This is not the time to think about such things. Soon, Zhu Su put this hidden worry behind his mind for the time being and focused on the matter in front of him to persuade Aza to lose his mind.
Although he is confident enough to convince Aza to lose his mind, he cannot be too lax. After all, it was still wartime, and Naha's Sentinel Cavalry appeared out of nowhere. If Naha captures him before he reaches the gate of Shanyang Wanhu Camp, everything will be in vain.
However, things developed more smoothly than Zhu Su expected. They arrived at Shanyang Wanhu's garrison without incident. After reporting his name to the sentries standing guard all around, he waited for about an hour and then was welcomed into the Azasili camp.
He looked at the huge iron pot placed at the door of the Mongolian round tent, and the "welcome" queue specially arranged on both sides, deliberately glaring at his group with fierce eyes.
This was indeed the first time Zhu Su had seen such a stylized demonstration method. I wonder if after entering the tent, there will be five hundred swordsmen and axemen hiding behind, waiting to break the cup as a sign?
It seems that Aza Shili, the Liao king of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, did not miss those folk dramas on weekdays. While I was waiting outside, they were busy arranging these things, right?
But he didn't know that they were acting like this. Not only did Zhu Sufei not have any fear, but he actually wanted to laugh.
Even in the storybook, the forces that behave like this are generally not heroic and wise masters. Most of them are just hesitant and indecisive people.
If you really want to kill someone, why do you need to act like this?
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Sure enough, at the beginning, Azasili was still clamoring to find the Ming Dynasty to investigate the crime, and kept saying that he wanted to avenge Tabin Timur who was beheaded by Zhang Ding's frontier formation. But when Zhu Su revealed the news that "Wala has secretly joined forces with the Ming Dynasty," Aza, who was pretending to be angry, lost his temper and was as if he was choked.
"We, the Ming Dynasty, have always regarded the Emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty as our great enemy, and have no desire to covet the thousands of households in Shanyang under the command of the King of Liao." Zhu Su struck while the iron was hot and said to Aza Shili.
"The Central Plains has been in trouble for a long time. As long as the Northern Yuan royal family is destroyed and there are no more ambitious people on the grassland who want to restore the Yuan Dynasty, our soldiers will naturally rest and recuperate in the pass and live peacefully relying on the Great Wall."
"Even my father once said: Shanyang Wanhu's subordinates have never had any problems with our Ming Dynasty. If Azasili is willing to change sides and surrender in the future, he will still retain his status as a prince in our Ming Dynasty. .”
"Even if the vast land of Daning is given to him to herd horses, it will be a great achievement."
"The Ming Dynasty... His Majesty, the Great Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, did you really say that?" Aza Shili asked eagerly.
"I am still young, how can I deceive His Excellency the King of Liao?" Zhu Su innocently blinked his big clear eyes. "It's just that His Excellency, the King of Liao, led the troops into the invaders this time. Could it be that he has made up his mind to follow the Hun Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, and the road has gone dark?"
"If this is the case, I will not be able to turn a blind eye to His Majesty the King of Liao when the Ming Dynasty goes north to destroy the Yuan Dynasty."
"..." Azashili, who had a pair of slender eyes, stroked his short beard and began to weigh it up: the Great Yuan Dynasty was already declining, but the Ming Dynasty was still thriving. Although the Ming Dynasty was temporarily defeated in the Battle of Lingbei, in the long run, the Ming Dynasty, which occupied the prosperous Central Plains and Jiangnan, still had a much stronger family background than the Yuan Dynasty.
If the powerful Oara tribe on the grassland also defected to the Ming Dynasty, the gap would be even greater.
He believed the words of King Baobao of Qi that "the Ming Dynasty was plotting to conquer Yunnan and there was internal strife", and believed that it would be profitable to attack the Ming Dynasty at this time, so he took the risk of entering the pass with 50,000 cavalry from Shanyang Wanhu. But according to the current situation, Naha's plan to encircle and suppress Guo Xing, the Marquis of Gongchang, has failed, and Xu Da of the Ming Dynasty does not know when he will arrive here.
