, Vytautas also wanted to use Luo Ming's reply as a handle, and once the situation changed, he threatened to make the letter public, so that Luo Ming's "collaboration with the enemy" would be exposed. It's no longer a show.
However, that hand was also broken, and now we have to cooperate, there is no need to tear my face for the time being, and Vytautas endured the unhappiness of being seen through his little tricks, and continued to read.
"At the banquet, I heard that the Shogun would send messengers through secret passages to contact some nobles to organize a rebellion in your rear and attack your back. ”
At the sight of these lines, Vytautas couldn't help but hiss like a toothache.
To be honest, this move is really a big threat to him, and if this move is successfully implemented, he will face complete failure.
And if the other party dares to say this trick clearly, he must have confidence - for example, there is a way to win without relying on this trick.
Vytautas let go of the last bit of luck and completely put himself in the shoes of the loser, no longer considering the possibility of a comeback.
Now we must no longer think about the overall situation of the battle, and it is urgent to cooperate with Luo Ming, the winner, sell other losers, and drag yourself out of the quagmire of defeat!
"It just so happens that I have the opportunity to see the plan to send messengers, and I will give you the whereabouts of some of them—in order to win the trust of other nobles, and in order to rush to make meritorious contributions in front of the general, several noble lords have volunteered to be this messenger. Killing a few noble lords will also be a great achievement for you!"
At this point, the letter changed sharply: "But I can't do this in vain." You've got to give me a chance to make a meritorious service......"
After reading the full text, Vytautas couldn't help but laugh.
Although the other party's tone was very unkind and ambitious, it didn't matter to him.
Now it's like a gaming table.
Lockin is already in control of the game and can be said to be the bookmaker, while Vytautas is the second strongest gambler at the table - but he is actually a nursery, a knife in Lockin's hand.
As for the nobles who followed Login and the military leaders and the leading party who obeyed the orders of Vytautas, they all thought they could profit from following the leader—but the two leaders had secretly agreed to eat all the retail investors at the table.
If Vytautas wants to betray, he will definitely give priority to betraying the military leaders who do not obey his orders, and Luo Ming's approach must be the same, he will secretly betray the most thorny nobles. On the one hand, it is to exclude dissidents and increase the cohesion of one's own camp, and on the other hand, it can also exchange interests with the other side.
Login will not use the knife of Vytautas until the retail investors are eaten up, and his previous negative temptation of the defense line has fully reflected this attitude.
And after that, Vytautas only needs to sign an armistice treaty with the other party and then retreat, anyway, he will definitely have a lot of troops in his hands at that time, it is better to gather and disperse than to die in the net, Luo Ming must also understand this truth.
As for whether Luo Ming would take the opportunity to ask him to extort a large amount of money - it didn't matter at all, anyway, when Beran's army went to support the main battlefield, in order to hurry, they threw away all the excess baggage, including a large amount of gold and silver treasures looted from the county of Vanshey.
It doesn't matter if Luo Ming wants to open his mouth further. If Romanken had sent someone to help, Vytautas would have dared to attack some more castles.
The castles fell to the invaders of Vytautas, who then ceded them to Login in the surrender treaty...... The original owner wanted to get them back, but it was as difficult as the sky.
Even if he really succeeds and wants to come back, I'm afraid he will have to take off a layer of skin, and he will have to go bankrupt to pay Luo Ming the ransom fee.