Riding and Slashing

At night, Li Ang's troops marched from north to south to Madan Village.

Having just fought with the troops of Madan Village, the Inquisition Inquisition, which suffered both losses, naturally did not dare to stand in the direction of the army. The holy inquisitor Rasmus fled westward with his battered team.

There were countless casualties in Madan Village, half of the entire village was killed, and the houses and various facilities were damaged to pieces, but it seemed to be considered a "win" - nearly [-] corpses were left by the Inquisition of Heresy, but Failed to get any benefits in Madan Village.

Most of the bodies of the troops of the Tribunal carried a lot of gold and silver. These trophies belonged to the villagers of Madan. Li Ang's army did not stop the villagers of Madan from picking up the trophies.

Judging from the logic of 'the victor is qualified to clean the battlefield', Madan Village is indeed the victor, even though the casualties they paid were more than twice that of the Inquisition.

Li Ang showed a very friendly attitude towards the villagers of Madan Village, as if he was treating his allies, and ordered the troops to exercise restraint towards the villagers of Madan Village.

In order not to cause misunderstandings, he didn't even let a large army enter the village, and only relied on the village to camp on the outskirts.

Afterwards, the caravan officially opened for business, and many merchants settled in the village where the corpses were being collected, and they took the posture of a large-scale commodity exhibition with ease.

The loot always had to be sold, and the money earned from cleaning the battlefield always had to be spent, and the arrival of the merchants was in line with the wishes of the Madan villagers.

The Lion King army stationed outside the village did not harass the villagers, but seemed to be protecting the village.

In fact, it is true, but they are providing protection for the merchants - the troops have to be divided from the profits of the caravan, and if you protect the caravan, you can get a part of the profit of the caravan. Promise of.

Changhe Express is only responsible for logistics and transportation, but after arriving at the ground, the task of Changhe Express has been completed. Naturally, merchants have to bear the safety risk themselves, that is, pay a certain amount of profit to seek the protection of the army.

It may sound like a protection fee, but in fact, this is a commercial tax.

The profit of this business is high enough, and Mr. Li Ang's business tax is not heavy, so the merchants are very cooperative.

Besides, Eric has been maintaining order and calming emotions among the merchants.

That is to say, when the merchants do business along the way, they will hand over the business tax to Li Ang, and then Li Ang will distribute the money to the small lords and knights in the army.

This made all the army groups willing to obey the command, and no one engaged in any factional struggles during the expedition—even if those lords had any opinions on Li Ang, at least the knights and soldiers underneath would not make things difficult for Dinar.

The boss of Party A is the one who gives the money. This is a very basic truth, and any soldier understands it...so the group army actually follows the caravan all the time. As long as the caravan obeys Li Ang's command, the group army will definitely obey the command... …

Now the group army has not committed any crime against Ma Danqiu, and it is actually the power of Dinar - everyone knows that since the caravan is stationed in Ma Danqiu, then Ma Dan Village will bring a lot of benefits to everyone, so naturally it cannot be harmed Yes, it must be innocent...

Lord Lord, the new Marshal is much more generous than King Ulrik. The little Lords who joined the army somewhat regretted not bringing out all the elite family members - Li Ang distributed profits to them based on the number of armored soldiers. That is to say, the more elite soldiers, the more points they get.

Many little lords began to think about whether they should go to Singal to buy some equipment and arm some armored soldiers on the spot...

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Not long after, Bahaman, the owner of Ashkoman, also came to Madan Village.

Bahaman is already 59 years old this year, and in half a year, he will enter the age that the Dsha people call 'even God Vata can't take care of'.

Life in the desert is more likely to make people old. Normally, a D'Shar lord at this age has no ambitions, and the most important thing is to figure out how to let the younger generation inherit the family business.

But not Bahamian.

He's still strong and powerful, still 'hunting' with his 'Ghazi Marauder', still hungry for more power and dinars.

In the eyes of D'Shar lords like Bahaman, it is their daily work to go to other countries to plunder—in their view, this can be regarded as a contribution to D'Shar, and they can also obtain slaves and wealth for themselves.