If he continues to delay, Naha may be buried with him. If he offends the Ming Emperor, he will not be allowed to surrender in the future, and he will be dealt with together with the Beiyuan Emperor...
Azasili suddenly felt frightened.
"If Wala also surrenders to the Ming Dynasty, we, the thousands of households in Shanyang, will naturally not be enemies of the Ming Dynasty." Aza Shili was planning his words. "It's just that Wala is a descendant of the Golden Family. This is really hard to believe..."
"King Liao, aren't you also a descendant of the Golden Family?" Zhu Su said with a smile. "Moreover, the King of Liao must be more aware of the centuries-old feud between Brother Ali and Kublai Khan than we are."
"Now that Kublai Khan's descendants are in a weak position, I think you, King Liao, will naturally make a judgment in your mind as to whether Ali Buge's descendants will take advantage of the situation."
"If you still don't believe it, I'll make an appointment somewhere in a few days to clear up your doubts."
Having already said this, Aza Shili actually believed it 90% of the time. He made an agreement with Zhu Su that if the Wala people really had a secret agreement with the Ming Dynasty, they could withdraw their troops from all households in Shanyang. Then he personally sent Zhu Su and his party out of the camp.
When he came, he used an iron pot to show off his power, but when he left, he saw him off in person. This way, he was in front of him and then respectful, which made Zhu Su and his party look down upon him a little bit more.
"This King of Yuan and Liao is really not a hero." On the way back, Zhu Di said while sitting on his horse, thinking about the conversation just now. "When he first entered the camp, he was still clamoring for revenge for his subordinates. I thought he was some extravagant Mongolian hero."
"I didn't expect that Fifth Brother, you only frightened him a few words, but you didn't say a word to the dead subordinate, and even looked like you were groveling to us. For such a cold-blooded person, it's no wonder that Beiyuan has declined so much."
"Haha, the people of the Yuan Dynasty are originally barbarians, and it is the nature of barbarians to forget justice when they see profit." Zhang Dingbian also said with a smile. "That Azasili is wearing gold and silver, and he looks like a man addicted to enjoyment. It is reasonable to value his wealth and life more than anything else."
"Furthermore, the man named Tabin Timur was beheaded by layman Zhang. Thinking about it, Aza was not really sad. Maybe deep down in his heart, he wanted to celebrate!" Zhu Su added with a smile. . As soon as these words came out, both Zhang Dingbian and Zhu Di became curious.
"The Shanyang Ten Thousand Households are not one tribe. In fact, they should be divided into three tribes. There are also intrigues among the three tribes."
"That Tabin Timur is actually the chief of the 'Ongniute Tribe'. He is just under the jurisdiction of Azasili. He may not be of the same mind as Azasili."
"Tabin Timur died in the battle, which was convenient for Azasili to erode the strength of Wengniute's tribe. So, this is still a good thing for him."
"His Fifth Highness actually knows this!" Zhang Dingbian marveled. "People say, 'Know yourself and the enemy, and you will be victorious in every battle.' No wonder His Highness the Fifth Prince was able to manipulate the Yuan army into applause."
Zhu Di actually knew the details of Shanyang Wanhu. Zhu Su once told him that Shanyang Wanhu would join the Ming Dynasty in the future. The three tribes that make up Shanyang Wanhu: the Wengniute tribe, the Wuliangha tribe, and the Wujiyete tribe will become the three Ming Dynasty Jisi guards, Duoyanwei, Tainingwei, and Fuyuwei respectively.
But he never thought that there might be intrigue among the three guards.
"The internal friction between each other will naturally give people an opportunity to take advantage of them. If all the households in Shanyang can unite as one, I am afraid that even the Ming Dynasty will not be able to survive." Zhu Di said. His eyes were blank, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
(End of chapter)
