"Master Hu, can I ask you a question?"

"Ask!"

"Your request seems a bit simple?"

"Really, then you can give me the title of five princesses......

Meng Sandong was defeated again. He had no choice but to pretend that he didn't say anything, and hurriedly said goodbye and left.

Just kidding, the title of Her Royal Highness the princess of the Tang Yun Empire is not wholesale.

Even if the princess's title is no longer valuable, it is impossible to wholesale five at a time!

You must know that the princess can only be a close relative of the royal family, and she must have a relatively close relationship with the emperor. Compared to the county lord, it is more interesting.

"Hu Yang, are you playing a trick to delay the army?" Tang Linna seemed to sense something.

"No!" Hu Yang shook his head and said, "I'll do it for your benefit!"

"We don't want to be princesses either!"

"But I think you can do it!"

"Does the title of princess mean anything special to us?"

"Nope. You are Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

Except for Yu Jingjie, all the women felt that Hu Yang had other plans.

Collectively, they believe that Populus euphratica is deliberately stalling for time.

At this moment, whether it is the rebels or the imperial army, they are desperately rushing to the Eagle King Pass.

Judging from the information currently in control, the first to arrive at Eagle King Pass should be the imperial army retreating from Lingao City. And then there are the rebels. In the end, it was the main force of the imperial army that set out from Hetu City to reinforce the Guanwai. This can make the situation very complicated.

If Hu Yang was really willing to send the Eagle King Pass to the imperial court, then the imperial army that retreated from outside Lingao City would have to enter the Eagle King Pass. In this way, some conflicts between the two sides are inevitable.

Your own home is occupied by outsiders, you can't have no temper at all, right?

Moreover, the number of imperial troops who retreated from Lingao City was still quite large, at least 25,000 people. And there are only 5,000 poplars.

There was no direct battle between these imperial armies and the troops of Populus euphratica. Therefore, they have no concept of the combat effectiveness of the slave troops. They must have felt that with their five-fold superior forces, they would definitely be able to control the Eagle King Pass.

In other words, they must be the masters of the Eagle King Pass. They were definitely going to dictate to the slave troops.

But Populus euphratica's temper is very smelly and smelly. If those imperial armies upset him, he would leave the Eagle King Pass with his slave troops, or he would clash with the other party. Seriously, it's not impossible for the two sides to fight at Eagle King Pass.

Sure enough, three days later, the imperial army that had retreated from Lingao City had already arrived in front of the Eagle King Pass.

The commander of the imperial army is called Zhao Zhongming, who is the peak master of the Liuhe Realm. He is also the garrison commander of the Eagle King Pass Fortress. His adjutant was called Sun Shaohai.

On Zhao Zhongming's order, Sun Shaohai came into the Eagle King Pass alone and negotiated with Hu Yang about the affairs of the defense.

"I'm so happy. I'll retreat to Eagle King Pass right away. Hu Yang said straight to the point.

"That...... Can you retreat later?" Sun Shaohai said hesitantly.

"Why? Wouldn't it be nice for you to control the Eagle King Pass Fortress yourself?"

"Master Hu, I won't tell you, our troop losses are relatively large......

"My intelligence spy said you have at least 25,000 more men!"

"Ahem, Master Hu, there are indeed so many of us. But, hehe, you know ......"

Sun Shaohai said that starting from Eagle King Pass to reinforce the imperial army in Lingao City, he was fighting with all kinds of rebels, bandits, thieves and the like along the way, and the loss of soldiers was actually very serious. After arriving at Lingao City, he came into contact with the main force of the rebels, and the losses were even more serious.

At present, Zhao Zhongming's subordinates, the soldiers who really have combat effectiveness, are actually less than 3,000 people. The rest of the personnel were just strong men who were temporarily captured from the locality.

Obviously, idiots know that the strong men who are temporarily captured have no combat effectiveness. Even with the support of the Eagle King Pass Fortress, relying on the strength of 3,000 people alone, it is impossible to be the opponent of the main force of tens of thousands of rebels. At present, the main forces of the rebel army are constantly gathering and increasing in number.

"In addition to the rebels led by Mo Yang, the main force of the rebels led by Chen Xiu and Wu Qi has also assembled towards the Eagle King Pass Fortress. ”

"Under Mo Yang's men, there are about 30,000 rebels. Under Chen Xiu's men, the number of rebels was about 18,000. Under Wu Qi's men, the number of rebels was about 20,000. If the three meet, the total strength will be close to 70,000. If you add some bandits and thieves, the total strength is likely to exceed 100,000. ”

In the next words, Sun Shaohai has no need to explain. Zhao Zhongming was obviously unwilling to face the 100,000 rebels. He had to be pulled together with the poplar.

And Populus euphratica is actually playing stupid. How could he not know the information on the gathering of the main forces of the three-way rebels?

He didn't really want to wade into this troubled water. He didn't feel necessary.

I don't have a deep grudge against the rebels.

I don't seem to have received any gifts from the court.

Fighting the rebels is actually not a big deal. He's not afraid of rebels!

However, after fighting the rebels, he doesn't seem to get any benefit!

If there is nothing beneficial, he doesn't want to do it!

"Then what benefits can you give me?" said Hu Yang very bluntly.

"Hmm...... We ......" Sun Shaohai was stunned for a moment.

He and Zhao Zhongming really didn't think that Hu Yang would be so direct.

He and Zhao Zhongming both thought that the imperial court should have negotiated with Hu Yang. Hu Yang will obey the orders of the imperial court.

What kind of agreement the imperial court reached with Hu Yang, Zhao Zhongming is not very clear. He only knew that the imperial court had successfully recovered the Eagle King Pass.

Zhao Zhongming's biggest worry is that his back road will be occupied. If he couldn't recover the Eagle King Pass, he and his subordinates would definitely die without a place to be buried. Their base camp is in the Eagle King Pass! Their roots are in the Eagle King Pass! Without their roots, how can they live?

The imperial court reached an agreement with Hu Yang and successfully recovered the Eagle King Pass, which undoubtedly gave Zhao Zhongming a chance to live. However, as long as he thought of the main rebel force chasing after his ass, he couldn't help but sit on pins and needles, and he couldn't sleep well.

Nearly 100,000 rebels! What is he fighting against?

If the Eagle King Pass Fortress is overcome, he will definitely die without a place to be buried!

And the imperial army that rushed from Hetu City would take at least a few days to reach the Eagle King Pass Fortress.

Before that, the only thing he could rely on was Hu Yang and his slave troops.

"Please, General Sun, you won't be pretending to be confused on purpose, will you?"

"You want me to fight the rebels, you can't help but give me a little benefit, right?"

"My army is only 5,000 men. The rebels, on the other hand, numbered 100,000. How much will I lose after the first battle?"

"If you don't give me any benefit, what shall I give to the pension?

Hu Yang did not hide his greed, and directly gave Sun Shaohai a list of supplies.

This is real money. It's very numerous.

Sun Shaohai was dizzy when he saw these numbers.

He knew he was being blackmailed.

Moreover, it is still the kind that is ruthlessly blackmailed.