It's just that the risk of this kind of daily work is indeed relatively high.

In fact, Bahaman was defeated more than once in the process of leading troops to plunder. In the past few decades, Bahaman suffered at least ten defeats.

But each time he was able to escape, and then regrouped.

Bahaman usually gives people the impression of being rough and irritable, always acting like a pure reckless man.But only his wife and son know that he has never been a reckless person.

Irritability and irascibility are just masks he shows to outsiders.

Anyone who can sit in the high position of caliph will have his own mask.

He is actually a person who is very good at making choices and weighing, otherwise he would not have lived to his present age at all.

The current Bahaman doesn't look grumpy at all, he is both patient and polite.

He is making a difficult and dangerous decision-whether to cooperate with Li Ang.

"Your Excellency Bahaman, you should understand what is the root cause of all this suffering... I think you should also understand that now only I can help you out of the predicament, if you don't want to sit and wait to die."

Li Ang was sitting under an awning, holding a coconut in his hand, and Dexia also had many coconut trees.

This season is the best season in Dexia. The climate is cool but not cold, and there are no sandstorms in early spring, which is very suitable for picnics.

"I can understand your intentions, Earl Leon...you want me to fight Bahad Khankadan with you. But this is treachery to me, and I will become the enemy of the entire D'Shar..."

Bahaman is actually very sober. He knows that Li Ang's kindness to him is actually to support a rebel regime in Dexia territory to jointly deal with Kadan.

The root of all suffering actually comes from the title of 'Bahad Khan', from Kadan - at least in Bahaman's view.

Li Ang asked Ramon to deliberately attract the Inquisition Tribunal to create this situation. He also asked Sarah to persuade and educate both Gavan Khan and Bahaman. What he wanted was to make Bahaman have such an idea.

In fact, the whole incident had nothing to do with Kadan. Kadan was busy reorganizing the army in Toba City, and he didn't know what happened.

But now Bahaman, who is besieged on all sides, has no way to prove it, and he doesn't dare to bet on Kadan's character. Just like Li Ang said, he really can't sit still.

Still, he probably had concerns...a lot of concerns.

"An enemy of Desha? Hehe, Bahaman, isn't everything that Kadan did after he became Bahad back then because he was an enemy of the entire Desha? ... But he still sat in Bahad for more than 20 years. Khad Khan bit!"

Li Ang laughed, and raised Bahaman's bet again.

"what do you mean……"

Bahaman's eyes widened suddenly.

"What I mean is, as long as you replace Kadan as Bahad Khan, then you are the one who can save De'sha in a crisis. Who will be your enemy? And... Kadan has so many enemies, You get countless allies and supporters, including me."

Li Ang turned the coconut in his hand, cut a hole with a knife, and handed the coconut juice to Bahaman: "You just need to make a hole for Desha, and you can taste the deliciousness naturally."

"But the D'Shar will not honor an illegitimate Bahad Khan... Count Leon, just like you have a fearsome army, but you have no intention of ruling yourself, the D'Shar will not obey the simple After all, Kadan is a legitimate Bahad Khan. And I, even if I defeat Kadan, I will not be able to become a real Bahad Khan."

Bahaman is actually very clear-headed. He knows why Li Ang doesn't attack the city and implement the rule by himself - the Bacchus Empire once occupied Aishikman, but it was driven away by endless resistance and uprisings in just half a year.

The D'Shar people will not agree with a rule that is 'not in line with the will of God Vata', just as places with other beliefs will not agree with the rule of the D'Shar people.

This is the case in a country where politics and religion are integrated, everything must conform to God's will.

"But you are the legitimate caliph, Bahaman. As long as you raise the banner of 'restore tradition' and declare the restoration of the tribal election system, countless tribes will be willing to elect you as Bahad Khan! This is the most legitimate Baha De, is the true De'Shar tradition..."

Li Ang's words were obviously bewitching: "And in order to win the final election, you should have sought more supporters—what did Kadan do back then, you can completely copy it, or let your son still follow his advice. Kram copied it again... You must have thought about it more than once, you just weren't sure, right? But now, I have brought you certainty..."

Bahaman was silent for a while without speaking.

But now Li Ang, who has eyes and ears, can hear that his breathing has become obviously heavy.

"Okay, I really can only do this...but...what do you want? Is your army coming thousands of miles just to defeat Kadan?"

Bahamian made up his mind.

It's just that he still had doubts and asked Li Ang's purpose.

"Ha, I'm a merchant, Bahaman. As you can see, I bring a caravan... What I need is wealth. As you said, I can't rule in D'Shar, so I don't It is necessary to occupy any city. But I can let someone who is willing to give me benefits rule Desha - I might as well say, Bahaman, whoever gives me more benefits, I will support whoever becomes Bahad Khan... You are not the only one who is willing to give me kindness."

Li Ang has officially started the big business he agreed with Ramon - the auction of the seat of the city lord, and the auction of the throne.

Bahamian fell silent again.

Of course he knew that Li Ang had many choices. In fact, Khalifa Tahir, the lord of Singal, and Cardan's younger brother Emir Xerxes, and even the rebel Saravan Sheikh in southern Xinjiang were all better than him. choose.

Tahir's military strength is quite strong, and his prestige is higher than that of Bahaman.And he didn't want to be the lord of Singale at all - Singale with various origins is not easy to manage. In fact, no D'Shar lord can implement real rule in Singale. Tahir has been considering other ways out , it's not a secret at all.

Emile Xerxes is Cardan's younger brother, so he has a natural advantage in status, and many younger D'Shars are already following him.Besides... Emile Xerxes has played the banner of 'Equal Descia' for several years, and this is probably more in line with Li Ang's wishes...

As for the rebel Sarafan in southern Xinjiang, he has won over many Desha tribes who are determined to restore the nomadic tradition in Jihad Fort, and has fought against Kadan for 20 years.If he gets the news, I'm afraid he is willing to give everything to seek the help of Li Ang's army.

So Bahaman understands that if he wants to ensure his own safety, he probably needs to pay something.

Otherwise, Li Ang could indeed turn around and support the others, and then use himself as cannon fodder.

"Earl Leon, I have a daughter Luha, this year..."

Bahaman suddenly mentioned his daughter.

"Sorry, there are already too many girls around me, and I don't dare to get involved with any D'Shar lord's daughter at this time... After all, I am the Marshal of the Sarleon Kingdom!"

Indeed, Li Ang can drive away tigers and devour wolves, can control the 'Dexia Puppet Army' to serve him, and can also negotiate terms with the Dexia lord, but he must never have any relationship with the Dexia lord.

Otherwise, there is no need for the Sarleon Kingdom to react, and the little lords in the group army he leads may have to suspect him of treason...

Marshal status can bring a lot of convenience, but it will also bring many sensitive issues, and the red line cannot be touched casually.

"Oh... In that case, Earl Leon, maybe you can help me find a better home for her? Earl Leon, I will use the entire Ashcomman as Luha's dowry!"

Seeing that Li Ang refused so directly, Bahaman changed his tune.

Perhaps Bahaman and Sharavan Sheikh have a common language. They will definitely hold troops and war horses in their hands, but their daughters can be used as gifts for others...

This is Bahaman looking for a way out for himself. Bahaman wants to tie Li Ang to the chariot-whoever Luha marries can get the ruling right of Aishekman in name, legally.

Bahaman felt that Li Ang would definitely not give up this opportunity. Even if he didn't marry himself, he could still marry Luha to one of his subordinates, so as to gain the ruling power of Aishikman.

And Bahman himself can use this method to still hold the actual control of Eichkeman.

This is undoubtedly a good chip.

"Since that's the case, I'll take over this job... I'll hold a grand wedding ceremony for Luha in Singal—I guarantee that it will be a unique grand occasion in the entire continent, and it will never humiliate your daughter. "

Li Ang did agree with a smile.

However, this matter is probably not the same as Bahaman expected...

Li Ang really didn't have any need for Eichcomman's right to rule - he had promised Emperor Marius that Eichcomman belonged to him long ago.

But Bahaman himself took the initiative to increase the bet, and Li Ang, as the banker, of course had to accept it.